Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: BOLDA, ERIC L

Tech Center 6200 • Art Units: 3645 3663 6212

This examiner grants 86% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

86.3%
Allow Rate
+26.3% vs TC avg
1049
Total Applications
+7.6%
Interview Lift
1089
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1021 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

1.2%
§101 Eligibility
30.0%
§102 Novelty
43.4%
§103 Obviousness
23.1%
§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.
18029285 INSPECTION SYSTEM, EXTRACTION DEVICE, AND INSPECTION METHOD Non-Final OA NEC Corporation
18168500 OPTICAL APPARATUS, IN-VEHICLE SYSTEM INCLUDING OPTICAL APPARATUS, AND MOVING APPARATUS INCLUDING OPTICAL APPARATUS Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
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
18037348 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETECTING DIRT ON A VIEWING WINDOW OF A LIDAR Non-Final OA MERCEDES-BENZ GROUP AG
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.
17925718 METHOD FOR USING A LIDAR DEVICE WITH DESCRIPTORS Non-Final OA Continental Autonomous Mobility Germany GmbH
18207735 LIDAR DEVICE AND RANGING ADJUSTMENT METHOD OF THE SAME Non-Final OA SUTENG INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
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.
18147623 TOF OPTICAL SENSING MODULE Non-Final OA Egis Technology Inc.
17879057 INTEGRATED OPTICAL AMPILIFICATION SYSTEMS Non-Final OA Gauss Lasers Tech (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
17730740 DOPPLER LIDAR FOR THE DETECTION OF WIND AND/OR VORTEX SITUATIONS Final Rejection LEONARDO Germany GmbH

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