Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: SAHLE, MAHIDERE S

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2872 2873 2878

This examiner grants 79% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

79.4%
Allow Rate
+11.4% vs TC avg
1,169
Total Applications
+12.9%
Interview Lift
957
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1117 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.1%
§101 Eligibility
8.7%
§102 Novelty
88.7%
§103 Obviousness
0.8%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18709725 IMAGE GENERATION APPARATUS AND HEAD-UP DISPLAY Non-Final OA KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
18462607 LENS BARREL Final Rejection CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
17880114 FLUID LENS HAVING VARIABLE-STIFFNESS SUPPORT Final Rejection Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
18615915 SERIAL ARRAY OF MODULATORS AND DETECTORS Non-Final OA University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
18613494 TRANSPARENT ELASTIC ELECTRODE STACKS WITH LOW RESISTANCE Non-Final OA Gentex Corporation
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.
18494249 LENS MODULE Final Rejection SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
18227396 LENS AND LENS MODULE INCLUDING LENS Non-Final OA Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
18618224 PERISCOPIC IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE AND FOCUSING LENS ASSEMBLY THEREOF Non-Final OA GUANGZHOU LUXVISIONS INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
18622593 Dynamic Adjustment of Flash Intensity Based on Retinal Pigmentation Non-Final OA Digital Diagnostics Inc.
18408074 STACKED OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES Non-Final OA Adeia Semiconductor Inc.
18330591 FABRICATION OF ELECTROCHROMIC DEVICES Non-Final OA View, Inc.
17931371 MULTI-ZONE EC WINDOWS Non-Final OA View, Inc.
18400670 OPTICAL MEMBER DRIVING MECHANISM Non-Final OA TDK TAIWAN CORP.
18397721 OPTICAL ELEMENT DRIVING MECHANISM Final Rejection TDK TAIWAN CORP.
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
18292124 Testing System Non-Final OA University of Strathclyde
18290698 TARGET PRESENTATION DEVICE AND TARGET PRESENTATION PROGRAM Non-Final OA NIDEK CO., LTD.
18404701 ELECTRO OPTICAL DEVICES FABRICATED USING DEEP ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION Final Rejection HyperLight Corporation
18258541 OPTICAL OPHTHALMIC APPARATUS AND METHOD OF FOCUSING IMAGE OF RETINA Final Rejection OPTOMED PLC
17840282 EYEWEAR HAVING AN ANTI REFLECTIVE PORTION Final Rejection Brent Sheldon
17688880 EYE EXAMINATION KIOSK SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REMOTE EYE EXAMINATION Non-Final OA Globechek Intellectual Holdings, LLC

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