Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: BLEVINS, JERRY M

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 2871 2874 2883 3745

This examiner grants 87% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

87.4%
Allow Rate
+17.4% vs TC avg
1255
Total Applications
+4.9%
Interview Lift
849
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1227 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.2%
§101 Eligibility
30.4%
§102 Novelty
57.0%
§103 Obviousness
7.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18398461 OPTICAL AMPLIFICATION DEVICE AND OPTICAL AMPLIFICATION METHOD Final Rejection NEC Corporation
18579232 INTEGRATED OPTICAL MODULE Non-Final OA Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
18591928 Optical Interconnection Modules for High Radix Spine-Leaf Network Scale-Out Non-Final OA Panduit Corp.
18681247 OPTICAL MODULE AND OPTICAL COMMUNICATION DEVICE Non-Final OA KYOCERA Corporation
18192704 MICRO-RING WAVEGUIDE HEATER Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
18058980 PHOTONIC INTEGRATED CIRCUIT PACKAGES INCLUDING SUBSTRATES WITH GLASS CORES Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
18424496 OPTICAL MODULE FOR TESTING LINE CARD Non-Final OA Cisco Technology, Inc.
18616329 PLASTIC OPTICAL FIBER, OPTICAL CORD, AND ACTIVE OPTICAL CABLE Non-Final OA NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
18587135 Optical Grating Configured to Emit an Optical Beam Having a Predetermined Cross-Section and an Predetermined Intensity Pattern Over Such Cross-Section Non-Final OA Honeywell International Inc.
17994612 OPTICAL COMPONENTS AND OPTICAL CONNECTORS HAVING A SPLICE-ON CONNECTION AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME Non-Final OA Corning Research & Development Corporation
18219094 CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY Non-Final OA Molex, LLC
18370638 SUBSTRATE TYPE OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE ELEMENT AND OPTICAL COMMUNICATION APPARATUS Non-Final OA FUJITSU OPTICAL COMPONENTS LIMITED
18603555 HIGH QUANTUM EFFICIENCY HETEROGENEOUS PHOTODETECTORS Non-Final OA NEXUS PHOTONICS, INC
18688306 OPTICAL FIBER INCLUDING INTRA-CLADDING BARRIER LAYER Non-Final OA OFS Fitel, LLC
18403928 METHODS FOR ALIGNING AN OPTICAL CONNECTOR WITH AN OPTICAL COMPONENT Non-Final OA Mellanox Technologes, Ltd.
18371172 ON-CHIP STRUCTURE FOR FIBER ARRAY ALIGNMENT BY ASSISTING EDGE COUPLER INDEX-MATCHING EPOXY/OIL FILLING Non-Final OA Finisar Shanghai Incorporation
18318429 METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING AN OPTICAL COUPLING ARRANGEMENT Non-Final OA Innolume GmbH

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