USPTO Examiner GREECE JAMES R - Art Unit 2875

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18963007High-Voltage LED LuminaireNovember 2024October 2025Abandon1120NoNo
18706060OPTICAL SYSTEM AND CAMERA MODULE COMPRISING SAMEApril 2024March 2026Allow2300NoNo
18684817OPTICAL SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, OPTICAL MODULATOR AND OPTICAL TRANSMISSION DEVICEFebruary 2024February 2026Allow2400NoNo
18571289PRIVACY PROTECTION DEVICEDecember 2023May 2025Abandon1710NoNo
18533331Heat Dissipation Arrangement for LED Lighting FixturesDecember 2023July 2025Abandon1920YesNo
18234323OBDII TRAILER TOWING WIRELESS LIGHT KITAugust 2023January 2025Allow1710YesNo
18268202ANNULAR LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE FOR NEONATAL FUNDUS CAMERAJune 2023November 2025Allow2910NoNo
18134024SPECTACLE LENS FOR A DISPLAY DEVICE WHICH CAN BE PLACED ONTO THE HEAD OF A USER AND GENERATES AN IMAGE, AND DISPLAY DEVICE COMPRISING SUCH A SPECTACLE LENSApril 2023November 2025Allow3110NoNo
18247012PROJECTION MECHANISM AND GLASSESMarch 2023June 2025Allow2600NoNo
18183909UNDERWATER LIGHT ASSEMBLY AND METHODMarch 2023July 2025Abandon2820NoNo
18025654Contact Lens Membrane and Related MethodsMarch 2023October 2025Allow3110NoNo
18178809SNAP-FIT STRUCTURE FOR SPECTACLE LENS AND TEMPLEMarch 2023June 2025Allow2710NoNo
18093101APPARATUS FOR BROADBAND WAVELENGTH CONVERSION OF DUAL-POLARIZATION PHASE-ENCODED SIGNALJanuary 2023March 2025Abandon2710NoNo
18073163Smart Head-Mounted Device, Accommodating Box, and Smart Head-Mounted Device AssemblyDecember 2022September 2025Allow3310NoNo
17919799OPTICAL SYSTEM AND CAMERA MODULE INCLUDING SAMEOctober 2022October 2025Allow3610NoNo
17918227OPTICAL MICROSTRUCTURE-CONTAINING LAMINATE FOR OPHTHALMIC LENS INCORPORATIONOctober 2022November 2025Allow3710NoNo
17869271SNAP-FIT DEVICE FOR SPECTACLE LENS AND SPECTACLE FRAMEJuly 2022June 2025Allow3510NoNo
17699199OPTICAL IMAGING LENSMarch 2022June 2025Allow3910NoNo
17557095TUNABLE LENS AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A TUNABLE LENSDecember 2021July 2025Allow4330NoNo
17606298OPTICAL FRAME GLASSESOctober 2021May 2024Allow3110NoNo
17052794OPTICAL SYSTEM, OPTICAL APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING OPTICAL SYSTEMMarch 2021June 2025Allow5630NoNo
17270065ORIENTATION INDEPENDENT COMA COMPENSATING LIQUID LENSFebruary 2021August 2025Allow5320NoNo
17180302OPTICAL SPECTROSCOPY PROBE CONFIGURATIONS FOR FOCUSING LIGHT TO A PORTION OF A SAMPLEFebruary 2021July 2025Allow5330YesNo
17069273COMFORT FIT SLIP-RESISTANT EYEWEAR SYSTEMOctober 2020September 2025Abandon5940NoYes
16535492WIDE ANGLE LENS, IMAGING DEVICE, AND UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLEAugust 2019December 2019Allow500NoNo
16017882MINIATURE LENS ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF MAKING SAMEJune 2018April 2020Allow2110NoNo
15947928OPTICAL LENS SYSTEMApril 2018March 2020Allow2410NoNo
15900964CAMERA OPTICAL LENSFebruary 2018December 2019Allow2210NoNo
15893826Camera Optical LensFebruary 2018January 2020Allow2310NoNo
15893855Camera Optical LensFebruary 2018February 2020Allow2420NoNo
15864553Camera Optical LensJanuary 2018January 2020Allow2510NoNo
15860273Camera Optical LensJanuary 2018September 2019Allow2110NoNo
15823019ZOOM LENS AND IMAGE PICKUP DEVICENovember 2017January 2019Allow1310NoNo
15789063LENS BARREL THAT PREVENTS UNDESIRED MOVEMENT OF OPTICAL UNITS, AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUSOctober 2017January 2020Allow2710NoNo
15720221FOURIER LENS, METHOD FOR DESIGNING FOURIER LENS, AND SCHLIEREN APPARATUSSeptember 2017July 2019Allow2111NoNo
