Company or institution

VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED

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1,152 applicationsfiled 2006 to 2026

Allowance rate

72%

−4 pts vs the USPTO range 69% to 74%

Rejections before allowance

1.4

−0.2 vs the USPTO

Months to first action

11.9 mo

−6.7 vs the USPTO

Needed an RCE

27%

level with the USPTO

Timeline

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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

C07D Heterocyclic compounds596 apps

A61K Medical preparations339 apps

C12N Microorganisms or enzymes57 apps

C07K Peptides34 apps

A61P Therapeutic activity of compounds31 apps

C07C 24 apps

Art units

1625195 apps

1624175 apps

1626152 apps

162275 apps

162865 apps

162158 apps

Examiners met

The examiners seen most, and how it went with each

D Margaret M Seaman51 apps

84%

Docket Central37 apps

Deepak R Rao32 apps

88%

Douglas M Willis31 apps

77%

Shawquia Jackson27 apps

81%

Timothy R Rozof27 apps

74%

Nizal S Chandrakumar24 apps

73%

Samantha L Shterengarts21 apps

71%

Bars show the share of decided applications that were allowed.

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Who represents them

Law firms and agents on their applications

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated371 apps

73%

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated/Finnegan309 apps

71%

Jonathan P. O''Brien, Ph.D./VPI148 apps

52%

Barnes & Thornburg, LLP (Vertex)71 apps

90%

Barnes & Thornburg LLP (Merck-Vertex)53 apps

100%

Klarquist Sparkman, LLP (ViaCyte, Inc.)41 apps

68%

McNeill PLLC38 apps

55%

HG Law LLP25 apps

76%

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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
19623181	PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS OF ALPHA-1 ANTITRYPSIN MODULATORS	2026-09-11	Pending	0	0	n/a
19586998	POLYNUCLEOTIDES ENCODING CYSTIC FIBROSIS TRANSMEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE REGULATOR FOR TH…	2026-05-13	Pending	0	0	n/a
19583085	COMPOUNDS FOR THE TREATMENT OF KIDNEY DISEASE	2026-04-29	Pending	0	0	n/a
15200064	Method and apparatus for adaptive signal processing	2012-01-10	Allowed	1	0	12.0 mo
15805565	Composition and method for controlled release	2015-02-11	Abandoned	4	1	23.0 mo
15175406	Distributed ledger transaction verification	2018-03-12	Allowed	3	0	20.0 mo
15969854	Thermal management of battery assemblies	2021-04-13	Pending	2	1	17.0 mo
15120131	Machine learning model for anomaly detection	2012-05-14	Allowed	1	0	14.0 mo
15788040	Wireless power transfer coil arrangement	2015-06-15	Abandoned	4	1	25.0 mo
15528311	Catalyst for selective hydrogenation	2018-07-16	Allowed	3	0	22.0 mo

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