Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 12, 2026

Fogale Nanotech

5 pending office actions • 2 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

5
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

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.

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

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.

3
Hard (60%)
1
Medium (20%)
1
Easy (20%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§102 only1 (20%)
§112 only1 (20%)
Multi-statute (no §101)3 (60%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
1
Communications
20% of docket
2
Semiconductors
40% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
2
Business / Other
40% 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.

50 h
Manual time on pending OAs
10 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
18 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
BALI, VIKKRAM 1 81.5% +11.9%
SORRIN, AARON JOSEPH 1 75.3% +44.5%
GILES, NICHOLAS G 1 81.7% +16.9%
LEE, HWA S 1 72.7% +2.9%
COOK, JONATHON 1 81.8% +16.8%

Quick Wins (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18862119 METHOD FOR THE FULL CORRECTION OF THE SHARPNESS OF AN IMAGE, AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEM BALI, VIKKRAM

Hard Cases (3)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18850454 METHOD FOR CORRECTING OPTICAL ABERRATIONS INTRODUCED BY AN OPTICAL LENS IN AN IMAGE, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM IMPLEMENTING SUCH A METHOD GILES, NICHOLAS G 5d
18862094 METHOD FOR THE FULL CORRECTION OF AN IMAGE, AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEM SORRIN, AARON JOSEPH
18701025 METHOD FOR THE FUNCTIONAL CHARACTERISATION OF OPTICAL LENSES COOK, JONATHON

Interview Candidates (4)

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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18850454 METHOD FOR CORRECTING OPTICAL ABERRATIONS INTRODUCED BY AN OPTICAL LENS IN AN IMAGE, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM IMPLEMENTING SUCH A METHOD GILES, NICHOLAS G 5d
18862119 METHOD FOR THE FULL CORRECTION OF THE SHARPNESS OF AN IMAGE, AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEM BALI, VIKKRAM
18862094 METHOD FOR THE FULL CORRECTION OF AN IMAGE, AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEM SORRIN, AARON JOSEPH
18701025 METHOD FOR THE FUNCTIONAL CHARACTERISATION OF OPTICAL LENSES COOK, JONATHON

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2877 2
2639 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18862119 METHOD FOR THE FULL CORRECTION OF THE SHARPNESS OF AN IMAGE, AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEM BALI, VIKKRAM §112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 31, 2024
18862094 METHOD FOR THE FULL CORRECTION OF AN IMAGE, AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEM SORRIN, AARON JOSEPH §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 31, 2024
18850454 METHOD FOR CORRECTING OPTICAL ABERRATIONS INTRODUCED BY AN OPTICAL LENS IN AN IMAGE, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM IMPLEMENTING SUCH A METHOD GILES, NICHOLAS G 2639 §102§103 Final Rejection 5d Pending Sep 24, 2024
18706079 METHOD FOR THE GEOMETRIC CHARACTERISATION OF OPTICAL LENSES LEE, HWA S 2877 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 30, 2024
18701025 METHOD FOR THE FUNCTIONAL CHARACTERISATION OF OPTICAL LENSES COOK, JONATHON 2877 §102§103§112 Final Rejection Pending Apr 12, 2024

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