Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: ATMAKURI, VIKAS NMN

Tech Center 3600 • Art Units: 3645

This examiner grants 48% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

48.0%
Allow Rate
-4.0% vs TC avg
197
Total Applications
+33.8%
Interview Lift
1185
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 150 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.7%
§101 Eligibility
21.8%
§102 Novelty
57.5%
§103 Obviousness
16.9%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18589041 ULTRASONIC DISTANCE SENSOR AND METHOD OF MEASURING LOCATION OF OBJECT USING ULTRASONIC DISTANCE SENSOR Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO, LTD.
18408117 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISTANCE MEASUREMENT USING ULTRASONIC WAVES Final Rejection SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18198057 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GUIDING VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSON FOR WALKING USING 3D SOUND POINT Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18665539 Event Triggering in Phased-Array Systems Non-Final OA SIM IP HXR LLC
18434799 METHOD FOR CLASSIFYING AN OBJECT TO BE DETECTED WITH AT LEAST ONE ULTRASONIC SENSOR Final Rejection Robert Bosch GmbH
18545283 ICE BLOCKAGE MITIGATION FOR ULTRASONIC SENSORS Final Rejection Robert Bosch GmbH
18203512 ULTRASONIC IMAGING SYSTEM AND METHOD Non-Final OA SHENZHEN MINDRAY BIO-MEDICAL ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18255070 Capacitive Micromachined Ultrasonic Transducer Having Adjustable Bending Angle, And Method For Manufacturing Same Final Rejection Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
17609620 SYSTEM FOR ACQUIRING SEISMIC DATA Non-Final OA EQUINOR ENERGY AS
18289078 OBJECT DETECTION DEVICE Non-Final OA AISIN CORPORATION
18035600 OBJECT DETECTION DEVICE Final Rejection AISIN CORPORATION
18271077 SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING A SOUND-BASED SENSING FOR SUBJECTS IN A SPACE Final Rejection SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
18537109 SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE, ULTRASONIC SENSOR AND VEHICLE Final Rejection ROHM CO., LTD.
18578993 SENSOR DEVICE FOR GEOPHYSICAL MEASUREMENT INTENDED TO BE DISPOSED ON A SURFACE OF A GROUND, RELATED ASSEMBLY AND METHOD FOR DEPLOYING AND RETRIEVING SUCH A SENSOR Non-Final OA TotalEnergies OneTech
17951027 FISH SPECIES DISCRIMINATION SYSTEM AND METHOD Non-Final OA Furuno Electric Co., Ltd.
18682909 TRILATERATION-BASED ULTRASONIC SENSOR SYSTEM WITH KALMAN FILTERING AND SOLUTION CLUSTERING Non-Final OA ELMOS Semiconductor SE
18128902 METHOD AND A DEVICE FOR EXAMINING THE ENVIRONMENT OF A VEHICLE USING ULTRASONIC SIGNALS Final Rejection ELMOS Semiconductor SE
18292431 METHOD FOR ESTIMATING THE HEIGHTS OF OBJECTS BY MEANS OF ULTRASONIC SENSOR TECHNOLOGY Final Rejection Continental Autonomous Mobility Germany GmbH
18036517 METHOD FOR DETERMINING SOILING OF A FIRST ULTRASONIC SENSOR, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT, COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, ULTRASONIC SENSOR APPARATUS, AND ASSISTANCE SYSTEM Non-Final OA Valeo Schalter und Sensoren GmbH
18845760 DYNAMIC SAMPLING RATE Non-Final OA Elliptic Laboratories ASA
18692463 PERSON OR OBJECT DETECTION Non-Final OA Elliptic Laboratories ASA
18656525 IMAGING DEVICES HAVING PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSCEIVERS WITH HARMONIC CHARACTERISTICS Final Rejection Exo Imaging, Inc.
16999179 DETECTING PRESENCE OF A MOVING OBJECT WITH AN ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCER Non-Final OA InvenSense, Inc.
18685951 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETECTING AND LOCATING UNDERWATER OBJECTS Non-Final OA EXAIL ROBOTICS
18538560 TRANSMITTING DATA OVER AUDIO USING SEGMENTED PAYLOADS AND SEGMENTED RETRANSMISSION Final Rejection LISNR, INC
18557156 METHOD OF PRE-PROCESSING ACOUSTIC SIGNALS RECEIVED FROM AN ENSONIFIED REGION OF AN UNDERWATER ENVIRONMENT Final Rejection Wavefront Systems Limited
17785307 DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING PROPERTY OF OBJECT Final Rejection Chia-Hung CHEN
17333073 ANTI-FOULING SYSTEM FOR SUBMERGED VESSELS AND STRUCTURES Non-Final OA James DiLorenzo

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