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Steptoe LLP/Sanofi

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98 applicationsfiled 2010 to 2025

Allowance rate

65%

−11 pts vs the USPTO range 53% to 75%

Rejections before allowance

1.8

+0.3 vs the USPTO

Months to first action

16.5 mo

−2.1 vs the USPTO

Needed an RCE

36%

+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 preparations42 apps

C07K Peptides41 apps

G01N Investigating or analysing materials6 apps

C12N Microorganisms or enzymes4 apps

A61P Therapeutic activity of compounds3 apps

B01D 1 apps

Art units

164618 apps

164411 apps

OPAP11 apps

16478 apps

16496 apps

16746 apps

Examiners met

The examiners seen most, and how it went with each

Docket Central12 apps

n/a

Xiaozhen Xie9 apps

100%

Phillip Gambel4 apps

25%

David S Romeo4 apps

100%

Stacey Nee Macfarlane4 apps

100%

Christina M Borgeest3 apps

67%

Bruce D Hissong3 apps

67%

Brian Hartnett3 apps

67%

Bars show the share of decided applications that were allowed.

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Who they file for

Clients with the most applications

Genzyme Corporation64 apps

63%

SANOFI11 apps

100%

Provention Bio, Inc.9 apps

60%

TRANSLATE BIO, INC.4 apps

100%

KYMAB LIMITED2 apps

n/a

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc.1 apps

David CUTHBERTSON1 apps

n/a

GLAXOSMITHKLINE BIOLOGICALS SA1 apps

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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
19505832	METHODS FOR TREATING TYPE 1 DIABETES	2026-01-27	Pending	0	0	n/a
19372664	COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING AND PREVENTING MACULAR DEGENERATION	2025-10-29	Pending	0	0	n/a
19471172	METHODS FOR REDUCING EXOGENOUS INSULIN USE	2025-09-30	Pending	0	0	n/a
15777685	Method and apparatus for adaptive signal processing	2012-01-10	Allowed	1	0	12.0 mo
15883447	Composition and method for controlled release	2015-02-11	Abandoned	4	1	23.0 mo
15711627	Distributed ledger transaction verification	2018-03-12	Allowed	3	0	20.0 mo
15606735	Thermal management of battery assemblies	2021-04-13	Pending	2	1	17.0 mo
15785692	Machine learning model for anomaly detection	2012-05-14	Allowed	1	0	14.0 mo
15195617	Wireless power transfer coil arrangement	2015-06-15	Abandoned	4	1	25.0 mo
15834076	Catalyst for selective hydrogenation	2018-07-16	Allowed	3	0	22.0 mo

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