Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 18598819 | OPTICAL DEVICE | March 2024 | April 2025 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18590689 | ELECTRO-PHOTONIC NETWORK FOR MACHINE LEARNING | February 2024 | February 2025 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18590708 | CLOCK SIGNAL DISTRIBUTION USING PHOTONIC FABRIC | February 2024 | August 2024 | Allow | 5 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18292541 | OPTICAL INTEGRATED CIRCUIT | January 2024 | April 2025 | Allow | 14 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18545038 | PLUGGABLE OPTICAL MODULE AND OPTICAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | December 2023 | April 2025 | Abandon | 16 | 0 | 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 |
| 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 |
| 18489196 | OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE DEVICE FOR IMAGE DISPLAY AND DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE SAME | October 2023 | May 2024 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18464732 | METASURFACES FOR REDIRECTING LIGHT AND METHODS FOR FABRICATING | September 2023 | November 2024 | Allow | 15 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 18448032 | FIBER TO CHIP COUPLER AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME | August 2023 | April 2024 | Allow | 8 | 0 | 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 |
| 18448046 | METHOD OF MAKING PHOTONIC DEVICE | August 2023 | July 2024 | Allow | 11 | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 18201110 | TWO-DIMENSIONAL GRATING COUPLER AND METHODS OF MAKING SAME | May 2023 | April 2024 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18252533 | BOOT, FERRULE STRUCTURE, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING FERRULE-EQUIPPED FIBER | May 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 26 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18315738 | DIFFRACTIVE OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE AND DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE SAME | May 2023 | February 2024 | Allow | 9 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 18125428 | SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL DEVICE | March 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18187199 | LIGHT GUIDE MEMBER AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT | March 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 24 | 0 | 0 | No | 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 |
| 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 |
| 18005483 | WAVEGUIDE ANTENNA DEVICE | January 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 29 | 0 | 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 |
| 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 |
| 18082520 | PHOTONIC INTEGRATED CIRCUIT | December 2022 | March 2025 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18059246 | Waveguide Device with Uniform Output Illumination | November 2022 | January 2025 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17994669 | MICROLAYER COEXTRUSION OF OPTICAL END PRODUCTS | November 2022 | December 2023 | Abandon | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17927755 | SILICON PHOTONICS MULTI-CHANNEL PARALLEL OPTICAL COMPONENT AND COUPLING METHOD THEREOF | November 2022 | May 2023 | Allow | 5 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17991262 | Modular Assembly for Opto-Electronic Systems | November 2022 | September 2023 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17987407 | FIBER OPTIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS TRAY WITH ENHANCED ACCESSIBILITY AND MANAGEMENT | November 2022 | June 2023 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17918067 | HOUSING FOR A FIBER OPTIC CONNECTOR | October 2022 | March 2024 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17917893 | FIBER OPTIC CONNECTOR WITH INTERLOCKING CRIMP SLEEVE | October 2022 | June 2024 | Allow | 21 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17995660 | OPTICAL DEVICE | October 2022 | January 2025 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17916498 | WAVEGUIDE DISPLAY WITH CROSS-POLARIZED EYE PUPIL EXPANDERS | September 2022 | February 2025 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17913754 | MULTIPLE FIBER CONNECTIVITY BASED ON 2-PHOTON, 3D PRINTED, TAPERED FIBER TIPS | September 2022 | November 2024 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17948512 | SILICON PHOTONIC PACKAGE AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME | September 2022 | June 2024 | Allow | 21 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17949066 | Light Output Devices and Light Outputting Methods for Optical Systems | September 2022 | December 2024 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17908490 | TERMINATION BOX | August 2022 | December 2024 | Abandon | 27 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17874028 | ENCLOSURE BOX FOR FIBER OPTIC CABLE | July 2022 | November 2024 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17794966 | Compound Light-Guide Optical Elements | July 2022 | September 2024 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17793529 | Optical Device | July 2022 | January 2025 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17866335 | OPTICAL ISOLATOR INTEGRATED WITH OPTICAL DEVICES | July 2022 | January 2025 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17864591 | DISSIPATING HEAT FROM AN ACTIVE REGION OF AN OPTICAL DEVICE | July 2022 | March 2023 | Allow | 8 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 17792376 | STRUCTURE FOR A WAVEGUIDE FACET | July 2022 | August 2024 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17862382 | METHOD OF FABRICATING SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE | July 2022 | December 