Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: LEI, JIE

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 2872 2875 3723 3795

This examiner grants 73% of resolved cases

Analysis

Jie Lei has resolved 928 cases in Art Unit 2872. The examiner has an allowance rate of 73.3 percent. This 73.3 percent rate is based on the 928 resolved cases in Tech Center 3700. Practitioners can use these figures to evaluate the probability of a grant. The volume of resolutions provides a specific data set for this examiner's history.

The interview lift is 16.5 percent. This 16.5 percent figure represents the change in the allowance rate when an interview is conducted. Practitioners should consider this lift when deciding on a prosecution strategy. This metric indicates how interviews correlate with the overall allowance rate. The 16.5 percent lift is a recorded factor in the examiner's prosecution profile.

The median time to allowance is 1029 days. This 1029 day duration is the middle value for the time from filing to grant. Applicants can use this figure to plan their prosecution timelines. The median pendency is a specific temporal measure in Art Unit 2872. It provides a benchmark for cases assigned to this examiner. Understanding this 1029 day timeline is important for managing expectations during the examination process.

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

Performance Statistics

73.2%
Allow Rate
+3.2% vs TC avg
954
Total Applications
+16.7%
Interview Lift
1029
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 935 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.7%
§101 Eligibility
27.2%
§102 Novelty
45.2%
§103 Obviousness
22.8%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18415553 VIRTUAL IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAY APPARATUS Non-Final OA SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
18971557 QUANTUM DOT, AND INK COMPOSITION, OPTICAL MEMBER, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING THE QUANTUM DOT Non-Final OA Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
18769802 IMAGING LENS AND IMAGING APPARATUS Non-Final OA FUJIFILM Corporation
19019597 LASER PROCESSING DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM Non-Final OA Panasonic Holdings Corporation
18294773 EYEGLASS-TYPE HEAD MOUNTED DISPLAY Non-Final OA SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
18609764 OPTICAL STRUCTURE AND DISPLAY DEVICE Non-Final OA Beijing Zitiao Network Technology Co., Ltd.
18932121 LENS DRIVING MOTOR Non-Final OA LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
18761532 OPHTHALMIC IMAGING APPARATUS, CONTROLLING METHOD OF THE SAME, AND RECORDING MEDIUM Non-Final OA Topcon Corporation
18908271 FRINGING-FIELD, PARALLEL PLATE ACTUATOR Non-Final OA TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
18943494 DISPLAY DEVICE AND DISPLAY OPTICAL COMPONENT Non-Final OA DENSO CORPORATION
18908804 COMPENSATION FOR LIQUID CRYSTAL ON SILICON DISPLAYS Non-Final OA Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
18940430 Filter Changing Apparatus for an Endoscopic Camera, Camera Head for an Endoscope, and Retrofit Kit for Retrofitting a Camera Head or an Endoscope Non-Final OA KARL STORZ SE & Co KG
19014926 OPTICAL IMAGING SYSTEM Non-Final OA Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
18952516 REFLECTIVE MEMBER AND REFLECTIVE MODULE INCLUDING THE SAME Non-Final OA Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
18657090 OFF-PLANE W-MIRROR Final Rejection Raytheon Company
18773232 OPTICAL DEVICES WITH COLORED REFLECTOR LAYER Non-Final OA VIAVI SOLUTIONS INC.
18854051 SPECKLE MITIGATION FOR PROJECTION SCREENS Non-Final OA DOLBY LABORATORIES LICENSING CORPORATION
19001735 OPTICAL SYSTEM, LENS MODULE, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE Non-Final OA Jiangxi OFILM Optical Co., Ltd.
18777268 CALIBRATION OF ELECTRICAL PARAMETERS IN OPTICALLY SWITCHABLE WINDOWS Non-Final OA View, Inc.
18621857 OPHTHALMIC IMAGING SYSTEM Non-Final OA YOUNG OPTICS INC.

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