Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: WONG, TINA MEI SENG

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2871 2874

This examiner grants 84% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

84.3%
Allow Rate
+16.3% vs TC avg
1,125
Total Applications
+14.1%
Interview Lift
833
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1084 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.4%
§101 Eligibility
3.9%
§102 Novelty
90.4%
§103 Obviousness
1.4%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18470945 ALL-INTEGRATED COMPLEX SIGNAL GENERATION AND PROCESSING Non-Final OA California Institute of Technology
18690363 OPTICAL MODULE AND OPTICAL MODULE MANUFACTURING METHOD Non-Final OA NEC Corporation
18467459 Display with Lens Integrated Into Cover Layer Non-Final OA Apple Inc.
18528919 WAVELENGTH CONVERSION ELEMENT, LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE, AND PROJECTOR Final Rejection SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
18401296 DISPLAY SYSTEMS INCLUDING PHOTONIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS Non-Final OA Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
18226069 OVERMOLDING AND OVERCASTING FOR ENCAPSULATING POLYMER REFLECTIVE WAVEGUIDE Final Rejection GOOGLE LLC
18519744 PHOTONIC SYSTEM WITH REMOVABLE FIBER ARRAY UNIT ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF FORMING THE SAME Final Rejection Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
18385752 EXTENDER PORTS, ADAPTER ASSEMBLIES AND OPTICAL ASSEMBLIES INCORPORATING THE SAME Final Rejection CORNING RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
18401851 OPTICAL DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
18685078 Optical Multiplex/Demultiplex Circuit and RGB Coupler Non-Final OA NTT, Inc.
18289763 OPTICAL FIBER CABLE AND OPTICAL FIBER CABLE MANUFACTURING EQUIPMENT Non-Final OA NTT, Inc.
17055465 MICROMACHINED WAVEGUIDE AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING Non-Final OA The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York
18689244 OPTICAL CONNECTION STRUCTURE Non-Final OA Fujikura Ltd.
18538614 OPTICAL DEVICES CONFIGURED TO CONTROL A SPACING AND/OR PRESSURE BETWEEN AN OPTICAL ELEMENT AND A SHIFTER AND RELATED METHODS Non-Final OA The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
17911735 GLASS SHEET Non-Final OA Nippon Electric Glass Co., Ltd.
18350538 UNIVERSAL LINEAR OPTICAL DEVICE Non-Final OA Research Foundation of the City University of New York
18273668 IMAGE LIGHT GUIDE WITH COMPOUND IN-COUPLING DIFFRACTIVE OPTIC Non-Final OA Vuzix Corporation
18399030 CHIP PACKAGE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA Shanghai Xizhi Technology Co., Ltd.
18542858 Resonant cavity with electro-optical tuning Non-Final OA Quantum Transistors Technology Ltd.
18567510 MICRO-CABLE, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR, AND FILLING DEVICE Non-Final OA JIANGSU ZHONGTIAN TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
18498012 FIBER CABLE AND PORT LOCKING ASSEMBLY Non-Final OA Green Lambda Corporation
18495428 MANAGING OPTICAL AMPLIFICATION IN OPTICAL PHASED ARRAY SYSTEMS Non-Final OA Analog Photonics LLC
18288080 OPTICAL MULTIPLEXER Non-Final OA SEIREN KST Corp.
17875610 OPTICALLY ACTIVATED OBJECT MASS TRANSFER APPARATUS Non-Final OA Genesee Valley Innovations, LLC
18341259 OPTICAL MODULATION DEVICE AND LASER APPARATUS Non-Final OA Shphotonics Ltd

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