Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18592714 | METHOD AND COMPOSITION FOR TINTING A SPECTACLE LENS SUBSTRATE | March 2024 | June 2024 | Allow | 3 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18489950 | PROGRESSIVE SPECTACLE LENS | October 2023 | January 2024 | Allow | 3 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18279214 | WS12-RELEASING CONTACT LENS | August 2023 | January 2024 | Allow | 4 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18221484 | ZOOM OPTICAL SYSTEM, OPTICAL APPARATUS AND IMAGING APPARATUS USING THE ZOOM OPTICAL SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE ZOOM OPTICAL SYSTEM | July 2023 | May 2024 | Allow | 10 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18219907 | ZOOM OPTICAL SYSTEM, OPTICAL APPARATUS, IMAGING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE ZOOM OPTICAL SYSTEM | July 2023 | April 2024 | Allow | 9 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18212495 | OPTICAL IMAGING SYSTEM FOR PICKUP | June 2023 | March 2024 | Allow | 8 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18298748 | LENS DRIVING DEVICE, AND CAMERA MODULE AND OPTICAL DEVICE COMPRISING SAME | April 2023 | February 2024 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18124945 | FULL FIELD RETINAL IMAGING SYSTEM FOR CHARACTERIZATION OF EYE TRACKERS | March 2023 | January 2024 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18186334 | OPTICAL IMAGING SYSTEM | March 2023 | May 2024 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18114571 | AUTOMATED CONTACT LENS DESIGN THROUGH IMAGE CAPTURE OF AN EYE WEARING A REFERENCE CONTACT LENS | February 2023 | April 2024 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18170355 | OPHTHALMIC LENS OPTIMIZATION CONSIDERING WEARER'S ACCOMMODATION | February 2023 | September 2023 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18110037 | GEOMETRIC VOLUME CONTROL CORNEAL REFRACTIVE THERAPY CONTACT LENS | February 2023 | December 2023 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18156220 | COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR GENERATING DATA IN ORDER TO PRODUCE AT LEAST ONE SPECTACLE LENS, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A PAIR OF SPECTACLES | January 2023 | April 2023 | Allow | 3 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18095748 | VISION CORRECTION WITH LASER REFRACTIVE INDEX CHANGES | January 2023 | May 2024 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18094466 | PHOTOGRAPHING OPTICAL LENS SYSTEM, IMAGING APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | January 2023 | December 2023 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17984057 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING AN OPTICAL SYSTEM INTENDED TO EQUIP A PERSON ON THE BASIS OF THE ADAPTABILITY OF THE PERSON TO A VISUAL AND/OR PROPRIOCEPTIVE MODIFICATION OF HIS/HER ENVIRONMENT | November 2022 | January 2024 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17976218 | OPTICAL SEE THROUGH (OST) NEAR EYE DISPLAY (NED) SYSTEM INTEGRATING OPHTHALMIC CORRECTION | October 2022 | May 2024 | Allow | 19 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18049680 | MULTI-ELEMENT PRESCRIPTION LENSES WITH EYE-TRACKING | October 2022 | August 2024 | Abandon | 21 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17969699 | Eyeglasses and sunglasses with cut-off-sections at lower parts of the lenses | October 2022 | August 2024 | Abandon | 22 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17960107 | MULTI-RING MULTI-FOCAL-LENGTH SINGLE-RING INNER WAVY LENS | October 2022 | December 2022 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17929373 | EYEWEAR WITH INTEGRATED HEADS-UP DISPLAY | September 2022 | February 2024 | Allow | 17 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17812929 | DYNAMIC TEAR LENSES | July 2022 | July 2023 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17839218 | APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR MULTISTAGE MOLDING OF LENSES | June 2022 | August 2023 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17837118 | OPTICAL IMAGING SYSTEM, IMAGING APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | June 2022 | June 2023 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17770642 | Tuneable Ophthalmic Lens | April 2022 | August 2023 | Allow | 16 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17724113 | SPECTACLE LENSES AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME | April 2022 | November 2023 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17722460 | IMAGE CAPTURING LENS ASSEMBLY, IMAGING APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | April 2022 | June 2023 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17722709 | ZOOM OPTICAL SYSTEM, OPTICAL APPARATUS, IMAGING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE ZOOM OPTICAL SYSTEM | April 2022 | April 2023 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17753773 | ASSEMBLY PROCESS FOR AN ELECTRONIC SOFT CONTACT