Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19178909 | POP-OUT ZOOM CAMERA | April 2025 | August 2025 | Allow | 4 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18991770 | LARGE APERTURE CONTINUOUS ZOOM FOLDED TELE CAMERAS | December 2024 | June 2025 | Allow | 5 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18973739 | EYEPIECE OPTICAL SYSTEM AND HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAY DEVICE | December 2024 | April 2025 | Allow | 4 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18963974 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AN OPHTHALMIC DEVICE TO REDIRECT LIGHT TO SPECIFIC REGIONS OF AN EYE | November 2024 | October 2025 | Abandon | 11 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18926347 | SLIM POP-OUT WIDE CAMERA LENSES | October 2024 | January 2025 | Allow | 3 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18839730 | IMAGE FORMING LENS | August 2024 | February 2025 | Allow | 6 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18808132 | POP-OUT ZOOM CAMERA | August 2024 | January 2025 | Allow | 5 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18763174 | IMAGING LENS SYSTEM | July 2024 | March 2026 | Allow | 20 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18755976 | DESIGN METHOD OF MULTI-ZONE GROUPED AND LIGHT-HOMOGENIZED FRESNEL LENS FOR CONCENTRATING SYSTEM | June 2024 | August 2024 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18738263 | MULTI-LAYERED THIN COMBINER | June 2024 | July 2025 | Abandon | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18661719 | OPTICAL LENS ASSEMBLY | May 2024 | June 2025 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18661854 | Apparatus und Method for Rendering a Virtual Monitor on Smart Ophthalmic Devices in Augmented Reality Environments | May 2024 | February 2025 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18661967 | LARGE APERTURE CONTINUOUS ZOOM FOLDED TELE CAMERAS | May 2024 | October 2024 | Allow | 5 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18655951 | OPTICAL IMAGING SYSTEM | May 2024 | September 2025 | Allow | 17 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 18609559 | BEAM STEERING DEVICES | March 2024 | July 2025 | Allow | 16 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18607844 | POP-OUT ZOOM CAMERA | March 2024 | May 2024 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18436094 | WEEKLY AND MONTHLY DISPOSABLE WATER GRADIENT CONTACT LENSES | February 2024 | December 2024 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18436137 | SLIM POP-OUT WIDE CAMERA LENSES | February 2024 | July 2024 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18413217 | OPTICAL IMAGING SYSTEM | January 2024 | November 2024 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18529247 | IMAGE CAPTURING LENS SYSTEM | December 2023 | January 2025 | Allow | 14 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18522674 | OPTICAL IMAGING SYSTEM | November 2023 | June 2024 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18498549 | Optical Lens with Halo Reduction | October 2023 | August 2025 | Allow | 21 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18481596 | Ophthalmic Lenses And Methods For Correcting, Slowing, Reducing, And/Or Controlling The Progression Of Myopia In Conjunction With Use Of Atropine Or Related Compounds | October 2023 | September 2024 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18479838 | OPTICAL LENS ASSEMBLY | October 2023 | July 2025 | Allow | 21 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 18479314 | MULTIFOCAL LENS HAVING REDUCED VISUAL DISTURBANCES | October 2023 | August 2024 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18374729 | OPTICAL IMAGING SYSTEM | September 2023 | January 2025 | Allow | 15 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18473304 | OPTICAL LENS ASSEMBLY AND PHOTOGRAPHING MODULE | September 2023 | January 2026 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18470035 | IMAGING LENS AND IMAGING APPARATUS | September 2023 | January 2026 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18466375 | OPTICAL IMAGING SYSTEM | September 2023 | November 2024 | Allow | 14 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18463371 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VISION ASSESSMENT | September 2023 | October 2024 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18241261 | OPTICAL IMAGING LENS | September 2023 | February 2026 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18232733 | OPTICAL PHOTOGRAPHING LENS ASSEMBLY, IMAGE CAPTURING UNIT AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | August 2023 | September 2025 | Allow | 25 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18361662 | IMAGING LENS SYSTEM | July 2023 | July 2025 | Allow | 23 | 5 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18349096 | Optical Systems with Multi-Layer Holographic Combiners | July 2023 | March 2026 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18219558 | PHOTOGRAPHING LENS ASSEMBLY, IMAGE CAPTURING UNIT AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | July 2023 | August 2025 | Allow | 25 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18218798 | OPTICAL SYSTEM | July 2023 | April 2024 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18257592 | LARGE APERTURE CONTINUOUS ZOOM FOLDED TELE CAMERAS | June 2023 | February 2024 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18038971 | OPTICAL IMAGING LENS AND IMAGING DEVICE | May 2023 | November 2025 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18196822 | OPTICAL LENS ASSEMBLY AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | May 2023 | February 2026 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18139023 | OPTICAL LENS ASSEMBLY AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | April 2023 | September 2025 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18135462 | DISPLAY DEVICE FOR IMAGING AND DISPLAYING | April 2023 | January 2026 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18128597 | METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING A GEOMETRICAL PARAMETER OF A SEMI-FINISHED OPTICAL LENS | March 2023 | September 2025 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18191053 | SPECTACLE LENS AND A METHOD FOR PRODUCING