Law firm or agent

SurModics/Kagan Binder, PLLC

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86 applicationsfiled 2006 to 2025

Allowance rate

74%

−2 pts vs the USPTO range 64% to 82%

Rejections before allowance

2.5

+0.9 vs the USPTO

Months to first action

18.0 mo

−0.6 vs the USPTO

Needed an RCE

42%

+15 pts vs the USPTO

Timeline

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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

A61L 33 apps

A61K Medical preparations21 apps

A61M Devices for introducing media into the body8 apps

A61F 5 apps

G01N Investigating or analysing materials5 apps

A61B Diagnosis, surgery, identification3 apps

Art units

161512 apps

16199 apps

16117 apps

16136 apps

16785 apps

16174 apps

Examiners met

The examiners seen most, and how it went with each

Haejin S Park5 apps

100%

Melissa S Mercier4 apps

75%

Carlos A Azpuru3 apps

67%

Galina M Yakovleva3 apps

67%

Thurman Michael Wheeler3 apps

100%

Isis A D Ghali3 apps

33%

Ann Y Montgomery2 apps

100%

Nam P Nguyen2 apps

50%

Bars show the share of decided applications that were allowed.

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Who they file for

Clients with the most applications

Surmodics, Inc.40 apps

92%

BANK OF MONTREAL, AS COLLATERAL AGENT18 apps

100%

SURMODICS COATINGS, LLC10 apps

20%

Pamela J. Reed7 apps

43%

SURMODICS MD, LLC7 apps

29%

SURMODICS HOLDINGS, LLC1 apps

SurModics IVD, Inc.1 apps

100%

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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
19366991	LUBRICIOUS COATING FOR MEDICAL DEVICE	2025-10-23	Pending	0	0	n/a
19294904	LOW PARTICULATE LUBRICIOUS COATING WITH VINYL PYRROLIDONE AND ACIDIC POLYMER-CONTAI…	2025-08-08	Pending	0	0	n/a
17700212	LUBRICIOUS COATING FOR MEDICAL DEVICE	2022-03-21	Allowed	3	1	6.8 mo
15453273	Method and apparatus for adaptive signal processing	2012-01-10	Allowed	1	0	12.0 mo
15653632	Composition and method for controlled release	2015-02-11	Abandoned	4	1	23.0 mo
15206841	Distributed ledger transaction verification	2018-03-12	Allowed	3	0	20.0 mo
15730209	Thermal management of battery assemblies	2021-04-13	Pending	2	1	17.0 mo
15639484	Machine learning model for anomaly detection	2012-05-14	Allowed	1	0	14.0 mo
15777953	Wireless power transfer coil arrangement	2015-06-15	Abandoned	4	1	25.0 mo
15862536	Catalyst for selective hydrogenation	2018-07-16	Allowed	3	0	22.0 mo

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