Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 16, 2026

Essilor International

71 pending office actions • 25 art units • 57 examiners • 0 of 71 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 138 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

71
Total Pending OAs
43
Non-Final OAs
23
Final Rejections
5
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 24 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

13
Overdue
1
Due this week
5
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
4
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. 24 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (13)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (5)Due ≤ 60 days (1)Due later (4)

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.

38
Hard (54%)
28
Medium (39%)
5
Easy (7%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only3 (4%)
§101 + other10 (14%)
§103 only26 (37%)
§102 only2 (3%)
§112 only5 (7%)
Multi-statute (no §101)25 (35%)

Industry Mix

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

17
Life Sciences
24% of docket
2
Information Tech
3% of docket
1
Communications
1% of docket
27
Semiconductors
38% of docket
11
Mechanical / Eng
15% of docket
13
Business / Other
18% 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.

710 h
Manual time on pending OAs
142 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
248 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
6.2 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
ALEXANDER, WILLIAM R 4 88.0% +6.9%
VARGOT, MATHIEU D 4 62.0% +21.1%
BROOME, SHARRIEF I 3 81.6% +4.1%
PICHLER, MARIN 2 63.2% +8.9%
TRA, TUYEN Q 2 85.8% +9.0%
STANFORD, CHRISTOPHER J 2 55.1% +26.5%
WILKES, ZACHARY W 2 66.5% +22.2%
MONTGOMERY, MELISSA JO 2 14.3% +33.3%
SANZ, GABRIEL A 2 60.7% +38.0%
SCHIFFMAN, BENJAMIN A 1 65.3% +27.7%

Quick Wins (2)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18258972 OPTICAL DEVICE FORMING AN ELECTROCHROMIC OPHTHALMIC LENS, SPECTACLE GLASSES INCORPORATING IT AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME TRA, TUYEN Q 31d overdue
18832025 METHOD FOR SIMULATING AN OPHTHALMIC LENS ON AN EYE OF A SUBJECT VIEWING A VIRTUAL THREE-DIMENSIONS SCENE USING A LIGHT FIELD DISPLAY TRA, TUYEN Q

Hard Cases (39)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18571607 SYSTEM FOR DETECTING A BODY RESPONSE TO A VISUAL STIMULUS ON AN EYEWEAR AND METHODS FOR THE SYSTEM AND EYEWEAR STANFORD, CHRISTOPHER J 73d overdue
18258738 ELECTROCHROMIC COMPOUNDS AND OPTICAL ARTICLES CONTAINING THEM AHVAZI, BIJAN 44d overdue
18837835 COMPUTER IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR DETERMINING A SIMILARITY SCORE BETWEEN A REFERENCE EYEGLASSES FRAME AND A PLURALITY OF MODEL EYEGLASSES FRAMES LEE, JENNIFER V 43d overdue
17763060 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MEASURING AT LEAST ONE VISUAL REFRACTION FEATURE OF A SUBJECT GOMES, SRISTI DIVINA 36d overdue
18549302 METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY CENTERING AN OPHTHALMIC LENS MUHAMMAD, KEY 22d overdue
18257917 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING A MODIFICATION OR A CHANGE OF AN INITIAL MYOPIA CONTROL SOLUTION USED BY A MYOPIC SUBJECT SHELDEN, BION A 19d overdue
18044088 LENS ELEMENT COMPRISING AN ACTIVABLE OPTICAL ELEMENT STANFORD, CHRISTOPHER J 15d overdue
18258695 METHOD OF EVALUATING THE EFFICIENCY OF A MYOPIA CONTROL SOLUTION SUMLAR, JOURNEY F 4d overdue

