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ALCON INC.

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2,350 applicationsfiled 2006 to 2026

Allowance rate

70%

−5 pts vs the USPTO range 68% to 72%

Rejections before allowance

1.8

+0.2 vs the USPTO

Months to first action

20.4 mo

+1.8 vs the USPTO

Needed an RCE

34%

+7 pts vs the USPTO

Timeline

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Compared with the office

Against every applicant before the USPTO

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Allowance by filing year

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Domains

Where the applications fall

CPC subclasses

A61F 934 apps

A61B Diagnosis, surgery, identification529 apps

A61K Medical preparations191 apps

B29D 86 apps

A61M Devices for introducing media into the body85 apps

G02B Optical elements71 apps

Art units

2872241 apps

3731134 apps

3771123 apps

OPAP121 apps

3774115 apps

3763110 apps

Examiners met

The examiners seen most, and how it went with each

Docket Central123 apps

n/a

Mohammed A Hasan36 apps

100%

Zohreh Alemzadeh Fay35 apps

23%

Tiffany P Shipmon31 apps

65%

Michael F Pepitone29 apps

93%

William H Matthews27 apps

44%

Javier G Blanco26 apps

73%

Leslie Ann Lopez23 apps

65%

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Who they file for

Clients with the most applications

Alcon Inc.1,240 apps

89%

Novartis AG558 apps

67%

ALCON RESEARCH, LTD.298 apps

28%

WAVELIGHT GMBH57 apps

54%

ALCON LENSX, INC.31 apps

48%

SIXTH STREETLENDING PARTNERS, AS THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT20 apps

100%

Alcon Pharmaceuticals Ltd.14 apps

86%

Transcend Medical, Inc.14 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
19714106	MULTIPLE CANNULA TROCAR ASSEMBLY	2026-06-19	Pending	0	0	n/a
19710926	MEMBRANE REMOVAL DEVICE	2026-06-17	Pending	0	0	n/a
19701957	REAL-TIME SURGICAL REFERENCE INDICIUM APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR INTRAOCULAR LENS IM…	2026-06-09	Pending	0	0	n/a
15903784	Method and apparatus for adaptive signal processing	2012-01-10	Allowed	1	0	12.0 mo
15578706	Composition and method for controlled release	2015-02-11	Abandoned	4	1	23.0 mo
15543848	Distributed ledger transaction verification	2018-03-12	Allowed	3	0	20.0 mo
15552282	Thermal management of battery assemblies	2021-04-13	Pending	2	1	17.0 mo
15995189	Machine learning model for anomaly detection	2012-05-14	Allowed	1	0	14.0 mo
15362759	Wireless power transfer coil arrangement	2015-06-15	Abandoned	4	1	25.0 mo
15597729	Catalyst for selective hydrogenation	2018-07-16	Allowed	3	0	22.0 mo

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