Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: KOTTER, STEPHEN SUTTON

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2828

This examiner grants 67% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

66.7%
Allow Rate
-1.3% vs TC avg
137
Total Applications
+39.6%
Interview Lift
1284
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 102 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.2%
§101 Eligibility
20.6%
§102 Novelty
55.0%
§103 Obviousness
24.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18042228 VERTICAL CAVITY SURFACE EMITTING LASER ELEMENT AND METHOD OF PRODUCING VERTICAL CAVITY SURFACE EMITTING LASER ELEMENT Final Rejection SONY GROUP CORPORATION
17789875 LIGHT EMITTING ELEMENT Final Rejection Sony Group Corporation
18256423 SURFACE EMITTING LASER DEVICE Non-Final OA SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
17792238 LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE Final Rejection Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
17890332 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FABRICATING OPTICAL RESONANCE STRUCTURE WITH HIGH Q-FACTOR USING ULTRA-THIN 1D GRATING STRUCTURE Final Rejection ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
18366894 OPTICAL SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE Non-Final OA FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
17814112 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE Final Rejection FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
17393918 OPTICAL MODULE AND THERMOELECTRIC MODULE Non-Final OA FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
18036347 Laser Module and Methods Thereof Non-Final OA C. R. Bard, Inc.
18268026 OPTICAL DEVICE, METHOD OF FORMING THE SAME, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME Non-Final OA Nanyang Technological University
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
18802317 ULTRAFAST MODULATION VERTICAL-CAVITY SURFACE-EMITTING LASER (VCSEL) Non-Final OA II-VI Delaware, Inc.
18221242 LASERS WITH A COMPOSITE CAVITY OF TWO SEMICONDUCTORS Non-Final OA II-VI Delaware, 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
18760508 SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS WITH IMPROVED FREQUENCY MODULATION RESPONSE Non-Final OA TERAXION INC.
17893114 Laser Module for Optical Data Communication System Non-Final OA Ayar Labs, Inc.
18255941 Light-Emitting Semiconductor Chip and Method for Manufacturing Light-Emitting Semiconductor Chip Non-Final OA ams-OSRAM International GmbH
17761466 LASER DIODE SYSTEM WITH LOW NUMERICAL APERTURE CLAD LIGHT STRIPPING Final Rejection NLIGHT. INC.
18249048 MANUFACTURING METHOD OF VERTICAL CAVITY SURFACE EMITTING LASER Non-Final OA ENKRIS SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.
18121817 MULTI-WAVELENGTH EXTERNAL CAVITY LASER Non-Final OA SANTEC HOLDINGS CORPORATION
18226821 OPTICAL DEVICES Non-Final OA DIFTEK LASERS, INC.
18133433 High-Speed Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Laser, Electronic Device with the Same and Manufacturing Method Thereof Final Rejection Shenzhen Berxel Photonics Co., Ltd.
18115339 BROAD-BANDWIDTH LASER WITH REDUCED MODE BEATING Final Rejection Axalume, Inc.
17795272 INTERFEROMETRIC GAIN LASER DEVICE Final Rejection ADIGE S.P.A.

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