Interview Candidates (13)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18571607 SYSTEM FOR DETECTING A BODY RESPONSE TO A VISUAL STIMULUS ON AN EYEWEAR AND METHODS FOR THE SYSTEM AND EYEWEAR STANFORD, CHRISTOPHER J 73d overdue
18044088 LENS ELEMENT COMPRISING AN ACTIVABLE OPTICAL ELEMENT STANFORD, CHRISTOPHER J 15d overdue
18556754 SEMI-FINISHED OPTICAL ELEMENT FOR MANUFACTURING AN OPHTHALMIC ARTICLE, OPHTHALMIC ARTICLE AND RELATED MANUFACTURING METHOD VARGOT, MATHIEU D 84d
19212119 Method and Machine for the Production of an Optical Element by Additive Manufacturing SCHIFFMAN, BENJAMIN A
18708934 METHOD FOR ENCAPSULATING A MICROSTRUCTURED LENS BY PIPC VARGOT, MATHIEU D
18580650 Mold for Manufacturing a Thermoset Optical Article, Method for Manufacturing the Mold and Method for Manufacturing the Thermoset Optical Article VARGOT, MATHIEU D
18542166 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANUFACTURING AN OPTICAL LENS HAVING AN ELECTRONIC COMPONENT VARGOT, MATHIEU D
18555637 OPTOMETRY DEVICE FOR BINOCULAR TESTING OF THE EYES OF A SUBJECT WILKES, ZACHARY W

