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LOWENSTEIN SANDLER LLP / BASF

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417 applicationsfiled 2009 to 2026

Allowance rate

66%

−9 pts vs the USPTO range 61% to 71%

Rejections before allowance

2.2

+0.7 vs the USPTO

Months to first action

18.1 mo

−0.5 vs the USPTO

Needed an RCE

42%

+15 pts vs the USPTO

Timeline

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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

B01J 98 apps

G05B Control or regulating systems in general35 apps

C10M 28 apps

B01D 22 apps

H01M Batteries and fuel cells21 apps

G16C 21 apps

Art units

173239 apps

177137 apps

OPAP33 apps

173629 apps

177213 apps

177410 apps

Examiners met

The examiners seen most, and how it went with each

Docket Central30 apps

n/a

Elizabeth D Wood10 apps

70%

Vishal V Vasisth9 apps

67%

Mykola V Kovalenko8 apps

17%

Sheng Han Davis7 apps

33%

David M Brunsman7 apps

86%

Brieann R Johnston6 apps

80%

Steven J Bos6 apps

83%

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Who they file for

Clients with the most applications

BASF SE216 apps

70%

BASF Corporation119 apps

71%

BASF Agro Trademarks GmbH34 apps

56%

HTE GMBH THE HIGH THROUGHPUT EXPERIMENTATION COMPANY6 apps

100%

BASF COATINGS GMBH4 apps

President and Fellows of Harvard College4 apps

Bayer CropScience AG3 apps

67%

INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECHNOLOGIA AGROPECUARIA3 apps

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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
19882957	CONTAINER SYSTEM FOR BIODEGRADATION TESTING	2026-10-07	Pending	0	0	n/a
19881147	MONITORING OF MATERIAL STORAGE OBJECTS	2026-10-01	Pending	0	0	n/a
19623010	PROCESS FOR GENERATING SYNGAS FROM WASTE STREAMS	2026-09-10	Pending	0	0	n/a
15699137	Method and apparatus for adaptive signal processing	2012-01-10	Allowed	1	0	12.0 mo
15786449	Composition and method for controlled release	2015-02-11	Abandoned	4	1	23.0 mo
15453883	Distributed ledger transaction verification	2018-03-12	Allowed	3	0	20.0 mo
15447437	Thermal management of battery assemblies	2021-04-13	Pending	2	1	17.0 mo
15433330	Machine learning model for anomaly detection	2012-05-14	Allowed	1	0	14.0 mo
15288626	Wireless power transfer coil arrangement	2015-06-15	Abandoned	4	1	25.0 mo
15925360	Catalyst for selective hydrogenation	2018-07-16	Allowed	3	0	22.0 mo

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