Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: PETKOVSEK, DANIEL

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2828 2874

This examiner grants 84% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

83.6%
Allow Rate
+15.6% vs TC avg
1,614
Total Applications
+10.1%
Interview Lift
719
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1581 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.4%
§101 Eligibility
10.7%
§102 Novelty
77.0%
§103 Obviousness
7.8%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18327088 LIGHT SOURCE UNIT FOR AN IMAGING DEVICE AND METHOD Final Rejection LEICA MICROSYSTEMS CMS GMBH
18317533 OPTICAL PARAMETRIC OSCILLATOR-BASED MOLECULAR SENSOR Non-Final OA California Institute of Technology
18466596 Optical Assembly with Adapter for Intermating Different Multi-Fiber Ferrule Formats within the Adapter Final Rejection US Conec Ltd.
18564899 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR TERMINATING OPTICAL FIBRE CABLES Non-Final OA Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
18176770 TUNABLE REFLECTIVE POLARIZER Final Rejection Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
18758789 VERTICAL POLARIZING BEAMSPLITTER FOR PHOTONICS Final Rejection Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, LTD.
18579917 LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE Non-Final OA HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
18636312 PACKAGE STRUCTURE HAVING PHOTONIC INTEGRATED CIRCUIT Final Rejection Molex, LLC
18580660 TRANSMISSION SYSTEM, APPARATUS, TRANSMISSION METHOD AND PROGRAM Non-Final OA NTT, Inc.
18594415 OPTICAL COUPLER MOISTURE BARRIER Non-Final OA Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy
18414131 OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE FOR FREQUENCY CONVERSION Non-Final OA Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy
18106049 SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME Non-Final OA National University Corporation Hokkaido University
18602641 HYBRID PACKAGE CHIP AND OPTICAL TRANSMITTER Non-Final OA PICMORE TECHNOLOGY (SUZHOU) LTD.
18688896 OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE DEVICE AND LIGHT SOURCE MODULE Non-Final OA UNIVERSITY OF FUKUI
18552255 METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A PHOTONIC DEVICE PROVIDED WITH AT LEAST TWO PHOTONIC CHIPS, AND PHOTONIC DEVICE Non-Final OA Scintil Photonics
18681619 AN OPTICAL SYSTEM FOR FREQUENCY CONVERSION OF A SINGLE PHOTON Non-Final OA AARHUS UNIVERSITET
18023753 SHORT PULSE LASER SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR GENERATING LASER PULSES Non-Final OA Active Fiber Systems GmbH
17125497 MOLDED FIBER CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY FOR PLUGGABLE OPTICAL MCP Non-Final OA Altera Corporation
17910179 PHOTODETECTOR, MODULATOR, SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND SEMICONDUCTOR APPARATUS Final Rejection Black Semiconductor GmbH

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