Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: MEBRAHTU, EPHREM ZERU

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2872

This examiner grants 74% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

74.4%
Allow Rate
+6.4% vs TC avg
511
Total Applications
+8.6%
Interview Lift
1081
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 484 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.3%
§101 Eligibility
24.5%
§102 Novelty
50.0%
§103 Obviousness
20.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18644706 ELECTRONIC DEVICE COMPRISING CAMERA MODULE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING ELECTRONIC DEVICE Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18577621 CAMERA DEVICE AND OPTICAL DEVICE Non-Final OA LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
18427089 WEARABLE DEVICE WITH A CORRECTIVE LENS HAVING A DIFFRACTIVE SURFACE Non-Final OA Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
18620454 WAFER LEVEL OPTICS FOR VIRTUAL REALITY CAMERAS Non-Final OA Google LLC
18405632 IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM, IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, AND OPHTHALMIC DEVICE Non-Final OA NIKON CORPORATION
17762052 OPTICAL SYSTEM, OPTICAL APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING OPTICAL SYSTEM Non-Final OA Nikon Corporation
18655584 OPTICAL MODULE AND OPTICAL DEVICE Non-Final OA Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
18384402 IMAGE SENSOR WITH MULTIPLE LENSES AND ALIGNMENT OF THE MULTIPLE LENSES Non-Final OA GoPro, Inc.
18519743 LENS MODULE AND CAMERA MODULE INCLUDING LENS MODULE Final Rejection Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
18355819 LENS ASSEMBLY AND LENS MODULE INCLUDING THE SAME Final Rejection SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
18288707 CAMERA MODULE Non-Final OA NINGBO SUNNY OPOTECH CO., LTD
17577362 PROJECTION LENS Final Rejection Young Optics Inc.
18440488 Longitudinal Chromatic Aberration Manipulation for Myopia Control Non-Final OA Clerio Vision, Inc.
18683182 OPHTHALMIC ARTICLES Non-Final OA Barberini S.p.A.
18431822 AUTOMATIC FOCUSING SYSTEM Non-Final OA SHENZHEN CUTTYLIGHT TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
18385371 OPTICAL ZOOM LENS MODULE AND HEAD MOUNTED ELECTRONIC DEVICE Non-Final OA NEWMAX TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
18374935 VARIABLE SCAN DEPTH SD-OCT SYSTEM AND VARIABLE CONFIGURATION OF OPTICAL FIBER SOURCES TO INCREASE THE EFFECTIVE SCAN RATE Non-Final OA Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc.

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