Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: CHIEM, DINH D

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2874 2883

This examiner grants 72% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

72.4%
Allow Rate
+4.4% vs TC avg
583
Total Applications
+16.3%
Interview Lift
1111
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 540 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.4%
§101 Eligibility
14.4%
§102 Novelty
83.2%
§103 Obviousness
0.7%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17396574 DISTRIBUTED LIGHT MANIPULATION OVER IMAGING WAVEGUIDE Final Rejection Magic Leap, Inc.
18160754 Ganging Clip for Very Small Form Factor Fiber-Optic Connectors Final Rejection US Conec Ltd.
18441877 BI-MATERIAL MODE MULTIPLEXER Non-Final OA Cisco Technology, Inc.
17516847 SUBMOUNT ARCHITECTURE FOR MULTIMODE NODES Final Rejection Cisco Technology, Inc.
18441693 HERMETICALLY-COVERED PHOTONIC INTEGRATED CIRCUIT (PIC) ON A SUBSTRATE HAVING AN INTEGRATED LASER DIODE Non-Final OA Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
17954085 MULTILAYER TRANSMISSION STRUCTURES FOR WAVEGUIDE DISPLAY Non-Final OA Applied Materials, Inc.
18089501 FUNCTIONALLY GRADED INDEX MOLD FOR CO-PACKAGED OPTICAL APPLICATIONS Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
17522933 LIGHT DETECTION AND RANGING SYSTEM Final Rejection Intel Corporation
18476342 OPTICAL DEVICE WITH PHASE-CHANGE MATERIALS AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME Non-Final OA TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD.
18304094 MANAGING RELATIVE THERMAL DRIFT OF CARRIER-MOUNTED INTEGRATED CIRCUITS Non-Final OA Ciena Corporation
18277320 MODE CONVERSION DEVICE AND DESIGN METHOD Non-Final OA NTT, Inc.
18234576 MODULAR AND SCALABLE OPTICAL FIBER CABLE FIXATION, ENTRY, STORAGE, AND SPLICING SYSTEM PROVIDING EXPANDABILITY ON DEMAND Final Rejection PPC BROADBAND, INC.
18450589 OPTICAL TRANSMITTER AND PHOTONIC INTEGRATED CIRCUIT THEREOF Non-Final OA Wistron Corporation
17936791 MEDICAL DEVICE DISTAL OPTICS POTTING Non-Final OA Canon U.S.A., Inc.
18382174 Optical Waveguide Interferometer with Controllable Length Imbalance and Minimum Bends Non-Final OA II-VI Delaware, Inc.
18128988 PACKAGE STRUCTURE Non-Final OA Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, Inc.
18127624 PACKAGE DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE Final Rejection Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, Inc.
17949143 OPTOELECTRONIC PACKAGE Final Rejection Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, Inc.
18106136 Ultra-Wideband Low Latency Multicore to Multicore Free-Space Optical Communications Using Parabolic Mirrors Final Rejection Panduit Corp.
18164817 DETERMINING POSITION OR INSERTION LENGTH OF AN ENLONGATED DEVICE Non-Final OA FBGS INTERNATIONAL NV

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