Company or institution

Gatan, Inc.

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53 applicationsfiled 2007 to 2025

Allowance rate

81%

+6 pts vs the USPTO range 68% to 90%

Rejections before allowance

1.1

−0.5 vs the USPTO

Months to first action

13.6 mo

−5.0 vs the USPTO

Needed an RCE

21%

−6 pts vs the USPTO

Timeline

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Allowance by filing year

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Domains

Where the applications fall

CPC subclasses

H01J 21 apps

G01N Investigating or analysing materials18 apps

G06T Image data processing or generation2 apps

H10F 2 apps

G01T 2 apps

B23K 2 apps

Art units

288131 apps

28844 apps

28122 apps

17942 apps

OPAP2 apps

37612 apps

Examiners met

The examiners seen most, and how it went with each

Phillip A Johnston7 apps

100%

David A Vanore4 apps

100%

Jason L McCormack3 apps

100%

Bernard E Souw3 apps

100%

David E Smith3 apps

67%

Kiet Tuan Nguyen3 apps

100%

Nathaniel J Kolb2 apps

100%

Wyatt A Stoffa2 apps

50%

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Who represents them

Law firms and agents on their applications

CAESAR RIVISE, PC15 apps

60%

VOLPE KOENIG11 apps

75%

Theodore Heske III10 apps

90%

SNYDER, CLARK, LESCH & CHUNG, LLP7 apps

100%

Gatan, Inc.6 apps

100%

Ray Quinney & Nebeker2 apps

n/a

GREENBLUM & BERNSTEIN, P.L.C.1 apps

100%

THE WEBB LAW FIRM, P.C.1 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
19308515	RADIATION SHIELDING MATERIAL, PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURE AND APPARATUS	2025-08-25	Pending	0	0	n/a
19153735	APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ION BEAM CROSS SECTION POLISHING OF EXTENDED SAMPLE REGIONS	2025-08-05	Pending	0	0	n/a
19256954	SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FRAME CONTROL IN TEXTURE ANALYSIS	2025-07-01	Pending	0	0	n/a
15159907	Method and apparatus for adaptive signal processing	2012-01-10	Allowed	1	0	12.0 mo
15128389	Composition and method for controlled release	2015-02-11	Abandoned	4	1	23.0 mo
15994298	Distributed ledger transaction verification	2018-03-12	Allowed	3	0	20.0 mo
15147727	Thermal management of battery assemblies	2021-04-13	Pending	2	1	17.0 mo
15447105	Machine learning model for anomaly detection	2012-05-14	Allowed	1	0	14.0 mo
15270367	Wireless power transfer coil arrangement	2015-06-15	Abandoned	4	1	25.0 mo
15724382	Catalyst for selective hydrogenation	2018-07-16	Allowed	3	0	22.0 mo

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