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Brian E. Szymczak

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131 applicationsfiled 2006 to 2018

Allowance rate

56%

−19 pts vs the USPTO range 48% to 65%

Rejections before allowance

2.0

+0.4 vs the USPTO

Months to first action

22.6 mo

+4.0 vs the USPTO

Needed an RCE

40%

+13 pts vs the USPTO

Timeline

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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

A61F 90 apps

A61B Diagnosis, surgery, identification23 apps

A61M Devices for introducing media into the body14 apps

H10N 1 apps

A61N 1 apps

G01S Radio direction-finding, radar, sonar1 apps

Art units

373558 apps

373114 apps

376311 apps

37718 apps

37917 apps

37736 apps

Examiners met

The examiners seen most, and how it went with each

Sunita Reddy13 apps

62%

Thaddeus B Cox11 apps

36%

Diva Kakar Chander7 apps

100%

Catherine Burk Kuhlman7 apps

71%

Kaylee R Wilson7 apps

57%

Joshua Daryl Deanon Lannu7 apps

100%

Eileen Foley Hyde5 apps

40%

Philip R Wiest5 apps

80%

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Who they file for

Clients with the most applications

Apollo Endosurgery, Inc.50 apps

26%

APOLLO ENDOSURGERY US, INC. (F/K/A APOLLO ENDOSURGERY, INC.)31 apps

65%

APOLLO ENDOSURGERY US, INC.29 apps

90%

ASCENT PARTNERS FUND LLC12 apps

100%

BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.3 apps

100%

OXFORD FINANCE LLC, AS AGENT3 apps

Allergan, Inc.1 apps

Appllo Endosurgery, Inc.1 apps

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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
16126326	ANCHORED NON-PIERCING DUODENAL SLEEVE AND DELIVERY SYSTEMS	2018-09-10	Abandoned	1	0	21.8 mo
15614264	BALLOON SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR TREATING OBESITY	2017-06-05	Abandoned	0	0	27.3 mo
15608497	Non-Inflatable Gastric Implants and Systems	2017-05-30	Abandoned	1	0	17.0 mo
15370664	Method and apparatus for adaptive signal processing	2012-01-10	Allowed	1	0	12.0 mo
15498636	Composition and method for controlled release	2015-02-11	Abandoned	4	1	23.0 mo
15489647	Distributed ledger transaction verification	2018-03-12	Allowed	3	0	20.0 mo
15382341	Thermal management of battery assemblies	2021-04-13	Pending	2	1	17.0 mo
15359498	Machine learning model for anomaly detection	2012-05-14	Allowed	1	0	14.0 mo
15314061	Wireless power transfer coil arrangement	2015-06-15	Abandoned	4	1	25.0 mo
15147557	Catalyst for selective hydrogenation	2018-07-16	Allowed	3	0	22.0 mo

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