USPTO Examiner BEATTY COLLIN X - Art Unit 2872

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
19222894Display glasses using single imager and PVH planar opticsMay 2025December 2025Allow620NoNo
19215062Color Balanced Sunglass Lens for Ocular Photo-Bio-StimulationMay 2025November 2025Allow610NoNo
19188573Systems and Methods for Determination of Color Vision DeficiencyApril 2025March 2026Allow1001NoNo
19013270COMPACT FOLDED TELE CAMERASJanuary 2025March 2025Allow200NoNo
18959511COLOR BALANCED SUNGLASS LENS FOR OCULAR PHOTO-BIO-STIMULATIONNovember 2024May 2025Allow500NoNo
18959034Display glasses using single imagerNovember 2024April 2025Allow520NoNo
18827703Augmented Reality (or Mixed Reality) Eyewear with See-Through Optical Elements Having Individually-Adjustable Opacity/Reflectivity LevelsSeptember 2024August 2025Allow1200NoNo
18800091Augmented Reality (AR) Eyewear with an Environment-Only Viewing Mode and an Augmented Reality Viewing ModeAugust 2024January 2026Allow1711NoNo
18784717Systems and Methods for Determination of Color Vision DeficiencyJuly 2024December 2024Allow500NoNo
18738309VEHICULAR INTERIOR REARVIEW MIRROR ASSEMBLYJune 2024January 2026Allow1900NoNo
18734478LENS MODULEJune 2024February 2026Allow2020NoNo
18676022ALL-OPTICAL VOLUMETRIC IMAGING VIA SPECTRAL SWEEP BY MEANS OF A TRANSMISSIVE BRAGG GRATING FEATURING A RADIALLY DEPENDENT PLANE OF DIFFRACTIONMay 2024August 2024Allow300NoNo
18675022QUANTUM WAVELENGTH CONVERTER BETWEEN A MICROWAVE SIGNAL AND AN OPTICAL SIGNALMay 2024March 2025Allow900NoNo
18674963DIFFUSION OF NANOPARTICLES INTO TRANSPARENT PLASTICMay 2024August 2024Allow300NoNo
18662156TIME-BIN QUBIT CONVERTERMay 2024October 2025Allow1710NoNo
18616822OPTICAL IMAGING SYSTEMMarch 2024September 2025Allow1820NoNo
18614348CONVERTER LENS, INTERCHANGEABLE LENS, AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUSMarch 2024March 2025Allow1200NoNo
18586439Holovisions(TM) -- Adjustable and/or Modular Augmented Reality (AR) Eyewear with a Movable Transflective Mirror and Different Viewing ModesFebruary 2024October 2024Allow810NoNo
18442294LIGHT-GUIDE DEVICE WITH OPTICAL CUTOFF EDGE AND CORRESPONDING PRODUCTION METHODSFebruary 2024October 2025Allow2000NoNo
18440521DRIVE ELEMENTFebruary 2024January 2026Abandon2310NoNo
18398427OPTICAL APPARATUS AND METHODS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS USEFUL FOR MANUFACTURING SAMEDecember 2023March 2026Abandon2610NoNo
18396372DISPLAY APPARATUS INCLUDING VOLUME GRATING BASED COMBINERDecember 2023January 2025Allow1310NoNo
18571742COMPACT FOLDED TELE CAMERASDecember 2023November 2024Allow1120NoNo
18517181PHOTOGRAPHING OPTICAL LENS ASSEMBLY, IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICENovember 2023November 2025Allow2411NoNo
18289747Integrated Photonic-Based Programmable High-Dimensional Quantum Computation Chip StructureNovember 2023October 2025Allow2400NoNo
