Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: CHAI, RAYMOND REI-YANG

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2844

This examiner grants 76% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

75.6%
Allow Rate
+7.6% vs TC avg
580
Total Applications
+15.9%
Interview Lift
710
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 546 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

2.9%
§101 Eligibility
18.8%
§102 Novelty
45.3%
§103 Obviousness
23.6%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18800916 Sound and Light Experiences Non-Final OA Sonos, Inc.
18113599 LIGHTING DEVICE HAVING INTELLIGENT PREDICTING FUNCTION AND LIGHTING SYSTEM HAVING THE SAME Final Rejection Xiamen PVTECH Co., Ltd.
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.
18711750 ILLUMINATION SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD FOR ILLUMINATION SYSTEM, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM Non-Final OA KYOCERA Corporation
18328346 LIGHTING CONTROL SYSTEM, METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DRIVING AT LEAST ONE LIGHT SOURCE Non-Final OA Orange
18833953 DETERMINING GLOBAL AND LOCAL LIGHT EFFECT PARAMETER VALUES Non-Final OA SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
18684864 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING LIGHTING BASED ON WRITTEN CONTENT ON SMART COATED SURFACES Non-Final OA SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
18807148 REAL TIME LOCATING SYSTEM HAVING LIGHTING CONTROL DEVICES Non-Final OA Lutron Technology Company LLC
18765745 CONTROL DEVICE CONFIGURED TO PROVIDE VISUAL FEEDBACK Final Rejection Lutron Technology Company LLC
18431310 LOAD CONTROL DEVICE HAVING A MECHANICALLY-CONTROLLABLE ACTUATOR 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
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
18372718 Wireless communication device with mounting space between antenna elements Non-Final OA KMW INC.
18730859 ANTENNA COMPOSITE Non-Final OA Hirschmann Car Communication (Shanghai) Co. Ltd.
18617850 SOLID-STATE CIRCUIT BREAKER LIGHT DIMMER Final Rejection Siemens Industry, Inc.
18764456 Power Supply With Integrated Dimming And Color Panel Non-Final OA Zhuhai Shengchang Electronics Co., Ltd.
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 Final Rejection 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
18663444 CHRISTMAS DECORATION DEVICE WITH OPTICAL FIBERS AND CIRCUIT CONTROL METHOD Non-Final OA KING TREE HANDICRAFTS (SHENZHEN)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
18410487 ARMBAND SAFETY LIGHTING ON VEHICLE RIDER Final Rejection Admore Lighting Inc.
18378467 Flexible Antennas Non-Final OA Ezurio LLC
17665393 MULTIMODE CONTROL SYSTEM Non-Final OA B-K Lighting, Inc.

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