Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
12 pending office actions • 5 art units • 10 examiners • 0 of 12 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days
Lumenis Ltd. has 12 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These 12 pending office actions are distributed among 10 distinct examiners. The count of 12 pending office actions is higher than the count of 10 distinct examiners, indicating that some examiners are handling multiple matters.
The workload is spread across 4 distinct art units. This count of 4 distinct art units is lower than the 10 distinct examiners involved with the portfolio. LUAN, SCOTT is the busiest examiner for the company, currently overseeing 3 pending office actions. This busiest examiner pending count of 3 is the highest for any single examiner in the portfolio.
Practitioners should observe that the 12 pending office actions are being reviewed in 4 distinct art units, requiring familiarity with several different examination groups. The involvement of 10 distinct examiners means the company must manage a variety of individual examination styles. The busiest examiner pending count of 3 shows a concentration of the workload under a single examiner compared to the rest of the portfolio.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 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 | 5 (42%) |
| §102 only | 2 (17%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 2 (17%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (25%) |
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 | 3 | 65.2% | +12.7% |
| SAHAND, SANA | 1 | 63.4% | +23.8% |
| CHERRY, EUNCHA P | 1 | 88.1% | +9.4% |
| MALIKASIM, JONATHAN L | 1 | 80.9% | -0.8% |
| WU, PAMELA F | 1 | 57.3% | +22.2% |
| RAHMAN, MOHAMMAD J | 1 | 79.8% | +9.4% |
| HENDERSON, RYAN N | 1 | 63.9% | +18.3% |
| HULBERT, AMANDA K | 1 | 84.6% | +4.2% |
| ZHANG, LEI | 1 | 15.4% | +100.0% |
| XIAO, YUQING | 1 | 60.3% | +28.0% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18587511 | BEAM DIFFRACTION FOR SURGICAL LASER | HULBERT, AMANDA K | 34d |
| 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 3 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 | — |
| 18770171 | REMOVABLE ENDOSCOPE CAP INCLUDING A FILTER FOR IMPROVED STONE FREE RATE | WU, PAMELA F | — |
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 |
| 19041102 | ADAPTOR FOR CONNECTING A MEDICAL LASER TO A FLEXIBLE WAVEGUIDE OR AN ARTICULATED ARM | SAHAND, SANA | — |
| 19029673 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REDUCING LASER BEAM ATTENTUATION IN A LIQUID MEDIUM | LUAN, SCOTT | — |
| 19029718 | OPTIMIZATION OF BPH TREATMENT USING LEP (LASER ENUCLEATION OF PROSTATE) | LUAN, SCOTT | — |
| 18976264 | OPTIMIZATION OF BPH TREATMENT USING LEP (LASER ENUCLEATION OF PROSTATE) | LUAN, SCOTT | — |
| 18770171 | REMOVABLE ENDOSCOPE CAP INCLUDING A FILTER FOR IMPROVED STONE FREE RATE | WU, PAMELA F | — |
| 18756839 | ENDOSCOPE CAMERA INTERFERENCE MITIGATION | HENDERSON, RYAN N | — |
| 17793273 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ESTIMATING DISTANCE BETWEEN A FIBER END AND A TARGET | XIAO, YUQING | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3792 | 2 |
| 3795 | 2 |
| 2487 | 1 |
| 3798 | 1 |
| 3645 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19041102 | ADAPTOR FOR CONNECTING A MEDICAL LASER TO A FLEXIBLE WAVEGUIDE OR AN ARTICULATED ARM | SAHAND, SANA | — | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 30, 2025 |
| 19029673 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REDUCING LASER BEAM ATTENTUATION IN A LIQUID MEDIUM | LUAN, SCOTT | 3792 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 19029718 | OPTIMIZATION OF BPH TREATMENT USING LEP (LASER ENUCLEATION OF PROSTATE) | LUAN, SCOTT | — | §102DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 18976264 | OPTIMIZATION OF BPH TREATMENT USING LEP (LASER ENUCLEATION OF PROSTATE) | LUAN, SCOTT | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 10, 2024 |
| 18918862 | LASER APPARATUS AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREFOR | CHERRY, EUNCHA P | — | §102§103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 17, 2024 |
| 18813706 | DISTANCE AND SIZE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM FOR POP-DUSTING EFFICIENCY | MALIKASIM, JONATHAN L | — | §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 |
| 18758625 | ENDOSCOPE SENSOR INTERFERENCE MITIGATION | RAHMAN, MOHAMMAD J | 2487 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 28, 2024 |
| 18756839 | ENDOSCOPE CAMERA INTERFERENCE MITIGATION | HENDERSON, RYAN N | 3795 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 27, 2024 |
| 18587511 | BEAM DIFFRACTION FOR SURGICAL LASER | HULBERT, AMANDA K | 3792 | §103 | Final Rejection | 34d | Pending | Feb 26, 2024 |
| 18356696 | Method and System for Distinguishing Between Stone and Tissue with a Laser | ZHANG, LEI | 3798 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 46d overdue | Pending | Jul 21, 2023 |
| 17793273 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ESTIMATING DISTANCE BETWEEN A FIBER END AND A TARGET | XIAO, YUQING | 3645 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 15, 2022 |
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