USPTO Examiner LEE MATTHEW Y - Art Unit 2872

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18638928OPTICAL IMAGING SYSTEMApril 2024February 2025Allow1020NoNo
18534990LENS SYSTEM AND IMAGE OBSERVATION APPARATUSDecember 2023January 2025Allow1310NoNo
18523173CAMERA MODULENovember 2023March 2025Allow1510NoNo
18495230TUNABLE PRISM FOR OPTICAL IMAGE STABILIZATIONOctober 2023March 2025Abandon1710NoNo
18332889OPTICAL ELEMENT DRIVING MECHANISMJune 2023July 2024Allow1310NoNo
18321960OPTICAL MEMBER DRIVING MECHANISMMay 2023August 2024Allow1520NoNo
18305425OPTICAL IMAGING SYSTEMApril 2023January 2024Allow910NoNo
18154862OCULAR OPTICAL SYSTEMJanuary 2023April 2024Allow1510NoNo
17989699METALENS AND IMAGE SENSORNovember 2022March 2025Allow2810NoNo
17984777OPTICAL ELEMENT DRIVING DEVICE, CAMERA DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUSNovember 2022June 2025Allow3110NoNo
17921317HEAD UP DISPLAY SYSTEMOctober 2022March 2025Allow2910NoNo
17879848Variable Tint Lens and Eyeglasses Using the SameAugust 2022March 2025Allow3110NoNo
17848495PLASTIC LENS ASSEMBLY, IMAGING LENS MODULE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICEJune 2022February 2023Allow810NoNo
17836991DISPLAY BODYJune 2022June 2023Allow1210NoNo
17664374POWER PRISM FOR FOLDED LENSESMay 2022March 2023Allow1010YesNo
17778779EYEGLASS LENSMay 2022April 2025Allow3510NoNo
17730154INVERTED MICROSCOPE APPARATUSApril 2022October 2024Allow3000NoNo
17726717OPTICAL IMAGING SYSTEMApril 2022January 2023Allow910NoNo
17708249VIRTUAL IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUSMarch 2022January 2025Allow3410NoNo
17705745LENS SYSTEM, IMAGING DEVICE, AND IMAGING SYSTEMMarch 2022January 2025Allow3410YesNo
17692845OPTICAL SYSTEM, LENS APPARATUS, AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUSMarch 2022March 2025Allow3610NoNo
17641085CHALCOGENIDE LENS ELEMENTS AND METHODS OF MANUFACTUREMarch 2022July 2025Allow4020NoNo
17685949OPTICAL IMAGING SYSTEMMarch 2022October 2024Allow3210NoNo
17682750COVER GLASS AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE COMPRISING SAMEFebruary 2022May 2023Allow1410NoNo
17680262ADAPTERFebruary 2022November 2024Allow3300NoNo
17675603OPTICAL ELEMENT DRIVING MECHANISMFebruary 2022February 2025Allow3610NoNo
17636034DEVICE AND METHOD FOR IMAGING AN OBJECTFebruary 2022October 2024Allow3210YesNo
17636179LIGHT DIFFUSION FILMFebruary 2022October 2024Allow3110NoNo
17636088OBSERVATION APPARATUS CAPABLE OF OMNIDIRECTIONAL OBSERVATION WITHOUT BLIND ZONEFebruary 2022October 2024Allow3210NoNo
17635483LIGHT DIFFRACTION ELEMENT AND OPTICAL COMPUTING SYSTEMFebruary 2022December 2024Allow3410NoNo
17671274Wire Grid Polarizer Wire Sidewall ProtectionFebruary 2022May 2025Abandon3911NoNo
17572373DISPLAY SYSTEM, HEAD-UP DISPLAY, AND MOVING VEHICLEJanuary 2022October 2024Abandon3320YesNo
17568332OPHTHALMIC LENS HAVING EXTENDED DEPTH OF FIELDJanuary 2022January 2025Allow3610NoNo
17566737OPTICAL DRIVING ASSEMBLYDecember 2021July 2024Allow3100NoNo
17559420WINDSHIELD DISPLAY DEVICEDecember 2021March 2024Abandon2610NoNo
17309585SMALL INTEGRATED FREE SPACE CIRCULATORDecember 2021November 2024Allow4110NoNo
17618592CAMERA DEVICEDecember 2021July 2024Allow3110NoNo
17544370OPTICAL ELEMENT DRIVING MECHANISMDecember 2021March 2023Allow1510NoNo
17544811Camera Optical LensDecember 2021May 2024Allow2900NoNo
17540753PHOTOGRAPHING OPTICAL LENS SYSTEM, IMAGING APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC DEVICEDecember 2021May 2024Allow2900NoNo
17540721OPTICAL ELEMENT DRIVING MECHANISMDecember 2021November 2024Allow3510NoNo
17537485Camera Optical LensNovember 2021August 2024Allow3310NoNo
17613802CONTROLLABLY DEFORMABLE MIRROR DEVICENovember 2021November 2024Allow3610NoNo
17609992METHOD FOR DESIGNING PROGRESSIVE ADDITION LENS, SYSTEM FOR DESIGNING PROGRESSIVE ADDITION LENS, AND PROGRESSIVE ADDITION LENS GROUPNovember 2021June 2024Allow3110NoNo
17521933HEAD-UP DISPLAY DEVICENovember 2021September 2022Allow1000NoNo
17609381OPTICAL SYSTEM, CAMERA MODULE, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICENovember 2021May 2024Allow3000NoNo
17609050RADIATION SUPPRESSION FILM AND RADIATION SUPPRESSION STRUCTURENovember 2021June 2025Abandon4420NoNo
17515274Motorized Flip-Lens GlassesOctober 2021March 2024Abandon2910NoNo
17603714DIFFRACTIVE OPTICAL ELEMENT, METHOD FOR DESIGNING AN EFFICIENCY-ACHROMATIZED DIFFRACTIVE STRUCTURE, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN EFFICIENCY-ACHROMATIZED DIFFRACTIVE ELEMENTOctober 2021November 2024Allow3710YesNo
17603353LIGHT-GUIDE PLATE, MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR THE SAME, LIGHT-GUIDE PLATE MODULE, AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICEOctober 2021September 2024Allow3520NoNo
17494358CEMENTED LENS, OPTICAL SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME, OPTICAL DEVICE, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING CEMENTED LENSOctober 2021October 2024Allow3620YesNo
