USPTO Examiner OWENS DANELL L - Art Unit 2882

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
19358841AMBIENT IMAGE PROJECTION DEVICEOctober 2025February 2026Allow410NoNo
18680209CAMERA MODULE AND OPTICAL DEVICE COMPRISING SAMEMay 2024April 2025Allow1010NoNo
18676051PROJECTION DEVICEMay 2024June 2025Allow1210YesNo
18595241LASER PROJECTION APPARATUSMarch 2024February 2026Allow2300NoNo
18424340SHOW EFFECT SYSTEM FOR ATTRACTION SYSTEMJanuary 2024December 2024Allow1010NoNo
18398218INTERPUPILLARY DISTANCE ADJUSTING DEVICEDecember 2023January 2026Allow2500NoNo
18520570ILLUMINATION DEVICE AND IMAGE PROJECTION APPARATUSNovember 2023November 2025Allow2400NoNo
18562333AMBIENT IMAGE PROJECTION DEVICENovember 2023October 2025Allow2310NoNo
18449339SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A LIGHT PROJECTOR IN A CONSTRUCTION SITEAugust 2023November 2024Allow1510YesNo
18360193BONDED OPTICAL DEVICESJuly 2023March 2024Allow800NoNo
18350063PROJECTOR HOLDERJuly 2023November 2024Allow1620NoNo
18346799WAVELENGTH CONVERSION DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOFJuly 2023September 2025Allow2600NoNo
18343832WAVELENGTH CONVERTER, LIGHT SOURCE APPARATUS, AND PROJECTORJune 2023August 2025Allow2600NoNo
18344386DISPLAY SYSTEMJune 2023February 2026Allow3110NoNo
18341857LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE AND DISPLAY APPARATUSJune 2023August 2025Allow2600NoNo
18206856DEPTH CAMERA ASSEMBLY WITH ADDRESSABLE CROSSED LINE PROJECTORJune 2023July 2024Allow1310YesNo
18319740LASER LIGHT SYSTEM AND PROJECTION EQUIPMENTMay 2023January 2026Allow3210NoNo
18317163Presentation System Having Static And Dynamic ComponentsMay 2023December 2025Allow3110NoNo
18195719SYSTEMS FOR IMAGE PROJECTIONMay 2023October 2023Allow510YesNo
18249748PROJECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD WITH ADJUSTABLE ANGLE ILLUMINATION USING LENS DECENTRATIONApril 2023November 2025Allow3100NoNo
18135605PROJECTION DEVICEApril 2023February 2024Allow1010NoNo
18032172A SYSTEM COMPRISING A WEARABLE OR HAND-HELD DEVICE, AND A METHOD OF SPATIALLY STABILIZING DISPLAY INFORMATION UPON OPERATION OF SUCH DEVICEApril 2023February 2026Abandon3410NoNo
18191068PROJECTORMarch 2023July 2025Allow2700NoNo
18189254WAVELENGTH CONVERTER, LIGHT SOURCE APPARATUS, AND PROJECTORMarch 2023November 2025Allow3210NoNo
18171386PROJECTION DEVICE AND PROJECTION METHOD THEREOFFebruary 2023December 2025Abandon3410NoNo
18170625PROJECTORFebruary 2023December 2025Allow3410NoNo
18159167LIGHT SOURCE APPARATUS AND PROJECTORJanuary 2023February 2025Allow2400NoNo
18153649LIGHT SOURCE APPARATUS AND PROJECTORJanuary 2023November 2025Allow3410NoNo
18085581IMAGE PROJECTION APPARATUSDecember 2022November 2025Allow3410NoNo
18076685MICRO PROJECTION OPTICAL ENGINEDecember 2022August 2025Abandon3210NoNo
18076661MICRO PROJECTION OPTICAL ENGINEDecember 2022April 2025Allow2800NoNo
18060489LIGHT SOURCE SYSTEM AND LASER PROJECTION DISPLAY DEVICENovember 2022February 2026Allow3910NoNo
17979363SCANNING LASER PROJECTOR SYSTEM UTILIZING PHOTODIODES INSIDE SCAN AREA BUT OUTSIDE OF PROJECTION AREA FOR FEEDBACKNovember 2022January 2024Allow1510NoNo
17978278LASER PROJECTOR FOR PRODUCING GRID/DOT LINESNovember 2022August 2025Allow3310NoNo
17976874WEARABLE DISPLAY DEVICE AND PROJECTION DEVICEOctober 2022July 2025Allow3310NoNo
17970581ROTATION WHEEL AND PROJECTION APPARATUSOctober 2022July 2025Allow3310NoNo
17969702LIGHT-SOURCE DEVICE AND IMAGE PROJECTION APPARATUSOctober 2022May 2023Allow710YesNo
17967234WEARABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING DISPLAYOctober 2022October 2025Allow3610NoNo
17953337ROTARY OPTICAL MODULE AND PROJECTION APPARATUSSeptember 2022February 2025Allow2800NoNo
17934579LIGHT SOURCE MODULESeptember 2022October 2023Allow1200NoNo
17949946LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE AND PROJECTION DEVICESeptember 2022March 2025Allow3010NoNo
17912441IN-CELL OPTICAL BIOMETRICS SENSORSeptember 2022December 2025Abandon3910NoNo
17946058LIGHT-SOURCE DEVICE, IMAGE PROJECTION APPARATUS, AND DISPLAY DEVICESeptember 2022December 2024Allow2710NoNo
17903960WHEEL AND PROJECTION DEVICESeptember 2022November 2025Allow3910NoNo
17909339LASER OUTPUT LIMITING DEVICESeptember 2022March 2025Allow3000NoNo
17900889COLOR GAMUT CONVERSION MODULE, CONVERSION METHOD THEREOF, AND PROJECTION DEVICESeptember 2022April 2025Allow3110NoNo
17892126ROTATION WHEEL AND PROJECTION APPARATUSAugust 2022February 2024Allow1810NoNo
17818565FOLDABLE PROJECTOR FOR DISPLAY DEVICEAugust 2022September 2025Abandon3810NoNo
17883174LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE AND PROJECTORAugust 2022February 2024Allow1810NoNo
17879507WEARABLE IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICEAugust 2022June 2025Allow3510NoNo
17872315DEVICE FOR PROVIDING AUGMENTED REALITY CONTENTSJuly 2022September 2025Allow3810NoNo
17867338FLY-EYE LENS GROUP, LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE, AND PROJECTION APPARATUSJuly 2022August 2025Allow3610NoNo
