Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 17, 2026

Examiner: SMITH, CHAD

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2874

This examiner grants 79% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

79.0%
Allow Rate
+11.0% vs TC avg
948
Total Applications
+20.3%
Interview Lift
870
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 928 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.4%
§101 Eligibility
40.3%
§102 Novelty
47.0%
§103 Obviousness
10.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18766557 OPTICAL COMPONENT, OPTICAL MODULE, AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18607089 ELECTRO-OPTIC MODULATOR, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, AND OPTICAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18406249 OPTICAL FIBER BOARD STRUCTURE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, OPTICAL FIBER INTERCONNECTION BOARD, AND FIBER DISPOSING DEVICE Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18533429 SWITCH AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Non-Final OA Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
18168927 ARCHITECTURE AND METHOD FOR V GROOVE FIBER ATTACH FOR A PHOTONIC INTEGRATED CIRCUIT (PIC) Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
18542497 Photonic Integrated Rapidly Switchable High Contrast Filter Final Rejection The Regents of the University of California
18765891 OPTICAL RECEIVING MODULE ASSEMBLY Non-Final OA Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
18658962 PACKAGE ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF FORMING THE SAME Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
18365234 SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
18620831 INTEGRATED PHOTONICS CIRCUITRY Non-Final OA Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
18695808 BELL STATE GENERATOR FOR TEMPORALLY-ENCODED QUBITS Non-Final OA Psiquantum, Corp.

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