Company or institution

KCI USA, INC.

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132 applicationsfiled 2006 to 2021

Allowance rate

90%

+15 pts vs the USPTO range 84% to 94%

Rejections before allowance

2.6

+1.0 vs the USPTO

Months to first action

21.4 mo

+2.8 vs the USPTO

Needed an RCE

48%

+21 pts vs the USPTO

Timeline

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Allowance by filing year

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Domains

Where the applications fall

CPC subclasses

A61F 47 apps

A61M Devices for introducing media into the body38 apps

A61L 20 apps

A61B Diagnosis, surgery, identification14 apps

A61K Medical preparations6 apps

A61H 2 apps

Art units

376128 apps

377219 apps

377812 apps

378610 apps

37815 apps

16134 apps

Examiners met

The examiners seen most, and how it went with each

Kim M Lewis14 apps

100%

Melanie Jo Hand12 apps

100%

Ilya Y Treyger9 apps

89%

Ophelia Althea Hawthorne6 apps

83%

Benjamin Jacob Klein4 apps

100%

Benedict L Hanrahan4 apps

100%

Caitlin Ann Carreiro4 apps

75%

Isis A D Ghali3 apps

100%

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Who represents them

Law firms and agents on their applications

KINETIC CONCEPTS, INC.88 apps

94%

KCI Licensing - Foley36 apps

78%

NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT US LLP - LUMN3 apps

100%

KCI Licensing, Inc. (Formerly MB)1 apps

100%

McCarter & English / KCI1 apps

100%

McCarter & English, LLP/LifeCell1 apps

100%

Renner Kenner Greive Bobak Taylor & Weber Co., LPA1 apps

100%

Solventum Intellectual Properties Company1 apps

100%

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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
17468964	WOUND DRESSING WITH ADHESIVE MARGIN	2021-09-08	Allowed	2	0	37.6 mo
16965721	ANTIMICROBIAL COMPOSITION, DRESSING, DRESSING COMPONENTS, AND METHOD	2020-07-29	Abandoned	2	0	21.4 mo
16955584	DRESSING INCLUDING DEHYDRATED PLACENTAL TISSUE FOR WOUND HEALING	2020-06-18	Abandoned	0	0	25.6 mo
15609759	Method and apparatus for adaptive signal processing	2012-01-10	Allowed	1	0	12.0 mo
15174865	Composition and method for controlled release	2015-02-11	Abandoned	4	1	23.0 mo
15850677	Distributed ledger transaction verification	2018-03-12	Allowed	3	0	20.0 mo
15952889	Thermal management of battery assemblies	2021-04-13	Pending	2	1	17.0 mo
15971445	Machine learning model for anomaly detection	2012-05-14	Allowed	1	0	14.0 mo
15998714	Wireless power transfer coil arrangement	2015-06-15	Abandoned	4	1	25.0 mo
15871963	Catalyst for selective hydrogenation	2018-07-16	Allowed	3	0	22.0 mo

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