Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: ZHANG, YUANDA

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2828

This examiner grants 84% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

84.1%
Allow Rate
+16.1% vs TC avg
1,018
Total Applications
+11.9%
Interview Lift
852
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 989 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.2%
§101 Eligibility
2.6%
§102 Novelty
83.6%
§103 Obviousness
5.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18145547 SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENT, LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE, AND RANGING DEVICE Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18185423 LASER MODULE Non-Final OA Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
18005386 LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
17761999 MICROMECHANICAL OPTICAL COMPONENT AND MANUFACTURING METHOD Final Rejection Robert Bosch GmbH
17722384 SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT EMITTER AND LIGHT OUTPUT APPARATUS Final Rejection FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
18097423 TUNABLE LASER HAVING RING RESONATORS WITH LOW Q Non-Final OA Marvell Asia Pte Ltd
18198407 HIGH-BANDWIDTH LASER HAVING OPTIMIZED PARASITIC TRANSFER FUNCTION Non-Final OA Mellanox Technologies, Ltd.
18348518 LASER APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ELECTRONIC DEVICE Non-Final OA Gigaphoton Inc.
18536603 MULTI-WAVELENGTH VCSEL ARRAY AND METHOD OF FABRICATION Final Rejection II-VI Delaware, Inc.
18228633 HIGH POWER GALLIUM AND NITROGEN CONTAINING LASER DIODE DEVICES WITH IMPROVED MODE QUALITY Non-Final OA KYOCERA SLD Laser, Inc.
17989803 VCSEL ARRAY WITH IMPROVED OPTICAL PROPERTIES Final Rejection Korea Photonics Technology Institute
18335811 SLOW AXIS, OR SLOW AXIS AND FAST AXIS, WAVELENGTH BEAM COMBINING FOR LASER MINIBARS Non-Final OA Lumentum Operation LLC
18307812 SEMICONDUCTOR LASER EPITAXIAL STRUCTURE Non-Final OA VISUAL PHOTONICS EPITAXY CO., LTD.
18155035 SURFACE EMITTING LASER APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME Final Rejection HLJ TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.

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