18556369DISPLAY SYSTEM, DISPLAY GLASSES AND DISPLAY SYSTEM CONTROL METHODOctober 2023May 2024Allow700NoNo
18488591LENS MOVING APPARATUS AND CAMERA MODULE INCLUDING SAMEOctober 2023March 2025Allow1700YesNo
18487027DETECTION OF OPTICAL SURFACE OF PATIENT INTERFACE FOR OPHTHALMIC LASER APPLICATIONS USING A NON-CONFOCAL CONFIGURATIONOctober 2023September 2024Allow1110NoNo
18379932OPTICAL SYSTEM OF AUGMENTED REALITY GLASSES WITH SAW TOOTH-TYPE PARTIAL REFLECTOR ARRAYOctober 2023May 2024Allow700NoNo
18485698WIDE FIELD-OF-VIEW METASURFACE OPTICS, SENSORS, CAMERAS AND PROJECTORSOctober 2023March 2026Allow2900NoNo
18483981TILTING ARRAY BASED DISPLAYOctober 2023January 2025Allow1620YesNo
18481296APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SELF-ADMINISTRATION OF OPTICAL SCANNING OF A PERSON'S EYE OPTICAL SYSTEMOctober 2023April 2025Allow1810NoNo
18375375VARIABLE MAGNIFICATION OPTICAL SYSTEM, OPTICAL APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING VARIABLE MAGNIFICATION OPTICAL SYSTEMSeptember 2023October 2024Allow1310NoNo
18373985OPTICAL SYSTEMS WITH COMPACT IMAGE PROJECTORSeptember 2023December 2023Allow200NoNo
18284305DIFFUSION OF NANOPARTICLES INTO TRANSPARENT PLASTICSeptember 2023January 2024Allow400NoNo
18471825META OPTICAL DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAMESeptember 2023December 2025Allow2700NoNo
18471942APPARATUS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR VISION ASSESSMENT AND TREATMENTSeptember 2023March 2025Allow1800NoNo
18470604SCALABLE NEUTRAL ATOM BASED QUANTUM COMPUTINGSeptember 2023May 2024Allow800NoNo
18470342UTILIZING A VISIBLE LIGHT FILTER TO REDUCE VISIBILITY OF FIDUCIAL IMAGESSeptember 2023September 2025Allow2400NoNo
18465407OPTICAL IMAGING SYSTEM AND MOBILE ELECTRONIC DEVICESeptember 2023December 2024Allow1500NoNo
18237839TWO-DIMENSIONAL PHOTONIC NEURAL NETWORK CONVOLUTIONAL ACCELERATION CHIP BASED ON SERIES CONNECTION STRUCTUREAugust 2023November 2023Allow200NoNo
18227704IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND OPTICAL UNITJuly 2023March 2026Abandon3210NoNo
18356663MEDICAL DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR PERFORMING EYE EXAMS AND EYE TRACKINGJuly 2023December 2024Allow1700YesNo
18353777Systems and Methods for High-Throughput Recording of Holographic Gratings in Waveguide CellsJuly 2023March 2025Allow2010NoNo
18272272Light Concentrator and Light Concentration MethodJuly 2023November 2023Allow400NoNo
18344696OPTICAL STRUCTURE FOR AUGMENTED REALITY DISPLAYJune 2023June 2024Allow1110NoNo
18339068EFFICIENT COOLING OF ION CHAINS FOR QUANTUM COMPUTATIONJune 2023June 2025Allow2410NoNo
18211308OPTICAL SYSTEMS WITH COMPACT IMAGE PROJECTORJune 2023September 2023Allow300NoNo
18267431HADAMARD PRODUCT IMPLEMENTATION METHOD AND DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUMJune 2023December 2023Allow600YesNo
18267066QUANTUM COMPUTING DEVICE, USE, AND METHODJune 2023September 2025Allow2800NoNo
