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ROPES & GRAY LLP

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739 applicationsfiled 2006 to 2019

Allowance rate

35%

−41 pts vs the USPTO range 31% to 38%

Rejections before allowance

1.6

level with the USPTO

Months to first action

18.3 mo

−0.3 vs the USPTO

Needed an RCE

18%

−9 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 preparations191 apps

C07K Peptides73 apps

G01N Investigating or analysing materials54 apps

C07D Heterocyclic compounds53 apps

C12N Microorganisms or enzymes42 apps

G06F Electric digital data processing32 apps

Art units

163528 apps

164922 apps

164422 apps

288121 apps

164320 apps

164720 apps

Examiners met

The examiners seen most, and how it went with each

Zachary C Howard10 apps

40%

Elly Gerald Stoica8 apps

38%

Leigh C Maier8 apps

25%

Richard A Schnizer6 apps

Brian A Whiteman6 apps

Robert Clinton Hayes6 apps

17%

Cecilia M Jaisle5 apps

40%

Samantha L Shterengarts5 apps

40%

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Who they file for

Clients with the most applications

ASTRAZENECA AB28 apps

46%

NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (NIH), U.S. DEPT. OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (DHHS), U.S. GOVERNMENT23 apps

48%

RTX BBN TECHNOLOGIES, INC.20 apps

100%

RAYTHEON BBN TECHNOLOGIES CORP.17 apps

53%

CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY15 apps

20%

G4 SYNERGETICS, INC.13 apps

15%

TIKA LAKEMEDEL AB12 apps

WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION12 apps

67%

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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
16327581	NOVEL PROMOTER AND USE THEREOF	2019-02-22	Allowed	0	0	3.8 mo
15680853	HANDHELD BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING DEVICE WITH MESSAGING CAPABILITY	2017-08-18	Abandoned	1	0	16.0 mo
15477204	ACTRIIB BINDING AGENTS AND USES THEREOF	2017-04-03	Abandoned	1	0	10.0 mo
15564275	Method and apparatus for adaptive signal processing	2012-01-10	Allowed	1	0	12.0 mo
15897618	Composition and method for controlled release	2015-02-11	Abandoned	4	1	23.0 mo
15424118	Distributed ledger transaction verification	2018-03-12	Allowed	3	0	20.0 mo
15585188	Thermal management of battery assemblies	2021-04-13	Pending	2	1	17.0 mo
15877067	Machine learning model for anomaly detection	2012-05-14	Allowed	1	0	14.0 mo
15912520	Wireless power transfer coil arrangement	2015-06-15	Abandoned	4	1	25.0 mo
15921239	Catalyst for selective hydrogenation	2018-07-16	Allowed	3	0	22.0 mo

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