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44 applicationsfiled 2007 to 2025

Allowance rate

77%

+1 pts vs the USPTO range 59% to 88%

Rejections before allowance

2.0

+0.5 vs the USPTO

Months to first action

26.1 mo

+7.5 vs the USPTO

Needed an RCE

41%

+14 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

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Trend

Allowance by filing year

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Domains

Where the applications fall

CPC subclasses

A61B Diagnosis, surgery, identification13 apps

A61M Devices for introducing media into the body7 apps

G16H Healthcare informatics7 apps

A61K Medical preparations3 apps

G01N Investigating or analysing materials3 apps

A61N 1 apps

Art units

37925 apps

37854 apps

37814 apps

OPAP3 apps

37962 apps

36262 apps

Examiners met

The examiners seen most, and how it went with each

Docket Central3 apps

n/a

Eric Rassavong3 apps

67%

Aaron F Roane2 apps

100%

Sheetal R. Paulson2 apps

50%

Michael T. Holtzclaw2 apps

100%

Sharmin Akhter1 apps

Ismael Negron1 apps

100%

John A Pauls1 apps

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Who represents them

Law firms and agents on their applications

KLARQUIST SPARKMAN, LLP16 apps

92%

UPMC9 apps

44%

BAKER BOTTS L.L.P.5 apps

100%

ECKERT SEAMANS CHERIN & MELLOTT LLC5 apps

67%

HENRY E. BARTONY, JR4 apps

n/a

FISH & RICHARDSON P.C. (TC)2 apps

100%

THE WEBB LAW FIRM, P.C.2 apps

100%

Leech Tishman Fuscaldo & Lampl1 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
19610844	HANDHELD OSCILLATING WIRE TORQUE DEVICE	2026-07-30	Pending	0	0	n/a
19484556	DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING POWERED SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS	2025-11-14	Pending	0	0	n/a
19370961	METHODS OF DETECTING AND TREATING CEREBRAL ANEURYSMS	2025-10-28	Pending	0	0	n/a
15991748	Method and apparatus for adaptive signal processing	2012-01-10	Allowed	1	0	12.0 mo
15708270	Composition and method for controlled release	2015-02-11	Abandoned	4	1	23.0 mo
15162764	Distributed ledger transaction verification	2018-03-12	Allowed	3	0	20.0 mo
15771638	Thermal management of battery assemblies	2021-04-13	Pending	2	1	17.0 mo
15733110	Machine learning model for anomaly detection	2012-05-14	Allowed	1	0	14.0 mo
15130000	Wireless power transfer coil arrangement	2015-06-15	Abandoned	4	1	25.0 mo
15638383	Catalyst for selective hydrogenation	2018-07-16	Allowed	3	0	22.0 mo

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