LENS DESIGNED TO INHIBIT PROGRESSION OF MYOPIA | March 2022 | April 2023 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17683550 | COLORED CONTACT LENS, MANUFACTURING METHOD OF COLORED CONTACT LENS, AND IRIS RECOGNITION SYSTEM | March 2022 | January 2024 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17683539 | COLORED CONTACT LENS, MANUFACTURING METHOD OF COLORED CONTACT LENS, AND IRIS RECOGNITION SYSTEM | March 2022 | April 2024 | Allow | 26 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17681593 | EYEWEAR WITH DETECTION SYSTEM | February 2022 | August 2022 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17675383 | TRACKING MOVEMENT OF AN EYE WITHIN A TRACKING RANGE | February 2022 | June 2023 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17673244 | ZOOM OPTICAL SYSTEM, OPTICAL APPARATUS AND IMAGING APPARATUS USING THE ZOOM OPTICAL SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE ZOOM OPTICAL SYSTEM | February 2022 | May 2023 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17590644 | WEDGE COMBINER FOR EYE-TRACKING | February 2022 | February 2024 | Allow | 25 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17566897 | BIFOCAL SPECTACLE LENS, COMPUTER IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR CREATING A NUMERICAL REPRESENTATION OF SAME, COMPUTER PROGRAM, DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND NON-VOLATILE COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | December 2021 | March 2022 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17619494 | METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY ASSESSING THE NEAR VISION ACCOMMODATIVE STATE OF A NON-PRESBYOPIC INDIVIDUAL AND ASSOCIATED DEVICE | December 2021 | June 2024 | Allow | 30 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17547339 | MYOPIA-CONTROL CONTACT LENSES AND METHODS RELATING THERETO | December 2021 | July 2024 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17616154 | GEOMETRIC VOLUME CONTROL CORNEAL REFRACTIVE THERAPY CONTACT LENS | December 2021 | January 2023 | Allow | 15 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17525379 | CONTACT LENS | November 2021 | December 2023 | Abandon | 26 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17514413 | MULTI-LENS CAMERA SYSTEM AND DRIVING MECHANISM THEREOF | October 2021 | September 2023 | Allow | 23 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17509745 | CAMERA LENS | October 2021 | April 2024 | Allow | 30 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17508602 | LENS BARREL AND IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE | October 2021 | July 2023 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17467245 | CONTACT LENS SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING OCULAR DISEASES | September 2021 | April 2022 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17409207 | EYEWEAR WITH CHROMA ENHANCEMENT | August 2021 | May 2023 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17391966 | IMAGING LENS | August 2021 | August 2023 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17389715 | Dimpled Contact Lens | July 2021 | August 2023 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17382654 | APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR MULTISTAGE MOLDING OF LENSES | July 2021 | June 2023 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17360774 | LENS DRIVING DEVICE, CAMERA MODULE, AND OPTICAL DEVICE | June 2021 | July 2023 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17356271 | ZOOM LENS AND IMAGING APPARATUS | June 2021 | June 2023 | Allow | 24 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17339220 | CAMERA MODULE | June 2021 | January 2024 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17318761 | CONTACT LENS PACKAGING | May 2021 | November 2023 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17315254 | WIFI ENABLED HEAD UP DISPLAY (HUD) | May 2021 | January 2024 | Abandon | 32 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17308944 | SOFT CONTACT LENS WITH NEW STABILIZATION ZONES FOR IMPROVED ANGULAR STABILITY AND COMFORT | May 2021 | April 2024 | Abandon | 35 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 17236843 | IMAGING APPARATUS, INTERCHANGEABLE LENS, INTERMEDIATE ACCESSORY, AND CONTROL METHODS THEREFOR | April 2021 | April 2024 | Allow | 35 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17234043 | OPTICAL MECHANISM | April 2021 | November 2023 | Allow | 31 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17223268 | MULTIFOCAL LENS HAVING REDUCED CHROMATIC ABERRATIONS | April 2021 | February 2023 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17223966 | AUTOMATED CONTACT LENS DESIGN THROUGH IMAGE CAPTURE OF AN EYE WEARING A REFERENCE CONTACT LENS | April 2021 | May 2023 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17217458 | LENS POSITIONING MECHANISM, LENS PRODUCING APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING LENS MEMBER | March 2021 | December 2023 | Allow | 32 