Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: MENEFEE, JAMES A

Tech Center 3900 • Art Units: 2828 3992

This examiner grants 80% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

80.4%
Allow Rate
+20.4% vs TC avg
188
Total Applications
+11.9%
Interview Lift
1031
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 153 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.6%
§101 Eligibility
18.3%
§102 Novelty
39.8%
§103 Obviousness
20.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18115708 VERTICAL CAVITY SURFACE EMITTING LASER WITH INTEGRATED PHOTODIODE Non-Final OA ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
18099483 SEMICONDUCTOR LASER DEVICE Non-Final OA Panasonic Holdings Corporation
18264719 ELECTRONIC DEVICE Non-Final OA SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
18030631 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE Non-Final OA Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
18354666 LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE, PROJECTOR, DISPLAY, AND HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAY Non-Final OA SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
18297259 TUNABLE MEMS VCSEL WITH EMBEDDED PHOTODETECTOR Non-Final OA Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
17905806 Systems and Methods for Delivery of Light With Increased Omnidirectionality Final Rejection Massachusetts Institute of Technology
18160396 LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE, LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE, AND OPTICAL FIBER LASER Final Rejection FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
18060859 LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A SUBMOUNT Final Rejection NICHIA CORPORATION
18041321 CASCADE LASERS Non-Final OA ETH Zürich
18195338 NANOCRYSTAL ARRAY, LASER DEVICE, AND DISPLAY DEVICE Non-Final OA HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
18198401 HIGH-BANDWIDTH LASER WITH BALANCED INTRINSIC RESPONSE AND PARASITIC RESPONSE Non-Final OA Mellanox Technologies, Ltd.
18140028 MULTI-LAYER OXIDE APERTURE FOR A HIGH-BANDWIDTH LASER Non-Final OA Mellanox Technologies, Ltd.
18344987 EXTERNAL-CAVITY-FREE LOW-THRESHOLD PEROVSKITE LASER DEVICE AND APPLICATION THEREOF Non-Final OA ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY
18164941 FIBER LASER APPARATUS Non-Final OA FUJIKURA LTD.
18310089 GAS LASER APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD Non-Final OA Gigaphoton Inc.
18200536 LASER EMISSION MODULE AND LIDAR Non-Final OA SUTENG INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
18275963 TWO-DIMENSIONAL PHOTONIC CRYSTAL LASER Non-Final OA KYOTO UNIVERSITY
18184242 Pulsed Laser System Non-Final OA Allegro MicroSystems, LLC
18262797 SURFACE-EMITTING SEMICONDUCTOR LASER AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A SURFACE-EMITTING SEMICONDUCTOR LASER Non-Final OA ams-OSRAM International GmbH
18245071 OPTOELECTRONIC SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENT, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN OPTOELECTRONIC SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENT Non-Final OA ams-OSRAM International GmbH
18299459 INTRACAVITY FREQUENCY CONVERSION IN SOLID-STATE LASER RESONATOR WITH END-PUMPING Non-Final OA Coherent LaserSystems GmbH & Co. KG
18226963 SLAB LASER WITH FOLDED PUMP FOR EXTENDED PERFORMANCE Non-Final OA OneLight Sensing, LLC
18252376 MULTI-WAFER INTEGRATED VCSEL-ELECTRONICS MODULE Non-Final OA Sense Photonics, Inc.
18034671 PROVIDING ULTRAFAST HIGH-ENERGY LASER PULSES Non-Final OA Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY
18111902 HCG TUNABLE VCSEL WITH ELECTRICAL AND OPTICAL CONFINEMENT VIA ETCHED POST Non-Final OA Bandwidth10, LTD.
18016653 A METHOD FOR STABLE AUTOGENERATION OF ULTRASHORT LASER PULSES IN A POLARIZATION MAINTAINING OPTICAL FIBER RING RESONATOR AND THE LASER BASED UPON Final Rejection IPG Laser GmbH
18081728 Laser amplification module for a solid-state laser system and method for manufacturing thereof Final Rejection FYZIKALNI USTAV AV CR, V.V.I
17962137 WAVELENGTH BANDWIDTH EXPANSION FOR TUNING OR CHIRPING WITH A SILICON PHOTONIC EXTERNAL CAVITY TUNABLE LASER Non-Final OA NeoPhotonics Corporation

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