Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
12 pending office actions • 4 clients • 11 examiners • 6 art units • 0 of 12 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 7 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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. 7 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 | 2 (17%) |
| §103 only | 5 (42%) |
| §102 only | 1 (8%) |
| §112 only | 1 (8%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (25%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WILKES, ZACHARY W | 2 | 66.5% | +22.2% |
| TRAN, MAI THI NGOC | 1 | 85.9% | +4.3% |
| RICKEL, ALEX PARK | 1 | 71.7% | +13.7% |
| NGUYEN, LAM S | 1 | 78.8% | +0.9% |
| WEINERTH, GIDEON R | 1 | 57.4% | +15.0% |
| SMITH, JACOB A | 1 | 81.7% | +17.9% |
| MELLOTT, JAMES M | 1 | 50.8% | +45.3% |
| FERRERO, EDUARDO R | 1 | 62.0% | +43.6% |
| GARNER, LILY CRABTREE | 1 | 68.2% | +15.2% |
| GERTH, KATIE L | 1 | 75.1% | +16.9% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18647121 | PROGRESSIVE SPECTACLE LENS | WILKES, ZACHARY W | 27d |
| 18693027 | MACHINE AND METHOD FOR RUNNING A MACHINE | SMITH, JACOB A | 29d |
| 19004709 | SET OF VIRTUAL REPRESENTATION DATA OF A SPECTACLE LENS AND METHOD AND DEVICE FOR GENERATING SUCH | TRAN, MAI THI NGOC | — |
| 18777948 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING AT LEAST ONE VISUAL PARAMETER | RICKEL, ALEX PARK | — |
| 17905216 | METHOD, APPARATUS, DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR THE GENERATION OF ELECTRICITY | GARNER, LILY CRABTREE | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18360595 | METHOD AND LENS HOLDER FOR TINTING A SPECTACLE LENS | MELLOTT, JAMES M | 189d overdue |
| 17782041 | WORKING TOOL | GERTH, KATIE L | 88d overdue |
| 17721630 | COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR INDIVIDUALISING A SPECTACLE FRAME ELEMENT BY DETERMINING A PARAMETRIC SUBSTITUTION MODEL OF A SPECTACLE FRAME ELEMENT, AND DEVICE AND SYSTEMS USING SUCH A METHOD | WILKES, ZACHARY W | 71d overdue |
| 18740123 | DRINKING VESSEL WITH COVERING, AND HANDBAG AND HOLDING DEVICE FOR DRINKING VESSEL | WEINERTH, GIDEON R | 45d overdue |
| 18647121 | PROGRESSIVE SPECTACLE LENS | WILKES, ZACHARY W | 27d |
| 18693027 | MACHINE AND METHOD FOR RUNNING A MACHINE | SMITH, JACOB A | 29d |
| 18777948 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING AT LEAST ONE VISUAL PARAMETER | RICKEL, ALEX PARK | — |
| 18019345 | MACHINE AND METHOD FOR RUNNING A MACHINE | FERRERO, EDUARDO R | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| Carl Zeiss | 7 |
| Hilti | 3 |
| AnnLee GmbH | 1 |
| Suneel Navnitdas Parekh | 1 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2872 | 3 |
| 3731 | 3 |
| 2853 | 1 |
| 3736 | 1 |
| 1759 | 1 |
| 3646 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19004709 | SET OF VIRTUAL REPRESENTATION DATA OF A SPECTACLE LENS AND METHOD AND DEVICE FOR GENERATING SUCH | Carl Zeiss Vision International GmbH | TRAN, MAI THI NGOC | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 30, 2024 | |
| 18777948 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING AT LEAST ONE VISUAL PARAMETER | Carl Zeiss Vision International GmbH | RICKEL, ALEX PARK | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 19, 2024 | |
| 18747800 | COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR DETERMINING PRINTING PARAMETER VALUES OF AN INKJET PRINTING DEVICE, A DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM, A METHOD FOR INKJET PRINTING AND AN INKJET PRINTING DEVICE | Carl Zeiss Vision International GmbH | NGUYEN, LAM S | 2853 | §103 | Final Rejection | 21d | Pending | Jun 19, 2024 |
| 18740123 | DRINKING VESSEL WITH COVERING, AND HANDBAG AND HOLDING DEVICE FOR DRINKING VESSEL | AnnLee GmbH | WEINERTH, GIDEON R | 3736 | §103 | Final Rejection | 45d overdue | Pending | Jun 11, 2024 |
| 18647121 | PROGRESSIVE SPECTACLE LENS | Carl Zeiss Vision International GmbH | WILKES, ZACHARY W | 2872 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 27d | Pending | Apr 26, 2024 |
| 18693027 | MACHINE AND METHOD FOR RUNNING A MACHINE | Hilti Aktiengesellschaft | SMITH, JACOB A | 3731 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 29d | Pending | Mar 18, 2024 |
| 18360595 | METHOD AND LENS HOLDER FOR TINTING A SPECTACLE LENS | Carl Zeiss Vision International GmbH | MELLOTT, JAMES M | 1759 | §112 | Non-Final OA | 189d overdue | Pending | Jul 27, 2023 |
| 18019345 | MACHINE AND METHOD FOR RUNNING A MACHINE | Hilti Aktiengesellschaft | FERRERO, EDUARDO R | 3731 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 02, 2023 |
| 17905216 | METHOD, APPARATUS, DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR THE GENERATION OF ELECTRICITY | Suneel Navnitdas Parekh | GARNER, LILY CRABTREE | 3646 | §101§102§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 29, 2022 |
| 17782041 | WORKING TOOL | Hilti Aktiengesellschaft | GERTH, KATIE L | 3731 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 88d overdue | Pending | Jun 02, 2022 |
| 17721630 | COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR INDIVIDUALISING A SPECTACLE FRAME ELEMENT BY DETERMINING A PARAMETRIC SUBSTITUTION MODEL OF A SPECTACLE FRAME ELEMENT, AND DEVICE AND SYSTEMS USING SUCH A METHOD | Carl Zeiss Vision International GmbH | WILKES, ZACHARY W | 2872 | §102 | Final Rejection | 71d overdue | Pending | Apr 15, 2022 |
| 17406293 | INTERFERENCE LAYER SYSTEM WITHOUT A CARRIER SUBSTRATE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME, AND USE THEREOF | Carl Zeiss Vision International GmbH | HUSTOFT, JUSTIN WAYNE | 2872 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 19, 2021 |
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