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Covidien LP

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9,186 applicationsfiled 2006 to 2026

Allowance rate

82%

+6 pts vs the USPTO range 81% to 83%

Rejections before allowance

1.8

+0.2 vs the USPTO

Months to first action

21.8 mo

+3.2 vs the USPTO

Needed an RCE

28%

+1 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

A61B Diagnosis, surgery, identification7,752 apps

A61F 304 apps

A61M Devices for introducing media into the body257 apps

A61L 172 apps

A61K Medical preparations79 apps

G06T Image data processing or generation77 apps

Art units

37311,498 apps

3771891 apps

3721890 apps

3739761 apps

3794734 apps

3763339 apps

Examiners met

The examiners seen most, and how it went with each

Scott A Smith386 apps

95%

Nathaniel C Chukwurah229 apps

94%

Robert Franklin Long228 apps

86%

Michael F Peffley209 apps

93%

Michelle Lopez196 apps

96%

Daniel Wayne Fowler152 apps

86%

Thomas Anthony Giuliani136 apps

82%

Jr, Ronald James Hupczey110 apps

85%

Bars show the share of decided applications that were allowed.

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Who they file for

Clients with the most applications

COVIDIEN LP8,140 apps

83%

Sofradim Production188 apps

92%

TYCO HEALTHCARE GROUP LP177 apps

19%

Medtronic Xomed, Inc.117 apps

89%

MEDTRONIC MINIMED, INC.85 apps

82%

KPR U.S., LLC57 apps

100%

Titan Medical Inc.50 apps

94%

Given Imaging LTD.40 apps

97%

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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
19881838	SURGICAL ROBOTIC SYSTEM FOR CONTROL OF STEERABLE INSTRUMENT USING MULTIPLE IMAGING …	2026-10-02	Pending	0	0	n/a
19880873	DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FACILITATING FLUID-ASSISTED SURGICAL PROCEDURES	2026-09-30	Pending	0	0	n/a
19880439	SHEAR WAVE ELASTOGRAPHY FOR ASSESSING VASCULAR WALLS	2026-09-29	Pending	0	0	n/a
15332720	Method and apparatus for adaptive signal processing	2012-01-10	Allowed	1	0	12.0 mo
15258833	Composition and method for controlled release	2015-02-11	Abandoned	4	1	23.0 mo
15767219	Distributed ledger transaction verification	2018-03-12	Allowed	3	0	20.0 mo
15353195	Thermal management of battery assemblies	2021-04-13	Pending	2	1	17.0 mo
15860336	Machine learning model for anomaly detection	2012-05-14	Allowed	1	0	14.0 mo
15436669	Wireless power transfer coil arrangement	2015-06-15	Abandoned	4	1	25.0 mo
15821564	Catalyst for selective hydrogenation	2018-07-16	Allowed	3	0	22.0 mo

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