Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Tobias Ip Law (Magic Leap)

10 pending office actions • 1 client • 10 examiners • 5 art units • 0 of 10 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Quality Metrics (n=334 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

99.3%
Allowance Rate
n=334
+0.66σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=334
2.7
OAs to Allowance
n=279
-0.33σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=279
697 days
Time to Allowance
n=279
-2.0pp
Interview Lift
n=334
33.1%
RCE Rate
n=334
0.0%
Appeal Rate
n=334

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

§101 Overcome
n=12 (min 20)
93.8%
§102 Overcome
n=97
94.4%
§103 Overcome
n=161
97.9%
§112 Overcome
n=47

Specialization & Scale

G02B, G06F, G06T
Top CPC Subclasses
49%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=334
0
Practitioners
n=334
Apps / Practitioner
n=334 (min 20)

Portfolio Summary

10
Total Pending OAs
8
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
1
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (1)Due ≤ 60 days (1)Due later (1)

Case Difficulty Mix

Difficulty is derived from the rejection statutes on the most recent pending office action. §101-driven and multi-statute cases are graded Hard; §112-only and obviousness-type double-patenting cases are graded Easy; everything else is Medium. "Unknown" means we have not yet parsed a statute for that office action.

2
Hard (20%)
6
Medium (60%)
1
Easy (10%)
1
Unknown (10%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (10%)
§101 + other1 (10%)
§103 only5 (50%)
§102 only1 (10%)
Double-patenting only1 (10%)
No statute on record1 (10%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
6
Communications
60% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
4
Business / Other
40% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

Manual office-action response work runs about 10 hours per case. The time-saved bands below show what IP Author's prosecution pipeline typically delivers — a conservative 20% on the low end, 35% in the middle, 50% on the high end.

100 h
Manual time on pending OAs
20 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
35 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.9 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
YANG, NAN-YING 1 77.7% +8.6%
VU, KHOA 1 68.8% +14.9%
NADKARNI, SARVESH J 1 72.4% +14.0%
WU, CHONG 1 86.3% +3.3%
DEMETER, HILINA K 1 72.0% +19.2%
MCDOWELL, JR, MAURICE L 1 86.6% +13.0%
BEATTY, COLLIN X 1 82.1% +15.1%
GE, JIN 1 79.6% +18.6%
BRINEY III, WALTER F 1 65.4% +5.1%
ADDY, THJUAN KNOWLIN 1 89.3% +6.3%

Quick Wins (3)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19022453 VIRTUAL AND AUGMENTED REALITY DISPLAY SYSTEMS WITH EMISSIVE MICRO-DISPLAYS WU, CHONG
18898376 DISPLAY DEVICE WITH DIFFRACTION GRATING HAVING REDUCED POLARIZATION SENSITIVITY BEATTY, COLLIN X
18697914 SOUND FIELD CAPTURE WITH HEADPOSE COMPENSATION ADDY, THJUAN KNOWLIN

Hard Cases (2)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18809146 EYE CENTER OF ROTATION DETERMINATION, DEPTH PLANE SELECTION, AND RENDER CAMERA POSITIONING IN DISPLAY SYSTEMS GE, JIN 76d
18960851 DEPTH BASED FOVEATED RENDERING FOR DISPLAY SYSTEMS DEMETER, HILINA K

Interview Candidates (6)

Cases in front of an examiner whose interview lift is 10 percentage points or more — i.e. interviewed cases historically resolve more favorably than non-interviewed ones. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19277969 VIRTUAL AND AUGMENTED REALITY SYSTEMS AND METHODS VU, KHOA 41d
18809146 EYE CENTER OF ROTATION DETERMINATION, DEPTH PLANE SELECTION, AND RENDER CAMERA POSITIONING IN DISPLAY SYSTEMS GE, JIN 76d
19025019 METHODS, DEVICES, AND SYSTEMS FOR ILLUMINATING SPATIAL LIGHT MODULATORS NADKARNI, SARVESH J
18960851 DEPTH BASED FOVEATED RENDERING FOR DISPLAY SYSTEMS DEMETER, HILINA K
18931455 VIRTUAL AND AUGMENTED REALITY SYSTEMS AND METHODS HAVING UNEQUAL NUMBERS OF COMPONENT COLOR IMAGES DISTRIBUTED ACROSS DEPTH PLANES MCDOWELL, JR, MAURICE L
18898376 DISPLAY DEVICE WITH DIFFRACTION GRATING HAVING REDUCED POLARIZATION SENSITIVITY BEATTY, COLLIN X

Client Portfolio (1 client)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
MAGIC LEAP, INC. 10

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
26292
26111
26191
26921
26931

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19304956 SYSTEMS AND TECHNIQUES FOR ESTIMATING EYE POSE Magic Leap, Inc. YANG, NAN-YING 2629 DP Non-Final OA Pending Aug 20, 2025
19277969 VIRTUAL AND AUGMENTED REALITY SYSTEMS AND METHODS Magic Leap, Inc. VU, KHOA 2611 §103 Non-Final OA 41d Pending Jul 23, 2025
19025019 METHODS, DEVICES, AND SYSTEMS FOR ILLUMINATING SPATIAL LIGHT MODULATORS Magic Leap, Inc. NADKARNI, SARVESH J 2629 §103Other Final Rejection Pending Jan 16, 2025
19022453 VIRTUAL AND AUGMENTED REALITY DISPLAY SYSTEMS WITH EMISSIVE MICRO-DISPLAYS Magic Leap, Inc. WU, CHONG §103Other Non-Final OA Pending Jan 15, 2025
18960851 DEPTH BASED FOVEATED RENDERING FOR DISPLAY SYSTEMS Magic Leap, Inc. DEMETER, HILINA K §101 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 26, 2024
18931455 VIRTUAL AND AUGMENTED REALITY SYSTEMS AND METHODS HAVING UNEQUAL NUMBERS OF COMPONENT COLOR IMAGES DISTRIBUTED ACROSS DEPTH PLANES Magic Leap, Inc. MCDOWELL, JR, MAURICE L Other Non-Final OA Pending Oct 30, 2024
18898376 DISPLAY DEVICE WITH DIFFRACTION GRATING HAVING REDUCED POLARIZATION SENSITIVITY Magic Leap, Inc. BEATTY, COLLIN X §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 26, 2024
18809146 EYE CENTER OF ROTATION DETERMINATION, DEPTH PLANE SELECTION, AND RENDER CAMERA POSITIONING IN DISPLAY SYSTEMS Magic Leap, Inc. GE, JIN 2619 §101§103 Non-Final OA 76d Pending Aug 19, 2024
18703302 MAPPING OF ENVIROMENTAL AUDIO RESPONSE ON MIXED REALITY DEVICE Magic Leap, Inc. BRINEY III, WALTER F 2692 §103 Final Rejection 50d overdue Pending Apr 19, 2024
18697914 SOUND FIELD CAPTURE WITH HEADPOSE COMPENSATION Magic Leap, Inc. ADDY, THJUAN KNOWLIN 2693 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 02, 2024

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