Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: CONNELLY, MICHELLE R

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2871 2874

This examiner grants 80% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

79.8%
Allow Rate
+11.8% vs TC avg
1,058
Total Applications
+13.0%
Interview Lift
855
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1026 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.5%
§101 Eligibility
30.1%
§102 Novelty
48.4%
§103 Obviousness
14.9%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19446800 THIN FILM LITHIUM-CONTAINING COMPACT ELECTRO-OPTIC DEVICES Final Rejection HyperLight Corporation
18717938 OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE WITH INTEGRATED OPTICAL ELEMENTS Non-Final OA GOOGLE LLC
18506362 OPTICAL CABLE Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18775937 HYBRID OPTICAL FIBER MEMS SCANNER Non-Final OA Magic Leap, Inc.
17343280 TECHNOLOGIES FOR PHOTONIC DEMULTIPLEXERS Final Rejection Intel Corporation
17889233 FIBER ARRAY UNIT (FAU) DESIGNS TO ENABLE A HIGHER IO BANDWIDTH PER UNIT LENGTH AND HIGHER FIBER DENSITY Final Rejection Altera Corporation
18816799 COMPACT OPTICAL BEAM COMBINER PACKAGE Non-Final OA Raytheon Company
18765935 OPTICAL DEVICE, OPTICAL TRANSMITTER, AND OPTICAL TRANSCEIVER Non-Final OA FUJITSU OPTICAL COMPONENTS LIMITED
18468987 FIBER OPTIC CABLE ASSEMBLY HAVING JUNCTION SHELLS, JUNCTION SHELLS FOR USE WITH FIBER OPTIC CABLES, AND METHODS OF ASSEMBLING AND INSTALLING SAME Final Rejection CORNING RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
18533054 OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE, SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE WITH OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE, AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
18442976 2X2 COUPLER Final Rejection Cisco Technology, Inc.
18837929 OPTICAL FIBER Non-Final OA SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
18722699 OPTICAL CABLE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING OPTICAL CABLE Non-Final OA SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
18716605 OPTICAL FIBER CABLE AND OPTICAL FIBER CABLE CONNECTION SYSTEM Non-Final OA SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
18371249 OPTICAL FIBER ARRAY AND A NANOIMPRINT LITHOGRAPHY PROCESS FOR FORMING THE SAME Final Rejection Himax Technologies Limited
18443243 MULTI-WAVELENGTH POLARIZATION DIVERSIFIED OPTICAL RECEIVER CONFIGURATION Non-Final OA XILINX, INC.
18753137 SILICON PHOTONIC SYMMETRIC DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK LASER Non-Final OA OpenLight Photonics, Inc.

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