USPTO Examiner LEI JIE - Art Unit 2872

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18869366MULTI-WAVELENGTH LASER BEAM HOMOGENIZER-EXPANDER LIGHT ENGINENovember 2024June 2025Allow710NoNo
18867621MICROSCOPE DRAPENovember 2024June 2025Allow610NoNo
18948670HEAD-WORN EYEWEAR STRUCTURE WITH INTERNAL FANNovember 2024May 2025Allow620NoNo
18906915HOLOGRAPHICALLY DISPLAYING LIVE SCENES INCLUDING THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECTSOctober 2024March 2025Allow511YesNo
18597874SYSTEM FOR POWERING HEAD-WORN PERSONAL ELECTRONIC APPARATUSMarch 2024September 2024Allow620NoNo
18594662HEAD-WORN PERSONAL AUDIO APPARATUS SUPPORTING ENHANCED AUDIO OUTPUTMarch 2024September 2024Allow620YesNo
18590269CAMERA MODULEFebruary 2024March 2025Allow1210NoNo
18433303CAMERA WITH FOLDED OPTICS HAVING MOVEABLE LENSFebruary 2024February 2025Allow1310NoNo
18429243IMAGING LENS SYSTEM, IMAGE CAPTURING UNIT AND ELECTRONIC DEVICEJanuary 2024May 2025Allow1520NoNo
18542331SCALABLE AND PROGRAMMABLE COHERENT WAVEFORM GENERATORSDecember 2023March 2025Allow1510NoNo
18532911ELECTROCHROMIC DEVICES HAVING N-DOPED CONDUCTIVE POLYMER AS TRANSPARENT CONDUCTING LAYER, ION STORAGE LAYER, AND/OR ELECTROCHROMIC LAYERDecember 2023May 2024Allow511NoNo
18526269MACH-ZEHNDER INTERFEROMETER DEVICE FOR WAVELENGTH LOCKINGDecember 2023May 2025Allow1711YesNo
18511500HIGH CONTRAST OPTICAL FILM AND DEVICES INCLUDING THE SAMENovember 2023June 2025Allow1911YesNo
18499180VR MASK AND MASK BRACKETOctober 2023October 2024Allow1120NoNo
18492346VARIABLE RADIUS MIRROROctober 2023February 2025Allow1610NoNo
18377939APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING NON-GAUSSIAN STATES FROM GAUSSIAN STATESOctober 2023November 2024Allow1310NoNo
18375893SYSTEM FOR CHARGING EMBEDDED BATTERY IN WIRELESS HEAD-WORN PERSONAL ELECTRONIC APPARATUSOctober 2023February 2024Allow511NoNo
18370196SMART GLASS TRANSMITTANCE CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHODSeptember 2023December 2024Allow1510NoNo
18369102ADJUSTABLE EYEWEAR RESTRAINTS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODSSeptember 2023May 2025Allow2021NoNo
18233915LIGHT-DISTRIBUTION ADJUSTMENT SHEET AND DISPLAY UNITAugust 2023August 2024Allow1210NoNo
18447062OPTICAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND AR DISPLAY DEVICEAugust 2023August 2024Allow1220NoNo
18354575EYE IMAGING WITH AN OFF-AXIS IMAGERJuly 2023December 2024Allow1711YesNo
18211004ELECTRICALLY CONFIGURABLE OPTICAL FILTERSJune 2023September 2024Allow1511NoNo
18326463ACOUSTO-OPTIC SYSTEM HAVING PHASE-SHIFTING REFLECTORMay 2023April 2025Allow2220NoNo
18317549SCAN PATTERN AND SIGNAL PROCESSING FOR OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHYMay 2023October 2024Allow1820NoNo
18144557HEAD-WORN PERSONAL AUDIO APPARATUS SUPPORTING ENHANCED HEARING SUPPORTMay 2023January 2024Allow820NoNo
18136223Measuring responses to sound using pupillometryApril 2023July 2024Allow1510NoNo
18024092MICROSCOPE DRAPE AND METHOD OF ATTACHING THE SAMEMarch 2023September 2023Allow710YesNo
18166500APPARATUS FOR ALTERING QUANTUM OF LIGHT PASSING THROUGH A LENS OF A PHOTOGRAPHIC DEVICEFebruary 2023August 2024Allow1810NoNo
18165965Range Finder and Lens Assembly for Display ThereofFebruary 2023September 2024Allow1920NoNo
18105665ADVANCED OPTOELECTRONIC SYSTEM ARCHITECTURES AND ASSOCIATED METHODS USING SPATIAL LIGHT MODULATIONFebruary 2023September 2023Allow710NoNo
18019317MAGNETO-OPTICAL MATERIAL AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREFORFebruary 2023July 2024Allow1810NoNo
