Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18907241 | HOLOGRAPHICALLY DISPLAYING THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECTS | October 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 5 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18674407 | LIGHT MODULATING DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME | May 2024 | December 2025 | Allow | 18 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18668334 | Use of Metasurface Optical Components to Alter Incident Light | May 2024 | September 2025 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18610543 | OPTICAL SYSTEM FOR AN ENDOSCOPE | March 2024 | October 2025 | Allow | 19 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18601291 | SUPERLATTICE ELECTRO-OPTIC DEVICE INCLUDING RECONFIGURABLE OPTICAL ELEMENTS | March 2024 | September 2025 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18594894 | SWITCHABLE LIGHT FILTER, LIGHTING DEVICE AND SCREEN | March 2024 | May 2025 | Allow | 14 | 3 | 1 | No | No |
| 18412740 | VARIABLE MAGNIFICATION OPTICAL SYSTEM, OPTICAL DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING VARIABLE MAGNIFICATION OPTICAL SYSTEM | January 2024 | December 2024 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18394980 | PIEZO ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAY | December 2023 | February 2025 | Allow | 14 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18530824 | EYEWEAR | December 2023 | March 2026 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18522130 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INCREASING DISPLAY SYSTEM FILL FACTOR | November 2023 | January 2026 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18562978 | METHOD FOR SIMULATING OPTICAL PRODUCTS | November 2023 | March 2026 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18511015 | ACCOMMODATING SOFT CONTACT LENS | November 2023 | September 2024 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18561304 | SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL PHASE MODULATOR AND METHOD OF TESTING THE SAME | November 2023 | November 2025 | Allow | 24 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18559800 | NEAR-TO-EYE DISPLAY DEVICE | November 2023 | March 2026 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18493429 | AUGMENTED REALITY DISPLAY WITH WAVEGUIDE CONFIGURED TO CAPTURE IMAGES OF EYE AND/OR ENVIRONMENT | October 2023 | December 2024 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18481936 | TWO-DIMENSIONAL METASURFACES WITH INTEGRATED CAPACITORS AND ACTIVE-MATRIX DRIVER ROUTING | October 2023 | February 2024 | Allow | 5 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18478062 | PARTIAL BEAM SPLITTER, STACK COMPRISING TWO OR MORE SUCH PARTIAL BEAM SPLITTERS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SUCH A PARTIAL BEAM SPLITTER | September 2023 | March 2026 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18244087 | METHOD FOR FABRICATING A LIQUID-CRYSTAL-BASED ELECTRO-OPTICAL LIGHT MODULATOR USING SURFACE MEMS TECHNIQUES FOR FLAT PANEL DISPLAY INSPECTION | September 2023 | November 2024 | Allow | 14 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18366080 | OPTICAL PHOTOGRAPHING LENS ASSEMBLY, IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE AND MOBILE TERMINAL | August 2023 | March 2024 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18357238 | OPTICAL SYSTEM AND OPTICAL APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME | July 2023 | January 2026 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18356938 | OPTICAL ASSEMBLY AND OPTICAL APPARATUS | July 2023 | February 2026 | Abandon | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18355757 | ELECTRON WITHDRAWING GROUP (EWG)-CONTAINING ORGANIC MOLECULES FOR IMPROVED OPTICAL PROPERTIES IN AR/VR COMPONENTS | July 2023 | February 2026 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18221614 | OPTICAL BIOMETER | July 2023 | November 2025 | Allow | 28 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18220764 | Metasurface Optical Components for Altering Incident Light | July 2023 | February 2024 | Allow | 8 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18346954 | LENS DRIVING DEVICE, CAMERA MODULE AND OPTICAL APPARATUS | July 2023 | August 2024 | Allow | 13 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18341894 | METASURFACE DEVICE, PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF, AND OPTICAL IMAGING SYSTEM | June 2023 | February 2026 | Abandon | 32 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 18209718 | TERAHERTZ WAVE OPTICAL ELEMENT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING TERAHERTZ WAVE OPTICAL ELEMENT | June 2023 | June 2024 | Allow | 13 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18334838 | LIGHT MODULATOR, OPTICAL DEVICE INCLUDING LIGHT MODULATOR, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS INCLUDING OPTICAL DEVICE | June 2023 | September 2024 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18333113 | INTEGRATED CAVITY ACOUSTO-OPTICS FOR FREQUENCY DOMAIN OPTICAL COMPUTING AND FREQUENCY COMB GENERATION | June 2023 | February 2026 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18332713 | THIN FILM ACOUSTO-OPTIC DEVICE AND METHODS OF FABRICATION | June 2023 | March 2024 | Allow | 10 | 3 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18039283 | ELECTRONICALLY CONTROLLED DIELECTRIC HUYGENS RESONATOR SPATIAL LIGHT MODULATOR | May 2023 | January 2026 | Abandon | 32 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18314985 | MULTIFOCAL LENS HAVING REDUCED CHROMATIC ABERRATIONS | May 2023 | December 2024 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18314360 | OPTICAL IMAGING SYSTEM AND PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME | May 2023 | May 2024 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18144905 | OPTICAL IMAGE CAPTURING LENS ASSEMBLY, IMAGING APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | May 2023 | January 2024 | Allow | 8 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18298097 | SUPERLATTICE ELECTRO-OPTIC DEVICE INCLUDING RECONFIGURABLE OPTICAL ELEMENTS | April 2023 | December 2023 | Allow | 8 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18132076 | QUANTUM COMPUTER | April 2023 | March 2025 | Abandon | 23 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 18120181 | OPTICAL SCANNING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING DEVICE | March 2023 | January 2026 | Allow | 34 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18177874 | NIGHT VISION BINOCULARS with REPLACEABLE OBJECTIVE LENS | March 2023 | September 2023 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18109762 | BEAMFORMING VACUUM CELL | February 2023 | June 2024 | Allow | 16 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18004657 | SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT MODULATING APPARATUS | January 2023 | January 2026 | Allow | 36 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18001006 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING FOCUS OF A LASER BEAM | December 2022 | November 2025 | Allow | 35 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18062748 | OPTICAL DEVICE, PHASE SHIFTER, AND OPTICAL COMMUNICATION APPARATUS | December 2022 | December 2025 | Abandon | 36 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18007863 | Wavelength Tunable Device | December 2022 | February 2026 | Allow | 39 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17985904 | Mobile Optimized Vision System | November 2022 | May 2025 | Allow | 30 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18053225 | Electro-Active Sporting Glasses | November 2022 | April 2024 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17971112 | METAOPTICS AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUSES INCLUDING THE SAME | October 2022 | December 2025 | Allow | 38 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17917697 | DISPLAY DEVICE | October 2022 | January 2026 | Allow | 40 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17912395 | Optical Module and Medical Laser Device | September 2022 | March 2025 | Allow | 30 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17909574 | ADAPTIVE PHOTONIC RF SPECTRAL SHAPER | September 2022 | March 2025 | Abandon | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17800704 | ELECTRONIC DIFFRACTION DIAPHRAGM | August 2022 | September 2025 | Abandon | 37 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17884608 | LIGHT MODULATOR AND LIGHT MODULATOR ARRAY | August 2022 | September 2025 | Allow | 37 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17817654 | ELECTROWETTING AND PHOTO CURING FOR MANUFACTURING OF OPHTHALMIC LENSES | August 2022 | March 2024 | Abandon | 20 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17879224 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING WHITE LIGHT FOR PROJECTORS | August 2022 | December 2023 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17869340 | QUANTUM CONFINED NANOSTRUCTURES WITH IMPROVED HOMOGENEITY AND METHODS FOR MAKING THE SAME | July 2022 | March 2024 | Abandon | 20 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17758858 | LIGHT ROUTE CONTROL MEMBER AND DISPLAY DEVICE COMPRISING SAME | July 2022 | September 2025 | Allow | 38 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17618777 | PREFERENTIAL VISUAL ACUITY TEST CABIN | July 2022 | February 2026 | Allow | 50 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17790434 | REFLECTIVE FPM USING A PARABOLIC MIRROR | June 2022 | August 2025 | Abandon | 38 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17845396 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR LARGE FIELD OF VIEW DISPLAY WITH SCANNING REFLECTOR | June 2022 | August 2024 | Allow | 26 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17842327 | LIGHT MODULATOR, BEAM STEERING DEVICE INCLUDING THE LIGHT MODULATOR, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING THE BEAM STEERING DEVICE | June 2022 | June 2024 | Allow | 24 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17839755 | CAMERA MODULE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | June 2022 | June 2023 | Allow | 12 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17748032 | Digital Photo Frame with AG Explosion-proof Function | May 2022 | February 2026 | Abandon | 45 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17739380 | OPTICAL SYSTEM | May 2022 | May 2025 | Allow | 36 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17735199 | OPTICAL LENS ASSEMBLY AND HEAD-MOUNTED DEVICE | May 2022 | October 2024 | Allow | 29 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17661728 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DESIGN AND FABRICATION OF CUSTOMIZED EYEWEAR | May 2022 | June 2024 | Abandon | 25 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17731516 | OPTICAL SYSTEM, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING OPTICAL SYSTEM, AND ENDOSCOPE | April 2022 | November 2024 | Allow | 31 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17772546 | POLYESTER COPOLYMERS FOR USE IN OPTICAL FILMS | April 2022 | January 2026 | Allow | 45 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17727949 | APPLICATIONS OF ELECTRO-OPTIC DISPLAYS | April 2022 | September 2024 | Allow | 28 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17727756 | CONSTANT-FREQUENCY ACOUSTO-OPTIC BEAM STEERING | April 2022 | June 2022 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17727162 | LIDAR SYSTEM IMPLEMENTING WAVELENGTH CONVERSION | April 2022 | March 2024 | Allow | 23 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17754949 | OPTICAL FILM LAYER AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, POLARIZER, AND DISPLAY PANEL | April 2022 | September 2025 | Allow | 41 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17768448 | EYEWEAR PRODUCT AND METHOD OF PRODUCING SAME | April 2022 | April 2025 | Abandon | 36 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17718638 | OPTICAL IMAGING LENS | April 2022 | January 2025 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17718329 | OPTICAL IMAGING LENS | April 2022 | October 2024 | Allow | 30 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17767393 | THERMO-OPTICAL SPATIAL LIGHT MODULATOR | April 2022 | October 2025 | Allow | 42 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17763959 | OPTICAL MODULATOR AND OPTICAL TRANSMISSION APPARATUS USING SAME | March 2022 | April 2025 | Allow | 36 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17701256 | DEVICE FOR MOUNTING SPHERICAL OPTICAL COMPONENTS | March 2022 | April 2025 | Allow | 37 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17654941 | PERFORMING STRUCTURED ILLUMINATION MICROSCOPY ON A PATTERNED SUBSTRATE | March 2022 | May 2025 | Allow | 38 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17689951 | OPTICAL LENS, CAMERA MODULE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | March 2022 | September 2025 | Allow | 42 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17637673 | OPTICAL TESTING APPARATUS | February 2022 | April 2025 | Allow | 38 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17676367 | COMPACT OPTICAL IMAGING DEVICE WITH SHORTENED FOCAL LENGTH, IMAGING MODULE, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | February 2022 | January 2025 | Allow | 34 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17633859 | Camera Module and Terminal Device | February 2022 | May 2025 | Allow | 39 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17592873 | IMAGING LENS SYSTEM | February 2022 | November 2024 | Allow | 33 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17592302 | OPTICAL IMAGING LENS | February 2022 | August 2024 | Allow | 30 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17587032 | OPTICAL ELEMENT DRIVING MECHANISM | January 2022 | January 2025 | Allow | 36 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17586374 | METASURFACE SPECTRO-POLARIMETER | January 2022 | September 2024 | Allow | 31 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17585792 | CAMERA MODULE AND MOBILE TERMINAL | January 2022 | December 2025 | Allow | 47 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17629732 | TELESCOPES | January 2022 | November 2025 | Allow | 60 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17568729 | LENS POSITIONING DEVICE | January 2022 | July 2024 | Allow | 31 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17563000 | CAMERA OPTICAL LENS | December 2021 | January 2025 | Allow | 36 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17562086 | OPTICAL PHOTOGRAPHING LENS ASSEMBLY, IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE AND MOBILE TERMINAL | December 2021 | May 2023 | Allow | 16 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17562043 | Optical Imaging Lens Assembly | December 2021 | July 2024 | Allow | 31 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17560399 | Eyewear Retention Device | December 2021 | May 2023 | Allow | 17 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17645535 | HIGH EFFICIENCY ELECTRO-OPTIC MODULATOR | December 2021 | September 2025 | Allow | 45 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17545382 | OPTICAL SIGHT | December 2021 | September 2025 | Allow | 46 | 4 | 1 | No | No |
| 17616603 | Electro-Active Sporting Glasses | December 2021 | July 2022 | Allow | 8 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17615834 | OIS MOTOR AND BALL-BASED FOUR-AXIS TILT OIS STRUCTURE | December 2021 | August 2024 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17517981 | LASER BEAM OUTPUT APPARATUS | November 2021 | July 2023 | Allow | 20 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17512698 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND OPTICAL UNIT | October 2021 | April 2025 | Allow | 42 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17509754 | ACOUSTO-OPTICAL MODULATOR APPARATUS AND METHOD OF ACOUSTO-OPTICALLY DEFLECTING A LASER BEAM | October 2021 | March 2025 | Allow | 41 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17605239 | REFLECTIVE OPTICAL DEVICE | October 2021 | September 2024 | Allow | 34 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner SUMLAR, JOURNEY F.
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, 28.6% 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.
⚠ Filing a Notice of Appeal shows limited benefit. Consider other strategies like interviews or amendments before appealing.
Examiner SUMLAR, JOURNEY F works in Art Unit 2872 and has examined 561 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 69.9%, this examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 34 months.
Examiner SUMLAR, JOURNEY F's allowance rate of 69.9% places them in the 32% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications.
On average, applications examined by SUMLAR, JOURNEY F receive 2.34 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 67% 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 SUMLAR, JOURNEY F is 34 months. This places the examiner in the 44% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly slower than average with this examiner.
Conducting an examiner interview provides a +8.4% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by SUMLAR, JOURNEY F. This interview benefit is in the 39% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews provide a below-average benefit with this examiner.
When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 20.7% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 23% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Insight: RCEs show lower effectiveness with this examiner compared to others. Consider whether a continuation application might be more strategic, especially if you need to add new matter or significantly broaden claims.
This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 41.6% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 63% 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.
When applicants request a pre-appeal conference (PAC) with this examiner, 180.0% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 92% 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 100.0% of appeals filed. This is in the 95% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 70.4% 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, 63.6% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 68% 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 27% percentile). This examiner makes examiner's amendments less often than average. You may need to make most claim amendments yourself.
Quayle Actions: This examiner issues Ex Parte Quayle actions in 1.0% of allowed cases (in the 61% 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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