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ETH Zürich

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122 applicationsfiled 2014 to 2025

Allowance rate

69%

−7 pts vs the USPTO range 58% to 77%

Rejections before allowance

1.3

−0.3 vs the USPTO

Months to first action

21.6 mo

+3.0 vs the USPTO

Needed an RCE

33%

+6 pts vs the USPTO

Timeline

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Compared with the office

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

A61K Medical preparations8 apps

A61B Diagnosis, surgery, identification8 apps

C12N Microorganisms or enzymes8 apps

C04B 6 apps

H01J 6 apps

G06F Electric digital data processing6 apps

Art units

288111 apps

OPAP7 apps

16534 apps

17313 apps

16443 apps

16563 apps

Examiners met

The examiners seen most, and how it went with each

Docket Central8 apps

n/a

Andrew P Smyth6 apps

67%

Timothy R Rozof2 apps

50%

Samuel W Liu2 apps

50%

Gabriel S Mercado2 apps

Harry Y Oh2 apps

100%

Zachary S Skelding2 apps

100%

Michael P Maskell2 apps

100%

Bars show the share of decided applications that were allowed.

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Who represents them

Law firms and agents on their applications

JMB Davis Ben-David14 apps

30%

DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC.13 apps

100%

OLIFF PLC11 apps

67%

Esplin & Associates, PC6 apps

100%

RANKIN, HILL & CLARK LLP6 apps

100%

KASHA LAW LLC5 apps

60%

SUGHRUE MION, PLLC5 apps

100%

BLANK ROME LLP4 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
19628100	MOBILE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ANALYSING A FLUID, IN PARTICULAR CEREBROSPINAL FLUID	2026-09-25	Pending	0	0	n/a
19514906	pH-INDUCIBLE STRUCTURE-SWITCHING LIPID NANOVECTORS, SEMI-SYNTHETIC EXTRACELLULAR VE…	2026-02-27	Pending	0	0	n/a
19495956	AN EFFICIENT SEPARATION PROCESS FOR RARE EARTH ELEMENT COMPOUNDS AND NOVEL RARE EAR…	2025-12-22	Pending	0	0	n/a
15873924	Method and apparatus for adaptive signal processing	2012-01-10	Allowed	1	0	12.0 mo
15107906	Composition and method for controlled release	2015-02-11	Abandoned	4	1	23.0 mo
15333404	Distributed ledger transaction verification	2018-03-12	Allowed	3	0	20.0 mo
15300077	Thermal management of battery assemblies	2021-04-13	Pending	2	1	17.0 mo
15197115	Machine learning model for anomaly detection	2012-05-14	Allowed	1	0	14.0 mo
15215361	Wireless power transfer coil arrangement	2015-06-15	Abandoned	4	1	25.0 mo
15845264	Catalyst for selective hydrogenation	2018-07-16	Allowed	3	0	22.0 mo

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