Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: HAGAN, SEAN P

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2828

This examiner grants 38% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

38.5%
Allow Rate
-29.5% vs TC avg
649
Total Applications
+30.8%
Interview Lift
1231
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 603 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.2%
§101 Eligibility
13.0%
§102 Novelty
67.7%
§103 Obviousness
18.5%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17614296 SEMICONDUCTOR LASER DEVICE Non-Final OA Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
17773312 SURFACE EMISSION LASER, SURFACE EMISSION LASER ARRAY, ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT, AND SURFACE EMISSION LASER MANUFACTURING METHOD Final Rejection Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
17765182 OPTICAL-DEVICE-MOUNTING PACKAGE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIIC MODULE Final Rejection KYOCERA 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
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
17784882 Tunable Light Source Non-Final OA NTT. Inc.
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
17358931 LIGHT SOURCE SYSTEM Final Rejection Analog Devices International Unlimited Company
17560445 SEMICONDUCTOR LASER DIODE INCLUDING INVERTED P-N JUNCTION Final Rejection II-VI Delaware, Inc.
17204550 SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS Non-Final OA MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings, Inc.
17176968 HIGH KAPPA SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS Final Rejection MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings, Inc.
18301098 RIDGE-TYPE SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL DEVICE Non-Final OA Lumentum Operations, LLC
18194242 MULTICORE FIBER LASER WITH INTEGRATED HIGH-BRIGHTNESS SIGNAL COMBINER Non-Final OA Lumentum Operations LLC
17364443 MULTIPHASE GROWTH SEQUENCE FOR FORMING A VERTICAL CAVITY SURFACE EMITTING LASER Final Rejection Lumentum Operations LLC
18743489 OPTICAL SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, OPTICAL SUBASSEMBLY, AND OPTICAL MODULE Non-Final OA Lumentum Japan, Inc.
18129661 SEMICONDUCTOR LASER Final Rejection Lumentum Japan, Inc.
18253256 Semiconductor Laser and Method of Producing a Semiconductor Laser Non-Final OA ams-OSRAM International GmbH
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.
17526024 SEMICONDUCTOR LASER Final Rejection iReach Corporation
18572689 HIGH-EFFICIENCY ACTIVE LAYER AND SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE AND PREPARATION METHOD Non-Final OA EVERBRIGHT INSTITUTE OF SEMICONDUCTOR PHOTONICS CO., LTD.
18232922 MICRO VCSEL WITH IMPROVED BEAM QUALITY AND MICRO VCSEL ARRAY Non-Final OA Korea Photonics Technology Institute
18241200 FLIP CHIP TUNABLE VCSEL WITH HCG ON SI SUBMOUNT Final Rejection Bandwidth 10, LTD.
17638219 NOVEL PASSIVELY Q-SWITCHED LASER Non-Final OA TriEye 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.

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