Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Magic Leap Inc.

37 pending office actions • 26 art units • 36 examiners • 0 of 37 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 173 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

37
Total Pending OAs
28
Non-Final OAs
8
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 37 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

15
Overdue
2
Due this week
10
Due this month
9
Due in next 60 days
1
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. 37 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (15)Due ≤ 7 days (2)Due ≤ 30 days (10)Due ≤ 60 days (9)Due later (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.

0
Hard (0%)
32
Medium (86%)
1
Easy (3%)
4
Unknown (11%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only30 (81%)
§102 only2 (5%)
§112 only1 (3%)
No statute on record4 (11%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
3% of docket
4
Information Tech
11% of docket
22
Communications
59% of docket
9
Semiconductors
24% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
3% 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.

370 h
Manual time on pending OAs
74 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
130 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
3.2 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
LHYMN, SARAH 2 65.5% +15.1%
VU, KHOA 1 68.5% +15.2%
ROSARIO, NELSON M 1 86.1% +6.1%
CASTIAUX, BRENT D 1 83.1% +16.0%
TRUONG, NGUYEN H 1 59.1% +17.6%
BOLOTIN, DMITRIY 1 80.8% +13.0%
TZENG, FRED 1 86.8% +3.9%
PARK, SANGHYUK 1 71.0% +16.7%
KHAN, USMAN A 1 74.7% +12.3%
PATEL, JITESH 1 78.6% +12.3%

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
19210713 EYE TRACKING USING ASPHERIC CORNEA MODEL CASTIAUX, BRENT D 7d
19091582 WAVEGUIDES WITH INTEGRATED OPTICAL ELEMENTS AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME BOLOTIN, DMITRIY 15d
19247893 LIGHTWEIGHT AND LOW POWER CROSS REALITY DEVICE WITH HIGH TEMPORAL RESOLUTION ROSARIO, NELSON M 57d

