Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18818256 | CONTROLLING SOLITON SELF-FREQUENCY SHIFT | August 2024 | January 2025 | Allow | 5 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 18663971 | TUNABLE LASER SOURCE AND LIGHT STEERING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME | May 2024 | April 2025 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18647199 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ALIGNING MASTER OSCILLATOR POWER AMPLIFIER SYSTEMS | April 2024 | February 2025 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18628874 | Sequential-Pulse Single-Frequency Laser Power Amplification Apparatus And Sequence Controllable Multi-Laser System | April 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18600242 | OPTICAL PHASED ARRAY DYNAMIC BEAM SHAPING WITH NOISE CORRECTION | March 2024 | October 2025 | Allow | 19 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18526059 | COMPOSITE FIBER LASER ASSEMBLY | December 2023 | October 2025 | Allow | 22 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18520272 | LIGHT EMITTING SEALED BODY AND LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE | November 2023 | October 2024 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18515928 | SEMICONDUCTOR LASER AND METHOD OF PRODUCTION FOR OPTOELECTRONIC SEMICONDUCTOR PARTS | November 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 19 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18486968 | LASER HAVING TAPERED REGION | October 2023 | October 2024 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18480119 | CONTROLLING SOLITON SELF-FREQUENCY SHIFT | October 2023 | July 2024 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18475948 | LASER ASSEMBLY FOR AN OPTOACOUSTIC PROBE | September 2023 | July 2024 | Allow | 9 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18223181 | Cold-Start Acceleration for Wavelength-Beam-Combining Laser Resonators | July 2023 | December 2024 | Abandon | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18349996 | LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE DISPLAY PANEL WITH MICRO LENS ARRAY | July 2023 | November 2024 | Allow | 16 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18216560 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF | June 2023 | January 2025 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18256871 | POSITIVE HIGH-VOLTAGE LASER HAVING SUPER-LONG DISCHARGE TUBE | June 2023 | November 2023 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18312370 | NITRIDE-BASED SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENT AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF NITRIDE-BASED SEMICONDUCTOR CRYSTAL | May 2023 | July 2024 | Allow | 14 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18143110 | SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL DEVICE | May 2023 | October 2024 | Abandon | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18310580 | CONCENTRIC CYLINDRICAL CIRCUMFERENTIAL LASER | May 2023 | April 2025 | Abandon | 24 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18137462 | SURFACE-EMITTING LASER DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SURFACE-EMITTING LASER DEVICE | April 2023 | March 2024 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18030641 | GALLIUM NITRIDE SUBSTRATE AND SEMICONDUCTOR COMPOSITE SUBSTRATE | April 2023 | November 2023 | Allow | 8 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18129214 | OPTICAL PHASED ARRAY DYNAMIC BEAM SHAPING WITH NOISE CORRECTION | March 2023 | October 2025 | Allow | 30 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18171609 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ALIGNING MASTER OSCILLATOR POWER AMPLIFIER SYSTEMS | February 2023 | December 2023 | Allow | 10 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18149891 | OPTICAL FIBER CLADDING LIGHT STRIPPER | January 2023 | October 2024 | Abandon | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17971790 | PHOTONIC CRYSTAL SURFACE-EMITTING LASER DEVICE AND OPTICAL SYSTEM | October 2022 | October 2025 | Allow | 36 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17920847 | OPTICAL AMPLIFICATION DEVICE AND OPTICAL AMPLIFICATION METHOD | October 2022 | October 2025 | Allow | 36 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17971156 | SEMICONDUCTOR LASER AND METHOD OF PRODUCTION FOR OPTOELECTRONIC SEMICONDUCTOR PARTS | October 2022 | September 2023 | Allow | 11 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17956578 | Laser Device for Generating an Optical Frequency Comb | September 2022 | December 2024 | Allow | 27 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17823569 | LASER DEVICE, LIGHT SOURCE, AND MEASUREMENT APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR USING A LASER DEVICE | August 2022 | April 2024 | Allow | 19 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17881856 | ULTRAVIOLET LASER APPARATUS | August 2022 | October 2025 | Allow | 38 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17759771 | BIDIRECTIONAL MODE-LOCKED FIBER LASER AND ASSOCIATED METHODS | July 2022 | March 2023 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17792991 | SEMICONDUCTOR LASER