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
18991006HEAD-WORN STRUCTURE WITH FITNESS MONITORINGDecember 2024July 2025Allow710NoNo
18869366MULTI-WAVELENGTH LASER BEAM HOMOGENIZER-EXPANDER LIGHT ENGINENovember 2024June 2025Allow710NoNo
18867621MICROSCOPE DRAPENovember 2024June 2025Allow610NoNo
18948670HEAD-WORN EYEWEAR STRUCTURE WITH INTERNAL FANNovember 2024May 2025Allow620NoNo
18556662METHOD FOR OPERATING A SURGICAL MICROSCOPE, AND SURGICAL MICROSCOPEOctober 2024July 2025Allow2110NoNo
18906915HOLOGRAPHICALLY DISPLAYING LIVE SCENES INCLUDING THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECTSOctober 2024March 2025Allow511YesNo
18767048LENS DRIVING DEVICE, AND CAMERA MODULE AND OPTICAL DEVICE INCLUDING SAMEJuly 2024February 2026Allow1910NoNo
18614406SMART PHONE VISION TESTING SYSTEMMarch 2024December 2025Abandon2010NoNo
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
18391446CEMENTED LENS, OPTICAL SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME, OPTICAL APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING CEMENTED LENSDecember 2023September 2025Allow2120NoNo
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
18560732WAVEGUIDENovember 2023March 2026Allow2810YesNo
18506496Electronic Devices With Covering StructuresNovember 2023September 2025Allow2231YesNo
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
18377044LOUPE-BASED INTRAOPERATIVE FLUORESCENCE IMAGING DEVICE FOR THE GUIDANCE OF TUMOR RESECTIONOctober 2023October 2025Abandon2521NoNo
18375893SYSTEM FOR CHARGING EMBEDDED BATTERY IN WIRELESS HEAD-WORN PERSONAL ELECTRONIC APPARATUSOctober 2023February 2024Allow511NoNo
18373220OPTICAL FILTER AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAMESeptember 2023February 2026Allow2911NoNo
18471314ELECTRONIC DEVICESeptember 2023February 2026Allow2910NoNo
18370196SMART GLASS TRANSMITTANCE CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHODSeptember 2023December 2024Allow1510NoNo
18369102ADJUSTABLE EYEWEAR RESTRAINTS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODSSeptember 2023May 2025Allow2021NoNo
18279810IMPROVED ADAPTIVE OPTICAL DEVICE AND ASSOCIATED MANUFACTURING PROCESSAugust 2023March 2026Allow3010NoNo
18233915LIGHT-DISTRIBUTION ADJUSTMENT SHEET AND DISPLAY UNITAugust 2023August 2024Allow1210NoNo
18546158A DEVICE AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY EVALUATING VISUAL EQUIPMENTAugust 2023January 2026Allow3010NoNo
18447062OPTICAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND AR DISPLAY DEVICEAugust 2023August 2024Allow1220NoNo
18276105DEVICES AND METHODS FOR PERFORMING HIGH-HARMONIC DIFFRACTIVE LENS COLOR COMPENSATIONAugust 2023February 2026Allow3110NoNo
18354575EYE IMAGING WITH AN OFF-AXIS IMAGERJuly 2023December 2024Allow1711YesNo
18220554MEMS MIRROR DEVICE WITH PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATION AND MANUFACTURING PROCESS THEREOFJuly 2023September 2025Allow2610NoNo
18211004ELECTRICALLY CONFIGURABLE OPTICAL FILTERSJune 2023September 2024Allow1511NoNo
18267669OPTICAL ARTICLE HAVING A MULTILAYERED ANTIREFLECTIVE COATING ON ITS REAR MAIN FACEJune 2023November 2025Allow2910NoNo
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
18187881Laser oscillation amplifier comprising semiconductor laser shaping deviceMarch 2023October 2025Allow3110NoNo
18044824EYEPIECES FOR AUGMENTED REALITY DISPLAY SYSTEMMarch 2023November 2025Allow3220YesNo
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
18018387VISIBLE LIGHT MODULATION DEVICE AND OPTICAL ENGINE INCLUDING THE SAMEJanuary 2023December 2025Allow3410YesNo
18006988MULTIMODAL MICROSCOPIC SYSTEMSJanuary 2023March 2026Allow3811NoNo
18155997ANTI-REFLECTIVE FILM-ATTACHED TRANSPARENT SUBSTRATE AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICEJanuary 2023January 2026Allow3620NoNo
18095175OPTICAL SYSTEM, IN PARTICULAR FOR CHARACTERIZING A MICROLITHOGRAPHY MASKJanuary 2023February 2026Allow3720NoNo
18015336ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING EYE LENGTHSJanuary 2023December 2025Allow3510NoNo
18069235MULTIFUNCTIONAL LIGHT-SHIELDING BUCKETDecember 2022November 2025Allow3510NoNo
18012021OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE DEVICE, OPTICAL MODULATOR, OPTICAL MODULATION MODULE, AND OPTICAL TRANSMISSION APPARATUSDecember 2022November 2025Allow3510NoNo
18067936LENS APPARATUS AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUSDecember 2022March 2025Allow2720YesNo
18076035ROTATIONAL POSITION SENSORDecember 2022March 2026Abandon3910NoNo
17993577ANGLED BUS BARNovember 2022July 2025Allow3241NoNo
17992953ELECTRONIC DEVICENovember 2022September 2025Allow3410NoNo
18054829CROSSTALK REDUCTION IN MULTI-CHANNEL ACOUSTO-OPTIC MODULATORSNovember 2022September 2024Allow2211NoNo
