Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18777289 | CONTACT LENSES WITH SURFACES HAVING DIFFERENT SOFTNESS | July 2024 | June 2025 | Allow | 10 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18764398 | Multifocal Ophthalmic Lenses and Related Methods | July 2024 | February 2025 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18763744 | Multi-Zone Transparent Display | July 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18743044 | OPTICAL LENS SET | June 2024 | January 2025 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18733144 | EYEWEAR WITH PINHOLE AND SLIT CAMERAS | June 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18631316 | OPHTHALMIC DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD OF OPHTHALMIC DEVICE, AND PROGRAM STORAGE MEDIUM | April 2024 | June 2025 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18606814 | FUNCTIONAL LAMINATE AND FUNCTIONAL LENS COMPRISING THE FUNCTIONAL LAMINATE | March 2024 | February 2025 | Allow | 11 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18602242 | PHOTOGRAPHING OPTICAL LENS SYSTEM, IMAGING APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | March 2024 | February 2025 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18600723 | LIQUID LENS WITH A LATERALLY ARRANGED PUMP PORTION | March 2024 | March 2025 | Abandon | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18430840 | VEHICLE | February 2024 | February 2025 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18409247 | METHOD AND SYSTEM TO CREATE CUSTOM PRODUCTS | January 2024 | April 2025 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18408373 | IMAGING LENS AND IMAGING APPARATUS | January 2024 | July 2025 | Allow | 18 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 18545999 | OPTICAL SYSTEM AND DISPLAY APPARATUS | December 2023 | March 2026 | Allow | 27 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18518481 | LENS MODULE | November 2023 | March 2026 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18514643 | ZOOM LENS AND APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME | November 2023 | February 2026 | Allow | 27 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 18510057 | USER-CUSTOMISED GOGGLES | November 2023 | September 2024 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18510154 | OPTICAL ELEMENT DRIVING SYSTEM | November 2023 | November 2024 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18507149 | OPTICAL SYSTEM AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME | November 2023 | November 2025 | Allow | 24 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18504915 | DRY EYE MITIGATION FOR OCULAR ABERROMETRY SYSTEMS AND METHODS | November 2023 | November 2024 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18385824 | WEARABLE DATA DISPLAY | October 2023 | January 2025 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18495681 | MYOPIA PREVENTION AND CONTROL SPECTACLE LENS | October 2023 | January 2026 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18481943 | Waveguide Architectures and Related Methods of Manufacturing | October 2023 | February 2025 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18474085 | Illuminated Contact Lens and System | September 2023 | January 2025 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18465325 | PHASE-SENSITIVE COMPRESSED ULTRAFAST PHOTOGRAPHY SYSTEMS AND METHODS | September 2023 | July 2024 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18462767 | OPHTHALMIC VISUALIZATION USING CONFOCAL MEMS SCANNING | September 2023 | September 2025 | Allow | 25 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18461573 | OPTICAL IMAGE CAPTURING SYSTEM | September 2023 | August 2024 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18279272 | OPTICAL ELEMENT PART INCLUDING AT LEAST TWO OPTICAL CHARACTERISTIC REGIONS, AND TURRET, OPTICAL ELEMENT DEVICE, AND CAMERA INCLUDING THE SAME | August 2023 | October 2025 | Allow | 26 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18239066 | POWER MANAGEMENT FOR ELECTROCHROMIC WINDOW NETWORKS | August 2023 | September 2024 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18547785 | ACTUATOR-SENSOR SYSTEM AND FAST STEERING MIRROR (FSM) HAVING AN ACTUATOR-SENSOR SYSTEM OF THIS TYPE | August 2023 | February 2026 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18452820 | ADJUSTABLE POLARIZER FOR HEAD UP DISPLAYS | August 2023 | July 2024 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18234389 | Multifocal Ophthalmic Lenses and Related Methods | August 2023 | August 2024 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18446646 | EXTERNAL POWER BANK AND COLLAPSIBLE HOLOGRAPHIC PROJECTION ACCESSORY FOR PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE | August 2023 | May 2025 | Allow | 21 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18260063 | HIGH-TEMPERATURE ENDOSCOPE PREVENTING IMPURITIES OF INGOT GROWTH APPARATUS FROM BEING