Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 12, 2026

Charlie Yu Peng, USPTO Patent Examiner

Listed by the USPTO as PENG, CHARLIE YU

Tech Center 3600 • Art Units: 2635 2836 2874 2883 3649

This examiner grants 76% of resolved cases

Analysis

Charlie Yu Peng serves in Tech Center 3600, Art Unit 2635. He has 1199 resolved cases and an allowance rate of 75.5%. The interview lift is 13.0%, suggesting that interviews are a beneficial strategy for resolving rejections. This positive lift indicates that the examiner is open to discussion and that verbal engagement can provide a meaningful boost to the probability of allowance.

The median time to allowance is 859 days. His top applicants include Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., AFL Telecommunications LLC, and Fujitsu Limited. The firms MERCHANT & GOULD P.C., DORITY & MANNING, P.A., and JCIPRNET are the most active before him. With 1199 resolved cases, the examiner is highly experienced and maintains a relatively fast median pendency of 859 days. Practitioners should leverage the 13.0% interview lift to further streamline prosecution, building on the already strong 75.5% allowance rate to achieve efficient results for their clients.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Performance Statistics

75.5%
Allow Rate
+23.5% vs TC avg
1,225
Total Applications
+13.0%
Interview Lift
859
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1199 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

1.9%
§101 Eligibility
30.2%
§102 Novelty
48.0%
§103 Obviousness
15.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18704528 MULTICORE TRANSMISSION APPARATUS, COMPLEX JOINT BOX, AND MULTICORE FIBER ACCOMMODATION METHOD Non-Final OA NEC Corporation
18889520 OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE MODULATOR Non-Final OA Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy
18741837 SEMICONDUCTOR PHOTONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME Non-Final OA TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD.
18626948 SEMICONDUCTOR PHOTONICS DEVICES AND METHODS OF FORMATION Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
18522224 CO-PACKAGED OPTICS DEVICE AND OPTO-ELECTRONIC MODULE Final Rejection Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
18786787 PHOTONIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is examiner Charlie Yu Peng's allowance rate?

75.5% of resolved applications examined by Charlie Yu Peng were allowed (1,199 resolved cases), compared with 90.3% across Art Unit 2635 over the last five years.

Does an interview help with examiner Charlie Yu Peng?

This examiner's interview lift is +13.0 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.

How long does examiner Charlie Yu Peng take to allow a patent?

Applications allowed by Charlie Yu Peng took 859 days on average from filing to allowance.

Which art unit does examiner Charlie Yu Peng work in?

Charlie Yu Peng examines applications in Art Unit 2635 in Tech Center 3600 (Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems).

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