18103209Micro-Machined Thin Film Lithium Niobate Electro-Optic DevicesJanuary 2023April 2025Allow2630YesNo
18067936LENS APPARATUS AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUSDecember 2022March 2025Allow2720YesNo
18054829CROSSTALK REDUCTION IN MULTI-CHANNEL ACOUSTO-OPTIC MODULATORSNovember 2022September 2024Allow2211NoNo
18046257IMAGING LENS ASSEMBLY, IMAGING APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC DEVICEOctober 2022January 2025Allow2821NoNo
17935759METHOD FOR DETERMINING A FILTER FOR AN OPHTHALMIC LENS AND OPHTHALMIC LENS COMPRISING SUCH A FILTERSeptember 2022January 2025Allow2811NoNo
17949029WEARABLE AUDIO SYSTEM SUPPORTING ENHANCED HEARING SUPPORTSeptember 2022February 2023Allow520NoNo
17933115ANGLED BUS BARSeptember 2022May 2025Allow3221NoNo
17946692CALIBRATION OF ELECTRICAL PARAMETERS IN OPTICALLY SWITCHABLE WINDOWSSeptember 2022April 2024Allow1911YesNo
17932161LENS MOVING APPARATUSSeptember 2022August 2024Allow2320NoNo
17910835ALL-PHOTONIC BOOLEAN LOGIC DEVICE BASED ON PHASE CHANGE STRAIGHT WAVEGUIDE AND FULL BINARY LOGIC IMPLEMENTATION METHOD THEREOFSeptember 2022December 2023Allow1510NoNo
17897994GLAZING UNIT, METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION THEREOF AND USE THEREOFAugust 2022May 2024Allow2021YesNo
17896866LENS HOLDER HAVING AIR ESCAPE HOLE, CAMERA MODULE, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICEAugust 2022February 2024Allow1810NoNo
17895944STATIC-IMAGE AUGMENTED PRIVACY DISPLAY, MODE-SWITCHABLE PRIVACY DISPLAY SYSTEM, AND METHODAugust 2022March 2025Allow3120NoNo
17892150Holographic Display Device and Method of UseAugust 2022April 2024Abandon2010NoNo
17883337OPTICAL LENS SYSTEMAugust 2022November 2023Allow1610NoNo
17873104WEARABLE AUDIO SYSTEM SUPPORTING ENHANCED HEARING SUPPORTJuly 2022December 2022Allow520YesNo
17814696FORMING ACOUSTO-OPTIC LENSES USING SPHERICAL ACOUSTIC WAVES IN FLUIDSJuly 2022August 2023Allow1330NoNo
17814578VEHICULAR CAMERA WITH TEMPERATURE INVARIANT LENS SPACERSJuly 2022August 2023Allow1210NoNo
17870115LIGHT TRANSMISSION BAND CHANGE UNIT, CAMERA MODULE, AND OPTICAL DEVICEJuly 2022November 2023Allow1610NoNo
17807075SMART PHONE VISION TESTING SYSTEMJune 2022November 2023Allow1720NoNo
17662582SCAN PATTERN AND SIGNAL PROCESSING FOR OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHYMay 2022February 2023Allow920YesNo
17738775SCALABLE AND PROGRAMMABLE COHERENT WAVEFORM GENERATORSMay 2022October 2023Allow1710NoNo
17658988IMAGING LENSApril 2022August 2024Allow2830NoNo
17658651FREE-FORM PRISM-LENS GROUP AND NEAR-EYE DISPLAY APPARATUSApril 2022August 2024Allow2820NoNo
17711303CURVED SURFACE FILMS AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING THE SAMEApril 2022January 2024Allow2121NoNo
17704069Body mounted Laser Indirect Ophthalmoscope (LIO) systemMarch 2022March 2025Allow3631YesYes
17762190IMAGING LENSMarch 2022May 2025Allow3710NoNo
17655360INTRAOCULAR LENSES THAT IMPROVE POST-SURGICAL SPECTACLE INDEPENDENT AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING THEREOFMarch 2022September 2023Allow1810NoNo
17693468PHOTOGRAPHING MODULE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICEMarch 2022July 2023Allow1610NoNo
17693781ELECTROCHROMIC DISPLAY ELEMENT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING ELECTROCHROMIC DISPLAY ELEMENTMarch 2022April 2025Allow3720YesNo
17691313FILTER DRIVING DEVICEMarch 2022June 2025Allow3920NoNo
