Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Ziemer Ophthalmic Systems AG

7 pending office actions • 4 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

7
Total Pending OAs
2
Non-Final OAs
5
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 6 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

3
Overdue
0
Due this week
2
Due this month
1
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. 6 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (3)Due ≤ 30 days (2)Due ≤ 60 days (1)

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.

0
Hard (0%)
7
Medium (100%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only7 (100%)

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
1
Communications
14% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
6
Mechanical / Eng
86% 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.

70 h
Manual time on pending OAs
14 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
24 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.6 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
KANAAN, LIZA TONY 1 22.4% +35.2%
ROANE, AARON F 1 72.9% +10.0%
FARAH, AHMED M 1 78.7% +19.0%
EISEMAN, LYNSEY C 1 49.0% +39.4%
PHAM, NHUT HUY 1 79.7% +26.0%
BAKKAR, AYA ZIAD 1 62.6% +43.5%
MULLINS, JESSICA LYNN 1 49.0% +32.7%

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
18775539 Computer Implemented Method Of Generating A Patient Specific Digital Workflow And An Ophthalmic Workflow Generator For Generating A Patient Specific Digital Workflow KANAAN, LIZA TONY 43d overdue

Interview Candidates (7)

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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18108150 EYE IMAGE QUALITY ANALYSIS PHAM, NHUT HUY 50d overdue
18775539 Computer Implemented Method Of Generating A Patient Specific Digital Workflow And An Ophthalmic Workflow Generator For Generating A Patient Specific Digital Workflow KANAAN, LIZA TONY 43d overdue
18544635 Ophthalmological Device And Method For Characterizing Optical Inhomogeneities In An Eye ROANE, AARON F 11d overdue
18083721 OPTHALMOLOGICAL TREATMENT DEVICE FOR DETERMINING A ROTATION ANGLE OF AN EYE BAKKAR, AYA ZIAD 15d
18375584 OPHTHALMOLOGICAL LASER TREATMENT SYSTEM FOR TREATMENT OF TISSUE OF AN EYE OF A PERSON FARAH, AHMED M 29d
17507991 OPHTHALMOLOGICAL DEVICE FOR SURGICAL TREATMENT OF A CORNEA MULLINS, JESSICA LYNN 42d
18228083 OPHTHALMOLOGICAL LASER DEVICE HAVING A LASER SCANNER EISEMAN, LYNSEY C

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3792 3
3796 2
3683 1
2674 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18775539 Computer Implemented Method Of Generating A Patient Specific Digital Workflow And An Ophthalmic Workflow Generator For Generating A Patient Specific Digital Workflow KANAAN, LIZA TONY 3683 §103 Final Rejection 43d overdue Pending Jul 17, 2024
18544635 Ophthalmological Device And Method For Characterizing Optical Inhomogeneities In An Eye ROANE, AARON F 3792 §103 Non-Final OA 11d overdue Pending Dec 19, 2023
18375584 OPHTHALMOLOGICAL LASER TREATMENT SYSTEM FOR TREATMENT OF TISSUE OF AN EYE OF A PERSON FARAH, AHMED M 3792 §103 Non-Final OA 29d Pending Oct 02, 2023
18228083 OPHTHALMOLOGICAL LASER DEVICE HAVING A LASER SCANNER EISEMAN, LYNSEY C 3796 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jul 31, 2023
18108150 EYE IMAGE QUALITY ANALYSIS PHAM, NHUT HUY 2674 §103 Final Rejection 50d overdue Pending Feb 10, 2023
18083721 OPTHALMOLOGICAL TREATMENT DEVICE FOR DETERMINING A ROTATION ANGLE OF AN EYE BAKKAR, AYA ZIAD 3796 §103 Final Rejection 15d Pending Dec 19, 2022
17507991 OPHTHALMOLOGICAL DEVICE FOR SURGICAL TREATMENT OF A CORNEA MULLINS, JESSICA LYNN 3792 §103 Final Rejection 42d Pending Oct 22, 2021

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