Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: JORDAN, ANDREW

Tech Center 4100 • Art Units: 2874 2883 4100

This examiner grants 44% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

44.3%
Allow Rate
-15.7% vs TC avg
555
Total Applications
+16.6%
Interview Lift
1206
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 517 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.9%
§101 Eligibility
21.6%
§102 Novelty
63.9%
§103 Obviousness
12.8%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18042147 OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE Final Rejection Snap Inc.
18798968 WAVEGUIDE INTERFEROMETER SENSING LAYER COMPOSITIONS FOR FLUORO-CONTAINING SUBSTANCES AND RELATED METHODS Non-Final OA GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPORATION
18489397 FABRICATION OF SLANTED GRATING MASTER AND WORKING STAMP USING GRAYSCALE LITHOGRAPHY AND PLASMA ETCHING Final Rejection GOOGLE LLC
18680526 DEVICE COMPRISING AN OPTO-ELECTRONIC INTEGRATED DEVICE AND STACKED INTEGRATED DEVICES Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18089871 OPTICAL SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE AND METHOD Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
18089892 OPTICAL SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE AND METHOD Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
17479031 OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES WITHIN A GLASS SUBSTRATE TO OPTICALLY COUPLE DIES ATTACHED TO THE GLASS SUBSTRATE Final Rejection Intel Corporation
18301012 LIGHT GUIDE DISPLAY SYSTEM INCLUDING FREEFORM VOLUME GRATING Final Rejection Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
18429669 OPTICAL COUPLER, OPTICAL COUPLING MEMBER, VISIBLE LIGHT SOURCE MODULE, AND OPTICAL ENGINE Final Rejection TDK CORPORATION
18710066 Waveguide-Type Optical Coupler Non-Final OA NTT, Inc.
18670381 INTEGRATED CONNECTOR WITH PRE-ALIGNMENT EXTERNAL SHROUD AND FIBER POST ENGAGEMENT Non-Final OA Cilag Gmbh International
18803224 FERRULE WITH WIDEBAND SPECTRUM SOURCE CHANNEL FOR ALIGNMENT ERROR MITIGATION AND SYSTEM DYNAMICS EVALUATION Non-Final OA Honeywell International Inc.
18672307 RACK MOUNT ASSEMBLIES FOR EQUIPMENT RACKS OF A FIBER OPTIC NETWORK AND METHOD OF INSTALLING SAME Non-Final OA CORNING RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
17988931 UNJACKETED FIBER OPTIC CABLE ASSEMBLY, AND CABLE ASSEMBLY INCLUDING CONNECTOR WITH TRAVEL LIMITED FERRULE Final Rejection CORNING RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
18802241 SEMICONDUCTOR PHOTONICS DEVICE AND METHODS OF FORMATION Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
18775793 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES WITH VERTICALLY STACKED WAVEGUIDES Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
18662308 SEMICONDUCTOR PHOTONICS DEVICE AND METHODS OF FORMATION Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
18645762 MULTILAYER INTERFACE FIBER OPTIC CASSETTE MODULE Final Rejection Panduit Corp.
18724269 MULTICORE OPTICAL FIBER Non-Final OA SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
18221148 OPTICAL MODULE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING OPTICAL MODULE Non-Final OA SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
18002879 OPTICAL FIBER CABLE AND CABLE WITH CONNECTOR Non-Final OA SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
18252377 LIGHT ISOLATING ARRAYS Final Rejection SCHOTT AG

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