Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Akkolens International B V has 1 pending office action assigned to 1 distinct examiner. BAHENA, CHRISTIE L. is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, managing 1 pending action. The current data indicates 0 distinct art units for the pending inventory. This single pending action represents the entirety of the company's current prosecution activity under the authority of the assigned examiner.
Because the portfolio involves only 1 distinct examiner, the prosecution strategy is focused on the interactions with BAHENA, CHRISTIE L.. The absence of a recorded art unit for this pending matter may reflect the specific administrative status of the application. Practitioners should monitor the 1 pending office action closely, as the examiner's perspective will be the primary factor in the successful acquisition of patent rights. The concentration of work under BAHENA, CHRISTIE L. means that individual preferences will define the prosecution experience.
Difficulty is derived from the rejection statutes on the most recent pending office action. §101-driven and multi-statute cases are graded Hard; §112-only and obviousness-type double-patenting cases are graded Easy; everything else is Medium. "Unknown" means we have not yet parsed a statute for that office action.
| Bucket | Cases |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (100%) |
How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.
Manual office-action response work runs about 10 hours per case. The time-saved bands below show what IP Author's prosecution pipeline typically delivers — a conservative 20% on the low end, 35% in the middle, 50% on the high end.
| Examiner | Apps on this docket | Allow rate | Interview lift |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAHENA, CHRISTIE L. | 1 | 68.2% | +23.5% |
| LOPEZ, LESLIE ANN | 1 | 65.5% | +34.3% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18690375 | Intraocular Add-On Lens for Correction of Refraction and Extended Depth of Field | BAHENA, CHRISTIE L. | — |
| 18007536 | Accommodating Intraocular Lens with Rigid Tapered Flanges | LOPEZ, LESLIE ANN | — |
Cases in front of an examiner whose interview lift is 10 percentage points or more — i.e. interviewed cases historically resolve more favorably than non-interviewed ones. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18690375 | Intraocular Add-On Lens for Correction of Refraction and Extended Depth of Field | BAHENA, CHRISTIE L. | — |
| 18007536 | Accommodating Intraocular Lens with Rigid Tapered Flanges | LOPEZ, LESLIE ANN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3774 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18690375 | Intraocular Add-On Lens for Correction of Refraction and Extended Depth of Field | BAHENA, CHRISTIE L. | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 08, 2024 |
| 18007536 | Accommodating Intraocular Lens with Rigid Tapered Flanges | LOPEZ, LESLIE ANN | 3774 | §102§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 01, 2022 |
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