Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: STANFORD, CHRISTOPHER J

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2872 2887

This examiner grants 55% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

55.2%
Allow Rate
-12.8% vs TC avg
783
Total Applications
+26.1%
Interview Lift
1267
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 725 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.3%
§101 Eligibility
11.5%
§102 Novelty
81.2%
§103 Obviousness
6.6%
§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
18569400 METALENS AND METALENS ARRAY WITH EXTENDED DEPTH-OF-VIEW AND BOUNDED ANGULAR FIELD-OF-VIEW Non-Final OA The Regents of the University of California
18261488 HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAY Final Rejection SONY GROUP CORPORATION
17852467 ANTI-GLARE SUBSTRATE FOR A DISPLAY ARTICLE WITH A TEXTURED REGION INCLUDING ONE OR MORE SURFACES AT TWO, THREE, OR FOUR ELEVATIONS, AND SURFACES FEATURES PROVIDING AT LEAST A PORTION OF THE ONE OR MORE SURFACES, AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME Non-Final OA CORNING INCORPORATED
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.
17963622 EYEWEAR WITH WEARER NOTIFICATION Non-Final OA SNAP INC.
17815887 VISION TEST AND PROVISION OF PRESCRIPTION GLASSES Final Rejection Snap Inc.
18252602 IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE, IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM, AND IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD Non-Final OA SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
18665650 SYNCHRONIZATION OF MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEM (MEMS) MIRRORS Non-Final OA Infineon Technologies AG
18446458 DISPLAY UNIT AND OPTICAL DISPLAY DEVICE Non-Final OA SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
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
18183273 LOW COST FABRICATION OF OPTICAL DEVICE USING DISCRETE GRATING MODULE ASSEMBLY Final Rejection Applied Materials, Inc.
18422003 OPTICAL SYSTEM, VIRTUAL IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE, AND HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAY Non-Final OA RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
18621865 ELECTRO-OPTIC DEVICE WITH BARRIER PROPERTIES Non-Final OA Gentex Corporation
18627916 TWO-AXIS MEMS MIRROR Non-Final OA Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
17558630 LIGHT EMISSION MODULE, LIGHT DETECTION AND RANGING SYSTEM AND LIGHT SCANNING METHOD Final Rejection Industrial Technology Research Institute
18627741 OPTICAL IMAGING SYSTEM Non-Final OA Kumoh National Institute of Technology Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation
18584475 DISPLAY APPARATUS Non-Final OA Darwin Precisions Corporation
18571607 SYSTEM FOR DETECTING A BODY RESPONSE TO A VISUAL STIMULUS ON AN EYEWEAR AND METHODS FOR THE SYSTEM AND EYEWEAR Final Rejection ESSILOR INTERNATIONAL
18044088 LENS ELEMENT COMPRISING AN ACTIVABLE OPTICAL ELEMENT Non-Final OA Essilor International
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.
17843561 MICROMOTOR-INTEGRATED ENDOSCOPIC SIDE-VIEWING PROBE Final Rejection The University of British Columbia
18619614 INFRARED CUT-OFF FILTER ARRANGEMENT FOR AN OPTICAL SENSING ARRANGEMENT FOR A CAMERA OR A CAMERA MODULE FOR AN AUTOMOTIVE APPLICATION AND/OR AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN INFRARED CUT-OFF FILTER ARRANGEMENT Non-Final OA SCHOTT Glass Technologies (Suzhou) Co. Ltd.
18435368 MULTI-APERTURE LARGE FIELD-OF-VIEW RAMAN SYSTEM Non-Final OA IonQ, Inc.
18016098 OPTO-MECHANICAL MOUNTING FOR OPTICAL COMPONENTS Final Rejection nLIGHT, INC.
18035036 COAXIAL MULTI-ILLUMINATED OCULAR IMAGING APPARATUS Final Rejection TRANSFOLIO, LLC

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