Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: GOLUB-MILLER, MARCIA A

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2828

This examiner grants 51% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

51.2%
Allow Rate
-16.8% vs TC avg
321
Total Applications
+26.7%
Interview Lift
1435
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 299 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

2.8%
§101 Eligibility
21.7%
§102 Novelty
42.9%
§103 Obviousness
30.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17763526 OPTICAL SYSTEM INCLUDING A RIBBON AND FIRST AND SECOND BRAGG MIRRORS Final Rejection COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
17840231 WAVELENGTH BEAM COMBINING DEVICE INCLUDING OUTPUT CONTROL UNIT FOR CONTROLLING LIGHT SOURCE UNIT TO HAVE VARIABLE OUTPUT Non-Final OA NICHIA CORPORATION
18885771 LASER DIODE BASED SYSTEMS, SUBSYSTEMS AND METHODS WITH TEMPERATURE CONTROL Non-Final OA ELBIT SYSTEMS ELECTRO-OPTICS - ELOP LTD.
17930126 OPTICAL TRANSMISSION MODULE Final Rejection SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
17475571 LIGHT EMITTING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE WITH MODULATOR AND LASER UNIT Final Rejection Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
17503229 OPTOELECTRONIC PACKAGE STRUCTURE INCLUDING A THERMAL CONDUCTIVE ELEMENT FOR HEAT DISSIPATION Non-Final OA Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, Inc.
17658996 SEMICONDUCTOR LASER DIODES AND LEDS CONFIGURED TO EMIT UV LIGHT COMPRISING PHOTOCONDUCTIVE MATERIAL AND QUANTUM WELLS Non-Final OA Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC
17955130 SEEBECK DEVICE IN A LASER SYSTEM Non-Final OA Applied Research Associates, Inc.
17757819 SPACER FOR ATTACHING COEFFICIENT OF THERMAL EXPANSION MISMATCHED COMPONENTS Non-Final OA Lumentum Operations LLC
17644679 OPTICAL ASSEMBLY THAT INCLUDES AN OPTICAL ELEMENT CONNECTED TO A VERTICAL CAVITY SURFACE EMITTING LASER DEVICE VIA TWO OR MORE ATTACHMENT STRUCTURES Final Rejection Lumentum Operations LLC
17640646 SEMICONDUCTOR LASER DEVICE WITH FIRST ORDER DIFFRACTION GRATING EXTENDING TO FACET Final Rejection NLIGHT, INC.
16427211 LARGE OPTICAL CAVITY (LOC) LASER DIODE HAVING QUANTUM WELL OFFSET AND EFFICIENT SINGLE MODE LASER EMISSION ALONG FAST AXIS Non-Final OA nLIGHT, Inc.
17202418 METHOD FOR DEPOSITING A CRYSTAL LAYER ON A SUBSTRATE VIA AN EXOTHERMIC REACTION AND AN ENDOTHERMIC REACTION Final Rejection Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH
17251801 HIGH-POWER YTTERBIUM:ERBIUM (YB:ER) FIBER LASER SYSTEM WITH 1.02 - 1.06 UM CLAD PUMPING SCHEME Non-Final OA IPG PHOTONICS CORPORATION
17500248 RIDGE WAVEGUIDE LASER WITH DIELECTRIC CURRENT CONFINEMENT Non-Final OA Applied Optoelectronics, Inc.
17166996 Long Lifetime Laser Diode Packaging Final Rejection Blue 425 LLC
17965195 HERMETIC SURFACE MOUNT PACKAGE FOR SEMICONDUCTOR SIDE EMITTING LASER AND METHOD FORMING SAME Final Rejection Excelitas Canada, Inc.
17162104 TUNABLE SWEPT-SOURCE LASER ASSEMBLY WITH INTEGRATED WAVELENGTH MONITORING Final Rejection Thorlabs Quantum Electronics, Inc.

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