80 pending office actions • 32 art units • 76 examiners • 0 of 80 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 182 patents granted in the last 365 days
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 19 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 19 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 only | 2 (2%) |
| §101 + other | 4 (5%) |
| §103 only | 35 (44%) |
| §102 only | 2 (2%) |
| §112 only | 3 (4%) |
| Double-patenting only | 3 (4%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 5 (6%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 26 (32%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MORALES, JON ERIC C | 2 | 85.5% | +9.7% |
| HALL, DEANNA K | 2 | 75.6% | +15.7% |
| DEAK, LESLIE R | 2 | 75.4% | +17.5% |
| PATEL, AREN | 2 | 78.3% | +16.1% |
| CHIN, RICKY | 1 | 68.1% | +21.9% |
| BERNARD, ADRIEN J | 1 | 81.3% | +17.6% |
| NGUON, VIRAK | 1 | 83.2% | +19.0% |
| RESTAINO, ANDREW PETER | 1 | 73.0% | +40.3% |
| HOAG, MITCHELL BRAIN | 1 | 70.5% | +17.1% |
| LE, PETER D | 1 | 80.2% | +16.4% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19276547 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING WETTABLE SILICONE HYDROGEL CONTACT LENSES | BERNARD, ADRIEN J | — |
| 19249245 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INSERT PLACEMENT TO FABRICATE HYBRID CONTACT LENSES | NGUON, VIRAK | — |
| 19184053 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGING PLATFORM WITH CONTINUOUS AUTOFOCUSING MODE | LE, PETER D | — |
| 18959960 | SURGICAL SUITE INTEGRATION AND OPTIMIZATION | MORALES, JON ERIC C | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18357435 | OPHTHALMIC SURGICAL PROBE | MENDEZ, KATHERINE H | 17d overdue |
| 18190191 | SLOTTED TUBING SECURITY PLATFORM | NG, HENRY | 5d |
| 17810698 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRESENTING CRUCIAL INFORMATION AND RECOMMENDATIONS | MONTGOMERY, MELISSA JO | 14d |
| 18974407 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INTRAOCULAR LENS SELECTION | SZUMNY, JONATHON A | 33d |
| 18746527 | MEMBRANE REMOVAL DEVICE | WALKER, OLIVIA | 43d |
| 18337645 | DIFFRACTIVE MULTIFOCAL OPHTHALMIC LENS WITH CHROMATIC ABERRATION CORRECTION | NGUYEN, NHA UYEN CHAU | 55d |
| 19240362 | BI-MODAL ULTRASONIC HANDPIECE SYSTEM | RESTAINO, ANDREW PETER | — |
| 19184144 | CANNULA CLEARANCE | HOAG, MITCHELL BRAIN | — |
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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18585332 | OCULAR IMPLANT AND DELIVERY SYSTEM | DEAK, LESLIE R | 83d |
| 19299848 | CORRECTING IMAGES FOR AN OPHTHALMIC IMAGING SYSTEM | CHIN, RICKY | — |
| 19276547 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING WETTABLE SILICONE HYDROGEL CONTACT LENSES | BERNARD, ADRIEN J | — |
| 19249245 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INSERT PLACEMENT TO FABRICATE HYBRID CONTACT LENSES | NGUON, VIRAK | — |
| 19240362 | BI-MODAL ULTRASONIC HANDPIECE SYSTEM | RESTAINO, ANDREW PETER | — |
| 19184144 | CANNULA CLEARANCE | HOAG, MITCHELL BRAIN | — |
| 19184053 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGING PLATFORM WITH CONTINUOUS AUTOFOCUSING MODE | LE, PETER D | — |
| 18781109 | ARTICULABLE OTOLOGIC SUCTION TUBE AND SUCTION TUBE SYSTEM | HALL, DEANNA K | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3774 | 7 |
| 2872 | 5 |
| 3796 | 3 |
| 3792 | 3 |
| 3771 | 3 |
| 2877 | 2 |
| 3799 | 2 |
| 3783 | 2 |
| 3700 | 2 |
| 1742 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19299848 | CORRECTING IMAGES FOR AN OPHTHALMIC IMAGING SYSTEM | CHIN, RICKY | — | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 14, 2025 |
| 19276547 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING WETTABLE SILICONE HYDROGEL CONTACT LENSES | BERNARD, ADRIEN J | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 22, 2025 |
| 19249245 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INSERT PLACEMENT TO FABRICATE HYBRID CONTACT LENSES | NGUON, VIRAK | 1742 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 25, 2025 |
| 19240362 | BI-MODAL ULTRASONIC HANDPIECE SYSTEM | RESTAINO, ANDREW PETER | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 17, 2025 |
| 19184144 | CANNULA CLEARANCE | HOAG, MITCHELL BRAIN | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 21, 2025 |
