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Medtronic, Inc.

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4,292 applicationsfiled 2006 to 2026

Allowance rate

87%

+12 pts vs the USPTO range 86% to 88%

Rejections before allowance

1.9

+0.4 vs the USPTO

Months to first action

21.6 mo

+3.0 vs the USPTO

Needed an RCE

34%

+7 pts vs the USPTO

Timeline

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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

A61B Diagnosis, surgery, identification1,538 apps

A61N 1,389 apps

A61F 696 apps

A61M Devices for introducing media into the body235 apps

G16H Healthcare informatics79 apps

H01M Batteries and fuel cells43 apps

Art units

3771639 apps

3762593 apps

3766591 apps

3792410 apps

3774209 apps

3794207 apps

Examiners met

The examiners seen most, and how it went with each

Docket Central101 apps

n/a

Paula J Stice89 apps

85%

Rex R Holmes76 apps

91%

Scott M Getzow61 apps

85%

Brian T Gedeon60 apps

90%

George C Manuel59 apps

98%

Kennedy Schaetzle54 apps

89%

Nadia Ahmad Mahmood49 apps

82%

Bars show the share of decided applications that were allowed.

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Who they file for

Clients with the most applications

MEDTRONIC, INC.2,428 apps

84%

Covidien LP602 apps

93%

Medtronic Vascular, Inc.324 apps

99%

Medtronic CryoCath LP106 apps

96%

Medtronic Ardian Luxembourg S.a.r.l.91 apps

100%

Twelve, Inc.53 apps

100%

MEDTRONIC MINIMED, INC.50 apps

90%

DIGITAL SURGERY LIMITED45 apps

96%

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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
19881336	MEDIA STORED AND DISPLAYED WITH A SURGICAL VIDEO	2026-10-01	Pending	0	0	n/a
19880948	AUTOMATED OPERATIVE NOTE GENERATION	2026-09-30	Pending	0	0	n/a
19627952	SYSTEM AND METHOD TO GENERATE IMAGE VISUALIZATION	2026-09-25	Pending	0	0	n/a
15120880	Method and apparatus for adaptive signal processing	2012-01-10	Allowed	1	0	12.0 mo
15356399	Composition and method for controlled release	2015-02-11	Abandoned	4	1	23.0 mo
15783313	Distributed ledger transaction verification	2018-03-12	Allowed	3	0	20.0 mo
15306084	Thermal management of battery assemblies	2021-04-13	Pending	2	1	17.0 mo
15611634	Machine learning model for anomaly detection	2012-05-14	Allowed	1	0	14.0 mo
15204352	Wireless power transfer coil arrangement	2015-06-15	Abandoned	4	1	25.0 mo
15223693	Catalyst for selective hydrogenation	2018-07-16	Allowed	3	0	22.0 mo

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