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Medtronic, Inc. (Spinal)

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214 applicationsfiled 2006 to 2015

Allowance rate

52%

−23 pts vs the USPTO range 45% to 58%

Rejections before allowance

2.3

+0.7 vs the USPTO

Months to first action

27.8 mo

+9.2 vs the USPTO

Needed an RCE

41%

+14 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, identification166 apps

A61F 20 apps

A61K Medical preparations17 apps

A61L 5 apps

A61M Devices for introducing media into the body3 apps

B02C 1 apps

Art units

3733101 apps

377573 apps

37737 apps

37386 apps

37364 apps

37744 apps

Examiners met

The examiners seen most, and how it went with each

Mary C Hoffman23 apps

35%

Christian Anthony Sevilla23 apps

57%

Tara Rose E Carter22 apps

86%

Steven J Cotroneo11 apps

36%

Pedro Philogene10 apps

90%

Julianna Nancy Harvey10 apps

40%

Nicholas W Woodall7 apps

29%

Michael T Schaper7 apps

29%

Bars show the share of decided applications that were allowed.

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Who they file for

Clients with the most applications

KYPHON SARL96 apps

41%

WARSAW ORTHOPEDIC, INC.61 apps

49%

MEDTRONIC EUROPE SARL15 apps

100%

WARSAW ORTHROPEDIC, INC.3 apps

100%

RSA SECURITY LLC1 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
14794504	WIRELESS SENSORS AND CORRESPONDING SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INTRA-OPERATIVE NERVE RO…	2015-07-08	Abandoned	2	0	17.3 mo
13887928	SURGICAL TOOL	2013-05-06	Allowed	3	2	25.1 mo
13864816	SPINAL IMPLANT SYSTEM AND METHOD	2013-04-17	Allowed	4	0	20.2 mo
15436741	Method and apparatus for adaptive signal processing	2012-01-10	Allowed	1	0	12.0 mo
15125508	Composition and method for controlled release	2015-02-11	Abandoned	4	1	23.0 mo
15677999	Distributed ledger transaction verification	2018-03-12	Allowed	3	0	20.0 mo
15147497	Thermal management of battery assemblies	2021-04-13	Pending	2	1	17.0 mo
15609590	Machine learning model for anomaly detection	2012-05-14	Allowed	1	0	14.0 mo
15161324	Wireless power transfer coil arrangement	2015-06-15	Abandoned	4	1	25.0 mo
15177162	Catalyst for selective hydrogenation	2018-07-16	Allowed	3	0	22.0 mo

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