DEPOSITED | June 2023 | November 2025 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18344118 | Method of Manufacturing a Tear Flow Measurement Device | June 2023 | November 2024 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18259652 | CAMERA MODULE | June 2023 | December 2025 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18214436 | OPTICAL APPARATUS AND ADJUSTMENT METHOD | June 2023 | July 2025 | Allow | 25 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18211704 | Anamorphic directional illumination device | June 2023 | November 2025 | Allow | 29 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18266864 | TEMPERATURE COMPENSATED SPACER | June 2023 | July 2025 | Allow | 25 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18331641 | EYEGLASSES WITH MAGNETIC INTERCHANGEABLE ARMS | June 2023 | January 2026 | Abandon | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18254650 | LENS DRIVING DEVICE, AND CAMERA DEVICE AND OPTICAL INSTRUMENT THAT INCLUDE SAME | May 2023 | December 2025 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18202511 | ELECTRONIC REDUCTION OF PARALLAX ERRORS IN DIRECT-VIEW RIFLE SCOPES WITHOUT RANGING | May 2023 | December 2025 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18323060 | WEARABLE TRAINING APPARATUS, A TRAINING SYSTEM AND A TRAINING METHOD THEREOF | May 2023 | March 2024 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18037596 | ESTIMATION DEVICE, ESTIMATION METHOD, AND ESTIMATION PROGRAM | May 2023 | July 2025 | Allow | 26 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18319994 | ASSEMBLY HAVING A DECOUPLING JOINT FOR MECHANICALLY MOUNTING AN ELEMENT | May 2023 | October 2025 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18251302 | SYSTEMS FOR REMOTELY CONTROLLING AN OPHTHALMOLOGICAL DEVICE | May 2023 | December 2025 | Allow | 32 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18140858 | OVERMOLDED TEMPLE WITH THERMAL MANAGEMENT WINDOW | April 2023 | July 2025 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18302305 | ELECTRO-OPTICS BASED OPTICAL DEVICES | April 2023 | July 2024 | Allow | 15 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18301625 | THREE-POINT LENS REPLACEMENT ASSEMBLY FOR EYEGLASSES | April 2023 | November 2025 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18028790 | SURGICAL MICROSCOPE | March 2023 | November 2025 | Allow | 32 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18190032 | OPHTHALMOLOGIC APPARATUS AND OPHTHALMOLOGIC SYSTEM | March 2023 | December 2023 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18125204 | Method of Manufacturing a High-Performance Optical Absorber Using Capillary Force Lamination | March 2023 | August 2023 | Allow | 4 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18187322 | Narrow Bandpass Filtering Element | March 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 26 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18119300 | OPTICAL LENS SET | March 2023 | March 2024 | Allow | 12 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18180388 | OPTICAL ELEMENT DRIVING MECHANISM | March 2023 | October 2025 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18024992 | MULTIPLE COHERENT BEAM COMBINATION SYSTEMS SHARING A COMMON RECEIVER | March 2023 | August 2025 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18043681 | CAMERA DEVICE | March 2023 | September 2025 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18115958 | BUTTON ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THEREOF | March 2023 | February 2024 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18175565 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, EYESIGHT TEST SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD | February 2023 | December 2025 | Allow | 34 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18174696 | LENS MODULE, CAMERA MODULE, AND TERMINAL | February 2023 | September 2025 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18022839 | OBJECTIVE LENS, OPTICAL IMAGING DEVICE, OPTICAL SYSTEM, AND TEST METHOD OF OPTICAL SYSTEM | February 2023 | January 2026 | Allow | 35 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18107344 | PUPIL-AWARE EYE TRACKING FOR EYE SAFETY | February 2023 | November 2025 | Allow | 33 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 17759678 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR INSPECTING THE ALIGNMENT OF THE EYE IN AN OPHTHALMOLOGICAL IMAGING APPARATUS | February 2023 | August 2025 | Allow | 37 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18018907 | INVERTED MICROSCOPE | January 2023 | July 2025 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18101396 | LENS, LENS ASSEMBLY, AND MOBILE ELECTRONIC DEVICE | January 2023 | September 2025 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18098592 | ADJUSTABLE LOUPE APPARATUS | January 2023 | November 2025 | Abandon | 34 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18152621 | ELECTROCHROMIC DEVICES AND METHODS ASSOCIATED THEREWITH | January 2023 | November 2023 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18004052 | AUTOMATIC AND MANUAL ZOOM MECHANISM FOR SLIT LAMP-BASED DRY EYE INSPECTION INSTRUMENT | December 2022 | October 2025 | Abandon | 34 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18010260 | LENS, THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGING MODULE, AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGING APPARATUS | December 2022 | March 2026 | Abandon | 39 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18056086 | Eye-Imaging System and Apparatus with Coordinated Illuminator Fibers Having a Skewed Fiber Angle | November 2022 | June 2023 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17988605 | POWER MANAGEMENT FOR ELECTROCHROMIC WINDOW NETWORKS | November 2022 | June 2023 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17984320 | OPTICAL SYSTEM AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF | November 2022 | February 2026 | Allow | 39 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18053018 | Hybrid Reflective Microscope Objective | November 2022 | August 2025 | Allow | 34 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18051064 | INTER-PUPILLARY DISTANCE ADJUSTMENT DEVICE | October 2022 | July 2025 | Allow | 33 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17971656 | ALIGNMENT SYSTEM FOR OPHTHALMIC INSTRUMENT | October 2022 | September 2025 | Allow | 35 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17971537 | ILLUMINATION APPARATUS, ILLUMINATION METHOD, ILLUMINATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING AN ILLUMINATION SYSTEM | October 2022 | August 2025 | Allow | 34 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17920306 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING AN OPHTHALMIC LENS | October 2022 | October 2025 | Allow | 36 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17959305 | OPHTHALMIC APPARATUS | October 2022 | January 2026 | Allow | 39 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17947375 | HIGH-PERFORMANCE OPTICAL ABSORBER COMPRISING FUNCTIONALIZED, NON-WOVEN, CNT SHEET AND TEXTURIZED POLYMER FILM OR TEXTURIZED POLYMER COATING AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF | September 2022 | January 2023 | Allow | 4 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17787295 | PORTABLE RETINAL IMAGING SYSTEM | September 2022 | August 2025 | Allow | 38 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17901426 | GUIDING FIXATION METHOD APPLIED TO EYE EXAMINATION DEVICE | September 2022 | May 2025 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17893773 | MAGNIFYING DEVICE WITH MULTIPLE MAGNIFICATIONS | August 2022 | January 2024 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17891906 | SPHERICALLY MOUNTED RETROREFLECTOR | August 2022 | August 2025 | Allow | 36 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17904329 | METHOD FOR MEASURING A TEAR MENISCUS | August 2022 | August 2025 | Allow | 36 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17889058 | INFRARED REFLECTOR FOR LIDAR | August 2022 | December 2025 | Allow | 40 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17594912 | OPHTHALMOLOGIC APPARATUS | August 2022 | April 2025 | Allow | 41 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17884863 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION EYEWEAR DEVICE | August 2022 | June 2025 | Allow | 34 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17818642 | Hand-Held Pupilometer Device with Stowable Breath Shield | August 2022 | April 2025 | Allow | 32 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17797439 | SLIT LAMP MICROSCOPE | August 2022 | April 2025 | Allow | 32 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17797020 | MULTIFOCAL TORIC LENS | August 2022 | February 2026 | Allow | 43 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17815909 | OPTICAL DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME | July 2022 | July 2025 | Allow | 36 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17794422 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VISUAL FIELD RAPID ASSESSMENT | July 2022 | March 2026 | Allow | 43 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17869506 | METHOD AND SYSTEM TO CREATE CUSTOM, USER-SPECIFIC EYEWEAR | July 2022 | October 2023 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17866323 | NIGHT VISION SYSTEM | July 2022 | May 2025 | Allow | 34 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17865927 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A SEMI-FINISHED SPECTACLE LENS AND SEMI-FINISHED SPECTACLE LENS | July 2022 | January 2026 | Allow | 42 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17855803 | OPTICAL SYSTEM, LENS DEVICE, IMAGING DEVICE, AND PROJECTION DEVICE | July 2022 | May 2025 | Allow | 34 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17855830 | MICROSCOPE | July 2022 | April 2024 | Allow | 22 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17845907 | EXTERNAL POWER BANK AND COLLAPSIBLE HOLOGRAPHIC PROJECTION ACCESSORY FOR PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE | June 2022 | April 2025 | Allow | 34 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 17842868 | ADJUSTABLE POLARIZER FOR HEAD UP DISPLAYS | June 2022 | May 2023 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17842831 | LENS APPARATUS AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS | June 2022 | July 2023 | Allow | 13 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17840696 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A SPECTACLE LENS ACCORDING TO AT LEAST ONE DATA SET OF EDGING DATA | June 2022 | May 2025 | Allow | 35 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner BROOME, SHARRIEF I.
With a 100.0% reversal rate, the PTAB has reversed the examiner's rejections more often than affirming them. This reversal rate is in the top 25% across the USPTO, indicating that appeals are more successful here than in most other areas.
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, 51.3% 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.
✓ Appeals to PTAB show good success rates. If you have a strong case on the merits, consider fully prosecuting the appeal to a Board decision.
✓ Filing a Notice of Appeal is strategically valuable. The act of filing often prompts favorable reconsideration during the mandatory appeal conference.
Examiner BROOME, SHARRIEF I works in Art Unit 2872 and has examined 738 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 82.7%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 30 months.
Examiner BROOME, SHARRIEF I's allowance rate of 82.7% places them in the 56% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications.
On average, applications examined by BROOME, SHARRIEF I receive 1.78 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 40% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues fewer office actions than average, which may indicate efficient prosecution or a more lenient examination style.
The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by BROOME, SHARRIEF I is 30 months. This places the examiner in the 61% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly faster than average with this examiner.
Conducting an examiner interview provides a +0.6% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by BROOME, SHARRIEF I. This interview benefit is in the 18% percentile among all examiners. Note: Interviews show limited statistical benefit with this examiner compared to others, though they may still be valuable for clarifying issues.
When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 29.8% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 57% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Insight: RCEs show above-average effectiveness with this examiner. Consider whether your amendments or new arguments are strong enough to warrant an RCE versus filing a continuation.
This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 41.2% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 63% 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.
When applicants request a pre-appeal conference (PAC) with this examiner, 145.5% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 89% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: Pre-appeal conferences are highly effective with this examiner compared to others. Before filing a full appeal brief, strongly consider requesting a PAC. The PAC provides an opportunity for the examiner and supervisory personnel to reconsider the rejection before the case proceeds to the PTAB.
This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 92.1% of appeals filed. This is in the 84% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 60.0% 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.
When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 66.7% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 73% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Note: Petitions show above-average success regarding this examiner's actions. Petitionable matters include restriction requirements (MPEP § 1002.02(c)(2)) and various procedural issues.
Examiner's Amendments: This examiner makes examiner's amendments in 0.1% of allowed cases (in the 50% 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 4.9% of allowed cases (in the 80% percentile). Per MPEP § 714.14, a Quayle action indicates that all claims are allowable but formal matters remain. This examiner frequently uses Quayle actions compared to other examiners, which is a positive indicator that once substantive issues are resolved, allowance follows quickly.
Based on the statistical analysis of this examiner's prosecution patterns, here are tailored strategic recommendations:
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