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17215699 | OPTICAL IMAGING SYSTEM | March 2021 | October 2023 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17212582 | PAIR OF PROGRESSIVE POWER LENSES AND DESIGN METHOD FOR THE SAME | March 2021 | April 2023 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17208177 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING BLINK INHIBITION AS A MARKER OF ENGAGEMENT AND PERCEIVED STIMULUS SALIENCE | March 2021 | April 2023 | Allow | 25 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17204692 | LENS WITH MARKING PATTERN FOR CHARACTERIZING HIGH-ORDER ABERRATIONS | March 2021 | April 2023 | Abandon | 25 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17194822 | OPTICAL MECHANISM | March 2021 | May 2023 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17188220 | VISION CORRECTION WITH LASER REFRACTIVE INDEX CHANGES | March 2021 | November 2022 | Allow | 21 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17188273 | VISION CORRECTION WITH LASER REFRACTIVE INDEX CHANGES | March 2021 | October 2023 | Allow | 31 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17188124 | VISION CORRECTION WITH LASER REFRACTIVE INDEX CHANGES | March 2021 | October 2023 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17181587 | MOBILE DEVICE AND OPTICAL IMAGING LENS THEREOF | February 2021 | January 2023 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17165875 | OPTICAL DEVICE FOR ENHANCING HUMAN COLOR VISION WITH IMPROVED COSMETIC APPEARANCE | February 2021 | June 2023 | Allow | 28 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17160828 | OPTICAL IMAGING SYSTEM FOR PICKUP | January 2021 | March 2023 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17159604 | LENS DRIVING DEVICE, AND CAMERA MODULE AND OPTICAL DEVICE COMPRISING SAME | January 2021 | January 2023 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17262874 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING A LENS OF CUSTOMIZED COLOR | January 2021 | June 2024 | Allow | 41 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17153581 | PROGRESSIVE SPECTACLE LENS WITH REGIONALLY VARYING REFRACTIVE INDEX AND METHOD FOR THE DESIGN OF SAME | January 2021 | May 2021 | Allow | 4 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17261747 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING AN OPHTHALMIC LENS | January 2021 | September 2022 | Allow | 20 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17261479 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING A VALUE OF A GLOBAL SENSITIVITY PARAMETER OF A SUBJECT, METHODS USING THIS VALUE AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING SAID VALUE | January 2021 | June 2024 | Allow | 41 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17259779 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR REDUCING MYOPIA IN CHILDREN | January 2021 | May 2024 | Allow | 40 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17146181 | SILICONE HYDROGEL LENS WITH A CROSSLINKED HYDROPHILIC COATING | January 2021 | August 2022 | Allow | 19 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17256846 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING AN OPTICAL CRITERION FOR A DESIGN OF A SPORT-ADAPTED OPTICAL LENS | December 2020 | April 2024 | Allow | 40 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17256438 | DESIGN METHOD, MANUFACTURING METHOD, AND DESIGN SYSTEM OF PROGRESSIVE ADDITION LENS, AND PROGRESSIVE ADDITION LENS | December 2020 | March 2024 | Allow | 39 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17133820 | OPTICAL IMAGING SYSTEM | December 2020 | December 2022 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17132190 | OCULAR FUNDUS IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS | December 2020 | February 2024 | Allow | 38 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17255411 | EYEGLASS LENS | December 2020 | November 2023 | Allow | 34 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17126560 | ZOOM LENS AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS | December 2020 | December 2021 | Allow | 12 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17123597 | ZOOM LENS, OPTICAL APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ZOOM LENS | December 2020 | January 2023 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17251206 | OPHTHALMIC PHOTOGRAPHY APPARATUS AND OPHTHALMIC PHOTOGRAPHY SYSTEM | December 2020 | August 2024 | Abandon | 45 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17111573 | IMAGE CAPTURING OPTICAL LENS ASSEMBLY, IMAGING APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | December 2020 | August 2022 | Allow | 20 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 15734977 | VIRTUAL REALITY INSTRUMENT FOR THE AUTOMATIC MEASUREMENT OF REFRACTION AND ABERRATIONS OF THE EYE | December 2020 | September 2023 | Allow | 33 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 15734239 | OPHTHALMIC DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND