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Womble (previously Lewis Roca)

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703 applicationsfiled 2017 to 2026

Allowance rate

77%

+2 pts vs the USPTO range 73% to 80%

Rejections before allowance

1.5

level with the USPTO

Months to first action

21.7 mo

+3.1 vs the USPTO

Needed an RCE

26%

level with the USPTO

Timeline

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Compared with the office

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Trend

Allowance by filing year

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Domains

Where the applications fall

CPC subclasses

A61B Diagnosis, surgery, identification546 apps

A61M Devices for introducing media into the body84 apps

G16H Healthcare informatics15 apps

A61G 15 apps

H02J Circuit arrangements for supplying electric power8 apps

A61N 6 apps

Art units

3794188 apps

3731176 apps

378574 apps

377164 apps

OPAP27 apps

379521 apps

Examiners met

The examiners seen most, and how it went with each

Nathaniel C Chukwurah29 apps

100%

Daniel Wayne Fowler28 apps

62%

Docket Central28 apps

n/a

Ryan T Clark26 apps

75%

Linda J Hodge24 apps

91%

Michelle Lopez19 apps

95%

Robert Franklin Long17 apps

83%

Scott A Smith15 apps

93%

Bars show the share of decided applications that were allowed.

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Who they file for

Clients with the most applications

Covidien LP675 apps

76%

Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc.19 apps

100%

ECOM Medical, Inc.5 apps

100%

Mazor Robotics Ltd.2 apps

100%

TRUSTEE OF DARTMOUTH COLLEGE1 apps

n/a

University of North Carolina at Charlotte1 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
19627395	STAPLING DEVICE WITH ROTARY KNIFE	2026-09-24	Pending	0	0	n/a
19623496	SURGICAL STAPLING DEVICE WITH TISSUE GAP CONTROL	2026-09-11	Pending	0	0	n/a
19623468	SURGICAL STAPLING DEVICE WITH TISSUE GAP CONTROL	2026-09-11	Pending	0	0	n/a
15649492	Method and apparatus for adaptive signal processing	2012-01-10	Allowed	1	0	12.0 mo
15239454	Composition and method for controlled release	2015-02-11	Abandoned	4	1	23.0 mo
15384798	Distributed ledger transaction verification	2018-03-12	Allowed	3	0	20.0 mo
15802922	Thermal management of battery assemblies	2021-04-13	Pending	2	1	17.0 mo
15208356	Machine learning model for anomaly detection	2012-05-14	Allowed	1	0	14.0 mo
15656477	Wireless power transfer coil arrangement	2015-06-15	Abandoned	4	1	25.0 mo
15922518	Catalyst for selective hydrogenation	2018-07-16	Allowed	3	0	22.0 mo

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