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Cepheid

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190 applicationsfiled 2007 to 2025

Allowance rate

80%

+5 pts vs the USPTO range 73% to 86%

Rejections before allowance

1.7

+0.1 vs the USPTO

Months to first action

20.1 mo

+1.5 vs the USPTO

Needed an RCE

33%

+6 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

C12Q Measuring or testing processes involving enzymes or nucleic acids58 apps

B01L 50 apps

C12N Microorganisms or enzymes27 apps

G01N Investigating or analysing materials17 apps

G16H Healthcare informatics5 apps

H02K 4 apps

Art units

179831 apps

163723 apps

OPAP21 apps

163419 apps

16358 apps

16837 apps

Examiners met

The examiners seen most, and how it went with each

Docket Central23 apps

n/a

Brian R Gordon12 apps

92%

Amy Rose Hudson9 apps

100%

Madison Lynn Poos7 apps

100%

Carla J Myers6 apps

17%

Jyoti Nagpaul Mutreja6 apps

83%

Aaron A Priest6 apps

100%

Cynthia B Wilder5 apps

100%

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Who represents them

Law firms and agents on their applications

MERCHANT & GOULD - Cepheid66 apps

83%

Cepheid c/o39 apps

100%

Cepheid / Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP28 apps

96%

McNeill PLLC14 apps

50%

Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP - West Coast12 apps

75%

DWT/Cepheid9 apps

100%

CHRISTENSEN O'CONNOR JOHNSON KINDNESS PLLC4 apps

75%

DUANE MORRIS LLP - (prev. San Francisco)4 apps

50%

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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
19628352	ISOTHERMAL AMPLIFICATION USING NOVEL SYNTHETIC OLIGONUCLEOTIDES	2026-09-25	Pending	0	0	n/a
19617851	MAXIMIZING OPTICAL CHANNEL CAPABILITIES FOR TARGET DETECTION	2026-08-24	Pending	0	0	n/a
19614752	MELT SHAPE GENOTYPING	2026-08-12	Pending	0	0	n/a
15838469	Method and apparatus for adaptive signal processing	2012-01-10	Allowed	1	0	12.0 mo
15542530	Composition and method for controlled release	2015-02-11	Abandoned	4	1	23.0 mo
15982546	Distributed ledger transaction verification	2018-03-12	Allowed	3	0	20.0 mo
15885286	Thermal management of battery assemblies	2021-04-13	Pending	2	1	17.0 mo
15542452	Machine learning model for anomaly detection	2012-05-14	Allowed	1	0	14.0 mo
15108716	Wireless power transfer coil arrangement	2015-06-15	Abandoned	4	1	25.0 mo
15981115	Catalyst for selective hydrogenation	2018-07-16	Allowed	3	0	22.0 mo

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