Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: NELSON, HUNTER JARED

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2828

This examiner grants 39% of resolved cases

Analysis

Hunter Jared Nelson serves in Tech Center 2800 and Art Unit 2828. The examiner has 31 resolved cases. The allowance rate is 38.7 percent, which represents the frequency of grants for applications reaching a final resolution.

The interview lift is 24.5 percent. This 24.5 percent figure indicates that interviews correlate with an increased probability of allowance. When considering the 31 resolved cases, the 24.5 percent lift suggests that direct communication is a beneficial tactic for practitioners. The 38.7 percent baseline allowance rate is a key metric for evaluating the prosecution environment.

The median days to allowance is 1379. This 1379-day timeline reflects the duration for successful applications to reach a grant. The 1379-day figure provides a benchmark for expected pendency in Art Unit 2828. Practitioners can use this 1379-day median and the 31 resolved cases to inform their strategy and manage expectations for the timing of a final outcome.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Performance Statistics

38.7%
Allow Rate
-29.3% vs TC avg
72
Total Applications
+24.5%
Interview Lift
1379
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 31 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0%
§101 Eligibility
11.2%
§102 Novelty
66.7%
§103 Obviousness
21.9%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17904385 SEMICONDUCTOR LASER ELEMENT Non-Final OA Panasonic Holdings Corporation
17799935 REFLECTING MIRROR, VERTICAL CAVITY SURFACE EMITTING LASER, VERTICAL CAVITY SURFACE EMITTING LASER ARRAY, PROJECTOR, HEAD UP DISPLAY, MOVABLE BODY, HEAD MOUNT DISPLAY, OPTOMETRY APPARATUS, AND LIGHTING APPARATUS Final Rejection RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
17922787 LASER SYSTEM Final Rejection Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
18556953 LASER ELEMENT AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE Non-Final OA SONY GROUP CORPORATION
18264698 SURFACE EMITTING ELEMENT, METHOD FOR DETECTING OPTIC CHARACTERISTIC, AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING OPTICAL CHARACTERISTIC Non-Final OA SONY GROUP CORPORATION
17802959 SURFACE EMITTING LASER Final Rejection SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
17974972 SEMICONDUCTOR STACK AND LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE Final Rejection SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
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
18579587 METHOD FOR PRODUCING A PLURALITY OF SURFACE-EMITTING SEMICONDUCTOR LASER DIODES Non-Final OA ams-OSRAM International GmbH
18110587 LOW COST DISCRETELY TUNABLE LASER SYSTEM WITH STABILIZATION Non-Final OA CORNING INCORPORATED
18295297 TUNABLE Q-SWITCHED LASER USING OSC MODULATOR Final Rejection Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
17882047 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR FORMING THE SAME Non-Final OA TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
17812796 MESA/TRENCH FREE VERTICAL CAVITY SURFACE EMITTING LASER (VCSEL) Final Rejection Mellanox Technologies, Ltd.
18162517 EXTERNAL CAVITY LASING AND ON-CHIP SELF-INJECTION LOCKING BASED ON CASCADED GRATING STRUCTURES Final Rejection Honeywell International Inc.
18281791 PHOTONIC CRYSTAL SURFACE-EMITTING LASER AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME Final Rejection Kyoto University
18275821 TWO-DIMENSIONAL PHOTONIC-CRYSTAL SURFACE-EMITTING LASER Final Rejection KYOTO UNIVERSITY
18307564 SEMICONDUCTOR LASER AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME Final Rejection KYOTO UNIVERSITY
17916116 TWO-DIMENSIONAL PHOTONIC-CRYSTAL LASER Non-Final OA KYOTO UNIVERSITY
18101078 SEMICONDUCTOR LASER DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME Final Rejection Ushio Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
18103546 Multi-Electrode Device Using Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Laser Array with Improved Electro-to-Optical Frequency Response Final Rejection National Central University
18015026 OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF PREPARATION THEREOF Non-Final OA ROCKLEY PHOTONICS LIMITED
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

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