Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 14, 2026

Luxottica S.r.l.

7 pending office actions • 2 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 36 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

7
Total Pending OAs
4
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

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.

0
Overdue
2
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.

5
Hard (71%)
2
Medium (29%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (14%)
§103 only2 (29%)
Multi-statute (no §101)4 (57%)

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
6
Semiconductors
86% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
1
Business / Other
14% 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.

70 h
Manual time on pending OAs
14 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
24 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.6 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
HASAN, MOHAMMED A 1 90.3% +5.2%
COLLINS, DARRYL J 1 89.0% +4.9%
YE, XINWEN 1 43.2% +44.2%
BOUTSIKARIS, LEONIDAS 1 85.5% +16.7%
KAUFFMAN, RUBY LUCIA 1 76.5% +33.3%
PASKO, NICHOLAS R 1 64.8% +27.3%
SIPES, JOHN CURTIS 1 79.8% +16.5%

Hard Cases (5)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18294413 METHOD FOR MAINTAINING A GLASSES FRAME BOUTSIKARIS, LEONIDAS 7d
18875594 NOSE PAD FOR EYEGLASSES AND RELATED EYEGLASSES HASAN, MOHAMMED A
18872670 FRAME FOR EYEGLASSES WITH NOSE PAD COLLINS, DARRYL J
18504572 FRAME FOR EYEGLASSES WITH COLOR GRADATION KAUFFMAN, RUBY LUCIA
18553083 SELECTIVE PHOTOCHROMIC LENS PASKO, NICHOLAS R

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
17998407 POLARIZED LENS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A POLARIZED LENS SIPES, JOHN CURTIS 6d
18294413 METHOD FOR MAINTAINING A GLASSES FRAME BOUTSIKARIS, LEONIDAS 7d
18688605 GLASSES FRAME COMPRISING AT LEAST ONE PORTION OF AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE ENCAPSULATED INSIDE AT LEAST ONE ELEMENT THEREOF AND METHOD FOR ENCAPSULATING SAID AT LEAST ONE PORTION OF AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE INSIDE SAID AT LEAST ONE ELEMENT OF A GLASSES FRAME YE, XINWEN
18504572 FRAME FOR EYEGLASSES WITH COLOR GRADATION KAUFFMAN, RUBY LUCIA
18553083 SELECTIVE PHOTOCHROMIC LENS PASKO, NICHOLAS R

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2872 5
2896 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18875594 NOSE PAD FOR EYEGLASSES AND RELATED EYEGLASSES HASAN, MOHAMMED A 2872 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 16, 2024
18872670 FRAME FOR EYEGLASSES WITH NOSE PAD COLLINS, DARRYL J §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 06, 2024
18688605 GLASSES FRAME COMPRISING AT LEAST ONE PORTION OF AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE ENCAPSULATED INSIDE AT LEAST ONE ELEMENT THEREOF AND METHOD FOR ENCAPSULATING SAID AT LEAST ONE PORTION OF AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE INSIDE SAID AT LEAST ONE ELEMENT OF A GLASSES FRAME YE, XINWEN 2872 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 01, 2024
18294413 METHOD FOR MAINTAINING A GLASSES FRAME BOUTSIKARIS, LEONIDAS 2872 §101§103 Final Rejection 7d Pending Feb 01, 2024
18504572 FRAME FOR EYEGLASSES WITH COLOR GRADATION KAUFFMAN, RUBY LUCIA 2872 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Nov 08, 2023
18553083 SELECTIVE PHOTOCHROMIC LENS PASKO, NICHOLAS R 2896 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Sep 28, 2023
17998407 POLARIZED LENS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A POLARIZED LENS SIPES, JOHN CURTIS 2872 §103 Non-Final OA 6d Pending Nov 10, 2022

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