17491018MEASUREMENT METHOD FOR VISUAL BEHAVIOR, DESIGN METHOD AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR PROGRESSIVE POWER LENSSeptember 2021January 2024Allow2710NoNo
17488299OPTICAL UNITSeptember 2021October 2023Allow2410NoNo
17489715OPTICAL UNITSeptember 2021December 2024Abandon3820NoNo
17485520OCULAR OPTICAL SYSTEMSeptember 2021October 2022Allow1300NoNo
17476542Optical Filter and Electronic DeviceSeptember 2021April 2025Abandon4320NoNo
17436559DIFFRACTION LIGHT GUIDE PLATESeptember 2021August 2024Allow3600NoNo
17462779Optical Member Driving Device, Camera Device and Electronic ApparatusAugust 2021January 2024Abandon2910NoNo
17435082POLARIZING LENS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAMEAugust 2021December 2024Abandon4010NoNo
17459358OPTICAL ELEMENT DRIVE MECHANISMAugust 2021February 2024Allow2910NoNo
17459302OPTICAL MODULEAugust 2021October 2023Allow2510NoNo
17459673VIRTUAL IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND OPTICAL UNITAugust 2021March 2024Allow3100NoNo
17411951HOLOGRAPHIC WAVEGUIDE, METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME, AND DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE HOLOGRAPHIC WAVEGUIDEAugust 2021June 2024Allow3410NoNo
17385627OPTICAL ELEMENT DRIVING MECHANISMJuly 2021January 2024Allow3020NoNo
17373783OPTICAL DIFFUSING ELEMENT AND LIGHT EMITTING ASSEMBLY FOR THREE-DIMENSION SENSINGJuly 2021July 2024Allow3610NoNo
17373597SAFETY GLASSES FOR A HUMAN USERJuly 2021October 2023Allow2720YesNo
17370339OPTICAL SYSTEMJuly 2021October 2023Allow2720YesNo
17416381OPTICAL DEVICEJune 2021July 2024Allow3710NoNo
17345942ANTI-BLUE-RAY UV OPTICAL LENS DEVICE WITH CHROMA ENHANCEMENTJune 2021July 2023Allow2520NoNo
17343777OPTICAL UNIT WITH SHAKE CORRECTION FUNCTIONJune 2021June 2023Allow2410NoNo
17312148METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EVALUATING EFFICACY OF OPHTHALMIC LENS IN CONTROLLING SIGHTEDNESS IMPAIRMENTJune 2021July 2024Allow3710NoNo
17339059DISPLAY AND METHOD OF PRODUCING DISPLAYJune 2021June 2024Allow3710YesNo
17299832OPTICAL ARTICLES WITH SPECIFIC COLOR GLAREJune 2021April 2024Allow3510NoNo
17336634METHOD FOR DETERMINING A COLORED FILTER APPLIED TO A SPECTACLE LENS AND ASSOCIATED DEVICEJune 2021November 2024Abandon4120NoNo
17333308MOVING FRONT LENS GROUP MECHANICALLY LOCATED TO FIXED REAR LENS GROUPMay 2021May 2025Abandon4830NoNo
17332497SPECTACLE LENSMay 2021November 2023Allow2910NoNo
17296786ASPHERIC MIRROR WITH REVERSE CURVATURE FOR HEAD-UP DISPLAY SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR FORMING THE SAMEMay 2021May 2024Allow3610NoNo
17327281DISPLAY APPARATUS PROVIDING EXPANDED VIEWING WINDOWMay 2021October 2023Allow2910YesNo
17295443LIGHT FIELD DISPLAY DEVICE AND DISPLAY METHOD THEREOFMay 2021February 2024Allow3310NoNo
17294747COLOR FILTERMay 2021July 2024Abandon3810NoNo
17294950Interferometer Device and Method for Producing an Interferometer DeviceMay 2021April 2025Abandon4720NoNo
17294051CONTROL DEVICE, OPTICAL FILTER SYSTEM, AND CONTROL METHODMay 2021November 2024Allow4220NoNo
17317105FREEFORM LENS WITH INTEGRATED LIGHTGUIDE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTUREMay 2021July 2024Allow3830YesNo
17244615Two-Eye Tracking Based on Measurements from a Pair of Electronic Contact LensesApril 2021February 2024Allow3420YesNo
17229687TUBE-LIKE ASSEMBLY FOR ACCESSORY FLOTATION, ACCESSORY SECURING, AND SCRATCH PROTECTIONApril 2021January 2024Abandon3310NoNo
17227520DIFFRACTIVE OPTICAL ELEMENT AND ILLUMINATION OPTICAL SYSTEMApril 2021May 2024Allow3710NoNo
17222871Method and Apparatus for Visual Field Translation to Compensate for Central Field ScotomasApril 2021December 2023Allow3210YesNo
17219722OPTICAL METHOD FOR SHAPING THE TRANSMIT BEAM PROFILE OF A FLASH LIDAR SYSTEMMarch 2021December 2024Abandon4420NoNo
17217904DYNAMIC BEAM STEERING WITH METASURFACEMarch 2021February 2024Allow3520YesNo
17216718LENS DRIVING DEVICE FOR CAMERA, CAMERA AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUSMarch 2021August 2023Allow2920NoNo
17279906SPECTACLE LENSMarch 2021July 2023Allow2810NoNo
17279060BROADBAND ACHROMATIC POLARIZATION-INSENSITIVE METALENS WITH ANISOTROPIC NANOSTRUCTURESMarch 2021October 2024Allow4311NoNo
17207453Electronic Devices with Low-Reflectance CoatingsMarch 2021July 2024Allow4030YesNo
17184901LENS MODULE AND CAMERA MODULE INCLUDING THE SAMEFebruary 2021July 2023Allow2920NoNo
17179655APERTURE MODULE AND CAMERA MODULEFebruary 2021March 2024Allow3730NoNo
17269435LENS SYSTEM AND IMAGE OBSERVATION APPARATUSFebruary 2021September 2023Allow3110NoNo
17178133OPTICAL DRIVING APPARATUS AND OPTICAL APPARATUSFebruary 2021March 2023Allow2520NoNo
17175697OPTICAL UNITFebruary 2021April 2023Allow2610NoNo
17155106OPTICAL UNIT WITH SHAKE CORRECTION FUNCTIONJanuary 2021September 2022Allow1900NoNo
17147751CAMERA MODULE AND PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAMEJanuary 2021March 2023Allow2620NoNo

