Topic

Infection Declining

4,396 applications whose title mentions it. Its share of new filings over the last two years is -40% below the four years before.

Allowance rate

55%

−20 pts vs the USPTO 3,768 decided

Months to first action

18.5 mo

−0.1 vs the USPTO

Applications

4,396.0

in the record

Allowed

2,076.0

1,692 abandoned

Filings by year

How often the topic was filed

The most recent years are still filling in.

Where it is examined

Domains and art units

CPC subclasses

A61K2,033 apps

C07K389 apps

G01N343 apps

A61P246 apps

C12Q237 apps

C07D185 apps

Art units

1648458 apps

1645443 apps

1627187 apps

OPAP187 apps

1671121 apps

1629117 apps

Examiners

Who examines it, and how it fares with each

Docket Central190 apps

Shengjun Wang89 apps

49%

Nicole Erin Kinsey White63 apps

53%

Stacy Brown Chen60 apps

79%

Barry A Chestnut56 apps

70%

Rodney P Swartz51 apps

80%

Agnieszka Boesen48 apps

71%

Jennifer E Graser46 apps

71%

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Who files it

Companies and institutions

Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.87 apps

57%

NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (NIH), U.S. DEPT. OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (DHHS), U.S. GOVERNMENT69 apps

71%

Temple University-Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education31 apps

29%

CMPD Licensing, LLC28 apps

57%

The Regents of the University of California28 apps

54%

MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORP.24 apps

50%

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Who represents them

Law firms and agents

GENENTECH, INC.82 apps

54%

FOLEY & LARDNER LLP73 apps

69%

Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, LLP53 apps

65%

MERCK48 apps

57%

SALIWANCHIK, LLOYD & EISENSCHENK48 apps

50%

SEED INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW GROUP LLP48 apps

58%

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Applications

Recent applications on this topic

Application	Title	Filed	Status	Rejections	RCEs	To 1st action
19628746	LYSINS FOR TREATMENT OF BACTERIAL INFECTION	2026-09-28	Pending	0	0	n/a
19880013	METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR DIAGNOSING AND SELECTIVELY TREATING OR PREVENTING URIN…	2026-09-28	Pending	0	0	n/a
19628578	Mycobacteriophage Functionalized Magnetic Nanocrystal Clusters for Highly Sensitive…	2026-09-26	Pending	0	0	n/a
15210071	Method and apparatus for adaptive signal processing	2012-01-10	Allowed	1	0	12.0 mo
15157533	Composition and method for controlled release	2015-02-11	Abandoned	4	1	23.0 mo
15875388	Distributed ledger transaction verification	2018-03-12	Allowed	3	0	20.0 mo
15292283	Thermal management of battery assemblies	2021-04-13	Pending	2	1	17.0 mo
15941158	Machine learning model for anomaly detection	2012-05-14	Allowed	1	0	14.0 mo
15927107	Wireless power transfer coil arrangement	2015-06-15	Abandoned	4	1	25.0 mo
15245229	Catalyst for selective hydrogenation	2018-07-16	Allowed	3	0	22.0 mo

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