Interview Candidates (9)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18917014 HIGH ACCURACY DISPLACEMENT DEVICE KHAN, USMAN A 9d overdue
18820103 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VIRTUAL AND AUGMENTED REALITY PATEL, JITESH 1d overdue
19210713 EYE TRACKING USING ASPHERIC CORNEA MODEL CASTIAUX, BRENT D 7d
19091582 WAVEGUIDES WITH INTEGRATED OPTICAL ELEMENTS AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME BOLOTIN, DMITRIY 15d
18966688 DIMMING DEVICE ANGULAR UNIFORMITY CORRECTION PARK, SANGHYUK 20d
19277969 VIRTUAL AND AUGMENTED REALITY SYSTEMS AND METHODS VU, KHOA 41d
18490518 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VIRTUAL AND AUGMENTED REALITY LHYMN, SARAH 49d
18778654 AVATAR CUSTOMIZATION FOR OPTIMAL GAZE DISCRIMINATION LHYMN, SARAH 50d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2623 4
2872 4
2611 3
2613 3
2871 2
2624 1
2625 1
2637 1
2612 1
2619 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19277969 VIRTUAL AND AUGMENTED REALITY SYSTEMS AND METHODS VU, KHOA 2611 §103 Final Rejection 41d Pending Jul 23, 2025
19247893 LIGHTWEIGHT AND LOW POWER CROSS REALITY DEVICE WITH HIGH TEMPORAL RESOLUTION ROSARIO, NELSON M 2624 §103 Non-Final OA 57d Pending Jun 24, 2025
19210713 EYE TRACKING USING ASPHERIC CORNEA MODEL CASTIAUX, BRENT D 2623 §103 Non-Final OA 7d Pending May 16, 2025
19202802 WEARABLE DISPLAY SYSTEMS WITH NANOWIRE LED MICRO-DISPLAYS TRUONG, NGUYEN H 2623 §103 Final Rejection 56d Pending May 08, 2025
19091582 WAVEGUIDES WITH INTEGRATED OPTICAL ELEMENTS AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME BOLOTIN, DMITRIY 2623 §103 Non-Final OA 15d Pending Mar 26, 2025
18875645 OPTICAL LAYERS TO IMPROVE PERFORMANCE OF EYEPIECES FOR USE WITH VIRTUAL AND AUGMENTED REALITY DISPLAY SYSTEMS TZENG, FRED 2625 Other Non-Final OA 34d Pending Dec 16, 2024
18966688 DIMMING DEVICE ANGULAR UNIFORMITY CORRECTION PARK, SANGHYUK 2623 §103 Final Rejection 20d Pending Dec 03, 2024
18917014 HIGH ACCURACY DISPLACEMENT DEVICE KHAN, USMAN A 2637 §103 Non-Final OA 9d overdue Pending Oct 16, 2024
18820103 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VIRTUAL AND AUGMENTED REALITY PATEL, JITESH 2612 §103 Non-Final OA 1d overdue Pending Aug 29, 2024
18814248 VIRTUAL AND AUGMENTED REALITY SYSTEMS AND METHODS HAVING IMPROVED DIFFRACTIVE GRATING STRUCTURES LETT, THOMAS J 2611 §103 Non-Final OA 29d Pending Aug 23, 2024
18809146 EYE CENTER OF ROTATION DETERMINATION, DEPTH PLANE SELECTION, AND RENDER CAMERA POSITIONING IN DISPLAY SYSTEMS GE, JIN 2619 §103 Non-Final OA 76d Pending Aug 19, 2024
18805856 DELAYED AUDIO FOLLOWING LAEKEMARIAM, YOSEF K 2691 Other Non-Final OA 1d overdue Pending Aug 15, 2024
18802429 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR GENERATING VIRTUAL CONTENT DISPLAY WITH A VIRTUAL OR AUGMENTED REALITY APPARATUS CHANG, AUDREY Y 2872 §112 Non-Final OA 11d overdue Pending Aug 13, 2024
18787935 VIRTUAL RETICLE FOR AUGMENTED REALITY SYSTEMS WANG, YUEHAN 2617 §103 Non-Final OA 17d overdue Pending Jul 29, 2024
18781800 USER DATA MANAGEMENT FOR AUGMENTED REALITY USING A DISTRIBUTED LEDGER ZHANG, SHIRLEY X 2447 §102 Non-Final OA 13d Pending Jul 23, 2024
18780769 CROSS REALITY SYSTEM WITH QUALITY INFORMATION ABOUT PERSISTENT COORDINATE FRAMES HARRISON, CHANTE E 2615 Other Non-Final OA 15d Pending Jul 23, 2024
18778654 AVATAR CUSTOMIZATION FOR OPTIMAL GAZE DISCRIMINATION LHYMN, SARAH 2613 §103 Non-Final OA 50d Pending Jul 19, 2024
18767076 SPATIALLY-RESOLVED DYNAMIC DIMMING FOR AUGMENTED REALITY DEVICE CHEN, FRANK S 2611 §103 Final Rejection 56d Pending Jul 09, 2024
18752568 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR HAPTIC BEAMFORMING AND HAPTIC EFFECTS IN A HANDHELD CONTROLLER MCCLELLAN, JAMES S 3715 §103 Non-Final OA 34d Pending Jun 24, 2024
18672341 WAVEGUIDE ILLUMINATOR WILKES, ZACHARY W 2872 §103 Final Rejection 42d Pending May 23, 2024
18672593 OBJECT INTERACTIVITY IN VIRTUAL SPACE WU, CHONG 2613 §103 Non-Final OA 14d Pending May 23, 2024
18671622 METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR CASTING POLYMER PRODUCTS VARGOT, MATHIEU D 1742 §103 Non-Final OA 19d Pending May 22, 2024
18703302 MAPPING OF ENVIROMENTAL AUDIO RESPONSE ON MIXED REALITY DEVICE BRINEY III, WALTER F 2692 §103 Non-Final OA 50d overdue Pending Apr 19, 2024
18635670 DEPTH BASED DYNAMIC VISION SENSOR BHUIYAN, FAYEZ A 2638 §102 Non-Final OA 15d overdue Pending Apr 15, 2024
18635985 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CREATING VIRTUAL AND AUGMENTED REALITY NAKHJAVAN, SHERVIN K 2672 §103 Non-Final OA 9d Pending Apr 15, 2024
18633947 HAND GESTURE INPUT FOR WEARABLE SYSTEM LU, HWEI-MIN 2142 §103 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Apr 12, 2024
18600439 BROWSER FOR MIXED REALITY SYSTEMS OLSHANNIKOV, ALEKSEY 2118 §103 Final Rejection 29d Pending Mar 08, 2024
18686632 INTEGRATED OPTICAL COMPONENTS FOR HEAD MOUNTED DISPLAY DEVICES CHOUDHURY, MUSTAK 2872 §103 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Feb 26, 2024
18412167 MULTI-APPLICATION AUDIO RENDERING SELLERS, DANIEL R 2694 Other Non-Final OA 42d overdue Pending Jan 12, 2024
18497659 TUNABLE ATTENUATION OF LIGHT TRANSMISSION ARTIFACTS IN WEARABLE DISPLAYS GROSS, ALEXANDER P 2871 §103 Non-Final OA 204d overdue Pending Oct 30, 2023
18384627 METHODS FOR REFINING RGBD CAMERA POSES HAGHANI, SHADAN E 2485 §103 Non-Final OA 22d overdue Pending Oct 27, 2023
18556856 THIN ILLUMINATION LAYER WAVEGUIDE AND METHODS OF FABRICATION LAU, EDMOND C 2871 §103 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Oct 23, 2023
18490518 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VIRTUAL AND AUGMENTED REALITY LHYMN, SARAH 2613 §103 Non-Final OA 49d Pending Oct 19, 2023
18259044 EYEPIECE IMAGING ASSEMBLIES FOR A HEAD MOUNTED DISPLAY WRIGHT, ANDREW RUSSELL 2872 §103 Non-Final OA 5d Pending Jun 22, 2023
18174495 THERMAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICES VORTMAN, ANATOLY 2835 §103 Non-Final OA 19d overdue Pending Feb 24, 2023
17396574 DISTRIBUTED LIGHT MANIPULATION OVER IMAGING WAVEGUIDE CHIEM, DINH D 2874 §103 Final Rejection 16d overdue Pending Aug 06, 2021
17261854 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EXTERNAL LIGHT MANAGEMENT LE, BAO-LUAN Q 2882 §103 Final Rejection 91d overdue Pending Jan 20, 2021

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