Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Communications • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
6 pending office actions • 2 clients • 6 examiners • 3 art units • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 6 patents granted in the last 365 days
Sanders IP Law-ALCON has 1163 career applications, with a focus on Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics. The firm achieves a resolved allowance rate of 92.52 percent. Prosecution averages 3.5 office actions per allowance, showing a dedicated approach to securing patent grants in the semiconductor field. This average indicates that the firm is willing to engage in extensive negotiation to ensure its clients receive granted patents.
There are 8 pending office actions currently being handled by the firm. This is a relatively small number of active matters compared to its 1163 career applications. The 92.52 percent allowance rate indicates a very high success rate for semiconductor patents. While 3.5 office actions per allowance suggests a longer prosecution cycle, the high ultimate allowance rate demonstrates the effectiveness of the firm's persistent engagement with the USPTO. This data provides a clear benchmark for success in a technically demanding field.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 3 (50%) |
| §102 only | 1 (17%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (33%) |
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 | 1 | 66.6% | +22.4% |
| ROANE, AARON F | 1 | 73.4% | +9.7% |
| STANFORD, CHRISTOPHER J | 1 | 55.0% | +26.8% |
| RICKEL, ALEX PARK | 1 | 70.9% | +14.6% |
| ORANGE, DAVID BENJAMIN | 1 | 32.1% | +28.8% |
| WEBSTER, KARMEL JOHANNA | 1 | 68.0% | +28.7% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18667000 | CONSTANT DOWNFORCE ASSEMBLY FOR CONTACT LENS-BASED WIDE ANGLE VISUALIZATION | RICKEL, ALEX PARK | 41d |
| 18795928 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MEASURING OPTICAL PARAMETERS | WILKES, ZACHARY W | — |
| 18761775 | TRANSSCLERAL ILLUMINATION FOR VITREOUS VISUALIZATION | STANFORD, CHRISTOPHER J | — |
| 18299029 | OPHTHALMIC IMAGE REGISTRATION USING INTERPRETABLE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE BASED ON DEEP LEARNING | ORANGE, DAVID BENJAMIN | — |
| 18175013 | ROBOTIC IMAGING SYSTEM WITH ORBITAL SCANNING MODE | WEBSTER, KARMEL JOHANNA | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| Alcon | 5 |
| BELKIN VISION LTD. | 1 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3792 | 2 |
| 2872 | 2 |
| 2663 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18795928 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MEASURING OPTICAL PARAMETERS | Alcon Inc. | WILKES, ZACHARY W | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 06, 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 |
| 18667000 | CONSTANT DOWNFORCE ASSEMBLY FOR CONTACT LENS-BASED WIDE ANGLE VISUALIZATION | Alcon Inc. | RICKEL, ALEX PARK | 2872 | §103 | Final Rejection | 41d | Pending | May 17, 2024 |
| 18299029 | OPHTHALMIC IMAGE REGISTRATION USING INTERPRETABLE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE BASED ON DEEP LEARNING | Alcon Inc. | ORANGE, DAVID BENJAMIN | 2663 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 11, 2023 |
| 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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