15716526LENS UNIT AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR LENS UNITSeptember 2017August 2019Allow2311NoNo
15714107WIDE ANGLE LENS ASSEMBLY HAVING LOW DISTORTIONSeptember 2017December 2018Allow1510NoNo
15531134IMAGING LENS AND IMAGING UNITMay 2017February 2018Allow900NoNo
15607312FIELD-OF-VIEW OCULAR AND FACIAL ALIGNMENT GUIDESMay 2017February 2019Allow2010NoNo
15326436OPTICAL IMAGING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAMEJanuary 2017December 2018Allow3520YesNo
15309315METHOD FOR THE ACQUISITION OF OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY IMAGE DATA OF RETINA TISSUE OF AN EYE OF A HUMAN SUBJECTNovember 2016October 2018Allow2310NoNo
15283634ADJUSTABLE CONTACT LENS SYSTEMOctober 2016April 2019Allow3111NoNo
15231868MODULAR ACCESSORIES FOR HEAD-MOUNTABLE DEVICEAugust 2016September 2018Allow2511YesNo
15212114CONTINUOUS ADJUSTABLE 3DEEPS FILTER SPECTACLES FOR OPTIMIZED 3DEEPS STEREOSCOPIC VIEWING, CONTROL METHOD AND MEANS THEREFOR, AND SYSTEM AND METHOD OF GENERATING AND DISPLAYING A MODIFIED VIDEOJuly 2016May 2017Allow1010NoNo
15071383ZOOM LENS AND IMAGE DEVICE USING THE SAMEMarch 2016August 2017Allow1820NoNo
15060257DIAPHRAGM CHANGING DEVICEMarch 2016July 2018Allow2821NoNo
14879194VISION MODIFICATION WITH REFLECTED IMAGEOctober 2015May 2016Allow700NoNo
14855329OPHTHALMIC EXAMINATION AND DISEASE MANAGEMENT WITH MULTIPLE ILLUMINATION MODALITIESSeptember 2015July 2016Allow1001NoNo
14808104OPTICAL APPARATUSJuly 2015December 2018Allow4111NoNo
14805633IMAGING ACCESSORY FRAME FOR INTEGRATION WITH AN OPERATING MICROSCOPEJuly 2015October 2016Allow1510NoNo
14725996FRESNEL LENS AND OPTICAL DEVICEMay 2015March 2017Allow2210NoNo
14626087METHOD OF DESIGNING COLORED LENSFebruary 2015October 2015Allow810NoNo
14566205CONTINUOUS ADJUSTABLE 3DEEPS FILTER SPECTACLES FOR OPTIMIZED 3DEEPS STEREOSCOPIC VIEWING, CONTROL METHOD AND MEANS THEREFOR, AND SYSTEM AND METHOD OF GENERATING AND DISPLAYING A MODIFIED VIDEODecember 2014April 2016Allow1621YesNo
14474125ELECTRONIC OPHTHALMOSCOPE FOR SELECTIVE RETINAL PHOTODISRUPTION OF THE PHOTORECEPTOR MOSAICAugust 2014June 2017Allow3411YesNo
14333266CONTINUOUS ADJUSTABLE 3DEEPS FILTER SPECTACLES FOR OPTIMIZED 3DEEPS STEREOSCOPIC VIEWING, CONTROL METHOD AND MEANS THEREFOR, AND SYSTEM AND METHOD OF GENERATING AND DISPLAYING A MODIFIED VIDEOJuly 2014November 2014Allow410NoNo
14249107OPHTHALMOLOGIC APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING OPHTHALMOLOGIC APPARATUS, AND PROGRAMApril 2014September 2015Allow1711NoNo
14194123MOBILE DEVICE AND OPTICAL IMAGING LENS THEREOFFebruary 2014January 2016Allow2220YesNo
14116602LENS AND LASER PROCESSING APPARATUS EQUIPPED WITH THE LENSJanuary 2014December 2015Allow2510NoNo
13883166OPTICAL SYSTEM FOR FORMING AN IMAGE ON A CONCAVE SPHERICAL SURFACEJanuary 2014June 2015Allow2510NoNo
14149293CONTINUOUS ADJUSTABLE PULFRICH FILTER SPECTACLES FOR OPTIMIZED 3DEEPS STEREOSCOPIC VIEWING AND ITS CONTROL METHOD AND MEANSJanuary 2014June 2014Allow510NoNo
14148389OPTICAL SYSTEM AND IMAGE PROJECTION APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAMEJanuary 2014March 2015Allow1400NoNo
14147653ZOOM LENS AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAMEJanuary 2014July 2015Allow1910NoNo
14146045ZOOM LENS AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAMEJanuary 2014October 2015Allow2210NoNo
14128013APPARATUS FOR CAPTURING IMAGE OF ANTERIOR PART OF IRIS AND MEDICAL MONITORING SYSTEM USING SMART PHONEDecember 2013January 2015Allow1300NoNo
14133364ABERRATION CORRECTING METHOD AND ABERRATION CORRECTING APPARATUSDecember 2013November 2015Allow2311NoNo
14099252LENS SYSTEM, OPTICAL DEVICE WITH LENS SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING LENSDecember 2013February 2014Allow300NoNo
