Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 17, 2026

Examiner: WOLF, DARREN E

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2613 2634 2636

This examiner grants 85% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

84.9%
Allow Rate
+22.9% vs TC avg
808
Total Applications
+15.3%
Interview Lift
777
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 795 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

3.1%
§101 Eligibility
3.6%
§102 Novelty
43.8%
§103 Obviousness
47.9%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18957523 OPTICAL MODULE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND RELATED PROCESSING METHOD Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18899730 OPTICAL COMMUNICATION METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM Non-Final OA Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
18708526 INTER-COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY AGGREGATION OF ASYNCHRONOUS RADIO FREQUENCY AND VISIBLE LIGHT COMMUNICATION LINKS Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
18816267 OPTICAL REPEATER, OPTICAL REPEATING METHOD, AND PROGRAM Non-Final OA NEC Corporation
18379985 OPTICAL TRANSMISSION PATH MONITORING DEVICE AND OPTICAL TRANSMISSION PATH MONITORING METHOD Final Rejection NEC Corporation
18486751 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING SEGMENTS FOR A DOWNSTREAM TRANSMISSION AND APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RECEIVING SEGMENTS OF A DOWNSTREAM TRANSMISSION FOR A PASSIVE OPTICAL NETWORK Non-Final OA Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy
18885025 TRANSMISSION PATH MONITORING APPARATUS AND TRANSMISSION PATH MONITORING METHOD Non-Final OA Fujitsu Limited
18914303 Single-Sideband Generator Based on Optical Delay Line Non-Final OA City University of Hong Kong
18415193 PERFORMANCE MONITORING DATA INTEGRATED ROUTE PLANNING TOOL FOR RECONFIGURABLE OPTICAL ADD-DROP MULTIPLEXER (ROADM) DENSE WAVELENGTH-DIVISION MULTIPLEXING (DWDM) NETWORKS Non-Final OA AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
18926282 DYNAMIC ERROR QUANTIZER TUNING SYSTEMS AND METHODS Non-Final OA MAXIM INTEGRATED PRODUCTS, INC.
18216457 APPARATUS AND METHODS TO FACILITATE SECURE SIGNAL TRANSMISSION Non-Final OA The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
18933095 DISTRIBUTED RECONFIGURABLE SWITCHING NODE FOR MULTIPLE CORE FIBER Non-Final OA SUBCOM, LLC

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