17790571VIDEO PROJECTION DEVICEJuly 2022October 2025Allow4020NoNo
17850490Device and a Method for Powering Laser ProjectorsJune 2022October 2025Abandon4010NoNo
17785802EFFICIENT LIGHT ENGINE SYSTEMSJune 2022October 2025Allow4010NoNo
17837105LAMP PROJECTING STARRY SKY AND NEBULA GENERATION METHOD THEREOFJune 2022October 2022Allow410NoNo
17832839PROJECTORJune 2022April 2023Allow1010NoNo
17827716INTERFERENCE LENS AND PROJECTION AMBIENT LAMPMay 2022July 2023Allow1410NoNo
17756303DISPLAY DEVICE AND DISPLAY SYSTEMMay 2022August 2025Allow3910YesNo
17742214FRONT AND PERIPHERAL VIEW LENS AREAS FOR VIRTUAL REALITY HEADSETSMay 2022August 2025Allow3920YesNo
17775045IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND ADJUSTMENT METHODMay 2022August 2025Abandon3920NoNo
17731200LIGHT SOURCE MODULEApril 2022August 2023Allow1600NoNo
17728560ADDRESSABLE CROSSED LINE PROJECTOR FOR DEPTH CAMERA ASSEMBLYApril 2022March 2023Allow1110YesNo
17659664LIGHT SOURCE MODULEApril 2022August 2023Allow1610NoNo
17720299ILLUMINATION SYSTEM AND PROJECTION APPARATUSApril 2022July 2023Allow1510NoNo
17720319WAVELENGTH CONVERSION MODULE AND PROJECTION APPARATUSApril 2022December 2023Allow2010NoNo
17717669DIMMING CONTROL WITH DISPLAY-DIRECTED ACTIVATION LIGHT FOR AN OPTICAL ASSEMBLYApril 2022February 2025Allow3510YesNo
17718059IMAGING WAVEGUIDEApril 2022December 2024Allow3300NoNo
17704125WAVELENGTH CONVERSION APPARATUS, LIGHT SOURCE APPARATUS, AND PROJECTORMarch 2022August 2023Allow1710NoNo
17703559HEAD-UP DISPLAY PROJECTORMarch 2022April 2025Allow3610YesNo
17754067OPTICAL SHEET AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAMEMarch 2022January 2026Allow4620NoNo
17701680ILLUMINATION SYSTEM AND PROJECTION APPARATUSMarch 2022December 2023Allow2110NoNo
17761981METHOD OF PRODUCING MICRONEEDLESMarch 2022May 2025Abandon3810NoNo
17697260LIGHT SOURCE APPARATUS AND PROJECTORMarch 2022August 2023Allow1700NoNo
17760840COMPACT PROJECTOR FOR HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAYSMarch 2022September 2025Allow4210NoNo
17760768LIGHT-SOURCE DEVICE, IMAGE PROJECTION APPARATUS, AND LIGHT-SOURCE OPTICAL SYSTEMMarch 2022May 2024Allow2610NoNo
17693437PROJECTION SYSTEM AND IMAGE PROJECTION METHODMarch 2022July 2023Allow1600NoNo
17693187SUPPRESSION OF FIRST-ORDER DIFFRACTION IN A TWO-DIMENSIONAL GRATING OF AN OUTPUT COUPLER FOR A HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAYMarch 2022April 2025Allow3810NoNo
17692169OPTICAL ENGINE MODULE AND PROJECTION DEVICEMarch 2022November 2023Allow2010NoNo
17685724SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A LIGHT PROJECTOR IN A CONSTRUCTION SITEMarch 2022March 2023Allow1310NoNo
17684916SHOW EFFECT SYSTEM FOR ATTRACTION SYSTEMMarch 2022October 2023Allow1910NoNo
17637675PROJECTION METHOD, PROJECTION DEVICE, AND PROJECTION SYSTEMFebruary 2022July 2023Allow1710NoNo
17652247Method For Producing Flat Ribbon Structures With Continuous Extruded Fibers For Laser Phosphor DisplaysFebruary 2022May 2025Allow3910NoNo
17676848PROJECTION DEVICEFebruary 2022May 2023Allow1410NoNo
17674078SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING AND PROJECTING LIGHT FROM LIGHT SOURCE AND PROJECTION DEVICEFebruary 2022August 2023Abandon1810NoNo
17674573DISPLAY SYSTEMS WITH WAVEGUIDE CONFIGURATION TO MITIGATE RAINBOW EFFECTFebruary 2022February 2025Allow3610NoNo
17672909OPTICAL SYSTEM FOR A VIRTUAL RETINAL SCAN DISPLAY, AND METHOD FOR PROJECTING IMAGE CONTENT ONTO A RETINAFebruary 2022February 2025Allow3610NoNo
17673687HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAYFebruary 2022August 2024Allow3000NoNo
17669941OPTICAL ELEMENTS WITH SPATIALLY-VARIABLE OPTICAL POWERFebruary 2022December 2024Allow3410NoNo
17633513CAMERA ACTUATOR, CAMERA MODULE AND CAMERA DEVICE INCLUDING SAMEFebruary 2022January 2025Allow3610NoNo
17592026LIGHT SOURCE UNIT AND PROJECTORFebruary 2022April 2023Allow1410NoNo
17586952OPTICAL MODULE, ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICEJanuary 2022February 2024Allow2520NoNo
17587515LASER PROJECTORJanuary 2022April 2024Allow2720NoNo
17585675LIGHT SOURCE SYSTEMJanuary 2022September 2023Allow2010NoNo
17584976MONITORING POSITION AND ORIENTATION OF A PROJECTORJanuary 2022October 2024Allow3310YesNo
17629890REARVIEW MIRROR DEVICEJanuary 2022September 2024Allow3200NoNo
17579993LENS DEVICE AND ASSEMBLYJanuary 2022June 2024Allow2900NoNo
17628720OPTICAL ABERRATION COMPENSATION LENS USING GLASS-CERAMICS AND METHOD OF MAKINGJanuary 2022February 2025Allow3710NoNo
17578391LIGHT UNIFORMING COMPONENT, LIGHTING MODULE, AND PROJECTORJanuary 2022January 2023Allow1200NoNo
17628054DISPLAY APPARATUS, PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF AND SMART MIRRORJanuary 2022August 2024Allow3100NoNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner OWENS, DANELL L.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
2
Examiner Affirmed
1
(50.0%)
Examiner Reversed
1
(50.0%)
Reversal Percentile
75.8%
Higher than average