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2872 24
3791 5
1742 4
1741 3
2877 2
1749 1
3688 1
1743 1
1788 1
3686 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19212119 Method and Machine for the Production of an Optical Element by Additive Manufacturing SCHIFFMAN, BENJAMIN A §101§102§103§112Other Non-Final OA Pending May 19, 2025
18993064 OPHTHALMIC LENS MOLDING SHELL AND PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING SUCH A MOLDING SHELL BOOTH, ALEXANDER D 1749 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 10, 2025
18864262 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR READING AN OPTICAL PRESCRIPTION ON AN OPTICAL PRESCRIPTION IMAGE JIA, XIN §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 08, 2024
18862337 OPTICAL LENS INTENDED TO BE WORN BY A WEARER NIGAM, NATASHA §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 01, 2024
18854010 METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING BY MACHINING AN OPHTHALMIC DEVICE DO, NHAT CHIEU Q §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 03, 2024
18852150 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING A SHIFT IN A REFRACTION VALUE OF AN EYE OF A SUBJECT INDUCED BY AN OPTICAL FILTER PICHLER, MARIN §112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 27, 2024
18883300 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PRODUCING A GRADIENT POLAR FILM LEE, PAUL CHANG §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 12, 2024
18846299 LENS WITH IMPROVED VISUAL PERFORMANCE CHOUDHURY, MUSTAK §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 12, 2024
18839992 SET COMPRISING A PHYSICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION MACHINE AND AN OBSTRUCTION DEVICE, METHOD FOR COATING AND OBSTRUCTION DEVICE MCDONALD, RODNEY GLENN §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 20, 2024
18837835 COMPUTER IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR DETERMINING A SIMILARITY SCORE BETWEEN A REFERENCE EYEGLASSES FRAME AND A PLURALITY OF MODEL EYEGLASSES FRAMES LEE, JENNIFER V 3688 §101§103§112 Final Rejection 43d overdue Pending Aug 12, 2024
18836095 METHOD FOR CHARACTERIZING AT LEAST PART OF A LENS ELEMENT NGUYEN, KEMAYA DEANN HUU 2877 §101§102§103 Final Rejection Pending Aug 06, 2024
18794182 LENS ELEMENT ALEXANDER, WILLIAM R §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 05, 2024
18794193 LENS ELEMENT ALEXANDER, WILLIAM R §102§103Other Non-Final OA Pending Aug 05, 2024
18794200 LENS ELEMENT ALEXANDER, WILLIAM R §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 05, 2024
18794189 LENS ELEMENT ALEXANDER, WILLIAM R §102§103Other Non-Final OA Pending Aug 05, 2024
18832420 CALCULATION MODULE AND COMPUTER IMPLEMENTED METHOD CONFIGURED TO SELECT A SEMI-FINISHED LENS BLANK BROOME, SHARRIEF I §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 23, 2024
18832025 METHOD FOR SIMULATING AN OPHTHALMIC LENS ON AN EYE OF A SUBJECT VIEWING A VIRTUAL THREE-DIMENSIONS SCENE USING A LIGHT FIELD DISPLAY TRA, TUYEN Q 2872 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 22, 2024
18720501 METHOD FOR MICROFORMING MICROSTRUCTURED FILMS AND LENSES ROY, DEBJANI 1741 §103 Final Rejection 22d overdue Pending Jun 17, 2024
18719670 MANUFACTURING OF HIGH TRANSPARENT ARTICLES USING FDM 3D PRINTING NELSON, JAMEL M 1743 §103 Non-Final OA 26d Pending Jun 13, 2024
18719720 METHOD FOR DETERMINING A DIPPING ORIENTATION OF AN OPHTHALMIC LENS BOWMAN, ANDREW J 2872 §101§102 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 13, 2024
18719759 APPLICATION FOR MYOPIA MONITORING PICHLER, MARIN 2872 §102 Final Rejection Pending Jun 13, 2024
18717077 OPHTHALMIC ELEMENT COMPRISING A FILM STRUCTURE JONES, JAMES 2872 §102Other Non-Final OA Pending Jun 06, 2024
18678726 Nanoparticles of Encapsulated Light-Absorbing Agent, Preparation Thereof and Ophthalmic Lens Comprising Said Nanoparticles LE, HOA T 1788 §112 Non-Final OA 44d overdue Pending May 30, 2024
18712907 COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD, APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR PROVIDING A USER WITH A REPRESENTATION OF AN EFFECT OF A SIGHTEDNESS IMPAIRMENT CONTROL SOLUTION SIOZOPOULOS, CONSTANTINE B 3686 §101 Non-Final OA Pending May 23, 2024
