Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
8 pending office actions • 5 art units • 8 examiners • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 6 patents granted in the last 365 days
Ziemer Ophthalmic Systems AG maintains a portfolio with 8 pending office actions focused on Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering. These actions are distributed across 8 distinct examiners, indicating that no multiple pending matters are currently being handled by the same individual. This distribution requires a broad strategy to address the varied perspectives of multiple examiners simultaneously. The lack of examiner overlap means that the company cannot rely on a single successful negotiation to influence other pending cases.
The workload spans 5 distinct art units, suggesting that while the technology area is consistent, the specific patent applications touch upon several different technical sub-specialties. KANAAN, LIZA TONY is identified as the busiest examiner with 1 pending office action. Since every one of the 8 pending actions is assigned to a different examiner, the workload is perfectly distributed, and no single examiner holds a disproportionate influence over the portfolio's immediate outcomes. This ratio of examiners to pending actions highlights a diverse prosecution environment where each case must be managed as an independent effort within the 5 art units involved.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 1 (12%) |
| §103 only | 2 (25%) |
| §112 only | 1 (12%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (12%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (38%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KANAAN, LIZA TONY | 1 | 23.4% | +31.5% |
| DUONG, HENRY ABRAHAM | 1 | 79.0% | +7.4% |
| CIRULNICK, EMILY NICOLE | 1 | 25.0% | +0.0% |
| FARAH, AHMED M | 1 | 79.0% | +18.8% |
| EISEMAN, LYNSEY C | 1 | 49.1% | +39.9% |
| CHRISTIANSON, SKYLAR LINDSEY | 1 | 59.6% | +27.7% |
| PHAM, NHUT HUY | 1 | 82.1% | +23.5% |
| MULLINS, JESSICA LYNN | 1 | 49.5% | +34.0% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due 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 |
| 18586951 | Ophthalmological Apparatus For Treating Eye Tissue Using A Pulsed Laser Beam | CIRULNICK, EMILY NICOLE | — |
| 18204058 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MONITORING OPHTHALMOLOGICAL LASER TREATMENT DEVICE | CHRISTIANSON, SKYLAR LINDSEY | — |
| 18086735 | Ophthalmological Device for Processing a Curved Treatment Face | MULLINS, JESSICA LYNN | — |
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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due 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 |
| 18517258 | OPHTHALMOLOGICAL PATIENT INTERFACE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A OPHTHALMOLOGICAL PATIENT INTERFACE | FARAH, AHMED M | — |
| 18228083 | OPHTHALMOLOGICAL LASER DEVICE HAVING A LASER SCANNER | EISEMAN, LYNSEY C | — |
| 18204058 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MONITORING OPHTHALMOLOGICAL LASER TREATMENT DEVICE | CHRISTIANSON, SKYLAR LINDSEY | — |
| 18086735 | Ophthalmological Device for Processing a Curved Treatment Face | MULLINS, JESSICA LYNN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3792 | 4 |
| 3683 | 1 |
| 2872 | 1 |
| 3796 | 1 |
| 2674 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | 43d overdue | Pending | Jul 17, 2024 |
| 18669859 | Ophthalmic Imaging Device | DUONG, HENRY ABRAHAM | 2872 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 21, 2024 |
| 18586951 | Ophthalmological Apparatus For Treating Eye Tissue Using A Pulsed Laser Beam | CIRULNICK, EMILY NICOLE | 3792 | §112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 26, 2024 |
| 18517258 | OPHTHALMOLOGICAL PATIENT INTERFACE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A OPHTHALMOLOGICAL PATIENT INTERFACE | FARAH, AHMED M | 3792 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 22, 2023 |
| 18228083 | OPHTHALMOLOGICAL LASER DEVICE HAVING A LASER SCANNER | EISEMAN, LYNSEY C | 3796 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 31, 2023 |
| 18204058 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MONITORING OPHTHALMOLOGICAL LASER TREATMENT DEVICE | CHRISTIANSON, SKYLAR LINDSEY | 3792 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 31, 2023 |
| 18108150 | EYE IMAGE QUALITY ANALYSIS | PHAM, NHUT HUY | 2674 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 50d overdue | Pending | Feb 10, 2023 |
| 18086735 | Ophthalmological Device for Processing a Curved Treatment Face | MULLINS, JESSICA LYNN | 3792 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 22, 2022 |
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