Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2843 2872
This examiner grants 88% of resolved cases
William R. Alexander is an examiner in Tech Center 2800 and Art Unit 2843. He has managed 901 resolved cases, and his allowance rate is 87.9 percent. This percentage reflects the proportion of his cases that reach a grant rather than abandonment. The 901 resolved cases provide a large data set for evaluating his prosecution outcomes and understanding the typical results for applications on his docket.
The interview lift for this examiner is 7.0 percent. This figure represents the change in the likelihood of an allowance when an interview occurs during the prosecution of an application. Practitioners can use this 7.0 percent lift to decide whether to request a formal discussion with the examiner. The data shows that interviews are associated with a positive shift in the probability of a grant compared to the 87.9 percent baseline.
The median days to allowance is 763. This number indicates the middle point of the time distribution for cases that result in a patent grant. For applications in Art Unit 2843, this 763 median day figure serves as a timeline for the duration of the process. Practitioners should use these statistics to inform their strategy and manage expectations regarding the timing of a grant.
| App # | Title | Status | Assignee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18972256 | CAMERA MODULE | Non-Final OA | SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. |
| 18980225 | Tunable Lens with Shape Memory Alloy Actuators | Non-Final OA | Apple Inc. |
| 18903931 | Head-Mounted Electronic Device | Non-Final OA | Apple Inc. |
| 19018919 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND LIGHT GUIDE MANUFACTURING METHOD | Non-Final OA | Panasonic Automotive Systems Co., Ltd. |
| 18862072 | METHOD FOR ALIGNING AND/OR POSITIONING A LASER MODULE OF A LASER PROJECTOR, LASER PROJECTOR, AND ALIGNING AND/OR POSITIONING DEVICE | Non-Final OA | Robert Bosch GmbH |
| 18935715 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD | Non-Final OA | CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA |
| 18931817 | LENS DEVICE AND IMAGING APPARATUS | Non-Final OA | CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA |
| 18933235 | MEASURING DEVICE AND AN ILLUMINATION DEVICE | Non-Final OA | CANON VIRGINIA, INC. |
| 19007923 | VOICE COIL MOTOR | Non-Final OA | LG INNOTEK CO., LTD. |
| 18953056 | OPTICAL ASSEMBLY WITH HOLOGRAPHIC OPTICS FOR FOLDED OPTICAL PATH | Non-Final OA | Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC |
| 18931113 | Compact scanners | Non-Final OA | Lyte AI Inc. |
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