Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: HAGAN, SEAN P

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2828

This examiner grants 39% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

38.7%
Allow Rate
-29.3% vs TC avg
653
Total Applications
+31.0%
Interview Lift
1188
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 607 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0%
§101 Eligibility
1.1%
§102 Novelty
97.8%
§103 Obviousness
1.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17613659 III-NITRIDE-BASED VERTICAL CAVITY SURFACE EMITTING LASER (VCSEL) CONFIGURATIONS Final Rejection The Regents of the University of California
17773312 SURFACE EMISSION LASER, SURFACE EMISSION LASER ARRAY, ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT, AND SURFACE EMISSION LASER MANUFACTURING METHOD Final Rejection Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
17431184 LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE, DETECTION DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS Final Rejection RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
17741036 VERTICAL EXTERNAL-CAVITY SURFACE-EMITTING LASER Final Rejection NICHIA CORPORATION
17703165 LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE Non-Final OA NICHIA CORPORATION
17765182 OPTICAL-DEVICE-MOUNTING PACKAGE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIIC MODULE Final Rejection KYOCERA Corporation
17568388 OPTICAL DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME Final Rejection Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
17729124 VERTICAL-CAVITY SURFACE-EMITTING LASER Final Rejection Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
18251330 Semiconductor Optical Device Non-Final OA Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
18144984 TUNNEL JUNCTION PATTERNING FOR CONTROLLING OPTICAL AND CURRENT CONFINEMENT IN A VERTICAL-CAVITY SURFACE-EMITTING LASER Non-Final OA Mellanox Technologies, Ltd.
16890149 VERTICAL-CAVITY SURFACE-EMITTING LASER WITH CHARACTERISTIC WAVELENGTH OF 910 NM Final Rejection Mellanox Technologies, Ltd.
17701645 Laser Calibration And Recalibration Using Integrated Wavemeter Final Rejection Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy
17204550 SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS Non-Final OA MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings, Inc.
17176968 HIGH KAPPA SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS Final Rejection MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings, Inc.
18205340 METHOD OF MANUFACTURING EDGE EMITTING LASERS BY CLEAVING A SEMICONDUCTOR WAFER ALONG ONE OR MORE STREETS FORMED ON THE WAFER Non-Final OA Applied Optoelectronics, Inc.
18301098 RIDGE-TYPE SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL DEVICE Non-Final OA Lumentum Operations, LLC
18194133 EMITTER ASSEMBLY WITH LOCKING PILLARS Non-Final OA Lumentum Operations LLC
18194242 MULTICORE FIBER LASER WITH INTEGRATED HIGH-BRIGHTNESS SIGNAL COMBINER Non-Final OA Lumentum Operations LLC
17560445 SEMICONDUCTOR LASER DIODE INCLUDING INVERTED P-N JUNCTION Non-Final OA II-VI Delaware, Inc.
18743489 OPTICAL SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, OPTICAL SUBASSEMBLY, AND OPTICAL MODULE Non-Final OA Lumentum Japan, Inc.
18129661 SEMICONDUCTOR LASER Non-Final OA Lumentum Japan, Inc.
18253256 Semiconductor Laser and Method of Producing a Semiconductor Laser Non-Final OA ams-OSRAM International GmbH
18241200 FLIP CHIP TUNABLE VCSEL WITH HCG ON SI SUBMOUNT Final Rejection Bandwidth 10, LTD.
18225029 TUNABLE VCSEL WITH ELECTRICAL AND OPTICAL CONFINEMENT VIA ETCHED POST Non-Final OA Bandwidth10, LTD.
18337053 PASSIVELY MODE-COUPLED FIBER OSCILLATOR AND LASER DEVICE HAVING SUCH A FIBER OSCILLATOR Non-Final OA TRUMPF Laser GmbH
18021018 VCSEL WITH A SMALL DIVERGENCE ANGLE, VCSEL CHIP WITH A SMALL DIVERGENCE ANGLE, AND LIGHT SOURCE FOR A LIDAR SYSTEM Final Rejection VERTILITE CO., LTD.
18188450 VERTICAL CAVITY SURFACE-EMITTING LASER EPITAXIAL STRUCTURE HAVING A CURRENT SPREADING LAYER Final Rejection VISUAL PHOTONICS EPITAXY CO., LTD.
18249866 DEFECT-TOLERANT, SELF-HEALING VCSEL ARRAY ARCHITECTURES WITH VCSEL DEVICES HAVING INTEGRATED FUSE STRUCTURES Non-Final OA Sense Photonics, Inc.
18117509 LASER STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING LASER STRUCTURE Non-Final OA Shenzhen Banyan Photonics Technologies Co., Ltd.
17959285 Method and Device for Altering Repetition Rate in a Mode-Locked Laser Non-Final OA Vescent Photonics LLC

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