Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18678531 | FIBER OPTIC ADAPTER WITH INTEGRALLY MOLDED FERRULE ALIGNMENT STRUCTURE | May 2024 | April 2025 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18679328 | AIR POCKET STRUCTURES FOR PROMOTING TOTAL INTERNAL REFLECTION IN A WAVEGUIDE | May 2024 | August 2025 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18634911 | Fast-Axis Collimator with Hanging Connector | April 2024 | December 2024 | Allow | 8 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18630040 | FIBER OPTIC ADAPTER ASSEMBLY | April 2024 | January 2026 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18608041 | Single Port Blindmate for Fiber Optic Connectors | March 2024 | October 2025 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18589180 | OPTICAL INTEGRATED CIRCUIT STRUCTURE INCLUDING EDGE COUPLING PROTECTIVE FEATURES AND METHOD OF FORMING SAME | February 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18442923 | HIGH-RELIABILITY ROBOTIC CROSS-CONNECT SYSTEMS | February 2024 | April 2025 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18434443 | PHOTONIC WAFER COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS AND RELATED PACKAGES | February 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18541053 | BEAM DELIVERY SYSTEM | December 2023 | May 2025 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18539386 | Passively-Aligned Fiber Array To Waveguide Configuration | December 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 18 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18505282 | INTERCHANGEABLE TELECOMMUNICATIONS ENCLOSURE COMPONENTS | November 2023 | October 2024 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18387089 | METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR GENERATING A LASER BEAM HAVING A DIFFERING BEAM PROFILE CHARACTERISTIC BY A MULTI-CLAD FIBER | November 2023 | December 2024 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18499062 | MULTIPLE SIGNAL FIBER, OPTICAL PUMP-SIGNAL COMBINER | October 2023 | October 2025 | Allow | 23 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18384669 | PERIPHERAL SURFACE-EMITTING LINEAR LIGHT GUIDE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME | October 2023 | March 2026 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18494422 | OPTICAL FIBRE ASSEMBLIES AND METHODS OF USE | October 2023 | January 2026 | Allow | 27 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18379010 | HANDHELD TOOL FOR REMOVING A WIRE FROM WITHIN AN OPTICAL CABLE | October 2023 | August 2024 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18378344 | HIGH-DENSITY FAUS AND OPTICAL INTERCONNECTION DEVICES AND RELATED METHODS | October 2023 | November 2024 | Abandon | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18479496 | LASER RESECTION DEVICE | October 2023 | May 2025 | Abandon | 19 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18552990 | OPTICAL CIRCUIT BOARD AND OPTICAL COMPONENT MOUNTING STRUCTURE USING SAME | September 2023 | January 2026 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18471323 | PHOTONIC INTEGRATED CIRCUIT AND PACKAGE STRUCTURE | September 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 21 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18466183 | Method For Orienting And Terminating Polarization-Maintaining (PM) Optical Fiber And Forming A PM Optical Fiber Assembly | September 2023 | November 2025 | Allow | 26 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18276478 | EXTENDED-CAVITY DIODE LASER COMPONENT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME | August 2023 | January 2026 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18228619 | Waveguide Couplers for Multi-Mode Waveguides | July 2023 | April 2025 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18227180 | CO-PACKAGING OPTICAL MODULES WITH SURFACE AND EDGE COUPLING | July 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 23 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18226319 | HOLLOW-CORE OPTICAL FIBERS | July 2023 | December 2025 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18273217 | MULTI-CORE OPTICAL FIBER | July 2023 | December 2025 | Abandon | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18354720 | METHOD OF ASSEMBLING OPTICAL MODULE | July 2023 | September 2025 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18261088 | OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR LIQUID IMMERSION COOLING | July 2023 | September 2025 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18219291 | Symbolic display elements utilizing side emitting fibers and light sources. | July 2023 | May 2024 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18217321 | RING-SHAPED LIGHT GUIDE MODULE AND LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE | June 2023 | September 2025 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18344667 | OPTICAL MODULE | June 2023 | January 2026 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18342916 | MANUFACTURING METHOD OF OPTICAL MODULE | June 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 23 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18213610 | DISPLAY DEVICE | June 2023 | September 2025 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18266565 | WAFER WITH BURIED V-GROOVE CAVITY FOR FIBER COUPLING | June 2023 | October 2025 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18331218 | PHASE-SHIFTED FIBER BRAGG GRATING SENSOR AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME | June 2023 | October 2025 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18206458 | ROBOTIC SURGICAL SYSTEM WITH SINGLE MODE AND MULTIMODE OPTICAL COMMUNICATION | June 2023 | February 2026 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18205093 | OPTICAL EMISSION ASSEMBLY AND OPTICAL MODULE | June 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 25 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18325909 | INTEGRATED PHOTONIC 2X3 COUPLER | May 2023 | March 2026 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18139978 | LIGHT-EMITTING CABLE STRUCTURE | April 2023 | March 2024 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18302046 | PACKAGE AND METHOD OF FORMING SAME | April 2023 | September 2024 | Allow | 17 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18295003 | TERMINATED HOLLOW-CORE FIBER WITH SUSPENDED FIBER-END | April 2023 | August 2025 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18125050 | OPTICAL CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY FOR INTRAVASCULAR LITHOTRIPSY DEVICE | March 2023 | September 2025 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18180241 | PHASE FRONT SHAPING IN ONE AND TWO-DIMENSIONAL OPTICAL PHASED ARRAYS | March 2023 | February 2025 | Allow | 24 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18168230 | FIBER ARRAY UNIT FOR FLEXIBLE OPTICAL COUPLING | February 2023 | August 2025 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18160562 | FIBER OPTIC ADAPTER WITH INTEGRALLY MOLDED FERRULE ALIGNMENT STRUCTURE | January 2023 | January 2024 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18155300 | EMBEDDED RADIO FREQUENCY SHIELD BETWEEN INTEGRATED OPTICAL MODULATOR AND SILICON SUBSTRATE | January 2023 | March 2026 | Allow | 38 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18096773 | FIBER OPTIC ADAPTER ASSEMBLY | January 2023 | January 2024 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18096607 | DIRECTIONAL COUPLERS WITH HETEROGENOUS CLADDINGS | January 2023 | July 2025 | Allow | 31 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18153167 | Co-Packaged Optics | January 2023 | May 2024 | Allow | 16 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18151900 | PHOTONICS OPTOELECTRICAL SYSTEM | January 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18151044 | Packages With Photonic Engines and Method of Forming the Same | January 2023 | January 2026 | Allow | 36 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18064085 | OPTICAL DEVICE, SUBSTRATE TYPE OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE ELEMENT, OPTICAL COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, AND INTER-WAVEGUIDE TRANSITION METHOD | December 2022 | August 2025 | Allow | 32 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18062733 | PHOTONIC CRYSTAL ELEMENT | December 2022 | February 2026 | Allow | 38 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18062805 | OPTICAL RECEPTACLE AND OPTICAL MODULE | December 2022 | October 2025 | Abandon | 34 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18001060 | ADAPTER ASSEMBLY | December 2022 | August 2025 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18076236 | WAVEGUIDE WITH TUNABLE BULK REFLECTORS | December 2022 | June 2025 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18062040 | OPTICAL DEVICE HAVING A MACH-ZEHNDER INTERFEROMETER WITH IMPROVED LINEARITY | December 2022 | June 2025 | Abandon | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18061356 | OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING ATTENUATING LENS BLOCK AND SOURCE MONITORING | December 2022 | August 2025 | Allow | 32 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18071546 | ACTIVE OPTICAL CABLES WITH INTEGRATED INFRARED REMOTE CONTROL CAPABILITIES | November 2022 | June 2025 | Abandon | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17985815 | ELASTIC AVERAGING COUPLING | November 2022 | July 2023 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17980630 | Cable Stripping Tool | November 2022 | January 2024 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17915416 | OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE, AND OPTICAL SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE | September 2022 | December 2024 | Allow | 26 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17934636 | ENDOSCOPE INCLUDING FIBER DELIVERY OF ILLUMINATION LIGHT | September 2022 | September 2024 | Allow | 24 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17897456 | CABLE FAN-OUT ARRANGEMENTS AND METHODS THEREFORE | August 2022 | June 2023 | Abandon | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17898252 | Single Port Blindmate for Fiber Optic Connectors | August 2022 | November 2023 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17895471 | FIRE RESISTANT CABLE HAVING TWO JACKETS SEPARATED BY POROUS INSULATING LAYER | August 2022 | December 2022 | Allow | 4 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17887639 