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K&L GATES LLP - ETHICON

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560 applicationsfiled 2007 to 2024

Allowance rate

29%

−47 pts vs the USPTO range 25% to 32%

Rejections before allowance

1.8

+0.3 vs the USPTO

Months to first action

23.7 mo

+5.1 vs the USPTO

Needed an RCE

68%

+41 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

A61B Diagnosis, surgery, identification531 apps

G16H Healthcare informatics8 apps

A47J 6 apps

H04L Transmission of digital information4 apps

A61N 3 apps

G06F Electric digital data processing2 apps

Art units

3731250 apps

372183 apps

379453 apps

377136 apps

377917 apps

373916 apps

Examiners met

The examiners seen most, and how it went with each

Andrew M Tecco42 apps

14%

Michelle Lopez39 apps

36%

Robert Franklin Long36 apps

17%

Nathaniel C Chukwurah26 apps

50%

Scott A Smith24 apps

63%

Mary C Hibbert19 apps

42%

Mobeen Ahmed16 apps

Gloria R Weeks13 apps

46%

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Who they file for

Clients with the most applications

Cilag GmbH International263 apps

53%

ETHICON ENDO-SURGERY, INC.185 apps

Ethicon LLC109 apps

10%

GENESEE VALLEY INNOVATIONS, LLC2 apps

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Rejection fingerprint

What gets rejected, by statute

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What works

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Interviews

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Applications

Every application in the record

Application	Title	Filed	Status	Rejections	RCEs	To 1st action
18794108	ROBOTIC SURGICAL SYSTEM WITH SAFETY AND COOPERATIVE SENSING CONTROL	2024-08-05	Abandoned	0	1	11.5 mo
18733607	SURGICAL INSTRUMENT COMPRISING FLEX CIRCUIT	2024-06-04	Allowed	0	0	7.2 mo
18654812	STAPLE CARTRIDGE COMPRISING A TISSUE THICKNESS COMPENSATOR	2024-05-03	Allowed	1	0	7.4 mo
15922544	Method and apparatus for adaptive signal processing	2012-01-10	Allowed	1	0	12.0 mo
15284917	Composition and method for controlled release	2015-02-11	Abandoned	4	1	23.0 mo
15910672	Distributed ledger transaction verification	2018-03-12	Allowed	3	0	20.0 mo
15831765	Thermal management of battery assemblies	2021-04-13	Pending	2	1	17.0 mo
15234082	Machine learning model for anomaly detection	2012-05-14	Allowed	1	0	14.0 mo
15456200	Wireless power transfer coil arrangement	2015-06-15	Abandoned	4	1	25.0 mo
15523317	Catalyst for selective hydrogenation	2018-07-16	Allowed	3	0	22.0 mo

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