Technology areas: Communications • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
76 pending office actions • 43 art units • 70 examiners • 0 of 76 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 150 patents granted in the last 365 days
Magic Leap Inc. has 78 pending office actions in Communications. The portfolio spans 72 examiners and 43 art units, indicating broad distribution across the communications examination corps and a significant coordination burden.
LHYMN, SARAH is the busiest examiner, with 4 pending matters. That concentration is modest compared with the full docket, so counsel should combine examiner-specific preparation with systematic tracking of art-unit patterns and recurring claim issues.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 9 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. 9 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 | 4 (5%) |
| §103 only | 30 (39%) |
| §102 only | 6 (8%) |
| §112 only | 2 (3%) |
| Double-patenting only | 10 (13%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (1%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 21 (28%) |
| No statute on record | 2 (3%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LHYMN, SARAH | 4 | 66.1% | +14.2% |
| YANG, ANDREW GUS | 2 | 69.1% | +7.3% |
| PATEL, JITESH | 2 | 79.1% | +12.2% |
| QURESHI, MARIAM | 2 | 75.5% | +22.5% |
| ROSARIO, NELSON M | 1 | 86.1% | +6.2% |
| EDUN, MUHAMMAD N | 1 | 91.6% | -4.9% |
| FARAGALLA, MICHAEL A | 1 | 85.5% | +8.2% |
| BOCAR, DONNA V | 1 | 57.8% | +20.2% |
| ZHENG, XUEMEI | 1 | 85.0% | +13.6% |
| XIE, KWIN | 1 | 64.2% | +31.8% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19559828 | HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAY SYSTEMS WITH POWER SAVING FUNCTIONALITY | ROSARIO, NELSON M | — |
| 19415015 | CRYSTALLINE WAVEGUIDES AND WEARABLE DEVICES CONTAINING THE SAME | EDUN, MUHAMMAD N | — |
| 19411321 | VIRTUAL AND AUGMENTED REALITY SYSTEMS AND METHODS USING DISPLAY SYSTEM CONTROL INFORMATION EMBEDDED IN IMAGE DATA | FARAGALLA, MICHAEL A | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18174495 | THERMAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICES | VORTMAN, ANATOLY | 19d overdue |
| 18672341 | WAVEGUIDE ILLUMINATOR | WILKES, ZACHARY W | 42d |
| 19369580 | CONTENT INTERACTION DRIVEN BY EYE METRICS | ZHENG, XUEMEI | — |
| 19252167 | PATCH TRACKING IMAGE SENSOR | NGUYEN, CHAN T H | — |
| 19247939 | Lightweight Cross Reality Device with Passive Depth Extraction | HALIYUR, PADMA | — |
| 19046271 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PUPIL SEPARATION IN A DIFFRACTIVE EYEPIECE WAVEGUIDE DISPLAY | LEE, PAUL CHANG | — |
| 19028214 | AUGMENTED REALITY DISPLAY WITH WAVEGUIDE CONFIGURED TO CAPTURE IMAGES OF EYE AND/OR ENVIRONMENT | SUMLAR, JOURNEY F | — |
| 19026185 | SEPARATED PUPIL OPTICAL SYSTEMS FOR VIRTUAL AND AUGMENTED REALITY AND METHODS FOR DISPLAYING IMAGES USING SAME | CHANG, AUDREY Y | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18490518 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VIRTUAL AND AUGMENTED REALITY | LHYMN, SARAH | 49d |
| 18778654 | AVATAR CUSTOMIZATION FOR OPTIMAL GAZE DISCRIMINATION | LHYMN, SARAH | 50d |
| 19400240 | MULTIMODAL TASK EXECUTION AND TEXT EDITING FOR A WEARABLE SYSTEM | BOCAR, DONNA V | — |
| 19369580 | CONTENT INTERACTION DRIVEN BY EYE METRICS | ZHENG, XUEMEI | — |
| 19329137 | EYE-IMAGING APPARATUS USING DIFFRACTIVE OPTICAL ELEMENTS | XIE, KWIN | — |
| 19174070 | CROSS REALITY SYSTEM SUPPORTING MULTIPLE DEVICE TYPES | LHYMN, SARAH | — |
| 19170337 | CROSS REALITY SYSTEM WITH PRIORITIZATION OF GEOLOCATION INFORMATION FOR LOCALIZATION | PATEL, JITESH | — |
| 19016085 | OPTICAL DEVICE WITH ONE-WAY MIRROR | QURESHI, MARIAM | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2872 | 9 |
| 2613 | 7 |
| 2614 | 5 |
| 2611 | 3 |
| 2871 | 3 |
| 2624 | 2 |
| 2629 | 2 |
| 2626 | 2 |
| 2623 | 2 |
| 2612 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19559828 | HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAY SYSTEMS WITH POWER SAVING FUNCTIONALITY | ROSARIO, NELSON M | 2624 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 06, 2026 |
| 19415015 | CRYSTALLINE WAVEGUIDES AND WEARABLE DEVICES CONTAINING THE SAME | EDUN, MUHAMMAD N | 2629 | §102Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 10, 2025 |
