Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
11 pending office actions • 2 art units • 8 examiners • 0 of 11 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 40 patents granted in the last 365 days
Luxottica S.r.l. has 10 pending office actions in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. These actions are distributed among 7 distinct examiners, which suggests that some examiners are reviewing multiple applications for the company. The technical focus is narrow, with all 10 pending office actions located in 2 distinct art units. This concentration within 2 distinct art units allows the company to focus its efforts on the specific standards of a limited number of technical groups.
HASAN, MOHAMMED A is the busiest examiner for Luxottica S.r.l., holding 3 pending office actions. This accounts for 3 of the 10 pending office actions. With only 2 distinct art units involved, the company's prosecution efforts are concentrated within a limited set of technical examination groups, despite the involvement of 7 distinct examiners. The fact that 7 distinct examiners are working within only 2 distinct art units suggests that the company's semiconductor and optics cases are being reviewed by several different individuals within the same technical divisions.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 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. 3 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 | 1 (9%) |
| §103 only | 3 (27%) |
| §102 only | 1 (9%) |
| §112 only | 1 (9%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 5 (45%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HASAN, MOHAMMED A | 3 | 90.3% | +5.1% |
| COLLINS, DARRYL J | 2 | 89.1% | +4.9% |
| ELHILO, EISA B | 1 | 83.0% | +16.2% |
| YE, XINWEN | 1 | 43.4% | +44.0% |
| BOUTSIKARIS, LEONIDAS | 1 | 85.2% | +16.9% |
| PASKO, NICHOLAS R | 1 | 64.7% | +27.7% |
| SANZ, GABRIEL A | 1 | 61.8% | +37.4% |
| SIPES, JOHN CURTIS | 1 | 77.3% | +19.4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19108189 | PARABOLOID LENS AND EYEWEAR COMPRISING SUCH A LENS | HASAN, MOHAMMED A | — |
| 19020081 | ROD FOR DEVICE AND WEARABLE DEVICE COMPRISING SUCH A ROD | HASAN, MOHAMMED A | — |
| 18719954 | TINTED AND/OR SHADED LENS AND PROCESS FOR TINTING A TINTED AND/OR SHADED LENS | ELHILO, EISA B | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due 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 | — |
| 18836273 | ELECTRONIC EYEGLASSES | COLLINS, DARRYL J | — |
| 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 | — |
| 18553083 | SELECTIVE PHOTOCHROMIC LENS | PASKO, NICHOLAS R | — |
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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due 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 |
| 18015194 | TEMPLE FOR EYEGLASSES | SANZ, GABRIEL A | 40d |
| 18719954 | TINTED AND/OR SHADED LENS AND PROCESS FOR TINTING A TINTED AND/OR SHADED LENS | ELHILO, EISA B | — |
| 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 | — |
| 18553083 | SELECTIVE PHOTOCHROMIC LENS | PASKO, NICHOLAS R | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2872 | 6 |
| 2896 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19108189 | PARABOLOID LENS AND EYEWEAR COMPRISING SUCH A LENS | HASAN, MOHAMMED A | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 03, 2025 |
| 19020081 | ROD FOR DEVICE AND WEARABLE DEVICE COMPRISING SUCH A ROD | HASAN, MOHAMMED A | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 14, 2025 |
| 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 |
| 18836273 | ELECTRONIC EYEGLASSES | COLLINS, DARRYL J | — | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 06, 2024 |
| 18719954 | TINTED AND/OR SHADED LENS AND PROCESS FOR TINTING A TINTED AND/OR SHADED LENS | ELHILO, EISA B | 2872 | §112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 14, 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§112 | 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 |
| 18553083 | SELECTIVE PHOTOCHROMIC LENS | PASKO, NICHOLAS R | 2896 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 28, 2023 |
| 18015194 | TEMPLE FOR EYEGLASSES | SANZ, GABRIEL A | 2872 | §103 | Final Rejection | 40d | Pending | Jan 09, 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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