Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: BAGHDASARYAN, HOVHANNES

Tech Center 3600 • Art Units: 3645

This examiner grants 78% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

78.2%
Allow Rate
+26.2% vs TC avg
1056
Total Applications
+16.1%
Interview Lift
1144
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 971 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

2.6%
§101 Eligibility
21.5%
§102 Novelty
45.7%
§103 Obviousness
23.9%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18174910 LIDAR DEVICE AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18548973 DISTANCE MEASURING DEVICE, DISTANCE MEASURING SYSTEM, AND DISTANCE MEASURING METHOD Non-Final OA SONY GROUP CORPORATION
17931146 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING DISTANCE MEASUREMENT APPARATUS Final Rejection Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
18206909 OPTICAL SENSING SYSTEM, OPTICAL SENSING DEVICE, AND OPTICAL SENSING METHOD Non-Final OA NEC Corporation
17802007 SMOKESTACK INCLINATION DETECTION DEVICE, SMOKESTACK INCLINATION DETECTION METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA NEC Corporation
18308582 LIGHT DETECTION DEVICE Non-Final OA DENSO CORPORATION
18056548 OPTICAL DISTANCE MEASUREMENT DEVICE Non-Final OA DENSO CORPORATION
17932575 OBJECT DETECTION DEVICE Final Rejection DENSO CORPORATION
17379636 DISTANCE MEASURING DEVICE Final Rejection DENSO CORPORATION
17951214 VEHICLE-MOUNTED STRUCTURE, ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE TRANSMISSION COVER UNIT, AND ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE TRANSMISSION COVER Non-Final OA TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
18223743 Device and method for detecting objects Non-Final OA SICK AG
18193179 DETECTING OBJECTS IN A MONITORED ZONE Non-Final OA SICK AG
17881053 Track Association Method and System for Tracking Objects Final Rejection Kia Corporation
17840146 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRACKING THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECTS Non-Final OA Acushnet Company
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
17755079 RANGING SYSTEM, DRIVE METHOD, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE Non-Final OA SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
18314843 Mitigation of phase noise due to back-scatter in coherent optical sensing Non-Final OA APPLE INC.
17738797 LIDAR RANGE ENHANCEMENT USING PULSE CODING Non-Final OA LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
17750744 VEHICLE SENSOR MOUNTING STRUCTURE Final Rejection TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
17707882 ON-CHIP BACK REFLECTION FILTERING Final Rejection Intel Corporation
18003550 LIDAR ASSEMBLY Non-Final OA Robert Bosch GmbH
17835264 POSITION LOCATING SYSTEM, MARINE VESSEL, AND TRAILER FOR MARINE VESSEL Non-Final OA YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
17617280 Indoor Positioning System and Method Using Reflected Light Final Rejection Seoul National University R&DB Foundation
17747050 Assembly Unit Of A Vehicle With Lidar Sensor Final Rejection Joynext GmbH
18599602 LIDAR Sensor System Including Integrated Transceiver Final Rejection Aurora Operations, Inc.
18174324 LIDAR TEST SYSTEM Non-Final OA Rohde & Schwarz GmbH & Co. KG
18092148 OPTICAL MODULE Final Rejection Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, Inc.

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