Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: DEAN, RAY ALEXANDER

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2872

This examiner grants 79% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

79.0%
Allow Rate
+11.0% vs TC avg
171
Total Applications
+16.2%
Interview Lift
1149
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 124 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.9%
§101 Eligibility
25.5%
§102 Novelty
57.7%
§103 Obviousness
14.4%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18217073 ALIGNMENT KEY INCLUDING MULTI-FOCAL META-LENS AND ALIGNMENT APPARATUS INCLUDING THE ALIGNMENT KEY Non-Final OA UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS
18388089 WEARABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18849498 SOLID-STATE IMAGING APPARATUS, IMAGING APPARATUS, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS Non-Final OA SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
18972073 LENS UNIT AND LENS BARREL Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18054472 VIRTUAL IMAGE OPTICAL SYSTEM, VIRTUAL IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE, AND ON-BOARD SYSTEM, LATTER TWO INCLUDING VIRTUAL IMAGE OPTICAL SYSTEM Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18527779 APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING DISPLAY DEVICE AND DISPLAY DEVICE MANUFACTURED USING THE APPARATUS Final Rejection Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
18805546 BASE MATERIAL FOR METAMATERIAL, METAMATERIAL, AND LAMINATE Non-Final OA FUJIFILM Corporation
18770134 LENS BARREL Non-Final OA FUJIFILM Corporation
18352403 HOT FORMING OF CURVED MIRRORS WITHOUT THE NEED FOR A MANDREL Non-Final OA The Regents of the University of California
18196297 MICROSCOPE Non-Final OA NIKON CORPORATION
18938949 IMAGING LENS, RECOGNITION DEVICE, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS Non-Final OA Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
18685189 OPTICAL MEMBER AND OPTICAL DISPLAY DEVICE COMPRISING SAME Final Rejection SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD.
18867571 AERIAL IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE Non-Final OA KYOCERA CORPORATION
18572751 EXIT PUPIL EXPANDER LEAKS CANCELLATION Final Rejection InterDigital CE Patent Holdings, SAS
18862200 OPTICAL ISOLATOR Non-Final OA SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
18744378 BACKLIGHT-FREE AUGMENTED REALITY USING DIGITAL HOLOGRAPHY Non-Final OA NVIDIA Corp.
18546996 Methods And Systems For High-Resolution And High Signal-To-Noise Ratio Imaging Through Generalized Media Non-Final OA The Regents of the University of Colorado, a body corporate
18836889 Optical Films for Display Systems Non-Final OA 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
18693938 IRIS DIAPHRAGM HAVING A PREDETERMINED SHAPE, WITHOUT SHAPE ROTATION Final Rejection THALES
18196570 HEAD-MOUNTED OR HELMET-MOUNTED DISPLAY MODULE Non-Final OA THALES
18560727 ELECTROCHROMIC ELEMENT AND LENS FOR SPECTACLES Final Rejection HOYA LENS THAILAND LTD.
18468672 MIRROR DEVICE AND VEHICLE DISPLAY DEVICE Non-Final OA YAZAKI CORPORATION

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