18207539EYEGLASS LENS FOR AN OPTICAL IMAGING ELEMENT, AND AUGMENTED REALITY GLASSESJune 2023September 2024Allow1610NoNo
18253686DISPLAY APPARATUSMay 2023February 2026Abandon3310NoNo
18199505SELECTIVE PROPAGATION OF ENERGY IN LIGHT FIELD AND HOLOGRAPHIC WAVEGUIDE ARRAYSMay 2023August 2025Abandon2720NoNo
18317025TIME-BIN QUBIT CONVERTERMay 2023February 2024Allow910NoNo
18316414CONTACT LENSMay 2023February 2024Allow1000NoNo
18195959Aperture Multiplier with DepolarizerMay 2023February 2024Allow1000NoNo
18300644DETECTORS, OPTICAL SWITCHES, AND WAVEGUIDESApril 2023August 2024Allow1600NoNo
18248788METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TESTING FOR COLOR VISION LOSSApril 2023June 2025Allow2720NoNo
18297015METHOD OF MANUFACTURING OPTICAL ELEMENT AND OPTICAL EXPOSURE SYSTEMApril 2023March 2026Abandon3520NoNo
18248087DISPLAY DEVICE WITH DARK RING ILLUMINATION OF LENSLET ARRAYS FOR VR AND ARApril 2023December 2025Abandon3310NoNo
18131575COMBINED EYE AND ENVIRONMENT SENSING FOR A HEAD-MOUNTED DEVICEApril 2023March 2026Allow3511YesNo
18295099GRIN LC LENS WITH CARBON NANOTUBE SPACERSApril 2023December 2025Allow3210YesNo
18129560INTERCHANGEABLE LENS MECHANISM FOR A HEAD-WORN DISPLAY SYSTEM AND METHOD OF ASSEMBLING THE LENS MECHANISMMarch 2023June 2023Allow300NoNo
18187874OPTICAL IMAGING SYSTEMMarch 2023February 2025Allow2320NoNo
18186933DIFFRACTIVE OPTICAL ELEMENT WITH UNDIFFRACTED LIGHT EXPANSION FOR EYE SAFE OPERATIONMarch 2023September 2024Allow1820YesNo
18186329VEHICLE INTERIOR REARVIEW MIRROR ASSEMBLY WITH ACTUATORMarch 2023January 2025Allow2210NoNo
18245477AR OPTICAL ELEMENT, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND AR DISPLAY DEVICEMarch 2023September 2025Allow3010NoNo
18120744ILLUMINATION REDISTRIBUTOR FOR DISPLAY PANELMarch 2023December 2025Abandon3301NoNo
18181374Displays with Dispersion-Compensating Interleaved GratingsMarch 2023March 2026Allow3611NoNo
18181389DISPLAY DEVICE WITH DIFFRACTION GRATING HAVING REDUCED POLARIZATION SENSITIVITYMarch 2023July 2024Allow1610YesNo
18044343OPTICAL DEVICE FOR AUGMENTED REALITY HAVING OPTICAL STRUCTURE ARRANGED IN STRAIGHT LINE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING OPTICAL MEANSMarch 2023January 2026Allow3410NoNo
18173579Optical Systems with Color Filters for Emissive DisplaysFebruary 2023February 2026Allow3621YesNo
18105859Thermal Quantum AnnealingFebruary 2023August 2024Allow1810YesNo
18019241Near-to-eye display deviceFebruary 2023August 2025Allow3010NoNo
18017993DISPLAY APPARATUSJanuary 2023November 2025Abandon3410NoNo
18155444NANOPHOTONIC PARAMETRIC QUANTUM INFORMATION PROCESSORJanuary 2023June 2025Allow2900NoNo
18152963VEHICULAR DRIVER MONITORING SYSTEMJanuary 2023September 2024Allow2010NoNo
18015322IMAGE LIGHT GUIDE WITH COMPOUND DIFFRACTIVE OPTICAL ELEMENT AND THE HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAY MADE THEREWITHJanuary 2023March 2026Allow3810YesNo