Appeals Overview

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Examiner LEE, MATTHEW Y - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner LEE, MATTHEW Y works in Art Unit 2872 and has examined 211 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 82.9%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 31 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner LEE, MATTHEW Y's allowance rate of 82.9% places them in the 50% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by LEE, MATTHEW Y receive 1.42 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 31% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues fewer office actions than average, which may indicate efficient prosecution or a more lenient examination style.

Prosecution Timeline

The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by LEE, MATTHEW Y is 31 months. This places the examiner in the 37% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly slower than average with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +17.4% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by LEE, MATTHEW Y. This interview benefit is in the 63% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews provide an above-average benefit with this examiner and are worth considering.

Request for Continued Examination (RCE) Effectiveness

When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 41.9% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 93% 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 45.5% 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.

Petition Practice

When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 100.0% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 97% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Note: Petitions are frequently granted regarding this examiner's actions compared to other examiners. Per MPEP § 1002.02(c), various examiner actions are petitionable to the Technology Center Director, including prematureness of final rejection, refusal to enter amendments, and requirement for information. If you believe an examiner action is improper, consider filing a petition.

Examiner Cooperation and Flexibility

Examiner's Amendments: This examiner makes examiner's amendments in 0.0% of allowed cases (in the 25% percentile). This examiner rarely makes examiner's amendments compared to other examiners. You should expect to make all necessary claim amendments yourself through formal amendment practice.

Quayle Actions: This examiner issues Ex Parte Quayle actions in 2.3% of allowed cases (in the 67% 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.

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

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