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Christopher L. Makay

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116 applicationsfiled 2006 to 2026

Allowance rate

78%

+3 pts vs the USPTO range 69% to 85%

Rejections before allowance

1.1

−0.4 vs the USPTO

Months to first action

18.5 mo

−0.1 vs the USPTO

Needed an RCE

19%

−9 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

A61B Diagnosis, surgery, identification41 apps

B67D 34 apps

A01M 6 apps

F25C 4 apps

F03D 3 apps

F16M 2 apps

Art units

377530 apps

375424 apps

36515 apps

37535 apps

37334 apps

17764 apps

Examiners met

The examiners seen most, and how it went with each

Donnell Alan Long7 apps

100%

Jr, Larry E Waggle6 apps

100%

Frederick C Nicolas6 apps

83%

Anuradha Ramana4 apps

100%

Charles S Bushey4 apps

25%

Marcela Shirsat4 apps

75%

Sameh Raafat Boles3 apps

100%

Jeremy W Carroll3 apps

100%

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Who they file for

Clients with the most applications

Lancer Corporation33 apps

85%

BioMedical Enterprises, Inc.20 apps

95%

DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC.18 apps

88%

LANCER PARTNERSHIP, LTD.12 apps

58%

KUBACAK, GREGORY JOHN CHARLES, MR.4 apps

100%

ARTER TECHNOLOGY LIMITED3 apps

VALTERRA PRODUCTS, LLC3 apps

33%

Orthios Innovations, LLC2 apps

100%

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Rejection fingerprint

What gets rejected, by statute

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What works

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Interviews

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Applications

Every application in the record

Application	Title	Filed	Status	Rejections	RCEs	To 1st action
19700933	METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR A SIMULATED WEIGHT-BEARING POSITIONING SYSTEM	2026-06-08	Pending	0	0	n/a
19675936	METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AN ORTHOPEDIC FIXATION SYSTEM	2026-05-13	Pending	0	0	n/a
19017167	METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AN ORTHOPEDIC FIXATION SYSTEM	2025-01-10	Pending	1	0	12.6 mo
15955021	Method and apparatus for adaptive signal processing	2012-01-10	Allowed	1	0	12.0 mo
15869870	Composition and method for controlled release	2015-02-11	Abandoned	4	1	23.0 mo
15554282	Distributed ledger transaction verification	2018-03-12	Allowed	3	0	20.0 mo
15210382	Thermal management of battery assemblies	2021-04-13	Pending	2	1	17.0 mo
15416262	Machine learning model for anomaly detection	2012-05-14	Allowed	1	0	14.0 mo
15676164	Wireless power transfer coil arrangement	2015-06-15	Abandoned	4	1	25.0 mo
15457628	Catalyst for selective hydrogenation	2018-07-16	Allowed	3	0	22.0 mo

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