18094362Optical System for Directing an Image for ViewingJanuary 2023May 2025Allow2800NoNo
18088548Augmented Reality (AR) Eyewear with a Section of a Fresnel Reflector Comprising Individually-Adjustable Transmissive-Reflective Optical ElementsDecember 2022May 2024Allow1610NoNo
18003298SPECTACLE-TYPE TERMINAL DEVICE HAVING COMPACT STRUCTURE AND METHOD OF PROVIDING IMAGE THEREOFDecember 2022August 2025Allow3210NoNo
18077567WAVEGUIDE STRUCTURE AND OUTCOUPLING ELEMENTSDecember 2022July 2024Allow1910YesNo
18062965METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HOLOGRAPHIC RECORDINGDecember 2022August 2025Allow3210NoNo
18074571OPTICAL SYSTEMS WITH COMPACT IMAGE PROJECTORDecember 2022March 2023Allow310NoNo
17986055IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUSNovember 2022November 2023Allow1210NoNo
17924638SUPER ISING EMULATOR WITH MULTI-BODY INTERACTIONS AND ALL-TO-ALL CONNECTIONSNovember 2022September 2025Allow3400NoNo
17976113VIRTUAL IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUSOctober 2022July 2025Allow3310NoNo
17975162POINTING UNITS AND METHODS OF OPERATING POINTING UNITSOctober 2022October 2025Abandon3610NoNo
17974213METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROGRAMMING MOMENTUM AND INCREASING LIGHT EFFICIENCY IN DEEPER ROUNDTRIPS OF FOLDED OPTICS AND CAVITIES VIA TIME-SPACE HARMONICS AND MOIRÉ EFFECTSOctober 2022February 2025Allow2711NoNo
17921309NEAR-EYE DISPLAY APPARATUSOctober 2022August 2025Allow3310NoNo
18046981VEHICULAR INTERIOR REARVIEW MIRROR ASSEMBLYOctober 2022April 2024Allow1810NoNo
17967121LENS MODULEOctober 2022February 2024Allow1610NoNo
17966761METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROGRAMMING MOMENTUM AND INCREASING LIGHT EFFICIENCY IN DEEPER ROUNDTRIPS OF FOLDED OPTICS VIA AXIAL REFRACTIONOctober 2022September 2024Allow2411NoNo
18046467SELECTIVE OPTICAL TUNING OF QUBIT TWO-LEVEL SYSTEM INTERACTIONS USING BANDPASS FILTERSOctober 2022September 2025Allow3510YesNo
17996111DISPLAY APPARATUSOctober 2022August 2025Allow3410NoNo
17964049BEAM SHAPING OPTICAL STRUCTURESOctober 2022August 2024Abandon2210NoNo
17963816METHODS TO INCREASE EFFICIENCY AND REDUCE SEE THROUGH ARTIFACTS OF REFLECTIVE WAVEGUIDESOctober 2022March 2026Allow4120NoNo
17917805METHOD FOR MAKING A THERMALLY STABLE CONNECTION BETWEEN A GLASS ELEMENT AND A SUPPORT ELEMENT, METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN OPTICAL DEVICE, AND OPTICAL DEVICEOctober 2022May 2023Allow700NoNo
17959838WAVEGUIDE CONCENTRATOR FOR LIGHT SOURCEOctober 2022October 2023Allow1200NoNo
17958969METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROGRAMMING MOMENTUM AND INCREASING LIGHT EFFICIENCY ABOVE 25% IN FOLDED OPTICS AND FIELD EVOLVING CAVITIES VIA QUANTUM EFFECTSOctober 2022August 2024Allow2221NoNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner BEATTY, COLLIN X.

