Company or institution

IPG PHOTONICS CORPORATION

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281 applicationsfiled 2006 to 2026

Allowance rate

85%

+10 pts vs the USPTO range 80% to 89%

Rejections before allowance

1.2

−0.4 vs the USPTO

Months to first action

21.8 mo

+3.2 vs the USPTO

Needed an RCE

21%

−7 pts vs the USPTO

Timeline

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Trend

Allowance by filing year

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Domains

Where the applications fall

CPC subclasses

B23K 84 apps

H01S 80 apps

G02B Optical elements36 apps

G02F 15 apps

H10P 12 apps

A61B Diagnosis, surgery, identification9 apps

Art units

282865 apps

376140 apps

287430 apps

OPAP25 apps

374221 apps

288314 apps

Examiners met

The examiners seen most, and how it went with each

Docket Central26 apps

n/a

Geoffrey S Evans15 apps

87%

Kinam Park13 apps

92%

Samuel M Heinrich9 apps

78%

Daniel Petkovsek8 apps

100%

Rhonda S Peace8 apps

100%

Michael P Lapage7 apps

100%

Yuanda Zhang7 apps

100%

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Who represents them

Law firms and agents on their applications

IPG PHOTONICS CORPORATION177 apps

84%

Secant/IPG42 apps

88%

Secant IP26 apps

88%

JOSHUA D. ISENBERG15 apps

100%

Christensen, Fonder, Dardi & Busse PLLC8 apps

100%

Whitmyer IP Group LLC3 apps

n/a

HAMILTON, BROOK, SMITH & REYNOLDS, P.C.2 apps

Harrity & Harrity, LLP2 apps

50%

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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
19626329	MULTI-WIRE FEEDER MECHANISM FOR HAND-HELD WELDING LASER HEADS	2026-09-21	Pending	0	0	n/a
19601737	SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING LASER TREATMENTS USING REFLECTED INTENSITY SIGN…	2026-06-26	Pending	0	0	n/a
19677641	HEAD-WORN OPTICAL PROTECTION DEVICE WITH LENS CLAMP ASSEMBLY	2026-05-14	Pending	0	0	n/a
15433409	Method and apparatus for adaptive signal processing	2012-01-10	Allowed	1	0	12.0 mo
15213466	Composition and method for controlled release	2015-02-11	Abandoned	4	1	23.0 mo
15537916	Distributed ledger transaction verification	2018-03-12	Allowed	3	0	20.0 mo
15676677	Thermal management of battery assemblies	2021-04-13	Pending	2	1	17.0 mo
15942549	Machine learning model for anomaly detection	2012-05-14	Allowed	1	0	14.0 mo
15108351	Wireless power transfer coil arrangement	2015-06-15	Abandoned	4	1	25.0 mo
15900509	Catalyst for selective hydrogenation	2018-07-16	Allowed	3	0	22.0 mo

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