Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 17, 2026

Examiner: BAGHDASARYAN, HOVHANNES

Tech Center 4100 • Art Units: 3645 4100

This examiner grants 78% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

77.6%
Allow Rate
+17.6% vs TC avg
1,071
Total Applications
+16.7%
Interview Lift
1113
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 995 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

2.9%
§101 Eligibility
14.4%
§102 Novelty
50.8%
§103 Obviousness
25.8%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18591472 OBJECT DETECTION DEVICE AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO.,LTD.
17866124 DISTANCE INFORMATION ACQUISITION APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME Final Rejection SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18784109 CALCULATION DEVICE, CALCULATION SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND FACTORY Non-Final OA TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
17931146 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING DISTANCE MEASUREMENT APPARATUS Final Rejection Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
18314843 Mitigation of phase noise due to back-scatter in coherent optical sensing Non-Final OA APPLE INC.
18282428 RANGING DEVICE, SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD THEREOF, AND RANGING SYSTEM Non-Final OA Sony Group Corporation
18548973 DISTANCE MEASURING DEVICE, DISTANCE MEASURING SYSTEM, AND DISTANCE MEASURING METHOD Non-Final OA SONY GROUP CORPORATION
18569716 DISTANCE MEASURING DEVICE AND METHOD, AND PROGRAM Non-Final OA SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
18252276 LIGHT RECEPTION DEVICE AND DISTANCE MEASURING DEVICE Non-Final OA SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
18247752 RANGING SENSOR, RANGING SYSTEM, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE Non-Final OA SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
18015612 SURFACE EMITTING LASER DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS Final Rejection Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
17996558 DISTANCE MEASURING DEVICE Non-Final OA SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
17290837 OPTICAL MODULE AND DISTANCE-MEASURING DEVICE Non-Final OA SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
18637202 GRADIENT-BASED ABSOLUTE ENCODERS Non-Final OA Fisher Controls International LLC
18003550 LIDAR ASSEMBLY Final Rejection Robert Bosch GmbH
18677189 DISTANCE MEASUREMENT DEVICE AND APPARATUS Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18507189 LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE, RANGING DEVICE AND MOVABLE OBJECT Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
17971660 DISTANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM, LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE, AND LIGHT RECEIVING DEVICE Non-Final OA FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
18206909 OPTICAL SENSING SYSTEM, OPTICAL SENSING DEVICE, AND OPTICAL SENSING METHOD Final Rejection NEC Corporation
17881053 Track Association Method and System for Tracking Objects Non-Final OA Kia Corporation
18155780 LASER SCANNING DATA PROCESSING DEVICE, LASER SCANNING METHOD, AND PROGRAM Final Rejection TOPCON CORPORATION
18589693 PROCESSING TECHNIQUES FOR LIDAR RECEIVER USING SPATIAL LIGHT MODULATORS Non-Final OA Texas Instruments Incorporated
17835264 POSITION LOCATING SYSTEM, MARINE VESSEL, AND TRAILER FOR MARINE VESSEL Non-Final OA YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
17750697 DESIGN FOR SENSOR AND ANTENNA FIELD OF VIEW FOR SEMI-AUTONOMOUS CTL Non-Final OA Caterpillar Inc.
18627918 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SENSING ONE OR MORE FLUID FLOW PARAMETERS OF A FLUID WITHIN A PIPE Non-Final OA Weatherford Technology Holdings, LLC.
18183986 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CALIBRATING DISTORTION OF POLYGONAL MIRROR ROTATING LiDAR SENSOR Final Rejection HL Klemove Corp.
18782837 SENSOR CONTAMINATION IDENTIFICATION Non-Final OA GM Global Technology Operations LLC
17966688 HYPERSPECTRAL MACHINE-READABLE SYMBOLS AND MACHINE-READABLE SYMBOL READER WITH HYPERSPECTRAL SENSOR Final Rejection Datalogic IP Tech, S.r.l.
17975943 TIME-OF-FLIGHT MOTION MISALIGNMENT ARTIFACT CORRECTION Non-Final OA GM Cruise Holdings LLC

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