Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Alcon Inc.

52 pending office actions

Portfolio Summary

52
Total Pending OAs
15
Final Rejections
37
Non-Final OAs

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatusFiled
19253364 ROCK INHIBITORS AND USES THEREOF SZNAIDMAN, MARCOS L 1628 Non-Final OA Jun 27, 2025
18974407 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INTRAOCULAR LENS SELECTION SZUMNY, JONATHON A 3686 Non-Final OA Dec 09, 2024
18958272 OPHTHALMIC LENS HAVING AN EXTENDED DEPTH OF FOCUS LOPEZ, LESLIE ANN 3774 Non-Final OA Nov 25, 2024
18918638 METHOD FOR DETECTING EXTERNAL LIGHT WITHIN OPHTHALMIC SURGICAL CASSETTES ST CYR, DANIEL 2876 Non-Final OA Oct 17, 2024
18800209 CALIBRATING THE POSITION OF THE FOCAL POINT OF A LASER BEAM KEFAYATI, SOORENA 2884 Non-Final OA Aug 12, 2024
18678872 METHOD FOR MAKING EMBEDDED HYDROGEL CONTACT LENSES GROSSO, GREGORY CHAD 1748 Non-Final OA May 30, 2024
18678916 METHOD FOR MAKING EMBEDDED SILICONE HYDROGEL CONTACT LENSES BOOTH, ALEXANDER D 1749 Non-Final OA May 30, 2024
18633987 IDENTIFICATION OF VISION DEGRADING SYMPTOMATIC FLOATERS EDENFIELD, KUEI-JEN L 2872 Non-Final OA Apr 12, 2024
18629779 OPHTHALMIC ENDOSCOPE UTILIZING NEAR-INFRARED SPECTRUM NEAL, TIMOTHY JAY 3795 Non-Final OA Apr 08, 2024
18594209 SURGICAL INSTRUMENT WITH INTEGRATED PRESSURE SENSOR FOR OPHTHALMIC SURGERIES HOAG, MITCHELL BRAIN 3771 Final Rejection Mar 04, 2024
18592640 VISUALIZATION ROBOT WITH OPHTHALMIC SURGERY-OPTIMIZED KINEMATICS ELAHMADI, ZAKARIA 3618 Non-Final OA Mar 01, 2024
18432767 OPHTHALMOSCOPIC CONTACT LENSES MCGRATH, ERIN E 3771 Non-Final OA Feb 05, 2024
18539701 SYSTEM AND METHOD OF UTILIZING DATA OF MEDICAL SYSTEMS NAJARIAN, LENA 3687 Non-Final OA Dec 14, 2023
18536516 REAL-TIME SURGICAL REFERENCE INDICIUM APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR SURGICAL APPLICATIONS SABOKTAKIN, MARJAN 3797 Non-Final OA Dec 12, 2023
18530996 GRASPING STRUCTURE FOR OPHTHALMIC SURGERY BACHMAN, LINDSEY MICHELE 3771 Final Rejection Dec 06, 2023
18489153 TIP VALVE FOR EYE DROP DISPENSER DEL PRIORE, ALESSANDRO R 3781 Non-Final OA Oct 18, 2023
18480896 SYSTEM AND METHODS OF ADJUSTING INTRAOCULAR LENSES WITH OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY GUIDANCE HOLTZCLAW, MICHAEL T. 3796 Non-Final OA Oct 04, 2023
18480612 ILLUMINATION SYSTEM FOR SURGICAL MICROSCOPE WITH TUNABLE COAXIAL AND OBLIQUE BEAMS CHOUDHURY, MUSTAK 2872 Final Rejection Oct 04, 2023
18464074 Low Profile Optical Systems for Surgical Procedures HALL, ELIZABETH MARY CAMPBEL 2872 Final Rejection Sep 08, 2023
18464050 TORIC INTRAOCULAR LENS ALIGNMENT GUIDE FLORES, ADRIAN 3774 Non-Final OA Sep 08, 2023
18458061 INTRAOCULAR LENS DELIVERY DEVICES AND METHODS OF USE MCGRATH, ERIN E 3771 Final Rejection Aug 29, 2023
18451033 MULTIPLE-INPUT-COUPLED ILLUMINATED MULTI-SPOT LASER PROBE MULLINS, JESSICA LYNN 3792 Final Rejection Aug 16, 2023
18362490 OPHTHALMIC VIEWING DEVICES BOURQUINE, MACKENZI TATE 2872 Final Rejection Jul 31, 2023
18357435 OPHTHALMIC SURGICAL PROBE SCHWIKER, KATHERINE H 3771 Non-Final OA Jul 24, 2023
18351401 VITREOUS FLOATER TREATMENT USING RESONANT SCANNER-BASED SLO HOLTZCLAW, MICHAEL T. 3796 Non-Final OA Jul 12, 2023
18344405 Azetidinyl Pyrimidines and Uses Thereof ROMERO, KRISTEN WANG 1624 Non-Final OA Jun 29, 2023