Strategic Value of Filing an Appeal

Total Appeal Filings
8
Allowed After Appeal Filing
6
(75.0%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
2
(25.0%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
94.2%
Higher than average

Understanding Appeal Filing Strategy

Filing a Notice of Appeal can sometimes lead to allowance even before the appeal is fully briefed or decided by the PTAB. This occurs when the examiner or their supervisor reconsiders the rejection during the mandatory appeal conference (MPEP § 1207.01) after the appeal is filed.

In this dataset, 75.0% of applications that filed an appeal were subsequently allowed. This appeal filing benefit rate is in the top 25% across the USPTO, indicating that filing appeals is particularly effective here. The act of filing often prompts favorable reconsideration during the mandatory appeal conference.

Strategic Recommendations

Filing a Notice of Appeal is strategically valuable. The act of filing often prompts favorable reconsideration during the mandatory appeal conference.

Examiner BEATTY, COLLIN X - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner BEATTY, COLLIN X works in Art Unit 2872 and has examined 654 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 87.6%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 28 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner BEATTY, COLLIN X's allowance rate of 87.6% places them in the 67% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by BEATTY, COLLIN X receive 1.27 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 17% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues significantly fewer office actions than most examiners.

Prosecution Timeline

The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by BEATTY, COLLIN X is 28 months. This places the examiner in the 69% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly faster than average with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +9.4% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by BEATTY, COLLIN X. This interview benefit is in the 41% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews provide a below-average benefit with this examiner.

Request for Continued Examination (RCE) Effectiveness

When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 37.2% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 85% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Insight: RCEs are highly effective with this examiner compared to others. If you receive a final rejection, filing an RCE with substantive amendments or arguments has a strong likelihood of success.

After-Final Amendment Practice

This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 41.7% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 64% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: This examiner shows above-average receptiveness to after-final amendments. If your amendments clearly overcome the rejections and do not raise new issues, consider filing after-final amendments before resorting to an RCE.

Pre-Appeal Conference Effectiveness

When applicants request a pre-appeal conference (PAC) with this examiner, 66.7% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 55% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: Pre-appeal conferences show above-average effectiveness with this examiner. If you have strong arguments, a PAC request may result in favorable reconsideration.

Appeal Withdrawal and Reconsideration

This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 100.0% of appeals filed. This is in the 94% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 57.1% occur early in the appeal process (after Notice of Appeal but before Appeal Brief). Strategic Insight: This examiner frequently reconsiders rejections during the appeal process compared to other examiners. Per MPEP § 1207.01, all appeals must go through a mandatory appeal conference. Filing a Notice of Appeal may prompt favorable reconsideration even before you file an Appeal Brief.

Petition Practice

When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 40.0% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 30% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Note: Petitions show below-average success regarding this examiner's actions. Ensure you have a strong procedural basis before filing.

Examiner Cooperation and Flexibility

Examiner's Amendments: This examiner makes examiner's amendments in 0.5% of allowed cases (in the 59% percentile). This examiner makes examiner's amendments more often than average to place applications in condition for allowance (MPEP § 1302.04).

Quayle Actions: This examiner issues Ex Parte Quayle actions in 1.7% of allowed cases (in the 66% percentile). This examiner issues Quayle actions more often than average when claims are allowable but formal matters remain (MPEP § 714.14).

Prosecution Strategy Recommendations

Based on the statistical analysis of this examiner's prosecution patterns, here are tailored strategic recommendations:

  • RCEs are effective: This examiner has a high allowance rate after RCE compared to others. If you receive a final rejection and have substantive amendments or arguments, an RCE is likely to be successful.
  • Appeal filing as negotiation tool: This examiner frequently reconsiders rejections during the appeal process. Filing a Notice of Appeal may prompt favorable reconsideration during the mandatory appeal conference.

Relevant MPEP Sections for Prosecution Strategy

  • MPEP § 713.10: Examiner interviews - available before Notice of Allowance or transfer to PTAB
  • MPEP § 714.12: After-final amendments - may be entered "under justifiable circumstances"
  • MPEP § 1002.02(c): Petitionable matters to Technology Center Director
  • MPEP § 1004: Actions requiring primary examiner signature (allowances, final rejections, examiner's answers)
  • MPEP § 1207.01: Appeal conferences - mandatory for all appeals
  • MPEP § 1214.07: Reopening prosecution after appeal

Important Disclaimer

Not Legal Advice: The information provided in this report is for informational purposes only and does not constitute legal advice. You should consult with a qualified patent attorney or agent for advice specific to your situation.

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