Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18971777 | TWO-DIMENSIONAL PHOTONIC CRYSTAL SURFACE EMITTING LASER | December 2024 | September 2025 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18800495 | EFFICIENT LASER SYSTEM | August 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18675616 | METHODS OF LASER PULSE DEVELOPMENT AND MAINTENANCE IN A COMPACT LASER RESONATOR | May 2024 | June 2025 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18701213 | MULTI-WAVELENGTH MID-INFRARED LASER PULSE TRAIN CAVITY DUMPED LASER BASED ON ND:MGO:APLN CRYSTAL | April 2024 | August 2024 | Allow | 4 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18366537 | LASER DEVICE | August 2023 | November 2023 | Allow | 3 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18229317 | Oxide Aperture Shaping In Vertical Cavity Surface-Emitting Laser | August 2023 | March 2026 | Abandon | 32 | 2 | 0 | No | Yes |
| 18260739 | OPTICAL DEVICE AND METHOD OF FORMING THE SAME | July 2023 | January 2024 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18315501 | Systems and Methods for Coherent Beam Combining | May 2023 | December 2023 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18174250 | SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS AND PROCESSES FOR THE PLANARIZATION OF SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS | February 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 25 | 2 | 1 | Yes | Yes |
| 18022841 | LASER DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING LASER DEVICE | February 2023 | January 2026 | Allow | 35 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18022764 | LASER DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING LASER DEVICE | February 2023 | March 2026 | Allow | 37 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18111526 | ISOLATED RING CAVITY RESONATOR | February 2023 | November 2024 | Allow | 21 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18005168 | RADIATION-EMITTING SEMICONDUCTOR CHIP, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME | January 2023 | March 2026 | Allow | 38 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18147715 | Systems And Methods For Coherent Beam Combining | December 2022 | April 2023 | Allow | 3 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18059160 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A CAP FOR ACCOMMODATING A LASER DIODE, A CAP, AND A LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE | November 2022 | November 2025 | Allow | 36 | 0 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17983947 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE | November 2022 | March 2026 | Allow | 40 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17921357 | SILICON-BASED TUNABLE FILTER, TUNABLE LASER AND OPTICAL MODULE | October 2022 | December 2025 | Allow | 37 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17919909 | SEMICONDUCTOR LASER AND LIDAR SYSTEM COMPRISING THE SEMICONDUCTOR LASER | October 2022 | September 2025 | Allow | 35 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18045489 | QUANTUM CASCADE LASER SYSTEM WITH ANGLED ACTIVE REGION | October 2022 | June 2023 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17958317 | METHODS OF LASER PULSE DEVELOPMENT AND MAINTENANCE IN A COMPACT LASER RESONATOR | September 2022 | February 2024 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17954587 | SEMICONDUCTOR LASER DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME | September 2022 | March 2026 | Allow | 42 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17914828 | QUANTUM CASCADE LASER ELEMENT AND QUANTUM CASCADE LASER DEVICE | September 2022 | September 2025 | Allow | 36 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17952365 | METHOD AND LASER FOR BREAKING LIMITATION OF FLUORESCENCE SPECTRUM ON LASER WAVELENGTH | September 2022 | February 2025 | Allow | 37 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17911206 | QUANTUM CASCADE LASER DEVICE | September 2022 | August 2025 | Allow | 35 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17911189 | SEMICONDUCTOR LASER DEVICE | September 2022 | September 2025 | Allow | 36 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17904324 | OPTICAL RESONATOR, CONSTITUENT PART OF OPTICAL RESONATOR, AND LASER DEVICE | August 2022 | December 2025 | Allow | 40 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17759735 | Frequency-Comb Generation Based on Electro-Optic Phase-Code Mode-Locking for Circular-Ranging OCT | July 2022 | July 2025 | Allow | 36 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17790954 | VERTICAL CAVITY LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENT | July 2022 | September 2025 | Allow | 39 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17807552 | WAVELENGTH SELECTION METHOD AND WAVELENGTH SELECTION DEVICE FOR TUNABLE LASER | June 2022 | July 2023 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17785136 | SEMICONDUCTOR LASER DEVICE | June 2022 | October 2025 | Abandon | 40 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17804250 | EDGE-EMITTING SEMICONDUCTOR LASER WITH HIGH THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY AND LOW REFLECTION FRONT MIRROR SURFACE | May 2022 | June 2025 | Allow | 36 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17742377 | NON-RECIPROCAL OPTICAL ASSEMBLY FOR INJECTION LOCKED LASER | May 2022 | August 2023 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17739309 | SILICON PHOTONICS BASED TUNABLE LASER | May 2022 | May 2023 