18321828 SANDWICH COLORED HYDROGEL CONTACT LENSES FISSEL, TRAVIS S 2872 Non-Final OA May 23, 2023
18321416 METHOD FOR MAKING HEVL-FILTERING CONTACT LENSES KARST, DAVID THOMAS 1767 Non-Final OA May 22, 2023
18307983 LASER PULSE CONTROL WITH SUB-CARRIER MODULATION WALKER, OLIVIA 3796 Non-Final OA Apr 27, 2023
18299022 DIGITAL AWARENESS SYSTEM FOR OPHTHALMIC SURGERY SHUI, MING 2663 Final Rejection Apr 11, 2023
18190191 SLOTTED TUBING SECURITY PLATFORM NG, HENRY 3741 Non-Final OA Mar 27, 2023
18187275 INTRAOCULAR LENSES WITH NANOSTRUCTURES AND METHODS OF FABRICATING THE SAME SHARMA, YASHITA 3774 Non-Final OA Mar 21, 2023
18183608 IOL FOLDING DEVICE IGBOKO, CHIMA U 3771 Non-Final OA Mar 14, 2023
18174469 COMMON PATH WAVEGUIDES FOR STABLE OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY IMAGING ABDUR, RAHMAN 2872 Non-Final OA Feb 24, 2023
18159818 OCULAR IMPLANTS AND METHODS FOR DELIVERING OCULAR IMPLANTS INTO THE EYE DEAK, LESLIE R 3799 Non-Final OA Jan 26, 2023
18145437 DISSOLVABLE MEDICAL DEVICE FOR PROMOTING HEALING OF WOUNDS CRAIGO, WILLIAM A 1615 Final Rejection Dec 22, 2022
18065425 OBTAINING OPHTHALMIC INFORMATION USING MULTICOLOR ENDOILLUMINATION WITH HYPERSPECTRAL IMAGING LEE, MATTHEW Y 2872 Final Rejection Dec 13, 2022
18055656 ACHROMATIC IOL WITH MULTIPLE LAYERS OF DIFFRACTIVE OPTICS PATEL, AREN 3774 Non-Final OA Nov 15, 2022
18051271 SCANNING LASER OPHTHALMOSCOPE LASER GUIDANCE FOR LASER VITREOLYSIS SCHMITT, BENJAMIN ALLYN 3796 Non-Final OA Oct 31, 2022
18050370 IMAGE-GUIDED LASER BEAM AIM TO TREAT VITREOUS FLOATERS BAKKAR, AYA ZIAD 3796 Non-Final OA Oct 27, 2022
18049986 IMAGING AND TREATING A VITREOUS FLOATER IN AN EYE GUPTA, ANANT AGUILAR 3792 Non-Final OA Oct 26, 2022
18049215 GENERATING BUBBLE JETS TO FRAGMENT AND REMOVE EYE FLOATERS CHRISTIANSON, SKYLAR LINDSEY 3792 Final Rejection Oct 24, 2022
18045025 STEREOSCOPIC IMAGING APPARATUS WITH MULTIPLE FIXED MAGNIFICATION LEVELS BOYLAN, JAMES T 2486 Non-Final OA Oct 07, 2022
17938126 CONTROLLING A LASER DELIVERY HEAD OF AN OPHTHALMIC LASER SYSTEM WEBSTER, KARMEL JOHANNA 3792 Non-Final OA Oct 05, 2022
17937974 MULTIPLEXING A LASER BEAM TO FRAGMENT EYE FLOATERS CHRISTIANSON, SKYLAR LINDSEY 3792 Final Rejection Oct 04, 2022
17937675 VITREORETINAL VISUALIZATION FOR OPHTHALMIC PROCEDURES LUKJAN, SEBASTIAN X 3792 Non-Final OA Oct 03, 2022
17818746 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THE AUTOMATED TRANSFER OF AN INTRAOCULAR LENS RODDEN, JOSHUA E 3642 Non-Final OA Aug 10, 2022
17812019 LASER PULSE SELECTION AND ENERGY LEVEL CONTROL NIU, XINNING 2828 Final Rejection Jul 12, 2022
17810698 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRESENTING CRUCIAL INFORMATION AND RECOMMENDATIONS MONTGOMERY, MELISSA JO 3791 Non-Final OA Jul 05, 2022
17855383 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SELECTION OF A PREFERRED INTRAOCULAR LENS ABDULLAH, AAISHA 3681 Final Rejection Jun 30, 2022
17662135 LASER SYSTEM MONITORING USING DETECTION OF BACK REFLECTION STEINBERG, AMANDA L 3792 Final Rejection May 05, 2022
17640018 SYNTHETIC EYE MODEL FOR OCULAR IMPLANT SURGICAL TRAINING PRESTON, REBECCA STRASZHEIM 3774 Non-Final OA Mar 03, 2022

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