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Protein kinase inhibitors Steady

427 applications407 decided

427 applications whose title mentions it. Its share of new filings over the last two years is 32% below the four years before.

3-year grant rate
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Allowance rate
72%
−3 pts vs the USPTO
Rejections before allowance
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Months to first action
15.9 mo
−2.7 vs the USPTO
Applications
427
in the record
Allowed
293
114 abandoned
Still pending
20
5% of the applications
Months to a decision
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In plain words

On “protein kinase inhibitors”, 72% of decided applications were allowed, against 75% for the USPTO. The first action takes 15.9 months on average.

Timeline

Applications by filing year: drag across the years to study a period

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Grant rate from the first action

Share allowed, by months after the first office action

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Outcome simulator

Where you are, what you do next, and the odds that follow

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Prosecution paths

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Compared with the office

Against every applicant before the USPTO

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Allowance over time

How fast applications are allowed, or abandoned

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Rejection fingerprint

What gets rejected, by statute

Share of examined applications that drew each ground; blue is the USPTO.

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After a response

Which grounds are withdrawn after a response

How often each ground is gone from the next action once it has been answered.

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What works

Allowance by strategy used

Allowance rate among decided cases where each move was used at least once, against the USPTO.

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Interviews

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Allowance with and without an examiner interview, and how often interviews happen.

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Odds by round

Chance the next action is an allowance

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Response clock

Days from a response to the next action

How long the office takes to act once a response is in.

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Quarter-end timing

When allowances land in the fiscal quarter

Allowances by week of the USPTO fiscal quarter. An even spread would put 15% in the last two weeks.

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Cited art

References cited most against these applications

From the rejections in the most recently decided applications.

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Trend

Allowance rate by filing year

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Appeals

What happens on appeal

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Examiners

Who examines it, and how it fares with each

The examiners with the most of these applications.

Examiner 160 apps63%
Examiner 251 apps80%
Examiner 343 apps56%
Examiner 434 apps74%
Examiner 526 apps52%
Examiner 617 apps71%

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Who files it

Companies and institutions

The filers with the most applications on this topic.

Company 160 apps63%
Company 251 apps80%
Company 343 apps56%
Company 434 apps74%
Company 526 apps52%
Company 617 apps71%

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Who represents them

Law firms and agents

The firms with the most applications on this topic.

Firm 160 apps63%
Firm 251 apps80%
Firm 343 apps56%
Firm 434 apps74%
Firm 526 apps52%
Firm 617 apps71%

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The record in depth

Every application, every decision, in view

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Applications

Recent applications on this topic

ApplicationTitleFiledStatusRejectionsRCEsTo 1st action
19617243PYRAZOLE-BASED INHIBITORS OF DNA-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE AND COMPOSITIONS AND APPL…2026-08-20Pending00n/a
19613218NOVEL COMPOUNDS AS LRRK2 PROTEIN KINASE DOMAIN INHIBITORS2026-08-06Pending00n/a
19586225RHO-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITORS2026-05-08Pending00n/a
15358719Method and apparatus for adaptive signal processing2012-01-10Allowed1012.0 mo
15271682Composition and method for controlled release2015-02-11Abandoned4123.0 mo
15762824Distributed ledger transaction verification2018-03-12Allowed3020.0 mo
15665906Thermal management of battery assemblies2021-04-13Pending2117.0 mo
15972479Machine learning model for anomaly detection2012-05-14Allowed1014.0 mo
15750310Wireless power transfer coil arrangement2015-06-15Abandoned4125.0 mo
15636355Catalyst for selective hydrogenation2018-07-16Allowed3022.0 mo
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