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Last updated: April 19, 2026

Nichia Corporation

66 pending office actions

Portfolio Summary

66
Total Pending OAs
12
Final Rejections
54
Non-Final OAs

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatusFiled
19170497 PLANAR LIGHT SOURCE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE CHIANG, MICHAEL 2875 Non-Final OA Apr 04, 2025
19092145 LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE AND PLANAR LIGHT SOURCE CARTER, WILLIAM JOSEPH 2875 Non-Final OA Mar 27, 2025
18984435 LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DRIVING THE SAME FRANK, EMILY J 2629 Non-Final OA Dec 17, 2024
18917233 LIGHT-EMITTING MODULE AND SMARTPHONE CHIANG, MICHAEL 2875 Non-Final OA Oct 16, 2024
18891031 METHOD FOR PRODUCING RARE EARTH MAGNET AND RARE EARTH MAGNET KRUPICKA, ADAM C 1784 Non-Final OA Sep 20, 2024
18652485 WAVELENGTH CONVERSION MEMBER WEYDEMEYER, ETHAN 1783 Non-Final OA May 01, 2024
18691498 LIGHT SOURCE UNIT AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE PICHLER, MARIN 2872 Non-Final OA Mar 13, 2024
18420283 METHOD FOR PRODUCING RARE EARTH ALUMINATE SINTERED BODY POLLOCK, AUSTIN M 1738 Final Rejection Jan 23, 2024
18575261 ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT FLUID TREATMENT DEVICE EINHORN, MICA JILLIAN 2881 Non-Final OA Dec 28, 2023
18539599 LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE WINTERS, SEAN AYERS 2892 Non-Final OA Dec 14, 2023
18540104 LIGHT EMITTING UNIT AND LENS UNIT AHMAD, KHAJA 2813 Non-Final OA Dec 14, 2023
18538334 LIGHT EMITTING MODULE JANG, BO BIN 2818 Non-Final OA Dec 13, 2023
18536945 METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR ELEMENT NGUYEN, CUONG B 2818 Non-Final OA Dec 12, 2023
18520490 ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT FLUID TREATMENT DEVICE EINHORN, MICA JILLIAN 2881 Non-Final OA Nov 27, 2023
18517622 LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE BOWMAN, MARY ELLEN 2875 Non-Final OA Nov 22, 2023
18513504 MANUFACTURING METHOD OF OPTICAL MEMBER AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE YAP, DOUGLAS ANTHONY 2899 Non-Final OA Nov 17, 2023
18508974 IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE GAGNON, GRANT A 2872 Non-Final OA Nov 14, 2023
18498799 LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE KUSUMAKAR, KAREN M 2897 Non-Final OA Oct 31, 2023
18557287 LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE, LIGHT FIXTURE AND STREET LIGHT GREEN, ANTHONY J 1731 Non-Final OA Oct 25, 2023
18478965 METHOD OF PREPARING ANISOTROPIC MAGNETIC POWDER COMPRESSION MOLDED PRODUCT AND BONDED MAGNET SHAMS, NAZMUN NAHAR 1738 Non-Final OA Sep 29, 2023
18552982 LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE JAHAN, BILKIS 2817 Non-Final OA Sep 28, 2023
18476152 ANTI-FUSE ELEMENT AND LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE MEHTA, RATISHA 2817 Non-Final OA Sep 27, 2023
18474548 IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE ONUTA, TIBERIU DAN 2814 Non-Final OA Sep 26, 2023
18471293 METHOD OF MANUFACTURING LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE AND LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE AHMAD, KHAJA 2813 Non-Final OA Sep 21, 2023
18471933 IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE LIU, BENJAMIN T 2893 Non-Final OA Sep 21, 2023
18468650 CERAMIC SINTERED BODY SUBSTRATE, LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE, AND MANUFACTURING METHODS THEREOF LEE, WOO KYUNG 2815 Non-Final OA Sep 15, 2023
18466070 LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE CHEN, YU 2896 Non-Final OA Sep 13, 2023
18465157 METHOD OF MANUFACTURING LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE YAP, DOUGLAS ANTHONY 2899 Non-Final OA Sep 11, 2023
18464235 SILICON-CONTAINING ALUMINUM NITRIDE PARTICLES, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME, AND LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE GREGORIO, GUINEVER S 1732 Non-Final OA Sep 10, 2023
18447299 LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE YEUNG LOPEZ, FEIFEI 2899 Non-Final OA Aug 09, 2023
18366601 CYLINDRICAL MULTIPOLE MAGNET AND COMPOSITE MATERIAL CARPENTER, JOSHUA S 1733 Non-Final OA Aug 07, 2023
18230731 RESIN COMPOSITION AND LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE AHVAZI, BIJAN 1763 Final Rejection Aug 07, 2023
18364536 LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE NELSON, HUNTER JARED 2828 Non-Final OA Aug 03, 2023
18363891 SEMICONDUCTOR LASER ELEMENT NIU, XINNING 2828 Non-Final OA Aug 02, 2023
18364443 LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE HUGHES, DEANDRA M 3992 Non-Final OA Aug 02, 2023
