Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 27, 2026

Audrey Y Chang, USPTO Patent Examiner

Listed by the USPTO as CHANG, AUDREY Y

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 2831 2872 2877 2896 3761

This examiner grants 47% of resolved cases

Analysis

CHANG, AUDREY Y has 1282 resolved cases, with a 46.6% allowance rate and a median of 1249 days to allowance. The examiner is assigned to Tech Center 3700 and art unit 2831. The 20.8% interview lift is a positive measured association, while the allowance rate indicates that prosecution outcomes are not uniformly favorable.

The listed companies are Sony Group Corporation, 3M Innovative Properties Company, and Seiko Epson Corporation. Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, LLP, MCDONNELL BOEHNEN HULBERT & BERGHOFF LLP, and OBLON, MCCLELLAND, MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. are the leading listed firms. Applicants may find interviews useful when paired with focused amendments and prior-art responses.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Performance Statistics

46.6%
Allow Rate
-23.4% vs TC avg
1,356
Total Applications
+20.8%
Interview Lift
1249
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1282 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.7%
§101 Eligibility
9.5%
§102 Novelty
48.6%
§103 Obviousness
35.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17366523 SPECTRAL FILTER, AND IMAGE SENSOR AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING THE SPECTRAL FILTER Final Rejection SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18817296 DISPLAY OPTICAL SYSTEM AND DISPLAY APPARATUS Final Rejection CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18727944 HEAD-MOUNTED ELECTRONIC DEVICE Non-Final OA Beijing Zitiao Network Technology Co., Ltd.
18857872 Light Control Film and Method of Fabricating Same Final Rejection 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
18265590 SYSTEMS FOR ATTACHING OVERLAYS TO ELECTRONIC DISPLAYS Final Rejection 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
19026185 SEPARATED PUPIL OPTICAL SYSTEMS FOR VIRTUAL AND AUGMENTED REALITY AND METHODS FOR DISPLAYING IMAGES USING SAME Non-Final OA Magic Leap, Inc.
18920545 STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE Final Rejection LG Display Co., Ltd.
18790882 WAVELENGTH CONVERSION DEVICE, LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE, AND PROJECTOR Final Rejection SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
18750106 Watch Component And Watch Non-Final OA SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
18841006 LIGHT GUIDE PLATE AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE Final Rejection SONY GROUP CORPORATION
18839133 LIGHT GUIDE PLATE AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE Final Rejection SONY GROUP CORPORATION
17785140 Information Processing Device, Information Processing System, And Member Non-Final OA Sony Group Corporation
16490693 IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE Final Rejection Sony Corporation
18843061 DISPLAY SUBSTRATE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD Final Rejection BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
19036600 LIGHT-TRANSMITTING PLATE, MECHANICAL PART, AND PHOTOSENSITIVE APPARATUS Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18797112 IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE Final Rejection Panasonic Automotive Systems Co., Ltd.
18423722 OPTICAL SYSTEM AND HEAD-UP DISPLAY SYSTEM COMPRISING SAME Final Rejection Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
18883273 OPTICAL ELEMENT, LASER MODULE, RETINAL PROJECTION DEVICE, AND NEAR-EYE WEARABLE DEVICE Final Rejection TDK Corporation
18887926 LABEL-FREE IDENTIFICATION OF TUMOR TISSUES BY COHERENT NONLINEAR VIBRATIONAL MODE IMAGING Final Rejection THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
18727043 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RESOURCE-EFFICIENT INDIVIDUAL QUBIT ADDRESSING Non-Final OA THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
17979656 DEVICE, METHOD, APPARATUS, AND MEDIUM FOR GENERATING HOLOGRAPHIC STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE Non-Final OA Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited
19009820 POLARIZING PLATE AND STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS Non-Final OA SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD.
18314833 OPTICAL WAVELENGTH CONVERSION STRUCTURE Non-Final OA DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC.
19028864 DEADFRONT CONFIGURED FOR COLOR MATCHING Non-Final OA CORNING INCORPORATED
18930901 OPTICAL ASSEMBLY WITH HIGH-REFRACTIVE-INDEX FRESNEL LENS AND CHROMATIC ABERRATION CORRECTOR Non-Final OA Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
17863266 ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT INTEGRATION TO SMART GLASSES FOR ENHANCED REALITY APPLICATIONS Final Rejection Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
18967765 OPTICAL FILTER Non-Final OA AGC Inc.
19022433 DISPLAY MODULES AND APPARATUSES FOR AERIAL SUSPENSION DISPLAY Non-Final OA WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
18814813 LIGHT MODULATION ELEMENT AND INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM Final Rejection Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
18450503 DIFFRACTIVE OPTICAL STRUCTURES AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING SAME Non-Final OA Raytheon Company

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is examiner Audrey Y Chang's allowance rate?

46.6% of resolved applications examined by Audrey Y Chang were allowed (1,282 resolved cases), compared with 72.3% across Art Unit 2831 over the last five years.

Does an interview help with examiner Audrey Y Chang?

This examiner's interview lift is +20.8 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.

How long does examiner Audrey Y Chang take to allow a patent?

Applications allowed by Audrey Y Chang took 1,249 days on average from filing to allowance.

Which art unit does examiner Audrey Y Chang work in?

Audrey Y Chang examines applications in Art Unit 2831 in Tech Center 3700 (Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering).

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