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VOLCANO CORPORATION

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520 applicationsfiled 2006 to 2019

Allowance rate

63%

−12 pts vs the USPTO range 59% to 67%

Rejections before allowance

3.6

+2.0 vs the USPTO

Months to first action

22.8 mo

+4.2 vs the USPTO

Needed an RCE

54%

+27 pts vs the USPTO

Timeline

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Trend

Allowance by filing year

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Domains

Where the applications fall

CPC subclasses

A61B Diagnosis, surgery, identification413 apps

A61M Devices for introducing media into the body27 apps

G16H Healthcare informatics22 apps

A61F 13 apps

G01B 11 apps

G06T Image data processing or generation8 apps

Art units

379397 apps

373766 apps

376849 apps

379138 apps

377726 apps

373521 apps

Examiners met

The examiners seen most, and how it went with each

Jonathan Cwern29 apps

21%

Katherine M McDonald18 apps

17%

Marjan Saboktakin15 apps

53%

Michael S Kellogg15 apps

60%

Christopher L Cook11 apps

73%

Sanjay Cattungal11 apps

100%

Joel Lamprecht10 apps

80%

Peter Luong7 apps

100%

Bars show the share of decided applications that were allowed.

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Who represents them

Law firms and agents on their applications

PHILIPS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & STANDARDS394 apps

69%

Haynes and Boone, LLP (44755)105 apps

43%

BROWN RUDNICK LLP11 apps

Jeffrey L. Thompson4 apps

100%

LEYDIG VOIT & MAYER, LTD2 apps

100%

WOLF GREENFIELD & SACKS, P.C.2 apps

100%

HoustonHogle LLP1 apps

100%

Imaizumi IP Law, PLLC1 apps

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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
16718271	MEDICAL COMMUNICATION HUB AND ASSOCIATED METHODS	2019-12-18	Allowed	2	1	9.4 mo
16683869	INTRAVASCULAR DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS HAVING A CORE WIRE WITH EMBEDDED CONDUC…	2019-11-14	Allowed	2	0	18.1 mo
16665285	PRESSURE SENSOR CALIBRATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS	2019-10-28	Abandoned	4	1	33.0 mo
15378483	Method and apparatus for adaptive signal processing	2012-01-10	Allowed	1	0	12.0 mo
15379934	Composition and method for controlled release	2015-02-11	Abandoned	4	1	23.0 mo
15306548	Distributed ledger transaction verification	2018-03-12	Allowed	3	0	20.0 mo
15139384	Thermal management of battery assemblies	2021-04-13	Pending	2	1	17.0 mo
15315598	Machine learning model for anomaly detection	2012-05-14	Allowed	1	0	14.0 mo
15707116	Wireless power transfer coil arrangement	2015-06-15	Abandoned	4	1	25.0 mo
15549552	Catalyst for selective hydrogenation	2018-07-16	Allowed	3	0	22.0 mo

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