Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: RAHLL, JERRY T

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2634 2874

This examiner grants 90% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

89.6%
Allow Rate
+21.6% vs TC avg
1,266
Total Applications
+8.4%
Interview Lift
730
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1227 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

1.1%
§101 Eligibility
21.3%
§102 Novelty
73.5%
§103 Obviousness
2.6%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18424171 Efficient Pin Phase Shifters Non-Final OA Apple Inc.
17955378 OPTICAL COUPLER Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
18503458 Optical Fiber Shape Sensing Non-Final OA Northern Digital Inc.
18601134 FIBER OPTIC CABLE ASSEMBLIES AND SYSTEMS USING SAME Non-Final OA CORNING RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
18385763 EXTENDER PORTS HAVING ROTATABLE END CAPS AND OPTICAL ASSEMBLIES INCORPORATING THE SAME Non-Final OA CORNING RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
18227428 FIBER OPTIC CONNECTORS WITH A RETENTION BODY AND METHODS OF FABRICATING THE SAME Non-Final OA CORNING RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
18580495 PHOTONIC GATEWAY APPARATUS Non-Final OA NTT, Inc.
18393392 Heterogeneous Integrated UV-IR Ultra-Low Loss Multi-Layer Platform with Electrical Interconnects, Gain, Modulation, Detection, and Nonlinear Optics Non-Final OA National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC
18422183 CABLE ADAPTER TRAY WITH POSITION RETAINING CLIP CONFIGURED TO ENHANCE ACCESS ADJACENT TO THE CABLE ADAPTER TRAY Non-Final OA PPC BROADBAND, INC.
18534228 FIELD INSTALLABLE HARDENED FIBER OPTIC CONNECTOR WITH IMPROVED SEALING AND TOOLLESS INSTALLATION Non-Final OA PPC BROADBAND, INC.
18442768 OPTICAL FIBER INPUT/OUTPUT TRAY WITH WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING SUPPORT FOR A CO-PACKAGED OPTICAL SWITCH Non-Final OA Quanta Computer Inc.
18570929 OPTOELECTRONIC ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD Non-Final OA ams-OSRAM International GmbH
18617592 DIVERGENCE OPTIMIZED PHOTONIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS Non-Final OA NEXUS PHOTONICS, INC
18598048 OPTICAL FIBER SHUFFLE CIRCUIT Non-Final OA Lightmatter, Inc.
18545655 MODULE COMPRISING DROP-IN ADAPTERS Non-Final OA THE LAN WIREWERKS RESEARCH LABORATORIES INC.
18683260 Integrated arrays for coherent optical detection Non-Final OA LYTE AI, INC.
18291679 OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE DEVICE, AND OPTICAL TRANSMISSION APPARATUS AND OPTICAL MODULATION DEVICE USING SAME Non-Final OA SUMITOMO OSAKA CEMENT CO., LTD.
18533246 OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT Non-Final OA AAC OPTICS (CHANGZHOU) CO., LTD.
18569460 INTEGRATED OPTICAL PHASED ARRAY Non-Final OA Danmarks Tekniske Universitet
18262642 LOW COST FBG SENSOR SYSTEM Non-Final OA FOCE TECHNOLOGY INTERNATIONAL BV
18340847 Optical Fiber Cable With Accessible Strength Member Non-Final OA Serlite Technologies Limited

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