Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: BENNETT, JENNIFER D

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2674 2818 2878 2891

This examiner grants 74% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

73.6%
Allow Rate
+5.6% vs TC avg
893
Total Applications
+18.6%
Interview Lift
1084
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 860 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.9%
§101 Eligibility
21.0%
§102 Novelty
49.5%
§103 Obviousness
20.3%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18718344 ENCODER AND ATTACHMENT METHOD Non-Final OA Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
18762474 PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION APPARATUS, PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION SYSTEM, AND MOVING OBJECT Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
17854281 PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION DEVICE HAVING DIELECTRIC FILM INCLUDING SILICON OXIDE, PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION SYSTEM, AND MOVING BODY Final Rejection CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
17854962 IMAGE SENSOR INCLUDING A METASURFACE Final Rejection HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18248628 SENSOR TO REDUCE kTC NOISE Final Rejection SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
18030823 LIGHT RECEIVING APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC APPLIANCE Non-Final OA SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
18044670 SOLID-STATE IMAGING APPARATUS AND A MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
17622426 TIME-OF-FLIGHT SENSING CIRCUITRY WITH DIFFERENT IMAGING MODES AND METHOD FOR OPERATING SUCH A TIME-OF-FLIGHT SENSING CIRCUITRY Final Rejection Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
18824949 OPTICAL ENCODER CAPABLE OF REGULATING GAIN OF INDEX OUTPUT Non-Final OA PixArt Imaging Inc.
18409810 CODE WHEEL AND ENCODING SYSTEM Final Rejection PixArt Imaging Inc.
18671832 OPTICAL SENSORS HAVING AN ABSENCE OF GUARD STRUCTURES BETWEEN ADJACENT PHOTODIODES Non-Final OA Apple Inc.
18195862 Wearable Device Including Self-Mixing Interferometry Sensor Final Rejection Apple Inc.
18795338 REFLECTION-TYPE OPTICAL ENCODER SCALE AND REFLECTION-TYPE OPTICAL ENCODER Non-Final OA Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
18747758 Technique For Determining An Angular Orientation Between A Non-Rotationally Symmetric Working End Of A Tool And A Tool Tracker Non-Final OA Stryker European Operations Limited
18779672 POSITION MEASUREMENT DEVICE Non-Final OA RENISHAW PLC
18697749 EYE SAFETY FOR PROJECTORS Final Rejection TRINAMIX GMBH
18728376 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING GEOMETRIC INFORMATION RELATING TO INTERFACES OF AN OPTICAL ELEMENT Non-Final OA FOGALE NANOTECH
18892159 INTEGRATED PHOTODETECTOR WITH CHARGE STORAGE BIN OF VARIED DETECTION TIME Non-Final OA Quantum-Si Incorporated
18892075 RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY SYSTEM WITH OPTICAL-FIBER EXTENSION Non-Final OA Haemanthus, Inc.
18797098 MULTI-SENSOR Non-Final OA View, Inc.
18835358 VERIFICATION METHOD FOR A BIRD PROTECTION FUNCTION OF A GLASS SURFACE Non-Final OA BirdShades Innovations GmbH
18755464 DETECTION OF AIR BUBBLES IN OPTICAL DETECTION UNIT Non-Final OA Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc.
18719039 COMPUTER IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR DETECTING SHORT PULSE LASERS Non-Final OA THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR DEFENCE

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