Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Zhejiang Sunny Optics Co. Ltd.

22 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 22 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 20 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

22
Total Pending OAs
22
Non-Final OAs
0
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 21 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

21
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

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. 21 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (21)

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.

10
Hard (45%)
12
Medium (55%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only7 (32%)
§102 only5 (23%)
Multi-statute (no §101)10 (45%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
21
Information Tech
95% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
1
Business / Other
5% 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.

220 h
Manual time on pending OAs
44 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
77 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.9 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
STCLAIR, ANDREW D 21 60.3% +25.3%
NIGAM, NATASHA 1 61.5% +38.3%

Hard Cases (10)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17525993 Optical Imaging Lens Assembly STCLAIR, ANDREW D 614d overdue
17588277 Camera Lens Assembly STCLAIR, ANDREW D 575d overdue
17641453 Optical Imaging Lens Assembly STCLAIR, ANDREW D 525d overdue
17763668 Optical Imaging Lens Assembly STCLAIR, ANDREW D 511d overdue
17712081 Optical Imaging Lens Assembly STCLAIR, ANDREW D 491d overdue
17641443 Optical Imaging Lens Assembly STCLAIR, ANDREW D 489d overdue
17524757 Optical Imaging Lens Assembly STCLAIR, ANDREW D 488d overdue
17826213 Optical Imaging Lens Assembly STCLAIR, ANDREW D 449d overdue

Interview Candidates (22)

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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17527190 OPTICAL IMAGING LENS GROUP INCLUDING SIX LENSES OF -+--+- REFRACTIVE POWERS STCLAIR, ANDREW D 614d overdue
17525993 Optical Imaging Lens Assembly STCLAIR, ANDREW D 614d overdue
17588277 Camera Lens Assembly STCLAIR, ANDREW D 575d overdue
17577047 Optical Imaging Lens Assembly STCLAIR, ANDREW D 567d overdue
17669433 Optical Imaging System STCLAIR, ANDREW D 566d overdue
17641108 Optical Imaging Lens Assembly STCLAIR, ANDREW D 539d overdue
17641453 Optical Imaging Lens Assembly STCLAIR, ANDREW D 525d overdue
17553834 Optical Imaging System, Recognition Module and Electronic Device STCLAIR, ANDREW D 520d overdue

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2178 21

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18982440 OPTICAL PHOTOGRAPHY LENS ASSEMBLY NIGAM, NATASHA §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 16, 2024
17829399 Optical Imaging Camera Lens Assembly STCLAIR, ANDREW D 2178 §102 Non-Final OA 393d overdue Pending Jun 01, 2022
17826213 Optical Imaging Lens Assembly STCLAIR, ANDREW D 2178 §102§112 Non-Final OA 449d overdue Pending May 27, 2022
17749166 Optical Imaging Lens Assembly STCLAIR, ANDREW D 2178 §103 Non-Final OA 437d overdue Pending May 20, 2022
17772514 Optical Imaging Lens Assembly STCLAIR, ANDREW D 2178 §102§103 Non-Final OA 435d overdue Pending Apr 28, 2022
17723509 Optical Imaging Lens Group STCLAIR, ANDREW D 2178 §103 Non-Final OA 512d overdue Pending Apr 19, 2022
17718353 Optical Imaging System STCLAIR, ANDREW D 2178 §103 Non-Final OA 408d overdue Pending Apr 12, 2022
17718352 Optical Imaging System STCLAIR, ANDREW D 2178 §102 Non-Final OA 380d overdue Pending Apr 12, 2022
17712081 Optical Imaging Lens Assembly STCLAIR, ANDREW D 2178 §103§112 Non-Final OA 491d overdue Pending Apr 02, 2022
17763668 Optical Imaging Lens Assembly STCLAIR, ANDREW D 2178 §102§103 Non-Final OA 511d overdue Pending Mar 25, 2022
17763670 Optical Imaging Lens Assembly STCLAIR, ANDREW D 2178 §103 Non-Final OA 455d overdue Pending Mar 25, 2022
17691143 Optical Imaging Lens Assembly STCLAIR, ANDREW D 2178 §103 Non-Final OA 489d overdue Pending Mar 10, 2022
17641443 Optical Imaging Lens Assembly STCLAIR, ANDREW D 2178 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 489d overdue Pending Mar 09, 2022
17641453 Optical Imaging Lens Assembly STCLAIR, ANDREW D 2178 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 525d overdue Pending Mar 09, 2022
17641108 Optical Imaging Lens Assembly STCLAIR, ANDREW D 2178 §102 Non-Final OA 539d overdue Pending Mar 08, 2022
17669433 Optical Imaging System STCLAIR, ANDREW D 2178 §102 Non-Final OA 566d overdue Pending Feb 11, 2022
17588277 Camera Lens Assembly STCLAIR, ANDREW D 2178 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 575d overdue Pending Jan 29, 2022
17577047 Optical Imaging Lens Assembly STCLAIR, ANDREW D 2178 §102 Non-Final OA 567d overdue Pending Jan 17, 2022
17553834 Optical Imaging System, Recognition Module and Electronic Device STCLAIR, ANDREW D 2178 §103 Non-Final OA 520d overdue Pending Dec 17, 2021
17527190 OPTICAL IMAGING LENS GROUP INCLUDING SIX LENSES OF -+--+- REFRACTIVE POWERS STCLAIR, ANDREW D 2178 §103 Non-Final OA 614d overdue Pending Nov 16, 2021
17525993 Optical Imaging Lens Assembly STCLAIR, ANDREW D 2178 §103§112 Non-Final OA 614d overdue Pending Nov 15, 2021
17524757 Optical Imaging Lens Assembly STCLAIR, ANDREW D 2178 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 488d overdue Pending Nov 12, 2021

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