Technology areas: Communications • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
14 pending office actions • 9 art units • 13 examiners • 0 of 14 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 23 patents granted in the last 365 days
LEICA INSTRUMENTS (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. is currently managing 10 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These matters are distributed among 9 distinct examiners, which indicates that most examiners are handling only a single application for the company. The portfolio's activity is spread across 6 distinct art units, reflecting a moderate level of technical diversity in the applications currently under review.
The busiest examiner for this portfolio is FERNANDEZ, KATHERINE L, who is responsible for 2 busiest examiner pending office actions. This is the only instance of examiner overlap, as the remaining pending office actions are each handled by a different individual among the 9 distinct examiners. The presence of 6 distinct art units suggests that practitioners should be prepared for varying examination standards and technical focuses. Managing 10 pending office actions across such a distributed group requires careful coordination to maintain consistency in claim language across the different units and examiners.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 6 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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. 6 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 2 (14%) |
| §103 only | 6 (43%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 6 (43%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FERNANDEZ, KATHERINE L | 2 | 58.0% | +37.8% |
| ELAHI, TOWFIQ | 1 | 79.7% | +14.4% |
| SNYDER, ADAM J | 1 | 70.2% | +18.7% |
| CERULLO, LILIANA P | 1 | 74.8% | +20.3% |
| DANG, HUNG Q | 1 | 68.2% | +18.9% |
| IP, JASON M | 1 | 55.5% | +24.9% |
| BLACKSTEN, SYDNEY LYNN | 1 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| HUNTER, MISHAWN N | 1 | 78.3% | +14.3% |
| ROBINSON, NICHOLAS A | 1 | 48.4% | +55.0% |
| KAUFFMAN, RUBY LUCIA | 1 | 81.4% | +29.6% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19486047 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR CONTROLLING A USER INTERFACE | ELAHI, TOWFIQ | — |
| 19486041 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR CONTROLLING A USER INTERFACE | SNYDER, ADAM J | — |
| 19339419 | Apparatus for an Optical Imaging System, Optical Imaging System, Method and Computer Program | CERULLO, LILIANA P | — |
| 19131278 | System, Method, and Computer Program for an Optical Imaging System and Corresponding Optical Imaging System | DANG, HUNG Q | — |
| 18619225 | Image Processing for Surgical Applications | BLACKSTEN, SYDNEY LYNN | — |
| 18580166 | MEDICAL VIDEO ANNOTATION USING OBJECT DETECTION AND ACTIVITY ESTIMATION | HUNTER, MISHAWN N | — |
| 18561787 | FLUORESCENCE TIMER | ROBINSON, NICHOLAS A | — |
| 18555263 | Ophthalmic Microscope System and corresponding System, Method and Computer Program | KAUFFMAN, RUBY LUCIA | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18864555 | METHOD, PROCESSOR, AND MEDICAL FLUORESCENCE OBSERVATION DEVICE FOR TOGGLING IMAGES | FERNANDEZ, KATHERINE L | 14d |
| 18864581 | METHOD, PROCESSOR, AND MEDICAL OBSERVATION DEVICE USING TWO COLOR IMAGES AND COLOR CAMERAS FOR FLUORESCENCE AND WHITE-LIGHT | FERNANDEZ, KATHERINE L | 14d |
| 18864583 | METHOD, PROCESSOR, AND MEDICAL FLUORESCENCE OBSERVATION DEVICE USING TWO COLOR IMAGES AND COLOR CAMERAS FOR FLUORESCENCE AND WHITE-LIGHT | IP, JASON M | 71d |
| 19486047 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR CONTROLLING A USER INTERFACE | ELAHI, TOWFIQ | — |
| 19486041 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR CONTROLLING A USER INTERFACE | SNYDER, ADAM J | — |
| 19339419 | Apparatus for an Optical Imaging System, Optical Imaging System, Method and Computer Program | CERULLO, LILIANA P | — |
| 19131278 | System, Method, and Computer Program for an Optical Imaging System and Corresponding Optical Imaging System | DANG, HUNG Q | — |
| 18580166 | MEDICAL VIDEO ANNOTATION USING OBJECT DETECTION AND ACTIVITY ESTIMATION | HUNTER, MISHAWN N | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3798 | 3 |
| 2484 | 2 |
| 2871 | 2 |
| 2625 | 1 |
| 2623 | 1 |
| 2621 | 1 |
| 3797 | 1 |
| 2674 | 1 |
| 2172 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19486047 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR CONTROLLING A USER INTERFACE | ELAHI, TOWFIQ | 2625 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 20, 2025 |
| 19486041 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR CONTROLLING A USER INTERFACE | SNYDER, ADAM J | 2623 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 20, 2025 |
| 19339419 | Apparatus for an Optical Imaging System, Optical Imaging System, Method and Computer Program | CERULLO, LILIANA P | 2621 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 25, 2025 |
| 19131278 | System, Method, and Computer Program for an Optical Imaging System and Corresponding Optical Imaging System | DANG, HUNG Q | — | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 20, 2025 |
| 18864555 | METHOD, PROCESSOR, AND MEDICAL FLUORESCENCE OBSERVATION DEVICE FOR TOGGLING IMAGES | FERNANDEZ, KATHERINE L | 3798 | §103 | Final Rejection | 14d | Pending | Nov 11, 2024 |
| 18864583 | METHOD, PROCESSOR, AND MEDICAL FLUORESCENCE OBSERVATION DEVICE USING TWO COLOR IMAGES AND COLOR CAMERAS FOR FLUORESCENCE AND WHITE-LIGHT | IP, JASON M | 3797 | §103 | Final Rejection | 71d | Pending | Nov 11, 2024 |
| 18864581 | METHOD, PROCESSOR, AND MEDICAL OBSERVATION DEVICE USING TWO COLOR IMAGES AND COLOR CAMERAS FOR FLUORESCENCE AND WHITE-LIGHT | FERNANDEZ, KATHERINE L | 3798 | §103 | Final Rejection | 14d | Pending | Nov 11, 2024 |
| 18619225 | Image Processing for Surgical Applications | BLACKSTEN, SYDNEY LYNN | 2674 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 28, 2024 |
| 18580166 | MEDICAL VIDEO ANNOTATION USING OBJECT DETECTION AND ACTIVITY ESTIMATION | HUNTER, MISHAWN N | 2484 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 18, 2024 |
| 18561787 | FLUORESCENCE TIMER | ROBINSON, NICHOLAS A | 3798 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 17, 2023 |
| 18555263 | Ophthalmic Microscope System and corresponding System, Method and Computer Program | KAUFFMAN, RUBY LUCIA | 2871 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 13, 2023 |
| 18549605 | MICROSCOPE SYSTEM AND CORRESPONDING SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM | CHOWDHURY, NIGAR | 2484 | §103 | Final Rejection | 4d overdue | Pending | Sep 08, 2023 |
| 18251545 | SURGICAL MICROSCOPE SYSTEM | VU, PHU | 2871 | §103 | Final Rejection | 83d | Pending | May 03, 2023 |
| 18249986 | System for a Microscope System and Corresponding Method and Computer Program | ORR, HENRY W | 2172 | §103 | Final Rejection | 27d | Pending | Apr 21, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialLEICA INSTRUMENTS (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. has 14 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 9 art units and 13 examiners.
Katherine L Fernandez has the most, with 2 of LEICA INSTRUMENTS (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Communications (USPTO Tech Center 2600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
