Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Eye-Novation LLC operates in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area with 1 pending office action. This action is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, YOON, CHANEL J. Consequently, YOON, CHANEL J is the busiest examiner. The prosecution is localized within a distinct art unit. This structure indicates a focused and narrow scope of current patent office activity for the company. The company's strategy appears to be highly targeted within its specific technology area.
With only a single pending office action, the company's current interaction with the patent office is limited to a point of contact. YOON, CHANEL J handles the entirety of the pending workload, which is situated in a distinct art unit. This concentration means that the outcome of the company's current prosecution efforts in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area depends entirely on the evaluation of this examiner. The focus on a distinct art unit is consistent with the single pending action being processed. This localized approach allows for a very specific prosecution path, though it lacks the diversification seen in larger portfolios. The company relies on the expertise of the assigned examiner to navigate the requirements of the medical and mechanical engineering field.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (100%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| YOON, CHANEL J | 1 | 55.0% | +40.1% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19195634 | TONOMETER DISINFECTION SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND DEVICES | YOON, CHANEL J | 2d overdue |
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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19195634 | TONOMETER DISINFECTION SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND DEVICES | YOON, CHANEL J | 2d overdue |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3791 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19195634 | TONOMETER DISINFECTION SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND DEVICES | YOON, CHANEL J | 3791 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 2d overdue | Pending | Apr 30, 2025 |
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