18708895 SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING A RELATIVE PERIPHERAL REFRACTION OF AN EYE OF AN INDIVIDUAL AND OPTICAL DEVICE FOR CAPTURING IMAGES OF THE EYE BROOME, SHARRIEF I 2872 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending May 09, 2024
18708934 METHOD FOR ENCAPSULATING A MICROSTRUCTURED LENS BY PIPC VARGOT, MATHIEU D 1742 §103 Final Rejection Pending May 09, 2024
18706169 A METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING A RISK OF AN ONSET OR PROGRESSION OF MYOPIA PORTER, RACHEL L 3684 §101§103§112 Final Rejection Pending Apr 30, 2024
18640760 OPTICAL ARTICLE WITH A HOLOGRAPHIC WAVEGUIDE CHANG, AUDREY Y 2872 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Apr 19, 2024
18701779 LENS ELEMENT BROOME, SHARRIEF I 2872 §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 16, 2024
18624934 CALCULATION MODULE, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING PRODUCTION PARAMETERS OF AN OPTICAL ELEMENT GEBRESLASSIE, WINTA 2872 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 02, 2024
18580650 Mold for Manufacturing a Thermoset Optical Article, Method for Manufacturing the Mold and Method for Manufacturing the Thermoset Optical Article VARGOT, MATHIEU D 1742 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jan 19, 2024
18580040 LOW THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY METAL INSERT WITH SURFACE MICROSTRUCTURES KONVES, ADRIANNA N 1748 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 8d Pending Jan 17, 2024
18571607 SYSTEM FOR DETECTING A BODY RESPONSE TO A VISUAL STIMULUS ON AN EYEWEAR AND METHODS FOR THE SYSTEM AND EYEWEAR STANFORD, CHRISTOPHER J 2872 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 73d overdue Pending Dec 18, 2023
18542166 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANUFACTURING AN OPTICAL LENS HAVING AN ELECTRONIC COMPONENT VARGOT, MATHIEU D 1742 §103 Final Rejection Pending Dec 15, 2023
18569046 METHOD FOR COATING LENSES WITH LENSLETS WITH AN IMPROVED CONTROL ON POWER SHIFT ROLLAND, ALEX A 1759 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 11, 2023
18568312 METHOD FOR DETERMINING CARDIAC OR RESPIRATORY ACTIVITY OF A SUBJECT AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEM HODGE, LAURA NICOLE 3792 §101 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Dec 08, 2023
18560996 OPTICAL LENS HAVING AN ASYMMETRIC MIRROR CHOWDHURY, TARIFUR RASHID 2877 §103 Non-Final OA 8d overdue Pending Nov 15, 2023
18558051 A METHOD FOR IMPROVED COATING OF AN OPTICAL ARTICLE COMPRISING OPTICAL ELEMENTS RICKEL, ALEX PARK 2872 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 30, 2023
18556754 SEMI-FINISHED OPTICAL ELEMENT FOR MANUFACTURING AN OPHTHALMIC ARTICLE, OPHTHALMIC ARTICLE AND RELATED MANUFACTURING METHOD VARGOT, MATHIEU D 1742 §103 Non-Final OA 84d Pending Oct 23, 2023
18555637 OPTOMETRY DEVICE FOR BINOCULAR TESTING OF THE EYES OF A SUBJECT WILKES, ZACHARY W 2872 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 16, 2023
18555621 METHOD FOR DETERMINING ACCURATE VALUES OF REFRACTIVE FEATURES OF AN EYE OF A SUBJECT IN NEAR ANDOR INTERMEDIARY VISION CONDITIONS AND ASSOCIATED METHOD PINKNEY, DAWAYNE 2872 §103 Non-Final OA 83d Pending Oct 16, 2023
18553477 A METHOD AND DEVICE FOR EARLY DETECTION OF AN OCULAR DISEASE MONTGOMERY, MELISSA JO 3791 §101§102§103§112 Final Rejection Pending Sep 29, 2023
18549302 METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY CENTERING AN OPHTHALMIC LENS MUHAMMAD, KEY 2872 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 22d overdue Pending Sep 06, 2023
18258972 OPTICAL DEVICE FORMING AN ELECTROCHROMIC OPHTHALMIC LENS, SPECTACLE GLASSES INCORPORATING IT AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME TRA, TUYEN Q 2872 §112 Final Rejection 31d overdue Pending Jun 22, 2023
18258738 ELECTROCHROMIC COMPOUNDS AND OPTICAL ARTICLES CONTAINING THEM AHVAZI, BIJAN 1763 §102§103 Non-Final OA 44d overdue Pending Jun 21, 2023
18258695 METHOD OF EVALUATING THE EFFICIENCY OF A MYOPIA CONTROL SOLUTION SUMLAR, JOURNEY F 2872 §101§102§103 Final Rejection 4d overdue Pending Jun 21, 2023
18257917 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING A MODIFICATION OR A CHANGE OF AN INITIAL MYOPIA CONTROL SOLUTION USED BY A MYOPIC SUBJECT SHELDEN, BION A 3685 §101 Non-Final OA 19d overdue Pending Jun 16, 2023
