Company or institution

Cilag GmbH International

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3,488 applicationsfiled 2006 to 2026

Allowance rate

85%

+10 pts vs the USPTO range 84% to 87%

Rejections before allowance

1.9

+0.3 vs the USPTO

Months to first action

20.7 mo

+2.1 vs the USPTO

Needed an RCE

58%

+31 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, identification3,001 apps

G16H Healthcare informatics133 apps

G06T Image data processing or generation45 apps

G01N Investigating or analysing materials44 apps

A61M Devices for introducing media into the body42 apps

H04N Pictorial communication, television38 apps

Art units

37311,227 apps

3771379 apps

3794310 apps

3721264 apps

OPAP109 apps

373966 apps

Examiners met

The examiners seen most, and how it went with each

Nathaniel C Chukwurah264 apps

94%

Scott A Smith175 apps

93%

Michelle Lopez132 apps

86%

Docket Central110 apps

n/a

Robert Franklin Long105 apps

68%

Gloria R Weeks90 apps

89%

Linda J Hodge72 apps

92%

Andrew M Tecco51 apps

81%

Bars show the share of decided applications that were allowed.

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Who represents them

Law firms and agents on their applications

DAVID A. LANE, JR.1,614 apps

95%

Cilag GmbH International432 apps

73%

Condo Roccia Koptiw LLP272 apps

71%

K&L GATES LLP - ETHICON263 apps

53%

Lempia Summerfield Katz LLC/Johnson & Johnson (MS)172 apps

87%

Troutman Pepper Locke LLP171 apps

71%

JOHNSON & JOHNSON157 apps

99%

Cilag GmbH International/TechLaw Ventures, PLLC153 apps

94%

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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
19714367	REPLACEABLE SURGICAL SCISSOR BLADES FOR SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS	2026-06-19	Pending	0	0	n/a
19709451	COMBINATION ULTRASONIC AND ELECTROSURGICAL INSTRUMENT WITH ADJUSTABLE ENERGY MODALI…	2026-06-16	Pending	0	0	n/a
19703528	TECHNIQUES FOR ADAPTIVE CONTROL OF MOTOR VELOCITY OF A SURGICAL STAPLING AND CUTTIN…	2026-06-10	Pending	0	0	n/a
15806707	Method and apparatus for adaptive signal processing	2012-01-10	Allowed	1	0	12.0 mo
15595490	Composition and method for controlled release	2015-02-11	Abandoned	4	1	23.0 mo
15994646	Distributed ledger transaction verification	2018-03-12	Allowed	3	0	20.0 mo
15943817	Thermal management of battery assemblies	2021-04-13	Pending	2	1	17.0 mo
15486624	Machine learning model for anomaly detection	2012-05-14	Allowed	1	0	14.0 mo
15968810	Wireless power transfer coil arrangement	2015-06-15	Abandoned	4	1	25.0 mo
15915793	Catalyst for selective hydrogenation	2018-07-16	Allowed	3	0	22.0 mo

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