Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
12 pending office actions • 1 art units • 10 examiners • 0 of 12 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 9 patents granted in the last 365 days
Innoviz Technologies Ltd. is managing 12 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. All 12 pending office actions are concentrated within 1 distinct art unit, which indicates a narrow technical focus for the company's patent filings. These matters are assigned to 10 distinct examiners. ROBERT WILLIAM VASQUEZ JR is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, currently handling 2 pending actions.
The fact that 12 pending office actions are being reviewed by 10 different examiners within a single art unit suggests that the company's applications are being distributed broadly across the personnel of that specific USPTO group. This concentration in 1 distinct art unit may allow for a more consistent understanding of the company's core technology by the examining body. With 12 pending office actions, the company is actively moving through the prosecution phase. The involvement of 10 distinct examiners within a single unit is notable, as it means the company's legal team will encounter a variety of individual examiner styles even while technical classifications remain constant.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 4 (33%) |
| §102 only | 1 (8%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 7 (58%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| VASQUEZ JR, ROBERT WILLIAM | 2 | 9.5% | +7.1% |
| NGUYEN, RACHEL NICOLE | 2 | 26.7% | +51.2% |
| LAM, CHAK FUNG ANTHONY | 1 | — | — |
| HODGES, SUSAN E | 1 | 67.1% | +13.8% |
| WOLDEMARYAM, ASSRES H | 1 | 82.4% | +12.8% |
| MALIKASIM, JONATHAN L | 1 | 80.9% | -0.8% |
| FLORES, MARK ANTHONY | 1 | — | — |
| CHOI, JACOB Y | 1 | 47.8% | +36.6% |
| CHILTON, CLARA GRACE | 1 | 54.5% | +12.7% |
| BAGHDASARYAN, HOVHANNES | 1 | 77.6% | +16.8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18107229 | OBJECT EDGE IDENTIFICATION BASED ON PARTIAL PULSE DETECTION | VASQUEZ JR, ROBERT WILLIAM | 9d |
| 17627980 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EYE-SAFE LIDAR | NGUYEN, RACHEL NICOLE | 9d |
| 19012985 | Rotating LIDAR | HODGES, SUSAN E | — |
| 18843561 | INCREASING SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO OF A PIXEL OF A LIDAR SYSTEM | WOLDEMARYAM, ASSRES H | — |
| 18810859 | DEVICE FOR EMITTING A LIGHT BEAM AND PARTIAL BEAM SPLITTER | MALIKASIM, JONATHAN L | — |
| 18364467 | DETECTING OBSTRUCTIONS | CHILTON, CLARA GRACE | — |
| 17837356 | MULTIBEAM SPINNING LIDAR SYSTEM | VASQUEZ JR, ROBERT WILLIAM | — |
| 17615381 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TIME-OF-FLIGHT OPTICAL SENSING | NGUYEN, RACHEL NICOLE | — |
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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17627980 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EYE-SAFE LIDAR | NGUYEN, RACHEL NICOLE | 9d |
| 19012985 | Rotating LIDAR | HODGES, SUSAN E | — |
| 18843561 | INCREASING SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO OF A PIXEL OF A LIDAR SYSTEM | WOLDEMARYAM, ASSRES H | — |
| 18261479 | Dynamic Alignment and Optical Stabilization of Optical Path in an Automotive-Grade LIDAR | CHOI, JACOB Y | — |
| 18364467 | DETECTING OBSTRUCTIONS | CHILTON, CLARA GRACE | — |
| 17615381 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TIME-OF-FLIGHT OPTICAL SENSING | NGUYEN, RACHEL NICOLE | — |
| 17516132 | VARYING LIDAR ILLUMINATION RESPONSIVE TO AMBIENT LIGHT LEVELS | BAGHDASARYAN, HOVHANNES | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3645 | 6 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19105055 | Systems and methods for updating point clouds in LIDAR systems | LAM, CHAK FUNG ANTHONY | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 20, 2025 |
| 19012985 | Rotating LIDAR | HODGES, SUSAN E | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 08, 2025 |
| 18843561 | INCREASING SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO OF A PIXEL OF A LIDAR SYSTEM | WOLDEMARYAM, ASSRES H | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 03, 2024 |
| 18810859 | DEVICE FOR EMITTING A LIGHT BEAM AND PARTIAL BEAM SPLITTER | MALIKASIM, JONATHAN L | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 21, 2024 |
| 18718432 | A SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LIDAR BLOCKAGE DETECTION | FLORES, MARK ANTHONY | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 10, 2024 |
| 18261479 | Dynamic Alignment and Optical Stabilization of Optical Path in an Automotive-Grade LIDAR | CHOI, JACOB Y | — | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 21, 2023 |
| 18364467 | DETECTING OBSTRUCTIONS | CHILTON, CLARA GRACE | 3645 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 02, 2023 |
| 18107229 | OBJECT EDGE IDENTIFICATION BASED ON PARTIAL PULSE DETECTION | VASQUEZ JR, ROBERT WILLIAM | 3645 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 9d | Pending | Feb 08, 2023 |
| 17837356 | MULTIBEAM SPINNING LIDAR SYSTEM | VASQUEZ JR, ROBERT WILLIAM | 3645 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 10, 2022 |
| 17627980 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EYE-SAFE LIDAR | NGUYEN, RACHEL NICOLE | 3645 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 9d | Pending | Jan 18, 2022 |
| 17615381 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TIME-OF-FLIGHT OPTICAL SENSING | NGUYEN, RACHEL NICOLE | 3645 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 30, 2021 |
| 17516132 | VARYING LIDAR ILLUMINATION RESPONSIVE TO AMBIENT LIGHT LEVELS | BAGHDASARYAN, HOVHANNES | 3645 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 01, 2021 |
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