A SPECTACLE LENS | March 2023 | January 2024 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18187073 | COMPUTER IMPLEMENTED METHOD OF DETERMINING A NUMERICAL REPRESENTATION OF A SPECTACLE LENS | March 2023 | June 2023 | Allow | 3 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18123019 | IMPEDANCE SENSOR FOR OPHTHALMIC DEVICE USING SHARED ANTENNA ELECTRODE | March 2023 | March 2024 | Allow | 12 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18177626 | DISPLAY OPTICAL SYSTEM, DISPLAY APPARATUS, AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS | March 2023 | September 2025 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18172372 | ZOOM LENS AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS AND IMAGE PICKUP SYSTEM HAVING THE SAME | February 2023 | February 2026 | Allow | 36 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18110148 | OPTICAL IMAGING LENS | February 2023 | April 2024 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18109302 | QUANDRANTNOPIAL OCCLUSIVE LENSES | February 2023 | November 2025 | Abandon | 33 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18166064 | SPECTACLE LENS AND A METHOD FOR PRODUCING A SPECTACLE LENS | February 2023 | September 2023 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18040943 | IMPROVED CALCULATION OF OPHTHALMOLOGICAL LENSES | February 2023 | March 2026 | Allow | 37 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18104305 | OPTICAL IMAGING LENS | February 2023 | August 2024 | Allow | 18 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18158344 | SPECTACLE LENS WITH ANTIBACTERIAL AND/OR ANTIVIRAL PROPERTIES AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME | January 2023 | January 2024 | Allow | 12 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18157454 | METHODS FOR DETERMINING THE NEAR POINT, FOR DETERMINING THE NEAR POINT DISTANCE, FOR DETERMINING A SPHERICAL REFRACTIVE POWER, AND FOR PRODUCING A SPECTACLE LENS, AND CORRESPONDING MOBILE TERMINALS AND COMPUTER PROGRAMS | January 2023 | August 2023 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18156182 | OPTICAL ELEMENT DRIVING MECHANISM | January 2023 | January 2026 | Allow | 36 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18086838 | TEAR SHAPING FOR REFRACTIVE CORRECTION | December 2022 | December 2023 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18065331 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF A DEFINED CONDITION, AND METHODS FOR OPERATING SUCH SYSTEMS | December 2022 | June 2024 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18063112 | ZOOM LENS AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME | December 2022 | October 2025 | Allow | 34 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18062157 | Compact Head-Up Display And Waveguide Therefor | December 2022 | January 2024 | Allow | 13 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18060997 | IMAGING OPTICAL SYSTEM LENS ASSEMBLY, IMAGING APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | December 2022 | November 2025 | Allow | 35 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17994127 | SYSTEM AND METHOD DESIGNING METALENS | November 2022 | November 2025 | Allow | 36 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17915148 | POP-OUT ZOOM CAMERA | September 2022 | December 2023 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17946520 | OPTICAL IMAGING SYSTEM | September 2022 | February 2026 | Allow | 41 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17911512 | PROGRESSIVE POWER LENS AND DESIGNING METHOD THEREOF | September 2022 | July 2025 | Allow | 34 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17932095 | OPTICAL IMAGING LENS | September 2022 | February 2026 | Allow | 41 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17910585 | OPHTHALMIC LENSES AND METHODS FOR CORRECTING, SLOWING, REDUCING, AND/OR CONTROLLING THE PROGRESSION OF MYOPIA IN CONJUNCTION WITH USE OF ATROPINE OR RELATED COMPOUNDS | September 2022 | September 2024 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17903881 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATED WIDEFIELD OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY ANGIOGRAPHY | September 2022 | January 2025 | Allow | 28 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17821926 | Stabilized Thin Lens | August 2022 | June 2025 | Abandon | 34 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17893208 | OPTICAL IMAGING LENS | August 2022 | October 2024 | Abandon | 25 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17893193 | OPTICAL IMAGING LENS | August 2022 | June 2025 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17886352 | IMAGE LENS ASSEMBLY, IMAGE CAPTURING UNIT AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | August 2022 | June 2025 | Allow | 34 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17885418 | IMAGING SYSTEM LENS ASSEMBLY, IMAGE CAPTURING UNIT AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | August 2022 | June 2025 | Allow | 34 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17760113 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING AT LEAST ONE PARAMETER OF AN EYE OF A PERSON | August 2022 | August 2025 | Allow | 37 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17880185 | OPTICAL SYSTEM AND PROJECTOR | August 2022 | January 2025 | Allow | 29 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17794972 | SLIM POP-OUT WIDE CAMERA LENSES | July 2022 | October 2023 | Allow | 15 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17867021 | SENSITIVITY EVALUATION METHOD, OPHTHALMIC LENS DESIGN METHOD, OPHTHALMIC LENS MANUFACTURING METHOD, OPHTHALMIC LENS, OPHTHALMIC LENS ORDERING DEVICE, OPHTHALMIC LENS ORDER RECEIVING DEVICE, AND OPHTHALMIC LENS ORDER RECEIVING/ORDERING SYSTEM | July 2022 | September 2025 | Allow | 38 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17866469 | OPTICAL IMAGING SYSTEM | July 2022 | October 2023 | Allow | 15 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17863781 | OPTICAL LENS | July 2022 | December 2025 | Abandon | 41 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17786458 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING AN OPTICAL LENS | June 2022 | March 2026 | Allow | 45 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17834991 | Wide-Angle