Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
11 pending office actions • 7 art units • 10 examiners • 0 of 11 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days
Lumenis Ltd. has 9 pending office actions in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering. The matters span 8 examiners and 6 art units, showing broad examiner distribution with some concentration at the technical-unit level. Most actions therefore require individual examiner management, while related art-unit assignments may support coordinated technical review.
LUAN, SCOTT is the busiest examiner, with 2 pending matters. Counsel should maintain centralized docket oversight while developing matter-specific responses and using the shared art-unit context where it supports consistent prosecution positions.
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 | 4 (36%) |
| §102 only | 1 (9%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 2 (18%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 4 (36%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LUAN, SCOTT | 2 | 65.6% | +12.2% |
| FAIRCHILD, AARON BENJAMIN | 1 | 79.3% | +20.5% |
| SAHAND, SANA | 1 | 63.5% | +24.0% |
| CHERRY, EUNCHA P | 1 | 88.1% | +9.3% |
| KISH, JAMES M | 1 | 62.4% | +11.8% |
| MALIKASIM, JONATHAN L | 1 | 80.5% | +0.0% |
| WU, PAMELA F | 1 | 57.6% | +22.5% |
| HENDERSON, RYAN N | 1 | 63.9% | +18.7% |
| ZHANG, LEI | 1 | 13.3% | +100.0% |
| KING, JOSHUA | 1 | 64.9% | +27.5% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18918862 | LASER APPARATUS AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREFOR | CHERRY, EUNCHA P | — |
| 18813706 | DISTANCE AND SIZE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM FOR POP-DUSTING EFFICIENCY | MALIKASIM, JONATHAN L | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18356696 | Method and System for Distinguishing Between Stone and Tissue with a Laser | ZHANG, LEI | 46d overdue |
| 19041102 | ADAPTOR FOR CONNECTING A MEDICAL LASER TO A FLEXIBLE WAVEGUIDE OR AN ARTICULATED ARM | SAHAND, SANA | — |
| 18898788 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PREVENTING LASING INSIDE AN ENDOSCOPE | KISH, JAMES M | — |
| 18770171 | REMOVABLE ENDOSCOPE CAP INCLUDING A FILTER FOR IMPROVED STONE FREE RATE | WU, PAMELA F | — |
| 17535182 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ENHANCING LASER BEAM EFFICACY IN A LIQUID MEDIUM | KING, JOSHUA | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18356696 | Method and System for Distinguishing Between Stone and Tissue with a Laser | ZHANG, LEI | 46d overdue |
| 19262360 | MEDICAL DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND RELATED METHODS FOR ILLUMINATING A TREATMENT SITE | FAIRCHILD, AARON BENJAMIN | — |
| 19041102 | ADAPTOR FOR CONNECTING A MEDICAL LASER TO A FLEXIBLE WAVEGUIDE OR AN ARTICULATED ARM | SAHAND, SANA | — |
| 19029718 | OPTIMIZATION OF BPH TREATMENT USING LEP (LASER ENUCLEATION OF PROSTATE) | LUAN, SCOTT | — |
| 19029673 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REDUCING LASER BEAM ATTENTUATION IN A LIQUID MEDIUM | LUAN, SCOTT | — |
| 18898788 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PREVENTING LASING INSIDE AN ENDOSCOPE | KISH, JAMES M | — |
| 18770171 | REMOVABLE ENDOSCOPE CAP INCLUDING A FILTER FOR IMPROVED STONE FREE RATE | WU, PAMELA F | — |
| 18756839 | ENDOSCOPE CAMERA INTERFERENCE MITIGATION | HENDERSON, RYAN N | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3795 | 3 |
| 3792 | 3 |
| 3796 | 1 |
| 2872 | 1 |
| 3645 | 1 |
| 3798 | 1 |
| 2828 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19262360 | MEDICAL DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND RELATED METHODS FOR ILLUMINATING A TREATMENT SITE | FAIRCHILD, AARON BENJAMIN | 3795 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 08, 2025 |
| 19041102 | ADAPTOR FOR CONNECTING A MEDICAL LASER TO A FLEXIBLE WAVEGUIDE OR AN ARTICULATED ARM | SAHAND, SANA | 3796 | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 30, 2025 |
| 19029718 | OPTIMIZATION OF BPH TREATMENT USING LEP (LASER ENUCLEATION OF PROSTATE) | LUAN, SCOTT | 3792 | §102DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 19029673 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REDUCING LASER BEAM ATTENTUATION IN A LIQUID MEDIUM | LUAN, SCOTT | 3792 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 18918862 | LASER APPARATUS AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREFOR | CHERRY, EUNCHA P | 2872 | §102§103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 17, 2024 |
| 18898788 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PREVENTING LASING INSIDE AN ENDOSCOPE | KISH, JAMES M | 3792 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 27, 2024 |
| 18813706 | DISTANCE AND SIZE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM FOR POP-DUSTING EFFICIENCY | MALIKASIM, JONATHAN L | 3645 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 23, 2024 |
| 18770171 | REMOVABLE ENDOSCOPE CAP INCLUDING A FILTER FOR IMPROVED STONE FREE RATE | WU, PAMELA F | 3795 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 11, 2024 |
| 18756839 | ENDOSCOPE CAMERA INTERFERENCE MITIGATION | HENDERSON, RYAN N | 3795 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 27, 2024 |
| 18356696 | Method and System for Distinguishing Between Stone and Tissue with a Laser | ZHANG, LEI | 3798 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 46d overdue | Pending | Jul 21, 2023 |
| 17535182 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ENHANCING LASER BEAM EFFICACY IN A LIQUID MEDIUM | KING, JOSHUA | 2828 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 24, 2021 |
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Start Free TrialLumenis Ltd. has 11 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 7 art units and 10 examiners.
Scott Luan has the most, with 2 of Lumenis Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