17683730SMART WIDOW SYSTEM INCLUDING ENERGY STORAGE UNIT AND METHODS OF USING SAMEMarch 2022August 2024Abandon3021NoNo
17680351LIQUIDS FOR TUNABLE OPTICAL DEVICESFebruary 2022April 2025Allow3810NoNo
17678289CONVERTER OPTICAL SYSTEMFebruary 2022January 2025Allow3560NoNo
17670913DIMMING GLASS CONTROL DEVICE AND DIMMING CONTROL SYSTEMFebruary 2022May 2025Abandon3910NoNo
17665241Virtual Reality SystemFebruary 2022January 2025Allow3520YesNo
17588420OPTICAL DETECTION SYSTEM FOR IMPROVED ALIGNMENTJanuary 2022July 2024Abandon3020NoNo
17630300BEAM STEERING DEVICEJanuary 2022February 2025Allow3710NoNo
17580507IMAGING LENS SYSTEM, IMAGE CAPTURING UNIT AND ELECTRONIC DEVICEJanuary 2022November 2023Allow2111YesNo
17577806Optical Element Driving Device, Camera Device and Electronic ApparatusJanuary 2022March 2025Allow3810NoNo
17597591OPTICAL SYSTEM FOR DISPLAYING MAGNIFIED VIRTUAL IMAGEJanuary 2022December 2022Allow1110NoNo
17572506OPTICAL IMAGING LENS ASSEMBLYJanuary 2022June 2025Allow4120NoNo
17625288Holographic Display Device and Method of UseJanuary 2022July 2022Allow610NoNo
17569457MULTICHANNEL OPTOMECHANICAL ADDRESSING UNITJanuary 2022January 2025Allow3710NoNo
17563361LENS DRIVE DEVICEDecember 2021April 2025Allow4010YesNo
17563313PROTECTIVE ASSEMBLY AND IMAGING EQUIPMENT SETDecember 2021December 2024Allow3610NoNo
17622463LENS DESIGN FOR LOW PARALLAX PANORAMIC CAMERA SYSTEMSDecember 2021January 2025Allow3710NoNo
17559345Light-Distribution Adjustment Sheet And Display UnitDecember 2021May 2023Allow1710NoNo
17548999OPTICAL SYSTEM AND DISPLAY APPARATUSDecember 2021April 2025Allow4010NoNo
17543685ROTATIONAL POSITION SENSORDecember 2021March 2025Allow3911NoNo
17543661OPTICAL IMAGING LENS ASSEMBLYDecember 2021December 2024Allow3610NoNo
17539265PLASTIC BARREL, IMAGING LENS MODULE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICEDecember 2021June 2023Allow1810NoNo
17535650CAMERA OPTICAL LENSNovember 2021November 2024Allow3610NoNo
17531257CAMERA MODULENovember 2021November 2023Allow2420NoNo
17455820OPTICAL ELEMENT HAVING A RANDOMIZING DIGITAL LENS ARRAY AND/OR A DIFFUSER FUNCTIONNovember 2021December 2022Abandon1310NoNo
17521880Control of dynamic lensesNovember 2021October 2023Allow2400NoNo
17516443DISPLAY SYSTEM WITH EXTENDED DISPLAY AREANovember 2021April 2023Allow1710YesNo
17508426LIGHT IRRADIATING DEVICE AND SENSOROctober 2021March 2025Allow4020NoNo
17503747OPTICAL ELEMENT, OPTICAL SYSTEM, AND OPTICAL APPARATUSOctober 2021August 2024Allow3410NoNo
17501844PATIENT POSITIONING APPARATUS FOR OPHTHALMIC DEVICESOctober 2021April 2025Abandon4211NoNo
17499540OPTICAL IMAGE CAPTURING SYSTEMOctober 2021February 2025Allow4021NoNo
17496419OPTICAL MODULATION DEVICE AND PHASE MODULATION METHOD USING THE SAMEOctober 2021May 2024Allow3121NoNo
17484080EYEWEAR SUPPORTING DISTRIBUTED AND EMBEDDED ELECTRONIC COMPONENTSSeptember 2021May 2022Allow810NoNo
17448540HIGH CONTRAST OPTICAL FILM AND DEVICES INCLUDING THE SAMESeptember 2021April 2023Allow1910NoNo
17475101REMOTE EXCHANGEABLE FILTER SYSTEMSeptember 2021May 2024Abandon3211NoNo
17446273LENS DRIVING MOTORAugust 2021July 2024Allow3520NoNo
17411553LAMINATE, CIRCULARLY POLARIZING PLATE, AND DISPLAY DEVICEAugust 2021September 2024Allow3720NoNo
17431963SINGLE UNIT COMPRISING ELECTRONICS FOR SMART GLASSESAugust 2021September 2024Allow3710NoNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner LEI, JIE.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
12
Examiner Affirmed
9
(75.0%)
Examiner Reversed
3
(25.0%)
Reversal Percentile
39.2%
Lower than average

