Prosecution Insights
Last updated: July 30, 2026

Carl Zeiss Microscopy GmbH

27 pending office actions • 11 art units • 24 examiners • 0 of 27 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 64 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

27
Total Pending OAs
19
Non-Final OAs
7
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 6 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

4
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
1
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

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. 6 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (4)Due ≤ 30 days (1)Due later (1)

Case Difficulty Mix

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.

1
Hard (4%)
19
Medium (70%)
7
Easy (26%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (4%)
§103 only16 (59%)
§102 only2 (7%)
§112 only6 (22%)
Double-patenting only1 (4%)
Double-patenting + other1 (4%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
3
Information Tech
11% of docket
6
Communications
22% of docket
11
Semiconductors
41% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
7
Business / Other
26% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

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.

270 h
Manual time on pending OAs
54 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
94 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
STOFFA, WYATT A 3 79.5% +23.1%
MCCORMACK, JASON L 2 84.6% +8.0%
TURCHEN, JAMES R 1 82.3% +33.8%
AZARIAN, SEYED H 1 89.5% +12.0%
IPPOLITO, NICOLE MARIE 1 86.6% +9.6%
YAO, JULIA ZHI-YI 1 62.5% +48.2%
DUFFY, CAROLINE TABANCAY 1 80.4% +18.5%
LANTZ, KARSTEN FOSTER 1 100.0% +0.0%
RAKOWSKI, CARA E 1 65.1% +5.4%
BHATNAGAR, ANAND P 1 91.4% +2.3%

Quick Wins (7)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18360197 Fastening an object to a manipulator and/or to an object holder in a particle beam apparatus MCCORMACK, JASON L 46d overdue
19073140 METHOD FOR AUTHENTICATING IMAGE DATA TURCHEN, JAMES R
18960335 DIGITAL CONTRAST POST-PROCESSING OF MICROSCOPY IMAGES AZARIAN, SEYED H
18910558 PARTICLE BEAM SYSTEM WITH COOLING SYSTEM IPPOLITO, NICOLE MARIE
18821023 METHOD FOR GENERATING AN IMAGE OF A SAMPLE DUFFY, CAROLINE TABANCAY
18807391 Method for providing source data for training or validating processing model for processing analyte image sequences LANTZ, KARSTEN FOSTER
17974702 METHOD FOR PRODUCING A SAMPLE ON AN OBJECT, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT, AND MATERIAL PROCESSING DEVICE FOR CARRYING OUT THE METHOD MCCORMACK, JASON L

Hard Cases (1)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18732764 Method for training Machine learning system, method for generating resulting microscope image with a machine learning system, computer program product, and image processing system BHATNAGAR, ANAND P

Interview Candidates (7)

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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19073140 METHOD FOR AUTHENTICATING IMAGE DATA TURCHEN, JAMES R
18960335 DIGITAL CONTRAST POST-PROCESSING OF MICROSCOPY IMAGES AZARIAN, SEYED H
18899097 INSTANCE SEGMENTATION USING OVERLAPPING TILES AND OVERLAP HANDLING YAO, JULIA ZHI-YI
18821023 METHOD FOR GENERATING AN IMAGE OF A SAMPLE DUFFY, CAROLINE TABANCAY
18600229 PARTICLE BEAM MICROSCOPE STOFFA, WYATT A
18600289 PARTICLE BEAM MICROSCOPE STOFFA, WYATT A
18424034 METHOD OF OPERATING A PARTICLE BEAM SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT STOFFA, WYATT A

