Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: NELSON, HUNTER JARED

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2828

This examiner grants 31% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

31.3%
Allow Rate
-36.7% vs TC avg
67
Total Applications
+46.0%
Interview Lift
1334
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 16 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0%
§101 Eligibility
0.7%
§102 Novelty
97.9%
§103 Obviousness
1.4%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
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
18005151 SEMICONDUCTOR-LASER ELEMENT Non-Final OA SONY GROUP CORPORATION
17922787 LASER SYSTEM Final Rejection Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
17800774 SEMICONDUCTOR LASER DEVICE Final Rejection Panasonic Holdings Corporation
17802959 SURFACE EMITTING LASER Final Rejection SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
17644807 Light Emitting Device And Projector Final Rejection Seiko Epson Corporation
18295297 TUNABLE Q-SWITCHED LASER USING OSC MODULATOR Final Rejection Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
18364536 LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE Non-Final OA NICHIA CORPORATION
18162517 EXTERNAL CAVITY LASING AND ON-CHIP SELF-INJECTION LOCKING BASED ON CASCADED GRATING STRUCTURES Non-Final OA Honeywell International Inc.
17882047 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR FORMING THE SAME Final Rejection TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
18023773 EXTERNAL RESONANCE TYPE LASER MODULE Non-Final OA HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
17701899 QUANTUM CASCADE LASER Final Rejection HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
17974972 SEMICONDUCTOR STACK AND LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE Non-Final OA SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
18045699 ARRAY TYPE SEMICONDUCTOR LASER DEVICE Non-Final OA Nuvoton Technology Corporation Japan
17812796 MESA/TRENCH FREE VERTICAL CAVITY SURFACE EMITTING LASER (VCSEL) Non-Final OA Mellanox Technologies, Ltd.
18006263 FIBER LASER DEVICE Final Rejection Fujikura Ltd.
17860301 OPTICAL FILTER, WAVELENGTH TUNABLE LASER ELEMENT, WAVELENGTH TUNABLE LASER MODULE, METHOD OF CONTROLLING WAVELENGTH TUNABLE LASER MODULE, AND COMPUTER-READABLE NON-TRANSITORY MEDIUM Final Rejection NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY
18067296 VERTICAL CAVITY SURFACE EMITTING LASER WITH ENHANCED MODULATION BANDWIDTH Non-Final OA Lumentum Operations LLC
17929377 COMPACT EMITTER DESIGN FOR A VERTICAL-CAVITY SURFACE-EMITTING LASER Non-Final OA Lumentum Operations LLC
18179048 SURFACE-EMITTING SEMICONDUCTOR LASER BASED ON A TRIPLE-LATTICE PHOTONIC CRYSTAL STRUCTURE Final Rejection Changchun Institute of Optics , Fine Mechanics and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
18101078 SEMICONDUCTOR LASER DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME Final Rejection Ushio Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
18307564 SEMICONDUCTOR LASER AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME Non-Final OA KYOTO UNIVERSITY
17916116 TWO-DIMENSIONAL PHOTONIC-CRYSTAL LASER Final Rejection KYOTO UNIVERSITY
18262794 LASER DIODE ASSEMBLY, LIGHTING UNIT AND LASER PROJECTION DEVICE Non-Final OA ams-OSRAM International GmbH
18197841 VERTICAL LASER EMITTER AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA IMEC VZW
18319790 LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE AND LASER SOURCE Final Rejection HISENSE LASER DISPLAY CO., LTD.
18015026 OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF PREPARATION THEREOF Non-Final OA ROCKLEY PHOTONICS LIMITED
17679059 LIGHT EMITTING APPARATUS AND PROJECTOR Non-Final OA SOPHIA SCHOOL CORPORATION
17875531 MULTI-WAVELENGTH LIGHT-EMITTING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES Non-Final OA IQE plc

Facing This Examiner?

IP Author analyzes examiner patterns and generates tailored response strategies with the highest chance of allowance.

Build Your Strategy

Sign in with your work email

Enter your email to receive a magic link. No password needed.

Personal email addresses (Gmail, Yahoo, etc.) are not accepted.

Free tier: 3 strategy analyses per month