Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: CARTER, MICHAEL W

Tech Center 3600 • Art Units: 2828 3645

This examiner grants 74% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

74.4%
Allow Rate
+22.4% vs TC avg
877
Total Applications
+16.1%
Interview Lift
886
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 850 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.4%
§101 Eligibility
3.6%
§102 Novelty
86.1%
§103 Obviousness
5.6%
§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 Final Rejection CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
17962434 ISOLATING HEAT SPREADER Non-Final OA International Business Machines Corporation
18308602 LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE AND MOUNTING MEMBER Non-Final OA NICHIA CORPORATION
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
18190727 LASER LIGHT SOURCE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME Final Rejection FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
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.
18257689 Q-SWITCH CO2 LASER Non-Final OA Alltec Angewandte Laserlicht Technologie GmbH
17888066 BRAGG GRATING AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME AND DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK LASER DEVICE Final Rejection Xiamen San'an Integrated Circuit Co., Ltd.
18134065 Fiber Laser With Reflective Pump Source Non-Final OA Cybel, LLC.
17789362 UNDERCUT ELECTRODES FOR A GAS DISCHARGE LASER CHAMBER Non-Final OA Cymer, LLC
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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