| 19411321 | VIRTUAL AND AUGMENTED REALITY SYSTEMS AND METHODS USING DISPLAY SYSTEM CONTROL INFORMATION EMBEDDED IN IMAGE DATA | FARAGALLA, MICHAEL A | 2624 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 07, 2025 |
| 19400240 | MULTIMODAL TASK EXECUTION AND TEXT EDITING FOR A WEARABLE SYSTEM | BOCAR, DONNA V | 2621 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 25, 2025 |
| 19369580 | CONTENT INTERACTION DRIVEN BY EYE METRICS | ZHENG, XUEMEI | 2629 | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 27, 2025 |
| 19329137 | EYE-IMAGING APPARATUS USING DIFFRACTIVE OPTICAL ELEMENTS | XIE, KWIN | 2626 | §102Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 15, 2025 |
| 19277969 | VIRTUAL AND AUGMENTED REALITY SYSTEMS AND METHODS | VU, KHOA | 2611 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 41d | Pending | Jul 23, 2025 |
| 19252167 | PATCH TRACKING IMAGE SENSOR | NGUYEN, CHAN T H | 2637 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 27, 2025 |
| 19247939 | Lightweight Cross Reality Device with Passive Depth Extraction | HALIYUR, PADMA | 2639 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 24, 2025 |
| 19205124 | VARIABLE FOCUS ASSEMBLIES | MANDEVILLE, JASON M | 2623 | §103Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 12, 2025 |
| 19197282 | IDENTIFYING INPUT FOR SPEECH RECOGNITION ENGINE | CHAVEZ, RODRIGO A | 2658 | §112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 02, 2025 |
| 19189479 | CROSS REALITY SYSTEM WITH FAST LOCALIZATION | YANG, ANDREW GUS | 2614 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 25, 2025 |
| 19188548 | EYEPIECES FOR AUGMENTED REALITY DISPLAY SYSTEM | YANG, ANDREW GUS | 2614 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 24, 2025 |
| 19185104 | SESSION MANAGER | BRIER, JEFFERY A | 2613 | Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 21, 2025 |
| 19174070 | CROSS REALITY SYSTEM SUPPORTING MULTIPLE DEVICE TYPES | LHYMN, SARAH | 2613 | Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 09, 2025 |
| 19172445 | ENVIRONMENT ACOUSTICS PERSISTENCE | SELLERS, DANIEL R | 2694 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 07, 2025 |
| 19170337 | CROSS REALITY SYSTEM WITH PRIORITIZATION OF GEOLOCATION INFORMATION FOR LOCALIZATION | PATEL, JITESH | 2612 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 04, 2025 |
| 19076616 | EYE TRACKING BASED VIDEO TRANSMISSION AND COMPRESSION | DANG, HUNG Q | 2484 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 11, 2025 |
| 19075137 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MIXED REALITY | THOMPSON, JAMES A | 2615 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 10, 2025 |
| 19063125 | CROSS REALITY SYSTEM FOR LARGE SCALE ENVIRONMENTS | WANG, JIN CHENG | 2617 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 25, 2025 |
| 19053203 | MIXED REALITY MUSICAL INSTRUMENT | WILSON, NICHOLAS R | 2611 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 13, 2025 |
| 19046271 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PUPIL SEPARATION IN A DIFFRACTIVE EYEPIECE WAVEGUIDE DISPLAY | LEE, PAUL CHANG | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 05, 2025 |
| 19040144 | CROSS REALITY SYSTEM WITH LOCALIZATION SERVICE AND SHARED LOCATION-BASED CONTENT | CRADDOCK, ROBERT J | 2618 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 29, 2025 |
| 19030928 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE-BASED VIRTUAL AND AUGMENTED REALITY | PRINGLE-PARKER, JASON A | 2617 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 19027972 | AUGMENTED REALITY DISPLAY HAVING MULTI-ELEMENT ADAPTIVE LENS FOR CHANGING DEPTH PLANES | JONES, JAMES | 2872 | §102Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 19030083 | EYE IMAGING WITH AN OFF-AXIS IMAGER | LEI, JIE | 2872 | §112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 19028214 | AUGMENTED REALITY DISPLAY WITH WAVEGUIDE CONFIGURED TO CAPTURE IMAGES OF EYE AND/OR ENVIRONMENT | SUMLAR, JOURNEY F | 2872 | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 19026185 | SEPARATED PUPIL OPTICAL SYSTEMS FOR VIRTUAL AND AUGMENTED REALITY AND METHODS FOR DISPLAYING IMAGES USING SAME | CHANG, AUDREY Y | 2872 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 16, 2025 |
