Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: SAHLE, MAHIDERE S

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2872 2873 2878

This examiner grants 80% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

79.6%
Allow Rate
+11.6% vs TC avg
1168
Total Applications
+12.9%
Interview Lift
1034
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1109 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.2%
§101 Eligibility
29.2%
§102 Novelty
61.9%
§103 Obviousness
4.4%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18709725 IMAGE GENERATION APPARATUS AND HEAD-UP DISPLAY Non-Final OA KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
18442963 DISPLAY DEVICE AND HEAD-UP DISPLAY Non-Final OA Panasonic Automotive Systems Co., Ltd.
18462607 LENS BARREL Final Rejection CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
17651857 OPHTHALMIC IMAGING USING A HEAD-WORN DEVICE Final Rejection Snap Inc.
17880114 FLUID LENS HAVING VARIABLE-STIFFNESS SUPPORT Final Rejection Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
18077377 ELECTROCHROMIC DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF Final Rejection ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
18613494 TRANSPARENT ELASTIC ELECTRODE STACKS WITH LOW RESISTANCE Non-Final OA Gentex Corporation
18163882 LIGHT SOURCE MODULE AND ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAY DEVICE Non-Final OA E Ink Holdings Inc.
18615915 SERIAL ARRAY OF MODULATORS AND DETECTORS Non-Final OA University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
18276028 ZOOM OPTICAL SYSTEM, OPTICAL APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE ZOOM OPTICAL SYSTEM Non-Final OA Nikon Corporation
18663573 OPTICAL IMAGING SYSTEM Non-Final OA Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
18200070 OPTICAL IMAGING SYSTEM Final Rejection Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
18622593 Dynamic Adjustment of Flash Intensity Based on Retinal Pigmentation Non-Final OA Digital Diagnostics Inc.
18400670 OPTICAL MEMBER DRIVING MECHANISM Non-Final OA TDK TAIWAN CORP.
18397721 OPTICAL ELEMENT DRIVING MECHANISM Final Rejection TDK TAIWAN CORP.
18408074 STACKED OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES Non-Final OA Adeia Semiconductor Inc.
18618224 PERISCOPIC IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE AND FOCUSING LENS ASSEMBLY THEREOF Non-Final OA GUANGZHOU LUXVISIONS INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
18330591 FABRICATION OF ELECTROCHROMIC DEVICES Non-Final OA View, Inc.
17931371 MULTI-ZONE EC WINDOWS Non-Final OA View, Inc.
18387254 ENHANCED-SUMMATION CONTACT LENS PAIR FOR CORRECTION OF PRESBYOPIA, AND RELATED LENSES PAIR SYSTEMS AND FITTING METHODS Non-Final OA Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.
18337136 Wide-Angle Lens Assembly Final Rejection Asia Optical Co., Inc.
18612874 IMAGING LENS ASSEMBLY, IMAGE CAPTURING UNIT AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE Non-Final OA LARGAN PRECISION CO., LTD.
18641440 CAMERA OPTICAL LENS Non-Final OA AAC Optics (Suzhou) Co., Ltd.
18628927 DISPLAY DEVICE, IN PARTICULAR A HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAY, BASED ON TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL MULTIPLEXING OF HOLOGRAM TILES Non-Final OA SEEREAL TECHNOLOGIES S.A.
18690842 NOSE PAD EYE/GAZE TRACKING MODULE APPLICABLE TO SMART GLASSES OR HEAD WEARABLE DEVICE Non-Final OA VIEWPOINTSYSTEM GMBH
18529985 SCLERAL CONTACT LENS Final Rejection SHENYANG KANGENDE MEDICAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
18293133 CONTACT LENS COMPRISING SEMI-CONDUCTIVE NANOPARTICLES Non-Final OA NEXDOT
18292124 Testing System Non-Final OA University of Strathclyde
18290698 TARGET PRESENTATION DEVICE AND TARGET PRESENTATION PROGRAM Non-Final OA NIDEK CO., LTD.
17994611 EYE EXAMINATION DEVICE, ATTACHMENT, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection NIDEK CO., LTD.

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