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2881 8
2664 2
2872 2
2668 1
2871 1
2178 1
2663 1
2672 1
2666 1
2126 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19073140 METHOD FOR AUTHENTICATING IMAGE DATA TURCHEN, JAMES R §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 07, 2025
18960335 DIGITAL CONTRAST POST-PROCESSING OF MICROSCOPY IMAGES AZARIAN, SEYED H §102DP Non-Final OA Pending Nov 26, 2024
18910558 PARTICLE BEAM SYSTEM WITH COOLING SYSTEM IPPOLITO, NICOLE MARIE DP Non-Final OA Pending Oct 09, 2024
18899097 INSTANCE SEGMENTATION USING OVERLAPPING TILES AND OVERLAP HANDLING YAO, JULIA ZHI-YI §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 27, 2024
18821023 METHOD FOR GENERATING AN IMAGE OF A SAMPLE DUFFY, CAROLINE TABANCAY §112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 30, 2024
18807391 Method for providing source data for training or validating processing model for processing analyte image sequences LANTZ, KARSTEN FOSTER 2664 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 16, 2024
18804614 ILLUMINATION UNIT FOR AN OPTICAL MICROSCOPE AND METHOD FOR THE USE THEREOF RAKOWSKI, CARA E §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 14, 2024
18732764 Method for training Machine learning system, method for generating resulting microscope image with a machine learning system, computer program product, and image processing system BHATNAGAR, ANAND P 2668 §101 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 04, 2024
18600229 PARTICLE BEAM MICROSCOPE STOFFA, WYATT A 2881 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 08, 2024
18600313 PARTICLE BEAM MICROSCOPE WANG, JING 2881 §112 Final Rejection Pending Mar 08, 2024
18600289 PARTICLE BEAM MICROSCOPE STOFFA, WYATT A 2881 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 08, 2024
18292527 SAMPLE CARRIER, USE THEREOF, AND METHODS, IN PARTICULAR FOR DETECTING PATHOGENS WASHINGTON, BRITNEY NICOLE §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 26, 2024
18424034 METHOD OF OPERATING A PARTICLE BEAM SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT STOFFA, WYATT A 2881 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 26, 2024
18419776 MICROSCOPE WITH AT LEAST ONE OPTICAL BEAM PATH GROSS, ALEXANDER P 2871 §103 Final Rejection 45d overdue Pending Jan 23, 2024
18405578 Microscopy System and Computer-Implemented Method for Determining a Confidence of a Calculated Classification BURKE, TIONNA M 2178 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 05, 2024
18565671 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR RECORDING TRAINING DATA WELLS, HEATH E 2664 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 30, 2023
18519282 Method and apparatus for determining a signal composition of signal series from an image series CONNER, SEAN M 2663 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 27, 2023
18360170 METHOD FOR ATTACHING AN OBJECT TO A MANIPULATOR AND FOR MOVING THE OBJECT IN A PARTICLE BEAM APPARATUS, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT, AND PARTICLE BEAM APPARATUS GASSEN, CHRISTOPHER J 2881 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jul 27, 2023
18360197 Fastening an object to a manipulator and/or to an object holder in a particle beam apparatus MCCORMACK, JASON L 2881 §102 Final Rejection 46d overdue Pending Jul 27, 2023
18339316 ILLUMINATION DEVICE AND MICROSCOPY METHOD FOR GENERATING A COMPOSITE IMAGE OF A SAMPLE ABDUR, RAHMAN 2872 §103 Non-Final OA 149d overdue Pending Jun 22, 2023
18304266 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PREPARING MICROSCOPIC SAMPLES LOGIE, MICHAEL J 2881 §103 Non-Final OA 21d Pending Apr 20, 2023
18102168 Microscopy System and Method for Editing Overview Images RODRIGUEZ, ANTHONY JASON 2672 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 27, 2023
17974702 METHOD FOR PRODUCING A SAMPLE ON AN OBJECT, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT, AND MATERIAL PROCESSING DEVICE FOR CARRYING OUT THE METHOD MCCORMACK, JASON L 2881 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 27, 2022
17952684 IMAGE PROCESSING OF MICROSCOPY IMAGES IMAGING STRUCTURES OF A PLURALITY OF TYPES ZAK, JACQUELINE ROSE 2666 §103 Final Rejection 72d Pending Sep 26, 2022
17462234 Microscopy System and Method for Monitoring a Learning Process of a Machine Learning Model KAPOOR, DEVAN 2126 §103 Final Rejection Pending Aug 31, 2021
17412586 Method and Apparatus for Light Sheet Microscopy and Method and Apparatus for Varying an Intensity of Illumination Light NGUYEN, THONG Q 2872 §112 Final Rejection 36d overdue Pending Aug 26, 2021
17404006 METHOD, MICROSCOPE, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR DETERMINING A MANIPULATION POSITION IN THE SAMPLE-ADJACENT REGION FEREJA, SAMUEL D 2487 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 17, 2021

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