Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Eye Therapies LLC

Technology area: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals

3 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Eye Therapies LLC has 3 pending office actions in Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals. The matters are distributed across 2 examiners and 2 art units, indicating that prosecution is not concentrated within a single examination group.

HAGHIGHATIAN, MINA is the busiest examiner, with 2 pending actions. Counsel should coordinate responses across both examination assignments while giving particular attention to the matters before that examiner. The separate art-unit assignments may require distinct claim and prior-art strategies.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

3
Total Pending OAs
1
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
0
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. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)Due ≤ 60 days (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 (33%)
2
Medium (67%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only2 (67%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (33%)

Industry Mix

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

3
Life Sciences
100% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% 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.

30 h
Manual time on pending OAs
6 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
10 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
HAGHIGHATIAN, MINA 2 46.0% +39.4%
MERCIER, MELISSA S 1 72.1% +5.8%

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
17389556 ANTI-VIRAL COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF MERCIER, MELISSA S 56d

Interview Candidates (2)

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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17699405 LOW-DOSE BRIMONIDINE COMBINATIONS AND USES THEREOF HAGHIGHATIAN, MINA 267d overdue
17405773 LOW-DOSE BRIMONIDINE COMBINATIONS AND USES THEREOF HAGHIGHATIAN, MINA 267d overdue

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1616 2
1615 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
17699405 LOW-DOSE BRIMONIDINE COMBINATIONS AND USES THEREOF HAGHIGHATIAN, MINA 1616 §103 Final Rejection 267d overdue Pending Mar 21, 2022
17405773 LOW-DOSE BRIMONIDINE COMBINATIONS AND USES THEREOF HAGHIGHATIAN, MINA 1616 §103 Final Rejection 267d overdue Pending Aug 18, 2021
17389556 ANTI-VIRAL COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF MERCIER, MELISSA S 1615 §103§112 Non-Final OA 56d Pending Jul 30, 2021

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Eye Therapies LLC have?

Eye Therapies LLC has 3 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Eye Therapies LLC applications?

Mina Haghighatian has the most, with 2 of Eye Therapies LLC's pending office actions.

What technology area are Eye Therapies LLC's patent applications in?

Mostly Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals (USPTO Tech Center 1600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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