RECORDING MEDIUM | December 2020 | September 2023 | Allow | 33 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17102698 | MULTI-ELEMENT PRESCRIPTION LENSES WITH EYE-TRACKING | November 2020 | August 2022 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17103849 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PUPIL RETRO ILLUMINATION USING SAMPLE ARM OF OCT INTERFEROMETER | November 2020 | April 2023 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17101998 | OPTICAL MEMBER DRIVING MECHANISM | November 2020 | June 2023 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17098594 | ANNULAR OPTICAL COMPONENT, CAMERA LENS AND IMAGE CAPTURING UNIT | November 2020 | October 2022 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17099004 | OPTICAL IMAGING SYSTEM | November 2020 | August 2023 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17091786 | OPHTHALMIC LENS OPTIMIZATION CONSIDERING WEARER'S ACCOMMODATION | November 2020 | February 2023 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17089233 | OPHTHALMIC LENS INCLUDING A PERIPHERAL ZONE HAVING AN ADD-POWER OFFSET AND A SPATIALLY-MODULATED OPTICAL PARAMETER | November 2020 | October 2023 | Allow | 35 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 17088661 | OPTICAL IMAGING SYSTEM | November 2020 | August 2023 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17087983 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING COATING THICKNESS ON COATED CONTACT LENSES | November 2020 | November 2023 | Allow | 36 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 17086151 | OCULAR LENS WITH FRICTION CONTROL STRUCTURES | October 2020 | November 2022 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17051905 | SYSTEM FOR DETECTING MICRO-NEUROMAS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF | October 2020 | February 2024 | Allow | 39 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17084152 | BESPOKE EYEWEAR AND SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING BESPOKE EYEWEAR | October 2020 | March 2024 | Allow | 40 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner GREECE, JAMES R.
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, 33.3% of applications that filed an appeal were subsequently allowed. This appeal filing benefit rate is above the USPTO average, suggesting that filing an appeal can be an effective strategy for prompting reconsideration.
✓ Filing a Notice of Appeal is strategically valuable. The act of filing often prompts favorable reconsideration during the mandatory appeal conference.
Examiner GREECE, JAMES R works in Art Unit 2872 and has examined 807 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 90.3%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 25 months.
Examiner GREECE, JAMES R's allowance rate of 90.3% places them in the 71% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications.
On average, applications examined by GREECE, JAMES R receive 1.26 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 23% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues significantly fewer office actions than most examiners.
The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by GREECE, JAMES R is 25 months. This places the examiner in the 68% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly faster than average with this examiner.
Conducting an examiner interview provides a +6.8% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by GREECE, JAMES R. This interview benefit is in the 35% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews provide a below-average benefit with this examiner.
When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 38.9% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 87% 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.
This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 54.2% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 76% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: This examiner is highly receptive to after-final amendments compared to other examiners. Per MPEP § 714.12, after-final amendments may be entered "under justifiable circumstances." Consider filing after-final amendments with a clear showing of allowability rather than immediately filing an RCE, as this examiner frequently enters such amendments.
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, 66.7% 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, 42.6% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 44% 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's Amendments: This examiner makes examiner's amendments in 0.6% of allowed cases (in the 62% 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 3.0% of allowed cases (in the 71% percentile). This examiner issues Quayle actions more often than average when claims are allowable but formal matters remain (MPEP § 714.14).
Based on the statistical analysis of this examiner's prosecution patterns, here are tailored strategic recommendations:
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