Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: NELSON, HUNTER JARED

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2828

This examiner grants 17% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

16.7%
Allow Rate
-51.3% vs TC avg
63
Total Applications
+12.5%
Interview Lift
938
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 12 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0%
§101 Eligibility
14.4%
§102 Novelty
51.5%
§103 Obviousness
33.7%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18005151 SEMICONDUCTOR-LASER ELEMENT Final Rejection SONY GROUP CORPORATION
18110587 LOW COST DISCRETELY TUNABLE LASER SYSTEM WITH STABILIZATION Final Rejection CORNING INCORPORATED
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
17882047 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR FORMING THE SAME Final Rejection TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
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 Non-Final OA RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
17871019 OPTICAL SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND INTEGRATED SEMICONDUCTOR LASER DEVICE Non-Final OA FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
18364536 LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE Non-Final OA NICHIA CORPORATION
18062520 NITRIDE SEMICONDUCTOR LASER ELEMENT Final Rejection NICHIA CORPORATION
18023773 EXTERNAL RESONANCE TYPE LASER MODULE Non-Final OA HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
17701899 QUANTUM CASCADE LASER Final Rejection HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
18162517 EXTERNAL CAVITY LASING AND ON-CHIP SELF-INJECTION LOCKING BASED ON CASCADED GRATING STRUCTURES Non-Final OA Honeywell International Inc.
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) Final Rejection Mellanox Technologies, Ltd.
17769153 DEVICE FOR REGROWTH OF A THICK STRUCTURE, PHOTONIC DEVICE COMPRISING THE SAME AND ASSOCIATED METHODS OF FABRICATION Final Rejection THALES
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
18307564 SEMICONDUCTOR LASER AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME Non-Final OA KYOTO UNIVERSITY
17916116 TWO-DIMENSIONAL PHOTONIC-CRYSTAL LASER Final Rejection KYOTO UNIVERSITY
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
18008889 DIFFUSE ILLUMINATION AND MULTIMODE ILLUMINATION DEVICES Non-Final OA NIL Technology ApS
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.
17818381 LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE AND LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME Non-Final OA Quanzhou Sanan Semiconductor Technology Co., Ltd.

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