Lens Assembly | June 2022 | July 2025 | Allow | 37 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17834139 | VISION CORRECTION LENS AND METHOD FOR PREPARATION OF THE SAME | June 2022 | March 2025 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17664531 | MULTIFOCAL LENS HAVING REDUCED VISUAL DISTURBANCES | May 2022 | July 2023 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17664029 | LENS MODULE AND EYEGLASS MODULE COMPRISING SAME | May 2022 | November 2025 | Abandon | 42 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17747245 | Optical Lens with Halo Reduction | May 2022 | August 2023 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17775793 | METHODS FOR DESIGNING AN OPHTHALMIC TINTED LENS AND OPHTHALMIC TINTED LENSES, AND CORRESPONDING OPHTHALMIC TINTED LENS | May 2022 | July 2025 | Allow | 39 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17727099 | OPTICAL IMAGING SYSTEM | April 2022 | August 2023 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17720686 | OPTICAL SYSTEM | April 2022 | December 2024 | Allow | 32 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17710224 | METHOD FOR MAKING EMBEDDED HYDROGEL CONTACT LENSES | March 2022 | March 2025 | Allow | 36 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 17631203 | FUNDUS IMAGE PHOTOGRAPHY APPARATUS HAVING AUTOMATIC FOCUSING FUNCTION | March 2022 | August 2025 | Abandon | 43 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17689942 | PROTECTIVE COVER FOR EYEWEAR | March 2022 | August 2025 | Abandon | 41 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17638127 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EVALUATING PUPILLARY RESPONSES | February 2022 | October 2025 | Allow | 44 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17592152 | GRIN LENS STRUCTURE IN MICRO-LED DEVICES | February 2022 | January 2025 | Allow | 36 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17586854 | INTERCHANGEABLE EYEWEAR SYSTEM | January 2022 | May 2025 | Abandon | 39 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17572794 | WEEKLY AND MONTHLY DISPOSABLE WATER GRADIENT CONTACT LENSES | January 2022 | November 2023 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17622133 | Ophthalmic Lenses and Methods for Correcting, Slowing, Reducing, and/or Controlling the Progression of Myopia | December 2021 | October 2025 | Abandon | 46 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17555796 | Opthalmic Lenses and Methods for Correcting, Slowing, Reducing, and/or Controlling the Progression of Myopia in Conjunction with use of Atropine or Related Compounds | December 2021 | July 2023 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17619450 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING AN OPHTHALMIC ELEMENT ADAPTED TO A WEARER | December 2021 | January 2026 | Allow | 49 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17596330 | OPHTHALMIC DEVICE | December 2021 | December 2024 | Abandon | 36 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17616754 | MEASUREMENT DEVICE | December 2021 | January 2025 | Allow | 37 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17543500 | OXYGEN PERMEABLE CONTACT LENSES WITH THICK PAYLOADS | December 2021 | April 2023 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner FISSEL, TRAVIS S.
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, 46.7% 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 FISSEL, TRAVIS S works in Art Unit 2872 and has examined 468 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 75.4%, this examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 34 months.
Examiner FISSEL, TRAVIS S's allowance rate of 75.4% places them in the 41% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications.
On average, applications examined by FISSEL, TRAVIS S receive 2.30 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 65% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues a slightly above-average number of office actions.
The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by FISSEL, TRAVIS S is 34 months. This places the examiner in the 44% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly slower than average with this examiner.
Conducting an examiner interview provides a +13.8% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by FISSEL, TRAVIS S. This interview benefit is in the 52% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews provide an above-average benefit with this examiner and are worth considering.
When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 25.0% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 38% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Insight: RCEs show below-average effectiveness with this examiner. Carefully evaluate whether an RCE or continuation is the better strategy.
This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 34.5% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 51% 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, 100.0% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 74% 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.
This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 85.7% of appeals filed. This is in the 79% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 41.7% 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, 33.9% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 21% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Note: Petitions are rarely granted regarding this examiner's actions compared to other examiners. Ensure you have a strong procedural basis before filing a petition, as the Technology Center Director typically upholds this examiner's decisions.
Examiner's Amendments: This examiner makes examiner's amendments in 0.0% of allowed cases (in the 27% percentile). This examiner makes examiner's amendments less often than average. You may need to make most claim amendments yourself.
Quayle Actions: This examiner issues Ex Parte Quayle actions in 0.0% of allowed cases (in the 33% percentile). This examiner issues Quayle actions less often than average. Allowances may come directly without a separate action for formal matters.
Based on the statistical analysis of this examiner's prosecution patterns, here are tailored strategic recommendations:
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