Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: WRIGHT, ANDREW RUSSELL

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2872 2884

This examiner grants 66% of resolved cases

Analysis

Andrew Russell Wright has resolved 29 cases in Art Unit 2872. His allowance rate is 65.5 percent, which is a moderate success rate for Tech Center 2800. The median days to allowance is 1215, indicating a longer path to grant than some other units. Practitioners should use the 1215-day median to set client expectations for the duration of the prosecution cycle.

The interview lift is 41.7 percent. This high lift suggests that interviews are a very effective way to resolve issues with this examiner. Practitioners should consider an interview to significantly improve the 65.5 percent allowance rate. Leveraging this 41.7 percent boost could be the most efficient way to secure a patent and navigate the 1215-day median pendency. Direct verbal communication appears to be a key driver of success in this examiner's portfolio.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Performance Statistics

65.5%
Allow Rate
-2.5% vs TC avg
65
Total Applications
+41.7%
Interview Lift
1215
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 29 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0%
§101 Eligibility
14.2%
§102 Novelty
72.7%
§103 Obviousness
12.3%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18705604 NEAR-EYE DISPLAY APPARATUS, DISPLAY METHOD THEREOF AND WEARABLE DEVICE Final Rejection BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
18061799 LAMINATED FILM, CIRCULARLY POLARIZING PLATE, AND DISPLAY DEVICE Final Rejection FUJIFILM Corporation
18021725 WEARABLE OPTICAL DEVICES Final Rejection Snap Inc.
17941240 ACTUATING DEVICE, CAMERA MODULE, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE Final Rejection HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18466583 OPTICAL ELEMENT, OPTICAL APPARATUS, AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18349554 OPTICAL SYSTEM, IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, AND OPTICAL APPARATUS Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18259044 EYEPIECE IMAGING ASSEMBLIES FOR A HEAD MOUNTED DISPLAY Final Rejection Magic Leap, Inc.
18964098 METHOD FOR CONTROLLING OPTICAL ELEMENT DRIVING MECHANISM Non-Final OA Actutek Corporation
17891736 DIGITAL CONTACT LENS INSERTION AND REMOVAL AID Non-Final OA Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.
17642607 EXTERNAL ALIGNMENT INDICATION/GUIDANCE SYSTEM FOR RETINAL CAMERA Non-Final OA Verily Life Sciences LLC
18958118 CAMERA MODULE Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
17456624 RANGING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SCANNING FIELD OF VIEW THEREOF Non-Final OA SZ DJI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
18925710 ANTI-REFLECTIVE LAMINATE Non-Final OA AGC Inc.
18075603 LIGHT DETECTION ELEMENT, LIGHT SENSOR UNIT, AND RECEIVING DEVICE Non-Final OA TDK CORPORATION
18035595 ALIGNMENT GUIDANCE USER INTERFACE SYSTEM Non-Final OA Carl Zeiss Meditec AG
17781156 SEMI-FINISHED LENS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING EYEGLASS LENS Final Rejection HOYA LENS THAILAND LTD.
17943248 ROTARY RECIPROCATING DRIVE ACTUATOR Final Rejection MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
18877741 SURGICAL MICROSCOPE SYSTEM, AUXILIARY IMAGING DEVICE, AND SURGICAL FIELD IMAGING METHOD Non-Final OA TEIKYO UNIVERSITY

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