Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: TRAN, HOANG Q

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2874

This examiner grants 68% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

67.5%
Allow Rate
-0.5% vs TC avg
602
Total Applications
+33.2%
Interview Lift
1131
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 569 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0%
§101 Eligibility
8.9%
§102 Novelty
85.6%
§103 Obviousness
0.3%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17892849 Electronic Devices with Shared Phase Shifting for High Frequency Communication Final Rejection Apple Inc.
17954100 PARTIALLY METALLIZED GRATING AS HIGH-PERFORMANCE WAVEGUIDE INCOUPLER Final Rejection Applied Materials, Inc.
18089916 OPTICAL SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE AND METHOD Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
18090258 ELECTRO-OPTICAL CIRCUITS WITH LOW-COST SWITCHABLE PHOTONIC INTERFACE Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
17323881 INTEGRATED CIRCUIT PACKAGE INTERPOSERS WITH PHOTONIC & ELECTRICAL ROUTING Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
18507402 FIBER ARRAY UNIT INTEGRATED WITH LIGHT GUIDING ELEMENTS AND METHOD FOR FORMING THE SAME Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
18379134 WAVEGUIDE SUBSTRATE CONNECTION SYSTEMS AND METHODS Non-Final OA CORNING RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
18008242 SECURING STRUCTURE, OPTICAL DEVICE, AND LASER APPARATUS Final Rejection Fujikura Ltd.
18586153 CROSS CONNECT RACK WITH CABLE MANAGEMENT PORTIONS CONFIGURED TO PERMIT A USER TO SELECT AND/OR CHANGE THE CONFIGURATION OF THE RACK WITHOUT DISCONNECTING CABLES Non-Final OA PPC BROADBAND, INC.
17796823 OPTICAL MODULE INCLUDING RIBBONIZED FIBERS AND A FIBER ROUTING DEVICE Final Rejection Lumentum Operations LLC
18556149 FIBER OPTIC CONNECTORS AND FIBER OPTIC CONNECTION SYSTEMS Non-Final OA CommScope Technologies LLC
18127163 PHOTODIODE ASSEMBLY FOR LOW CROSS TALK Final Rejection II-VI Delaware, Inc.
18747152 BEHIND-THE-WALL OPTICAL CONNECTOR AND ASSEMBLY OF THE SAME Non-Final OA Senko Advanced Components, Inc.
17995340 WAFER STACK WITH MgO DIRECTLY ON INSULATING LAYER Non-Final OA PSIQUANTUM CORP.
17726725 Flexible Temperature Probe Non-Final OA Photon Control Inc.
18599709 FIBER OPTIC STRAIN SENSOR AND SEISMIC MONITORING SYSTEM Non-Final OA Neubrex, Co., Ltd.

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