Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: CHIEM, DINH D

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2874 2883

This examiner grants 72% of resolved cases

Analysis

Dinh D Chiem, working in Tech Center 2800 and Art Unit 2874, has resolved 548 cases. The allowance rate is 72.3%, which is a favorable baseline for practitioners. The interview lift is 16.3%, showing that interviews provide a significant boost to the 72.3% probability of allowance. This indicates that verbal advocacy is a productive strategy for moving applications toward a grant in this examiner's queue.

The median days to allowance is 1112, representing the typical pendency for the 548 resolved cases. This 1112-day metric is an important consideration for timing in Art Unit 2874. Practitioners can use the 16.3% interview lift to improve their chances of success while navigating the nearly three-year prosecution cycle. The 72.3% allowance rate remains a solid indicator of the examiner's general approach. These metrics from Tech Center 2800 provide a clear benchmark for strategic planning.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Performance Statistics

72.3%
Allow Rate
+4.3% vs TC avg
596
Total Applications
+16.3%
Interview Lift
1112
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 548 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.4%
§101 Eligibility
32.0%
§102 Novelty
57.4%
§103 Obviousness
8.3%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18657246 AUTOMATIC FIBER CABLE IDENTIFICATION AND CALIBRATION FOR WELL SYSTEMS Non-Final OA Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
18014162 OPTICAL ELEMENT FOR COMPENSATION OF CHROMATIC ABERRATION Final Rejection Lumus Ltd.
18657398 OPTICAL ASSEMBLIES COMPRISING ADHESIVE CONFIGURED FOR HIGH TEMPERATURES Non-Final OA The Boeing Company
17330512 Mitigation Of Nonlinear Effects In Photonic Integrated Circuits Non-Final OA Google LLC
17936791 MEDICAL DEVICE DISTAL OPTICS POTTING Non-Final OA Canon U.S.A., Inc.
17396574 DISTRIBUTED LIGHT MANIPULATION OVER IMAGING WAVEGUIDE Non-Final OA Magic Leap, Inc.
18501826 OPTICAL TRANSCEIVER BANDWIDTH SCALING THROUGH DIRECT OPTICAL WIRE FIBER TERMINATION Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
18089501 FUNCTIONALLY GRADED INDEX MOLD FOR CO-PACKAGED OPTICAL APPLICATIONS Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
18701980 RESIN COMPOSITION FOR OPTICAL FIBER COATING, COLORED COATING MATERIAL FOR OPTICAL FIBER, AND OPTICAL FIBER Final Rejection SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
18577839 OPTICAL FIBER AND OPTICAL FIBER BASE MATERIAL Non-Final OA SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
18700729 OPTOELECTRONIC COMPONENT Non-Final OA ams-OSRAM International GmbH
18026845 OPTICAL CABLE Final Rejection NTT, Inc.
18843917 OPTICAL COUPLING PART AND OPTICAL SWITCH Non-Final OA NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
18359161 FIBER OPTIC CABLE WITH PULL GRIP AND METHOD OF MAKING AND USING SAME Non-Final OA CORNING RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
18164718 OPTICAL FIBER MODE FIELD ADAPTER Non-Final OA CORNING RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
17712332 ELECTRICAL-OPTICAL BRIDGE CHIP AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT PACKAGING STRUCTURE Final Rejection International Business Machines Corporation
18441693 HERMETICALLY-COVERED PHOTONIC INTEGRATED CIRCUIT (PIC) ON A SUBSTRATE HAVING AN INTEGRATED LASER DIODE Final Rejection Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
17516847 SUBMOUNT ARCHITECTURE FOR MULTIMODE NODES Final Rejection Cisco Technology, Inc.
18127494 HIGH-CAPACITY OPTICAL INPUT/OUTPUT FOR DATA PROCESSORS Non-Final OA Ciena Corporation
18584047 WAVEGUIDE WITH TRANSITIONAL PORTION AND METHOD OF FABRICATING SAME Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, LTD.
18526920 OPTICAL DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE Final Rejection Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
18754558 OPTICAL FERRULE HAVING COMPOUND STOPS Non-Final OA 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
18274298 OPTICAL CONNECTOR AND OPTICAL INTERCONNECT ASSEMBLY Non-Final OA 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
18646904 CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY Non-Final OA Molex, LLC
18382174 Optical Waveguide Interferometer with Controllable Length Imbalance and Minimum Bends Final Rejection II-VI Delaware, Inc.
18246559 OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE ELEMENT, OPTICAL MODULATOR, OPTICAL MODULATION MODULE, AND OPTICAL TRANSMISSION DEVICE Non-Final OA SUMITOMO OSAKA CEMENT CO., LTD.

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