Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: CHIEM, DINH D

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2874 2883

This examiner grants 72% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

72.5%
Allow Rate
+4.5% vs TC avg
581
Total Applications
+17.5%
Interview Lift
1109
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 535 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.2%
§101 Eligibility
35.7%
§102 Novelty
52.8%
§103 Obviousness
8.6%
§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.
17954085 MULTILAYER TRANSMISSION STRUCTURES FOR WAVEGUIDE DISPLAY Non-Final OA Applied Materials, Inc.
18754558 OPTICAL FERRULE HAVING COMPOUND STOPS Final Rejection 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
18274298 OPTICAL CONNECTOR AND OPTICAL INTERCONNECT ASSEMBLY Final Rejection 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
18441693 HERMETICALLY-COVERED PHOTONIC INTEGRATED CIRCUIT (PIC) ON A SUBSTRATE HAVING AN INTEGRATED LASER DIODE Non-Final OA Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
18106136 Ultra-Wideband Low Latency Multicore to Multicore Free-Space Optical Communications Using Parabolic Mirrors Final Rejection Panduit Corp.
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
17481266 GLASS SUBSTRATE EMBEDDED PIC TO PIC AND OFF-CHIP PHOTONIC COMMUNICATIONS Final Rejection Intel Corporation
17516847 SUBMOUNT ARCHITECTURE FOR MULTIMODE NODES Final Rejection Cisco Technology, Inc.
18014162 OPTICAL ELEMENT FOR COMPENSATION OF CHROMATIC ABERRATION Non-Final OA Lumus Ltd.
18304094 MANAGING RELATIVE THERMAL DRIFT OF CARRIER-MOUNTED INTEGRATED CIRCUITS Non-Final OA Ciena Corporation
18127494 HIGH-CAPACITY OPTICAL INPUT/OUTPUT FOR DATA PROCESSORS Final Rejection Ciena Corporation
18463710 OPTICAL DEVICES Final Rejection Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
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.
18234576 MODULAR AND SCALABLE OPTICAL FIBER CABLE FIXATION, ENTRY, STORAGE, AND SPLICING SYSTEM PROVIDING EXPANDABILITY ON DEMAND Final Rejection PPC BROADBAND, INC.
18496841 ELASTIC AVERAGING COUPLING Non-Final OA Senko Advanced Components, Inc.
18164817 DETERMINING POSITION OR INSERTION LENGTH OF AN ENLONGATED DEVICE Non-Final OA FBGS INTERNATIONAL NV

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