Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Sanders Ip Law-Alcon

11 pending office actions • 2 clients • 11 examiners • 5 art units • 0 of 11 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=908 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

89.7%
Allowance Rate
n=908
+0.50σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=908
3.3
OAs to Allowance
n=434
-0.07σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=434
955 days
Time to Allowance
n=434
+9.5pp
Interview Lift
n=908
42.2%
RCE Rate
n=908
3.5%
Appeal Rate
n=908

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

57.5%
§101 Overcome
n=146
58.9%
§102 Overcome
n=263
60.2%
§103 Overcome
n=422
65.8%
§112 Overcome
n=272

Specialization & Scale

G06F, H03K, H01J
Top CPC Subclasses
14%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=908
1
Practitioners
n=908
908.0
Apps / Practitioner
n=908

Portfolio Summary

11
Total Pending OAs
8
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

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.

0
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

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.

3
Hard (27%)
8
Medium (73%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only7 (64%)
Double-patenting + other1 (9%)
Multi-statute (no §101)3 (27%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
1
Information Tech
9% of docket
2
Communications
18% of docket
2
Semiconductors
18% of docket
3
Mechanical / Eng
27% of docket
3
Business / Other
27% 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.

110 h
Manual time on pending OAs
22 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
38 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.0 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
LE, PETER D 1 80.2% +16.4%
MORALES, JON ERIC C 1 85.6% +9.6%
CHRISTIANSON, SKYLAR LINDSEY 1 58.6% +29.8%
COLLARD JR, DWANE EDWARD 1
WILKES, ZACHARY W 1 66.5% +22.2%
TRA, TUYEN Q 1 85.8% +9.7%
PATEL, SHREYANS A 1 88.6% +8.5%
HUSSAINI, ATTIYA SAYYADA 1 56.1% +13.9%
ORANGE, DAVID BENJAMIN 1 32.7% +29.4%
WEBSTER, KARMEL JOHANNA 1 65.0% +26.2%

Quick Wins (3)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19184053 STEREOSCOPIC IMAGING PLATFORM WITH CONTINUOUS AUTOFOCUSING MODE LE, PETER D
18959960 SURGICAL SUITE INTEGRATION AND OPTIMIZATION MORALES, JON ERIC C
18667003 VOICE-ACTIVATED CONTROL FOR DIGITAL OPTICAL SYSTEM PATEL, SHREYANS A

Hard Cases (3)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18947003 Automated laser iridotomy CHRISTIANSON, SKYLAR LINDSEY
18809381 Avoiding Blood Vessels During Direct Selective Laser Trabeculoplasty COLLARD JR, DWANE EDWARD
18761871 PROXIMITY SENSOR FOR DIGITAL OCULAR SYSTEM TRA, TUYEN Q

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
19184053 STEREOSCOPIC IMAGING PLATFORM WITH CONTINUOUS AUTOFOCUSING MODE LE, PETER D
18947003 Automated laser iridotomy CHRISTIANSON, SKYLAR LINDSEY
18795928 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MEASURING OPTICAL PARAMETERS WILKES, ZACHARY W
18707886 Testing and Calibrating an Automatic Ophthalmic Surgical System HUSSAINI, ATTIYA SAYYADA
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 Portfolio (2 clients)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
Alcon 8
BELKIN VISION LTD. 3

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
37923
28722
24881
26591
26631

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19184053 STEREOSCOPIC IMAGING PLATFORM WITH CONTINUOUS AUTOFOCUSING MODE Alcon Inc. LE, PETER D 2488 §103Other Non-Final OA Pending Apr 21, 2025
18959960 SURGICAL SUITE INTEGRATION AND OPTIMIZATION Alcon Inc. MORALES, JON ERIC C §112DP Non-Final OA Pending Nov 26, 2024
18947003 Automated laser iridotomy BELKIN VISION LTD. CHRISTIANSON, SKYLAR LINDSEY §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 14, 2024
18809381 Avoiding Blood Vessels During Direct Selective Laser Trabeculoplasty BELKIN VISION LTD. COLLARD JR, DWANE EDWARD 3792 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 20, 2024
18795928 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MEASURING OPTICAL PARAMETERS Alcon Inc. WILKES, ZACHARY W §103Other Non-Final OA Pending Aug 06, 2024
18761871 PROXIMITY SENSOR FOR DIGITAL OCULAR SYSTEM Alcon Inc. TRA, TUYEN Q 2872 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 02, 2024
18667003 VOICE-ACTIVATED CONTROL FOR DIGITAL OPTICAL SYSTEM Alcon Inc. PATEL, SHREYANS A 2659 §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 17, 2024
18707886 Testing and Calibrating an Automatic Ophthalmic Surgical System BELKIN VISION LTD. HUSSAINI, ATTIYA SAYYADA 3792 §103 Final Rejection Pending May 07, 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 §103 Final Rejection Pending Feb 27, 2023
18174469 COMMON PATH WAVEGUIDES FOR STABLE OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY IMAGING Alcon Inc. ABDUR, RAHMAN 2872 §103 Final Rejection 14d Pending Feb 24, 2023

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