Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: STANFORD, CHRISTOPHER J

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2872 2887

This examiner grants 55% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

55.0%
Allow Rate
-13.0% vs TC avg
782
Total Applications
+26.2%
Interview Lift
1283
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 716 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

2.5%
§101 Eligibility
26.5%
§102 Novelty
45.1%
§103 Obviousness
24.4%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17966889 LOUVER FILM, DEVICE, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF Final Rejection SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18494452 LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE HAVING POSITIONING PART ON HOLDER FOR POSITIONING OF COUPLING LENS RELATIVE THERETO, AND SCANNING OPTICAL DEVICE USING THE SAME Non-Final OA BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18255972 IMAGE PROJECTION SYSTEM AND IMAGE PROJECTION METHOD Non-Final OA KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
18261488 HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAY Final Rejection SONY GROUP CORPORATION
18141173 PIEZOELECTRIC DRIVING ELEMENT Final Rejection Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
13186455 DYNAMIC CREDIT CARD WITH MAGNETIC STRIPE AND EMBEDDED ENCODER AND METHODS FOR USING THE SAME TO PROVIDE A COPY-PROOF CREDIT CARD Final Rejection DYNAMICS INC.
11927614 DYNAMIC CREDIT CARD WITH MAGNETIC STRIPE AND EMBEDDED ENCODER AND METHODS FOR USING THE SAME TO PROVIDE A COPY-PROOF CREDIT CARD Non-Final OA DYNAMICS INC.
18446458 DISPLAY UNIT AND OPTICAL DISPLAY DEVICE Non-Final OA SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
18665650 SYNCHRONIZATION OF MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEM (MEMS) MIRRORS Non-Final OA Infineon Technologies AG
17963622 EYEWEAR WITH WEARER NOTIFICATION Non-Final OA SNAP INC.
17815887 VISION TEST AND PROVISION OF PRESCRIPTION GLASSES Final Rejection Snap Inc.
18183273 LOW COST FABRICATION OF OPTICAL DEVICE USING DISCRETE GRATING MODULE ASSEMBLY Final Rejection Applied Materials, Inc.
19242542 KALEIDOSCOPIC GEOMETRIC VISION PLATFORM Final Rejection Summer Robotics, Inc.
18120004 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DYNAMIC CORRECTION OF ASTIGMATISM Non-Final OA META PLATFORMS TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
17477363 COMPACT IMAGING OPTICS USING SPATIALLY LOCATED, FREE FORM OPTICAL COMPONENTS FOR DISTORTION COMPENSATION AND IMAGE CLARITY ENHANCEMENT Final Rejection Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
18144241 DISPLAY DEVICE Non-Final OA InnoLux Corporation
18422003 OPTICAL SYSTEM, VIRTUAL IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE, AND HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAY Non-Final OA RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
18396940 VARIABLE LIGHT TRANSMISSION DEVICE AND A METHOD OF OPERATION OF THE SAME Non-Final OA E INK CORPORATION
17917343 MICROMIRROR ARRANGEMENT Final Rejection Robert Bosch GmbH
18621865 ELECTRO-OPTIC DEVICE WITH BARRIER PROPERTIES Non-Final OA Gentex Corporation
17319653 IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS WITH EXTENDED DEPTH OF FOCUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME Final Rejection KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
17500382 DECORATIVE CLEAR OR TRANSLUCENT PANEL, TRIM, OR LENS WITH TEXTURE ON OPPOSITE SIDES Final Rejection Lacks Enterprises, Inc.
17558630 LIGHT EMISSION MODULE, LIGHT DETECTION AND RANGING SYSTEM AND LIGHT SCANNING METHOD Final Rejection Industrial Technology Research Institute
17737865 DIE INCLUDING OPTICAL ELEMENTS Non-Final OA VIAVI SOLUTIONS INC.
18584475 DISPLAY APPARATUS Non-Final OA Darwin Precisions Corporation
18386697 Infrared Objective Lens with Curved Focal Surface Non-Final OA The Government of the United States, as represented by the Secretary of the Army
17145472 SPECTACLE LENS HAVING A DIFFRACTION STRUCTURE FOR LIGHT Final Rejection Carl Zeiss AG
17440230 PRESSURE-CONTROLLED SPECTRAL FEATURE ADJUSTER Final Rejection Cymer, LLC
18316881 PARTIALLY ETCHED REFLECTION-MODIFICATION LAYER Non-Final OA II-VI Delaware, Inc.
17069232 CONTACT LENS POSITION AND ROTATION CONTROL USING THE PRESSURE OF THE EYELID MARGIN Non-Final OA Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.

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