Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: VAN ROY, TOD THOMAS

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2828

This examiner grants 54% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

54.0%
Allow Rate
-14.0% vs TC avg
815
Total Applications
+38.9%
Interview Lift
1229
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 770 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.3%
§101 Eligibility
18.2%
§102 Novelty
48.7%
§103 Obviousness
25.9%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17801612 GROUP III-N LIGHT EMITTER ELECTRICALLY INJECTED BY HOT CARRIERS FROM AUGER RECOMBINATION Final Rejection The Regents of the University of California
17820508 LASER LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE Final Rejection DENSO CORPORATION
18098825 SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE Non-Final OA Panasonic Holdings Corporation
17894009 ROOM TEMPERATURE LASING FROM SEMICONDUCTING SINGLE WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES Final Rejection NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
18004793 LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE Non-Final OA SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
17797956 LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME Non-Final OA SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
18094797 Integrated Laser Source Non-Final OA Apple Inc.
17475123 SELECTIVE PROTECTION OF INTEGRATED CIRCUIT CHIP SURFACE REGIONS FROM UNDERFILL CONTACT Final Rejection Intel Corporation
18156641 SEMICONDUCTOR LASER DEVICE Final Rejection FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
17880073 LASER APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR Non-Final OA FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
17847442 LASER LIGHT SOURCE Non-Final OA NICHIA CORPORATION
18108177 QUANTUM CASCADE LASER ELEMENT AND QUANTUM CASCADE LASER DEVICE Final Rejection HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
18077355 QUANTUM CASCADE LASER ELEMENT, QUANTUM CASCADE LASER DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING QUANTUM CASCADE LASER ELEMENT Final Rejection HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
17976879 LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE AND MEASUREMENT APPARATUS Final Rejection FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
17724461 LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENT ARRAY, OPTICAL DEVICE, OPTICAL MEASUREMENT DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENT ARRAY Non-Final OA FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
17297688 OPTOELECTRONIC SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENT HAVING A CURRENT DISTRIBUTION LAYER AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE OPTOELECTRONIC SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENT Final Rejection OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH
18019186 FIBER LASER Final Rejection FUJIKURA LTD.
17795488 OPTICAL FIBER CONNECTOR AND FIBER LASER DEVICE Non-Final OA Fujikura Ltd.
17906238 DETECTING TEMPERATURE OF A TIME OF FLIGHT (TOF) SYSTEM LASER Non-Final OA Analog Devices International Unlimited Company
17806987 EDGE RATE (RISE AND FALL TIME) CONTROLLED SEGMENTED LASER DRIVER Non-Final OA II-VI Delaware, Inc.
18464662 VERTICAL CAVITY SURFACE EMITTING LASER WITH ACTIVE LAYER-SPECIFIC ADDRESSABILITY Final Rejection Lumentum Operations LLC
17585015 LASER ELEMENT Non-Final OA iReach Corporation
18324166 LASER DIODE AND LASER DIODE MANUFACTURING METHOD Non-Final OA INGENTEC CORPORATION
18099687 SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE FOR AN EDGE EMITTING LASER DIODE Non-Final OA MATERION CORPORATION
18321501 INFRARED EMITTER PACKAGE Non-Final OA Jin-Shown Shie
17921015 BOTTOM-EMITTING MULTIJUNCTION VCSEL ARRAY Non-Final OA SHENZHEN RAYSEES AI TECHNOLOGY Co. Ltd.
18026976 METHOD TO GENERATE COHERENT ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION FROM LASER BEAMS Non-Final OA UVL A/S
18005361 Methods and Apparatuses for Laser Stabilization Non-Final OA Alpine Quantum Technologies GmbH
16813199 All Polarization-Maintaining, Passively Mode-Locked Linear Fiber Laser Oscillator Non-Final OA Vescent Photonics LLC

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