14077920ZOOM LENS SYSTEM AND IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE HAVING THE SAMENovember 2013March 2014Allow400NoNo
14036144PHOTOCHROMIC SPECTACLESSeptember 2013February 2015Allow1710NoNo
14019095THREE-DIMENSIONAL DISPLAY APPARATUSSeptember 2013August 2015Allow2430YesNo
13950264MOBILE DEVICE AND OPTICAL IMAGING LENS THEREOFJuly 2013October 2015Allow2730NoNo
13980472BROADBAND OPTICAL BEAM SPLITTERSJuly 2013November 2014Allow1600NoNo
13939996CLAMSHELL CAR HEAD-UP DISPLAY DEVICEJuly 2013May 2015Allow2210NoNo
13935470AFFERENT PUPIL TESTERJuly 2013May 2017Allow4630YesNo
138585093D MOLD FOR MANUFACTURING OF SUB-MICRON 3D STRUCTURES USING 2-D PHOTON LITHOGRAPHY AND NANOIMPRINTING AND PROCESS THEREOFApril 2013November 2015Allow3131YesNo
13801389LENS SYSTEM, OPTICAL DEVICE WITH LENS SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING LENS SYSTEMMarch 2013September 2013Allow600NoNo
13749072PROGRESSIVE READING AND INTERMEDIATE DISTANCE LENS DEFINED BY EMPLOYMENT OF A ZERNIKE EXPANSIONJanuary 2013September 2014Allow1910NoNo
13715761SURFACE MODIFIED CONTACT LENSESDecember 2012November 2014Allow2310NoNo
13715841SILICONE HYDROGEL CONTACT LENS MODIFIED USING LANTHANIDE OR TRANSITION METAL OXIDANTSDecember 2012April 2014Allow1600NoNo
13715606Systems And Methods For Creating Aberration-Corrected Gradient Index LensesDecember 2012October 2014Allow2301NoNo
13699609OPHTHALMIC ILLUMINATION DEVICEDecember 2012September 2013Allow1010NoNo
13687309METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR AUTOMATED MEASUREMENT OF THE EYES AND DELIVERING OF SUNGLASSES AND EYEGLASSESNovember 2012October 2015Allow3510NoNo
13682527METHODS AND DEVICES FOR REFRACTIVE CORRECTION OF EYESNovember 2012April 2014Allow1710NoNo
13632333CONTINUOUS ADJUSTABLE 3DEEPS FILTER SPECTACLES FOR OPTIMIZED 3DEEPS STEREOSCOPIC VIEWING AND ITS CONTROL METHOD AND MEANSOctober 2012October 2013Allow1220NoNo
13532252METHOD OF MAKING AND PRESCRIBING TINTED LENSESJune 2012January 2015Allow3130NoNo
13465662LENS BLANK AND LENS ELEMENTS AS WELL AS METHOD FOR THEIR PRODUCTIONMay 2012March 2014Allow2211NoNo
13457436LENS MODULE WITH ELECTROSTRICTIVE MEMBER FOR DRIVING LENESApril 2012June 2013Allow1410NoNo
13385889Vision Modification with reflected imageMarch 2012June 2015Allow3910YesNo
13360264HIGH PERFORMANCE SELECTIVE LIGHT WAVELENGTH FILTERINGJanuary 2012December 2014Allow3410NoNo
13334678Imaging Accessory Frame for Integration with an Operating MicroscopeDecember 2011April 2015Allow4010NoNo
13330710PROJECTION LENS SYSTEM WITH HIGH RESOLUTION AND COMPACT SIZEDecember 2011October 2013Allow2210NoNo
13331247ADJUSTMENT DEVICE, LENS BARREL, AND OPTICAL APPARATUSDecember 2011February 2016Allow4911NoNo
13329158LENS MODULE WITH LOW CHROMATIC ABERRATIONDecember 2011July 2013Allow1910NoNo
13326530AID FOR TRAINING VISUAL SKILLS ASSOCIATED WITH A SELECTED ACTIVITYDecember 2011February 2014Allow2611NoNo
13323272IMAGING LENS, IMAGING DEVICE AND INFORMATION DEVICEDecember 2011November 2013Allow2410NoNo
13315294IMAGE LENS WITH LOW CHROMATIC ABERRATION AND HIGH RESOLUTIONDecember 2011April 2013Allow1710NoNo
13377390PRODUCTION METHOD OF WAFER LENS, INTERMEDIATE DIE, OPTICAL COMPONENT, MOLDING DIE, AND PRODUCTION METHOD OF MOLDING DIEDecember 2011March 2014Allow2710NoNo
13202041ZOOM LENSAugust 2011August 2013Allow2410NoNo
13138441BIFOCAL LENS AND BIFOCAL GLASSESAugust 2011May 2014Allow3330YesNo
13210975FUNDUS CAMERAAugust 2011September 2015Allow4940YesNo
13207673DISPLAY APPARATUSAugust 2011June 2014Allow3411NoNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner GREECE, JAMES R.

