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K&L Gates LLP

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3,304 applicationsfiled 2006 to 2026

Allowance rate

76%

level with the USPTO range 74% to 78%

Rejections before allowance

1.7

+0.1 vs the USPTO

Months to first action

19.0 mo

+0.4 vs the USPTO

Needed an RCE

32%

+5 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

H01M Batteries and fuel cells990 apps

A61K Medical preparations508 apps

A61B Diagnosis, surgery, identification126 apps

G01N Investigating or analysing materials124 apps

A61M Devices for introducing media into the body116 apps

C07D Heterocyclic compounds102 apps

Art units

OPAP653 apps

172591 apps

172375 apps

162462 apps

162761 apps

172757 apps

Examiners met

The examiners seen most, and how it went with each

Docket Central663 apps

n/a

Paul V Ward33 apps

85%

Sheela Jitendra Huff28 apps

79%

Marcos L Sznaidman26 apps

72%

Jon E Angell26 apps

92%

Mina Haghighatian25 apps

75%

Gyan Chandra23 apps

90%

Samira Jm Jean-Louis21 apps

76%

Bars show the share of decided applications that were allowed.

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Who they file for

Clients with the most applications

CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY (HONG KONG) LIMITED693 apps

96%

CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED412 apps

94%

MannKind Corporation168 apps

76%

MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.103 apps

95%

Io Therapeutics, Inc.76 apps

78%

NITTO DENKO CORPORATION75 apps

75%

Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics, Inc.67 apps

95%

Kala Pharmaceuticals, Inc.59 apps

83%

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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
19883625	BEVERAGE BREWING MECHANISM AND COFFEE MAKER	2026-10-09	Pending	0	0	n/a
19880218	CLEANING DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD FOR CLEANING ROBOT, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND CONTROL APP…	2026-09-29	Pending	0	0	n/a
19144454	METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING RELATIVE POSE, EXTENDED REALITY SYSTEM, DEVICE…	2026-09-19	Pending	0	0	n/a
15712565	Method and apparatus for adaptive signal processing	2012-01-10	Allowed	1	0	12.0 mo
15829781	Composition and method for controlled release	2015-02-11	Abandoned	4	1	23.0 mo
15574713	Distributed ledger transaction verification	2018-03-12	Allowed	3	0	20.0 mo
15548559	Thermal management of battery assemblies	2021-04-13	Pending	2	1	17.0 mo
15597703	Machine learning model for anomaly detection	2012-05-14	Allowed	1	0	14.0 mo
15550973	Wireless power transfer coil arrangement	2015-06-15	Abandoned	4	1	25.0 mo
15298602	Catalyst for selective hydrogenation	2018-07-16	Allowed	3	0	22.0 mo

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