Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: STAHL, MICHAEL J

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2828 2874

This examiner grants 90% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

90.0%
Allow Rate
+22.0% vs TC avg
1282
Total Applications
+7.4%
Interview Lift
807
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1246 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.4%
§101 Eligibility
41.8%
§102 Novelty
22.4%
§103 Obviousness
29.8%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18613826 Microstructured Optical Fiber, Supercontinuum Light Source Comprising Microstructured Optical Fiber and use of Such Light Source Non-Final OA NKT Photonics A/S
18393142 Integrated High-Extinction Ratio Unbalanced Mach Zehnder Interferometers and Integrated Mach Zehnder Interferometers Incroporating Coil Resonators Non-Final OA The Regents of the University of California
17972802 Extending Fiber Optic Sensing Non-Final OA Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
18402918 INTEGRATED FIBER ARRAY UNIT STRUCTURE INCLUDING EMBEDDED PASSIVE OPTICAL COMPONENTS AND METHOD FOR FORMING THE SAME Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
18329690 SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME Final Rejection Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
18624198 CO-PACKAGING WITH SILICON PHOTONICS HYBRID PLANAR LIGHTWAVE CIRCUIT Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
17957341 DIRECTLY COUPLED OPTICAL INTERPOSER Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
18619829 OPTICAL DEVICE Non-Final OA TDK CORPORATION
18406441 RELATIVE POSITION CONTROL FOR FIBERS Non-Final OA CORNING RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
18204265 REMOVABLE OPTICAL ORGANIZER Final Rejection CORNING RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
18609683 OPTICAL FIBER-TO-CHIP INTERCONNECTION Non-Final OA Ciena Corporation
18352727 PHOTONIC DEVICE Non-Final OA TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
18347188 Optical Transceiver and Manufacturing Method Thereof Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
18287144 OPTICAL CONNECTOR AND ITS MANUFACTURING METHOD Non-Final OA NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
18422114 CABLE ADAPTER TRAY WITH ACCESS OPENINGS CONFIGURED TO PROVIDE ENHANCED ACCESS TO ADAPTERS Non-Final OA PPC BROADBAND, INC.
18639296 FIBER TERMINATION ENCLOSURE WITH MODULAR PLATE ASSEMBLIES Non-Final OA CommScope Technologies LLC
18420965 ADAPTER TIP AND MICROSCOPE SYSTEM FOR INSPECTING APC TRANS-DUPLEX FIBER-OPTIC CONNECTORS Non-Final OA EXFO Inc.
18534132 LASER SPARING ARCHITECTURES FOR MULTI-WAVELENGTH LASER ARRAYS Non-Final OA NVIDIA Corp.
18595501 SEALING STRUCTURE FOR OPTOELECTRONIC TRANSCEIVER DEVICE Non-Final OA AIP Inc.
18252781 PHOTONIC CHIP AND PHOTONIC COMPONENT INTEGRATING SUCH A CHIP Non-Final OA Scintil Photonics
18437260 400G SILICON PHOTONIC INTEGRATED OPTICAL MODULE WITH PHOTOELECTRIC INTEGRATED SUBSTRATE Non-Final OA SHUNYUN TECHNOLOGY (ZHONGSHAN) Limited
18681849 OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE DEVICE FOR DIFFRACTION DISPLAY AND DISPLAY DEVICE Non-Final OA JIAXING UPHOTON OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
18515549 FIBER OPTIC BEAM SPLITTER Final Rejection NETAFIM, LTD.

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