Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: DEAN, RAY ALEXANDER

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2872

This examiner grants 82% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

82.1%
Allow Rate
+14.1% vs TC avg
161
Total Applications
+16.3%
Interview Lift
1202
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 112 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

1.1%
§101 Eligibility
25.8%
§102 Novelty
52.8%
§103 Obviousness
19.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17994786 MULTIPLE FIELDS-OF-VIEW LENS Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18352403 HOT FORMING OF CURVED MIRRORS WITHOUT THE NEED FOR A MANDREL Non-Final OA The Regents of the University of California
18699365 HEAD MOUNT DEVICE AND LIGHT GUIDANCE DEVICE Non-Final OA SONY GROUP CORPORATION
18814523 COMPACT FOLDED LENSES WITH LARGE APERTURES Non-Final OA Corephotonics Ltd.
18770134 LENS BARREL Final Rejection FUJIFILM Corporation
18527779 APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING DISPLAY DEVICE AND DISPLAY DEVICE MANUFACTURED USING THE APPARATUS Non-Final OA Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
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
18581325 OPTICAL LENS, CAMERA MODULE, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18444869 Display Systems With Strain Gauge Circuitry Non-Final OA Apple Inc.
18572751 EXIT PUPIL EXPANDER LEAKS CANCELLATION Non-Final OA InterDigital CE Patent Holdings, SAS
18048864 ELECTRONIC PAPER DISPLAY DEVICE Non-Final OA E Ink Holdings Inc.
18685189 OPTICAL MEMBER AND OPTICAL DISPLAY DEVICE COMPRISING SAME Non-Final OA SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD.
18468672 MIRROR DEVICE AND VEHICLE DISPLAY DEVICE Final Rejection YAZAKI CORPORATION
18319637 GRADIENT-INDEX FREEFORM HEAD MOUNTED DISPLAY AND HEAD-UP DISPLAY Non-Final OA Qioptiq Limited
18217073 ALIGNMENT KEY INCLUDING MULTI-FOCAL META-LENS AND ALIGNMENT APPARATUS INCLUDING THE ALIGNMENT KEY Final Rejection UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS
18693938 IRIS DIAPHRAGM HAVING A PREDETERMINED SHAPE, WITHOUT SHAPE ROTATION Non-Final OA THALES
18196570 HEAD-MOUNTED OR HELMET-MOUNTED DISPLAY MODULE Final Rejection THALES
18274090 LIGHT DIFFRACTION ELEMENT UNIT, OPTICAL COMPUTING DEVICE, ASSEMBLING METHOD, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD Final Rejection FUJIKURA LTD.
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
18224404 INTERFERENCE COATINGS FOR FLEXIBLE OPTICS USING MULTILAYERED POLYMER THIN FILMS Non-Final OA University of Rochester
18489055 EYEWEAR SYSTEM Non-Final OA Pixieray Oy
18039309 HEAD MOUNTED DISPLAY Non-Final OA Hitachi-LG Data Storage, Inc.
18295615 Sports Training Goggle Non-Final OA Edward Allen Sprigler
17733913 STIMULATION OF BRAIN PATHWAYS AND RETINAL CELLS FOR VISION TRAINING Final Rejection Eye Quix, LLC

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