Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 04, 2026

Turning Point Lasers Corporation

Technology areas: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering

2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

Turning Point Lasers Corporation is currently managing 2 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are split between 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units. This distribution suggests that the company's current patenting activity covers different technical or procedural aspects within the broader medical and mechanical field. The involvement of 2 distinct art units means that the company must be prepared for different procedural nuances and examination standards.

VELASQUEZ SANCHEZ, CHANCIE ISABELLE is identified as the busiest examiner for this portfolio, with 1 pending office action currently assigned. Since there are 2 distinct examiners for the 2 pending office actions, each examiner is responsible for 1 case. This requires the company to manage two different examination styles and sets of feedback simultaneously. The 1 pending office action assigned to Velasquez Sanchez represents a specific point of contact for the company's prosecution strategy in this sector.

Practitioners should monitor both examiners to ensure a consistent overall strategy for the company's intellectual property. While the 2 pending office actions are in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering area, the split across 2 distinct art units may indicate diverse technical applications. Maintaining a cohesive strategy across the 2 distinct art units is essential for a unified patent portfolio. Counsel should address the 1 pending office action assigned to Velasquez Sanchez while also managing the other pending matter in this field.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

2
Total Pending OAs
2
Non-Final OAs
0
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.

2
Overdue
0
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.

1
Hard (50%)
1
Medium (50%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only1 (50%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (50%)

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
1
Semiconductors
50% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
50% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% 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.

20 h
Manual time on pending OAs
4 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
7 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.2 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
VELASQUEZ SANCHEZ, CHANCIE ISABELLE 1 — —
LOPEZ, JORGE ANDRES 1 92.1% +10.7%

Hard Cases (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
17983400 MANUFACTURING METHOD OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE LOPEZ, JORGE ANDRES 168d overdue

Interview Candidates (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
17983400 MANUFACTURING METHOD OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE LOPEZ, JORGE ANDRES 168d overdue

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3761 1
2897 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18068846 FIBER OUTPUT HYBRID LASER SYSTEM VELASQUEZ SANCHEZ, CHANCIE ISABELLE 3761 §103 Non-Final OA 8d overdue Pending Dec 20, 2022
17983400 MANUFACTURING METHOD OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE LOPEZ, JORGE ANDRES 2897 §102§103 Non-Final OA 168d overdue Pending Nov 09, 2022

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