Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: CLOUSER, BENJAMIN WADE

Tech Center 3600 • Art Units: 3645

This examiner grants 41% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

41.2%
Allow Rate
-10.8% vs TC avg
55
Total Applications
+71.4%
Interview Lift
1416
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 17 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0%
§101 Eligibility
1.2%
§102 Novelty
97.6%
§103 Obviousness
1.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18050323 OBJECT RECOGNITION DEVICE Non-Final OA DENSO CORPORATION
17930979 OBJECT RECOGNITION DEVICE Final Rejection DENSO CORPORATION
17810835 OPTICAL DEVICE, OPTICAL DETECTION SYSTEM, AND OPTICAL FIBER Final Rejection Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
17636968 RANGING SYSTEM AND DRIVER OF LIGHT EMITTING ELEMENT Final Rejection Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
17912601 MEASUREMENT SYSTEM, MEASUREMENT MODULE, MEASUREMENT PROCESSING DEVICE, AND MEASUREMENT METHOD Non-Final OA KYOCERA Corporation
17780931 STRUCTURED LIGHT MODULE AND AUTONOMOUS MOBILE DEVICE Non-Final OA ECOVACS ROBOTICS CO., LTD.
17365358 CONSTRUCTION MEMBER MEASURING METHOD AND MEASUREMENT SYSTEM FOR THE METHOD Non-Final OA TOPCON CORPORATION
17865726 RAPID SERVO PROFILE RECONFIGURATION IN A LiDAR SYSTEM Non-Final OA Luminar Technologies, Inc.
18126069 LIDAR SYSTEM COMMUNICATION USING DATA ENCODING FOR COMMUNICATING POINT CLOUD DATA Non-Final OA Innovusion, Inc.
18202498 ADAPTIVE SEARCH METHOD FOR LIGHT SPOT POSITIONS, TIME OF FLIGHT DISTANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM, AND DISTANCE MEASUREMENT METHOD Non-Final OA ORBBEC INC.
17538502 OPTICAL INTERFEROMETRIC LIDAR SYSTEM TO CONTROL MAIN MEASUREMENT RANGE USING ACTIVE SELECTION OF REFERENCE OPTICAL PATH LENGTH Final Rejection Pusan National University Industry-University Cooperation Foundation
18029918 MOBILE SCANNING ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A MOBILE SCANNING ARRANGEMENT Non-Final OA Zoller & Fröhlich GmbH
17741304 BEAM STEERING TECHNIQUES FOR CORRECTING SCAN LINE COMPRESSION IN LIDAR DEVICES Non-Final OA VELODYNE LIDAR USA, INC.
18114428 Method for calibrating a portable reference sensor system, portable reference sensor system and use of the portable reference sensor system Non-Final OA AVL Software and Functions GmbH

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