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Cilag GmbH International

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526 applicationsfiled 2014 to 2026

Allowance rate

71%

−4 pts vs the USPTO range 66% to 76%

Rejections before allowance

1.5

−0.1 vs the USPTO

Months to first action

22.4 mo

+3.8 vs the USPTO

Needed an RCE

52%

+25 pts vs the USPTO

Timeline

Applications by filing year: drag across the years to study a period

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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, identification497 apps

A61F 6 apps

A61M Devices for introducing media into the body4 apps

G16H Healthcare informatics4 apps

A61L 2 apps

H02J Circuit arrangements for supplying electric power2 apps

Art units

3771136 apps

3731105 apps

3794105 apps

OPAP57 apps

379229 apps

379616 apps

Examiners met

The examiners seen most, and how it went with each

Docket Central58 apps

n/a

Robert Franklin Long18 apps

36%

Bo Ouyang15 apps

50%

Nathaniel C Chukwurah15 apps

92%

Scott A Smith13 apps

85%

Linda J Hodge11 apps

71%

Gloria R Weeks10 apps

43%

Ashley Lauren Fishback9 apps

60%

Bars show the share of decided applications that were allowed.

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Who they file for

Clients with the most applications

Cilag GmbH International432 apps

73%

Ethicon LLC74 apps

71%

Ethicon Endo-Surgery, LLC8 apps

25%

NeuWave Medical, Inc.7 apps

57%

3Dintegrated ApS1 apps

n/a

Cilag GbmH International1 apps

100%

CILAG GMBH INERNATIONAL1 apps

100%

Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc.1 apps

n/a

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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
19714367	REPLACEABLE SURGICAL SCISSOR BLADES FOR SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS	2026-06-19	Pending	0	0	n/a
19709451	COMBINATION ULTRASONIC AND ELECTROSURGICAL INSTRUMENT WITH ADJUSTABLE ENERGY MODALI…	2026-06-16	Pending	0	0	n/a
19697092	WOUND CLOSURE SYSTEM HAVING MICROCANNULAIC PATHWAYS	2026-06-03	Pending	0	0	n/a
15806707	Method and apparatus for adaptive signal processing	2012-01-10	Allowed	1	0	12.0 mo
15595490	Composition and method for controlled release	2015-02-11	Abandoned	4	1	23.0 mo
15994646	Distributed ledger transaction verification	2018-03-12	Allowed	3	0	20.0 mo
15943817	Thermal management of battery assemblies	2021-04-13	Pending	2	1	17.0 mo
15486624	Machine learning model for anomaly detection	2012-05-14	Allowed	1	0	14.0 mo
15968810	Wireless power transfer coil arrangement	2015-06-15	Abandoned	4	1	25.0 mo
15915793	Catalyst for selective hydrogenation	2018-07-16	Allowed	3	0	22.0 mo

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