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MARS, INCORPORATED

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681 applicationsfiled 2006 to 2026

Allowance rate

57%

−19 pts vs the USPTO range 52% to 61%

Rejections before allowance

3.1

+1.5 vs the USPTO

Months to first action

21.5 mo

+2.9 vs the USPTO

Needed an RCE

58%

+31 pts vs the USPTO

Timeline

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Compared with the office

Against every applicant before the USPTO

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Trend

Allowance by filing year

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Domains

Where the applications fall

CPC subclasses

A23K 179 apps

A23G 76 apps

A23L 48 apps

A61K Medical preparations47 apps

B65D Containers for storage or transport42 apps

A01K 30 apps

Art units

179195 apps

179290 apps

179360 apps

OPAP48 apps

165521 apps

163416 apps

Examiners met

The examiners seen most, and how it went with each

Docket Central49 apps

n/a

Walter A Moore24 apps

13%

Jeanine Anne Goldberg20 apps

25%

Chhaya D Sayala19 apps

26%

Assaf Zilbering13 apps

31%

Kelly Jo Bekker11 apps

38%

Viren A Thakur11 apps

30%

Nikki H Dees8 apps

50%

Bars show the share of decided applications that were allowed.

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Who represents them

Law firms and agents on their applications

Baker Botts L.L.P.180 apps

68%

Mars, Inc. c/o Mars Petcare119 apps

32%

Mars, Incorporated94 apps

68%

Mars / Bookoff McAndrews82 apps

100%

NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT US LLP49 apps

27%

MARS INC. c/o Morrison & Foerster LLP30 apps

79%

POLSINELLI PC (Main Customer Number)20 apps

35%

JOSHUA GOLDBERG18 apps

44%

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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
19883112	NEW COMPOSITIONS FOR CAT STOOL ODOR MANAGEMENT	2026-10-07	Pending	0	0	n/a
19880841	COATING COMPOSITION, EDIBLE PRODUCTS AND METHODS OF MAKING COATING COMPOSITIONS AND…	2026-09-30	Pending	0	0	n/a
19881013	FOOD COMPOSITIONS FOR TREATING CHRONIC INFLAMMATORY JOINT DISEASES	2026-09-30	Pending	0	0	n/a
15833232	Method and apparatus for adaptive signal processing	2012-01-10	Allowed	1	0	12.0 mo
15406675	Composition and method for controlled release	2015-02-11	Abandoned	4	1	23.0 mo
15307515	Distributed ledger transaction verification	2018-03-12	Allowed	3	0	20.0 mo
15684766	Thermal management of battery assemblies	2021-04-13	Pending	2	1	17.0 mo
15412505	Machine learning model for anomaly detection	2012-05-14	Allowed	1	0	14.0 mo
15200265	Wireless power transfer coil arrangement	2015-06-15	Abandoned	4	1	25.0 mo
15123222	Catalyst for selective hydrogenation	2018-07-16	Allowed	3	0	22.0 mo

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