Company or institution

C. R. Bard, Inc.

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1,243 applicationsfiled 2006 to 2026

Allowance rate

88%

+13 pts vs the USPTO range 86% to 90%

Rejections before allowance

2.2

+0.6 vs the USPTO

Months to first action

22.2 mo

+3.6 vs the USPTO

Needed an RCE

32%

+5 pts vs the USPTO

Timeline

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Allowance by filing year

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Domains

Where the applications fall

CPC subclasses

A61B Diagnosis, surgery, identification423 apps

A61M Devices for introducing media into the body369 apps

A61F 366 apps

A61L 27 apps

G16H Healthcare informatics8 apps

A61N 8 apps

Art units

3771211 apps

3731127 apps

3783125 apps

376393 apps

378185 apps

379172 apps

Examiners met

The examiners seen most, and how it went with each

Docket Central30 apps

n/a

Kathleen Sonnett Holwerda19 apps

89%

Thomas M McEvoy17 apps

88%

Adam M Marcetich17 apps

94%

Angela Marie Hoffa16 apps

94%

Aarti Bhatia Berdichevsky15 apps

100%

Imani N Hayman15 apps

87%

Kami A Bosworth15 apps

93%

Bars show the share of decided applications that were allowed.

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Who represents them

Law firms and agents on their applications

BD/Rutan & Tucker, LLP618 apps

89%

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP121 apps

89%

C. R. Bard, Inc./Angiomed/Rutan100 apps

85%

WOLF GREENFIELD & SACKS, P.C.95 apps

92%

Dickinson Wright PLLC/BD84 apps

91%

BD/Bard, c/o72 apps

92%

Becton, Dickinson and Company57 apps

96%

RUTAN & TUCKER, LLP42 apps

69%

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Rejection fingerprint

What gets rejected, by statute

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What works

Allowance by strategy used

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Interviews

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Applications

Every application in the record

Application	Title	Filed	Status	Rejections	RCEs	To 1st action
19694765	Female External Catheters and Methods Thereof	2026-06-01	Pending	0	0	n/a
19694783	Physician Enabled Laser Control from Ureteroscope Handle	2026-06-01	Pending	0	0	n/a
19589210	Lubricated Medical Devices, Packages, and Methods Thereof	2026-05-20	Pending	0	0	n/a
15755471	Method and apparatus for adaptive signal processing	2012-01-10	Allowed	1	0	12.0 mo
15467563	Composition and method for controlled release	2015-02-11	Abandoned	4	1	23.0 mo
15891710	Distributed ledger transaction verification	2018-03-12	Allowed	3	0	20.0 mo
15266672	Thermal management of battery assemblies	2021-04-13	Pending	2	1	17.0 mo
15991916	Machine learning model for anomaly detection	2012-05-14	Allowed	1	0	14.0 mo
15956292	Wireless power transfer coil arrangement	2015-06-15	Abandoned	4	1	25.0 mo
15817252	Catalyst for selective hydrogenation	2018-07-16	Allowed	3	0	22.0 mo

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