Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 27, 2026

Lutronic Corporation

Technology areas: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering

5 pending office actions • 4 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 13 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Lutronic Corporation has 5 pending office actions in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering. The matters involve 5 examiners across 4 art units, indicating examiner dispersion with some art-unit overlap.

SISON, CHRISTINE ANDREA PAN is the busiest examiner with 1 pending matter. Counsel should maintain consistent device terminology across the portfolio while tailoring arguments to each examiner’s treatment of medical and mechanical claim features.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

5
Total Pending OAs
5
Non-Final OAs
0
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.

1
Overdue
0
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%)
2
Medium (40%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only1 (20%)
Double-patenting + other1 (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
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
20% of docket
4
Mechanical / Eng
80% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% 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
SISON, CHRISTINE ANDREA PAN 1 32.7% +40.7%
PEFFLEY, MICHAEL F 1 77.8% +13.5%
STEINBERG, AMANDA L 1 51.7% +26.1%
NELSON, HUNTER JARED 1 37.5% +26.0%
KISH, JAMES M 1 62.4% +11.8%

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
18443227 LIGHT TREATMENT APPARATUS FOR TREATING VASCULAR LESIONS KISH, JAMES M 9d overdue
18906011 MEDICAL RF APPARATUS AND A METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME PEFFLEY, MICHAEL F —
18689619 LASER APPARATUS NELSON, HUNTER JARED —

Interview Candidates (5)

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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18443227 LIGHT TREATMENT APPARATUS FOR TREATING VASCULAR LESIONS KISH, JAMES M 9d overdue
19009801 Three-Dimensional Laser Scan for Fractional Injury SISON, CHRISTINE ANDREA PAN —
18906011 MEDICAL RF APPARATUS AND A METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME PEFFLEY, MICHAEL F —
18903429 OPHTHALMIC THERAPEUTIC DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR STEINBERG, AMANDA L —
18689619 LASER APPARATUS NELSON, HUNTER JARED —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3792 2
3796 1
3794 1
2828 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19009801 Three-Dimensional Laser Scan for Fractional Injury SISON, CHRISTINE ANDREA PAN 3796 §102§103§112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 03, 2025
18906011 MEDICAL RF APPARATUS AND A METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME PEFFLEY, MICHAEL F 3794 §102§103Other Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 03, 2024
18903429 OPHTHALMIC THERAPEUTIC DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR STEINBERG, AMANDA L 3792 §103Other Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 01, 2024
18689619 LASER APPARATUS NELSON, HUNTER JARED 2828 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 06, 2024
18443227 LIGHT TREATMENT APPARATUS FOR TREATING VASCULAR LESIONS KISH, JAMES M 3792 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 9d overdue Pending Feb 15, 2024

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Lutronic Corporation have?

Lutronic Corporation has 5 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 4 art units and 5 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Lutronic Corporation applications?

Christine Andrea Pan Sison has the most, with 1 of Lutronic Corporation's pending office actions.

What technology area are Lutronic Corporation's patent applications in?

Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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