Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: NIU, XINNING

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2828 2878

This examiner grants 83% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

82.8%
Allow Rate
+14.8% vs TC avg
1040
Total Applications
+4.2%
Interview Lift
940
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1008 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.1%
§101 Eligibility
14.7%
§102 Novelty
68.3%
§103 Obviousness
9.1%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18192764 SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR A MULTIWAVELENGTH ERBIUM-DOPED FIBER SINGLE RING CAVITY LASER Non-Final OA KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS
18229885 LASER OSCILLATOR AND DIRECT DIODE LASER PROCESSING APPARATUS PROVIDED WITH SAME Non-Final OA Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
18200294 DRIVE CIRCUIT, CONTROL METHOD FOR DRIVE CIRCUIT AND RECORDING MEDIUM FOR CONTROL PROGRAM Non-Final OA NEC Corporation
17812019 LASER PULSE SELECTION AND ENERGY LEVEL CONTROL Final Rejection Alcon Inc.
18143869 Techniques for Providing Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) Protection to Resonant Cavity Mesas Non-Final OA Apple Inc.
18142812 Wavelength Modulated Self-Mixing Interferometry Using Multi-Junction VCSEL Diodes Non-Final OA Apple Inc.
18363891 SEMICONDUCTOR LASER ELEMENT Non-Final OA NICHIA CORPORATION
18359426 LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE Non-Final OA NICHIA CORPORATION
18356092 PLURALITY OF LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICES, AND LIGHT-EMITTING MODULE Non-Final OA NICHIA CORPORATION
18191137 PHOSPHOR MEMBER, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING PHOSPHOR MEMBER, AND LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE Non-Final OA NICHIA CORPORATION
18267727 DEVICE FOR AMPLIFYING A LASER BEAM Non-Final OA THALES
17760965 OPTOELECTRONIC SEMICONDUCTOR CHIP COMPRISING A CONTACT ELEMENT AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING AN OPTOELECTRONIC SEMICONDUCTOR CHIP Final Rejection OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH
17740105 PLASMA GRATINGS FOR HIGH-INTENSITY LASER PULSE COMPRESSION Non-Final OA Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC
17927921 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING A CENTER WAVELENGTH Non-Final OA Cymer, LLC
17806991 PATTERNED WAFER MICRORULER FOR OVERSPRAY SCREENING OF LASER ANTI-REFLECTIVE AND/OR HIGHLY REFLECTIVE FACET COATINGS Non-Final OA Lumentum Operations LLC
17783219 CORROSION RESISTANT HEATSINK METHOD, SYSTEM, AND APPARATUS Non-Final OA NLIGHT, INC.
18344715 PACKAGE STRUCTURE Non-Final OA Lextar Electronics Corporation
18234954 VCSEL CHIP, VCSEL ARRAY, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE VCSEL ARRAY Non-Final OA KOREA PHOTONICS TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE
18228989 OPTICAL CAVITY ENHANCEMENT FOR MULTI-PHOTON MICROSCOPY Non-Final OA Thorlabs, Inc.
18157793 SINGLE MODE LASER WITH LARGE OPTICAL MODE SIZE Final Rejection Freedom Photonics LLC
17919553 FIBER LASER SYSTEM Final Rejection CEGEP GARNEAU

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