Company or institution

ILLUMINA, INC.

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1,753 applicationsfiled 2006 to 2026

Allowance rate

85%

+9 pts vs the USPTO range 82% to 87%

Rejections before allowance

1.5

level with the USPTO

Months to first action

21.9 mo

+3.3 vs the USPTO

Needed an RCE

30%

+2 pts vs the USPTO

Timeline

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Allowance by filing year

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Domains

Where the applications fall

CPC subclasses

C12Q Measuring or testing processes involving enzymes or nucleic acids504 apps

G16B Bioinformatics283 apps

B01L 210 apps

C12N Microorganisms or enzymes187 apps

G01N Investigating or analysing materials141 apps

B01J 88 apps

Art units

OPAP245 apps

1637138 apps

163499 apps

179897 apps

168192 apps

168463 apps

Examiners met

The examiners seen most, and how it went with each

Docket Central246 apps

n/a

Kaijiang Zhang30 apps

96%

Jezia Riley30 apps

87%

Betty J Forman28 apps

71%

Aaron A Priest27 apps

88%

Robert Thomas Crow26 apps

81%

Brian J Sines22 apps

95%

Kenneth R Horlick21 apps

95%

Bars show the share of decided applications that were allowed.

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Who represents them

Law firms and agents on their applications

Illumina, Inc.431 apps

93%

KNOBBE, MARTENS, OLSON & BEAR, LLP (ILLINC)285 apps

86%

Keller Preece PLLC / Illumina146 apps

97%

c/o Fletcher Yoder P.C.139 apps

85%

MARSHALL, GERSTEIN & BORUN LLP/ILLUMINA120 apps

95%

Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti P.C. - Illumina91 apps

85%

Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP89 apps

78%

MRG/Illumina70 apps

81%

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Rejection fingerprint

What gets rejected, by statute

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What works

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Interviews

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Applications

Every application in the record

Application	Title	Filed	Status	Rejections	RCEs	To 1st action
19617123	DESIGNER PEPTIDE CYCLIC LOOPS FOR NANOPORE SEQUENCING	2026-08-20	Pending	0	0	n/a
19617228	RIBOSE-MEDIATED CYCLIC LOOP OPENING FOR NANOPORE SEQUENCING	2026-08-20	Pending	0	0	n/a
19607767	RATCHET-CHELATORS AS UNIQUE BARCODES FOR NANOPORE SEQUENCING	2026-07-20	Pending	0	0	n/a
15347103	Method and apparatus for adaptive signal processing	2012-01-10	Allowed	1	0	12.0 mo
15971294	Composition and method for controlled release	2015-02-11	Abandoned	4	1	23.0 mo
15217375	Distributed ledger transaction verification	2018-03-12	Allowed	3	0	20.0 mo
15194854	Thermal management of battery assemblies	2021-04-13	Pending	2	1	17.0 mo
15917430	Machine learning model for anomaly detection	2012-05-14	Allowed	1	0	14.0 mo
15482090	Wireless power transfer coil arrangement	2015-06-15	Abandoned	4	1	25.0 mo
15527554	Catalyst for selective hydrogenation	2018-07-16	Allowed	3	0	22.0 mo

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