Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: CARTER, MICHAEL W

Tech Center 3600 • Art Units: 2828 3645

This examiner grants 74% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

74.2%
Allow Rate
+22.2% vs TC avg
872
Total Applications
+16.1%
Interview Lift
919
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 844 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.4%
§101 Eligibility
19.0%
§102 Novelty
54.3%
§103 Obviousness
21.6%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18119155 DISPLAY APPARATUS MANUFACTURING APPARATUS AND METHOD Non-Final OA SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
18068954 LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE, AND RANGING DEVICE Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
17962434 ISOLATING HEAT SPREADER Non-Final OA International Business Machines Corporation
18190727 LASER LIGHT SOURCE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME Final Rejection FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
18185216 HIGH-POWER, MULTI-CHANNEL AMPLIFIER FIBER LASER FOR MEDICAL APPLICATIONS Final Rejection Boston Scientific Scimed Inc.
18308602 LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE AND MOUNTING MEMBER Non-Final OA NICHIA CORPORATION
17789362 UNDERCUT ELECTRODES FOR A GAS DISCHARGE LASER CHAMBER Final Rejection Cymer, LLC
18194156 EMITTER ASSEMBLY WITH VERTICAL CAVITY SURFACE EMITTING LASER (VCSEL) CLUSTERS Non-Final OA Lumentum Operations LLC
17809417 MULTICORE MASTER OSCILLATOR POWER AMPLIFIER Non-Final OA Lumentum Operations LLC
17643712 DRIVER CIRCUIT FOR AN ADDRESSABLE ARRAY OF OPTICAL EMITTERS Final Rejection Lumentum Operations LLC
18249307 OPTOELECTRONIC COMPONENT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN OPTOELECTRONIC COMPONENT Non-Final OA ams-OSRAM International GmbH
17745071 SEMICONDUCTOR RING LASER, PHOTONIC INTEGRATED CIRCUIT AND OPTO-ELECTRONIC SYSTEM COMPRISING THE SAME Non-Final OA EFFECT PHOTONICS B.V.
18472836 METHODS AND DEVICES FOR LASER BEAM PARAMETERS SENSING AND CONTROL WITH FIBER-TIP INTEGRATED SYSTEMS Non-Final OA Attalon, Inc.
17888066 BRAGG GRATING AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME AND DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK LASER DEVICE Final Rejection Xiamen San'an Integrated Circuit Co., Ltd.
18182745 NONLINEAR POLARIZATION FILTERING METHOD, DEVICE, AND APPLICATION APPARATUS Non-Final OA Chongqing Huapu Quantum Technology Co., Ltd.
17936443 ELECTRICALLY TUNABLE NON-RECIPROCAL PHASE SHIFTER AND POLARIZATION FILTER Non-Final OA Nanjing ROI Optoelectronics Technology Co.,Ltd.
17935676 HIGH-POWER COMPACT SOLID-STATE SLAB LASER AMPLIFIER Final Rejection CSEM Centre Suisse d'Electronique et de Microtechnique SA - Recherche et Développment
17889396 OPTICAL SYSTEM FOR INCREASING THE CONTRAST OF PULSED LASER RADIATION, LASER SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INCREASING THE CONTRAST OF PULSED LASER RADIATION Final Rejection TRUMPF Scientific Lasers GmbH + Co. KG

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