Company or institution

Ethicon LLC

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2,117 applicationsfiled 2006 to 2026

Allowance rate

86%

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

Rejections before allowance

1.7

+0.1 vs the USPTO

Months to first action

22.2 mo

+3.6 vs the USPTO

Needed an RCE

56%

+29 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, identification1,560 apps

A61L 160 apps

A61F 129 apps

A61K Medical preparations41 apps

A61M Devices for introducing media into the body37 apps

A61N 29 apps

Art units

3731708 apps

3771375 apps

3794136 apps

379251 apps

377345 apps

378344 apps

Examiners met

The examiners seen most, and how it went with each

Nathaniel C Chukwurah129 apps

98%

Scott A Smith102 apps

99%

Michelle Lopez52 apps

90%

Robert Franklin Long40 apps

65%

Andrew M Tecco36 apps

67%

Tanzim Imam24 apps

88%

Alexander J Orkin24 apps

88%

Eyamindae Chossan Jallow22 apps

95%

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Who represents them

Law firms and agents on their applications

DAVID A. LANE, JR.1,510 apps

92%

Mintz Levin/EES197 apps

92%

K&L GATES LLP - ETHICON109 apps

10%

Doherty IP Law Group LLC79 apps

94%

Cilag GmbH International74 apps

71%

Calderon Safran & Wright P.C.37 apps

81%

K&L GATES LLP-Pittsburgh17 apps

35%

Troutman Pepper Locke LLP15 apps

79%

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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
19703206	SEALANTS FOR TISSUE CLOSURE	2026-06-10	Pending	0	0	n/a
19371120	BIODEGRADABLE LUNG SEALANTS	2025-10-28	Pending	0	0	n/a
19350586	DYNAMIC HEALTHCARE SYSTEM FOR SPASMODIC CLINICAL WORKFLOWS	2025-10-06	Pending	1	0	10.9 mo
15777190	Method and apparatus for adaptive signal processing	2012-01-10	Allowed	1	0	12.0 mo
15663915	Composition and method for controlled release	2015-02-11	Abandoned	4	1	23.0 mo
15940076	Distributed ledger transaction verification	2018-03-12	Allowed	3	0	20.0 mo
15408953	Thermal management of battery assemblies	2021-04-13	Pending	2	1	17.0 mo
15641962	Machine learning model for anomaly detection	2012-05-14	Allowed	1	0	14.0 mo
15904693	Wireless power transfer coil arrangement	2015-06-15	Abandoned	4	1	25.0 mo
15672609	Catalyst for selective hydrogenation	2018-07-16	Allowed	3	0	22.0 mo

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