Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: CHILTON, CLARA GRACE

Tech Center 3600 • Art Units: 3645

This examiner grants 56% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

56.4%
Allow Rate
+4.4% vs TC avg
98
Total Applications
+10.6%
Interview Lift
1455
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 55 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

1.4%
§101 Eligibility
23.4%
§102 Novelty
58.1%
§103 Obviousness
15.6%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17801331 DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS, DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND DATA PROCESSING METHOD Final Rejection NEC Corporation
17798042 DISTANCE MEASURING DEVICE AND DISTANCE MEASURING METHOD Non-Final OA Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
17761936 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CORRECTION METHOD, AND PROGRAM Final Rejection SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
17427960 LIGHT RECEIVING DEVICE, HISTOGRAM GENERATION METHOD, AND DISTANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM Final Rejection SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
17212218 HYBRID LIDAR SYSTEM Non-Final OA Goodrich Corporation
17764634 DETECTION AND RANGING SYSTEMS EMPLOYING OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES Non-Final OA Lumus Ltd.
17379492 OPTICAL PROXIMITY SYSTEM Final Rejection NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION
17855898 HIGH RESOLUTION FREQUENCY MODULATED CONTINUOUS WAVE LIDAR WITH SOLID-STATE BEAM STEERING Final Rejection Aurora Operations, Inc.
16951949 LASER SCANNER WITH CALIBRATION FUNCTIONALITY Final Rejection LEICA GEOSYSTEMS AG
17274346 INDOOR SURVEYING APPARATUS AND METHOD Final Rejection Planitar Inc.
18306631 RANGE IMAGING DEVICE AND RANGE IMAGING APPARATUS Non-Final OA TOPPAN Inc.
17554237 Lidar Receiver with Adjustable Lens Non-Final OA AEYE, Inc.
18072666 CONTROL OF SIGNAL CHIRP IN LIDAR SYSTEMS Non-Final OA SiLC Technologies, Inc.
17853475 LIDAR WITH PIXEL-BASED PHASE MODULATED CONTINUOUS WAVE Non-Final OA Luminar Technologies, Inc.
17844402 MULTI-AXIAL COLLIMATION OPTICS FOR LIGHT DETECTION AND RANGING Non-Final OA Luminar Technologies, Inc.
17752954 ADJUSTABLE SCAN PATTERNS FOR LIDAR SYSTEM Final Rejection Luminar Technologies, Inc.
17374017 LIDAR SYSTEM WITH PULSED AND FREQUENCY-MODULATED LIGHT Non-Final OA Luminar Technologies, Inc.
18124526 METHODS AND SYSTEMS OF WINDOW BLOCKAGE DETECTION FOR LIDAR Non-Final OA Innovusion, Inc.
17848377 LIDAR SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VEHICLE CORNER MOUNT Final Rejection Innovusion, Inc.
17665093 Lidar Sensor with Dynamic Projection Patterns Non-Final OA Artilux, Inc.
18306426 MINIATURIZED MONOCULAR TELESCOPIC LASER RANGE FINDER Non-Final OA JINHUA LANHAI PHOTOELECTRICITY TECHNOLOGY CO.,LTD.
17804745 LIDAR SENSOR INCLUDING SPATIAL LIGHT MODULATOR TO DIRECT FIELD OF ILLUMINATION Final Rejection Continental Autonomous Mobility US, LLC
18150961 Logic For Controlling Histogramming Of Measurements Of Lidar Sensors Non-Final OA Ouster, Inc.
18002831 OPTICAL DISTANCE SENSOR WITH CLOSED-LOOP EXPOSURE CONTROL AND CORRESPONDING METHOD Non-Final OA MICRO-EPSILON Optronic GmbH
18002015 FLEXIBLE LIDAR CAMERA SYNCHRONIZATION FOR DRIVERLESS VEHICLE Non-Final OA APPOLLO INTELLIGENT DRIVING TECHNOLOGY (BEIJING) CO., LTD.
17792443 DIFFUSER DEVICE Final Rejection FOCUSLIGHT TECHNOLOGIES INC.
17390402 SURVEY DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD Final Rejection CLEAREDGE3D, INC.

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