Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: MUHAMMAD, KEY

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2872

This examiner grants 66% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

65.8%
Allow Rate
-2.2% vs TC avg
129
Total Applications
+19.0%
Interview Lift
1330
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 79 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

1.2%
§101 Eligibility
26.8%
§102 Novelty
43.1%
§103 Obviousness
27.5%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18456922 SCANNING OPTICAL DEVICE Non-Final OA BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18471012 OPTICAL SYSTEM AND OPTICAL SCANNING APPARATUS Non-Final OA FUJIFILM Corporation
18350634 Adjustable Headbands Final Rejection Apple Inc.
17945886 Emitter Array with Integrated Beam-Splitting Prisms Non-Final OA Apple Inc.
18571638 ANTI-CONDENSATION PROTECTIVE EYEWEAR Non-Final OA GENTEX CORPORATION
17876800 EYEWEAR Non-Final OA Shimano Inc.
18693295 OPTICAL MODULATION DEVICE AND LIGHT FOCUSING DEVICE Non-Final OA KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
18560989 HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAY Final Rejection Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
18573035 OCT SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, OCT DEVICE, AND PROGRAM Non-Final OA NIKON CORPORATION
18606673 High Refractive Index Quantizing Nanolaminates Non-Final OA Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
18278974 OPTICAL SYSTEM AND METHOD OF FORMING THE SAME Non-Final OA Nanyang Technological University
18359104 OPTICAL MODULE Final Rejection SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
17210883 CAMERA MODULE Non-Final OA Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd
17636050 CONTROL DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A MICROSCOPE, MICROSCOPE AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT Non-Final OA LEICA MICROSYSTEMS CMS GMBH
18406570 LOCALIZED MIRROR DIMMING CONTROL Non-Final OA GM Global Technology Operations LLC
18549302 METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY CENTERING AN OPHTHALMIC LENS Final Rejection ESSILOR INTERNATIONAL
18003384 PHOROPTER AND OPTOMETRY DEVICE FOR TESTING AN INDIVIDUAL'S EYES Non-Final OA Essilor International
18431331 LIQUID CRYSTAL OPTICAL ELEMENT Non-Final OA OSAKA UNIVERSITY
17783768 SPECTACLE LENS Non-Final OA HOYA LENS THAILAND LTD.
18291822 LENS UNIT, OPTICAL SYSTEM, AND SPECTRAL CHARACTERISTIC MEASURING DEVICE Non-Final OA Nippon Electric Glass Co., Ltd.
18395278 OPTICAL ASSEMBLY AND HEAD-UP DISPLAY HAVING A PLURALITY OF IMAGE PLANES Non-Final OA Carl Zeiss Jena GmbH
18614643 SLIT-LAMP MICROSCOPE Non-Final OA TOPCON CORPORATION
18259587 OPHTHALMOLOGIC INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, OPHTHALMOLOGIC INFORMATION PROCESSING SERVER, OPHTHALMOLOGIC INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM, AND OPHTHALMOLOGIC INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD Final Rejection TOPCON CORPORATION
17329691 DETECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD USING A LINE DETECTOR Final Rejection MAGNA ELECTRONICS, LLC
18629886 CONTACT LENS Non-Final OA VISCO VISION INC.
17766950 DIFFUSER PLATE, DISPLAY DEVICE, PROJECTING DEVICE, AND LIGHTING DEVICE Final Rejection DEXERIALS CORPORATION
17464118 OPTICAL SCANNING TYPE VIDEO PROJECTION DEVICE Non-Final OA University of Fukui
18441270 NON-ORTHOGONAL AND NON-SYMMETRIC CONTACT LENS AND ITS OPTICAL ZONE POWER DISTRIBUTION DESIGN METHOD Non-Final OA BRIGHTEN OPTIX CORP.
18330916 STABLE STRUCTURE DESIGN OF CONTACT LENS Final Rejection BRIGHTEN OPTIX CORP.
18340388 OPHTHALMIC APPARATUS AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection NIDEK CO., LTD.

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