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1,168 applicationsfiled 2007 to 2026

Allowance rate

75%

level with the USPTO range 72% to 77%

Rejections before allowance

1.6

level with the USPTO

Months to first action

17.4 mo

−1.2 vs the USPTO

Needed an RCE

23%

−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

G01N Investigating or analysing materials142 apps

H01J 109 apps

A61K Medical preparations64 apps

G01R 58 apps

B62D 34 apps

C12Q Measuring or testing processes involving enzymes or nucleic acids34 apps

Art units

2881152 apps

OPAP51 apps

361239 apps

288429 apps

285824 apps

285220 apps

Examiners met

The examiners seen most, and how it went with each

Docket Central52 apps

n/a

Nicole Marie Ippolito26 apps

100%

Jason L McCormack18 apps

100%

Hanway Chang13 apps

92%

G.m. Ali Hyder13 apps

100%

Michael J Logie10 apps

89%

Wyatt A Stoffa9 apps

100%

Eric J Messersmith9 apps

78%

Bars show the share of decided applications that were allowed.

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Who they file for

Clients with the most applications

Bruker Daltonik GmbH106 apps

95%

BRUKER DALTONICS GMBH & CO. KG85 apps

97%

Bruker AXS GmbH37 apps

100%

Bruker Switzerland AG27 apps

100%

OPSENS INC.20 apps

83%

Bruker Daltonics, Inc.16 apps

81%

Bruker Scientific LLC16 apps

100%

ZIOTA TECHNOLOGY INC.16 apps

100%

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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
19628009	APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR APPLYING MATRIX MATERIAL FOR MATRIX-ASSISTED IONIZATION	2026-09-25	Pending	0	0	n/a
19626847	SPRAY HEAD FOR ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION	2026-09-22	Pending	0	0	n/a
19624175	SPRAY HEAD FOR ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION	2026-09-14	Pending	0	0	n/a
15784536	Method and apparatus for adaptive signal processing	2012-01-10	Allowed	1	0	12.0 mo
15266343	Composition and method for controlled release	2015-02-11	Abandoned	4	1	23.0 mo
15669258	Distributed ledger transaction verification	2018-03-12	Allowed	3	0	20.0 mo
15955495	Thermal management of battery assemblies	2021-04-13	Pending	2	1	17.0 mo
15994786	Machine learning model for anomaly detection	2012-05-14	Allowed	1	0	14.0 mo
15294364	Wireless power transfer coil arrangement	2015-06-15	Abandoned	4	1	25.0 mo
15298180	Catalyst for selective hydrogenation	2018-07-16	Allowed	3	0	22.0 mo

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