Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18928971 | METHOD FOR INCREASING SPECKLE SPOT DENSITY, DIFFRACTIVE OPTICAL ELEMENT, AND PROJECTOR | October 2024 | December 2024 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18813906 | VIRTUAL REALITY DEVICE, LENS BARREL POSITIONAL STATE DETECTION METHOD AND APPARATUS THEREFOR, AND MEDIUM | August 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18714483 | MULTIFUNCTIONAL METASURFACE FLAT OPTICS | May 2024 | May 2025 | Allow | 12 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18613884 | MICRO-LENS ARRAY, PROJECTION TYPE IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE, METHOD FOR DESIGNING MICRO-LENS ARRAY, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING MICRO-LENS ARRAY | March 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18610953 | ADJUSTABLE MOUNTING APPARATUS | March 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18441027 | INFORMATION DISPLAY APPARATUS | February 2024 | December 2024 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18417101 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ALIGNMENT OF WAVELENGTH BEAM COMBINING RESONATORS | January 2024 | September 2024 | Allow | 8 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18536915 | HIGH TRANSMISSION LIGHT CONTROL FILM | December 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18503679 | OPTICAL SYSTEM | November 2023 | January 2025 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18500674 | LASER CRYSTALLIZATION APPARATUS | November 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18383487 | ZOOM LENS AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME | October 2023 | June 2024 | Allow | 8 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18482027 | OPTICAL CALIBRATION TOOL | October 2023 | September 2024 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18481090 | THREE DIMENSIONAL VIRTUAL AND AUGMENTED REALITY DISPLAY SYSTEM | October 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18476611 | LOW PROFILE INTERCONNECT FOR LIGHT EMITTER | September 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18232843 | COMFORT-OPTIMIZED CONTACT LENS SYSTEM FOR NON-ROTATIONALLY SYMMETRIC EYE ABERRATION | August 2023 | April 2024 | Allow | 8 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18230073 | FOCUS STACKING FOR RETINAL IMAGING | August 2023 | December 2024 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18361634 | OPTICAL DIFFUSER AND ITS METHOD OF MANUFACTURE | July 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18226483 | EFFICIENT AND UNIFORM COLOR-LIGHT INTEGRATION DEVICE | July 2023 | July 2024 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18356457 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR APPLYING AN OPTICAL MARK TO A SPECTACLE LENS | July 2023 | October 2023 | Allow | 3 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18218846 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COLOR IMAGING | July 2023 | April 2024 | Allow | 9 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18204875 | OPTICAL IMAGING LENS ASSEMBLY, IMAGE CAPTURING UNIT AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | June 2023 | January 2024 | Allow | 8 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18322647 | Virtual reality and augmented reality systems with dynamic vision correction | May 2023 | January 2025 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18139495 | INFORMATION DISPLAY APPARATUS | April 2023 | November 2023 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18128750 | Rod Lens Relay System With Reduced Chromatic Aberration | March 2023 | January 2024 | Allow | 9 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18123773 | WAVEFRONT TESTER CALIBRATION METHOD | March 2023 | July 2023 | Allow | 4 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18175391 | FILTER UNIT, FILTER SELECTION METHOD, AND IMAGING DEVICE | February 2023 | September 2024 | Allow | 19 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18114563 | PATTERN CONFIGURABLE RETICLE | February 2023 | November 2023 | Allow | 8 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18110754 | INTERNAL-REFLECTIVE TELECENTRIC LENS SYSTEM | February 2023 | January 2024 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18102120 | ACCESSORY | January 2023 | December 2023 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18094761 | OPTICAL LENS ASSEMBLY AND PHOTOGRAPHING MODULE | January 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 27 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18004106 | PERIODIC OPTIMIZATION METHOD FOR DIFFRACTIVE OPTICAL ELEMENT | January 2023 | May 2023 | Allow | 5 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18091376 | HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAY DEVICE AND ZOOM LENS MODULE | December 2022 | March 2025 | Allow | 27 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18013420 | IMAGE CAPTURE SYSTEM | December 2022 | March 2025 | Allow | 27 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18060662 | OBSERVATION DEVICE AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME | December 2022 | July 2023 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18047718 | APPARATUS INCLUDING AN ELECTROCHROMIC DEVICE CONFIGURED TO MAINTAIN A CONTINUOUSLY GRADED TRANSMISSION STATE | October 2022 | July 2023 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17890859 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ALIGNMENT OF WAVELENGTH BEAM COMBINING RESONATORS | August 2022 | October 2023 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17800206 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING POLARIZED PROPAGATION-INVARIANT LIGHT FIELD | August 2022 | March 2025 | Allow | 31 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17816902 | THREE DIMENSIONAL VIRTUAL AND AUGMENTED REALITY DISPLAY SYSTEM | August 2022 | July 2023 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17876806 | PROJECTION SYSTEM AND PROJECTOR | July 2022 | September 2024 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17870891 | BINOCULAR CALIBRATION TARGET | July 2022 | May 2023 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17789257 | VR GLASSES | June 2022 | June 2025 | Allow | 35 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17849603 | OPTICAL MODULE AND LASER SYSTEM | June 2022 | November 2024 | Abandon | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17842913 | LASER ILLUMINATION SYSTEM WITH CLOSELY SPACED BEAMS | June 2022 | March 2023 | Allow | 9 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17742410 | OPTICAL IMAGING LENS | May 2022 | October 2024 | Allow | 29 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17739761 | OPTICAL SYSTEM | May 2022 | March 2025 | Allow | 34 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17740199 | ADJUSTABLE HEAD SECUREMENT FOR HEAD-MOUNTABLE DEVICE | May 2022 | December 2024 | Allow | 31 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17737139 | OPTICAL UNIT, BEAM COUPLING DEVICE, AND LASER PROCESSING MACHINE | May 2022 | September 2023 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17732329 | OPTICAL SYSTEM | April 2022 | January 2025 | Allow | 32 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17730192 | SURFACE LIGHT SOURCE PROJECTION DEVICE | April 2022 | August 2024 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17721383 | SYNCHRONOUS, TUNABLE MULTI-OPTICAL FILTER SYSTEM | April 2022 | November 2023 | Allow | 19 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17769280 | OPTICAL FILM | April 2022 | December 2024 | Allow | 32 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17767740 | SPLICING DISPLAY UNIT AND DISPLAY SCREEN | April 2022 | December 2024 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17714280 | INFORMATION DISPLAY APPARATUS | April 2022 | March 2023 | Allow | 11 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17711324 | ACCESSORY THAT IS REMOVABLY ATTACHABLE TO A CAMERA BODY | April 2022 | October 2022 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17708425 | LENS INSTALLATION SYSTEM, LENS MOUNT AND METHOD FOR OPTO-MECHANICAL LENS MOUNTING FOR HIGH-G SURVIVABILITY | March 2022 | April 2024 | Allow | 24 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 17763854 | TELESCOPE PROVIDED WITH A DEVICE FOR ADJUSTING THE TILT AND THE POSITION OF A MIRROR | March 2022 | May 2024 | Allow | 26 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17655249 | HIGH ENERGY LASER SENSOR SUBSTRATE | March 2022 | May 2025 | Abandon | 38 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17753824 | IMAGING OPTICAL SYSTEM AND IMAGING APPARATUS | March 2022 | December 2024 | Allow | 33 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17639503 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A CAMERA MODULE, CAMERA MODULE | March 2022 | October 2024 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17683295 | BINOCULAR CALIBRATION TARGET | February 2022 | August 2022 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17681488 | Apochromatic Rod Lens Relay System with Reduced Spherochromatism and an Endoscope with Improved Relay System | February 2022 | July 2024 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17670597 | COMFORT-OPTIMIZED CONTACT LENS SYSTEM FOR NON-ROTATIONALLY SYMMETRIC EYE ABERRATION | February 2022 | June 2023 | Allow | 16 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17671477 | LOW PROFILE INTERCONNECT FOR LIGHT EMITTER | February 2022 | June 2023 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17574157 | CORRECTING ABERRATION AND APODIZATION OF AN OPTICAL SYSTEM USING CORRECTION PLATES | January 2022 | April 2024 | Allow | 27 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17574510 | HEAD-MOUNTED FIXING DEVICE | January 2022 | August 2024 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17570643 | LASER MODULE SYSTEM THAT INCORPORATES A PROTECTIVE LENS | January 2022 | August 2024 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17553764 | Device and Method for Examining the Retinal Vascular Endothelial Function | December 2021 | March 2023 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17544261 | PROJECTION OPTICAL SYSTEM AND HEAD-UP DISPLAY DEVICE MOUNTED ON AUTOMOBILE | December 2021 | January 2024 | Allow | 25 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17616266 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE | December 2021 | July 2024 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17534648 | OPTICAL SYSTEM FOR LINE GENERATOR AND LINE GENERATOR | November 2021 | December 2023 | Abandon | 25 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17455296 | Optical Image Capturing System | November 2021 | May 2024 | Allow | 29 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17528116 | OPTICAL UNIT | November 2021 | March 2025 | Allow | 40 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17524058 | VIRTUAL IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE | November 2021 | April 2024 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17453599 | IMAGING LENS | November 2021 | September 2024 | Allow | 34 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17453568 | COMPACT IN-LINE REFLECTIVE OPTICAL BEAM EXPANDER OR REDUCER WITH ADJUSTABLE FOCUS | November 2021 | February 2024 | Allow | 27 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17516470 | PHOTOGRAPHING LENS SYSTEM, IMAGE CAPTURING UNIT AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | November 2021 | May 2024 | Allow | 31 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17514604 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RETINAL ABSORPTION PHASE AND DARK FIELD IMAGING WITH OBLIQUE ILLUMINATION | October 2021 | November 2023 | Allow | 24 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17510072 | DIFFRACTIVE BACKLIGHT FABRICATION METHOD | October 2021 | January 2025 | Allow | 39 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 17451450 | Imaging Optical System, Imaging Apparatus And Focal-Depth Extension Optical System | October 2021 | January 2024 | Allow | 27 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17500962 | SPATIAL FREQUENCY FILTER DEVICE FOR USE WITH A LASER BEAM, SPATIAL FREQUENCY FILTER ASSEMBLY HAVING SUCH A SPATIAL FREQUENCY FILTER DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR SPATIAL FREQUENCY