Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: CONNELLY, MICHELLE R

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2871 2874

This examiner grants 80% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

80.0%
Allow Rate
+12.0% vs TC avg
1052
Total Applications
+14.1%
Interview Lift
912
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1010 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.1%
§101 Eligibility
31.9%
§102 Novelty
46.1%
§103 Obviousness
15.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18226324 HOLLOW-CORE OPTICAL FIBERS Final Rejection CORNING INCORPORATED
18313416 OPTICAL DEVICE AND OPTICAL DETECTION SYSTEM Non-Final OA Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
18506362 OPTICAL CABLE Final Rejection HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18324023 SPOT SIZE CONVERSION APPARATUS AND RELATED METHOD Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18288664 MOLDED OPTICAL CONNECTORS WITH ZERO-DRAFT MECHANICAL ALIGNMENT FEATURES Final Rejection 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
18366308 OPTICAL DEVICE STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR FORMING THE SAME Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
18442976 2X2 COUPLER Non-Final OA Cisco Technology, Inc.
18382685 LIGHT SOURCE MODULE AND XR GLASSES Non-Final OA TDK CORPORATION
18468987 FIBER OPTIC CABLE ASSEMBLY HAVING JUNCTION SHELLS, JUNCTION SHELLS FOR USE WITH FIBER OPTIC CABLES, AND METHODS OF ASSEMBLING AND INSTALLING SAME Non-Final OA CORNING RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
18142295 FIBER OPTIC TERMINALS HAVING OPTICAL SPLITTER AND WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING DEVICES Non-Final OA CORNING RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
18039330 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING COLORED OPTICAL FIBER Final Rejection SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
18484257 MINIMIZING SPACE CHARGE FOR OPTICAL-ELECTRICAL DATA TRANSMISSIONS Final Rejection NVIDIA Corporation
18063352 ULTRA-COMPACT PHASE MODULATORS BASED ON INDEX AND LOSS MODULATION IN RING RESONATOR CAVITIES Final Rejection The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York
18432531 OPTICAL SWITCH ASSEMBLY Non-Final OA Mellanox Technologies, Ltd.
18449728 METHOD AND STRUCTURE FOR SHIELDING ELECTROMAGNETIC INTEFERENCE IN PHOTONIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS STACKED UP ELECTRONIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS Non-Final OA Avago Technologies International Sales Pte. Limited
18205267 Waveguide manufacturing methods Non-Final OA RealD Spark, LLC
18368886 TANTALA-RING-RESONATOR-BASED PHOTONIC DEVICE AND FREQUENCY-COMB GENERATION METHOD Final Rejection Government of the United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary of Commerce
17427416 FUNCTIONALIZED WAVEGUIDE FOR A DETECTOR SYSTEM Final Rejection Carl Zeiss Jena GmbH
18597173 PHOTONIC INTEGRATED CIRCUIT STRUCTURE WITH AT LEAST ONE TAPERED SIDEWALL LINER ADJACENT TO A WAVEGUIDE CORE Non-Final OA GlobalFoundries U.S. Inc.
18191683 CONTROLLING REFRACTIVE INDEX PROFILE DURING FIBER PREFORM MANUFACTURING Final Rejection Lumentum Operations LLC
18432768 Vertical Integrated Photonics Chiplet for In-Package Optical Interconnect Final Rejection Ayar Labs, Inc.
18371249 OPTICAL FIBER ARRAY AND A NANOIMPRINT LITHOGRAPHY PROCESS FOR FORMING THE SAME Non-Final OA Himax Technologies Limited
18446536 FERRULE, OPTICAL CONNECTOR, OPTICAL CONNECTOR MODULE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR OPTICAL CONNECTOR Final Rejection Enplas Corporation
18590336 FIBER CONNECTOR BULKHEAD ADAPTER WITH SHROUD FOR PROTECTING HIGH-POWER FIBER Non-Final OA nLIGHT, Inc.
18415707 Fiber Optic Adapter Non-Final OA Senko Advanced Components, Inc.
18217415 REFLECTOR STRUCTURE HAVING THREE-DIMENSIONAL CURVATURE Non-Final OA POET Technologies, Inc.
18266321 OPTICAL ABSORBER AND OPTICAL ABSORPTION CHIP INTEGRATED WITH DIELECTRIC OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE Non-Final OA Silith Technology (Suzhou) Co., Ltd.
17889233 FIBER ARRAY UNIT (FAU) DESIGNS TO ENABLE A HIGHER IO BANDWIDTH PER UNIT LENGTH AND HIGHER FIBER DENSITY Non-Final OA Altera Corporation
18177246 INTEGRATED POLARIZATION CONTROLLER SYSTEMS Non-Final OA Voyant Photonics, Inc.
17765828 FULL COLOR DISPLAY SYSTEMS AND CALIBRATION METHODS THEREOF Non-Final OA MICLEDI MICRODISPLAYS BV

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