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Surgical Specialties Corporation

25 applicationsfiled 2007 to 2015

Allowance rate

24%

−51 pts vs the USPTO range 12% to 43%

Rejections before allowance

2.2

+0.6 vs the USPTO

Months to first action

20.6 mo

+2.0 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

A61B Diagnosis, surgery, identification11 apps

A61K Medical preparations6 apps

A61L 4 apps

A61F 3 apps

C08G 1 apps

Art units

37734 apps

37394 apps

16113 apps

37342 apps

16172 apps

16182 apps

Examiners met

The examiners seen most, and how it went with each

Michael F Peffley4 apps

0%

Carlos A Azpuru2 apps

100%

Julian W Woo2 apps

50%

Kortney L Klinkel2 apps

50%

Emily M Lloyd2 apps

0%

James William Rogers2 apps

50%

Katherine Marie Rodjom1 apps

0%

Amy Regina Weisberg1 apps

0%

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Who they file for

Clients with the most applications

ANGIOTECH PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.12 apps

17%

IPXMEDICAL, LLC2 apps

50%

SURGICAL SPECIALTIES CORPORATION LIMITED2 apps

50%

ANGIOTECH BIOCOATINGS CORP.1 apps

0%

ANGIOTECH INTERNATIONAL AG1 apps

0%

Angiotech Pharmaceuticals (US), Inc.1 apps

100%

CILAG GMBH INTERNATIONAL1 apps

0%

ETHICON, INC.1 apps

0%

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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
14838213	BIOCOMPATIBLE CROSSLINKED HYDROGELS, DRUG-LOADED HYDROGELS AND METHODS OF USING THE…	2015-08-27	Abandoned	0	0	25.2 mo
13918528	KIT FOR MULTIFUNCTIONAL COMPOUNDS FORMING CROSSLINKED BIOMATERIALS	2013-06-14	Allowed	2	2	14.3 mo
13651828	MEDICATED STENT HAVING MULTI-LAYER POLYMER COATING	2012-10-15	Abandoned	0	0	28.8 mo
15803837	Method and apparatus for adaptive signal processing	2012-01-10	Allowed	1	0	12.0 mo
15596964	Composition and method for controlled release	2015-02-11	Abandoned	4	1	23.0 mo
15447692	Distributed ledger transaction verification	2018-03-12	Allowed	3	0	20.0 mo
15364097	Thermal management of battery assemblies	2021-04-13	Pending	2	1	17.0 mo
15369207	Machine learning model for anomaly detection	2012-05-14	Allowed	1	0	14.0 mo
15567991	Wireless power transfer coil arrangement	2015-06-15	Abandoned	4	1	25.0 mo
15198598	Catalyst for selective hydrogenation	2018-07-16	Allowed	3	0	22.0 mo

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