Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: GAGNON, GRANT A

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2872

This examiner grants 84% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

84.1%
Allow Rate
+16.1% vs TC avg
491
Total Applications
+6.9%
Interview Lift
971
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 453 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.5%
§101 Eligibility
45.1%
§102 Novelty
41.0%
§103 Obviousness
5.5%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17779727 ULTRA-BROADBAND, HIGH EFFICIENCY, AND POLARIZATION-INDEPENDENT ACHROMATIC METALENS Final Rejection THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
17797838 DISPLAY APPARATUS Final Rejection SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
17823214 PHOTODIODE MONITOR FOR FIBER ILLUMINATED BACKLIGHT Non-Final OA Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
17874002 REFLECTIVE FRESNEL FOLDED OPTIC DISPLAY Non-Final OA Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
17866463 LIQUID CRYSTAL POLARIZATION HOLOGRAM ELEMENT FOR REDUCING RAINBOW EFFECTS Non-Final OA Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
17832215 METHOD OF ETCHING SURFACE-RELIEF STRUCTURES Non-Final OA Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
18592483 ELECTRONIC PAPER DISPLAY DEVICE Non-Final OA E Ink Holdings Inc.
18508974 IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE Non-Final OA NICHIA CORPORATION
19099101 EMBEDDED IMAGE PIPE Non-Final OA LUMUS LTD.
17939937 OPTICAL SYSTEM AND NEAR-EYE DISPLAY DEVICE Non-Final OA VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
18019831 BEAM SPLITTING DEVICE Non-Final OA LEICA MICROSYSTEMS CMS GMBH
18465561 LIDAR SENSOR SYSTEM Non-Final OA Aurora Operations, Inc.
17740626 DRIVING MECHANISM Final Rejection TDK TAIWAN CORP.
17395336 PORTABLE WORKSTATION COVER Non-Final OA Sheiner Engineering & Design, LLC
17405817 LASER METHODS FOR PROCESSING ELECTROCHROMIC GLASS Non-Final OA View, Inc.
18109304 Beam Splitter Assembly, Method for the Dimensioning Thereof and Microscope Non-Final OA Carl Zeiss Microscopy GmbH
18756177 OPHTHALMIC OPTICAL SYSTEM, OPHTHALMIC OBJECTIVE LENS, AND OPHTHALMIC DEVICE Non-Final OA OPTOS PLC
18511512 MICRO DISPLAY THERMAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM Non-Final OA Vuzix Corporation
17886418 PUPIL EXPANDER INTEGRITY Non-Final OA Envisics Ltd
18517668 Generation of Gottesman-Kitaev-Preskill (GKP) States Based on Multi-Peak Quantum States of Light Non-Final OA Xanadu Quantum Technologies Inc.
18265598 WIRE GRID POLARIZING ELEMENT, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING WIRE GRID POLARIZING ELEMENT, PROJECTION DISPLAY DEVICE, AND VEHICLE Non-Final OA DEXERIALS CORPORATION
17842097 CONTROLLING OPTICS IN AN ENCLOSURE USING MAGNETIC ACTUATION Non-Final OA NLIGHT, INC.
18506153 LIGHT SOURCE FOR PICTURE GENERATION UNIT IN HUD Non-Final OA Shenzhen Raythink Automotive Electronics Co., Ltd.
18387467 OPTICAL LENS ASSEMBLY AND PHOTOGRAPHING MODULE Non-Final OA NEWMAX TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.

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