Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: WILKES, ZACHARY W

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2800 2872 2873

This examiner grants 67% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

66.6%
Allow Rate
-1.4% vs TC avg
962
Total Applications
+22.2%
Interview Lift
1090
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 903 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

1.8%
§101 Eligibility
28.6%
§102 Novelty
39.3%
§103 Obviousness
24.8%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17424558 COLOR VISION CORRECTION LENS AND OPTICAL COMPONENT Final Rejection Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
18638523 IMAGING LENS AND IMAGING APPARATUS Non-Final OA FUJIFILM Corporation
18425305 OPTICAL APPARATUS AND IMAGING APPARATUS Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18614862 Steerable projector of patterned illumination Non-Final OA APPLE INC.
18351296 Electronic Devices With Movable Optical Assemblies Final Rejection Apple Inc.
18436374 EYEWEAR DISPLAY HAVING A WAVEGUIDE WITH ADJUSTABLE REFLECTORS Non-Final OA GOOGLE LLC
18245845 FITTING MECHANISMS FOR EYEWEAR WITH VISIBLE DISPLAYS AND ACCOMODATION OF WEARER ANATOMY Non-Final OA GOOGLE LLC
18390646 VISION SIMULATION DEVICE FOR PROVIDING A CORRECTION OF VISUAL DEFECTS AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A VISION SIMULATION DEVICE Non-Final OA SCHWIND EYE-TECH-SOLUTIONS GMBH
18651884 OPTICAL IMAGING SYSTEM Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
18440877 LENS MODULE Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
17449150 OPTICAL INTERFERENCE FILTER Non-Final OA VIAVI Solutions Inc.
17610316 CONFOCAL AND MULTI-SCATTER OPHTHALMOSCOPE Final Rejection Nederlandse Organisatie voor toegepast-natuurwetenschappelijk onderzoek TNO
18555652 OPTOMETRIC TESTING DEVICE AND PROCESS Non-Final OA Essilor International
17624823 BINOCULAR VISUAL FUNCTION MEASUREMENT METHOD, BINOCULAR VISUAL FUNCTION MEASUREMENT PROGRAM, EYEGLASS LENS DESIGNING METHOD, EYEGLASS LENS MANUFACTURING METHOD, AND BINOCULAR VISUAL FUNCTION MEASUREMENT SYSTEM Non-Final OA HOYA LENS THAILAND LTD.
17270678 EYEGLASS LENS, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING EYEGLASS LENS, AND LENS COATING Non-Final OA HOYA LENS THAILAND LTD.
18518360 RETINAL CAMERAS HAVING VARIABLY SIZED OPTICAL STOPS THAT ENABLE SELF-ALIGNMENT Non-Final OA Verily Life Sciences LLC
18465913 Ophthalmic Device with Self Alignment for Operator-Less Operation Final Rejection Verily Life Sciences LLC
18447936 Cover-Uncover Test in a VR/AR Headset Non-Final OA Verily Life Sciences LLC
18051593 BIOMETRIC AUTHENTICATION IN OPHTHALMIC DEVICES Final Rejection Verily Life Sciences LLC
18635441 OPHTHALMIC APPARATUS Non-Final OA TOPCON CORPORATION
18647121 PROGRESSIVE SPECTACLE LENS Final Rejection Carl Zeiss Vision International GmbH
17721630 COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR INDIVIDUALISING A SPECTACLE FRAME ELEMENT BY DETERMINING A PARAMETRIC SUBSTITUTION MODEL OF A SPECTACLE FRAME ELEMENT, AND DEVICE AND SYSTEMS USING SUCH A METHOD Non-Final OA Carl Zeiss Vision International GmbH
18689530 ACTIVE RADIATION CONTROL WINDOW Non-Final OA CENTER FOR ADVANCED META-MATERIALS
18646628 OPTICAL ELEMENT, METHOD FOR MAKING THE OPTICAL ELEMENT, AND HEAD-MOUNTED DEVICE Non-Final OA Asphetek Solution Inc.
16485550 LIGHT GUIDE DEVICE AND DISPLAY DEVICE FOR REPRESENTING SCENES Final Rejection SEEREAL TECHNOLOGIES S.A.
17890880 EYEPIECES EMPLOYING POLYMERIC LAYERED GRADIENT REFRACTIVE INDEX (LGRIN) OPTICAL ELEMENTS FOR PERFORMANCE ENHANCEMENT Final Rejection Peak Nano Optics LLC
18271639 OPTICAL ASSEMBLY TO MODIFY NUMERICAL APERTURE OF A LASER BEAM Final Rejection NLIGHT, INC.
18460111 OCT DEVICE Final Rejection NIDEK CO, LTD.
16984997 CONTROLLER WITH IMAGING SYSTEM Non-Final OA Sight Sciences, Inc.
18374362 DEFOGGING LENS BARREL STRUCTURE Non-Final OA Calin Technology Co., Ltd.

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