17985383METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN OPTICAL ELEMENTNovember 2022February 2026Allow3920NoNo
17969494ELECTRO-ABSORPTION MODULATOROctober 2022October 2025Allow3610NoNo
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
17930883ANGLED BUS BARSeptember 2022October 2025Allow3731NoNo
17940638OPHTHALMOLOGIC APPARATUS AND VISUAL TARGET PRESENTING DEVICESeptember 2022September 2025Allow3710NoNo
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
17814578VEHICULAR CAMERA WITH TEMPERATURE INVARIANT LENS SPACERSJuly 2022August 2023Allow1210NoNo
17873104WEARABLE AUDIO SYSTEM SUPPORTING ENHANCED HEARING SUPPORTJuly 2022December 2022Allow520YesNo
17814696FORMING ACOUSTO-OPTIC LENSES USING SPHERICAL ACOUSTIC WAVES IN FLUIDSJuly 2022August 2023Allow1330NoNo
17870115LIGHT TRANSMISSION BAND CHANGE UNIT, CAMERA MODULE, AND OPTICAL DEVICEJuly 2022November 2023Allow1610NoNo
17810068HIGH BANDWIDTH TRAVELLING WAVE ELECTRO ABSORPTION MODULATOR (EAM) CHIPJune 2022January 2026Allow4311YesNo
17807075SMART PHONE VISION TESTING SYSTEMJune 2022November 2023Allow1720NoNo
17751664WEARABLE AND NON-CONTACT INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE (IOP) MEASUREMENT AND MONITORING SYSTEMMay 2022December 2025Abandon4201NoNo
17776172DEVICE FOR REALIZING SURFACE CLEANING OF OPTICAL ELEMENT BY ION WIND AND ELECTROSTATIC COUPLINGMay 2022December 2025Abandon4310NoNo
17741490CAMERA OPTICAL LENSMay 2022August 2025Allow3910NoNo
17740442LENS SYSTEM, PROJECTION APPARATUS, DETECTING MODULE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICEMay 2022August 2025Allow3951YesNo
17739362OPTICAL IMAGING SYSTEM AND CAMERA MODULEMay 2022December 2025Abandon4460YesNo
17662582SCAN PATTERN AND SIGNAL PROCESSING FOR OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHYMay 2022February 2023Allow920YesNo
17738775SCALABLE AND PROGRAMMABLE COHERENT WAVEFORM GENERATORSMay 2022October 2023Allow1710NoNo
17662309Damper Arrangement for Actuator DampingMay 2022July 2025Allow3930YesNo
17730485OPTICAL IMAGING LENSApril 2022November 2025Abandon4201NoNo
17771801DIFFRACTIVE OPTICAL ELEMENT COMPRISING A METASURFACE FOR TIRF MICROSCOPYApril 2022August 2025Allow4010NoNo
17720648OPTICAL APPARATUS AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAMEApril 2022July 2025Allow3910NoNo
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
17699187MEDICAL IMAGING SYSTEM, DEFLECTION UNIT AND METHOD FOR CALIBRATING A MEDICAL IMAGING SYSTEMMarch 2022November 2025Allow4321YesNo

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
13
Examiner Affirmed
9
(69.2%)
Examiner Reversed
4
(30.8%)
Reversal Percentile
47.4%
Lower than average

What This Means

With a 30.8% reversal rate, the PTAB reverses the examiner's rejections in a meaningful percentage 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
43
Allowed After Appeal Filing
10
(23.3%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
33
(76.7%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
31.6%
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, 23.3% 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 772 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 69.2%, this examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 32 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner LEI, JIE's allowance rate of 69.2% places them in the 31% 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 2.30 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.

Prosecution Timeline

The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by LEI, JIE is 32 months. This places the examiner in the 52% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly faster than average with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +22.7% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by LEI, JIE. This interview benefit is in the 68% 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, 25.3% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 39% 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 36.1% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 54% 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, 50.0% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 44% 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 61.8% of appeals filed. This is in the 39% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 28.6% 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, 58.6% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 62% 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 0.3% of allowed cases (in the 54% 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 33% 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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