Listed by the USPTO as VAN ROY, TOD THOMAS
Tech Center 3600 • Art Units: 2828 3645
This examiner grants 54% of resolved cases
VAN ROY, TOD THOMAS has 791 resolved cases in tech center 3600 and art unit 2828. The allowance rate is 54.4%, while the interview lift is 38.2%. The median time to allowance is 1201 days. The allowance rate is close to an even division of outcomes, and interviews are associated with a meaningful improvement relative to that result. The median indicates a prosecution period exceeding three years.
The principal companies are Sony Group Corporation, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, and Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation. The leading firms are Studebaker Brackett PLLC, Harrity & Harrity, LLP, and K&L Gates LLP, Sony. Counsel may want to pair focused interviews with a sustained amendment strategy and realistic timing expectations.
| App # | Title | Status | Assignee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17866618 | Integrated optical transceiver | Final Rejection | Apple Inc. |
| 18691594 | SURFACE-LIGHT EMITTING ELEMENT AND LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE | Non-Final OA | SONY GROUP CORPORATION |
| 18559511 | LASER ELEMENT AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | Non-Final OA | SONY GROUP CORPORATION |
| 18275975 | VERTICAL CAVITY SURFACE EMITTING LASER DEVICE | Final Rejection | SONY GROUP CORPORATION |
| 18259423 | LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME | Final Rejection | SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION |
| 17998700 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE | Non-Final OA | SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION |
| 17797956 | LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME | Final Rejection | SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION |
| 18524007 | SUBCARRIER, LASER MODULE, AND OPTICAL ENGINE MODULE | Non-Final OA | TDK CORPORATION |
| 18688165 | OPTICAL SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE | Non-Final OA | Mitsubishi Electric Corporation |
| 18579952 | OPTICAL SEMICONDUCTOR ELEMENT, OPTICAL MODULE, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING OPTICAL SEMICONDUCTOR ELEMENT | Non-Final OA | Mitsubishi Electric Corporation |
| 18574646 | SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL ELEMENT | Non-Final OA | Mitsubishi Electric Corporation |
| 18379369 | MULTIWAVELENGTH LASER DEVICE | Final Rejection | Mitsubishi Electric Corporation |
| 18565135 | Control of laser sources | Non-Final OA | SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V. |
| 18561147 | Semiconductor Laser | Non-Final OA | Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation |
| 18259145 | Semiconductor Laser and Design Method Therefor | Non-Final OA | Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation |
| 17801612 | GROUP III-N LIGHT EMITTER ELECTRICALLY INJECTED BY HOT CARRIERS FROM AUGER RECOMBINATION | Non-Final OA | The Regents of the University of California |
| 18273369 | LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENT, SEMICONDUCTOR LASER ELEMENT, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD AND MANUFACTURING APPARATUS THEREOF | Non-Final OA | KYOCERA Corporation |
| 18005876 | OPTOELECTRONIC SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENT, PRODUCTION METHOD, AND BASE | Final Rejection | ams-OSRAM International GmbH |
| 17880073 | LASER APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR | Final Rejection | FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD. |
| 18291611 | FIBER LASER DEVICE AND FIBER MODULE FOR FIBER LASER DEVICE | Non-Final OA | HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K. |
| 17914806 | QUANTUM-CASCADE LASER ELEMENT AND QUANTUM-CASCADE LASER DEVICE | Final Rejection | HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K. |
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Build Your Strategy54.4% of resolved applications examined by Tod Thomas Van Roy were allowed (791 resolved cases), compared with 64.7% across Art Unit 2828 over the last five years.
This examiner's interview lift is +38.2 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.
Applications allowed by Tod Thomas Van Roy took 1,201 days on average from filing to allowance.
Tod Thomas Van Roy examines applications in Art Unit 2828 in Tech Center 3600 (Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems).
