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Hologic, Inc.

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174 applicationsfiled 2006 to 2018

Allowance rate

79%

+3 pts vs the USPTO range 72% to 84%

Rejections before allowance

1.7

+0.1 vs the USPTO

Months to first action

15.3 mo

−3.3 vs the USPTO

Needed an RCE

23%

−4 pts vs the USPTO

Timeline

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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, identification81 apps

A61N 35 apps

G06T Image data processing or generation15 apps

C12Q Measuring or testing processes involving enzymes or nucleic acids14 apps

A61M Devices for introducing media into the body9 apps

G01N Investigating or analysing materials4 apps

Art units

373533 apps

288220 apps

373917 apps

288414 apps

262410 apps

26668 apps

Examiners met

The examiners seen most, and how it went with each

John P Lacyk17 apps

82%

Ali Bayat13 apps

100%

Ethan C Whisenant12 apps

58%

Anastasia Midkiff9 apps

100%

Christine Hopkins Matthews9 apps

56%

Irakli Kiknadze7 apps

100%

Carrie R Dorna6 apps

67%

Aaron F Roane5 apps

80%

Bars show the share of decided applications that were allowed.

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Who they file for

Clients with the most applications

HOLOGIC, INC.74 apps

54%

HOLOGIC, INC., ON ITS OWN BEHALF AND AS SUCCESSOR-BY-MERGER TO DIRECT RADIOGRAPHY CORP.49 apps

98%

CITIBANK, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT41 apps

100%

Cytyc Surgical Products3 apps

100%

Ian SHAW2 apps

100%

Sanarus Technologies, Inc.2 apps

100%

CYTYE CORPORATION1 apps

Loren NIKLASON1 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
15904735	BREAST BIOPSY AND NEEDLE LOCALIZATION USING TOMOSYNTHESIS SYSTEMS	2018-02-26	Allowed	1	0	7.2 mo
15904782	X-RAY SCATTER REDUCING DEVICE FOR USE WITH 2D MAMMOGRAPHY AND TOMOSYNTHESIS	2018-02-26	Allowed	1	0	4.0 mo
15848913	IMAGE HANDLING AND DISPLAY IN X-RAY MAMMOGRAPHY AND TOMOSYNTHESIS	2017-12-20	Allowed	1	0	7.0 mo
15496361	Method and apparatus for adaptive signal processing	2012-01-10	Allowed	1	0	12.0 mo
15943477	Composition and method for controlled release	2015-02-11	Abandoned	4	1	23.0 mo
15404739	Distributed ledger transaction verification	2018-03-12	Allowed	3	0	20.0 mo
15381660	Thermal management of battery assemblies	2021-04-13	Pending	2	1	17.0 mo
15542516	Machine learning model for anomaly detection	2012-05-14	Allowed	1	0	14.0 mo
15426719	Wireless power transfer coil arrangement	2015-06-15	Abandoned	4	1	25.0 mo
15223650	Catalyst for selective hydrogenation	2018-07-16	Allowed	3	0	22.0 mo

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