Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: NELSON, HUNTER JARED

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2828

This examiner grants 32% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

32.0%
Allow Rate
-36.0% vs TC avg
71
Total Applications
+36.8%
Interview Lift
1357
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 25 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0%
§101 Eligibility
12.8%
§102 Novelty
61.2%
§103 Obviousness
25.6%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18537885 LASER MODULE Non-Final OA Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
17800774 SEMICONDUCTOR LASER DEVICE Final Rejection Panasonic Holdings Corporation
18264698 SURFACE EMITTING ELEMENT, METHOD FOR DETECTING OPTIC CHARACTERISTIC, AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING OPTICAL CHARACTERISTIC Non-Final OA SONY GROUP CORPORATION
18005151 SEMICONDUCTOR-LASER ELEMENT Non-Final OA SONY GROUP CORPORATION
17802959 SURFACE EMITTING LASER Final Rejection SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
17963505 SURFACE EMITTING QUANTUM CASCADE LASER Non-Final OA KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
18295297 TUNABLE Q-SWITCHED LASER USING OSC MODULATOR Final Rejection Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
18204903 WAVELENGTH TUNABLE METASURFACE BASED EXTERNAL CAVITY LASER Non-Final OA PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE
17923886 WAVELENGTH TUNABLE METASURFACE BASED EXTERNAL CAVITY LASER Final Rejection PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE
17922787 LASER SYSTEM Final Rejection Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
18162517 EXTERNAL CAVITY LASING AND ON-CHIP SELF-INJECTION LOCKING BASED ON CASCADED GRATING STRUCTURES Final Rejection Honeywell International Inc.
18110587 LOW COST DISCRETELY TUNABLE LASER SYSTEM WITH STABILIZATION Non-Final OA CORNING INCORPORATED
17882047 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR FORMING THE SAME Non-Final OA TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
17769153 DEVICE FOR REGROWTH OF A THICK STRUCTURE, PHOTONIC DEVICE COMPRISING THE SAME AND ASSOCIATED METHODS OF FABRICATION Non-Final OA THALES
18225855 SEMICONDUCTOR LASER DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME Non-Final OA Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
17974972 SEMICONDUCTOR STACK AND LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE Final Rejection SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
17914836 METHOD FOR PRODUCING QUANTUM CASCADE LASER ELEMENT Non-Final OA HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
17701899 QUANTUM CASCADE LASER Final Rejection HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
17812796 MESA/TRENCH FREE VERTICAL CAVITY SURFACE EMITTING LASER (VCSEL) Non-Final OA Mellanox Technologies, Ltd.
18262794 LASER DIODE ASSEMBLY, LIGHTING UNIT AND LASER PROJECTION DEVICE Final Rejection ams-OSRAM International GmbH
18101078 SEMICONDUCTOR LASER DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME Final Rejection Ushio Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
18477446 SEMICONDUCTOR LASER Non-Final OA Lumentum Operations LLC
18477423 SEMICONDUCTOR LASER Non-Final OA Lumentum Operations LLC
18194143 EMITTER ASSEMBLY WITH LOCKING PINS Non-Final OA Lumentum Operations LLC
18067296 VERTICAL CAVITY SURFACE EMITTING LASER WITH ENHANCED MODULATION BANDWIDTH Final Rejection Lumentum Operations LLC
18197841 VERTICAL LASER EMITTER AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA IMEC VZW
17875531 MULTI-WAVELENGTH LIGHT-EMITTING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES Non-Final OA IQE plc

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