FILTERING OF A LASER BEAM | October 2021 | March 2024 | Allow | 29 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17489670 | FOCUS STACKING FOR RETINAL IMAGING | September 2021 | May 2023 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17486933 | OPTICAL UNIT | September 2021 | March 2024 | Allow | 29 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17482484 | ACTIVE ALIGNMENT MACHINE | September 2021 | March 2024 | Allow | 29 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17482237 | OPTICAL DIFFUSER AND ITS METHOD OF MANUFACTURE | September 2021 | April 2023 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17433936 | PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING AN ATHERMAL LOW COST TELESCOPE BASED ON HIGH PRECISION REPLICATION TECHNOLOGY, AND SUCH TELESCOPE | August 2021 | January 2025 | Allow | 41 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17433476 | OPTICAL ASSEMBLY HAVING OPTICAL ELEMENTS WHICH ARE MOVABLE IN A GUIDED MANNER, AND METHOD FOR MOVING A FIRST OPTICAL ELEMENT AND A SECOND OPTICAL ELEMENT IN A GUIDED MANNER | August 2021 | August 2024 | Allow | 35 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17433085 | Apparatus for emitting or detecting two beams of light along a common axis | August 2021 | January 2024 | Allow | 29 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17399856 | Zoom Lens and Imaging Apparatus | August 2021 | January 2024 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17424123 | PLANAR AREA LIGHT SOURCE | July 2021 | August 2022 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17368878 | Generally V-Shaped Interferometer Formed From Beamsplitter Deployed Between Geometrically Similar Prisms | July 2021 | December 2021 | Allow | 5 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17357531 | OPTICAL LENS ASSEMBLIES AND RELATED METHODS | June 2021 | April 2023 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17352542 | IMAGING LENS ASSEMBLY AND OPTICAL VERIFICATION SYSTEM | June 2021 | November 2023 | Allow | 29 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17348030 | ACTUATOR DRIVER | June 2021 | October 2023 | Allow | 28 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17338356 | OPTICAL ELEMENT SUPPORT SYSTEM AND METHOD | June 2021 | April 2023 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17297616 | MULTISPECTRAL HARMONISATION DEVICE INTENDED FOR ALIGNING THE OPTICAL CHANNELS OF AN OPTRONIC SYSTEM | May 2021 | May 2023 | Allow | 24 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17328681 | OPTICAL DEVICE | May 2021 | October 2023 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17296116 | PROCESS FOR CREATING AN OPTICAL COMPONENT FOR GENERATING, FROM A GIVEN LIGHT SOURCE, A GIVEN NEAR-FIELD ILLUMINATION | May 2021 | September 2023 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17292454 | DIFFRACTIVE OPTICAL DEVICE | May 2021 | January 2024 | Allow | 32 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17314934 | SCANNING OPTICAL APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS | May 2021 | October 2023 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17306983 | ZOOM LENS AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME | May 2021 | September 2023 | Allow | 28 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner OESTREICH, MITCHELL T.
With a 0.0% reversal rate, the PTAB affirms the examiner's rejections in the vast majority of cases. This reversal rate is in the bottom 25% across the USPTO, indicating that appeals face significant challenges here.
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, 9.1% of applications that filed an appeal were subsequently allowed. This appeal filing benefit rate is in the bottom 25% across the USPTO, indicating that filing appeals is less effective here than in most other areas.
⚠ 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 OESTREICH, MITCHELL T works in Art Unit 2872 and has examined 452 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 78.5%, this examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 31 months.
Examiner OESTREICH, MITCHELL T's allowance rate of 78.5% places them in the 39% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications.
On average, applications examined by OESTREICH, MITCHELL T receive 1.76 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 52% 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 OESTREICH, MITCHELL T is 31 months. This places the examiner in the 37% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly slower than average with this examiner.
Conducting an examiner interview provides a +16.9% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by OESTREICH, MITCHELL T. This interview benefit is in the 62% 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, 25.5% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 30% 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 29.9% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 35% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: This examiner shows below-average receptiveness to after-final amendments. You may need to file an RCE or appeal rather than relying on after-final amendment entry.
When applicants request a pre-appeal conference (PAC) with this examiner, 120.0% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 81% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: Pre-appeal conferences are highly effective with this examiner compared to others. Before filing a full appeal brief, strongly consider requesting a PAC. The PAC provides an opportunity for the examiner and supervisory personnel to reconsider the rejection before the case proceeds to the PTAB.
This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 87.5% of appeals filed. This is in the 78% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 57.1% 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, 47.8% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 56% 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'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 2.8% of allowed cases (in the 70% 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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