Company or institution

McMaster University

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391 applicationsfiled 2006 to 2026

Allowance rate

63%

−13 pts vs the USPTO range 57% to 68%

Rejections before allowance

1.6

level with the USPTO

Months to first action

20.7 mo

+2.1 vs the USPTO

Needed an RCE

24%

−3 pts vs the USPTO

Timeline

Applications by filing year: drag across the years to study a period

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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

A61K Medical preparations74 apps

G01N Investigating or analysing materials46 apps

C12Q Measuring or testing processes involving enzymes or nucleic acids25 apps

C07K Peptides21 apps

C12N Microorganisms or enzymes18 apps

H04W Wireless communication networks15 apps

Art units

OPAP26 apps

163310 apps

179510 apps

16349 apps

16288 apps

16268 apps

Examiners met

The examiners seen most, and how it went with each

Docket Central28 apps

n/a

Craig D Ricci8 apps

100%

Maria Gomez Leavitt6 apps

100%

Arthur S Leonard6 apps

67%

Mark V Stevens5 apps

100%

Yih-Horng Shiao4 apps

75%

Etsub D Berhanu4 apps

25%

John C Ball4 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

SMART & BIGGAR LP176 apps

63%

Gowling WLG (Canada) LLP50 apps

69%

Antheros Legal Advisors LLP13 apps

85%

DOWELL & DOWELL, P.C.13 apps

50%

InHouse Patent Counsel, LLC8 apps

100%

Stanek Lemon Crouse and Meeks, PA8 apps

n/a

BlackBerry Limited (Integral IP)7 apps

86%

QUARLES & BRADY LLP6 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
19884009	METHOD FOR DETERMINING A PHASE CORRECTION TO APPLY TO AN OPTICAL ELEMENT USING FOCA…	2026-10-09	Pending	0	0	n/a
19883376	MULTI-FUNCTIONAL PANEL SYSTEM	2026-10-08	Pending	0	0	n/a
19881881	PROGNOSTIC METHOD FOR ACUTE MYELOID LEUKEMIA (AML) AND NON-CANONICAL AML REGENERATI…	2026-10-02	Pending	0	0	n/a
15490036	Method and apparatus for adaptive signal processing	2012-01-10	Allowed	1	0	12.0 mo
15627571	Composition and method for controlled release	2015-02-11	Abandoned	4	1	23.0 mo
15803634	Distributed ledger transaction verification	2018-03-12	Allowed	3	0	20.0 mo
15766407	Thermal management of battery assemblies	2021-04-13	Pending	2	1	17.0 mo
15678861	Machine learning model for anomaly detection	2012-05-14	Allowed	1	0	14.0 mo
15142981	Wireless power transfer coil arrangement	2015-06-15	Abandoned	4	1	25.0 mo
15116706	Catalyst for selective hydrogenation	2018-07-16	Allowed	3	0	22.0 mo

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