Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: DEAN, RAY ALEXANDER

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2872

This examiner grants 79% of resolved cases

Analysis

Ray Alexander Dean examines applications in Art Unit 2872 of Tech Center 2800. He has 129 resolved cases and an allowance rate of 79.1 percent. This 79.1 percent rate serves as a metric for assessing the likelihood of a grant. The 129 resolved cases provide the data foundation for evaluating his prosecution history in Tech Center 2800.

The median time to allowance for these cases is 1150 days. The interview lift is 17.0 percent. This 17.0 percent figure indicates that applications involving an interview have a higher likelihood of allowance than those without. Practitioners should consider the 1150-day median pendency and the 17.0 percent lift when deciding whether to engage the examiner directly in Art Unit 2872.

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

Performance Statistics

79.1%
Allow Rate
+11.1% vs TC avg
174
Total Applications
+17.0%
Interview Lift
1150
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 129 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.9%
§101 Eligibility
24.6%
§102 Novelty
59.4%
§103 Obviousness
13.8%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18861829 FRESNEL LENS AND IMAGE GENERATION DEVICE HAVING SAME Non-Final OA LG ELECTRONICS INC.
18444869 Display Systems With Strain Gauge Circuitry Final Rejection Apple Inc.
17530126 Single Element Light Folding Prism Non-Final OA Apple Inc.
18217073 ALIGNMENT KEY INCLUDING MULTI-FOCAL META-LENS AND ALIGNMENT APPARATUS INCLUDING THE ALIGNMENT KEY Non-Final OA UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS
18857155 PHOTONIC FILM AND TRANSPARENT PROJECTION DISPLAY GLASS Non-Final OA FUYAO GLASS INDUSTRY GROUP CO., LTD.
18527779 APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING DISPLAY DEVICE AND DISPLAY DEVICE MANUFACTURED USING THE APPARATUS Non-Final OA Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
18770134 LENS BARREL Non-Final OA FUJIFILM Corporation
18972073 LENS UNIT AND LENS BARREL Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18352403 HOT FORMING OF CURVED MIRRORS WITHOUT THE NEED FOR A MANDREL Non-Final OA The Regents of the University of California
18849498 SOLID-STATE IMAGING APPARATUS, IMAGING APPARATUS, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS Non-Final OA SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS 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.
18431879 POLARIZING PLATE AND OPTICAL DISPLAY APPARATUS Non-Final OA SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD.
18867571 AERIAL IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE Non-Final OA KYOCERA CORPORATION
18293544 CAMERA MODULE Non-Final OA LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
18572751 EXIT PUPIL EXPANDER LEAKS CANCELLATION Final Rejection InterDigital CE Patent Holdings, SAS
18033815 OPHTHALMIC OBSERVATION APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND RECORDING MEDIUM Final Rejection Topcon Corporation
18048864 ELECTRONIC PAPER DISPLAY DEVICE Final Rejection E Ink Holdings Inc.
18672095 TRANSPARENT SUBSTRATE WITH METAL OXIDE LAYERS AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME Final Rejection AGC Inc.
18101483 REFLECTIVE HOLOGRAPHIC PHASE MASKS Non-Final OA University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
17780452 PROJECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD WITH MODULAR PROJECTION LENS Final Rejection Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
18862200 OPTICAL ISOLATOR Non-Final OA SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
18862374 COMPOSITE PANE FOR A PROJECTION ASSEMBLY Non-Final OA SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
18861259 ZOOM PROJECTION LENS AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE Non-Final OA GOERTEK OPTICAL TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.

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