Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19170645 | PRESERVING ACCESS TO OPTICAL COMPONENTS ON A WAFER PACKAGE WITH SACRIFICIAL CAP | April 2025 | June 2025 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 19097749 | PACKAGING OPTICAL COMPONENTS IN A CIRCUIT PACKAGE | April 2025 | June 2025 | Allow | 3 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 19055507 | MANUFACTURING METHOD OF PACKAGE SUBSTRATE AND OPTICAL DEVICE | February 2025 | December 2025 | Abandon | 10 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 18882708 | Miniature Optical Probe | September 2024 | June 2025 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18760550 | Optical Module | July 2024 | June 2025 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18713209 | LIGHT SCATTERING PATCH DEVICE AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF | May 2024 | October 2024 | Allow | 5 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18669008 | TELECOMMUNICATION ENCLOSURE | May 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18652174 | MONOLITHICALLY-INTEGRATED, POLARIZATION-INDEPENDENT CIRCULATOR | May 2024 | January 2025 | Allow | 9 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18629636 | TOTAL OR LOCAL THICKNESS VARIATION FOR OPTICAL DEVICES | April 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18617700 | PHOTONIC CHIP MODULE | March 2024 | June 2024 | Allow | 3 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18599154 | DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR OPTICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING | March 2024 | January 2026 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18598819 | OPTICAL DEVICE | March 2024 | April 2025 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18590708 | CLOCK SIGNAL DISTRIBUTION USING PHOTONIC FABRIC | February 2024 | August 2024 | Allow | 5 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18590689 | ELECTRO-PHOTONIC NETWORK FOR MACHINE LEARNING | February 2024 | February 2025 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18292541 | OPTICAL INTEGRATED CIRCUIT | January 2024 | April 2025 | Allow | 14 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18409332 | PHOTODETECTORS WITH AN ADJOINED SLOTTED WAVEGUIDING STRUCTURE | January 2024 | February 2026 | Allow | 25 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18407884 | FIBER ARRAY LAUNCHER ASSEMBLY | January 2024 | August 2025 | Allow | 19 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18545038 | PLUGGABLE OPTICAL MODULE AND OPTICAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | December 2023 | April 2025 | Abandon | 16 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 18534211 | MODULAR ASSEMBLY FOR OPTO-ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS | December 2023 | July 2025 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18529355 | FIBER OPTIC STRUCTURE | December 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 2 | No | No |
| 18565314 | PHASE QUADRATURE FOUR-WAVELENGTH DEMODULATION SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPTICAL FIBER F-P CAVITY SENSOR | November 2023 | June 2024 | Allow | 6 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18516998 | Photonic Device, Crossed Waveguide, Waveguide Layer and Method for Manufacturing Same | November 2023 | March 2026 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18514487 | OPTICAL DEVICE, OPTICAL MODULE, AND OPTICAL TRANSMISSION AND RECEPTION APPARATUS | November 2023 | January 2026 | Allow | 26 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18513308 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INTEGRATION OF REFRACTIVE OPTICS WITH A DIFFRACTIVE EYEPIECE WAVEGUIDE DISPLAY | November 2023 | December 2024 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18502350 | MID-INFRARED OPTICAL FIBERS WITH ENHANCED OH-DIFFUSION RESISTANCE | November 2023 | December 2024 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18493232 | INTEGRATION OF OE DEVICES WITH ICS | October 2023 | August 2024 | Allow | 10 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 18381604 | TOTAL OR LOCAL THICKNESS VARIATION FOR OPTICAL DEVICES | October 2023 | September 2025 | Allow | 23 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18489196 | OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE DEVICE FOR IMAGE DISPLAY AND DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE SAME | October 2023 | May 2024 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18488070 | INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICE FACILITATING SAME-SIDE OPTICAL AND ELECTRICAL TESTING | October 2023 | January 2026 | Allow | 27 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18488074 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR FAST, PASSIVE ALIGNMENT IN PHOTONICS ASSEMBLY | October 2023 | August 2025 | Allow | 22 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 18488512 | INTEGRATED PHOTONICS PACKAGE AND METHOD OF FORMING SAME | October 2023 | November 2025 | Allow | 25 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 18464732 | METASURFACES FOR REDIRECTING LIGHT AND METHODS FOR FABRICATING | September 2023 | November 2024 | Allow | 15 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 18243701 | PHOTONIC STRUCTURES INCLUDING MULTIPLE INPUT/OUTPUT OPTICAL COUPLERS | September 2023 | October 2025 | Allow | 25 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 18242364 | PHOTONICS CHIP STRUCTURES INCLUDING A REFLECTOR | September 2023 | October 2025 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18548223 | Monolithically integrated optical assembly | August 2023 | February 2026 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18457267 | LOOP BACK PLUG WITH RETRACTABLE ALIGNMENT PINS | August 2023 | January 2026 | Abandon | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18279021 | OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE ELEMENT, AND OPTICAL TRANSMISSION APPARATUS AND OPTICAL MODULATION DEVICE USING SAME | August 2023 | February 2026 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18235930 | OPTICAL DEVICE, OPTICAL TRANSMITTER, AND OPTICAL RECEIVER | August 2023 | October 2025 | Allow | 26 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18277753 | MULTI-CENTER NON-REFLECTIVE TERMINATION AND OPTICAL LINE TEST METHOD | August 2023 | March 2026 | Abandon | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18448095 | METHOD OF USING FIBER TO CHIP COUPLER AND METHOD OF MAKING | August 2023 | August 2024 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18448032 | FIBER TO CHIP COUPLER AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME | August 2023 | April 2024 | Allow | 8 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18448046 | METHOD OF MAKING PHOTONIC DEVICE | August 2023 | July 2024 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18364712 | OPTICAL APPARATUS, LIGHT SOURCE APPARATUS, AND OPTICAL FIBER LASER | August 2023 | October 2025 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18362983 | METHOD OF FABRICATING SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE | August 2023 | August 2024 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18362121 | SOURCE/DRAIN FEATURE SEPARATION STRUCTURE | July 2023 | November 2024 | Allow | 16 | 0 | 2 | No | No |
