Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
19 pending office actions • 2 art units • 15 examiners • 0 of 19 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 17 patents granted in the last 365 days
Hesai Technology Co. Ltd. has 19 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These matters are being handled by 15 distinct examiners. Despite the number of examiners, the portfolio is highly concentrated within only 2 distinct art units, which suggests a very specific technical focus for the company's current patent applications.
WOLDEMARYAM, ASSRES H is the busiest examiner for the company, with 2 pending office actions. The presence of 19 actions across only 2 art units means that the company is interacting with 15 examiners within those units. This high level of art unit concentration contrasted with the 15 distinct examiners suggests that while the technical field is narrow, the individual examiner assignments are broad. Practitioners must be prepared to address the specific nuances of 15 different examiners while operating within the constraints of just 2 specialized art units.
Difficulty is derived from the rejection statutes on the most recent pending office action. §101-driven and multi-statute cases are graded Hard; §112-only and obviousness-type double-patenting cases are graded Easy; everything else is Medium. "Unknown" means we have not yet parsed a statute for that office action.
| Bucket | Cases |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 1 (5%) |
| §103 only | 7 (37%) |
| §102 only | 1 (5%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 10 (53%) |
How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.
Manual office-action response work runs about 10 hours per case. The time-saved bands below show what IP Author's prosecution pipeline typically delivers — a conservative 20% on the low end, 35% in the middle, 50% on the high end.
| Examiner | Apps on this docket | Allow rate | Interview lift |
|---|---|---|---|
| WOLDEMARYAM, ASSRES H | 2 | 82.4% | +12.8% |
| THATCHER, CLINT A | 2 | 79.7% | +12.6% |
| QI, ZHENGQING J | 2 | 68.1% | +12.8% |
| XIAO, YUQING | 2 | 60.3% | +28.0% |
| HELLNER, MARK | 1 | 90.4% | +8.5% |
| VASQUEZ JR, ROBERT WILLIAM | 1 | 9.5% | +7.1% |
| DECARIA, MICHAEL ALEX | 1 | — | — |
| BAGHDASARYAN, HOVHANNES | 1 | 77.6% | +16.8% |
| BOLOGNA, DOMINIC JOSEPH | 1 | 83.8% | +11.8% |
| LUU, THANH X | 1 | 78.2% | +10.2% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18759508 | DIAGNOSTIC METHOD FOR POSITION AND ORIENTATION OF LIDAR, LIDAR AND AUTONOMOUS DRIVING VEHICLE | BOLOGNA, DOMINIC JOSEPH | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19007065 | DYNAMIC THRESHOLD BASED ECHO SIGNAL DETECTION METHOD AND SYSTEM, AND LIDAR | WOLDEMARYAM, ASSRES H | — |
| 18915011 | LIDAR AND DETECTION METHOD THEREOF, AND READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | HELLNER, MARK | — |
| 18913812 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING DETECTION RESULT, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | VASQUEZ JR, ROBERT WILLIAM | — |
| 18885171 | CONTROL METHOD FOR LIDAR, COMPUTER STORAGE MEDIUM AND LIDAR | DECARIA, MICHAEL ALEX | — |
| 18745499 | CONTROL METHOD FOR LIDAR, AND MULTI-CHANNEL LIDAR | NAPIER, JAMES WILBURN | — |
| 18653344 | SCANNING APPARATUS FOR LIDAR, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND LIDAR | MALIKASIM, JONATHAN L | — |
| 18581059 | LIDAR HAVING INDIVIDUALLY ADDRESSABLE, SCANNABLE AND INTEGRATABLE LASER EMITTERS | THATCHER, CLINT A | — |
| 18412164 | DATA PROCESSING METHOD FOR LIDAR AND LIDAR | QI, ZHENGQING J | — |
Cases in front of an examiner whose interview lift is 10 percentage points or more — i.e. interviewed cases historically resolve more favorably than non-interviewed ones. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19007065 | DYNAMIC THRESHOLD BASED ECHO SIGNAL DETECTION METHOD AND SYSTEM, AND LIDAR | WOLDEMARYAM, ASSRES H | — |
| 18758857 | LASER RADAR DETECTION METHOD AND LASER RADAR | BAGHDASARYAN, HOVHANNES | — |