What This Means

With a 50.0% reversal rate, the PTAB reverses the examiner's rejections in a meaningful percentage of cases. This reversal rate is in the top 25% across the USPTO, indicating that appeals are more successful here than in most other areas.

Strategic Value of Filing an Appeal

Total Appeal Filings
12
Allowed After Appeal Filing
6
(50.0%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
6
(50.0%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
81.3%
Higher 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, 50.0% of applications that filed an appeal were subsequently allowed. This appeal filing benefit rate is in the top 25% across the USPTO, indicating that filing appeals is particularly effective here. The act of filing often prompts favorable reconsideration during the mandatory appeal conference.

Strategic Recommendations

Appeals to PTAB show good success rates. If you have a strong case on the merits, consider fully prosecuting the appeal to a Board decision.

Filing a Notice of Appeal is strategically valuable. The act of filing often prompts favorable reconsideration during the mandatory appeal conference.

Examiner OWENS, DANELL L - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner OWENS, DANELL L works in Art Unit 2882 and has examined 554 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 87.4%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 24 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner OWENS, DANELL L's allowance rate of 87.4% places them in the 66% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by OWENS, DANELL L receive 1.45 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 24% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues significantly fewer office actions than most examiners.

Prosecution Timeline

The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by OWENS, DANELL L is 24 months. This places the examiner in the 84% percentile for prosecution speed. Applications move through prosecution relatively quickly with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +3.2% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by OWENS, DANELL L. This interview benefit is in the 25% 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, 31.0% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 63% 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 39.4% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 60% 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 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 81.8% of appeals filed. This is in the 75% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 55.6% occur early in the appeal process (after Notice of Appeal but before Appeal Brief). Strategic Insight: This examiner shows above-average willingness to reconsider rejections during appeals. The mandatory appeal conference (MPEP § 1207.01) provides an opportunity for reconsideration.

Petition Practice

When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 35.3% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 23% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Note: Petitions are rarely granted regarding this examiner's actions compared to other examiners. Ensure you have a strong procedural basis before filing a petition, as the Technology Center Director typically upholds this examiner's decisions.

Examiner Cooperation and Flexibility

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 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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