Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: 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 as an examiner in Art Unit 2635 of Tech Center 3600. The examiner has overseen 1198 resolved cases, which represents a large volume of dispositions. The overall allowance rate for these cases is 75.5 percent. This figure indicates that a majority of applications reach allowance in this unit. The examiner's extensive history provides a reliable basis for analyzing prosecution outcomes.

The data shows an interview lift of 13.0 percent. This percentage reflects the increase in the allowance rate when an interview is conducted relative to the overall rate of 75.5 percent. Practitioners may use this lift to justify the time and expense of an interview. Successful applications have a median time to allowance of 858 days. This pendency metric helps in setting expectations for the length of the prosecution process.

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
858
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1198 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
18071246 INTEGRATED OPTICAL PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS FOR RECONFIGURABLE OPTICS IN GLASS CORES Final Rejection Intel Corporation
17869372 TECHNOLOGIES FOR A BEAM EXPANSION IN GLASS SUBSTRATES Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
18805741 BUTT CLOSURES AND ORGANIZER ASSEMBLIES THEREFOR Non-Final OA AFL Telecommunications LLC
18638934 OPTICAL FIBER CASSETTE AND PANEL Final Rejection AFL Telecommunications LLC
18806165 ELECTRONIC COMPONENT, OPTICAL DIRECTIONAL COUPLER, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING OPTICAL DIRECTIONAL COUPLER Non-Final OA FUJITSU LIMITED
18753015 OPTICAL MODULATOR, OPTICAL TRANSMITTER-RECEIVER, AND OPTICAL TRANSCEIVER Non-Final OA FUJITSU OPTICAL COMPONENTS LIMITED
18853464 RESIN COMPOSITION FOR OPTICAL FIBER COATING, COLORED COATING MATERIAL FOR OPTICAL FIBER, OPTICAL FIBER, AND OPTICAL FIBER RIBBON Non-Final OA SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
18690899 OPTICAL CIRCUIT BOARD AND OPTICAL COMPONENT MOUNTING STRUCTURE USING SAME Non-Final OA KYOCERA Corporation
18716063 OPTICAL CIRCUIT Non-Final OA Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
18889520 OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE MODULATOR Non-Final OA Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy
18770633 ELECTRONIC DEVICE Non-Final OA VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
18732569 ERROR CORRECTION AND RECOVERY IN OPTICAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS WITH LOW-POWER OPTICAL SOURCE DEVICES Non-Final OA Marvell Asia Pte Ltd
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.
18624145 PACKAGE STRUCTURE HAVING RING RESONANT STRUCTURE AND METHOD OF FORMING THE SAME 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.
18784506 SENSING CABLE AND SENSING SYSTEM Non-Final OA FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
18728726 METHOD AND SEMI-FINISHED PRODUCT FOR PRODUCING A MULTICORE FIBRE Non-Final OA Heraeus Quarzglas GmbH & Co. KG

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