Law firm or agent

Reed Smith LLP (Houston)

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173 applicationsfiled 2006 to 2026

Allowance rate

64%

−12 pts vs the USPTO range 56% to 71%

Rejections before allowance

1.7

level with the USPTO

Months to first action

16.9 mo

−1.7 vs the USPTO

Needed an RCE

28%

+1 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 preparations61 apps

A61N 16 apps

C12N Microorganisms or enzymes12 apps

A61B Diagnosis, surgery, identification10 apps

G01N Investigating or analysing materials7 apps

B29C Shaping or joining of plastics7 apps

Art units

163317 apps

379210 apps

16127 apps

17636 apps

16185 apps

16175 apps

Examiners met

The examiners seen most, and how it went with each

Brian T Gedeon15 apps

100%

Scott Long7 apps

100%

Jessica Whiteley6 apps

100%

Docket Central5 apps

n/a

Robert C Boyle4 apps

75%

Maria Marvich4 apps

25%

Jennifer A Berrios4 apps

75%

Maureen Wallenhorst3 apps

33%

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Who they file for

Clients with the most applications

WILLIAM MARSH RICE UNIVERSITY38 apps

62%

BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM23 apps

48%

THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS20 apps

59%

The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University16 apps

100%

GRIFOLS, S.A.6 apps

67%

ENG PURCHASER, LLC5 apps

100%

Lifetime Decoys LLC5 apps

100%

M6P THERAPEUTICS, INC.5 apps

n/a

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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
19540999	HYPOTHERMIC 3D BIOPRINTING OF LIVING TISSUES SUPPORTED BY PERFUSABLE VASCULATURE	2026-02-16	Pending	0	0	n/a
19497297	NOVEL TRPV1 AGONISTS AND USES THEREOF	2025-12-26	Pending	0	0	n/a
19474313	COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING MODIFIED HUMAN GALACTOCEREBROSIDASE	2025-10-10	Pending	0	0	n/a
15776675	Method and apparatus for adaptive signal processing	2012-01-10	Allowed	1	0	12.0 mo
15345882	Composition and method for controlled release	2015-02-11	Abandoned	4	1	23.0 mo
15441953	Distributed ledger transaction verification	2018-03-12	Allowed	3	0	20.0 mo
15560294	Thermal management of battery assemblies	2021-04-13	Pending	2	1	17.0 mo
15133132	Machine learning model for anomaly detection	2012-05-14	Allowed	1	0	14.0 mo
15771466	Wireless power transfer coil arrangement	2015-06-15	Abandoned	4	1	25.0 mo
15495850	Catalyst for selective hydrogenation	2018-07-16	Allowed	3	0	22.0 mo

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