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17662268 | MODIFIED EMITTER ARRAY | May 2022 | October 2023 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17723963 | SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENT AND METHOD OF FABRICATING SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENT | April 2022 | July 2025 | Allow | 39 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17721419 | INTEGRATED SILICON STRUCTURES WITH OPTICAL GAIN MEDIATED BY RARE-EARTH-DOPED TELLURIUM-OXIDE-COATING | April 2022 | August 2025 | Allow | 40 | 0 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17715509 | GERMANIUM-ON-SILICON LASER IN CMOS TECHNOLOGY | April 2022 | September 2025 | Allow | 41 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17657973 | SINGLE-FET PULSED LASER DIODE DRIVER | April 2022 | June 2025 | Allow | 38 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17657144 | LASER DIODE DRIVE CIRCUIT | March 2022 | May 2025 | Allow | 37 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 17761803 | CLADLESS FIBER FOR FIBER LASER PUMP AND COMBINER | March 2022 | January 2023 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17761188 | STRAIN-ENGINEERED CLADDING LAYER FOR OPTIMIZED ACTIVE REGION STRAIN AND IMPROVED LASER DIODE PERFORMANCE | March 2022 | January 2026 | Allow | 46 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17683947 | Oxide Aperture Shaping In Vertical Cavity Surface-Emitting Laser | March 2022 | April 2023 | Allow | 14 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17636313 | SEMICONDUCTOR LASER DEVICE | February 2022 | June 2025 | Allow | 40 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17632414 | BEAM QUALITY CONTROL DEVICE AND LASER DEVICE USING SAME | February 2022 | October 2024 | Allow | 33 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17582307 | MECHANICALLY FREE LIDAR SYSTEM | January 2022 | October 2024 | Allow | 32 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17626271 | SEMICONDUCTOR LASER DRIVING APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF SEMICONDUCTOR LASER DRIVING APPARATUS | January 2022 | March 2025 | Allow | 38 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17569516 | EDGE EMITTING LASER DEVICE | January 2022 | February 2025 | Allow | 38 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17562942 | OPTICALLY PUMPED ON-CHIP SOLID-STATE LASER | December 2021 | September 2024 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17559293 | LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE, OPTICAL DEVICE, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE | December 2021 | December 2025 | Abandon | 48 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17546799 | NARROW SIZED LASER DIODE | December 2021 | January 2023 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17546776 | ENERGETIC LASER DESIGN | December 2021 | March 2026 | Allow | 51 | 3 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17542579 | Diode-Pumped Solid State Lasers | December 2021 | June 2024 | Allow | 30 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17613851 | METHODS FOR OBTAINING AN N-TYPE DOPED METAL CHALCOGENIDE QUANTUM DOT SOLID-STATE ELEMENT WITH OPTICAL GAIN AND A LIGHT EMITTER INCLUDING THE ELEMENT, AND THE OBTAINED ELEMENT AND LIGHT EMITTER | November 2021 | February 2025 | Allow | 39 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17455996 | SEMICONDUCTOR LENS OPTIMIZATION OF FABRICATION | November 2021 | January 2026 | Abandon | 50 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17527616 | LASER ELEMENT | November 2021 | October 2024 | Allow | 35 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17510144 | MIXED ARRAY OF VCSEL DEVICES HAVING DIFFERENT JUNCTION TYPES AND METHODS OF FORMING THE SAME | October 2021 | June 2024 | Abandon | 32 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17508834 | FIXING BASE, LASER PROJECTION MODULE, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | October 2021 | January 2025 | Allow | 39 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17507123 | OPTICAL MODULE | October 2021 | December 2024 | Allow | 37 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17450918 | Tunable VCSEL with Strain Compensated Semiconductor DBR | October 2021 | March 2025 | Allow | 41 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17499062 | APPARATUS FOR EMITTING LASER PULSES | October 2021 | October 2024 | Allow | 36 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17499721 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR AN ELECTRICALLY EFFICIENT GREEN LASER DIODE DRIVE SYSTEM WITH BOOST SERVO | October 2021 | March 2026 | Allow | 53 | 2 | 1 | No | Yes |
| 17494815 | LIGHT EMITTING APPARATUS AND PROJECTOR | October 2021 | September 2024 | Allow | 35 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17493602 | LASER DIODE AND METHOD FOR MAKING THE SAME | October 2021 | September 2025 | Abandon | 48 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 17599963 | TUNABLE LASER AND METHOD TO TUNE A WAVELENGTH OF A LIGHT EMITTED BY THE LASER | September 2021 | January 2025 | Allow | 40 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17438727 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROJECTING A PLURALITY OF RADIATION POINTS ONTO AN OBJECT SURFACE | September 2021 | January 2026 | Allow | 52 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17430658 | EDGE EMITTING LASER DIODE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME | August 2021 | August 2024 | Allow | 36 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17398161 | GAS LASER APPARATUS, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD | August 2021 | September 2024 | Abandon | 37 | 1 | 2 | Yes | No |