| 19184053 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGING PLATFORM WITH CONTINUOUS AUTOFOCUSING MODE | LE, PETER D | 2488 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 21, 2025 |
| 19097437 | ENHANCED DATA SECURITY AND ACCESS CONTROL USING MACHINE LEARNING | ARYAL, AAYUSH | — | §101§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 01, 2025 |
| 19081206 | SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS FOR MEMBRANE PEELING | LYNCH, ROBERT A | — | §102DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 17, 2025 |
| 19034869 | SEALING DEVICE | FRY, PATRICK B | 3731 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 23, 2025 |
| 19020676 | INTRAOCULAR LENS STORAGE AND LOADING DEVICES AND METHODS OF USE | SEVERSON, RYAN J | — | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 14, 2025 |
| 19013156 | OPHTHALMIC SURGICAL PROBE | KAHELIN, MICHAEL WILLIAM | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 08, 2025 |
| 18974407 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INTRAOCULAR LENS SELECTION | SZUMNY, JONATHON A | 3686 | §101 | Final Rejection | 33d | Pending | Dec 09, 2024 |
| 18959960 | SURGICAL SUITE INTEGRATION AND OPTIMIZATION | MORALES, JON ERIC C | — | §112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 26, 2024 |
| 18914349 | PERFORMING A CONTACT LENS CHECK | BOUTSIKARIS, LEONIDAS | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 14, 2024 |
| 18909443 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR POST-OCCLUSION SURGE MITIGATION | LEVY, BRANDON WILLIAM | — | §102§103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 08, 2024 |
| 18897752 | MULTIFOCAL OPHTHALMIC LENSES | STRANSKY, KATRINA MARIE | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 26, 2024 |
| 18889875 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HANDLING AN OPHTHALMIC LENS AT A TRANSFER STATION OF A LENS INSPECTION MODULE | BRYANT, REBECCA CAROLE | 2877 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 19, 2024 |
| 18830318 | OPHTHALMIC VIEWING SYSTEMS | PINKNEY, DAWAYNE | — | §101§102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 10, 2024 |
| 18830335 | INTEGRATED INTRAOCCULAR NAVIGATION SYSTEM FOR OPHTHALMIC SURGERY | HARANDI, SIAMAK | — | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 10, 2024 |
| 18828214 | POLARIZATION SENSITIVE OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY FOR VISUALIZATION OF VITREOUS OPACITIES | HUSTOFT, JUSTIN WAYNE | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 09, 2024 |
| 18825152 | LASER ALIGNMENT SYSTEM | CARLSON, JOSHUA MICHAEL | 3796 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 05, 2024 |
| 18819041 | EXTERNAL FIBER FOR OPTICAL FIBER DELIVERY IN OPTHALMIC SURGICAL DEVICES | WONG, TINA MEI SENG | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 29, 2024 |
| 18815973 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CORNEAL CROSS-LINKING WITH REAL-TIME MONITORING | MORALES, JON ERIC C | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 27, 2024 |
| 18810796 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A SURGICAL HANDPIECE AND MULTI-MODAL TIP | BRUTUS, JOEL F | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 21, 2024 |
| 18805430 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MEASURING OCULAR TISSUE CHARACTERISTICS | MUHAMMAD, KEY | — | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 14, 2024 |
| 18800209 | CALIBRATING THE POSITION OF THE FOCAL POINT OF A LASER BEAM | KEFAYATI, SOORENA | 2884 | DP | Final Rejection | 14d | Pending | Aug 12, 2024 |
| 18795928 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MEASURING OPTICAL PARAMETERS | WILKES, ZACHARY W | — | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 06, 2024 |
| 18781109 | ARTICULABLE OTOLOGIC SUCTION TUBE AND SUCTION TUBE SYSTEM | HALL, DEANNA K | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 23, 2024 |
| 18761871 | PROXIMITY SENSOR FOR DIGITAL OCULAR SYSTEM | TRA, TUYEN Q | 2872 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 02, 2024 |
| 18760157 | BEAM DELIVERY SYSTEM FOR PROBE WITH MULTI-CORE FIBER | YAZBACK, MAHER | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 01, 2024 |
