Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: WASHINGTON, TAMARA Y

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2872

This examiner grants 82% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

81.5%
Allow Rate
+13.5% vs TC avg
625
Total Applications
+7.9%
Interview Lift
981
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 577 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.6%
§101 Eligibility
17.4%
§102 Novelty
65.6%
§103 Obviousness
7.7%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18691099 IMAGE GENERATION APPARATUS AND HEAD-UP DISPLAY Non-Final OA KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
17920949 LIQUID LENS DEVICE PACKAGING AND INTERCONNECTION CONFIGURATIONS Non-Final OA CORNING INCORPORATED
18385075 CAMERA APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR Final Rejection HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
18655431 SYSTEMS AND CAMERAS FOR TILTING A FOCAL PLANE OF A SUPER-MACRO IMAGE Final Rejection Corephotonics Ltd.
18490251 OPTICAL APPARATUS AND ITS CONTROL METHOD Final Rejection CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18662954 HEAD MOUNTABLE DISPLAY Non-Final OA Apple Inc.
18614425 OPTICAL ASSEMBLY Non-Final OA Apple Inc.
18504759 DISPLAY SYSTEM Non-Final OA ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
18098339 OPTICAL ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK SYSTEM Non-Final OA ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
18623052 LENS UNIT Non-Final OA NIDEC INSTRUMENTS CORPORATION
18054952 LIGHT-SHIELDING MEMBER AND HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAY Final Rejection Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
18051011 FLEXIBLE DISPLAY DEVICE Final Rejection E Ink Holdings Inc.
18393760 OPTICAL ACTUATOR AND IMAGING DEVICE Non-Final OA DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC.
19043400 FRAME MODULE OF OPTICAL ACTUATOR DRIVEN BY SHAFT SLIDING METHOD Final Rejection SM TECH CO., LTD
18581482 IMAGE PICKUP LENS AND CAMERA MODULE Non-Final OA Sharp Sensing Technology Corporation
17834272 ORIENTABLE FOCUS FOR EXTENSION OF READING FIELD Non-Final OA Datalogic IP Tech S.r.l.
18496829 OPTICAL ELEMENT DRIVING MECHANISM Final Rejection TDK TAIWAN CORP.
18491088 OPTICAL ELEMENT DRIVING MECHANISM Final Rejection TDK TAIWAN CORP.
18687222 Holographic system and pupil expander therefor Non-Final OA Envisics Ltd
18616393 GRAPHENE-BASED OPTICAL BISTABLE DEVICE WITH TERNARY PHOTONIC CRYSTAL STRUCTURE Non-Final OA Anhui University
18685292 BIOCOMPATIBLE OPTICAL SLIDE INTENDED FOR TOTAL INTERNAL REFLECTION MICROSCOPY AND MICROSCOPY IMAGING SYSTEM INCLUDING SUCH A SLIDE Non-Final OA UNIVERSITE DE MONTPELLIER
17779076 CATADIOPTRIC MICROSCOPY Final Rejection Howard Hughes Medical Institute
17829390 CAMERA DEVICE AND PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE Non-Final OA AAC Optics (Nanning) Co., Ltd.

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