Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 15, 2026

Vuzix Corporation

8 pending office actions • 4 art units • 8 examiners • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 22 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

8
Total Pending OAs
6
Non-Final OAs
0
Final Rejections
2
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
1
Due this week
0
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.

6
Hard (75%)
2
Medium (25%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only2 (25%)
Multi-statute (no §101)6 (75%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
5
Semiconductors
62% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
12% of docket
2
Business / Other
25% 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.

80 h
Manual time on pending OAs
16 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
28 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.7 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
HOEY, ALISSA L 1 44.3% +32.1%
CHIEN, LUCY P 1 83.0% +5.3%
STAHL, MICHAEL J 1 90.0% +7.5%
QURESHI, MARIAM 1 75.4% +22.2%
HALL, ELIZABETH MARY CAMPBEL 1 66.7% +5.9%
LE, UYEN CHAU N 1 25.0% +0.8%
PAN, JIA X 1 72.4% +37.1%
BEATTY, COLLIN X 1 82.1% +15.1%

Quick Wins (1)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18015322 IMAGE LIGHT GUIDE WITH COMPOUND DIFFRACTIVE OPTICAL ELEMENT AND THE HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAY MADE THEREWITH BEATTY, COLLIN X

Hard Cases (7)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18711387 IMAGE LIGHT GUIDE HAVING HIGH-INDEX OUTER LAYERS QURESHI, MARIAM 6d
19105866 HEADBAND WITH MOUNTABLE ELECTRONICS HOEY, ALISSA L
18839435 NEAR-FOCUS OPTICAL SYSTEM WITH MULTI-FOCAL CORRECTION CHIEN, LUCY P
18728875 IMAGE LIGHT GUIDE WITH INTERFERENCE FILTER STAHL, MICHAEL J
18271208 IMAGE LIGHT GUIDE WITH FLEXIBLE SUBSTRATE HALL, ELIZABETH MARY CAMPBEL
18023245 DUAL INPUT IMAGING LIGHT GUIDE LE, UYEN CHAU N
18096376 AUGMENTED REALITY OPTICAL BLOCK PAN, JIA X

Interview Candidates (4)

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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18711387 IMAGE LIGHT GUIDE HAVING HIGH-INDEX OUTER LAYERS QURESHI, MARIAM 6d
19105866 HEADBAND WITH MOUNTABLE ELECTRONICS HOEY, ALISSA L
18096376 AUGMENTED REALITY OPTICAL BLOCK PAN, JIA X
18015322 IMAGE LIGHT GUIDE WITH COMPOUND DIFFRACTIVE OPTICAL ELEMENT AND THE HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAY MADE THEREWITH BEATTY, COLLIN X

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2871 2
2872 2
3732 1
2874 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19105866 HEADBAND WITH MOUNTABLE ELECTRONICS HOEY, ALISSA L 3732 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 24, 2025
18839435 NEAR-FOCUS OPTICAL SYSTEM WITH MULTI-FOCAL CORRECTION CHIEN, LUCY P §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 18, 2024
18728875 IMAGE LIGHT GUIDE WITH INTERFERENCE FILTER STAHL, MICHAEL J §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 13, 2024
18711387 IMAGE LIGHT GUIDE HAVING HIGH-INDEX OUTER LAYERS QURESHI, MARIAM 2871 §102§103 Non-Final OA 6d Pending May 17, 2024
18271208 IMAGE LIGHT GUIDE WITH FLEXIBLE SUBSTRATE HALL, ELIZABETH MARY CAMPBEL 2872 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 06, 2023
18023245 DUAL INPUT IMAGING LIGHT GUIDE LE, UYEN CHAU N 2874 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 24, 2023
18096376 AUGMENTED REALITY OPTICAL BLOCK PAN, JIA X 2871 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 12, 2023
18015322 IMAGE LIGHT GUIDE WITH COMPOUND DIFFRACTIVE OPTICAL ELEMENT AND THE HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAY MADE THEREWITH BEATTY, COLLIN X 2872 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 09, 2023

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