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MERIT MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC.

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851 applicationsfiled 2006 to 2026

Allowance rate

91%

+16 pts vs the USPTO range 89% to 93%

Rejections before allowance

2.5

+0.9 vs the USPTO

Months to first action

21.7 mo

+3.1 vs the USPTO

Needed an RCE

51%

+23 pts vs the USPTO

Timeline

Applications by filing year: drag across the years to study a period

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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, identification362 apps

A61M Devices for introducing media into the body215 apps

A61F 141 apps

A61L 39 apps

A61N 34 apps

A61K Medical preparations29 apps

Art units

3771119 apps

378377 apps

377462 apps

377556 apps

373156 apps

376349 apps

Examiners met

The examiners seen most, and how it went with each

Docket Central37 apps

n/a

William R Carpenter18 apps

94%

Sameh Raafat Boles14 apps

100%

Robert A Lynch12 apps

91%

Baisakhi Roy11 apps

90%

Tara Rose E Carter10 apps

100%

Kami A Bosworth10 apps

90%

David C Eastwood9 apps

100%

Bars show the share of decided applications that were allowed.

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Who they file for

Clients with the most applications

Merit Medical Systems, Inc.396 apps

83%

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT153 apps

93%

DFine, Inc.55 apps

100%

Cianna Medical, Inc.36 apps

100%

EndoGastric Solutions, Inc.35 apps

100%

Biosphere Medical, Inc.19 apps

100%

Vascular Access Technologies, Inc.16 apps

88%

COOK MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC12 apps

100%

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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
19572356	PRESSURIZED CRIMPED BALLOONS AND STENTS AND METHODS	2026-03-19	Pending	0	0	n/a
19572619	PLIABLE GUIDEWIRE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE	2026-03-19	Pending	0	0	n/a
19558149	DILATOR SHAFT AND RELATED METHODS AND KITS	2026-03-05	Pending	0	0	n/a
15221806	Method and apparatus for adaptive signal processing	2012-01-10	Allowed	1	0	12.0 mo
15745259	Composition and method for controlled release	2015-02-11	Abandoned	4	1	23.0 mo
15639638	Distributed ledger transaction verification	2018-03-12	Allowed	3	0	20.0 mo
15354294	Thermal management of battery assemblies	2021-04-13	Pending	2	1	17.0 mo
15981335	Machine learning model for anomaly detection	2012-05-14	Allowed	1	0	14.0 mo
15965806	Wireless power transfer coil arrangement	2015-06-15	Abandoned	4	1	25.0 mo
15115573	Catalyst for selective hydrogenation	2018-07-16	Allowed	3	0	22.0 mo

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