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OPTICAL FIBER ALIGNMENT | August 2022 | February 2025 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17818809 | Photonic Semiconductor Device and Method of Manufacture | August 2022 | June 2025 | Allow | 35 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17798525 | PHOTONIC MODULE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE | August 2022 | March 2025 | Allow | 31 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17883596 | IMAGE LIGHT GUIDE WITH CIRCULAR POLARIZER | August 2022 | March 2024 | Allow | 19 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17816790 | STRUCTURE INCLUDING GRATING COUPLER WITH OPTOFLUIDIC GRATING CHANNELS | August 2022 | February 2025 | Allow | 30 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17879516 | FIBER OPTIC CABLE | August 2022 | September 2023 | Allow | 14 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17873361 | OPTICAL FIBER STRUCTURES AND METHODS FOR BEAM SHAPING | July 2022 | April 2024 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17793883 | ON-CHIP BROADBAND BEAM POLARIZATION ROTATOR | July 2022 | December 2023 | Abandon | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17865476 | APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR FACILITIATING HOLLOW CORE FIBER SPLICING EVACUATION | July 2022 | January 2026 | Allow | 42 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17864005 | OPTICAL FIBER ADAPTER | July 2022 | March 2024 | Allow | 20 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17856365 | HIGH-DENSITY FAUs AND OPTICAL INTERCONNECTION DEVICES AND RELATED METHODS | July 2022 | July 2023 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17850828 | Chip-to-Chip Optical Coupling for Photonic Integrated Circuits | June 2022 | September 2024 | Allow | 27 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17849642 | REDUCED CROSSTALK BETWEEEN CORES OF A MULTICORE FIBER | June 2022 | October 2024 | Abandon | 28 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17787807 | OPTOELECTRONIC TRANSMITTER WITH PHASED ARRAY ANTENNA COMPRISING AN INTEGRATED CONTROL DEVICE | June 2022 | August 2024 | Allow | 26 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17844909 | OPTICAL ASSEMBLY WITH CABLE RETAINER | June 2022 | September 2023 | Allow | 15 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17786787 | OPTICAL CIRCUIT BOARD | June 2022 | March 2025 | Allow | 33 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17839544 | FIBER OPTIC ASSEMBLY WITH SPLICE TRAY | June 2022 | November 2024 | Allow | 29 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17837774 | INTEGRATED MODE CONVERTER AND MULTIPLEXER | June 2022 | February 2024 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17804261 | NONRECIPROCAL WAVEGUIDE, ISOLATOR, OPTICAL SWITCH, OPTICAL TRANSCEIVER, DATA CENTER, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD | May 2022 | January 2024 | Allow | 19 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 17746700 | INTERCHANGEABLE TELECOMMUNICATIONS ENCLOSURE COMPONENTS | May 2022 | August 2023 | Allow | 15 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17739005 | FIBER OPTIC ADAPTER ASSEMBLY | May 2022 | September 2022 | Allow | 5 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17734385 | FLEXIBLE CABLE MOUNTING SYSTEMS | May 2022 | July 2024 | Allow | 26 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17723529 | OPTICAL ADJUSTMENT APPARATUS, OPTICAL ADJUSTMENT METHOD, AND OPTICAL DEVICE | April 2022 | January 2024 | Allow | 21 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 17721363 | EMI SHIELDING COMPONENT, OPTICAL FIBER ADAPTER MODULE HAVING THE SAME, AND METHOD OF ASSEMBLING THE OPTICAL FIBER ADAPTER MODULE | April 2022 | February 2024 | Allow | 22 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17717950 | HIGH RELIABILITY ROBOTIC CROSS-CONNECT SYSTEMS | April 2022 | December 2023 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17712560 | OPTICAL TRANSMISSION MODULE | April 2022 | March 2023 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17656543 | HANDHELD TOOL FOR REMOVING A WIRE FROM WITHIN AN OPTICAL CABLE | March 2022 | August 2023 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17694475 | WAVEGUIDE COUPLERS FOR MULTI-MODE WAVEGUIDES | March 2022 | March 2023 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17642898 | Light Guide Structure with Multiple Entrances | March 2022 | September 2025 | Abandon | 42 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17641061 | HOLE ASSISTED OPTICAL FIBER | March 2022 | September 2023 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17682379 | OPTICAL FIBER FOR DATA CENTERS | February 2022 | August 2023 | Allow | 18 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 17637033 | Optical Circuit | February 2022 | September 2024 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17671395 | Optical Splitter Chip, Optical Splitter Component, Optical Splitter Apparatus, and Optical Fiber Box | February 2022 | January 2023 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17632629 | AN ATHERMAL ARRAYED WAVEGUIDE GRATING | February 2022 | June 2023 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner CONNELLY, MICHELLE R.