What This Means

With a 25.0% reversal rate, the PTAB affirms the examiner's rejections in the vast majority of cases. This reversal rate is below the USPTO average, indicating that appeals face more challenges here than typical.

Strategic Value of Filing an Appeal

Total Appeal Filings
41
Allowed After Appeal Filing
9
(22.0%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
32
(78.0%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
25.9%
Lower 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, 22.0% of applications that filed an appeal were subsequently allowed. This appeal filing benefit rate is below the USPTO average, suggesting that filing an appeal has limited effectiveness in prompting favorable reconsideration.

Strategic Recommendations

Appeals to PTAB face challenges. Ensure your case has strong merit before committing to full Board review.

Filing a Notice of Appeal shows limited benefit. Consider other strategies like interviews or amendments before appealing.

Examiner LEI, JIE - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner LEI, JIE works in Art Unit 2872 and has examined 825 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 71.0%, this examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 31 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner LEI, JIE's allowance rate of 71.0% places them in the 26% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by LEI, JIE receive 2.20 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 75% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues a slightly above-average number of office actions.

Prosecution Timeline

The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by LEI, JIE 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 +21.0% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by LEI, JIE. This interview benefit is in the 69% 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, 26.7% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 34% 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.

After-Final Amendment Practice

This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 37.9% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 50% 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, 54.5% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 45% percentile among all examiners. Note: Pre-appeal conferences show below-average success with this examiner. Consider whether your arguments are strong enough to warrant a PAC request.

Appeal Withdrawal and Reconsideration

This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 62.5% of appeals filed. This is in the 36% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 30.0% occur early in the appeal process (after Notice of Appeal but before Appeal Brief). Strategic Insight: This examiner shows below-average willingness to reconsider rejections during appeals. Be prepared to fully prosecute appeals if filed.

Petition Practice

When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 49.2% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 58% 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 Cooperation and Flexibility

Examiner's Amendments: This examiner makes examiner's amendments in 0.2% of allowed cases (in the 52% 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 0.0% of allowed cases (in the 29% percentile). This examiner issues Quayle actions less often than average. Allowances may come directly without a separate action for formal matters.

Prosecution Strategy Recommendations

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

    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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