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FULWIDER PATTON, LLP (ABBOTT)

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334 applicationsfiled 2006 to 2026

Allowance rate

65%

−11 pts vs the USPTO range 59% to 70%

Rejections before allowance

1.6

level with the USPTO

Months to first action

20.7 mo

+2.1 vs the USPTO

Needed an RCE

28%

level with 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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Allowance by filing year

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Domains

Where the applications fall

CPC subclasses

A61F 161 apps

A61M Devices for introducing media into the body99 apps

A61B Diagnosis, surgery, identification24 apps

B23K 22 apps

A61L 11 apps

B25B 4 apps

Art units

373151 apps

377438 apps

373428 apps

376328 apps

379121 apps

373820 apps

Examiners met

The examiners seen most, and how it went with each

Vi X Nguyen13 apps

85%

Sean Patrick Dougherty10 apps

88%

Jun S Yoo10 apps

100%

Suba Ganesan10 apps

70%

Kevin Thao Truong8 apps

75%

Jonathan Adam Hollm8 apps

38%

Rebecca Straszheim Preston7 apps

100%

Samuel M Heinrich7 apps

71%

Bars show the share of decided applications that were allowed.

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Who they file for

Clients with the most applications

ABBOTT CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS INC.190 apps

66%

IDev Technologies, Inc.21 apps

86%

ABBOTT LABORATORIES11 apps

18%

ABBOTT LABORATORIES VASCULAR ENTERPRISES LIMITED6 apps

17%

ADVANCED CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS, INC.5 apps

80%

BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM5 apps

80%

Abbott Cardiovascular System Inc.4 apps

50%

ABBOT CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS INC.2 apps

50%

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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
19659821	COIL REINFORCED SUPERELASTIC GUIDEWIRE	2026-04-27	Pending	0	0	n/a
19449093	GUIDEWIRE TIP SHAPING TOOL	2026-01-14	Pending	0	0	n/a
19426412	MOLD FOR FORMING SOLDER DISTAL TIP FOR GUIDEWIRE	2025-12-19	Pending	1	0	6.1 mo
15536190	Method and apparatus for adaptive signal processing	2012-01-10	Allowed	1	0	12.0 mo
15414754	Composition and method for controlled release	2015-02-11	Abandoned	4	1	23.0 mo
15104071	Distributed ledger transaction verification	2018-03-12	Allowed	3	0	20.0 mo
15827243	Thermal management of battery assemblies	2021-04-13	Pending	2	1	17.0 mo
15699200	Machine learning model for anomaly detection	2012-05-14	Allowed	1	0	14.0 mo
15885414	Wireless power transfer coil arrangement	2015-06-15	Abandoned	4	1	25.0 mo
15674271	Catalyst for selective hydrogenation	2018-07-16	Allowed	3	0	22.0 mo

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