Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: VAN ROY, TOD THOMAS

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2828

This examiner grants 54% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

54.2%
Allow Rate
-13.8% vs TC avg
821
Total Applications
+38.6%
Interview Lift
1196
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 777 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.1%
§101 Eligibility
3.6%
§102 Novelty
92.4%
§103 Obviousness
2.8%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17801612 GROUP III-N LIGHT EMITTER ELECTRICALLY INJECTED BY HOT CARRIERS FROM AUGER RECOMBINATION Non-Final OA The Regents of the University of California
17820508 LASER LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE Final Rejection DENSO CORPORATION
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
17914806 QUANTUM-CASCADE LASER ELEMENT AND QUANTUM-CASCADE LASER DEVICE Non-Final OA 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.
17818180 LINE NARROWING GAS LASER DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD Non-Final OA Gigaphoton Inc.
17906238 DETECTING TEMPERATURE OF A TIME OF FLIGHT (TOF) SYSTEM LASER Non-Final OA Analog Devices International Unlimited Company
18193195 HIGH BRIGHTNESS PUMP-SIGNAL COMBINER WITH BIDIRECTIONALLY TAPERED SIGNAL FIBER Non-Final OA Lumentum Operations LLC
17806987 EDGE RATE (RISE AND FALL TIME) CONTROLLED SEGMENTED LASER DRIVER Non-Final OA II-VI Delaware, Inc.
18156641 SEMICONDUCTOR LASER DEVICE Non-Final OA FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
17880073 LASER APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR Non-Final OA FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
18324166 LASER DIODE AND LASER DIODE MANUFACTURING METHOD Non-Final OA INGENTEC CORPORATION
18476681 PHOTOCONDUCTIVE SWITCH LASER DIODE DRIVER Non-Final OA SoCal Simulations, LLC
18005361 Methods and Apparatuses for Laser Stabilization Non-Final OA Alpine Quantum Technologies GmbH
18039335 VCSEL AND VCSEL CHIP WITH SMALL DIVERGENCE ANGLE AND LIGHT SOURCE FOR LIDAR SYSTEM Non-Final OA VERTILITE CO., LTD.
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
18146376 MINIATURE SINGLE-LONGITUDINAL-MODE DIODE-PUMPED SOLID-STATE LASERS Final Rejection SNAKE CREEK LASERS, LLC, D/B/A ADVANCED PHOTONIC SCIENCES
16813199 All Polarization-Maintaining, Passively Mode-Locked Linear Fiber Laser Oscillator Non-Final OA Vescent Photonics LLC
17585015 LASER ELEMENT Non-Final OA iReach Corporation

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