| 18753018 | ERGONOMIC CHANDELIER ENDO-ILLUMINATION PROBE | CARTER, WILLIAM JOSEPH | 2875 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 25, 2024 |
| 18746527 | MEMBRANE REMOVAL DEVICE | WALKER, OLIVIA | 3796 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 43d | Pending | Jun 18, 2024 |
| 18739885 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR SUBRETINAL DELIVERY | MENDEZ, MANUEL A | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 11, 2024 |
| 18731556 | MONITORING UTILIZATION OF REUSABLE SURGICAL DEVICES | WALSH, DANIEL I | — | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 03, 2024 |
| 18678916 | METHOD FOR MAKING EMBEDDED SILICONE HYDROGEL CONTACT LENSES | BOOTH, ALEXANDER D | 1749 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 30, 2024 |
| 18667003 | VOICE-ACTIVATED CONTROL FOR DIGITAL OPTICAL SYSTEM | PATEL, SHREYANS A | 2659 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 17, 2024 |
| 18658669 | METHOD OF IMPLANTING AN OCULAR IMPLANT | DEAK, LESLIE R | 3799 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 08, 2024 |
| 18643964 | OPHTHALMIC SURGICAL SYSTEMS WITH GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES BASED UPON SETUP CONDITIONS | MOSS, JAMES R | 3792 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 23, 2024 |
| 18640931 | N-SUBSTITUTED C6 CYCLYL CARBOXAMIDE COMPOUNDS AND USES THEREOF | YOUNGBLOOD, WILLIAM JUSTIN | 4100 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 19, 2024 |
| 18633987 | IDENTIFICATION OF VISION DEGRADING SYMPTOMATIC FLOATERS | EDENFIELD, KUEI-JEN L | 2872 | §103 | Final Rejection | 16d | Pending | Apr 12, 2024 |
| 18629779 | OPHTHALMIC ENDOSCOPE UTILIZING NEAR-INFRARED SPECTRUM | NEAL, TIMOTHY JAY | 3795 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 08, 2024 |
| 18616063 | INTRAOCULAR LENSES WITH HAPTIC ISOLATING STRUCTURES | TYSON, MELANIE RUANO | 3774 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 25, 2024 |
| 18616060 | INTRAOCULAR LENSES WITH ANTI-ANTERIOR CAPSULAR CONTRACTION FEATURE AND METHOD OF IMPLANTATION THEREOF | PRESTON, REBECCA STRASZHEIM | — | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 25, 2024 |
| 18610384 | INSPECTION CUVETTE AND SYSTEM FOR USE IN THE OPTICAL INSPECTION OF AN OPHTHALMIC LENS | GRAY, SUNGHEE Y | 2877 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 20, 2024 |
| 18606003 | MULTIPLE CANNULA TROCAR ASSEMBLY | CARPENTER, WILLIAM R | 3783 | §103 | Final Rejection | 55d | Pending | Mar 15, 2024 |
| 18604926 | PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING APRACLONIDINE FOR OCULAR REDNESS RELIEF | CHANDRAKUMAR, NIZAL S | 1625 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 14, 2024 |
| 18603351 | AUTOMATED CONTROL OF SINGLE-CRYSTAL FIBER GROWTH PROCESS | BRATLAND JR, KENNETH A | 1714 | §103 | Final Rejection | 48d | Pending | Mar 13, 2024 |
| 18592640 | VISUALIZATION ROBOT WITH OPHTHALMIC SURGERY-OPTIMIZED KINEMATICS | ELAHMADI, ZAKARIA | 3618 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 01, 2024 |
| 18585332 | OCULAR IMPLANT AND DELIVERY SYSTEM | DEAK, LESLIE R | 3799 | §103DP | Non-Final OA | 83d | Pending | Feb 23, 2024 |
| 18581631 | PRESBYOPIA-CORRECTING OPHTHALMIC LENS WITH REDUCED VISUAL DISTURBANCES | MATHEW, SEEMA | 3774 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 20, 2024 |
| 18432767 | OPHTHALMOSCOPIC CONTACT LENSES | MCGRATH, ERIN E | 3771 | §103 | Final Rejection | 5d overdue | Pending | Feb 05, 2024 |
| 18429551 | WATER GRADIENT SILICONE HYDROGEL CONTACT LENSES | LEE, MATTHEW Y | 2872 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 01, 2024 |
| 18411341 | CANNULAS FOR OPHTHALMIC PROCEDURES | ZIMBOUSKI, ARIANA | 3781 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 12, 2024 |
| 18406978 | THREE-LENS INTRAOCULAR LENS SYSTEM | PATEL, AREN | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 08, 2024 |
| 18543581 | SELECTIVELY MOVEABLE VALVE ELEMENTS FOR ASPIRATION AND IRRIGATION CIRCUITS | HALL, DEANNA K | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 18, 2023 |
| 18539701 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF UTILIZING DATA OF MEDICAL SYSTEMS | NAJARIAN, LENA | 3687 | §103 | Final Rejection | 22d | Pending | Dec 14, 2023 |
| 18536437 | DISSOLVABLE POLYMERIC EYE INSERTS | STEVENS, MARK V | 1613 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 12, 2023 |
