Company or institution

CEPHALON, INC.

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152 applicationsfiled 2006 to 2025

Allowance rate

62%

−14 pts vs the USPTO range 53% to 70%

Rejections before allowance

1.3

−0.3 vs the USPTO

Months to first action

12.0 mo

−6.6 vs the USPTO

Needed an RCE

19%

−8 pts vs the USPTO

Timeline

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Trend

Allowance by filing year

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Domains

Where the applications fall

CPC subclasses

A61K Medical preparations69 apps

C07D Heterocyclic compounds38 apps

C07K Peptides24 apps

C07C 6 apps

B01D 3 apps

A61P Therapeutic activity of compounds3 apps

Art units

162820 apps

162717 apps

162416 apps

OPAP12 apps

16179 apps

16268 apps

Examiners met

The examiners seen most, and how it went with each

Docket Central13 apps

n/a

Dennis Heyer10 apps

60%

Shobha Kantamneni8 apps

13%

Alexander R Pagano5 apps

100%

Umamaheswari Ramachandran5 apps

80%

Katherine Peebles4 apps

Ali Soroush4 apps

100%

Brian J Davis4 apps

67%

Bars show the share of decided applications that were allowed.

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Who represents them

Law firms and agents on their applications

BakerHostetler63 apps

55%

TEVA PHARMACEUTICALS53 apps

68%

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.14 apps

92%

Gary J. Gershik; John P. White5 apps

40%

EVERSHEDS SUTHERLAND (US) LLP4 apps

Sanofi/McNeill PLLC4 apps

100%

FOLEY & LARDNER LLP2 apps

100%

BALLARD SPAHR LLP1 apps

100%

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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
19606353	CHEMICAL DEHYDRATION AND SUSPENSION DELIVERY OF PROTEIN DRUG PRODUCTS	2026-07-15	Pending	0	0	n/a
19356637	Substituted 4-Benzyl And 4-Benzoyl Piperidine Derivates	2025-10-13	Pending	0	0	n/a
19335771	ANTI-PD-1 ANTIBODY-ATTENUATED IL-2 IMMUNOCONJUGATE FORMULATIONS	2025-09-22	Pending	0	0	n/a
15261720	Method and apparatus for adaptive signal processing	2012-01-10	Allowed	1	0	12.0 mo
15930255	Composition and method for controlled release	2015-02-11	Abandoned	4	1	23.0 mo
15702591	Distributed ledger transaction verification	2018-03-12	Allowed	3	0	20.0 mo
15429582	Thermal management of battery assemblies	2021-04-13	Pending	2	1	17.0 mo
15284912	Machine learning model for anomaly detection	2012-05-14	Allowed	1	0	14.0 mo
15842971	Wireless power transfer coil arrangement	2015-06-15	Abandoned	4	1	25.0 mo
15347599	Catalyst for selective hydrogenation	2018-07-16	Allowed	3	0	22.0 mo

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