Strategic Value of Filing an Appeal

Total Appeal Filings
1
Allowed After Appeal Filing
0
(0.0%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
1
(100.0%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
7.3%
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, 0.0% 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.

Strategic Recommendations

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

Examiner GREECE, JAMES R - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner GREECE, JAMES R works in Art Unit 2875 and has examined 138 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 99.3%, this examiner allows applications at a higher rate than most examiners at the USPTO. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 24 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner GREECE, JAMES R's allowance rate of 99.3% places them in the 93% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner is more likely to allow applications than most examiners at the USPTO.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by GREECE, JAMES R receive 1.51 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 27% 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 GREECE, JAMES R is 24 months. This places the examiner in the 83% percentile for prosecution speed. Applications move through prosecution relatively quickly with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +0.9% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by GREECE, JAMES R. This interview benefit is in the 19% percentile among all examiners. Note: Interviews show limited statistical benefit with this examiner compared to others, though they may still be valuable for clarifying issues.

Request for Continued Examination (RCE) Effectiveness

When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 32.7% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 69% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Insight: RCEs show above-average effectiveness with this examiner. Consider whether your amendments or new arguments are strong enough to warrant an RCE versus filing a continuation.

After-Final Amendment Practice

This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 41.2% 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.

Petition Practice

When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 42.1% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 34% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Note: Petitions show below-average success regarding this examiner's actions. Ensure you have a strong procedural basis before filing.

Examiner Cooperation and Flexibility

Examiner's Amendments: This examiner makes examiner's amendments in 1.4% of allowed cases (in the 71% 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 2.9% of allowed cases (in the 73% 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:

    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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