Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18662698 | Fiber Laser with Optical Feedback for Contaminant Detection and Other Functionality | May 2024 | July 2024 | Allow | 3 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18657728 | HCG TUNABLE VCSEL SYSTEM WITH ASIC FOR PROCESSING INFORMATION AND FIRMWARE | May 2024 | December 2024 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18392406 | CONFIGURABLE HIGH-FREQUENCY PULSED LASER DIODE DRIVER CAPACITOR REFRESH CIRCUIT | December 2023 | July 2024 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18495403 | LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE | October 2023 | January 2025 | Allow | 15 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18488809 | LASER DEVICE WITH NON-ABSORBING MIRROR, AND METHOD | October 2023 | November 2024 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18488881 | Laser Pointer | October 2023 | April 2024 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18487541 | RECTANGULAR PULSE DRIVING CIRCUIT USING CATHODE PRE-CHARGE AND CATHODE-PULL COMPENSATION | October 2023 | May 2024 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18379515 | LOW TEMPERATURE DEPOSITION OF PURE MOLYBDENUM FILMS | October 2023 | June 2024 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18463058 | HIGH INTENSITY PULSE LASER GENERATION SYSTEM AND METHOD | September 2023 | August 2024 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18359477 | OPTICAL LIGHT EMITTER DEVICE AND METHOD | July 2023 | February 2024 | Allow | 6 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18217607 | LASER DIODE DRIVE CIRCUIT AND LIDAR | July 2023 | October 2024 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18210770 | SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR SEQUENTIAL TRANSIENT LIQUID PHASE BONDING | June 2023 | June 2024 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18207838 | APPARATUS FOR FACIAL RECOGNITION | June 2023 | December 2024 | Allow | 18 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18207810 | SYSTEMS USING (3D) MAPS OF AT LEAST A PART OF A BODY OF A USER | June 2023 | January 2025 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18326465 | SEMICONDUCTOR LAYER STRUCTURE WITH A THIN BLOCKING LAYER | May 2023 | March 2024 | Allow | 9 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18316000 | CONTINUOUS-WAVE ORGANIC THIN-FILM DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK LASER AND ELECTRICALLY DRIVEN ORGANIC SEMICONDUCTOR LASER DIODE | May 2023 | February 2024 | Allow | 9 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18314590 | LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME | May 2023 | March 2024 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18313473 | LASER WEAPON SYSTEM | May 2023 | May 2024 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18310106 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE PACKAGE, AND MANUFACTURING METHODS THEREOF | May 2023 | June 2024 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18302570 | LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE | April 2023 | February 2024 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18190318 | ELECTRO-ABSORPTION MODULATED LASER CHIP AND FABRICATION METHOD THEREOF | March 2023 | October 2023 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18183506 | LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE | March 2023 | October 2023 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18109998 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ADDRESSING PUMPING OF THERMAL INTERFACE MATERIALS IN HIGH-POWER LASER SYSTEMS | February 2023 | November 2023 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18167777 | MULTIPLE OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES WITH THERMAL COMPENSATION | February 2023 | January 2025 | Abandon | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18107140 | LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE WITH DETEMINABLE SHAPE OF OUTPUT BEAM | February 2023 | July 2024 | Abandon | 17 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18104064 | ENGINEERED CURRENT-DENSITY PROFILE DIODE LASER | January 2023 | November 2023 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18158776 | SEMICONDUCTOR LASER ELEMENT | January 2023 | August 2023 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18150110 | Tuning the Output of a Laser | January 2023 | March 2023 | Allow | 3 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18149241 | LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE | January 2023 | July 2023 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18148758 | CONTROL DEVICE AND METHOD FOR LASER DEVICE AND LASER MEASUREMENT DEVICE | December 2022 | December 2023 | Allow | 11 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18087695 | HIGH INTENSITY PULSE LASER GENERATION SYSTEM AND METHOD | December 2022 | June 2023 | Allow | 5 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17988848 | LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME | November 2022 | March 2023 | Allow | 4 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18053993 | QUANTUM DOT SLAB-COUPLED OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE EMITTERS | November 2022 | February 2023 | Allow | 3 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17821322 | NARROW-PULSE-WIDTH PULSE LASER | August 2022 | January 2023 | Allow | 5 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17845464 | LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE | June 2022 | August 2023 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17828559 | LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE | May 2022 | April 2023 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17734506 | SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR SEQUENTIAL TRANSIENT LIQUID PHASE BONDING | May 2022 | March 2023 | Allow | 10 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17661184 | SINGLE-FET PULSED LASER DIODE DRIVER | April 2022 | October 2023 | Allow | 17 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17724947 | LASER WEAPON SYSTEM | April 2022 | February 2023 | Allow | 10 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17718857 | LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE | April 2022 | August 2023 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17762887 | MULTI-ACTIVE-REGION CASCADED SEMICONDUCTOR LASER | March 2022 | January 2023 | Allow | 10 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17654841 | SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL DEVICE | March 2022 | March 2023 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17693394 | LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE, PROJECTOR, AND DISPLAY | March 2022 | October 2024 | Allow | 31 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17688678 | LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE | March 2022 | January 2023 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17653349 | CONFIGURABLE HIGH-FREQUENCY PULSED LASER DIODE DRIVER | March 2022 | September 2023 | Allow | 19 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17652765 | Laser Comprising a Loop Resonator | February 2022 | September 2024 | Allow | 31 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17676418 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR STABLE, FAST, WIDE-TUNING RANGE HYBRID LASERS | February 2022 | December 2024 | Allow | 34 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17636421 | SEMICONDUCTOR LASER DRIVING APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF SEMICONDUCTOR LASER DRIVING APPARATUS | February 2022 | November 2024 | Allow | 33 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17674668 | CONTINUOUS-WAVE ORGANIC THIN-FILM DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK LASER AND ELECTRICALLY DRIVEN ORGANIC SEMICONDUCTOR LASER DIODE | February 2022 | February 2023 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17666896 | SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME | February 2022 | December 2024 | Allow | 34 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17632896 | TWO-DIMENSIONAL PHOTONIC-CRYSTAL SURFACE-EMITTING LASER | February 2022 | October 2024 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17632766 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME | February 2022 | September 2024 | Allow | 32 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17648371 | FLIP-CHIP OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICE | January 2022 | August 2024 | Allow | 31 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17625152 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING OPTICAL SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE | January 2022 | August 2024 | Allow | 31 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17564952 | OPTICAL MODULE | December 2021 | January 2023 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17645177 | ELECTRO-ABSORPTION MODULATOR | December 2021 | October 2024 | Allow | 34 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17456427 | OPTICAL DEVICE, DISTANCE MEASUREMENT APPARATUS, AND MOBILE OBJECT | November 2021 | October 2024 | Allow | 35 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17455141 | SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE | November 2021 | December 2024 | Allow | 37 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17611548 | VERTICAL-CAVITY SURFACE-EMITTING LASER | November 2021 | August 2024 | Allow | 33 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17524634 | SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME | November 2021 | September 2024 | Allow | 34 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17514819 | Photonic Crystal Masers | October 2021 | February 2022 | Allow | 3 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17513786 | LASER PROJECTION MODULE AND TERMINAL DEVICE | October 2021 | January 2025 | Allow | 39 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17509501 | COHERENT TERAHERTZ MAGNON LASER AND COHERENT TERAHERTZ COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | October 2021 | February 2025 | Abandon | 40 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17505914 | LASER DIODE DRIVE SYSTEMS | October 2021 | December 2024 | Allow | 38 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17502941 | TECHNIQUES FOR BONDING MULTIPLE SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS | October 2021 | April 2022 | Allow | 6 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17501226 | SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME | October 2021 | December 2024 | Allow | 38 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17493876 | Cooling of a Laser Set | October 2021 | April 2024 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17600491 | SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL ELEMENT | September 2021 | June 2024 | Allow | 32 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17593713 | WAVELENGTH CONVERSION MEMBER, PRODUCTION METHOD THEREFOR, AND LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE | September 2021 | August 2024 | Allow | 35 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17441750 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MULTIPLE FREQUENCY COMB GENERATION AND APPLICATIONS THEREOF | September 2021 | May 2024 | Allow | 32 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17442119 | SEMICONDUCTOR LASER ELEMENT | September 2021 | August 2024 | Allow | 34 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17472648 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE | September 2021 | June 2023 | Allow | 21 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17446971 | PHOTONIC CRYSTAL SURFACE-EMITTING LASER | September 2021 | July 2024 | Allow | 34 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17465115 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS, SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD, GAS REGENERATION SYSTEM, AND GAS REGENERATION METHOD | September 2021 | January 2025 | Allow | 40 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17461663 | HEADER FOR AN ELECTRIC COMPONENT | August 2021 | October 2024 | Allow | 38 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17412739 | EMITTER STRUCTURES FOR ULTRA-SMALL VERTICAL CAVITY SURFACE EMITTING LASERS (VCSELS) AND ARRAYS INCORPORATING THE SAME | August 2021 | July 2024 | Allow | 34 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17412154 | CHARACTERIZING AN OPTICAL ELEMENT | August 2021 | October 2023 | Abandon | 26 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17397020 | OPTICAL MODULE | August 2021 | September 2024 | Allow | 37 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17427944 | LASER DEVICE | August 2021 | December 2021 | Allow | 4 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17427246 | OPTICAL DEVICE COMBINING A PLURALITY OF BEAMS AND SYSTEM USING SAME | July 2021 | July 2024 | Allow | 35 