Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: BOLDA, ERIC L

Tech Center 6200 • Art Units: 3645 3663 6212

This examiner grants 86% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

86.4%
Allow Rate
+26.4% vs TC avg
1,050
Total Applications
+7.5%
Interview Lift
1034
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1028 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.6%
§101 Eligibility
11.0%
§102 Novelty
75.0%
§103 Obviousness
12.3%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18008589 LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE AND LIGHT-EMITTING SYSTEM Non-Final OA Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
18264449 SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS, SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM Non-Final OA SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
18035984 ILLUMINATION APPARATUS AND RANGING APPARATUS Non-Final OA SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
18245498 LIDAR SENSOR Non-Final OA Robert Bosch GmbH
17638034 METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM, ELECTRONIC MEMORY MEDIUM, AND DEVICE FOR EVALUATING OPTICAL RECEPTION SIGNALS Final Rejection Robert Bosch GmbH
18098137 CONTROL DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD Non-Final OA HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
18131596 LASER SCANNER FOR VERIFYING POSITIONING OF COMPONENTS OF ASSEMBLIES Non-Final OA FARO Technologies, Inc.
17925718 METHOD FOR USING A LIDAR DEVICE WITH DESCRIPTORS Non-Final OA Continental Autonomous Mobility Germany GmbH
18004694 TOF SENSOR Non-Final OA GPIXEL NV
18054398 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR EVALUATING POINT CLOUD QUALITY OF LIDAR, AND APPARATUS Non-Final OA NIO TECHNOLOGY (ANHUI) CO., LTD
18104006 TOTAL INTERNAL REFLECTION (TIR) SCANNING DEVICE Non-Final OA Aeva, Inc.
17870132 LIDAR SYSTEM WITH PULSE-ENERGY MEASUREMENT Non-Final OA Luminar Technologies, Inc.
17730740 DOPPLER LIDAR FOR THE DETECTION OF WIND AND/OR VORTEX SITUATIONS Final Rejection LEONARDO Germany GmbH

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