Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: EDENFIELD, KUEI-JEN L

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2872

This examiner grants 76% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

76.4%
Allow Rate
+8.4% vs TC avg
190
Total Applications
+15.5%
Interview Lift
1282
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 140 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0%
§101 Eligibility
18.1%
§102 Novelty
56.4%
§103 Obviousness
22.9%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18257601 LENS ASSEMBLY AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE Final Rejection BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
18488821 OPTICAL SYSTEM, ILLUMINATION SYSTEM, DISPLAY SYSTEM, AND MOVING BODY Final Rejection Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
18266910 OPTICAL LENS AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE Final Rejection HONOR DEVICE CO., LTD.
18750114 ZOOM LENS AND IMAGING APPARATUS Non-Final OA FUJIFILM Corporation
18469646 CONTROL DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND CONTROL METHOD Non-Final OA FUJIFILM Corporation
18169006 PHASE DIFFERENCE PLATE, PHASE DIFFERENCE PLATE WITH TEMPORARY SUPPORT, CIRCULARLY POLARIZING PLATE, AND DISPLAY DEVICE Non-Final OA FUJIFILM Corporation
18037197 APPARATUS FOR GENERATING A VIRTUAL IMAGE, COMPRISING AN ADJUSTMENT MECHANISM FOR ANTIREFLECTIVE LAMELLAE Non-Final OA Continental Automotive Technologies GmbH
18650223 OPTICAL SYSTEM, IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, AND IMAGE PICKUP SYSTEM Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18544530 ZOOM LENS, IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, AND IMAGE PICKUP SYSTEM WITH THE SAME Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18347620 ZOOM LENS AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS Final Rejection CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18329794 OPTICAL SYSTEM, AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18316266 OBSERVATION APPARATUS Final Rejection CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18553540 Control Method for Wearable Device, and Electronic Device Final Rejection HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
17543313 Camera Module, Camera, and Mobile Terminal Final Rejection Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
18633987 IDENTIFICATION OF VISION DEGRADING SYMPTOMATIC FLOATERS Non-Final OA Alcon Inc.
18618121 WAVELENGTH VARIABLE INTERFERENCE FILTER Non-Final OA SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
18508004 Displays Having Progressive Lenses Non-Final OA Apple Inc.
18256974 OPTICAL SYSTEM AND CAMERA MODULE INCLUDING SAME Non-Final OA LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
18455765 METHOD FOR OPERATING A PAIR OF SMART GLASSES AND SMART GLASSES Final Rejection Robert Bosch GmbH
17995134 OPTICAL SYSTEM, ASSEMBLING METHOD AND VIRTUAL REALITY DEVICE Final Rejection GOERTEK INC.
18694920 DEVICE, METHOD AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING ACTIVE OCCLUSION SUBSYSTEM Non-Final OA LUMUS LTD.
18199016 OPTICAL IMAGING SYSTEM Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
18516829 ANAMORPHIC PHOTOGRAPHY FOR DIGITAL IMAGERS Non-Final OA Panavision International, L.P.
18415029 OPTICAL ARRANGEMENT GENERATING OVERLAPPING POLARIZED BEAMS FOR LIQUID-CRYSTAL-ON-SILICON (LCOS) BEAM STEERING Non-Final OA Lumentum Operations LLC
17881624 IMAGING LENS Final Rejection Young Optics Inc.
18430665 OPTICAL IMAGING LENS Non-Final OA Genius Electronic Optical (Xiamen) Co., Ltd.
18432213 PHOTOGRAPHING SYSTEM LENS ASSEMBLY, IMAGING APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE Non-Final OA LARGAN PRECISION CO., LTD.
18606306 AUXILIARY STARING AND IMAGING FOCUSING DEVICE Non-Final OA Crystalvue Medical Corporation
18590486 BIOLOGICAL MICROSCOPY SYSTEM WITH MULTI-FOCAL-PLANE DEPTH SCANNING Non-Final OA Optomak, Inc.
18230204 LENS MODULE AND TERMINAL EQUIPMENT HAVING THE SAME Final Rejection Rayprus Technology (Foshan) Co., Ltd.

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