Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: PATEL, PREET BAKUL

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2874

This examiner grants 20% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

20.0%
Allow Rate
-48.0% vs TC avg
38
Total Applications
-33.3%
Interview Lift
1095
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 5 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0%
§101 Eligibility
14.3%
§102 Novelty
60.4%
§103 Obviousness
25.3%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18665733 Modulator Arrangements Non-Final OA Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
18484835 REFLECTIVE FACET WAVEGUIDE WITH DUAL REFLECTIVE FACET CONFIGURATION Final Rejection GOOGLE LLC
18399494 Comb Laser Source Architectures for Photonic integrated Circuits Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
18529322 BILAYER BINARY 2D GRATINGS FOR WAVEGUIDE DISPLAY Non-Final OA Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
17989181 FIBER OPTIC TERMINAL HAVING ONE OR MORE CONNECTION PORTS FOR RECEIVING FIBER OPTIC CONNECTORS HAVING A LATCHING TRIGGER Non-Final OA Corning Research & Development Corporation
18627789 OPTICAL DEVICES AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURE Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
18644783 OPTICAL ENGINE SOCKET WITH INTEGRATED OPTICAL RECEPTACLE Non-Final OA Cisco Technology, Inc.
18054877 OPTICAL POWER SPLITTERS Non-Final OA Cisco Technology, Inc.

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