Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: CORS, NATHAN M

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2613 2634 2636

This examiner grants 77% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

77.4%
Allow Rate
+15.4% vs TC avg
1024
Total Applications
+5.3%
Interview Lift
1022
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 996 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

3.9%
§101 Eligibility
17.2%
§102 Novelty
39.5%
§103 Obviousness
31.3%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18643205 CONTROL APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM Non-Final OA NEC Corporation
18574211 A METHOD FOR DETERMINING INFORMATION ASSOCIATED WITH AN OPTICAL COMPONENT SYSTEM Non-Final OA Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
18650954 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING COMMUNICATION BETWEEN AN ACCESS POINT AND A HUB OF A POINT-TO-MULTIPOINT OPTICAL NETWORK Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18507697 GRANULARITY AWARE END-TO-END BANDWIDTH RESERVATION AND ROUTING PATH SELECTION Final Rejection Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
18684085 FEEDBACK FOR VISIBLE LIGHT COMMUNICATION TRANSMISSIONS Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18432966 DISTRIBUTED QUANTUM GHOST IMAGING Non-Final OA Cisco Technology, Inc.
19172441 PHOTONIC MEMORY FABRIC FOR SYSTEM MEMORY INTERCONNECTION Non-Final OA Celestial AI Inc.
18701960 AN OPTICAL WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Non-Final OA SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
18383291 PASSIVE OPTICAL NETWORK MONITORING Non-Final OA CORNING RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
18700606 RELAY SYSTEM Non-Final OA Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
18686829 OPTICAL RECEIVING APPARATUS, OPTICAL TRANSMISSION APPARATUS, OPTICAL TRANSMISSION SYSTEM, FEEDBACK METHOD AND ADJUSTMENT METHOD Non-Final OA NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
18437387 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FLEXIBLE PERFORMANCE MONITORING DATA ARCHIVING IN PASSIVE OPTICAL NETWORKS Non-Final OA Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
18280906 OPTICAL MODULATOR Final Rejection SUMITOMO OSAKA CEMENT CO., LTD.
18538146 OPTICAL FRONTHAUL SPECTRAL EFFICIENCY FOR HYBRID FRONTHAUL Non-Final OA AT&T Communications Services India Private Limited

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