Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: HARVEY, MINSUN OH

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2828

This examiner grants 84% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

84.2%
Allow Rate
+16.2% vs TC avg
44
Total Applications
+18.8%
Interview Lift
1291
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 19 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

1.4%
§101 Eligibility
8.1%
§102 Novelty
83.8%
§103 Obviousness
6.8%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18256098 Wavelength Tunable Optical Transmitter Non-Final OA Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
18254902 Wavelength Tunable Laser Non-Final OA Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
18036427 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR LASER RANGE-FINDING Non-Final OA RAFAEL ADVANCED DEFENSE SYSTEMS LTD.
18268026 OPTICAL DEVICE, METHOD OF FORMING THE SAME, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME Non-Final OA Nanyang Technological University
18318728 DFB LASER MANUFACTURING METHOD BASED ON DIELECTRIC LATERALLY COUPLED GRATING WITH DETERMINISTIC GRATING COUPLING COEFFICIENT Non-Final OA SUN YAT-SEN UNIVERSITY
18036347 Laser Module and Methods Thereof Non-Final OA C. R. Bard, Inc.
17447780 OPTICAL ASSEMBLY WITH A VERTICAL CAVITY SURFACE EMITTING LASER DEVICE DISPOSED ON AN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DRIVER CHIP Non-Final OA Lumentum Operations LLC
17304070 DRIVER CIRCUIT FOR AN ADDRESSABLE ARRAY OF OPTICAL EMITTERS Non-Final OA Lumentum Operations LLC
18221242 LASERS WITH A COMPOSITE CAVITY OF TWO SEMICONDUCTORS Non-Final OA II-VI Delaware, Inc.
18094268 MODE-LOCKABLE RING OSCILLATOR AND ASSOCIATED METHODS Non-Final OA Cornell University
17893114 Laser Module for Optical Data Communication System Non-Final OA Ayar Labs, Inc.
17393918 OPTICAL MODULE AND THERMOELECTRIC MODULE Non-Final OA FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
17629709 Chip-integrated Titanium:Sapphire Laser Final Rejection The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University Office of the General Counsel
18249048 MANUFACTURING METHOD OF VERTICAL CAVITY SURFACE EMITTING LASER Non-Final OA ENKRIS SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.
18226821 OPTICAL DEVICES Non-Final OA DIFTEK LASERS, INC.
18355572 SEMICONDUCTOR LASER Non-Final OA OSRAM OLED GmbH
18037251 LOW-DIVERGENCE MULTI-JUNCTION VCSEL Non-Final OA SHENZHEN RAYSEES AI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
18115339 BROAD-BANDWIDTH LASER WITH REDUCED MODE BEATING Final Rejection Axalume, Inc.
18000298 ALINGAAS/INGAASP/INP EDGE EMITTING SEMICONDUCTOR LASER INCLUDING MULTIPLE MONOLITHIC LASER DIODES Non-Final OA SEMINEX CORPORATION
18053055 DISTRIBUTED GAIN POLYGON RING LASER AMPLIFICATION Non-Final OA River Electro-Optics, LLC

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