18255897 PROTECTIVE LAYERS FOR TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE OXIDE ELECTRODES IN ELECTROCHROMIC DEVICES WILKES, ZACHARY W 2872 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 05, 2023
18248447 CROSSLINKED GEL FORMULATION XU, JIANGTIAN 1762 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 10, 2023
18044708 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ASSESSING DISCOMFORT AND/OR DISABILITY GLARE OF A SUBJECT BERHANU, ETSUB D 3791 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 09, 2023
18044088 LENS ELEMENT COMPRISING AN ACTIVABLE OPTICAL ELEMENT STANFORD, CHRISTOPHER J 2872 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 15d overdue Pending Mar 06, 2023
18042253 A METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROVIDING AN AUTOMATED PREDICTION OF A CHANGE OF A STATE OF FATIGUE OF A SUBJECT CARRYING OUT A VISUAL TASK ORTEGA, MARTIN NATHAN 3791 §101§103§112 Final Rejection Pending Feb 20, 2023
18015494 CENTERING APPARATUS AND PROCESS HAWKINS, JASON KHALIL 3723 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 10, 2023
18066418 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING AN OPTIMIZED VISUAL EQUIPMENT DINH, JACK 2872 §112 Final Rejection Pending Dec 15, 2022
18065249 METHOD FOR DETERMINING A LEVEL OF CERTAINTY OF A PATIENT'S RESPONSE TO A STIMULUS PERCEPTION OF A SUBJECTIVE MEDICAL TEST AND A DEVICE THEREFORE SAX, STEVEN PAUL 2146 §103 Final Rejection 6d Pending Dec 13, 2022
17925908 METHOD AND APPARATUS THEREOF FOR PROVIDING IMPROVED ABRASION RESISTANCE TO OPTICAL LENSES DUNNING, RYAN S 2872 §103 Final Rejection Pending Nov 17, 2022
17918517 LENS WITH SURFACE MICROSTRUCTURES ENCAPSULATED BY A THICK LOW REFRACTIVE INDEX HARD COAT SANZ, GABRIEL A 2872 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 12, 2022
17918514 METHOD FOR FORMING AN OPTICAL ARTICLE COMPRISING MICROLENSES SANZ, GABRIEL A 2872 §103 Final Rejection Pending Oct 12, 2022
17918509 METHOD FOR PRODUCING A MOLD WANG, ALEXANDER A 1741 §103 Final Rejection Pending Oct 12, 2022
17760178 METHOD FOR DISPLAYING A SHARP IMAGE ON A RETINA OF AN EYE OF THE PERSON JOSEPH, DENNIS P 2621 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 04, 2022
17792545 METHOD FOR GENERATING MODIFIED EYEGLASS FRAME MANUFACTURING DATA DARWISH, AMIR ELSAYED 2199 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 13, 2022
17787724 OPHTHALMIC DEVICE HAVING ADJUSTABLE FILTERING PROPERTIES SWANSON, ALAINA MARIE 2872 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 21, 2022
17786767 A DEVICE FOR DETERMINING A CHANGE IN THE VISUAL COMFORT OF A USER MONTGOMERY, MELISSA JO 3791 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 17, 2022
17772371 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING A PRESCRIPTION FOR AN EYE OF A PERSON PASKO, NICHOLAS R 2896 §103 Final Rejection 33d Pending Apr 27, 2022
17765928 Article with a Hydrophobic Surface Coated with a Temporary Super-Hydrophobic Film Providing Antirain Functionality and Process for Obtaining Same KHATRI, PRASHANT J 1783 §103§112 Non-Final OA 86d Pending Apr 01, 2022
17763060 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MEASURING AT LEAST ONE VISUAL REFRACTION FEATURE OF A SUBJECT GOMES, SRISTI DIVINA 3791 §103§112 Non-Final OA 36d overdue Pending Mar 23, 2022
17623699 Method for Making Optical Lenses Using 3D Printed Functional Wafers LEE, EDMUND H 1744 §103§112 Final Rejection 86d Pending Dec 29, 2021
17312448 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MANUFACTURING AN OPHTHALMIC LENS LIANG, SHIBIN 1741 §103 Final Rejection 16d overdue Pending Jun 10, 2021
17299549 METHOD AND MANUFACTURING SYSTEM FOR MANUFACTURING AN OPTICAL LENS MALIK, VIPUL 1754 §102§103 Final Rejection 26d Pending Jun 03, 2021
17284935 Optical Article Incorporating Optical Elements and Manufacturing Method Thereof RAKOWSKI, CARA E 2872 §103§112 Non-Final OA 9d Pending Apr 13, 2021
17279968 METHOD FOR DETERMINING AT LEAST ONE GEOMETRICO-MORPHOLOGICAL PARAMETER OF A SUBJECT SAHLE, MAHIDERE S 2872 §103 Final Rejection Pending Mar 25, 2021

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