Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 17, 2026

Examiner: CLOUSER, BENJAMIN WADE

Tech Center 4100 • Art Units: 3645 4100

This examiner grants 46% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

45.8%
Allow Rate
-14.2% vs TC avg
59
Total Applications
+65.0%
Interview Lift
1408
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 24 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

1.7%
§101 Eligibility
28.3%
§102 Novelty
63.0%
§103 Obviousness
6.9%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17810835 OPTICAL DEVICE, OPTICAL DETECTION SYSTEM, AND OPTICAL FIBER Final Rejection Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
18053256 METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE MAXIMUM RANGE OF A LIDAR SENSOR, AND CORRESPONDING DEVICE Non-Final OA Robert Bosch GmbH
18099254 DISPLAY ASSEMBLY AND DISPLAY DEVICE Final Rejection VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
17615029 LIDAR SYSTEM COMPRISING AN INTERFERENTIAL DIFFRACTIVE ELEMENT AND LIDAR IMAGING METHOD Final Rejection COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
17946415 ITERATIVE HISTOGRAM BINWIDTH OPTIMIZATION METHOD FOR A LIDAR SYSTEM AND LIDAR SYSTEM IMPLEMENTING SAME Final Rejection HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18190853 SRAM BASED EVENT DRIVEN COMPACT HISTOGRAM ON PIXEL DIRECT TIME OF FLIGHT Non-Final OA Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
17357509 GLOBAL LOCALIZATION APPARATUS AND METHOD IN DYNAMIC ENVIRONMENTS USING 3D LiDAR SCANNER Non-Final OA ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
17365358 CONSTRUCTION MEMBER MEASURING METHOD AND MEASUREMENT SYSTEM FOR THE METHOD Non-Final OA TOPCON CORPORATION
17347647 METHOD FOR CORRELATING POSITION AND PROFILE MEASUREMENTS FOR A HOISTING APPLIANCE Final Rejection Schneider Electric Industries SAS
17538502 OPTICAL INTERFEROMETRIC LIDAR SYSTEM TO CONTROL MAIN MEASUREMENT RANGE USING ACTIVE SELECTION OF REFERENCE OPTICAL PATH LENGTH Non-Final OA Pusan National University Industry-University Cooperation Foundation
17716760 METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM FOR EXTRACTING POINT-OF-INTEREST FEATURES USING LIDAR DATA CAPTURED BY MOBILE DEVICES Non-Final OA HERE Global B.V.
18112522 LIDAR SENSOR AND TARGET DETECTION METHOD USING THE SAME Final Rejection HL KLEMOVE CORP.
18653597 WINDSHIELD LENS SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE LIDAR FIELD OF VIEW EXPANSION Non-Final OA GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC

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