Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: TALLMAN, ROBERT E

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2872

This examiner grants 81% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

81.4%
Allow Rate
+13.4% vs TC avg
782
Total Applications
+14.9%
Interview Lift
993
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 753 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.8%
§101 Eligibility
34.4%
§102 Novelty
42.8%
§103 Obviousness
19.1%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18291912 HIGH PERFORMANCE MULTI SPECTRAL COATED FREEFORM OPTICAL ELEMENTS Non-Final OA Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation
18687956 OPTICAL MODULE Non-Final OA NEC CORPORATION
18438990 OPTICAL ELEMENT, OPTICAL APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING OPTICAL ELEMENT Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18421622 DIFFRACTIVE OPTICAL ELEMENT AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING DIFFRACTIVE OPTICAL ELEMENT Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18662781 HEAD MOUNTABLE DISPLAY Non-Final OA Apple Inc.
18099122 GEOMETRIC TRANSFORMATION BASED OPTICAL SYSTEMS AND METHODS Non-Final OA Purdue Research Foundation
18681336 CAMERA MODULE Non-Final OA LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
18416176 BACK REFLECTION REDUCTION IN AUGMENTED REALITY NEAR-EYE DEVICES BASED ON A NANOIMPRINTING PROCESS Non-Final OA GOOGLE LLC
18603928 POLARIZING PLATE AND OPTICAL DISPLAY APPARATUS Non-Final OA SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD.
18604040 APERTURE STRUCTURE, LENS ASSEMBLY AND TERMINAL Non-Final OA BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
18686653 MEMS Based Beam Steering with DC and Side Lobe Suppression Non-Final OA ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA
18684113 WAVEFRONT MANIPULATOR AND OPTICAL DEVICE Non-Final OA Carl Zeiss AG
18440135 MAGNETIC EYECUP FOR BINOCULARS, SPOTTING SCOPE, OR OTHER OUTPUT OPTICAL DEVICE Non-Final OA LEUPOLD & STEVENS, INC.
18582987 MICROSCOPE FOR DETERMINING PROPERTIES OF MOVING OBJECTS IN A BIOLOGICAL SAMPLE Non-Final OA Carl Zeiss Microscopy GmbH
18253997 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OPERATING ACOUSTO- OPTICAL DEFLECTORS Non-Final OA ELECTRO SCIENTIFIC INDUSTRIES, INC.
18604237 VOICE COIL MOTOR AND ZOOM LENS Non-Final OA ZHONGSHAN UNION OPTECH RESEARCH INSTITUTE CO., LTD.
18542174 SPARSE NANOPHOTONIC PHASED ARRAYS FOR HOLOGRAPHIC DISPLAYS Non-Final OA UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK
18434810 SPLIT-TYPE SMART GLASSES Non-Final OA Ling XIAO
18401454 FOCUS MOTOR WITH CLOSED-LOOP CONTROL METHOD AND CAMERA EQUIPMENT Non-Final OA CHIPSEMI SEMICONDUCTOR (NINGBO) CO., LTD.
17766269 OPTICAL NEURON UNIT AND NETWORK OF THE SAME Non-Final OA COGNIFIBER LTD.

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