Technology areas: Networking & Security • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
9 pending office actions • 2 clients • 9 examiners • 5 art units • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 6 patents granted in the last 365 days
Sanders IP Law-ALCON focuses on Networking & Security and has 1,186 career applications. The profile records 8 pending office actions, showing current activity for this company-specific representation.
The resolved allowance rate is 92.52%, and the average is 3.48 office actions per allowance. These figures provide context on both resolved outcomes and the examination activity associated with allowances. The technology focus and pending workload help practitioners evaluate the profile for networking and security matters.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 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 | 3 (33%) |
| §103 only | 2 (22%) |
| §102 only | 1 (11%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (22%) |
| No statute on record | 1 (11%) |
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% |
| MARC, MCDIEUNEL | 1 | 90.9% | +7.5% |
| LE, PETER D | 1 | 80.6% | +15.9% |
| ERICKSON, BENNETT S | 1 | 38.2% | +43.6% |
| SAHLE, MAHIDERE S | 1 | 79.5% | +13.1% |
| SCHMIDT, KARI L | 1 | 74.3% | +42.1% |
| ROANE, AARON F | 1 | 73.4% | +9.8% |
| STANFORD, CHRISTOPHER J | 1 | 55.2% | +26.6% |
| WEBSTER, KARMEL JOHANNA | 1 | 70.4% | +27.8% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19184053 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGING PLATFORM WITH CONTINUOUS AUTOFOCUSING MODE | LE, PETER D | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19409226 | OPHTHALMIC HEALTH MANAGEMENT SYSTEM | KANAAN, LIZA TONY | — |
| 19096852 | SELECTION OF INTRAOCULAR LENS POWER BASED ON INTEGRATING FINITE ELEMENT MODELING WITH MACHINE LEARNING | ERICKSON, BENNETT S | — |
| 19018234 | IMAGING MARKERS FOR VERIFYING BIOMETRY | SAHLE, MAHIDERE S | — |
| 18761775 | TRANSSCLERAL ILLUMINATION FOR VITREOUS VISUALIZATION | STANFORD, CHRISTOPHER J | — |
| 18175013 | ROBOTIC IMAGING SYSTEM WITH ORBITAL SCANNING MODE | WEBSTER, KARMEL JOHANNA | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19409226 | OPHTHALMIC HEALTH MANAGEMENT SYSTEM | KANAAN, LIZA TONY | — |
| 19184053 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGING PLATFORM WITH CONTINUOUS AUTOFOCUSING MODE | LE, PETER D | — |
| 19096852 | SELECTION OF INTRAOCULAR LENS POWER BASED ON INTEGRATING FINITE ELEMENT MODELING WITH MACHINE LEARNING | ERICKSON, BENNETT S | — |
| 19018234 | IMAGING MARKERS FOR VERIFYING BIOMETRY | SAHLE, MAHIDERE S | — |
| 18951860 | EXPERT PANEL MODELS FOR NEURAL NETWORK ANOMALY DETECTION AND THWARTING ADVERSARIAL ATTACKS | SCHMIDT, KARI L | — |
| 18761775 | TRANSSCLERAL ILLUMINATION FOR VITREOUS VISUALIZATION | STANFORD, CHRISTOPHER J | — |
| 18175013 | ROBOTIC IMAGING SYSTEM WITH ORBITAL SCANNING MODE | WEBSTER, KARMEL JOHANNA | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| Alcon | 8 |
| BELKIN VISION LTD. | 1 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3683 | 2 |
| 2872 | 2 |
| 3792 | 2 |
| 2488 | 1 |
| 2439 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19409226 | OPHTHALMIC HEALTH MANAGEMENT SYSTEM | Alcon Inc. | KANAAN, LIZA TONY | 3683 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 04, 2025 |
| 19273372 | ROBOTIC IMAGING SYSTEM WITH FORCE-BASED COLLISION AVOIDANCE MODE | Alcon Inc. | MARC, MCDIEUNEL | Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 18, 2025 | |
| 19184053 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGING PLATFORM WITH CONTINUOUS AUTOFOCUSING MODE | Alcon Inc. | LE, PETER D | 2488 | §103Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 21, 2025 |
| 19096852 | SELECTION OF INTRAOCULAR LENS POWER BASED ON INTEGRATING FINITE ELEMENT MODELING WITH MACHINE LEARNING | Alcon Inc. | ERICKSON, BENNETT S | 3683 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 01, 2025 |
| 19018234 | IMAGING MARKERS FOR VERIFYING BIOMETRY | Alcon Inc. | SAHLE, MAHIDERE S | 2872 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 13, 2025 |
| 18951860 | EXPERT PANEL MODELS FOR NEURAL NETWORK ANOMALY DETECTION AND THWARTING ADVERSARIAL ATTACKS | Alcon Inc. | SCHMIDT, KARI L | 2439 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 19, 2024 |
| 18780546 | System for treatment of the eye | BELKIN VISION LTD. | ROANE, AARON F | 3792 | §102Other | Final Rejection | 26d | Pending | Jul 23, 2024 |
| 18761775 | TRANSSCLERAL ILLUMINATION FOR VITREOUS VISUALIZATION | Alcon Inc. | STANFORD, CHRISTOPHER J | 2872 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 02, 2024 |
| 18175013 | ROBOTIC IMAGING SYSTEM WITH ORBITAL SCANNING MODE | Alcon Inc. | WEBSTER, KARMEL JOHANNA | 3792 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 27, 2023 |
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Start Free Trial92.5% of resolved applications prosecuted by Sanders Ip Law-Alcon were allowed, across 1,186 applications in USPTO records.
3.48 office actions per allowed application on average.
9 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 2 clients, before 9 examiners in 5 art units.
