Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: PICHLER, MARIN

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2872

This examiner grants 64% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

63.6%
Allow Rate
-4.4% vs TC avg
712
Total Applications
+8.3%
Interview Lift
1099
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 664 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0%
§101 Eligibility
17.0%
§102 Novelty
78.1%
§103 Obviousness
4.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17819573 CAMERA MODULE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING SAME Final Rejection SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18544993 VARIABLE FOCUS ASSEMBLIES AND APPARATUSES HAVING CROSSED BEARING BALLS Non-Final OA Hand Held Products, Inc.
18599329 HEAD MOUNTED DISPLAY Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
17932848 OPTICAL APPARATUS AND IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS Final Rejection CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18242171 IMAGING OPTICAL SYSTEM, AND IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME Final Rejection Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
18071831 DISPLAY DEVICE, HEAD-UP DISPLAY, AND MOBILE OBJECT Non-Final OA Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
18440534 Optical Systems for Mitigating Waveguide Non-Uniformity Non-Final OA Apple Inc.
18391247 Systems With Cover Layer Sealing Structures Non-Final OA Apple Inc.
18530148 LENS DEVICE Final Rejection FUJIFILM Corporation
18540914 HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAY AND EYEGLASSES Non-Final OA RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
19220254 LENS DRIVING APPARATUS, CAMERA MODULE, AND OPTICAL DEVICE Non-Final OA LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
18026298 CAMERA DEVICE AND OPTICAL INSTRUMENT Non-Final OA LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
18015150 LENS DRIVING DEVICE, AND CAMERA MODULE AND OPTICAL DEVICE COMPRISING SAME Non-Final OA LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
17923870 CAMERA ACTUATOR AND CAMERA DEVICE INCLUDING SAME Non-Final OA LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
18356208 LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE AND REFLECTIVE DISPLAY Non-Final OA E Ink Holdings Inc.
18097734 CAMERA MODULE Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
18568151 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DIAGNOSIS, AND FOR PLANNING AND/OR MONITORING AN OPERATION ON THE EYE Final Rejection Carl Zeiss Meditec AG
18334459 LIBS ANALYSIS DEVICE WITH AUTO-FOCUSING AND MICRO-AREA IMAGING FUNCTIONS AND APPLICATION OF LIBS ANALYSIS DEVICE Non-Final OA Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, CAS
18599231 ACTUATOR FOR REFLECTOR Final Rejection JAHWA electronics Co., Ltd.
18430014 OPTICAL ELEMENT DRIVING MECHANISM Final Rejection TDK TAIWAN CORP.
18088995 OPTICAL MODULE AND VEHICLE Non-Final OA TDK TAIWAN CORP.
18229750 OPTICAL ELEMENT DRIVING DEVICE, CAMERA MODULE, AND CAMERA-MOUNTED DEVICE Final Rejection MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
17895291 OPTICAL ACTUATOR, CAMERA MODULE, AND CAMERA-MOUNTED DEVICE Non-Final OA MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
17895113 OPTICAL ACTUATOR, CAMERA MODULE, AND CAMERA-MOUNTED DEVICE Non-Final OA MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
18323517 SPECTACLE LENS DESIGN, SPECTACLE LENS KIT, DATA SET, COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD OF DESIGNING A SPECTACLE LENS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A SPECTACLE LENS Non-Final OA Carl Zeiss Vision International GmbH
18368596 OPHTHALMIC LENS WITH AN OPTICALLY NON-COAXIAL ZONE FOR MYOPIA CONTROL Non-Final OA Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.
17416713 ADJUSTABLE EYEWEAR STRAP Final Rejection OAKLEY, INC.
17957259 VOICE COIL MOTOR HELD IMMOBILE WHEN NOT IN USE, LENS MODULE, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE Non-Final OA TRIPLE WIN TECHNOLOGY(SHENZHEN) CO.LTD.
18685998 OPTICAL METASTRUCTURES HAVING META-ATOMS THAT INCLUDE A PLURALITY OF SUBLAYERS HAVING DIFFERENT RESPECTIVE INDICES OF REFRACTION Non-Final OA NILT Switzerland GmbH
18519643 FULL COLOR OPTICAL COMBINER FOR VIRTUAL REALITY OR AUGMENTED REALITY HEADSET OR HEADS-UP DISPLAY OR SIMILAR DEVICE Non-Final OA KENT STATE UNIVERSITY

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