Prosecution Insights
Last updated: September 17, 2026

Openlight Photonics Inc.

4 pending office actions • 1 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

4
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Case Difficulty Mix

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.

1
Hard (25%)
3
Medium (75%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only2 (50%)
§102 only1 (25%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (25%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
1
Communications
25% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
3
Business / Other
75% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

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.

40 h
Manual time on pending OAs
8 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
14 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
WOLDEKIDAN, HIBRET ASNAKE 1 85.9% +13.5%
CONNELLY, MICHELLE R 1 79.9% +13.1%
NELSON, HUNTER JARED 1 37.9% +33.7%
CHABREYRIE, RODOLPHE ANDRE 1 85.3% +21.9%

Quick Wins (2)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18904526 INTEGRATED MODULATOR WITH AMPLIFIED OPTICAL EQUALIZER CIRCUIT WOLDEKIDAN, HIBRET ASNAKE —
18375772 RADIATOR TYPE HEATING ELEMENT FOR INTEGRATED CIRCUITS CHABREYRIE, RODOLPHE ANDRE —

Hard Cases (1)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18753137 SILICON PHOTONIC SYMMETRIC DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK LASER CONNELLY, MICHELLE R —

Interview Candidates (4)

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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18904526 INTEGRATED MODULATOR WITH AMPLIFIED OPTICAL EQUALIZER CIRCUIT WOLDEKIDAN, HIBRET ASNAKE —
18753137 SILICON PHOTONIC SYMMETRIC DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK LASER CONNELLY, MICHELLE R —
18379848 LASER WITH EDGE COUPLER DISPLACED FROM SUBSTRATE NELSON, HUNTER JARED —
18375772 RADIATOR TYPE HEATING ELEMENT FOR INTEGRATED CIRCUITS CHABREYRIE, RODOLPHE ANDRE —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2635 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18904526 INTEGRATED MODULATOR WITH AMPLIFIED OPTICAL EQUALIZER CIRCUIT WOLDEKIDAN, HIBRET ASNAKE 2635 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 02, 2024
18753137 SILICON PHOTONIC SYMMETRIC DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK LASER CONNELLY, MICHELLE R — §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 25, 2024
18379848 LASER WITH EDGE COUPLER DISPLACED FROM SUBSTRATE NELSON, HUNTER JARED — §103 Final Rejection — Pending Oct 13, 2023
18375772 RADIATOR TYPE HEATING ELEMENT FOR INTEGRATED CIRCUITS CHABREYRIE, RODOLPHE ANDRE — §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 02, 2023

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