Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Ziemer Ophthalmic Systems AG

8 pending office actions • 4 art units • 8 examiners • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 6 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

8
Total Pending OAs
6
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

3
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. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (3)

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.

6
Hard (75%)
2
Medium (25%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other2 (25%)
§103 only1 (12%)
Double-patenting + other1 (12%)
Multi-statute (no §101)4 (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
1
Communications
12% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
6
Mechanical / Eng
75% of docket
1
Business / Other
12% 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.

80 h
Manual time on pending OAs
16 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
28 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.7 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
SOLOMON, JOSHUA BRENDON 1 82.7% +20.8%
KANAAN, LIZA TONY 1 22.6% +34.0%
CIRULNICK, EMILY NICOLE 1 25.0% +0.0%
ROANE, AARON F 1 73.1% +9.6%
EISEMAN, LYNSEY C 1 49.1% +39.6%
CHRISTIANSON, SKYLAR LINDSEY 1 58.6% +29.8%
PHAM, NHUT HUY 1 80.6% +24.7%
MULLINS, JESSICA LYNN 1 50.0% +35.4%

Hard Cases (7)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. 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
18985402 Ophthalmological System for Ablative Removal of Eye Colorant Arranged in The Cornea of an Eye of a Patient and Computer Program Product for Controlling a Processor of The Ophthalmological System for Ablative Removal of Eye Colorant SOLOMON, JOSHUA BRENDON
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

Interview Candidates (6)

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 #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
18985402 Ophthalmological System for Ablative Removal of Eye Colorant Arranged in The Cornea of an Eye of a Patient and Computer Program Product for Controlling a Processor of The Ophthalmological System for Ablative Removal of Eye Colorant SOLOMON, JOSHUA BRENDON
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

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3792 4
3683 1
3796 1
2674 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18985402 Ophthalmological System for Ablative Removal of Eye Colorant Arranged in The Cornea of an Eye of a Patient and Computer Program Product for Controlling a Processor of The Ophthalmological System for Ablative Removal of Eye Colorant SOLOMON, JOSHUA BRENDON §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 18, 2024
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
18586951 Ophthalmological Apparatus For Treating Eye Tissue Using A Pulsed Laser Beam CIRULNICK, EMILY NICOLE 3792 §112DP Non-Final OA Pending Feb 26, 2024
18544635 Ophthalmological Device And Method For Characterizing Optical Inhomogeneities In An Eye ROANE, AARON F 3792 §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA 11d overdue Pending Dec 19, 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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