Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: BEDTELYON, JOHN M

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2874

This examiner grants 78% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

78.1%
Allow Rate
+10.1% vs TC avg
825
Total Applications
+14.0%
Interview Lift
946
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 805 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.5%
§101 Eligibility
21.8%
§102 Novelty
67.8%
§103 Obviousness
3.5%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17481247 DOUBLE-SIDED GLASS SUBSTRATE WITH A HYBRID BONDED PHOTONIC INTEGRATED CIRCUIT Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
18358199 OPTICAL ROUTING STRUCTURE ON BACKSIDE OF SUBSTRATE FOR PHOTONIC DEVICES Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
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
18454815 SILICON PHOTONICS STRUCTURE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA United Microelectronics Corp.
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.
18561486 FUSION SPLICER AND V GROOVE CLEANING JIG Non-Final OA Sumitomo Electric Optifrontier Co., Ltd.

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