Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: DEAN, RAY ALEXANDER

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2872

This examiner grants 79% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

78.6%
Allow Rate
+10.6% vs TC avg
164
Total Applications
+17.1%
Interview Lift
1152
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 117 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0%
§101 Eligibility
5.4%
§102 Novelty
91.8%
§103 Obviousness
2.0%
§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
18397677 MICRO-MIRROR FRINGE FIELD ELECTRODE DESIGN WITH MISALIGNMENT COMPENSATION Non-Final OA Texas Instruments Incorporated
18814523 COMPACT FOLDED LENSES WITH LARGE APERTURES Non-Final OA Corephotonics Ltd.
18527779 APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING DISPLAY DEVICE AND DISPLAY DEVICE MANUFACTURED USING THE APPARATUS Non-Final OA Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
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.
18770134 LENS BARREL Non-Final OA FUJIFILM Corporation
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.
18217073 ALIGNMENT KEY INCLUDING MULTI-FOCAL META-LENS AND ALIGNMENT APPARATUS INCLUDING THE ALIGNMENT KEY Non-Final OA UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS
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
17795842 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SPECTRAL DOMAIN OPTICAL IMAGING Non-Final OA CYLITE PTY LTD
17733913 STIMULATION OF BRAIN PATHWAYS AND RETINAL CELLS FOR VISION TRAINING Final Rejection Eye Quix, LLC

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