Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: TAVLYKAEV, ROBERT FUATOVICH

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2872 2874 2883 2896

This examiner grants 60% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

60.5%
Allow Rate
-7.5% vs TC avg
909
Total Applications
+11.9%
Interview Lift
878
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 875 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.1%
§101 Eligibility
13.0%
§102 Novelty
70.2%
§103 Obviousness
11.1%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18384506 OPTICAL MODULATOR, OPTICAL TRANSMITTER, AND BIASVOLTAGE ADJUSTMENT METHOD OF OPTICAL MODULATOR Non-Final OA NEC Corporation
18430147 IN-BAND OPERATIONS AND MANAGEMENT FOR OPTICAL SWITCH Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18421365 SEMICONDUCTOR PHOTONICS DEVICES AND METHODS OF FORMING THE SAME Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
18409730 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE Non-Final OA InnoLux Corporation
18521694 OPTICAL COUPLER WITH DIFFERENT WAVEGUIDE MATERIALS Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
18148945 PHOTONIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS WITH GLASS CORES Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
18090260 ELECTRO-OPTICAL CIRCUITS WITH MODULAR SWITCHABLE PHOTONIC INTERFACE Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
17711922 TECHNOLOGIES FOR TERMINATION FOR MICRORING MODULATORS Final Rejection Intel Corporation
18457819 PHOTONIC ASSEMBLY Non-Final OA Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
18431187 PHOTONIC SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE AND METHOD OF FORMING THE SAME Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
18415092 OPTICAL DEVICES AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURE Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
18390725 Optical Waveguide Device, and Optical Modulation Device and Optical Transmission Apparatus Using Same Non-Final OA SUMITOMO OSAKA CEMENT CO., LTD.
18406795 OPTICAL DEVICE, OPTICAL MODULE, AND OPTICAL TRANSCEIVER Non-Final OA FUJITSU OPTICAL COMPONENTS LIMITED
18497521 OPTICAL DEVICE, OPTICAL TRANSMITTING DEVICE, AND OPTICAL RECEIVING DEVICE Non-Final OA FUJITSU OPTICAL COMPONENTS LIMITED
18097261 OPTICAL BRIDGES FOR PHOTONIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS Final Rejection SiLC Technologies, Inc.
17800931 MACH-ZEHNDER MODULATOR Final Rejection IMEC VZW
18238159 ELECTRO-OPTICAL MODULATED PHASE ACTUATOR Non-Final OA QuiX Quantum B.V.
18604274 EYEBOX TARGETING USING AN IMAGE-REPLICATING COMBINER Non-Final OA VividQ Limited
18350745 DEMOUNTABLE CONNECTION OF AN OPTICAL CONNECTOR USING A FOUNDATION HAVING FEATURES FOR INTEGRATED OPTICAL COUPLING AND DEMOUNTABLE MECHANICAL COUPLING Non-Final OA Senko Advanced Components, Inc.
18422444 OPTICAL FIBER CONNECTION FASTENER Non-Final OA AFL Telecommunications LLC
18575828 LIGHT GUIDE AND DISPLAY SCREEN USING SUCH LIGHT GUIDE Final Rejection Nanocomp Oy Ltd
18500423 OPTICAL COUPLING DEVICE WITH DUST TRAP Non-Final OA RAYLASE GmbH

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