Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: OESTREICH, MITCHELL T

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2872

This examiner grants 74% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

73.9%
Allow Rate
+5.9% vs TC avg
419
Total Applications
+21.5%
Interview Lift
1050
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 395 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.5%
§101 Eligibility
28.2%
§102 Novelty
37.4%
§103 Obviousness
30.8%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18594714 HEAD-UP DISPLAY DEVICE Non-Final OA Panasonic Automotive Systems Co., Ltd.
18615065 IMAGING OPTICAL SYSTEM, IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE, AND CAMERA SYSTEM Non-Final OA Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
18404124 META LENS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE META LENS Non-Final OA POSTECH Research and Business Development Foundation
18693214 OPTICAL REPLICATION COMPONENT Non-Final OA Robert Bosch GmbH
18092448 LASER LIGHT SOURCE COMBINER SYSTEM Final Rejection DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC.
18673010 DISPLAY SYSTEM FOR A VIEWING OPTIC Final Rejection Sheltered Wings, Inc. d/b/a Vortex Optics
18645681 OPTICAL APPARATUS AND METHOD OF PREVENTING CONTAMINATION OF OPTICAL APPARATUS Non-Final OA Lasertec Corporation
18139904 IMAGING-LENS MANUFACTURING APPARATUS AND CAMERA-MODULE MANUFACTURING APPARATUS Non-Final OA Sharp Sensing Technology Corporation
18501734 OPTICAL PHASED ARRAY DEVICE THAT CAN FLEXIBLY SET THE LIGHT SPLITTING WEIGHT AND HAS GOOD SCALABILITY Non-Final OA NANJING UNIVERSITY
18293278 A DEVICE AND A COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR DETERMINING A PARAMETER REPRESENTATIVE OF A VISUAL ACUITY Non-Final OA Essilor International
18661312 BUS BAR CONFIGURATION OF AN IGU Non-Final OA SAGE ELECTROCHROMICS, INC.
18681368 ELECTRONIC EYEGLASSES Non-Final OA LUXOTTICA S.R.L.
18011784 Augmented Reality Device Final Rejection PRAZEN CO., LTD.
18020928 MICROLENS ARRANGEMENT AND MICRO-OPTICAL DEVICE Non-Final OA HSP Hochspannungsgeräte GmbH

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