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nLIGHT, Inc.

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242 applicationsfiled 2009 to 2026

Allowance rate

91%

+16 pts vs the USPTO range 87% to 95%

Rejections before allowance

1.7

+0.1 vs the USPTO

Months to first action

12.0 mo

−6.6 vs the USPTO

Needed an RCE

36%

+9 pts vs the USPTO

Timeline

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Allowance by filing year

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Domains

Where the applications fall

CPC subclasses

H01S 88 apps

G02B Optical elements74 apps

B23K 26 apps

G02F 14 apps

H04N Pictorial communication, television13 apps

C03B 4 apps

Art units

282866 apps

288347 apps

287442 apps

OPAP16 apps

376112 apps

287211 apps

Examiners met

The examiners seen most, and how it went with each

Peter Radkowski36 apps

92%

Docket Central15 apps

n/a

Xinning Niu11 apps

91%

Eric L Bolda8 apps

88%

Armando Rodriguez8 apps

100%

Kinam Park7 apps

86%

Dung T Nguyen6 apps

100%

Tuan N Nguyen6 apps

83%

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Who represents them

Law firms and agents on their applications

nLIGHT-Wiley159 apps

99%

nLIGHT, Inc. c/o Wiley Rein LLP24 apps

83%

nLIGHT, Inc.21 apps

95%

Klarquist Sparkman, LLP (nLight Photonics 2)12 apps

42%

nLIGHT, Inc. (TETRAVUE) c/o Wiley Rein LLP11 apps

82%

Essential Patents Group, LLP7 apps

100%

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt P.C./NLIGHT, INC.6 apps

50%

BIRDWELL & JANKE, LLP1 apps

100%

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What gets rejected, by statute

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What works

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Interviews

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Applications

Every application in the record

Application	Title	Filed	Status	Rejections	RCEs	To 1st action
19713077	Rotating Beam Switch	2026-06-18	Pending	0	0	n/a
19548196	TWO-DIMENSIONAL PERIODICALLY INDEX-COUPLED FABRY PEROT LASER ("2D PIC-FL")	2026-02-24	Pending	0	0	n/a
19542433	TWO-DIMENSIONAL GRATING SURFACE-EMITTING LASER ("2D-GRSEL")	2026-02-17	Pending	0	0	n/a
15512593	Method and apparatus for adaptive signal processing	2012-01-10	Allowed	1	0	12.0 mo
15885206	Composition and method for controlled release	2015-02-11	Abandoned	4	1	23.0 mo
15953291	Distributed ledger transaction verification	2018-03-12	Allowed	3	0	20.0 mo
15506138	Thermal management of battery assemblies	2021-04-13	Pending	2	1	17.0 mo
15229016	Machine learning model for anomaly detection	2012-05-14	Allowed	1	0	14.0 mo
15196630	Wireless power transfer coil arrangement	2015-06-15	Abandoned	4	1	25.0 mo
15568038	Catalyst for selective hydrogenation	2018-07-16	Allowed	3	0	22.0 mo

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