Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: WONG, ERIC K

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2874 2883

This examiner grants 84% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

84.0%
Allow Rate
+16.0% vs TC avg
955
Total Applications
+9.2%
Interview Lift
884
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 911 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0%
§101 Eligibility
40.3%
§102 Novelty
48.3%
§103 Obviousness
5.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18683295 RECEPTION DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE Non-Final OA NEC Corporation
19273083 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A HIGH-DENSITY OPTICAL CONNECTOR WITH DUAL LAYER MIRRORS IN PHOTONIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS Final Rejection MIXX TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
18462470 Reduction of four-wave mixing crosstalk in optical links Non-Final OA Marvell Asia Pte Ltd
18023596 OPTICAL CIRCUIT BOARD Final Rejection KYOCERA Corporation
18521734 OPTICAL COUPLER WITH DIFFERENT WAVEGUIDE MATERIALS Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
18595966 OPTICAL FIBER CONNECTOR AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA Hella GmbH & Co. KGaA
18009068 OPTICAL ELEMENT BONDING/REINFORCING RESIN COMPOSITION, AND OPTICAL MODULE PRODUCED BY USING THE SAME Non-Final OA NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
18589973 TRAY ASSEMBLY FOR MAKING FIBER OPTIC CONNECTIONS AND ASSOCIATED METHOD Non-Final OA CORNING RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
18241534 METHODS OF OPTICAL FIBER RESHAPING FOR DIRECT LOCKING OPTICAL FIBERS AND CORRECTING CORE-TO-FERRULE ECCENTRICITY ERRORS Non-Final OA Corning Research & Development Corporation
18114078 MALE PLUG OPTICAL CONNECTORS CONFIGURED FOR MATING WITH DISSIMILAR CONNECTOR Non-Final OA CORNING RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
18113376 MALE PLUG OPTICAL CONNECTORS HAVING A CONVERSION ADAPTER FOR MATING WITH DISSIMILAR CONNECTOR Non-Final OA CORNING RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
18698915 OPTICAL CONNECTOR Non-Final OA SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
18681975 OPTICAL CONNECTION COMPONENT Non-Final OA SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
18553857 MULTICORE OPTICAL FIBER Non-Final OA SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
18451984 OPTICAL DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
18686636 Optical Connection Structure Non-Final OA Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
18103447 SELF-REPORTING OPTICAL CONNECTOR DEVICE Non-Final OA Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy
18047701 COMPOSITE SUBSTRATE FOR PHOTONIC CRYSTAL ELEMENT, AND PHOTONIC CRYSTAL ELEMENT Non-Final OA NGK Insulators, Ltd.
18375370 NODE HARNESS FEED-THROUGH CONNECTOR STRUCTURALLY CONFIGURED TO PERMIT ACCESS TO AN ANGLED PATH IN THE CONNECTOR SO AS TO ENHANCE FEEDING OF A CABLE THROUGH THE ANGLED PATH Final Rejection PPC BROADBAND, INC.
18129000 MULTI-FIBER PUSH ON (MPO) CONNECTOR THAT IS CONFIGURED TO BE FIELD ASSEMBLED AFTER BEING PUSHED THROUGH A DUCT Final Rejection PPC BROADBAND, INC.
18599506 MULTI-POLARIZATION OPTICAL DEVICE Non-Final OA II-VI Delaware, Inc.
18590405 WAVELENGTH SHIFTING FIBER AND A METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME Non-Final OA Luxium Solutions, LLC
18749225 NON-INTERFEROMETRIC THIN FILM LITHIUM NIOBATE MODULATOR FOR DATA TRANSMISSION Non-Final OA OPTILAB, LLC
18485429 OPTICAL DEVICE, OPTICAL TRANSMISSION APPARATUS, AND OPTICAL RECEPTION APPARATUS Non-Final OA FUJITSU OPTICAL COMPONENTS LIMITED
18523375 POLYMER-COMPOSITE MATERIAL WITH LIGHT CONCENTRATING AND SPECTRAL SHIFTING PROPERTIES Non-Final OA SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY
18682905 Dicing Lines for Photonics Circuits Non-Final OA LiGenTec SA
18422472 OPTICAL FIBER CASSETTE Non-Final OA AFL Telecommunications LLC
18398637 OPTICAL MODULE Non-Final OA HISENSE BROADBAND MULTIMEDIA TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18298260 System-Level Power Distribution, Optical Signal Distribution, and Thermal Cooling for High Bandwidth Communication Non-Final OA Fathom Radiant, PBC
17924971 OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE AND METHOD OF FABRICATION THEREOF Final Rejection HAUTE ECOLE ARC

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