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17443559 | LOW NUMERICAL APERTURE FIBER OUTPUT DIODE LASER MODULE | July 2021 | October 2023 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17381536 | LASER MODULE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | July 2021 | March 2024 | Allow | 32 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17423052 | Integrated-Optics-Based External-Cavity Laser Configured for Mode-Hop-Free Wavelength Tuning | July 2021 | April 2024 | Allow | 33 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17363675 | OPTICAL RESONATOR WITH LOCALIZED ION-IMPLANTED VOIDS | June 2021 | October 2022 | Allow | 16 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17360381 | PULSE GENERATOR CIRCUIT, RELATED SYSTEM AND METHOD | June 2021 | October 2023 | Allow | 27 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17358127 | LASER PROJECTOR WITH TWO LASER DIODES | June 2021 | December 2023 | Allow | 29 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17309779 | VCSEL-BASED FREE SPACE ACTIVE OPTICAL TRANSCEIVER COMPONENT | June 2021 | March 2024 | Allow | 33 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17344370 | SUBSTRATE MODULE OR LIGHT EMITTING MODULE | June 2021 | May 2024 | Allow | 35 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17337312 | MODULATOR INTEGRATION FOR LASER USED WITH DISPLAY | June 2021 | November 2024 | Allow | 42 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17330241 | LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE | May 2021 | January 2024 | Allow | 32 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17302964 | HEATSINKING IN LASER DEVICES | May 2021 | October 2024 | Allow | 41 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17294220 | LIGHT EMISSION DRIVE CIRCUIT AND LIGHT EMISSION DEVICE | May 2021 | July 2024 | Allow | 38 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17318907 | DUAL JUNCTION FIBER-COUPLED LASER DIODE AND RELATED METHODS | May 2021 | March 2023 | Allow | 22 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17241584 | LASER DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME | April 2021 | October 2023 | Allow | 30 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17237793 | SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE | April 2021 | November 2022 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17235582 | MULTI-LASER ARRANGEMENT, IN PARTICULAR AN RGB LASER MODULE DEVICE | April 2021 | August 2023 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17286540 | SURFACE EMISSION LASER DRIVING METHOD AND SURFACE EMISSION LASER DEVICE | April 2021 | February 2024 | Allow | 34 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17228706 | INTEGRATED LASER DETECTOR | April 2021 | September 2022 | Allow | 17 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17227132 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LASER DIODE ARRAY HAVING INTEGRATED MICROCHANNEL COOLING | April 2021 | December 2023 | Allow | 32 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17224766 | OPTICAL APPARATUS | April 2021 | September 2023 | Abandon | 29 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner NGUYEN, TUAN N.
With a 75.0% reversal rate, the PTAB has reversed the examiner's rejections more often than affirming them. This reversal rate is in the top 25% across the USPTO, indicating that appeals are more successful here than in most other areas.
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, 38.2% 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 NGUYEN, TUAN N works in Art Unit 2828 and has examined 1,391 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 88.6%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 23 months.
Examiner NGUYEN, TUAN N's allowance rate of 88.6% places them in the 66% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications.
On average, applications examined by NGUYEN, TUAN N receive 1.16 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 18% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues significantly fewer office actions than most examiners.
The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by NGUYEN, TUAN N is 23 months. This places the examiner in the 76% percentile for prosecution speed. Applications move through prosecution relatively quickly with this examiner.
Conducting an examiner interview provides a +12.4% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by NGUYEN, TUAN N. This interview benefit is in the 52% 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, 37.1% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 81% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Insight: RCEs are highly effective with this examiner compared to others. If you receive a final rejection, filing an RCE with substantive amendments or arguments has a strong likelihood of success.
This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 53.1% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 74% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: This examiner shows above-average receptiveness to after-final amendments. If your amendments clearly overcome the rejections and do not raise new issues, consider filing after-final amendments before resorting to an RCE.
When applicants request a pre-appeal conference (PAC) with this examiner, 55.6% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 45% 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 92.2% of appeals filed. This is in the 82% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 51.1% occur early in the appeal process (after Notice of Appeal but before Appeal Brief). Strategic Insight: This examiner frequently reconsiders rejections during the appeal process compared to other examiners. Per MPEP § 1207.01, all appeals must go through a mandatory appeal conference. Filing a Notice of Appeal may prompt favorable reconsideration even before you file an Appeal Brief.
When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 42.9% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 45% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Note: Petitions show below-average success regarding this examiner's actions. Ensure you have a strong procedural basis before filing.
Examiner's Amendments: This examiner makes examiner's amendments in 10.4% of allowed cases (in the 96% 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 3.4% of allowed cases (in the 73% 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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