Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: LEE, MATTHEW Y

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2872

This examiner grants 82% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

81.9%
Allow Rate
+13.9% vs TC avg
280
Total Applications
+19.5%
Interview Lift
1055
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 237 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.3%
§101 Eligibility
32.6%
§102 Novelty
57.2%
§103 Obviousness
7.1%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17961646 HEAD-UP DISPLAY Final Rejection Continental Automotive Technologies GmbH
18065425 OBTAINING OPHTHALMIC INFORMATION USING MULTICOLOR ENDOILLUMINATION WITH HYPERSPECTRAL IMAGING Final Rejection Alcon Inc.
17717644 DIMMING ELEMENT WITH EDGE-MOUNTED ILLUMINATORS FOR AN OPTICAL ASSEMBLY Final Rejection Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
18502760 LATERAL COLOR ALIGNMENT CORRECTION FOR DIFFRACTIVE WAVEGUIDES Non-Final OA GOOGLE LLC
18498085 EYE-MOUNTED DISPLAY WITH ONBOARD EXECUTION OF REAL-TIME APPLICATIONS Non-Final OA Tectus Corporation
17775698 OPTICAL MEMBER AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREFOR Non-Final OA NIPPON LIGHT METAL COMPANY, LTD.
18615917 USE OF A DISPERSIVE OPTICAL ELEMENT AS A SPECTRAL RECOMBINER FOR AN ADVANCED VOLUME HOLOGRAM FILTER (AVHF) AND OPTICAL IMAGING SYSTEMS EMPLOYING SUCH FILTER Non-Final OA ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA
17977497 OPTICAL MEMBER Final Rejection NIKON-ESSILOR CO., LTD.
18248465 HEAD-UP DISPLAY AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR HEAD-UP DISPLAY Final Rejection NIPPON SEIKI CO., LTD.
18491392 BEAM COMBINING GRATING WITH INTEGRATED APODIZER Final Rejection Raytheon Company
17959868 LENS ELEMENT Non-Final OA Essilor International
18681631 SPECTACLE LENS Non-Final OA HOYA LENS THAILAND LTD.
18284940 SPECTACLE LENS Final Rejection HOYA LENS THAILAND LTD.
18282973 SPECTACLE LENS AND METHOD FOR DESIGNING SPECTACLE LENS Final Rejection HOYA LENS THAILAND LTD.
18279462 SPECTACLE LENS, METHOD OF PRODUCING SPECTACLE LENS AND SPECTACLES Non-Final OA HOYA LENS THAILAND LTD.
17041814 OPTICAL LENS AND CAMERA MODULE AND ASSEMBLING METHOD THEREFOR Non-Final OA Ningbo Sunny Opotech Co., Ltd.
18642968 OPTICAL IMAGING MODULE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE Non-Final OA LARGAN PRECISION CO., LTD.
18414368 MONOCULAR BRIDGE ASSEMBLY Non-Final OA UNITY TACTICAL, LLC
18012864 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR RECONSTRUCTING A DIGITAL HOLOGRAM, METHOD FOR DISPLAYING A DIGITAL HOLOGRAM AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEM Non-Final OA FONDATION B-COM
18569498 CONTRAST-SENSITIVITY TEST DEVICE, OPTICAL-ELEMENT EVALUATION DEVICE, CONTRAST-SENSITIVITY TEST METHOD, AND OPTICAL-ELEMENT EVALUATION METHOD Non-Final OA HOPNIC LABORATORY Co., Ltd.
18494337 METHOD FOR INTEGRATING ELECTRONICS INTO SPECTACLE FRAME Non-Final OA Pixieray Oy
18508772 High Contrast Grating Polarizer With Adjustable Polarization Characteristics Final Rejection Zhejiang Berxel Photonics Co., Ltd.
18357516 TWO-WAY OPTICAL PATH SYSTEM, OPTICAL ASSEMBLY, AND OPTICAL APPARATUS Non-Final OA Shphotonics Ltd
18198845 OPTICAL STRUCTURE AND THE METHOD TO MAKE THE SAME Final Rejection UBRIGHT OPTRONICS CORPORATION
17975637 OPTICAL FILM AND THE METHOD TO MAKE THE SAME Non-Final OA UBRIGHT OPTRONICS CORPORATION

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