| 18759508 | DIAGNOSTIC METHOD FOR POSITION AND ORIENTATION OF LIDAR, LIDAR AND AUTONOMOUS DRIVING VEHICLE | BOLOGNA, DOMINIC JOSEPH | — |
| 18757973 | DETECTION METHOD OF LIDAR AND LIDAR | LUU, THANH X | — |
| 18581059 | LIDAR HAVING INDIVIDUALLY ADDRESSABLE, SCANNABLE AND INTEGRATABLE LASER EMITTERS | THATCHER, CLINT A | — |
| 18412164 | DATA PROCESSING METHOD FOR LIDAR AND LIDAR | QI, ZHENGQING J | — |
| 18545097 | LIGHT DETECTION CIRCUIT AND METHOD, LIDAR AND STORAGE MEDIUM, AND DETECTION SYSTEM | QI, ZHENGQING J | — |
| 18486927 | RECEIVING APPARATUS AND LIDAR | XIAO, YUQING | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3645 | 4 |
| 3642 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19007065 | DYNAMIC THRESHOLD BASED ECHO SIGNAL DETECTION METHOD AND SYSTEM, AND LIDAR | WOLDEMARYAM, ASSRES H | — | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 31, 2024 |
| 18915011 | LIDAR AND DETECTION METHOD THEREOF, AND READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | HELLNER, MARK | — | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 14, 2024 |
| 18913812 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING DETECTION RESULT, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | VASQUEZ JR, ROBERT WILLIAM | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 11, 2024 |
| 18885171 | CONTROL METHOD FOR LIDAR, COMPUTER STORAGE MEDIUM AND LIDAR | DECARIA, MICHAEL ALEX | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 13, 2024 |
| 18758857 | LASER RADAR DETECTION METHOD AND LASER RADAR | BAGHDASARYAN, HOVHANNES | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 28, 2024 |
| 18759508 | DIAGNOSTIC METHOD FOR POSITION AND ORIENTATION OF LIDAR, LIDAR AND AUTONOMOUS DRIVING VEHICLE | BOLOGNA, DOMINIC JOSEPH | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 28, 2024 |
| 18757973 | DETECTION METHOD OF LIDAR AND LIDAR | LUU, THANH X | — | §102Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 28, 2024 |
| 18745499 | CONTROL METHOD FOR LIDAR, AND MULTI-CHANNEL LIDAR | NAPIER, JAMES WILBURN | — | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 17, 2024 |
| 18653344 | SCANNING APPARATUS FOR LIDAR, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND LIDAR | MALIKASIM, JONATHAN L | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 02, 2024 |
| 18647513 | FMCW LIDAR, LIGHT PATH CONVERTER MODULE THEREOF, AND DETECTION METHOD THEREFOR | RATCLIFFE, LUKE D | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 26, 2024 |
| 18581059 | LIDAR HAVING INDIVIDUALLY ADDRESSABLE, SCANNABLE AND INTEGRATABLE LASER EMITTERS | THATCHER, CLINT A | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 19, 2024 |
| 18412404 | RANGING METHODS FOR A LIDAR, LIDARS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIA | NOEL, JEMPSON | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 12, 2024 |
| 18412164 | DATA PROCESSING METHOD FOR LIDAR AND LIDAR | QI, ZHENGQING J | — | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 12, 2024 |
| 18545097 | LIGHT DETECTION CIRCUIT AND METHOD, LIDAR AND STORAGE MEDIUM, AND DETECTION SYSTEM | QI, ZHENGQING J | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 19, 2023 |
| 18486927 | RECEIVING APPARATUS AND LIDAR | XIAO, YUQING | 3645 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 13, 2023 |
| 18377131 | OPTICAL ASSEMBLY DETECTION SYSTEM FOR LIDAR AND LIDAR | WOLDEMARYAM, ASSRES H | 3642 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 05, 2023 |
| 18091887 | DETECTION METHOD OF LIDAR, LIDAR, AND SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE INCLUDING THE SAME | XIAO, YUQING | 3645 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 30, 2022 |
| 18091820 | LIDAR AND DETECTION METHOD USING THE SAME | THATCHER, CLINT A | 3645 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 30, 2022 |
| 18085053 | DETECTION METHOD OF LIDAR AND LIDAR | HAUT, EVAN HARRISON | 3645 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2022 |
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