Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: SIPES, JOHN CURTIS

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2872

This examiner grants 80% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

79.7%
Allow Rate
+11.7% vs TC avg
104
Total Applications
+12.2%
Interview Lift
1255
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 64 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.2%
§101 Eligibility
23.6%
§102 Novelty
62.0%
§103 Obviousness
14.1%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17638657 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMAGE CYTOMETRY Final Rejection The Regents of the University of California
18613626 SELECTIVE WINDOW DARKENING SYSTEM Non-Final OA DENSO CORPORATION
18614608 LENS BARREL Non-Final OA FUJIFILM Corporation
18413023 ZOOM LENS, PROJECTION TYPE DISPLAY DEVICE, AND IMAGING APPARATUS Non-Final OA FUJIFILM Corporation
17921820 APPARATUS FOR GENERATING A VIRTUAL IMAGE WITH INTERFERENCE LIGHT SUPPRESSION Final Rejection Continental Automotive Technologies GmbH
18189301 VARIABLE WAVELENGTH INTERFERENCE FILTER Final Rejection SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
18412074 OPTIC GUARD FRAME ON OPTIC SIGHT OR OPTIC MOUNTING ADAPTER Non-Final OA AXTS INC
18412930 MACH-ZEHNDER OPTICAL MODULATOR INCLUDING MULTI-MODE INTERFERER Non-Final OA ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
18125823 ROBOTIC-ASSISTED OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY (OCT) Final Rejection Worcester Polytechnic Institute
18413408 ZOOM LENS, OPTICAL APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE ZOOM LENS Non-Final OA Nikon Corporation
18628708 OPHTHALMIC LOUPE, LENS COMBINATION AND OPTICAL IMAGING SYSTEM Non-Final OA Carl Zeiss Meditec AG
18022740 LAYERED BODY AND DISPLAY DEVICE Non-Final OA SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
18650222 SEAL TESTING SYSTEM FOR EXTERIOR REARVIEW MIRROR ATTACHMENT AT SIDE OF VEHICLE Non-Final OA Magna Mirrors of America, Inc.
18412349 FOLDED LIGHT PATH OPTIC HOUSING WITH INTEGRALLY FORMED CHANNEL SECTIONS Non-Final OA LEUPOLD & STEVENS, INC.
18106494 OPHTHALMIC INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, OPHTHALMIC APPARATUS, OPHTHALMIC INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM Non-Final OA Topcon Corporation
18126667 DISPLAY DEVICE COMPRISING GUIDE WITH REFLECTIVE COATINGS Final Rejection II-VI Delaware, Inc.
18723210 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING NEURO-OPHTHALMIC EXAMINATIONS Non-Final OA Thomas Jefferson University
18413330 OPTICAL IMAGING MODULE, CAMERA MODULE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE Non-Final OA LARGAN PRECISION CO., LTD.
18391581 CAMERA OPTICAL LENS Non-Final OA AAC Optics (Suzhou) Co., Ltd.
18391558 METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING MULTIPLE FILTERS WITH FABRY-PEROT CAVITY STRUCTURE, MULTISPECTRAL TRANSMISSION FILTER ARRAY AND MULTISPECTRAL TRANSMISSION FILTER STRUCTURE Non-Final OA Singapore University of Technology and Design
18630182 DISPLAY CURVATURE COMPENSATION BASED ON RELATIVE LOCATION OF USER Non-Final OA Distance Technologies Oy
18699378 LARGE-FIELD OF VIEW, HIGH-RESOLUTION BROADBAND OBJECTIVE LENS Non-Final OA SUZHOU INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
18692533 Polarization Changing Structures Non-Final OA UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK
18391214 ELECTROCHROMIC LENS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME Non-Final OA FORESIGHT OPTICAL LTD.
18412810 NEAR-TO-EYE DISPLAY ASSEMBLY, DEVICE, AND WEARABLE DEVICE Non-Final OA Shenzhen Arcension Technology Co.,Ltd.
17998407 POLARIZED LENS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A POLARIZED LENS Non-Final OA LUXOTTICA S.R.L.
17860899 ONE-DIMENSIONAL OPTICAL LATTICE PRODUCTION DEVICE AND METHOD WITH CALIBRATION FUNCTION Final Rejection Shanxi University

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