Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: LEE, MATTHEW Y

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2872

This examiner grants 82% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

82.2%
Allow Rate
+14.2% vs TC avg
286
Total Applications
+19.5%
Interview Lift
1014
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 247 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0%
§101 Eligibility
23.5%
§102 Novelty
74.7%
§103 Obviousness
1.4%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18417740 HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAY Non-Final OA Samsung Display Co., LTD.
18396356 3D SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PANCAKE LENS ARCHITECTURES Non-Final OA Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
17717644 DIMMING ELEMENT WITH EDGE-MOUNTED ILLUMINATORS FOR AN OPTICAL ASSEMBLY Final Rejection Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
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 Non-Final OA NIKON-ESSILOR CO., LTD.
18681631 SPECTACLE LENS Non-Final OA HOYA LENS THAILAND LTD.
18284940 SPECTACLE LENS Final Rejection HOYA LENS THAILAND LTD.
18285186 EYEGLASS LENS AND EYEGLASSES Non-Final OA HOYA LENS THAILAND LTD.
18279462 SPECTACLE LENS, METHOD OF PRODUCING SPECTACLE LENS AND SPECTACLES Non-Final OA HOYA LENS THAILAND LTD.
17959868 LENS ELEMENT Non-Final OA Essilor International
17041814 OPTICAL LENS AND CAMERA MODULE AND ASSEMBLING METHOD THEREFOR Non-Final OA Ningbo Sunny Opotech Co., Ltd.
18316676 SPECTACLE LENS WITH ANTIBACTERIAL AND/OR ANTIVIRAL PROPERTIES AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME Non-Final OA Carl Zeiss Vision International GmbH
18248465 HEAD-UP DISPLAY AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR HEAD-UP DISPLAY Final Rejection NIPPON SEIKI CO., LTD.
18642968 OPTICAL IMAGING MODULE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE Non-Final OA LARGAN PRECISION CO., LTD.
18414368 MONOCULAR BRIDGE ASSEMBLY Final Rejection DIVISION GROUP, LLC
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.
18012864 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR RECONSTRUCTING A DIGITAL HOLOGRAM, METHOD FOR DISPLAYING A DIGITAL HOLOGRAM AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEM Non-Final OA FONDATION B-COM
18498085 EYE-MOUNTED DISPLAY WITH ONBOARD EXECUTION OF REAL-TIME APPLICATIONS Non-Final OA Tectus Corporation
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
18086658 EYEGLASS LENS FOR PREVENTING AND CONTROLLING MYOPIA Non-Final OA Jangsu Conant optical Co.,Ltd

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