| 19026113 | DETERMINING INPUT FOR SPEECH PROCESSING ENGINE | ARMSTRONG, ANGELA A | 2659 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 16, 2025 |
| 19022813 | AUGMENTED AND VIRTUAL REALITY EYEWEAR, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR DELIVERING POLARIZED LIGHT AND DETERMINING GLUCOSE LEVELS | HENSON, DEVIN B | 3791 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 15, 2025 |
| 19020633 | TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT CALIBRATION OF MOVEMENT DETECTION DEVICES | BOLDUC, DAVID J | 2852 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 14, 2025 |
| 19016085 | OPTICAL DEVICE WITH ONE-WAY MIRROR | QURESHI, MARIAM | 2871 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 10, 2025 |
| 18879993 | HIGHLY TRANSMISSIVE EYEPIECE ARCHITECTURE | DABBI, JYOTSNA V | 2872 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 30, 2024 |
| 19004867 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR PROVIDING INPUT FOR HEAD-WORN IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICES | SONNERS, SCOTT E | 2613 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 30, 2024 |
| 19003984 | CROSS REALITY SYSTEM FOR LARGE SCALE ENVIRONMENT RECONSTRUCTION | ROBINSON, TERRELL M | 2614 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 27, 2024 |
| 18984646 | MODES OF USER INTERACTION | CHEN, YU | 2613 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 17, 2024 |
| 18875645 | OPTICAL LAYERS TO IMPROVE PERFORMANCE OF EYEPIECES FOR USE WITH VIRTUAL AND AUGMENTED REALITY DISPLAY SYSTEMS | TZENG, FRED | 2625 | DP | Final Rejection | 34d | Pending | Dec 16, 2024 |
| 18977386 | DISPLAY SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CLIPPING CONTENT TO INCREASE VIEWING COMFORT | DU, HAIXIA | 2611 | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 11, 2024 |
| 18872816 | COMPENSATING THICKNESS VARIATIONS IN SUBSTRATES FOR OPTICAL DEVICES | SWIER, WAYNE K. | 1748 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 07, 2024 |
| 18960810 | ATTENUATION OF LIGHT TRANSMISSION ARTIFACTS IN WEARABLE DISPLAYS | QURESHI, MARIAM | 2871 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 26, 2024 |
| 18959252 | VIRTUAL, AUGMENTED, AND MIXED REALITY SYSTEMS AND METHODS | HOANG, PHI | 2619 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 25, 2024 |
| 18956664 | WEARABLE SYSTEM WITH HEADSET AND CONTROLLER INSIDE-OUT TRACKING | ALLEN, LUCIUS CAMERON GREE | 2673 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 22, 2024 |
| 18955217 | MULTI-DEPTH PLANE DISPLAY SYSTEM WITH REDUCED SWITCHING BETWEEN DEPTH PLANES | HESS, MICHAEL J | 2481 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 21, 2024 |
| 18954259 | HEAD POSE MIXING OF AUDIO FILES | BADAWI, ANGIE M | 2179 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 20, 2024 |
| 18943728 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTING FIBER POSITION IN A FIBER SCANNING PROJECTOR | YAZBACK, MAHER | 2877 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 11, 2024 |
| 18936094 | CROSS REALITY SYSTEM WITH WIRELESS FINGERPRINTS | AHSAN, UMAIR | 2647 | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 04, 2024 |
| 18917761 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR INTERPOLATION OF DISPARATE INPUTS | TSWEI, YU-JANG | 2614 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 16, 2024 |
| 18854496 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PERFORMING A MOTOR SKILLS NEUROLOGICAL TEST USING AUGMENTED OR VIRTUAL REALITY | DOUGHERTY, SEAN PATRICK | 3791 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 04, 2024 |
| 18848482 | OPTIMIZED MIXED REALITY AUDIO RENDERING | LIM, SENG HENG | 3715 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 18, 2024 |
| 18886610 | AUGMENTED REALITY DISPLAY COMPRISING EYEPIECE HAVING A TRANSPARENT EMISSIVE DISPLAY | SAHLE, MAHIDERE S | 2872 | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 16, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialMagic Leap Inc. has 76 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 43 art units and 70 examiners.
Sarah Lhymn has the most, with 4 of Magic Leap Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Communications (USPTO Tech Center 2600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
