Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
4 pending office actions • 3 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 17 patents granted in the last 365 days
CooperVision International Limited has 4 pending office actions in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These actions are assigned to 4 distinct examiners, ensuring that each matter is reviewed by a different person. The portfolio is active across 3 distinct art units, which means some of the 4 distinct examiners are likely working within the same technical group. This concentration in 3 distinct art units for 4 pending office actions suggests a focused technical scope within the materials sector.
KIM, YUNJU is the busiest examiner, holding 1 busiest examiner pending action. This distribution means that the applicant is dealing with 4 distinct examiners across a relatively small number of art units. Such a structure requires balancing the individual preferences of the 4 distinct examiners while maintaining a consistent technical narrative across the 3 distinct art units involved. With 4 pending office actions, the company must ensure that its materials research is presented uniformly across these different examination groups.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 1 (25%) |
| §102 only | 2 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (25%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KIM, YUNJU | 1 | 55.2% | +35.4% |
| SAHLE, MAHIDERE S | 1 | 79.5% | +13.1% |
| JONES, JAMES | 1 | 88.4% | +4.5% |
| BARTLETT, VICTORIA | 1 | 51.0% | +29.5% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19043547 | CONTACT LENS ASSEMBLIES AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURE THEREOF | JONES, JAMES | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19043548 | CONTACT LENS ASSEMBLIES AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURE THEREOF | SAHLE, MAHIDERE S | — |
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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19135088 | METHOD AND APPARATUS RELATING TO INJECTION MOLDING CONTACT LENS MOLD HALVES | KIM, YUNJU | — |
| 19043548 | CONTACT LENS ASSEMBLIES AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURE THEREOF | SAHLE, MAHIDERE S | — |
| 18997187 | METHOD AND APPARATUS RELATING TO MANUFACTURE OF MOLD HALVES FOR FORMING CONTACT LENSES | BARTLETT, VICTORIA | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2872 | 2 |
| 1764 | 1 |
| 1744 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19135088 | METHOD AND APPARATUS RELATING TO INJECTION MOLDING CONTACT LENS MOLD HALVES | KIM, YUNJU | 1764 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 03, 2025 |
| 19043548 | CONTACT LENS ASSEMBLIES AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURE THEREOF | SAHLE, MAHIDERE S | 2872 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 03, 2025 |
| 19043547 | CONTACT LENS ASSEMBLIES AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURE THEREOF | JONES, JAMES | 2872 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 03, 2025 |
| 18997187 | METHOD AND APPARATUS RELATING TO MANUFACTURE OF MOLD HALVES FOR FORMING CONTACT LENSES | BARTLETT, VICTORIA | 1744 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 21, 2025 |
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Start Free TrialCooperVision International Limited has 4 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 3 art units and 4 examiners.
Yunju Kim has the most, with 1 of CooperVision International Limited's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
