Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
5 pending office actions • 2 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days
Satisloh AG is currently managing 5 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. Each of these 5 actions is assigned to a different distinct examiner. Despite the variety of examiners, the portfolio is focused within only 2 distinct art units.
The busiest examiner, MILLER, JR, JOSEPH ALBERT, holds 1 pending office action. Because the 5 actions are spread across 5 examiners but only 2 art units, practitioners will likely encounter different individual perspectives within a relatively narrow set of art unit guidelines. This structure suggests that while the technical focus is tight, the company must convince 5 different individuals of its claims. The concentration in 2 art units may allow for some strategic alignment, even as the 5 distinct examiners bring their own unique interpretations to the 5 pending matters.
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 | 1 (20%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 4 (80%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MILLER, JR, JOSEPH ALBERT | 1 | 68.4% | +16.2% |
| JOH, CATHERINE | 1 | 0.0% | +0.0% |
| SAUNDERS, ANNA JOSEPHINE | 1 | 76.0% | +15.7% |
| SOTO, CHRISTOPHER ASHLEY | 1 | 52.7% | +27.2% |
| MARKMAN, MAKENA | 1 | 59.8% | +38.6% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18859398 | Substrate Holder Arrangement for Holding Curved Substrates During a Vacuum Coating Process and Vacuum Coating Apparatus Having such Substrate Holder Arrangement | MILLER, JR, JOSEPH ALBERT | — |
| 18734626 | Device for Fixing an Optical Workpiece for its Processing/Treatment and Method of Fixing an Optical Workpiece on such a Device | JOH, CATHERINE | — |
| 18700197 | Retainer for the Processing of Optical Workpieces, in Particular Eyeglass Lenses | SOTO, CHRISTOPHER ASHLEY | — |
| 18691528 | Method for Machining Optical Workpieces, in Particular Spectacle Lenses Made of Plastic | MARKMAN, MAKENA | — |
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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18859398 | Substrate Holder Arrangement for Holding Curved Substrates During a Vacuum Coating Process and Vacuum Coating Apparatus Having such Substrate Holder Arrangement | MILLER, JR, JOSEPH ALBERT | — |
| 18706098 | Method for Machining Glasses Lenses, and Workpiece Holding Head for Optical Workpieces such as Glasses Lenses | SAUNDERS, ANNA JOSEPHINE | — |
| 18700197 | Retainer for the Processing of Optical Workpieces, in Particular Eyeglass Lenses | SOTO, CHRISTOPHER ASHLEY | — |
| 18691528 | Method for Machining Optical Workpieces, in Particular Spectacle Lenses Made of Plastic | MARKMAN, MAKENA | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3723 | 2 |
| 2855 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18859398 | Substrate Holder Arrangement for Holding Curved Substrates During a Vacuum Coating Process and Vacuum Coating Apparatus Having such Substrate Holder Arrangement | MILLER, JR, JOSEPH ALBERT | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 23, 2024 |
| 18734626 | Device for Fixing an Optical Workpiece for its Processing/Treatment and Method of Fixing an Optical Workpiece on such a Device | JOH, CATHERINE | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 05, 2024 |
| 18706098 | Method for Machining Glasses Lenses, and Workpiece Holding Head for Optical Workpieces such as Glasses Lenses | SAUNDERS, ANNA JOSEPHINE | 2855 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 30, 2024 |
| 18700197 | Retainer for the Processing of Optical Workpieces, in Particular Eyeglass Lenses | SOTO, CHRISTOPHER ASHLEY | 3723 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 10, 2024 |
| 18691528 | Method for Machining Optical Workpieces, in Particular Spectacle Lenses Made of Plastic | MARKMAN, MAKENA | 3723 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 13, 2024 |
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