18359426 LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE NIU, XINNING 2828 Non-Final OA Jul 26, 2023
18356092 PLURALITY OF LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICES, AND LIGHT-EMITTING MODULE NIU, XINNING 2828 Non-Final OA Jul 20, 2023
18260980 SEMICONDUCTOR ELEMENT AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR SEMICONDUCTOR ELEMENT REAMES, MATTHEW L 2896 Final Rejection Jul 11, 2023
18342424 CONDUCTIVE PASTE, WIRING SUBSTRATE, LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE,AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF KOLB, THADDEUS J 2817 Non-Final OA Jun 27, 2023
18259270 METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING PHOSPHOR CERAMIC AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE KOSLOW, CAROL M 1734 Non-Final OA Jun 24, 2023
18334245 WAVELENGTH CONVERSION MEMBER AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME, LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE, AND PROJECTOR OWENS, DANELL L 2882 Non-Final OA Jun 13, 2023
18324341 COATED RARE EARTH-IRON-NITROGEN-BASED MAGNETIC POWDER, PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF, MAGNETIC MATERIAL FOR MAGNETIC FIELD AMPLIFICATION, AND MAGNETIC MATERIAL FOR HYPER-HIGH FREQUENCY ABSORPTION ALDAZ CERVANTES, MAYELA RENATA 1733 Non-Final OA May 26, 2023
18322195 LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE AHVAZI, BIJAN 1763 Final Rejection May 23, 2023
18253534 PRODUCTION METHOD FOR PHOSPHATE-COATED SmFeN-BASED ANISOTROPIC MAGNETIC POWDER AND PHOSPHATE-COATED SmFeN-BASED ANISOTROPIC MAGNETIC POWDER EDMONDSON, LYNNE RENEE 1734 Non-Final OA May 18, 2023
18310949 RARE EARTH ALUMINATE SINTERED BODY AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME WIESE, NOAH S 1731 Non-Final OA May 02, 2023
18308618 LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE AND LIGHT-EMITTING MODULE MUNDI, JASMIN KAUR 2828 Non-Final OA Apr 27, 2023
18308602 LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE AND MOUNTING MEMBER CARTER, MICHAEL W 2828 Non-Final OA Apr 27, 2023
18306348 METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE OH, JIYOUNG 2818 Non-Final OA Apr 25, 2023
18304103 LASER LIGHT SOURCE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME MUNDI, JASMIN KAUR 2828 Non-Final OA Apr 20, 2023
18299282 LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENT, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENT, AND LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE BELL, LAUREN R 2896 Final Rejection Apr 12, 2023
18193539 OPTICAL MEMBER AND LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE CHEN, DAVID Z 2815 Non-Final OA Mar 30, 2023
18191137 PHOSPHOR MEMBER, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING PHOSPHOR MEMBER, AND LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE NIU, XINNING 2828 Non-Final OA Mar 28, 2023
18040647 NITRIDE PHOSPHOR AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR EDMONDSON, LYNNE RENEE 1734 Non-Final OA Feb 05, 2023
18002272 METHOD FOR PRODUCING ANISOTROPIC MAGNETIC POWDER, AND ANISOTROPIC MAGNETIC POWDER SIDDIQUI, ADIL ABDUL WAJID 1735 Final Rejection Dec 18, 2022
18062520 NITRIDE SEMICONDUCTOR LASER ELEMENT NELSON, HUNTER JARED 2828 Final Rejection Dec 06, 2022
18060859 LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A SUBMOUNT MENEFEE, JAMES A 2828 Final Rejection Dec 01, 2022
17983995 LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME HSIEH, HSIN YI 2899 Final Rejection Nov 09, 2022
17937326 LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME ESIABA, NKECHINYERE OTUOMASIRICH 2817 Final Rejection Sep 30, 2022
17944854 LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME KOLB, THADDEUS J 2817 Final Rejection Sep 14, 2022
17759422 POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME OROZCO, MARIA F 1729 Non-Final OA Jul 25, 2022
17847442 LASER LIGHT SOURCE VAN ROY, TOD THOMAS 2828 Non-Final OA Jun 23, 2022
17840231 WAVELENGTH BEAM COMBINING DEVICE INCLUDING OUTPUT CONTROL UNIT FOR CONTROLLING LIGHT SOURCE UNIT TO HAVE VARIABLE OUTPUT GOLUB-MILLER, MARCIA A 2828 Non-Final OA Jun 14, 2022
17837823 METHOD OF MANUFACTURING LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE APENTENG, JESSICA MCMILLAN 2875 Non-Final OA Jun 10, 2022
17741036 VERTICAL EXTERNAL-CAVITY SURFACE-EMITTING LASER HAGAN, SEAN P 2828 Final Rejection May 10, 2022
17736790 NITRIDE SEMICONDUCTOR ELEMENT KIM, JAHAE 2897 Non-Final OA May 04, 2022
17703165 LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE HAGAN, SEAN P 2828 Non-Final OA Mar 24, 2022

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