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GATES & COOPER LLP (General)

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1,060 applicationsfiled 2006 to 2026

Allowance rate

71%

−4 pts vs the USPTO range 68% to 74%

Rejections before allowance

1.7

+0.1 vs the USPTO

Months to first action

19.4 mo

+0.8 vs the USPTO

Needed an RCE

30%

+2 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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Allowance by filing year

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Domains

Where the applications fall

CPC subclasses

H10H 161 apps

A61K Medical preparations91 apps

H10P 52 apps

C30B 41 apps

H10D 41 apps

H01S 40 apps

Art units

OPAP53 apps

289331 apps

282830 apps

282329 apps

289726 apps

281224 apps

Examiners met

The examiners seen most, and how it went with each

Docket Central52 apps

n/a

George R Fourson III9 apps

89%

Douglas M Menz8 apps

88%

Tu Tu V Ho8 apps

75%

Jonathan C Langman7 apps

29%

Nikolay K Yushin7 apps

86%

Delma Rosa Forde7 apps

80%

Michelle Mandala7 apps

83%

Bars show the share of decided applications that were allowed.

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Who they file for

Clients with the most applications

The Regents of the University of California510 apps

67%

California Institute of Technology196 apps

93%

JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY16 apps

75%

NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (NIH), U.S. DEPT. OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (DHHS), U.S. GOVERNMENT16 apps

31%

Reflektion, Inc.12 apps

92%

NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION11 apps

100%

NAVY, SECRETARY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA10 apps

70%

Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation9 apps

67%

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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
19627297	AGENTS AND METHODS FOR TREATING TAUOPATHIES	2026-09-23	Pending	0	0	n/a
19625127	BISTABLE DEFORMABLE TACTILE RESPONSIVE MATERIAL AND DEVICE	2026-09-17	Pending	0	0	n/a
19621763	ENGINEERED MUCOSAL-ASSOCIATED INVARIANT T (MAIT) CELLS AND METHODS OF MAKING AND US…	2026-09-04	Pending	0	0	n/a
15634926	Method and apparatus for adaptive signal processing	2012-01-10	Allowed	1	0	12.0 mo
15943237	Composition and method for controlled release	2015-02-11	Abandoned	4	1	23.0 mo
15724910	Distributed ledger transaction verification	2018-03-12	Allowed	3	0	20.0 mo
15410711	Thermal management of battery assemblies	2021-04-13	Pending	2	1	17.0 mo
15778225	Machine learning model for anomaly detection	2012-05-14	Allowed	1	0	14.0 mo
15525404	Wireless power transfer coil arrangement	2015-06-15	Abandoned	4	1	25.0 mo
15808710	Catalyst for selective hydrogenation	2018-07-16	Allowed	3	0	22.0 mo

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