Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: LI, SHI K

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2613 2634 2635 2637 2828

This examiner grants 73% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

73.3%
Allow Rate
+5.3% vs TC avg
845
Total Applications
+5.2%
Interview Lift
1135
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 829 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.6%
§101 Eligibility
2.6%
§102 Novelty
86.9%
§103 Obviousness
1.9%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18646441 DATA PROCESSING METHOD AND RELATED APPARATUSES Non-Final OA Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
18327233 AUTOMATIC CONNECTION DISCOVERY AND CONNECTION VERIFICATION Non-Final OA Cisco Technology, Inc.
18699671 OPTICAL COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, OPTICAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND TRANSMISSION METHOD Non-Final OA NTT, Inc.
18561803 PATH DETERMINATION APPARATUS, PATH DETERMINATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM Final Rejection NTT, Inc.
18276322 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR RECEIVING OAM INFORMATION BLOCK Non-Final OA ZTE Corporation
18436859 APPARATUS COMPRISING ANALOG MULTIPLEXERS AND METHOD FOR AN APPARATUS COMPRISING ANALOG MULTIPLEXERS Non-Final OA Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy
18141525 Distributed Broadband Network Gateway for Maximizing IPv4 Address Utilization Non-Final OA Calix, Inc.
18540954 System, Method, and Computer Program Product for Recovery of Transport System Faults in Optical Communications Networks Final Rejection II-VI Delaware, Inc.
18518307 SUBCHANNEL PHOTONIC ROUTING, SWITCHING AND PROTECTION WITH SIMPLIFIED UPGRADES OF WDM OPTICAL NETWORKS Non-Final OA Snell Holdings, LLC
18297408 INTRA-CARRIER SPECTRAL SHAPING FOR HIGH-BAUD RATE OPTICAL TRANSMISSION SIGNALS Final Rejection Infinera Corp.
18321086 INTEGRATED PHOTONIC APPARATUS AND METHOD Non-Final OA Xuan Sun
17870968 HYBRID OPTOELECTRICAL SWITCHES Non-Final OA Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH)

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