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136 applicationsfiled 2006 to 2025

Allowance rate

58%

−17 pts vs the USPTO range 50% to 66%

Rejections before allowance

1.9

+0.3 vs the USPTO

Months to first action

16.0 mo

−2.6 vs the USPTO

Needed an RCE

31%

+3 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

A61K Medical preparations40 apps

C07K Peptides39 apps

C12N Microorganisms or enzymes30 apps

C12Q Measuring or testing processes involving enzymes or nucleic acids8 apps

G01N Investigating or analysing materials7 apps

A61M Devices for introducing media into the body5 apps

Art units

164830 apps

164516 apps

163314 apps

16368 apps

16446 apps

16325 apps

Examiners met

The examiners seen most, and how it went with each

Bao Q Li7 apps

100%

Jennifer E Graser7 apps

86%

Michael D Burkhart6 apps

83%

Qian Janice Li5 apps

100%

Agnieszka Boesen5 apps

60%

Nancy J Leith5 apps

80%

Michael C Wilson4 apps

25%

Stacy Brown Chen4 apps

25%

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Who they file for

Clients with the most applications

The USA, as represented by the Secretary, Dept. of Health and Human Services37 apps

65%

The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Dept. of Health and Human Services13 apps

46%

The USA, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services11 apps

70%

THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES6 apps

67%

THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, C/O NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH, OFFICE OF TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER5 apps

60%

Creare LLC3 apps

THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA3 apps

100%

The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Serv3 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
19622773	POLYPEPTIDE CONSTRUCTS WITH POTENT ANTI-HIV ACTIVITY	2026-09-10	Pending	0	0	n/a
19490791	METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CRYOGENIC-ELECTRON MICROSCOPY SAMPLE PREPARATION	2025-12-05	Pending	0	0	n/a
18550239	METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION	2024-04-09	Pending	0	0	n/a
15394285	Method and apparatus for adaptive signal processing	2012-01-10	Allowed	1	0	12.0 mo
15823539	Composition and method for controlled release	2015-02-11	Abandoned	4	1	23.0 mo
15767861	Distributed ledger transaction verification	2018-03-12	Allowed	3	0	20.0 mo
15619919	Thermal management of battery assemblies	2021-04-13	Pending	2	1	17.0 mo
15281112	Machine learning model for anomaly detection	2012-05-14	Allowed	1	0	14.0 mo
15466571	Wireless power transfer coil arrangement	2015-06-15	Abandoned	4	1	25.0 mo
15557398	Catalyst for selective hydrogenation	2018-07-16	Allowed	3	0	22.0 mo

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