DIODE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A SEMICONDUCTOR LASER DIODE | July 2022 | December 2025 | Abandon | 41 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17792181 | LIGHT SOURCE MODULE | July 2022 | September 2025 | Allow | 38 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17792295 | OPTICAL DEVICE AND FIBER LASER APPARATUS | July 2022 | June 2025 | Allow | 35 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17860229 | OPTICAL SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE | July 2022 | March 2025 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17860209 | RAMAN AMPLIFIER, RAMAN AMPLIFICATION METHOD, AND RAMAN AMPLIFICATION SYSTEM | July 2022 | October 2025 | Allow | 39 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17791185 | FIBER LASER DEVICE | July 2022 | September 2025 | Abandon | 39 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17853742 | Light Emission Assembly and an Optical Module | June 2022 | March 2026 | Allow | 44 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17809405 | LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE DISPLAY PANEL WITH MICRO LENS ARRAY | June 2022 | March 2023 | Allow | 9 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17787893 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING OPTICAL SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE | June 2022 | August 2025 | Allow | 37 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17839176 | DWDM INTRA-CAVITY LASER DEVICE | June 2022 | October 2025 | Allow | 40 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17829834 | COOLING SYSTEM FOR LASER | June 2022 | September 2024 | Allow | 28 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17826451 | LASER DRIVER FOR DRIVING VCSEL | May 2022 | January 2026 | Allow | 44 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17779644 | EFFICIENT ENERGY TRANSFER FROM ER3+ TO HO3+ AND DY3+ IN MID-INFRARED MATERIALS | May 2022 | June 2025 | Allow | 36 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17750732 | LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE | May 2022 | October 2025 | Allow | 41 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17664306 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CALIBRATING LASER PULSES | May 2022 | May 2025 | Allow | 36 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 17746285 | LASER AMPLIFIER APPARATUS AND METHOD OF AMPLIFYING LASER PULSES | May 2022 | April 2025 | Allow | 35 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17777127 | LINEAR OPTICAL DEVICE | May 2022 | September 2025 | Abandon | 40 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17770678 | LASER COOLING OF SILICA GLASS | April 2022 | October 2025 | Allow | 42 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17722804 | LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE | April 2022 | June 2025 | Allow | 38 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 17765787 | SPECTRALLY AND COHERENTLY COMBINED LASER ARRAY | March 2022 | October 2025 | Allow | 43 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17657164 | LASER HEAT SINKING FOR INTEGRATING LASER DIODE INTO RECORDING HEADS AT WAFER LEVEL | March 2022 | June 2025 | Allow | 39 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 17705808 | Light Emitting Device, Projector, And Display | March 2022 | March 2025 | Allow | 36 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17763451 | YAG CERAMIC JOINED BODY AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREFOR | March 2022 | September 2024 | Allow | 30 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17703886 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FREE SPACE OPTICAL INJECTION LOCKING | March 2022 | March 2025 | Allow | 36 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17702931 | LASER PROCESSING APPARATUS | March 2022 | February 2026 | Allow | 47 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17753968 | DRIVE CIRCUIT FOR DIRECT MODULATED LASER, AND DIRECT MODULATED OPTICAL TRANSMITTER | March 2022 | February 2025 | Allow | 35 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17655484 | RAMAN AMPLIFIER WITH SHARED RESONATOR | March 2022 | June 2025 | Allow | 39 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17760697 | OPTICAL AMPLIFIER | March 2022 | September 2025 | Abandon | 42 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17693054 | SOLAR CELL EMITTER REGION FABRICATION USING SELF-ALIGNED IMPLANT AND CAP | March 2022 | December 2025 | Abandon | 46 | 6 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17634741 | OPTOELECTRONIC COMPONENT | February 2022 | April 2025 | Allow | 38 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17582505 | FEMTOSECOND PULSE STRETCHING FIBER OSCILLATOR | January 2022 | May 2023 | Allow | 16 | 0 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17560358 | STRUCTURE AND CONFIGURATION OF THE PASSIVELY Q-SWITCHED DIODE END-PUMPED SOLID-STATE LASER | December 2021 | February 2024 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17620418 | OPTICAL SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE | December 2021 | October 2024 | Allow | 34 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17545741 | SUBMOUNT FOR A TRANSMITTER OF AN OPTICAL SENSING SYSTEM INCLUDING A PAIR OF CO-PACKAGED LASER BARS | December 2021 | December 2025 | Abandon | 49 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17616277 | SEMICONDUCTOR LASER DEVICE AND OPTOELECTRONIC BEAM DEFLECTION ELEMENT FOR A SEMICONDUCTOR LASER DEVICE | December 2021 | June 2025 | Allow | 43 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17539266 | VERTICAL CAVITY SURFACE EMITTING LASER DEVICE WITH MONOLITHICALLY INTEGRATED PHOTODIODE | December 2021 | September 2024 | Allow | 34 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17538592 | MATRIX ADDRESSABLE VERTICAL CAVITY SURFACE EMITTING LASER ARRAY | November 2021 | January 2025 | Allow | 38 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17456827 | THERMAL GEL APPLICATION ON ELECTRONIC AND OPTICAL COMPONENTS | November 2021 | March 2023 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17537480 | STRUCTURE OF IMPEDANCE SIGNAL LINES FOR TO-CAN TYPE SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE | November 2021 | February 2025 | Abandon | 39 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17613828 | Method for limiting the deflection of a laser head during temperature changes and a laser head | November 2021 | October 2025 | Allow | 46 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17527308 | VERTICAL-CAVITY SURFACE-EMITTING LASER AND METHOD FOR FORMING THE SAME | November 2021 | October 2024 | Allow | 35 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17611769 | OPTICAL ISOLATION APPARATUS | November 2021 | February 2026 | Allow | 51 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17526587 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING OPTICAL MEMBER, OPTICAL MEMBER, AND LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE | November 2021 | December 2022 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17608482 | MULTIMODE INTERFERENCE EFFECT-BASED WIDE TUNABLE SINGLE-FREQUENCY OPTICAL FIBER LASER | November 2021 | December 2024 | Abandon | 37 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17512632 | LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE, MANUFACTURING METHOD, AND WAVEGUIDE STRUCTURE | October 2021 | May 2024 | Abandon | 31 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17505472 | ARCHITECTURE FOR HIGH-POWER THULIUM-DOPED FIBER AMPLIFIER | October 2021 | October 2025 | Allow | 48 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17501497 | SEMICONDUCTOR LASER DEVICE | October 2021 | June 2023 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17601615 | LASER MODULE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME | October 2021 | October 2024 | Allow | 36 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17489537 | LASER DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING LASER DEVICE | September 2021 | December 2024 | Allow | 38 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 17473769 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING 780 nm ULTRASHORT-PULSED LASER RADIATION | September 2021 | October 2024 | Allow | 37 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 17460499 | INDEX AND GAIN COUPLED DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK LASER | August 2021 | June 2023 | Abandon | 22 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17433091 | ACTIVE ELEMENT-ADDED OPTICAL FIBER, RESONATOR, AND FIBER LASER DEVICE | August 2021 | November 2024 | Abandon | 39 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17431031 | OPTICAL DEVICE AND LASER APPARATUS | August 2021 | January 2024 | Abandon | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17398120 | EXCHANGEABLE LASER RESONATOR MODULES WITH ANGULAR ADJUSTMENT | August 2021 | April 2023 | Abandon | 20 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17427106 | MULTI-WAVELENGTH AND SINGLE-FREQUENCY Q-SWITCHING OPTICAL FIBER LASER DEVICE | July 2021 | September 2024 | Abandon | 38 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17426846 | DEVICE FOR GENERATING LASER RADIATION | July 2021 | October 2024 | Allow | 38 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17382350 | DIELECTRIC-GRATING-WAVEGUIDE FREE-ELECTRON LASER | July 2021 | April 2024 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17379759 | Photonic Integrated Circuits with Controlled Collapse Chip Connections | July 2021 | October 2024 | Allow | 39 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17424078 | LASER DEVICE | July 2021 | July 2025 | Allow | 48 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17376894 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REDUCTION OF OPTICAL SIGNAL LINEWIDTH | July 2021 | October 2025 | Allow | 51 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17371930 | GAS LASER APPARATUS, LASER BEAM EMITTING METHOD OF GAS LASER APPARATUS, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD | July 2021 | April 2025 | Allow | 46 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17364301 | METHODS FOR INCORPORATING A CONTROL STRUCTURE WITHIN A VERTICAL CAVITY SURFACE EMITTING LASER DEVICE CAVITY | June 2021 | March 2025 | Allow | 45 | 3 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17360740 