Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: BEDTELYON, JOHN M

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2874

This examiner grants 78% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

77.9%
Allow Rate
+9.9% vs TC avg
823
Total Applications
+14.1%
Interview Lift
942
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 791 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.4%
§101 Eligibility
40.5%
§102 Novelty
43.8%
§103 Obviousness
10.3%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18277245 LIGHT EMITTER Non-Final OA KYOCERA Corporation
18358199 OPTICAL ROUTING STRUCTURE ON BACKSIDE OF SUBSTRATE FOR PHOTONIC DEVICES Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
17957094 GLASS RECIRCULATOR FOR OPTICAL SIGNAL REROUTING ACROSS PHOTONIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
17481247 DOUBLE-SIDED GLASS SUBSTRATE WITH A HYBRID BONDED PHOTONIC INTEGRATED CIRCUIT Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
17397141 MULTI-LAYERED HYBRID INTEGRATED CIRCUIT ASSEMBLY Non-Final OA INTEL CORPORATION
18166691 OPTICAL FIBER SUPPORT STRUCTURE AND SEMICONDUCTOR LASER MODULE Non-Final OA FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
18135076 PACKAGE DEVICE Non-Final OA Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, Inc.
18143846 RING MODULATORS WITH LOW-LOSS AND LARGE FREE SPECTRAL RANGE (FSR) ON A SILICON-ON-INSULATOR (SOI) PLATFORM Non-Final OA XILINX, INC.
18156472 FAST FREQUENCY-TUNABLE OPTICAL RELAY AND METHODS OF USE Non-Final OA Quantinuum LLC
18302020 PHOTONIC SILICON-INSULATOR-SILICON MODULATOR AND METHODS FOR FORMING THE SAME Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited
18559642 OPTICAL PORT ASSEMBLY AND OPTICAL MODULE Non-Final OA Accelink Technologies Co., Ltd.
18454815 SILICON PHOTONICS STRUCTURE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA United Microelectronics Corp.
18561486 FUSION SPLICER AND V GROOVE CLEANING JIG Non-Final OA Sumitomo Electric Optifrontier Co., Ltd.
18557444 INTEGRATED OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE Non-Final OA Technische Hochschule Wildau
17875620 OPTICALLY ACTIVATED OBJECT MASS TRANSFER SYSTEM Non-Final OA Genesee Valley Innovations, LLC
18254177 OPTICAL ISOLATOR CORE AND OPTICAL ISOLATOR Non-Final OA SHENZHEN INNOWAVE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.

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