Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: CLOUSER, BENJAMIN WADE

Tech Center 3600 • Art Units: 3645

This examiner grants 36% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

35.7%
Allow Rate
-16.3% vs TC avg
53
Total Applications
+75.0%
Interview Lift
1472
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 14 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.9%
§101 Eligibility
27.1%
§102 Novelty
58.5%
§103 Obviousness
13.6%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17800678 LIGHT EMITTING ELEMENT, LIGHT EMITTING ELEMENT UNIT, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE, SENSING DEVICE, AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE Final Rejection Sony Group Corporation
17810835 OPTICAL DEVICE, OPTICAL DETECTION SYSTEM, AND OPTICAL FIBER Final Rejection Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
18050323 OBJECT RECOGNITION DEVICE Non-Final OA DENSO CORPORATION
17930979 OBJECT RECOGNITION DEVICE Final Rejection DENSO CORPORATION
17662828 DISTANCE MEASURING DEVICE Final Rejection DENSO CORPORATION
17946415 ITERATIVE HISTOGRAM BINWIDTH OPTIMIZATION METHOD FOR A LIDAR SYSTEM AND LIDAR SYSTEM IMPLEMENTING SAME Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES 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
17446844 METHOD FOR ASCERTAINING AN OPERATING PARAMETER FOR OPERATING A SURROUNDINGS DETECTION SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE, AND SURROUNDINGS DETECTION SYSTEM Non-Final OA Robert Bosch GmbH
17780931 STRUCTURED LIGHT MODULE AND AUTONOMOUS MOBILE DEVICE Non-Final OA ECOVACS ROBOTICS CO., LTD.
18112522 LIDAR SENSOR AND TARGET DETECTION METHOD USING THE SAME Non-Final OA HL KLEMOVE CORP.
17669330 FLASH LIDAR Non-Final OA SUTENG INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
17865726 RAPID SERVO PROFILE RECONFIGURATION IN A LiDAR SYSTEM Non-Final OA Luminar Technologies, Inc.
17741304 BEAM STEERING TECHNIQUES FOR CORRECTING SCAN LINE COMPRESSION IN LIDAR DEVICES Non-Final OA VELODYNE LIDAR USA, 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
18202498 ADAPTIVE SEARCH METHOD FOR LIGHT SPOT POSITIONS, TIME OF FLIGHT DISTANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM, AND DISTANCE MEASUREMENT METHOD Non-Final OA ORBBEC INC.
17742426 COMPONENT AND SENSOR FOR A LIDAR SENSOR SYSTEM, LIDAR SENSOR SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A LIDAR SENSOR SYSTEM Final Rejection OSRAM GmbH
18029918 MOBILE SCANNING ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A MOBILE SCANNING ARRANGEMENT Non-Final OA Zoller & Fröhlich GmbH
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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