Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Lumus Ltd.

Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics

13 pending office actions • 6 art units • 13 examiners • 0 of 13 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 30 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Lumus Ltd. has 13 pending office actions in Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics. The matters are distributed among 13 distinct examiners and 6 distinct art units, showing examiner-by-examiner dispersion within a smaller technical-unit structure.

BOLOTIN, DMITRIY is the busiest identified examiner, with 1 pending matter. Art-unit level coordination may help identify technical themes, but examiner-specific prosecution review remains necessary.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

13
Total Pending OAs
7
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
3
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.

0
Overdue
0
Due this week
2
Due this month
1
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
Due ≤ 30 days (2)Due ≤ 60 days (1)

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 (23%)
9
Medium (69%)
1
Easy (8%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only3 (23%)
§102 only4 (31%)
Double-patenting only1 (8%)
Double-patenting + other2 (15%)
Multi-statute (no §101)3 (23%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
1
Information Tech
8% of docket
2
Communications
15% of docket
8
Semiconductors
62% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
15% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% 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.

130 h
Manual time on pending OAs
26 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
46 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
BOLOTIN, DMITRIY 1 81.1% +12.8%
TEITELBAUM, MICHAEL E 1 78.9% +13.9%
PARK, SANGHYUK 1 71.4% +16.7%
GREECE, JAMES R 1 86.7% +9.9%
GAGNON, GRANT A 1 82.9% +7.7%
PINKNEY, DAWAYNE 1 80.6% +18.0%
MOONEY, MICHAEL P 1 88.3% +8.7%
JONES, JENNIFER ANN 1 66.7% +23.4%
WONG, ERIC K 1 83.8% +7.4%
QI, ZHENGQING J 1 68.0% +12.2%

Quick Wins (5)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19099101 EMBEDDED IMAGE PIPE GAGNON, GRANT A 33d
19452501 Optical Systems and Methods for Eye Tracking Based on Eye Imaging Via Collimating Element and Light-Guide Optical Element BOLOTIN, DMITRIY —
19108338 OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE WITH APERTURE IRIS GREECE, JAMES R —
18909978 Compound Light-Guide Optical Elements MOONEY, MICHAEL P —
18789092 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SLICING A MULTILAYERED GLASS ELEMENT WONG, ERIC K —

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
19023880 LIGHT-GUIDE OPTICAL ELEMENT WITH MULTIPLE-AXIS INTERNAL APERTURE EXPANSION PINKNEY, DAWAYNE —
18894140 IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM WITH BEAM MULTIPLICATION JONES, JENNIFER ANN —
18014162 OPTICAL ELEMENT FOR COMPENSATION OF CHROMATIC ABERRATION CHIEM, DINH D —

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
19452501 Optical Systems and Methods for Eye Tracking Based on Eye Imaging Via Collimating Element and Light-Guide Optical Element BOLOTIN, DMITRIY —
19267752 Optical Systems and Methods for Eye Tracking Based on Redirecting Light from Eye Using an Optical Arrangement Associated with a Light-Guide Optical Element TEITELBAUM, MICHAEL E —
19174375 OPTICAL SYSTEM INCLUDING SELECTIVELY ACTIVATABLE FACETS PARK, SANGHYUK —
19023880 LIGHT-GUIDE OPTICAL ELEMENT WITH MULTIPLE-AXIS INTERNAL APERTURE EXPANSION PINKNEY, DAWAYNE —
18894140 IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM WITH BEAM MULTIPLICATION JONES, JENNIFER ANN —
18770084 OPTICAL-BASED VALIDATION OF PARALLELISM BETWEEN INTERNAL FACETS QI, ZHENGQING J —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2872 4
2874 3
2623 2
3645 2
2422 1
2875 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19452501 Optical Systems and Methods for Eye Tracking Based on Eye Imaging Via Collimating Element and Light-Guide Optical Element BOLOTIN, DMITRIY 2623 §102Other Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 19, 2026
19267752 Optical Systems and Methods for Eye Tracking Based on Redirecting Light from Eye Using an Optical Arrangement Associated with a Light-Guide Optical Element TEITELBAUM, MICHAEL E 2422 §102§103DP Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 14, 2025
19174375 OPTICAL SYSTEM INCLUDING SELECTIVELY ACTIVATABLE FACETS PARK, SANGHYUK 2623 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 09, 2025
19108338 OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE WITH APERTURE IRIS GREECE, JAMES R 2875 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 03, 2025
19099101 EMBEDDED IMAGE PIPE GAGNON, GRANT A 2872 §102 Final Rejection 33d Pending Jan 28, 2025
19023880 LIGHT-GUIDE OPTICAL ELEMENT WITH MULTIPLE-AXIS INTERNAL APERTURE EXPANSION PINKNEY, DAWAYNE 2872 §102§103Other Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 16, 2025
18909978 Compound Light-Guide Optical Elements MOONEY, MICHAEL P 2874 DP Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 09, 2024
18894140 IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM WITH BEAM MULTIPLICATION JONES, JENNIFER ANN 2872 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 24, 2024
18789092 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SLICING A MULTILAYERED GLASS ELEMENT WONG, ERIC K 2874 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Jul 30, 2024
18770084 OPTICAL-BASED VALIDATION OF PARALLELISM BETWEEN INTERNAL FACETS QI, ZHENGQING J 3645 §112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 11, 2024
18694920 DEVICE, METHOD AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING ACTIVE OCCLUSION SUBSYSTEM EDENFIELD, KUEI-JEN L 2872 §103 Non-Final OA 9d Pending Mar 22, 2024
18014162 OPTICAL ELEMENT FOR COMPENSATION OF CHROMATIC ABERRATION CHIEM, DINH D 2874 §103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Jan 02, 2023
17764634 DETECTION AND RANGING SYSTEMS EMPLOYING OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES CHILTON, CLARA GRACE 3645 §103 Non-Final OA 8d Pending Mar 29, 2022

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Lumus Ltd. have?

Lumus Ltd. has 13 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 6 art units and 13 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Lumus Ltd. applications?

Dmitriy Bolotin has the most, with 1 of Lumus Ltd.'s pending office actions.

What technology area are Lumus Ltd.'s patent applications in?

Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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