Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: MOONEY, MICHAEL P

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2874 2883

This examiner grants 88% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

88.0%
Allow Rate
+20.0% vs TC avg
786
Total Applications
+8.6%
Interview Lift
863
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 764 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.8%
§101 Eligibility
31.6%
§102 Novelty
45.3%
§103 Obviousness
11.8%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18411143 LOW-DIAMETER OPTICAL FIBER WITH LOW BEND LOSS AT LARGE AND SMALL BEND DIAMETER, AND INTERMEDIATE EFFECTIVE AREA Non-Final OA CORNING INCORPORATED
18518119 INTERLOCK MECHANISM FOR OPTICAL FIBERS Non-Final OA Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
18405521 ZONAL ILLUMINATION WITH PHOTONIC CIRCUITS FOR DISPLAYS Non-Final OA Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
18107299 CO-PACKAGE OPTICS ASSEMBLY Non-Final OA International Business Machines Corporation
18346841 SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR MEASURING THE OPTICAL DIE Non-Final OA TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD.
17733302 TECHNOLOGIES FOR SIGNAL AMPLIFICATION FOR A PHOTONIC INTEGRATED CIRCUIT Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
18510526 BILAYER PHOTONIC ADIABATIC 2X2 SPLITTER Non-Final OA Cisco Technology, Inc.
18365050 OPTICAL COUPLING STRUCTURE FOR SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
18153661 Optical Device and Method of Manufacture Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
17876779 MULTI-TIP OPTICAL COUPLING DEVICES Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
18135077 OPTICAL DEVICE Non-Final OA Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, Inc.
18317644 GRADED-INDEX FIBERS AND PHASE ELEMENTS FOR IN-FIBER BEAM SHAPING AND SWITCHING Non-Final OA Lumentum Operations LLC
18167392 PHOTONIC IC CHIP Non-Final OA STMicroelectronics (Crolles 2) SAS
18289628 OPTICAL MODULE Non-Final OA ams-OSRAM AG
18515002 IMAGE SENSING MODULE Non-Final OA CREATIVE SENSOR INC.
18560747 OPTICAL ADDRESSING METHODS AND APPARATUS Non-Final OA QuEra Computing Incorporated
18467423 OPTICAL FIBER TRANSMISSION DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA AuthenX Inc.
17802495 STRUCTURED SILICA CLAD SILICA OPTICAL FIBERS Non-Final OA Biolitec Unternehmensbeteiligungs II AG

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