According to the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the overall utility patent allowance rate in the US dropped to 41% through mid-year 2009 (see chart, at bottom of page), down from an overall patent allowance rate above 70% at the USPTO as recently as 2000.1
Yet through carefully crafted technical characterizations and persuasive and creative legal advocacy, Modern Times Legal is soundly beating these statistics by achieving an allowance rate over 70% on applications filed and prosecuted by Bob Sayre (including an allowance rate of 83% for cases reaching disposition in 2009 and 100% thus far in 2010--i.e., off the top of the chart shown below), thereby facilitating the successful licensing and/or commercialization of a range of new technologies.
Selection of Recently Issued Patents Drafted and Prosecuted by Robert J. Sayre (click to view):
US Patent No. 7,718,813 Hydrolysis and purification of active plant compounds suitable for topical application
US Patent No. 7,696,847 High-field synchrocyclotron
US Patent No. 7,656,258 Magnet structure for particle acceleration
US Patent No. 7,624,955 Collapsible support stand for devices, such as cameras
US Patent No. 7,541,905 High-field superconducting synchrocyclotron
US Patent No. 7,433,043 Two-dimensional spectral shearing interferometry for ultrafast pulse characterization
US Patent No. 7,405,868 Cavity-enhanced optical parametric amplification
US Patent No. 7,397,567 Balanced optical-radiofrequency phase detector
US Patent No. 7,391,850 Compact, high-flux, short-pulse x-ray source
US Patent No. 7,332,003 Hydrocarbon fuel processing for hydrogen generation
US Patent No. 7,309,416 Methods and compositions for desulfurization of hydrocarbon fuels
US Patent No. 7,238,057 Cigarette-lighter assembly connector with indicator for verifying proper insertion
US Patent No. 7,183,554 Detection of nuclear weapons and fissile material abroad cargo containerships
US Patent No. 7,169,946 Alternatives to distilled oleo chemicals in derivatives and production thereof
1Per the USPTO PPAC Patent Operations Update of June 18, 2009.
Given the backlog and timeline of patent prosecution, Bob prosecuted some of these patents while in the previous employ of another firm.