Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: CHANG, AUDREY Y

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2872 2877 2896

This examiner grants 47% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

46.9%
Allow Rate
-21.1% vs TC avg
1,310
Total Applications
+20.5%
Interview Lift
1250
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1258 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.5%
§101 Eligibility
1.2%
§102 Novelty
74.8%
§103 Obviousness
12.9%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18126174 DISPLAY APPARATUS PROVIDING IMMERSIVE IMAGE Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
17366523 SPECTRAL FILTER, AND IMAGE SENSOR AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING THE SPECTRAL FILTER Final Rejection SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18258206 OPTICAL MEMBER AND OPTICAL APPARATUS Final Rejection SONY GROUP CORPORATION
18090362 IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE Final Rejection Sony Group Corporation
18802429 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR GENERATING VIRTUAL CONTENT DISPLAY WITH A VIRTUAL OR AUGMENTED REALITY APPARATUS Non-Final OA Magic Leap, Inc.
18447094 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATION OF A NEEDLE-SHAPED BEAM BY A DIFFRACTIVE OPTICAL ELEMENT FOR USE IN EXTENDED DEPTH-OF-FOCUS OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY Final Rejection The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
17753353 WAVEGUIDE AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING A WAVEGUIDE MASTER GRATING TOOL Non-Final OA Snap Inc.
18423722 OPTICAL SYSTEM AND HEAD-UP DISPLAY SYSTEM COMPRISING SAME Non-Final OA Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
17954326 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING HOLOGRAPHIC OPTICAL ELEMENTS USING POLARIZATION HOLOGRAM MASTER Final Rejection Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
17863266 ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT INTEGRATION TO SMART GLASSES FOR ENHANCED REALITY APPLICATIONS Final Rejection Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
17707552 EMISSION OF PARTICULAR WAVELENGTH BANDS UTILIZING DIRECTED WAVELENGTH EMISSION COMPONENTS IN A DISPLAY SYSTEM Final Rejection Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
18574956 WAVEGUIDE WITH ANTI-REFLECTION PROPERTIES Final Rejection GOOGLE LLC
17456507 METHOD OF BUILDING A 3D FUNCTIONAL OPTICAL MATERIAL LAYER STACKING STRUCTURE Final Rejection Applied Materials, Inc.
18369039 HOLOGRAPHIC DISPLAY APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING EXPANDED VIEWING WINDOW Final Rejection Korea University Research and Business Foundation, Sejong Campus
18314833 OPTICAL WAVELENGTH CONVERSION STRUCTURE Non-Final OA DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC.
18363869 CLOSED-LOOP WAVEFRONT SHAPING SYSTEM AND METHOD Non-Final OA Centre for Perceptual and Interactive Intelligence (CPII) Limited
16490693 IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE Final Rejection Sony Corporation
17997924 REAL-TIME MONITORING OF DIFFRACTION EFFICIENCY OF VOLUME HOLOGRAPHIC ELEMENTS Non-Final OA Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of the University of Arizona
17786025 SEGMENTED OPTICAL COMPONENTS AND METHODS Final Rejection Arizona Board Of Regents On Behalf Of The University Of Arizona
18369609 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING A FLAT-TOP ILLUMINATION BEAM BASED ON INTERLACING, INCOHERENTLY OVERLAPPING SPOTS Non-Final OA KLA Corporation
18265590 SYSTEMS FOR ATTACHING OVERLAYS TO ELECTRONIC DISPLAYS Non-Final OA 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
17773126 REPLICATION TOOLING Non-Final OA ACR II GLASS AMERICA INC.
18928122 CONFIGURABLE SPECTRAL, COLOR AND MTF INTEGRATED TESTER SYSTEM Non-Final OA MLOptic Corp
18711881 SELECTIVE VOLUME HOLOGRAPHIC WAVEGUIDE Non-Final OA AlphaLum SA
18010722 A METHOD FOR COMPUTING A HOLOGRAPHIC INTERFERENCE PATTERN Final Rejection IMEC VZW
18254118 Photonic Crystals and Methods for Fabricating the Same Final Rejection DigiLens Inc.
17822625 Piecewise Rolled Vector Gratings and Methods of Fabrication Non-Final OA DigiLens Inc.
17693508 Image Projection Non-Final OA Envisics Ltd
18093190 HOLOGRAPHIC DISPLAY SYSTEM AND METHOD Final Rejection VividQ Limited
18581348 ULTRA-THIN THIN-FILM OPTICAL INTERFERENCE FILTERS Non-Final OA Everix, Inc.

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