Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: PETKOVSEK, DANIEL

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2874

This examiner grants 84% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

83.7%
Allow Rate
+15.7% vs TC avg
1606
Total Applications
+10.5%
Interview Lift
786
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1572 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.2%
§101 Eligibility
31.5%
§102 Novelty
40.3%
§103 Obviousness
20.9%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18466596 Optical Assembly with Adapter for Intermating Different Multi-Fiber Ferrule Formats within the Adapter Final Rejection US Conec Ltd.
18128387 PHASE MODULATION ELEMENT, PROJECTOR, AND HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAY Final Rejection SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
18564899 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR TERMINATING OPTICAL FIBRE CABLES Non-Final OA Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
18550081 ELECTRICALLY TUNABLE OPTICAL RESONATOR ON A CHIP FOR FAST TUNABLE INTEGRATED LASERS Non-Final OA PURDUE RESEARCH FOUNDATION
18176770 TUNABLE REFLECTIVE POLARIZER Final Rejection Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
18333102 SILICON-BASED OPTICAL COMPONENT AND METHOD OF FORMING THE SAME Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
17822139 EDGE COUPLER AND METHOD OF FORMING THE SAME Final Rejection TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD.
18579917 LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE Non-Final OA HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
18281788 OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE PRODUCTION METHOD AND OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE Non-Final OA SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
18327088 LIGHT SOURCE UNIT FOR AN IMAGING DEVICE AND METHOD Final Rejection LEICA MICROSYSTEMS CMS GMBH
18636312 PACKAGE STRUCTURE HAVING PHOTONIC INTEGRATED CIRCUIT Final Rejection Molex, LLC
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
18692490 OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE DEVICE, AND OPTICAL MODULATION DEVICE AND OPTICAL TRANSMISSION APPARATUS USING SAME Non-Final OA SUMITOMO OSAKA CEMENT CO., LTD.
18564548 OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE DEVICE, AND OPTICAL MODULATION DEVICE AND OPTICAL TRANSMISSION APPARATUS USING SAME Final Rejection SUMITOMO OSAKA CEMENT CO., LTD.
18687740 DISPLAY STRUCTURE AND DISPLAY DEVICE Non-Final OA DISPELIX OY
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
18688451 WAVELENGTH CONVERSION DEVICE Non-Final OA KOREA RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND SCIENCE
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
18018328 OPTICAL CABLE MEMBER,TOWING MEMBER, AND TOWING METHOD Final Rejection SUMITOMO ELECTRIC OPTIFRONTIER CO., LTD.
18204333 OPTICAL MODULE Non-Final OA HISENSE BROADBAND MULTIMEDIA TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18394311 RADIATION FIELD PROVISION DEVICE Non-Final OA Universitaet Stuttgart
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
18050258 SEPARATE OPTOELECTRONIC SUBSTRATE Non-Final OA AvicenaTech Corp.
17691189 LIDAR WITH 4D OBJECT CLASSIFICATION, SOLID STATE OPTICAL SCANNING ARRAYS, AND EFFECTIVE PIXEL DESIGNS Non-Final OA NeoPhotonics Corporation

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