Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
3 pending office actions • 2 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Jellisee Ophthalmics Inc. is currently managing 3 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are distributed among 3 distinct examiners, providing a unique reviewer for each application. The prosecution is taking place across 2 distinct art units, which suggests that the company's medical device innovations are concentrated in a few specific technical categories.
The busiest examiner for this portfolio is SCHERBEL, TODD J, who is responsible for 1 of the pending office actions. With 3 pending office actions and 3 distinct examiners, the workload is spread evenly across the assigned staff. The 2 distinct art units indicate that at least two of the 3 distinct examiners are likely working within the same technical division at the patent office.
For Jellisee Ophthalmics Inc., the 3 pending office actions in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering represent a focused effort. The 2 distinct art units provide a narrow technical framework for the 3 distinct examiners to operate within. Practitioners should observe the 1 pending office action under SCHERBEL, TODD J to see how it compares to the other actions within these 2 distinct art units.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 1 (33%) |
| §102 only | 1 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (33%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SCHERBEL, TODD J | 1 | 76.2% | +52.3% |
| KNAUSS, CHRISTIAN D | 1 | 71.2% | +33.4% |
| THOMAS, NATALIE NICOLE | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19011859 | INTRAOCULAR LENS INSERTION SYSTEM WITH GUIDE RAILS | KNAUSS, CHRISTIAN D | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19180653 | ACCOMMODATING LIGHT ADJUSTABLE INTRAOCULAR LENSES | SCHERBEL, TODD J | — |
| 19011859 | INTRAOCULAR LENS INSERTION SYSTEM WITH GUIDE RAILS | KNAUSS, CHRISTIAN D | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3771 | 1 |
| 3774 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19180653 | ACCOMMODATING LIGHT ADJUSTABLE INTRAOCULAR LENSES | SCHERBEL, TODD J | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 16, 2025 |
| 19011859 | INTRAOCULAR LENS INSERTION SYSTEM WITH GUIDE RAILS | KNAUSS, CHRISTIAN D | 3771 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 07, 2025 |
| 18337542 | TWO-PIECE INTRAOCULAR LENSES WITH SHAPE-CHANGING OPTIC | THOMAS, NATALIE NICOLE | 3774 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 5d overdue | Pending | Jun 20, 2023 |
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