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Covidien LP

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11,537 applicationsfiled 2006 to 2026

Allowance rate

80%

+5 pts vs the USPTO range 79% to 81%

Rejections before allowance

1.8

+0.2 vs the USPTO

Months to first action

22.4 mo

+3.8 vs the USPTO

Needed an RCE

29%

+2 pts vs the USPTO

Timeline

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Against every applicant before the USPTO

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Trend

Allowance by filing year

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Domains

Where the applications fall

CPC subclasses

A61B Diagnosis, surgery, identification9,310 apps

A61M Devices for introducing media into the body727 apps

A61F 470 apps

A61L 145 apps

G16H Healthcare informatics121 apps

G06T Image data processing or generation87 apps

Art units

37311,876 apps

37711,374 apps

3794921 apps

3721864 apps

3739743 apps

3763400 apps

Examiners met

The examiners seen most, and how it went with each

Scott A Smith378 apps

96%

Nathaniel C Chukwurah256 apps

95%

Robert Franklin Long240 apps

86%

Michael F Peffley216 apps

94%

Michelle Lopez212 apps

96%

Daniel Wayne Fowler171 apps

82%

Thomas Anthony Giuliani134 apps

85%

Docket Central130 apps

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Who represents them

Law firms and agents on their applications

Covidien LP8,140 apps

83%

Womble (previously Lewis Roca)675 apps

76%

Medtronic602 apps

93%

Fletcher Yoder515 apps

61%

Covidien LP / Merchant Gould197 apps

69%

Dymera IP, LLC160 apps

77%

COVIDIEN LP / Shvarts & Leiz152 apps

45%

Covidien LP/Shumaker & Sieffert P.A.149 apps

80%

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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
19881838	SURGICAL ROBOTIC SYSTEM FOR CONTROL OF STEERABLE INSTRUMENT USING MULTIPLE IMAGING …	2026-10-02	Pending	0	0	n/a
19880532	SURGICAL ROBOTIC SYSTEM WITH SUTURE ASSIST MODE	2026-09-29	Pending	0	0	n/a
19627395	STAPLING DEVICE WITH ROTARY KNIFE	2026-09-24	Pending	0	0	n/a
15332720	Method and apparatus for adaptive signal processing	2012-01-10	Allowed	1	0	12.0 mo
15258833	Composition and method for controlled release	2015-02-11	Abandoned	4	1	23.0 mo
15767219	Distributed ledger transaction verification	2018-03-12	Allowed	3	0	20.0 mo
15353195	Thermal management of battery assemblies	2021-04-13	Pending	2	1	17.0 mo
15860336	Machine learning model for anomaly detection	2012-05-14	Allowed	1	0	14.0 mo
15436669	Wireless power transfer coil arrangement	2015-06-15	Abandoned	4	1	25.0 mo
15821564	Catalyst for selective hydrogenation	2018-07-16	Allowed	3	0	22.0 mo

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