Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: HAGAN, SEAN P

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2828

This examiner grants 39% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

39.0%
Allow Rate
-29.0% vs TC avg
658
Total Applications
+30.3%
Interview Lift
1193
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 618 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.2%
§101 Eligibility
7.8%
§102 Novelty
78.8%
§103 Obviousness
13.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17757237 VERTICAL CAVITY SURFACE EMITTING LASER ELEMENT, VERTICAL CAVITY SURFACE EMITTING LASER ELEMENT ARRAY, VERTICAL CAVITY SURFACE EMITTING LASER MODULE, AND METHOD OF PRODUCING VERTICAL CAVITY SURFACE EMITTING LASER ELEMENT Non-Final OA SONY GROUP CORPORATION
17773312 SURFACE EMISSION LASER, SURFACE EMISSION LASER ARRAY, ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT, AND SURFACE EMISSION LASER MANUFACTURING METHOD Final Rejection Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
18449784 MANUFACTURING METHOD OF CAP AND LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE, CAP, AND LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE Non-Final OA NICHIA CORPORATION
17741036 VERTICAL EXTERNAL-CAVITY SURFACE-EMITTING LASER Final Rejection NICHIA CORPORATION
17721073 SEMICONDUCTOR LASER ELEMENT Non-Final OA Nichia Corporation
17765182 OPTICAL-DEVICE-MOUNTING PACKAGE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIIC MODULE Final Rejection KYOCERA Corporation
18286790 Methods And Apparatus To Generate Macroscopic Fock And Other Sub-Poissonian States Of Radiation Non-Final OA Massachusetts Institute of Technology
17729124 VERTICAL-CAVITY SURFACE-EMITTING LASER Final Rejection Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
16890149 VERTICAL-CAVITY SURFACE-EMITTING LASER WITH CHARACTERISTIC WAVELENGTH OF 910 NM Final Rejection Mellanox Technologies, Ltd.
18121002 MULTI-BEAM SEMICONDUCTOR LASER DEVICE Final Rejection Ushio Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
17204550 SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS Final Rejection MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings, Inc.
18478677 VERTICAL CAVITY SURFACE EMITTING LASER DEVICE WITH DUAL WAVELENGTH BANDS Non-Final OA Lumentum Operations LLC
18194133 EMITTER ASSEMBLY WITH LOCKING PILLARS Non-Final OA Lumentum Operations LLC

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