| 18536388 | SALT ACTIVATABLE DISSOLVABLE POLYMERIC EYE INSERTS AND KIT OF THE SAME | TRUONG, QUANGLONG N | 1615 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 12, 2023 |
| 18535263 | INSTRUMENT FOR DELAMINATING RETINAL MEMBRANES | MCEVOY, THOMAS M | 3771 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 11, 2023 |
| 18527510 | MODULAR IMPLANT WITH STABILIZATION | FLORES, ADRIAN | 3774 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 04, 2023 |
| 18557899 | STABLE ISOQUINOLINE-CORTICOSTEROID CONJUGATES AND USES THEREOF | BAUER, NICOLA MARIA | 1621 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 27, 2023 |
| 18463168 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DETERMINING INTRAOCULAR LENS PARAMETERS FOR OPHTHALMIC SURGERY USING AN EMULATED FINITE ELEMENTS ANALYSIS MODEL | BROOME, SHARRIEF I | 2872 | §101§102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 07, 2023 |
| 18449776 | INDUCTIVELY COUPLED FOOT PEDAL BATTERY CHARGING | PRANTO, TAWHID MAHBUB | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 15, 2023 |
| 18357435 | OPHTHALMIC SURGICAL PROBE | MENDEZ, KATHERINE H | 3771 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 17d overdue | Pending | Jul 24, 2023 |
| 18351401 | VITREOUS FLOATER TREATMENT USING RESONANT SCANNER-BASED SLO | HOLTZCLAW, MICHAEL T. | 3796 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 12, 2023 |
| 18349744 | ACCOMMODATING INTRAOCULAR LENSES WITH TORIC SURFACE | LOPEZ, LESLIE ANN | 3774 | §103 | Final Rejection | 34d | Pending | Jul 10, 2023 |
| 18344405 | Azetidinyl Pyrimidines and Uses Thereof | ROMERO, KRISTEN WANG | 1624 | §102§103§112DP | Final Rejection | 12d | Pending | Jun 29, 2023 |
| 18337645 | DIFFRACTIVE MULTIFOCAL OPHTHALMIC LENS WITH CHROMATIC ABERRATION CORRECTION | NGUYEN, NHA UYEN CHAU | 3774 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 55d | Pending | Jun 20, 2023 |
| 18321127 | OPHTHALMIC RETINA CONCURRENT SEALANT MIXING AND ILLUMINATED ASSEMBLY AND METHOD | VU, QUYNH-NHU HOANG | 3783 | §103 | Final Rejection | 42d | Pending | May 22, 2023 |
| 18299029 | OPHTHALMIC IMAGE REGISTRATION USING INTERPRETABLE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE BASED ON DEEP LEARNING | ORANGE, DAVID BENJAMIN | 2663 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 11, 2023 |
| 18190191 | SLOTTED TUBING SECURITY PLATFORM | NG, HENRY | 3741 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 5d | Pending | Mar 27, 2023 |
| 18187275 | INTRAOCULAR LENSES WITH NANOSTRUCTURES AND METHODS OF FABRICATING THE SAME | SHARMA, YASHITA | 3774 | §103 | Final Rejection | 10d overdue | Pending | Mar 21, 2023 |
| 18174469 | COMMON PATH WAVEGUIDES FOR STABLE OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY IMAGING | ABDUR, RAHMAN | 2872 | §103 | Final Rejection | 14d | Pending | Feb 24, 2023 |
| 18067165 | APPARATUS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS OF FORMING OPHTHALMIC LENS COMPONENTS WITH SOLUBLE CORES AND MOLDS | BEHRENS JR., ANDRES E | 1741 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 16, 2022 |
| 18055656 | ACHROMATIC IOL WITH MULTIPLE LAYERS OF DIFFRACTIVE OPTICS | PATEL, AREN | 3774 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 15, 2022 |
| 18054448 | OPHTHALMIC SURGICAL SYSTEM WITH A DMD CONFOCAL MICROSCOPE | COLLARD JR, DWANE EDWARD | 3700 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 10, 2022 |
| 17937974 | MULTIPLEXING A LASER BEAM TO FRAGMENT EYE FLOATERS | CHRISTIANSON, SKYLAR LINDSEY | 3792 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 12d | Pending | Oct 04, 2022 |
| 17810698 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRESENTING CRUCIAL INFORMATION AND RECOMMENDATIONS | MONTGOMERY, MELISSA JO | 3791 | §101 | Final Rejection | 14d | Pending | Jul 05, 2022 |
| 17380992 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EYE CATARACT REMOVAL | MULLINS, JESSICA LYNN | 3792 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 20, 2021 |
| 16826828 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING MATERIAL DURING AN OPHTHALMIC PROCEDURE USING AC IMPEDANCE MEASUREMENT | MARCETICH, ADAM M | 3700 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 23, 2020 |
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