With a 20.0% reversal rate, the PTAB affirms the examiner's rejections in the vast majority of cases. This reversal rate is below the USPTO average, indicating that appeals face more challenges here than typical.
Filing a Notice of Appeal can sometimes lead to allowance even before the appeal is fully briefed or decided by the PTAB. This occurs when the examiner or their supervisor reconsiders the rejection during the mandatory appeal conference (MPEP § 1207.01) after the appeal is filed.
In this dataset, 31.0% of applications that filed an appeal were subsequently allowed. This appeal filing benefit rate is below the USPTO average, suggesting that filing an appeal has limited effectiveness in prompting favorable reconsideration.
⚠ Appeals to PTAB face challenges. Ensure your case has strong merit before committing to full Board review.
⚠ Filing a Notice of Appeal shows limited benefit. Consider other strategies like interviews or amendments before appealing.
Examiner CONNELLY, MICHELLE R works in Art Unit 2874 and has examined 1,512 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 82.5%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 25 months.
Examiner CONNELLY, MICHELLE R's allowance rate of 82.5% places them in the 55% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications.
On average, applications examined by CONNELLY, MICHELLE R receive 1.42 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 22% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues significantly fewer office actions than most examiners.
The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by CONNELLY, MICHELLE R is 25 months. This places the examiner in the 80% percentile for prosecution speed. Applications move through prosecution relatively quickly with this examiner.
Conducting an examiner interview provides a +12.0% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by CONNELLY, MICHELLE R. This interview benefit is in the 47% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews provide a below-average benefit with this examiner.
When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 35.5% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 80% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Insight: RCEs are highly effective with this examiner compared to others. If you receive a final rejection, filing an RCE with substantive amendments or arguments has a strong likelihood of success.
This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 46.8% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 71% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: This examiner shows above-average receptiveness to after-final amendments. If your amendments clearly overcome the rejections and do not raise new issues, consider filing after-final amendments before resorting to an RCE.
When applicants request a pre-appeal conference (PAC) with this examiner, 66.7% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 55% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: Pre-appeal conferences show above-average effectiveness with this examiner. If you have strong arguments, a PAC request may result in favorable reconsideration.
This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 67.7% of appeals filed. This is in the 53% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 47.6% occur early in the appeal process (after Notice of Appeal but before Appeal Brief). Strategic Insight: This examiner shows above-average willingness to reconsider rejections during appeals. The mandatory appeal conference (MPEP § 1207.01) provides an opportunity for reconsideration.
When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 74.6% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 80% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Note: Petitions are frequently granted regarding this examiner's actions compared to other examiners. Per MPEP § 1002.02(c), various examiner actions are petitionable to the Technology Center Director, including prematureness of final rejection, refusal to enter amendments, and requirement for information. If you believe an examiner action is improper, consider filing a petition.
Examiner's Amendments: This examiner makes examiner's amendments in 6.2% of allowed cases (in the 88% percentile). Per MPEP § 1302.04, examiner's amendments are used to place applications in condition for allowance when only minor changes are needed. This examiner frequently uses this tool compared to other examiners, indicating a cooperative approach to getting applications allowed. Strategic Insight: If you are close to allowance but minor claim amendments are needed, this examiner may be willing to make an examiner's amendment rather than requiring another round of prosecution.
Quayle Actions: This examiner issues Ex Parte Quayle actions in 4.7% of allowed cases (in the 79% percentile). Per MPEP § 714.14, a Quayle action indicates that all claims are allowable but formal matters remain. This examiner frequently uses Quayle actions compared to other examiners, which is a positive indicator that once substantive issues are resolved, allowance follows quickly.
Based on the statistical analysis of this examiner's prosecution patterns, here are tailored strategic recommendations:
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