Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Tech Center 3600 • Art Units: 2872 3645
This examiner grants 69% of resolved cases
Journey F Sumlar is a patent examiner in Tech Center 3600, specifically within Art Unit 2872. The examiner has 615 resolved cases. These cases result in an allowance rate of 68.9 percent. This 68.9 percent figure represents the frequency of applications that reach issuance. Practitioners can use this rate to understand the historical probability of success for applications assigned to this examiner.
The data includes an interview lift of 11.6 percent. This positive value indicates that applications with an interview have a higher allowance rate than those without one. Because the lift is 11.6 percent, practitioners should consider how an interview affects the prosecution strategy. This metric suggests that verbal communication is associated with an increase in the likelihood of a grant for this examiner.
The median days to allowance for this examiner is 1091. This 1091 figure marks the middle point of the time from filing to patent issuance. With 615 resolved cases, this median provides a timeline for expected prosecution duration in Tech Center 3600. These statistics allow for data-grounded planning regarding both the outcome and the timing of patent applications in Art Unit 2872.
| App # | Title | Status | Assignee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18431345 | Lens Systems | Final Rejection | Apple Inc. |
| 18578671 | OPTICAL SCAN MULTIPLIER AND USES THEREOF | Non-Final OA | Trustees of Boston University |
| 18171160 | SPATIAL LIGHT MODULATOR AND WAVELENGTH SELECTIVE SWITCH | Non-Final OA | HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. |
| 18949768 | OPTICAL ELEMENT DRIVING MECHANISM | Non-Final OA | Actutek Corporation |
| 18257588 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND SURGICAL MICROSCOPE SYSTEM | Non-Final OA | Sony Olympus Medical Solutions Inc. |
| 18144090 | Acoustically modulated plasmonic optical resonators | Final Rejection | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University |
| 18262773 | OPTOELECTRONIC ASSEMBLY | Non-Final OA | ams-OSRAM International GmbH |
| 18877692 | REFLECTIVE MEMBER DRIVING DEVICE, CAMERA DEVICE, AND OPTICAL INSTRUMENT | Non-Final OA | LG INNOTEK CO., LTD. |
| 18940475 | OPTICAL COMBINER AND AUGMENTED REALITY DISPLAY DEVICE | Non-Final OA | ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE |
| 19025290 | PIEZO ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAY | Non-Final OA | E Ink Corporation |
| 18516490 | High Quality Factor Metasurfaces for Wavefront Manipulation | Final Rejection | California Institute of Technology |
| 19015389 | IMAGING LENS SYSTEM | Non-Final OA | SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD. |
| 18370954 | DYNAMICALLY CONTROLLED EMISSIVITY AND METHODS THEREOF | Non-Final OA | UNM RAINFOREST INNOVATIONS |
| 18352709 | TEMPERATURE-ACTIVE COATING ON A COMPONENT | Non-Final OA | VIAVI Solutions inc. |
| 18874812 | SYSTEMS FOR PATH COMPENSATION WITH A MOVING OBJECTIVE | Non-Final OA | ASML NETHERLANDS B.V. |
| 18686151 | GLAZING UNIT WITH ELECTRICALLY CONTROLLABLE OPTICAL PROPERTIES WITH TEMPERATURE-DEPENDENT SWITCHING BEHAVIOR | Final Rejection | SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE |
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