Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
5 pending office actions • 5 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 6 patents granted in the last 365 days
Schneider GmbH & Co. Kg currently manages 5 pending office actions within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. This portfolio is distributed across distinct examiners and art units. Such a distribution indicates a fragmented prosecution landscape where each pending matter is handled by a different individual and unit. The busiest examiner for this portfolio is BERGNER, ERIN FLANAGAN, who is responsible for 1 pending office action.
Because the total of 5 pending office actions is spread across several examiners, no person holds a concentrated portion of the workload. This distribution suggests that prosecution strategies may need to be tailored to the specific preferences of the individuals involved rather than a centralized group. The distinct art units further suggest that the company's technical disclosures are being reviewed across a variety of specialized groups. This high level of diversification requires a broad management approach to handle the active cases effectively.
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.
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 | 4 (80%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (20%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BERGNER, ERIN FLANAGAN | 1 | 76.5% | +30.6% |
| AKANBI, ISIAKA O | 1 | 76.6% | +22.8% |
| WALSH, EMMETT K | 1 | 52.7% | +20.3% |
| BAND, MICHAEL A | 1 | 45.0% | +55.6% |
| TUROCY, DAVID P | 1 | 46.9% | +35.5% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17926310 | COATING INSTALLATION, CLAMPING RING AND MAGAZINE FOR SPECTACLE LENSES AND METHOD OF COATING SPECTACLE LENSES | TUROCY, DAVID P | 23d overdue |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17926310 | COATING INSTALLATION, CLAMPING RING AND MAGAZINE FOR SPECTACLE LENSES AND METHOD OF COATING SPECTACLE LENSES | TUROCY, DAVID P | 23d overdue |
| 18690967 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR QUALITY CONTROL OF OPHTHALMIC LENSES | AKANBI, ISIAKA O | 21d |
| 18711456 | CLEANING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CLEANING A LENS | BERGNER, ERIN FLANAGAN | — |
| 18281186 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND USE FOR PICKING OBJECTS FOR EYEGLASS MANUFACTURING | WALSH, EMMETT K | — |
| 18119949 | DEVICE, METHOD AND USE FOR THE COATING OF LENSES | BAND, MICHAEL A | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1713 | 1 |
| 2877 | 1 |
| 3628 | 1 |
| 1794 | 1 |
| 1718 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18711456 | CLEANING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CLEANING A LENS | BERGNER, ERIN FLANAGAN | 1713 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 17, 2024 |
| 18690967 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR QUALITY CONTROL OF OPHTHALMIC LENSES | AKANBI, ISIAKA O | 2877 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 21d | Pending | Mar 11, 2024 |
| 18281186 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND USE FOR PICKING OBJECTS FOR EYEGLASS MANUFACTURING | WALSH, EMMETT K | 3628 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 08, 2023 |
| 18119949 | DEVICE, METHOD AND USE FOR THE COATING OF LENSES | BAND, MICHAEL A | 1794 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 10, 2023 |
| 17926310 | COATING INSTALLATION, CLAMPING RING AND MAGAZINE FOR SPECTACLE LENSES AND METHOD OF COATING SPECTACLE LENSES | TUROCY, DAVID P | 1718 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 23d overdue | Pending | Nov 18, 2022 |
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