| 17397375 | HIGH-VOLTAGE PULSE GENERATOR, GAS LASER APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ELECTRONIC DEVICE | August 2021 | December 2024 | Allow | 40 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17444082 | LASER PACKAGE AND PROJECTOR WITH THE LASER PACKAGE | July 2021 | November 2024 | Allow | 40 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17425120 | DRIVER CIRCUIT, METHOD FOR LASER ACTUATION, AND OPHTHALMOLOGICAL LASER TREATMENT DEVICE | July 2021 | May 2025 | Abandon | 46 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17443110 | PRE-CHARGE MODULATION OF A LASER ARRAY FOR 3D IMAGING APPLICATIONS | July 2021 | October 2024 | Allow | 38 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17381205 | ARRANGEMENT FOR MONITORING AN OPTICAL ELEMENT, LASER SOURCE AND EUV RADIATION GENERATION APPARATUS | July 2021 | March 2022 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17424433 | EXCIMER LASER SYSTEM WITH LONG SERVICE INTERVALS | July 2021 | July 2024 | Allow | 36 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17419479 | Tunable Laser | June 2021 | June 2024 | Allow | 35 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17304881 | QCL WITH BRANCH STRUCTURE AND RELATED METHODS | June 2021 | October 2023 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17418613 | Tunable Laser | June 2021 | January 2025 | Allow | 43 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17418597 | Tunable Laser | June 2021 | June 2024 | Allow | 36 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17304269 | QCL WITH BRANCH STRUCTURE AND RELATED METHODS | June 2021 | October 2023 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17295297 | SEMINCONDUCTOR LASER AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A SEMICONDUCTOR LASER | May 2021 | June 2024 | Allow | 37 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17239981 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING LASER LIGHT SOURCE | April 2021 | March 2024 | Allow | 35 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17227489 | SYSTEMS, APPARATUS, AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING ULTRA STABLE, SINGLE-FREQUENCY, SINGLE-TRANSVERSE-MODE COHERENT LIGHT IN SOLID-STATE LASERS | April 2021 | April 2023 | Allow | 25 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17212214 | VERTICAL-CAVITY SURFACE-EMITTING LASER AND METHOD FOR FORMING THE SAME | March 2021 | June 2024 | Allow | 38 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17210939 | SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT EMITTING ELEMENT | March 2021 | December 2023 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17276802 | SEMICONDUCTOR LASER DEVICE | March 2021 | August 2024 | Allow | 41 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17170630 | SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT-EMITTING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF FABRICATING SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT-EMITTING APPARATUS | February 2021 | May 2024 | Allow | 40 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17161464 | RADIO-FREQUENCY EXCITED GAS LASER | January 2021 | September 2023 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17153513 | GAS LASER DEVICE | January 2021 | April 2023 | Abandon | 27 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17152670 | HIGH-POWER, SINGLE-MODE FIBER SOURCES | January 2021 | November 2023 | Abandon | 33 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17148604 | LASER ARRANGEMENT WITH REDUCED BUILDING HEIGHT | January 2021 | October 2021 | Allow | 9 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17257662 | SEMICONDUCTOR LASER | January 2021 | June 2023 | Allow | 29 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17137331 | Laser Pulser Circuit with Tunable Transmit Power | December 2020 | January 2024 | Allow | 36 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17254612 | DIODE LASER ASSEMBLY AND METHOD FOR ASSEMBLING A DIODE LASER ASSEMBLY | December 2020 | June 2023 | Allow | 30 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17247660 | INTEGRATED FLOOD AND SPOT ILLUMINATORS | December 2020 | June 2023 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17124282 | Multichannel Parallel Light Emitting Device | December 2020 | March 2024 | Allow | 39 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17252443 | Multimode Optical Amplifier | December 2020 | October 2023 | Allow | 34 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17251684 | OPTICAL MODULE UNIT AND LASER DEVICE | December 2020 | June 2024 | Allow | 42 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17107940 | METHODS OF LASER PULSE DEVELOPMENT AND MAINTENANCE IN A COMPACT LASER RESONATOR | November 2020 | May 2022 | Allow | 18 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17093111 | DIODE LASER APPARATUS WITH FAC LENS OUT-OF-PLANE BEAM STEERING | November 2020 | January 2024 | Allow | 38 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17051608 | SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE | October 2020 | August 2023 | Abandon | 34 | 4 | 0 | No | No |
| 17076162 | LASER CHIP FOR FLIP-CHIP BONDING ON SILICON PHOTONICS CHIPS | October 2020 | September 2023 | Allow | 34 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner FORDE, DELMA ROSA.
