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Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated

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431 applicationsfiled 2006 to 2026

Allowance rate

69%

−6 pts vs the USPTO range 64% to 73%

Rejections before allowance

1.4

−0.2 vs the USPTO

Months to first action

12.1 mo

−6.5 vs the USPTO

Needed an RCE

25%

−2 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

C07D Heterocyclic compounds332 apps

A61K Medical preparations52 apps

A61F 14 apps

C07K Peptides7 apps

C12N Microorganisms or enzymes4 apps

A61M Devices for introducing media into the body3 apps

Art units

1624129 apps

162554 apps

162650 apps

162244 apps

162123 apps

162823 apps

Examiners met

The examiners seen most, and how it went with each

Douglas M Willis27 apps

74%

Jeffrey H Murray24 apps

50%

Deepak R Rao21 apps

76%

Bruck Kifle13 apps

69%

Niloofar Rahmani12 apps

75%

Kristin Ann Vajda11 apps

64%

David K O Dell10 apps

70%

Brian E McDowell10 apps

90%

Bars show the share of decided applications that were allowed.

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Who they file for

Clients with the most applications

VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED371 apps

73%

PARION SCIENCES, INC.10 apps

70%

Viacyte, Inc.7 apps

100%

Cytosolv, Inc.1 apps

NETFLIX, INC.1 apps

100%

Obligated Assignee1 apps

University of Newcastle Upon Tyne1 apps

100%

VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS (CANADA) INCORPORATED1 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
19446189	CELL HOUSING DEVICE	2026-01-12	Pending	0	0	n/a
19407951	MULTICOMPARTMENT MACROENCAPSULATION DEVICES	2025-12-03	Pending	0	0	n/a
19354991	IMPLANTATION AND TRANSPORT SYSTEMS FOR USE WITH MACROENCAPSULATION DEVICES AND RELA…	2025-10-10	Pending	0	0	n/a
15200064	Method and apparatus for adaptive signal processing	2012-01-10	Allowed	1	0	12.0 mo
15805565	Composition and method for controlled release	2015-02-11	Abandoned	4	1	23.0 mo
15175406	Distributed ledger transaction verification	2018-03-12	Allowed	3	0	20.0 mo
15969854	Thermal management of battery assemblies	2021-04-13	Pending	2	1	17.0 mo
15120131	Machine learning model for anomaly detection	2012-05-14	Allowed	1	0	14.0 mo
15788040	Wireless power transfer coil arrangement	2015-06-15	Abandoned	4	1	25.0 mo
15528311	Catalyst for selective hydrogenation	2018-07-16	Allowed	3	0	22.0 mo

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