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BALLARD SPAHR LLP

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6,420 applicationsfiled 2006 to 2026

Allowance rate

70%

−6 pts vs the USPTO range 69% to 71%

Rejections before allowance

1.8

+0.2 vs the USPTO

Months to first action

19.0 mo

+0.4 vs the USPTO

Needed an RCE

31%

+4 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 preparations795 apps

G07F 265 apps

A61B Diagnosis, surgery, identification246 apps

A61M Devices for introducing media into the body211 apps

A61F 208 apps

C07K Peptides206 apps

Art units

OPAP358 apps

3715155 apps

3641136 apps

3679107 apps

379295 apps

162684 apps

Examiners met

The examiners seen most, and how it went with each

Docket Central356 apps

Cheryl Ann Juska30 apps

40%

Aaron M Dunwoody26 apps

88%

Reginald A Renwick24 apps

100%

James M Hewitt20 apps

85%

Mila Airapetian19 apps

89%

James S McClellan18 apps

100%

Jr, Reginald S Tillman18 apps

89%

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Who they file for

Clients with the most applications

United States Government as Represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs239 apps

73%

University of Utah Research Foundation210 apps

58%

Victaulic Company196 apps

85%

COLUMBIA INSURANCE COMPANY161 apps

85%

MAGENTA MEDICAL LTD142 apps

99%

Smith & Wesson Corp.116 apps

87%

Patent Investment & Licensing Company108 apps

100%

Mölnlycke Health Care AB99 apps

95%

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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
19882817	HYDROGEN OR AMMONIA PROCESS AND PLANT	2026-10-06	Pending	0	0	n/a
19627545	RECOMBINANT MAREK’S DISEASE VIRUS	2026-09-24	Pending	0	0	n/a
19627534	A RECOMBINANT SEROTYPE 1 MAREK'S DISEASE VIRUS	2026-09-24	Pending	0	0	n/a
15813730	Method and apparatus for adaptive signal processing	2012-01-10	Allowed	1	0	12.0 mo
15367730	Composition and method for controlled release	2015-02-11	Abandoned	4	1	23.0 mo
15961424	Distributed ledger transaction verification	2018-03-12	Allowed	3	0	20.0 mo
15756364	Thermal management of battery assemblies	2021-04-13	Pending	2	1	17.0 mo
15874110	Machine learning model for anomaly detection	2012-05-14	Allowed	1	0	14.0 mo
15697149	Wireless power transfer coil arrangement	2015-06-15	Abandoned	4	1	25.0 mo
15963246	Catalyst for selective hydrogenation	2018-07-16	Allowed	3	0	22.0 mo

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