Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: CHEN, CHIA-LING

Tech Center 3600 • Art Units: 3645

This examiner grants 46% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

46.2%
Allow Rate
-5.8% vs TC avg
57
Total Applications
+63.6%
Interview Lift
1504
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 26 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

1.4%
§101 Eligibility
15.7%
§102 Novelty
60.5%
§103 Obviousness
17.1%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17879911 DISTANCE MEASURING APPARATUS USING SENSOR COVER Final Rejection SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
17934082 RANGEFINDER Final Rejection DENSO CORPORATION
17419432 DISTANCE MEASUREMENT APPARATUS AND DISTANCE MEASUREMENT METHOD Final Rejection SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
17466164 Method and Apparatus for Time-of-Flight Sensing Non-Final OA Infineon Technologies AG
17779964 DISTANCE MEASURING CAMERA APPARATUS Non-Final OA LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
17752189 LIDAR UNIT WITH STRAY LIGHT REDUCTION SYSTEM Final Rejection LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
18471148 IMAGE SENSING APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME, AND DRIVING METHOD OF IMAGE SENSING APPARATUS Non-Final OA LX SEMICON CO., LTD.
18170361 SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE, LIGHT DETECTOR, AND DISTANCE MEASURING DEVICE Non-Final OA Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
17770143 LIDAR SENSOR COMPRISING A VIEWING WINDOW AND A CLEANING UNIT, AND ASSOCIATED SENSOR ASSEMBLY Final Rejection Robert Bosch GmbH
17445906 ONLINE CALIBRATION OF LIDAR DEVICES Final Rejection Robert Bosch GmbH
18073695 APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING LIDAR RECEIVER AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING LIDAR RECEIVER Non-Final OA HL KLEMOVE CORP.
18044391 OPTOELECTRONIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, OPTOELECTRONIC SEMICONDUCTOR APPARATUS, METHOD OF OPERATING THE OPTOELECTRONIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, AND BIOSENSOR Non-Final OA OSRAM OPTO SEMICONDUCTORS GMBH
18079834 LIDAR ADJUSTMENT METHOD, CIRCUIT, AND APPARATUS, LIDAR, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA SUTENG INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
17554256 Multi-Lens Lidar Receiver with Multiple Readout Channels Final Rejection AEYE, Inc.
17603729 Photonic Integrated Circuit and a Three-Dimensional Laser Doppler Vibrometer Including the Same Non-Final OA Universiteit Gent
17566997 DEVICES AND TECHNIQUES FOR OSCILLATORY SCANNING IN LIDAR SENSORS Non-Final OA VELODYNE LIDAR USA, INC.
18006195 DETECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD Non-Final OA NINGBO ABAX SENSING CO., LTD.
17875222 REAL-TIME THERMAL CAMERA BASED ODOMETRY AND NAVIGATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS Final Rejection Teledyne FLIR, LLC
17663102 OPTICAL ASSEMBLY FOR LIDAR DETECTION SYSTEM Final Rejection QLM Technology Limited
17639671 PROJECTOR FOR A SOLID-STATE LIDAR SYSTEM Non-Final OA XENOMATIX NV
17624558 HOMODYNE RECEIVE ARCHITECTURE IN A SPATIAL ESTIMATION SYSTEM Final Rejection BARAJA PTY LTD
17425730 LIDAR DEVICE Non-Final OA VisionICs Microelectronics Technology Co.,Ltd.

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