Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: CHAI, RAYMOND REI-YANG

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2844

This examiner grants 75% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

74.8%
Allow Rate
+6.8% vs TC avg
583
Total Applications
+16.4%
Interview Lift
668
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 555 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

1.6%
§101 Eligibility
5.9%
§102 Novelty
80.7%
§103 Obviousness
8.7%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18800916 Sound and Light Experiences Non-Final OA Sonos, Inc.
18790062 EMERGENCY ILLUMINATION CIRCUIT Non-Final OA Xiamen Topstar Lighting Co., Ltd.
18578545 ANTENNA APPARATUS AND IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME Final Rejection LG ELECTRONICS INC.
17667807 LED LIGHTING CHANNELS HAVING SPECTRAL POWER DISTRIBUTION CHARACTERISTICS AND RELATED MULTI-CHANNEL TUNABLE WHITE LIGHTING SYSTEMS Non-Final OA Korrus, Inc.
18897224 METHOD FOR OPERATING A LIGHT-BASED DRIVER ASSISTANCE SYSTEM OF A MOTOR VEHICLE Non-Final OA Hella GmbH & Co. KGaA
18711750 ILLUMINATION SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD FOR ILLUMINATION SYSTEM, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM Non-Final OA KYOCERA Corporation
18438560 ADAPTIVE INDUSTRIAL VEHICLE LIGHTING CONTROL Non-Final OA Deere & Company
18807148 REAL TIME LOCATING SYSTEM HAVING LIGHTING CONTROL DEVICES Non-Final OA Lutron Technology Company LLC
17877895 REMOTELY-CONTROLLABLE LOAD CONTROL DEVICE HAVING AN ANALOG ADJUSTMENT ACTUATOR Non-Final OA Lutron Technology Company LLC
18328346 LIGHTING CONTROL SYSTEM, METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DRIVING AT LEAST ONE LIGHT SOURCE Non-Final OA Orange
18624623 PLANAR TRANSPARENT ANTENNA STRUCTURE Non-Final OA INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
18721345 LIGHT SENSOR BASED COMMISSIONING OF LIGHTING SYSTEMS Final Rejection Tridonic Portugal, Unipessoal LDA
18675291 LIGHT SOURCES THAT INCREASE OBJECT CHROMA WHEN DIMMED Non-Final OA The Penn State Research Foundation
18372718 Wireless communication device with mounting space between antenna elements Non-Final OA KMW INC.
18617850 SOLID-STATE CIRCUIT BREAKER LIGHT DIMMER Final Rejection Siemens Industry, Inc.
18625848 ADAPTIVE CONTROL OF LIGHTING THAT UTILIZES REMOVABLE DIFFUSERS Non-Final OA Videndum Production Solutions Inc.
18673594 Lighting Control Systems Responsive to Change in Ambient Light Intensity Non-Final OA Mr. Yu-Lin LEE
18038656 OPTOELECTRONIC COMPONENT, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AT LEAST ONE SEGMENT OF AN OPTOELECTRONIC COMPONENT, AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING AN ARRANGEMENT OF AT LEAST TWO OPTOELECTRONIC COMPONENTS Non-Final OA ams-OSRAM International GmbH
18648436 COUPLED FEEDING MULTI-BAND ANTENNA AND COUPLED FEEDING MULTI-BAND CIRCULARLY-POLARIZED SPIRAL ANTENNA Final Rejection Inpaq Technology (Suzhou) Co., Ltd
18128059 AUTO DIM AND COLOR ADJUSTING BACKLIGHT FOR A WALL MOUNTED CONTROL DEVICE Non-Final OA Crestron Electronics, Inc.
18625380 LIGHT EMITTING DIODE LIGHTING STRUCTURE WITH INTEGRATED NEAR FIELD COMMUNICATION BASED CONTROLS AND MULTI-CHANNEL ELECTRONICS DRIVER Final Rejection LEDVANCE LLC
17665393 MULTIMODE CONTROL SYSTEM Non-Final OA B-K Lighting, Inc.

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