Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Qingdao Eye Hospital Of Shandong First Medical University (Shandong Eye Institute) has 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This action is being handled by STEPHENS, JACQUELINE F, who is the 1 examiner and the busiest examiner with 1 pending file. The prosecution is limited to 1 distinct art unit, suggesting a specialized medical or mechanical focus. For a practitioner, managing 1 pending office action under a 1 examiner simplifies the prosecution workflow.
The entire current USPTO workload for the hospital is concentrated with STEPHENS, JACQUELINE F. This lack of diversity in examiners and art units means the practitioner can focus entirely on the specific requirements and feedback of this 1 examiner. The administrative overhead is minimal given the low volume of pending matters. Success in this 1 action is critical as it represents the whole of the hospital's current pending activity at the USPTO. Practitioners should prioritize direct communication with STEPHENS, JACQUELINE F to resolve the outstanding action efficiently within the 1 distinct art unit.
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 |
|---|---|
| §112 only | 1 (100%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| STEPHENS, JACQUELINE F | 1 | 75.6% | +14.9% |
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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18813166 | USE OF PENETRATING SCHLEMM’S CANALOTOMY IN CHILDHOOD GLAUCOMA | STEPHENS, JACQUELINE F | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3781 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18813166 | USE OF PENETRATING SCHLEMM’S CANALOTOMY IN CHILDHOOD GLAUCOMA | STEPHENS, JACQUELINE F | 3781 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 23, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialQingdao Eye Hospital Of Shandong First Medical University (Shandong Eye Institute) has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Jacqueline F Stephens has the most, with 1 of Qingdao Eye Hospital Of Shandong First Medical University (Shandong Eye Institute)'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
