Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: SAHLE, MAHIDERE S

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2872 2873 2878

This examiner grants 80% of resolved cases

Analysis

Mahidere S Sahle is a patent examiner in Tech Center 2800, assigned to Art Unit 2872. He has 1139 resolved cases. The data shows an allowance rate of 79.5% for these 1139 cases. This 79.5% figure represents the frequency of grants among all resolved cases for this examiner.

The interview lift for Mahidere S Sahle is 13.1%. This 13.1% lift indicates the change in the probability of allowance when an interview is conducted during prosecution. Practitioners can use this lift to evaluate the potential impact of oral advocacy on their specific applications in Art Unit 2872.

The median days to allowance is 959. This 959 day period measures the time from the filing of an application to the issuance of a patent. This median provides a data point for estimating the duration of the examination process for matters assigned to this examiner.

Practitioners should consider the 79.5% allowance rate and the 13.1% interview lift when developing their response strategies. These figures, along with the 959 day median, offer a statistical overview of the examiner's history in Tech Center 2800.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Performance Statistics

79.5%
Allow Rate
+11.5% vs TC avg
1,183
Total Applications
+13.1%
Interview Lift
959
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1140 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.5%
§101 Eligibility
26.3%
§102 Novelty
65.2%
§103 Obviousness
4.5%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18579844 FRAME Final Rejection Apple Inc.
18972140 LENS APPARATUS AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18825337 LENS DRIVING MECHANISM, LENS APPARATUS, AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18886610 AUGMENTED REALITY DISPLAY COMPRISING EYEPIECE HAVING A TRANSPARENT EMISSIVE DISPLAY Non-Final OA Magic Leap, Inc.
18276028 ZOOM OPTICAL SYSTEM, OPTICAL APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE ZOOM OPTICAL SYSTEM Final Rejection Nikon Corporation
18617936 DRIVING MECHANISM Non-Final OA ACTUTEK CORPORATION
18400670 OPTICAL MEMBER DRIVING MECHANISM Final Rejection Actutek Corporation
18387254 ENHANCED-SUMMATION CONTACT LENS PAIR FOR CORRECTION OF PRESBYOPIA, AND RELATED LENSES PAIR SYSTEMS AND FITTING METHODS Final Rejection Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.
18709725 IMAGE GENERATION APPARATUS AND HEAD-UP DISPLAY Final Rejection KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
18889361 GLASSES Non-Final OA SHENZHEN SHOKZ CO., LTD.
18764337 GLASSES Non-Final OA SHENZHEN SHOKZ CO., LTD.
18925692 OPTICAL IMAGING SYSTEM Non-Final OA Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
18795803 OPTICAL IMAGING SYSTEM Non-Final OA Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
18770075 IMAGING LENS SYSTEM Final Rejection Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
18227396 LENS AND LENS MODULE INCLUDING LENS Final Rejection Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
18954285 Multi-Laser Systems Having Modified Beam Profiles and Methods of Use Thereof Non-Final OA BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANY
18910886 SYSTEM, METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIA RELATED TO CORRECTION OF VISION DEFECTS USING A VISUAL DISPLAY Non-Final OA Raytrx, LLC
18615915 SERIAL ARRAY OF MODULATORS AND DETECTORS Final Rejection University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
18251065 METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR DETERMINING OPTICAL ABERRATIONS AND/OR THE TOPOGRAPHY, AND/OR RECORDING REFERENCE IMAGES OF AN EYE Non-Final OA Carl Zeiss Meditec AG
19042803 Magnetically Detectable Safety Glasses Non-Final OA SHELBY GROUP INTERNATIONAL, INC.
18330591 FABRICATION OF ELECTROCHROMIC DEVICES Final Rejection View, Inc.
17931371 MULTI-ZONE EC WINDOWS Final Rejection View, Inc.

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