With a 42.9% reversal rate, the PTAB reverses the examiner's rejections in a meaningful percentage of cases. This reversal rate is above the USPTO average, indicating that appeals have better success here than typical.
Filing a Notice of Appeal can sometimes lead to allowance even before the appeal is fully briefed or decided by the PTAB. This occurs when the examiner or their supervisor reconsiders the rejection during the mandatory appeal conference (MPEP § 1207.01) after the appeal is filed.
In this dataset, 34.1% of applications that filed an appeal were subsequently allowed. This appeal filing benefit rate is above the USPTO average, suggesting that filing an appeal can be an effective strategy for prompting reconsideration.
✓ Appeals to PTAB show good success rates. If you have a strong case on the merits, consider fully prosecuting the appeal to a Board decision.
✓ Filing a Notice of Appeal is strategically valuable. The act of filing often prompts favorable reconsideration during the mandatory appeal conference.
Examiner FORDE, DELMA ROSA works in Art Unit 2828 and has examined 775 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 77.3%, this examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 29 months.
Examiner FORDE, DELMA ROSA's allowance rate of 77.3% places them in the 44% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications.
On average, applications examined by FORDE, DELMA ROSA receive 1.94 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 48% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues fewer office actions than average, which may indicate efficient prosecution or a more lenient examination style.
The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by FORDE, DELMA ROSA is 29 months. This places the examiner in the 65% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly faster than average with this examiner.
Conducting an examiner interview provides a +10.3% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by FORDE, DELMA ROSA. This interview benefit is in the 43% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews provide a below-average benefit with this examiner.
When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 30.0% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 59% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Insight: RCEs show above-average effectiveness with this examiner. Consider whether your amendments or new arguments are strong enough to warrant an RCE versus filing a continuation.
This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 51.5% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 77% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: This examiner is highly receptive to after-final amendments compared to other examiners. Per MPEP § 714.12, after-final amendments may be entered "under justifiable circumstances." Consider filing after-final amendments with a clear showing of allowability rather than immediately filing an RCE, as this examiner frequently enters such amendments.
When applicants request a pre-appeal conference (PAC) with this examiner, 100.0% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 73% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: Pre-appeal conferences show above-average effectiveness with this examiner. If you have strong arguments, a PAC request may result in favorable reconsideration.
This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 80.0% of appeals filed. This is in the 72% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 46.4% occur early in the appeal process (after Notice of Appeal but before Appeal Brief). Strategic Insight: This examiner shows above-average willingness to reconsider rejections during appeals. The mandatory appeal conference (MPEP § 1207.01) provides an opportunity for reconsideration.
When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 58.2% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 61% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Note: Petitions show above-average success regarding this examiner's actions. Petitionable matters include restriction requirements (MPEP § 1002.02(c)(2)) and various procedural issues.
Examiner's Amendments: This examiner makes examiner's amendments in 9.9% of allowed cases (in the 93% percentile). Per MPEP § 1302.04, examiner's amendments are used to place applications in condition for allowance when only minor changes are needed. This examiner frequently uses this tool compared to other examiners, indicating a cooperative approach to getting applications allowed. Strategic Insight: If you are close to allowance but minor claim amendments are needed, this examiner may be willing to make an examiner's amendment rather than requiring another round of prosecution.
Quayle Actions: This examiner issues Ex Parte Quayle actions in 1.0% of allowed cases (in the 61% percentile). This examiner issues Quayle actions more often than average when claims are allowable but formal matters remain (MPEP § 714.14).
Based on the statistical analysis of this examiner's prosecution patterns, here are tailored strategic recommendations:
Not Legal Advice: The information provided in this report is for informational purposes only and does not constitute legal advice. You should consult with a qualified patent attorney or agent for advice specific to your situation.
No Guarantees: We do not provide any guarantees as to the accuracy, completeness, or timeliness of the statistics presented above. Patent prosecution statistics are derived from publicly available USPTO data and are subject to data quality limitations, processing errors, and changes in USPTO practices over time.
Limitation of Liability: Under no circumstances will IronCrow AI be liable for any outcome, decision, or action resulting from your reliance on the statistics, analysis, or recommendations presented in this report. Past prosecution patterns do not guarantee future results.
Use at Your Own Risk: While we strive to provide accurate and useful prosecution statistics, you should independently verify any information that is material to your prosecution strategy and use your professional judgment in all patent prosecution matters.