Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: PEACE, RHONDA S

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2874

This examiner grants 85% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

85.2%
Allow Rate
+17.2% vs TC avg
1257
Total Applications
+12.5%
Interview Lift
808
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1219 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.3%
§101 Eligibility
36.4%
§102 Novelty
46.7%
§103 Obviousness
12.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18555408 A FIBER ARRANGEMENT, AN OPTICAL SYSTEM AND A METHOD OF OPERATING AN OPTICAL SYSTEM Final Rejection NKT Photonics A/S
18256046 IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD Non-Final OA SONY GROUP CORPORATION
18408214 ELECTRO-OPTICAL MODULATOR, OPTICAL MODULATION SYSTEM, AND INTEGRATED OPTICAL CHIP Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18424358 Broadband Source of Quantum-Entangled Photons Non-Final OA THE CURATORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI
18403746 PACKAGE ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF FORMING THE SAME Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
18566472 DUAL DIFFRACTION GRATING IN-COUPLER FOR REDUCED WAVEGUIDE THICKNESS BACKGROUND Non-Final OA INTERDIGITAL MADISON PATENT HOLDINGS, SAS
18600141 ADAPTIVE MODAL PHASE MATCHING IN WAVEGUIDES FOR INCREASED NONLINEAR CONVERSION EFFICIENCY Non-Final OA Honeywell International Inc.
18387595 PRECISION TRANSFERRED FIBER ARRAY UNIT Non-Final OA CORNING RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
18616604 CONNECTOR FOR OPTICAL FIBER ALIGNMENT Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
18558584 Wavelength Converter Non-Final OA Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
18291733 WAVELENGTH ADAPTER AND WAVELENGTH MODIFICATION METHOD Non-Final OA NTT, Inc.
18415580 Photonics Integration in Semiconductor Packages Non-Final OA Avago Technologies International Sales Pte. Limited
18392426 STRAY LIGHT STRIPPER FOR A COMBINER Non-Final OA Lumentum Operations LLC
18147064 ENCLOSURE FOR RECEIVING FIBER OPTIC CASSETTES Final Rejection BELDEN CANADA ULC
18565045 OPTICAL FIBER CABLE WITH OPTICAL CONNECTOR, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING OPTICAL FIBER CABLE WITH OPTICAL CONNECTOR, AND OPTICAL CONNECTOR Final Rejection SEIKOH GIKEN CO., LTD.
18382064 SILICON PHOTONIC PLATFORM, METHOD FOR FORMING COMPOSITE PLATFORM AND METHOD FOR FORMING SILICON PHOTONIC PLATFORM Final Rejection Vanguard International Semiconductor Corporation
18548979 STRENGTH MEMBER ASSEMBLIES AND OVERHEAD ELECTRICAL CABLE INSTALLATIONS INCORPORATING OPTICAL FIBERS Final Rejection CTC Global Corporation
18236400 Reconfigurable optical processor Non-Final OA BOSTON QUANTUM PHOTONICS LLC
17977939 SOLID-STATE OPTICAL STORAGE DEVICE Final Rejection ORCA Computing Limited

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