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF | June 2021 | March 2023 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17416873 | FIBER LASER DEVICE | June 2021 | October 2023 | Allow | 27 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17311759 | Semiconductor Laser | June 2021 | June 2024 | Allow | 36 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17297289 | OPTOELECTRONIC SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENT HAVING A REFRACTIVE INDEX MODULATION LAYER AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE OPTOELECTRONIC SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENT | May 2021 | May 2024 | Allow | 35 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17327251 | System For Optimizing A Laser | May 2021 | April 2023 | Abandon | 23 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 17325632 | PUMP REFLECTORS FOR CLADDING-PUMPED OPTICAL FIBER SYSTEMS | May 2021 | December 2023 | Abandon | 31 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17321074 | LASER HAVING REDUCED COHERENCE VIA A PHASER SHIFTER | May 2021 | June 2024 | Allow | 37 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17319318 | VISIBLE AND TUNABLE RING CAVITY LASER SOURCE | May 2021 | November 2024 | Abandon | 42 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner KING, JOSHUA.
With a 21.4% reversal rate, the PTAB affirms the examiner's rejections in the vast majority of cases. This reversal rate is below the USPTO average, indicating that appeals face more challenges 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, 13.3% of applications that filed an appeal were subsequently allowed. This appeal filing benefit rate is in the bottom 25% across the USPTO, indicating that filing appeals is less effective here than in most other areas.
⚠ Appeals to PTAB face challenges. Ensure your case has strong merit before committing to full Board review.
⚠ Filing a Notice of Appeal shows limited benefit. Consider other strategies like interviews or amendments before appealing.
Examiner KING, JOSHUA works in Art Unit 2828 and has examined 814 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 64.9%, this examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 30 months.
Examiner KING, JOSHUA's allowance rate of 64.9% places them in the 25% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications.
On average, applications examined by KING, JOSHUA receive 2.04 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 53% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues a slightly above-average number of office actions.
The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by KING, JOSHUA is 30 months. This places the examiner in the 60% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly faster than average with this examiner.
Conducting an examiner interview provides a +25.9% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by KING, JOSHUA. This interview benefit is in the 73% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews provide an above-average benefit with this examiner and are worth considering.
When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 26.9% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 46% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Insight: RCEs show below-average effectiveness with this examiner. Carefully evaluate whether an RCE or continuation is the better strategy.
This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 29.8% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 43% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: This examiner shows below-average receptiveness to after-final amendments. You may need to file an RCE or appeal rather than relying on after-final amendment entry.
When applicants request a pre-appeal conference (PAC) with this examiner, 18.2% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 27% percentile among all examiners. Note: Pre-appeal conferences show below-average success with this examiner. Consider whether your arguments are strong enough to warrant a PAC request.
This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 66.7% of appeals filed. This is in the 50% 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 below-average willingness to reconsider rejections during appeals. Be prepared to fully prosecute appeals if filed.
When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 85.2% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 86% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Note: Petitions are frequently granted regarding this examiner's actions compared to other examiners. Per MPEP § 1002.02(c), various examiner actions are petitionable to the Technology Center Director, including prematureness of final rejection, refusal to enter amendments, and requirement for information. If you believe an examiner action is improper, consider filing a petition.
Examiner's Amendments: This examiner makes examiner's amendments in 2.8% of allowed cases (in the 79% 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 2.7% of allowed cases (in the 72% 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:
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