Technology areas: Communications • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
6 pending office actions • 3 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 26 patents granted in the last 365 days
Infinera Corporation has 6 pending office actions in the Communications technology area. These actions are distributed among 6 distinct examiners, yet they are concentrated within only 3 distinct art units. KRETZER, CASEY L is the busiest examiner for the portfolio with 1 pending action. This structure shows that while every matter has a different examiner, the technical focus is relatively narrow.
The concentration of 6 examiners across 3 distinct art units suggests that the company's filings are technically related and are being handled by multiple personnel within a few specific examining groups. This allows practitioners to focus on the specific policies and trends of those 3 art units while managing 6 different examiner personalities. Because each of the 6 distinct examiners handles only 1 pending action, there is no single individual with a majority of the workload.
Managing 6 pending office actions in this manner requires a strategy that is consistent across the 3 art units but flexible enough to handle 6 different examiners. The Communications technology area often involves complex standards, and having multiple examiners in the same art units can lead to both challenges and opportunities for consistent prosecution. The portfolio's progress will depend on navigating these 6 independent tracks within a focused technical environment.
Difficulty is derived from the rejection statutes on the most recent pending office action. §101-driven and multi-statute cases are graded Hard; §112-only and obviousness-type double-patenting cases are graded Easy; everything else is Medium. "Unknown" means we have not yet parsed a statute for that office action.
| Bucket | Cases |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 1 (17%) |
| §102 only | 1 (17%) |
| §112 only | 1 (17%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (50%) |
How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.
Manual office-action response work runs about 10 hours per case. The time-saved bands below show what IP Author's prosecution pipeline typically delivers — a conservative 20% on the low end, 35% in the middle, 50% on the high end.
| Examiner | Apps on this docket | Allow rate | Interview lift |
|---|---|---|---|
| KRETZER, CASEY L | 1 | 86.8% | +12.8% |
| ABDELRAHEEM, MOHAMMED SAID | 1 | 90.9% | +11.5% |
| BEDTELYON, JOHN M | 1 | 78.3% | +14.1% |
| ISMAIL, OMAR S | 1 | 91.3% | +9.9% |
| TIGHE, DANA K | 1 | 75.8% | +16.8% |
| TRAN, HOANG Q | 1 | 67.8% | +32.7% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18972009 | DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING FOR BURST-MODE COHERENT OPTICAL PACKET DETECTION | KRETZER, CASEY L | — |
| 18917763 | Device and Method for Compensating for Phase Noise | ISMAIL, OMAR S | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18897935 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SERVICE TURN-UP OPTIMIZATION THROUGH QUALITY OF SERVICE FEEDBACK ON OPTICAL LINE SYSTEMS | ABDELRAHEEM, MOHAMMED SAID | — |
| 18898373 | Apparatus and Method for Dissipating Heat from Electronics | TIGHE, DANA K | — |
| 18806933 | NON-HERMETIC PACKAGE HAVING INTERNAL TEMPERATURE CONTROL | TRAN, HOANG Q | — |
Cases in front of an examiner whose interview lift is 10 percentage points or more — i.e. interviewed cases historically resolve more favorably than non-interviewed ones. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18972009 | DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING FOR BURST-MODE COHERENT OPTICAL PACKET DETECTION | KRETZER, CASEY L | — |
| 18897935 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SERVICE TURN-UP OPTIMIZATION THROUGH QUALITY OF SERVICE FEEDBACK ON OPTICAL LINE SYSTEMS | ABDELRAHEEM, MOHAMMED SAID | — |
| 18439303 | A COMBINED FACEPLATE FOR ACCOMMODATING OPTICAL TRANSCEIVER MODULES | BEDTELYON, JOHN M | — |
| 18898373 | Apparatus and Method for Dissipating Heat from Electronics | TIGHE, DANA K | — |
| 18806933 | NON-HERMETIC PACKAGE HAVING INTERNAL TEMPERATURE CONTROL | TRAN, HOANG Q | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2635 | 2 |
| 2874 | 1 |
| 3762 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18972009 | DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING FOR BURST-MODE COHERENT OPTICAL PACKET DETECTION | KRETZER, CASEY L | — | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 06, 2024 |
| 18897935 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SERVICE TURN-UP OPTIMIZATION THROUGH QUALITY OF SERVICE FEEDBACK ON OPTICAL LINE SYSTEMS | ABDELRAHEEM, MOHAMMED SAID | 2635 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 26, 2024 |
| 18439303 | A COMBINED FACEPLATE FOR ACCOMMODATING OPTICAL TRANSCEIVER MODULES | BEDTELYON, JOHN M | 2874 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 12, 2024 |
| 18917763 | Device and Method for Compensating for Phase Noise | ISMAIL, OMAR S | 2635 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 16, 2024 |
| 18898373 | Apparatus and Method for Dissipating Heat from Electronics | TIGHE, DANA K | 3762 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 26, 2024 |
| 18806933 | NON-HERMETIC PACKAGE HAVING INTERNAL TEMPERATURE CONTROL | TRAN, HOANG Q | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 16, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialInfinera Corporation has 6 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 3 art units and 6 examiners.
Casey L Kretzer has the most, with 1 of Infinera Corporation's pending office actions.
Mostly Communications (USPTO Tech Center 2600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
