Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: CHILTON, CLARA GRACE

Tech Center 3600 • Art Units: 3645

This examiner grants 54% of resolved cases

Analysis

Clara Grace Chilton is an examiner in Art Unit 3645 of Tech Center 3600. She has reached a resolution in 77 cases. The allowance rate for these cases is 54.5 percent. This figure provides a baseline for practitioners to evaluate the probability of obtaining a grant when their applications are assigned to this examiner.

The interview lift for this examiner is 12.7 percent. This positive lift indicates that conducting an interview increases the likelihood of allowance compared to the 54.5 percent baseline. While the lift is moderate, the 12.7 percent increase still offers a statistical benefit for those who choose to engage in formal discussions.

The median days to allowance is 1506. This is a lengthy pendency period for applications that reach a grant. With 77 resolved cases, the 1506 days to allowance and the 54.5 percent allowance rate reflect the typical timeline and success rate for prosecution in Tech Center 3600 and Art Unit 3645.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Performance Statistics

54.5%
Allow Rate
+2.5% vs TC avg
102
Total Applications
+12.7%
Interview Lift
1506
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 77 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

2.0%
§101 Eligibility
22.5%
§102 Novelty
60.5%
§103 Obviousness
14.6%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18623080 FMCW LiDAR using single-photon detectors Non-Final OA Apple Inc.
18641713 CALCULATION DEVICE Non-Final OA TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
17801331 DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS, DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND DATA PROCESSING METHOD Final Rejection NEC Corporation
18424883 INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM Non-Final OA FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
17380405 DETECTION APPARATUS, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM CAUSING COMPUTER TO EXECUTE PROCESS FOR DETECTING OBJECT, AND OPTICAL DEVICE Non-Final OA FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
17764634 DETECTION AND RANGING SYSTEMS EMPLOYING OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES Final Rejection Lumus Ltd.
18730356 MEASURING A STATOR SHAFT AND ASSEMBLING A STATOR AND A GENERATOR Non-Final OA Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy A/S
18580174 SENSOR DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS Non-Final OA Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
18306631 RANGE IMAGING DEVICE AND RANGE IMAGING APPARATUS Non-Final OA TOPPAN Inc.
17923386 A LIDAR SENSOR FOR LIGHT DETECTION AND RANGING, LIDAR MODULE, LIDAR ENABLED DEVICE AND METHOD OF OPERATING A LIDAR SENSOR FOR LIGHT DETECTION AND RANGING Non-Final OA ams Sensors Singapore Pte. Ltd.
17855898 HIGH RESOLUTION FREQUENCY MODULATED CONTINUOUS WAVE LIDAR WITH SOLID-STATE BEAM STEERING Final Rejection Aurora Operations, Inc.
18706239 ACTIVE SENSOR, OBJECT IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM, VEHICLE LAMP Non-Final OA KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
18419962 METASURFACE ELEMENT FOR IMAGING/STRUCTURED LIGHT/DE-SCANNING Non-Final OA STMicroelectronics International N.V.
17953403 ATTACHMENT ORIENTATION SENSING DEVICE, ATTACHMENT ORIENTATION SENSING METHOD, AND ATTACHMENT ORIENTATION SENSING PROGRAM Final Rejection OMRON CORPORATION
18721405 GENERATING AN ALIGNMENT SIGNAL WITHOUT DEDICATED ALIGNMENT STRUCTURES Non-Final OA ASML NETHERLANDS B.V.
18641527 LIGHT DETECTION AND RANGING (LIDAR) SYSTEM CALIBRATION Non-Final OA GM Global Technology Operations LLC
18364467 DETECTING OBSTRUCTIONS Non-Final OA Innoviz Technologies Ltd.
17895051 LIDAR AND LIDAR SCANNING METHOD Non-Final OA SUTENG INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
18606606 LIDAR SYSTEMS WITH HAZARDOUS-BEAM INDICATION Non-Final OA Rosemount Aerospace Inc.

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