| 18361710 | POLARIZATION SPLITTER ROTATOR | July 2023 | October 2025 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18263121 | ACTIVE OPTICAL CABLES | July 2023 | January 2026 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18350807 | SUBSTRATE WITH OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE AND OPTICAL COMMUNICATION DEVICE | July 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 23 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18350658 | DIFFRACTIVE OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE AND DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING SAME | July 2023 | September 2023 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18346410 | DIFFRACTIVE OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE AND DISPLAY DEVICE | July 2023 | November 2023 | Allow | 5 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18344826 | SEMICONDUCTOR STITCH STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR FORMING THE SAME | June 2023 | March 2026 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18212446 | ENERGY RELAYS WITH TRAVERSE ENERGY LOCALIZATION | June 2023 | October 2024 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18337119 | Optical Signal Routing Devices and Systems | June 2023 | July 2024 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18336473 | PHOTONICS GRATING COUPLER AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE | June 2023 | January 2025 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18329059 | Integrated Freeform Optical Couplers And Fabrication Methods Thereof | June 2023 | August 2025 | Allow | 27 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 18326038 | SILICON-BASED PHOTONIC QUANTUM MEMORY DEVICES AND METHODS FOR FORMING THE SAME | May 2023 | January 2026 | Allow | 32 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18039495 | GRATING COUPLER | May 2023 | August 2025 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18201110 | TWO-DIMENSIONAL GRATING COUPLER AND METHODS OF MAKING SAME | May 2023 | April 2024 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18196796 | PHOTODETECTORS INTEGRATED WITH A SEGMENTED COUPLING-ASSISTANCE FEATURE | May 2023 | November 2025 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18196727 | EDGE COUPLERS WITH COUPLING-ASSISTING FEATURES | May 2023 | July 2025 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18315738 | DIFFRACTIVE OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE AND DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE SAME | May 2023 | February 2024 | Allow | 9 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 18252533 | BOOT, FERRULE STRUCTURE, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING FERRULE-EQUIPPED FIBER | May 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 26 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18140826 | WAVEGUIDE INTEGRATED PHOTODIODE | April 2023 | February 2026 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18139128 | REFERENCE MARKERS ADJACENT TO A CAVITY IN A PHOTONICS CHIP | April 2023 | August 2025 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18306296 | Optical Ferrule Assembly and Optical Adhesive Formulation | April 2023 | March 2026 | Allow | 35 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 18304375 | OPTICAL NETWORK DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PACKAGING OPTICAL NETWORK DEVICE | April 2023 | February 2026 | Allow | 34 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18305081 | SEMICONDUCTOR PHOTONICS DEVICE AND METHODS OF FORMATION | April 2023 | October 2025 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18302224 | TECHNIQUES FOR GRATING COUPLER AND EDGE COUPLER INTEGRATION | April 2023 | November 2025 | Allow | 31 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 18127220 | OPTICAL INPUT/OUTPUT INTERFACES BETWEEN PHOTONICS CHIPS | March 2023 | July 2025 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18190223 | PHOTONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE | March 2023 | March 2026 | Allow | 35 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18126745 | DUAL-LAYER EDGE COUPLERS WITH CURVED COUPLING-ASSISTANCE FEATURES | March 2023 | July 2025 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18028466 | OPTICAL DEVICE, OPTICAL MODULATION DEVICE AND OPTICAL TRANSMISSION DEVICE | March 2023 | July 2025 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18189729 | QUANTUM CIRCUIT, QUANTUM COMPUTER, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING QUANTUM CIRCUIT | March 2023 | July 2025 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18125428 | SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL DEVICE | March 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18246358 | OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE ELEMENT AND OPTICAL MODULATOR | March 2023 | July 2025 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18187199 | LIGHT GUIDE MEMBER AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT | March 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 24 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18245954 | OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE COMPONENT AND METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION THEREOF | March 2023 | December 2025 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18184143 | OPTICAL FIBER FERRULE AND OPTICAL FIBER CONNECTOR | March 2023 | June 2025 | Abandon | 27 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 18118011 | WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXERS FOR SPACE DIVISION MULTIPLEXING (SDM-WDM DEVICES) | March 2023 | September 2024 | Allow | 18 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 18177771 | OPTICAL SYSTEM | March 2023 | April 2024 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18177497 | OPTICAL MODULATOR USING MONOCRYSTALLINE AND POLYCRYSTALLINE SILICON | March 2023 | October 2023 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18112332 | PUSHABLE OPTICAL CONNECTOR WITH CONNECTOR-INTEGRATED ARTICULATION | February 2023 | March 2024 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18041170 | Optical Module | February 2023 | October 2025 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18162556 | TELECOMMUNICATIONS DISTRIBUTION ELEMENTS | January 2023 | March 2024 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18161547 | TELECOMMUNICATIONS CHASSIS WITH SLIDABLE TRAYS | January 2023 | December 2023 | Abandon | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18016858 | INTEGRATED OPTICAL CIRCULATOR | January 2023 | August 2025 | Allow | 30 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 18005483 | WAVEGUIDE ANTENNA DEVICE | January 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 29 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 18016214 | OPTICAL CONNECTOR AND OPTICAL CONNECTOR MODULE | January 2023 | September 2025 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18153515 | DIFFRACTIVE OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE AND DISPLAY DEVICE | January 2023 | August 2023 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18153680 | OPTICAL DEVICE, SUBSTRATE OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE ELEMENT, AND OPTICAL COMMUNICATION APPARATUS | January 2023 | December 2024 | Allow | 23 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18095405 | Monolithic Natural Light Homogenization Lighting Device and Method Based on Lens and Sawtooth Grating | January 2023 | September 2025 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18152510 | ROBUST PHOTONIC CONNECTOR | January 2023 | July 2025 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18094648 | PHOTONIC RESONATOR BASED PHASE SHIFTING | January 2023 | October 2023 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18093965 | OPTICAL FERRULES AND OPTICAL FERRULE MOLDS | January 2023 | August 2023 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18093468 | PLUGGABLE OPTICAL MODULE AND OPTICAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | January 2023 | September 2023 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18093039 | EDGE COUPLERS WITH A FINE-ALIGNMENT MECHANISM | January 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18069678 | PHOTONIC INTEGRATED CIRCUIT, AND OPTICAL TRANSMISSION MODULE | December 2022 | July 2025 | Abandon | 31 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 18082520 | PHOTONIC INTEGRATED CIRCUIT | December 2022 | March 2025 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18066041 | Integrated Optical Structure for Multiplexing and/or Demultiplexing | December 2022 | August 2025 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18059246 | Waveguide Device with Uniform Output Illumination | November 2022 | January 2025 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner MOONEY, MICHAEL P.
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, 0.0% of applications that filed an appeal were subsequently allowed. This appeal filing benefit rate is in the bottom 25% across the USPTO, indicating that filing appeals is less effective here than in most other areas.
⚠ Filing a Notice of Appeal shows limited benefit. Consider other strategies like interviews or amendments before appealing.
Examiner MOONEY, MICHAEL P works in Art Unit 2874 and has examined 858 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 91.8%, this examiner allows applications at a higher rate than most examiners at the USPTO. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 20 months.
Examiner MOONEY, MICHAEL P's allowance rate of 91.8% places them in the 77% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner is more likely to allow applications than most examiners at the USPTO.
On average, applications examined by MOONEY, MICHAEL P receive 0.85 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 6% 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 MOONEY, MICHAEL P is 20 months. This places the examiner in the 93% percentile for prosecution speed. Applications move through prosecution relatively quickly with this examiner.
Conducting an examiner interview provides a +7.8% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by MOONEY, MICHAEL P. This interview benefit is in the 37% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews provide a below-average benefit with this examiner.
When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 33.8% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 74% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Insight: RCEs show above-average effectiveness with this examiner. Consider whether your amendments or new arguments are strong enough to warrant an RCE versus filing a continuation.
This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 66.7% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 90% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: This examiner is highly receptive to after-final amendments compared to other examiners. Per MPEP § 714.12, after-final amendments may be entered "under justifiable circumstances." Consider filing after-final amendments with a clear showing of allowability rather than immediately filing an RCE, as this examiner frequently enters such amendments.
This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 100.0% of appeals filed. This is in the 95% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 100.0% occur early in the appeal process (after Notice of Appeal but before Appeal Brief). Strategic Insight: This examiner frequently reconsiders rejections during the appeal process compared to other examiners. Per MPEP § 1207.01, all appeals must go through a mandatory appeal conference. Filing a Notice of Appeal may prompt favorable reconsideration even before you file an Appeal Brief.
When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 46.8% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 41% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Note: Petitions show below-average success regarding this examiner's actions. Ensure you have a strong procedural basis before filing.
Examiner's Amendments: This examiner makes examiner's amendments in 1.2% of allowed cases (in the 69% percentile). This examiner makes examiner's amendments more often than average to place applications in condition for allowance (MPEP § 1302.04).
Quayle Actions: This examiner issues Ex Parte Quayle actions in 5.1% of allowed cases (in the 81% 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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