2023 | Allow | 17 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 17861345 | GRATINGS WITH NON-RECTANGULAR SEGMENTS | July 2022 | March 2025 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17810033 | OPTICAL MODULE | June 2022 | January 2023 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 17851384 | OPTICAL CONNECTOR WITH TILTED MIRROR | June 2022 | February 2023 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17849065 | GRATINGS WITH VARIABLE DEPTHS FORMED USING PLANARIZATION FOR WAVEGUIDE DISPLAYS | June 2022 | October 2022 | Allow | 4 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17789073 | OPTICAL DEVICE FOR DETECTING AN ACOUSTIC WAVE | June 2022 | April 2025 | Allow | 34 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17807699 | CLOCK SIGNAL DISTRIBUTION USING PHOTONIC FABRIC | June 2022 | February 2025 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17838325 | HETEROGENEOUSLY INTEGRATED PHOTONIC PLATFORM WITH NON-LINEAR FREQUENCY CONVERSION ELEMENT | June 2022 | March 2024 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17835464 | Optical Signal Routing Devices and Systems | June 2022 | March 2023 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17779045 | Optical Fiber Connection Structure | May 2022 | July 2024 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17776060 | Optical Module | May 2022 | December 2024 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17775291 | OPTICAL TERMINATION AND DERIVATION BOX | May 2022 | October 2024 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17731979 | Assembly of 2-Dimensional Matrix of Optical Transmitter or Receiver Based On Wet Etched Silicon Interposer | April 2022 | February 2024 | Abandon | 21 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17729244 | WAVEGUIDES AND EDGE COUPLERS WITH MULTIPLE-THICKNESS WAVEGUIDE CORES | April 2022 | July 2023 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17729480 | Optical Fiber Pitch Adjustment | April 2022 | December 2024 | Allow | 31 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 17718931 | HIGH EFFICIENCY GRATING COUPLER DESIGNS AND APPLICATIONS | April 2022 | October 2024 | Allow | 30 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 17658821 | EDGE COUPLERS IN THE BACK-END-OF-LINE STACK OF A PHOTONIC CHIP HAVING A SEALED CAVITY | April 2022 | July 2023 | Allow | 15 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17716052 | OPTICAL FERRULES AND OPTICAL FERRULE MOLDS | April 2022 | October 2022 | Allow | 6 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17712207 | FIBER OPTIC COLLIMATOR WITH A BEVELED FIBER ENDCAP | April 2022 | June 2023 | Allow | 15 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17657513 | MULTIPLE AIR BRIDGE ELECTRO-OPTIC MODULATOR | March 2022 | July 2024 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 2 | No | No |
| 17709407 | PHOTOELECTRIC ADAPTERS AND OPTICAL TRANSMISSION CABLE CAPABLE OF RECEIVING AND OUTPUTTING ELECTRICITY | March 2022 | December 2022 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17763399 | HIGH EFFICIENCY VERTICAL GRATING COUPLER FOR FLIP-CHIP APPLICATION | March 2022 | September 2024 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17760999 | MICRO-OPTICAL INTERCONNECT COMPONENT AND ITS METHOD OF FABRICATION | March 2022 | September 2024 | Abandon | 31 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 17685922 | FREE AIR INTRASYSTEM INTERCONNECT | March 2022 | March 2023 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17684895 | OPTICAL MODULE PACKAGE USING BI-ANGLED SILICA WAVEGUIDE | March 2022 | December 2023 | Abandon | 21 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17684265 | COMPACT WAVEGUIDE TAPER AND WAVEGUIDE CROSSING | March 2022 | January 2024 | Allow | 23 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 17679431 | THERMAL MANAGEMENT OF AN OPTICAL COMPONENT FOR TEMPERATURE CONTROL | February 2022 | August 2023 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17637830 | ORTHOPEDIC PIN FOR OPTICALLY ANALYZING A BONE REGION | February 2022 | April 2024 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17637242 | DEVICE FOR OPTICAL APPLICATIONS | February 2022 | December 2024 | Allow | 34 | 0 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17676434 | FIBER TO THE ANTENNA | February 2022 | March 2023 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17650601 | OPTO-ELECTRICAL FLEXIBLE GLASS INTERPOSER | February 2022 | April 2024 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17667578 | COUPLING MODULATED RING RESONATOR MODULATOR | February 2022 | December 2023 | Allow | 22 | 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 956 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 76% 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 0.83 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 8% 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 89% percentile for prosecution speed. Applications move through prosecution relatively quickly with this examiner.
Conducting an examiner interview provides a +7.9% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by MOONEY, MICHAEL P. This interview benefit is in the 39% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews provide a below-average benefit with this examiner.
When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 32.8% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 63% 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 88% 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 94% 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, 39.1% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 37% 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 1.0% 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 5.0% 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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