Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: FRITCHMAN, JOSEPH C

Tech Center 3600 • Art Units: 3645

This examiner grants 78% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

77.7%
Allow Rate
+25.7% vs TC avg
209
Total Applications
+31.8%
Interview Lift
1283
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 175 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.6%
§101 Eligibility
2.1%
§102 Novelty
88.9%
§103 Obviousness
7.6%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17897164 VIRTUAL ARRAY METHOD FOR 3D ROBOTIC VISION Final Rejection TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
17811453 ATTITUDE/POSITION DETECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING ATTITUDE/POSITION OF DETECTOR Final Rejection DENSO CORPORATION
17965940 OPTICAL APPARATUS, IN-VEHICLE SYSTEM, AND MOVING APPARATUS Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18100976 INTEGRATED LAMP DEVICE FOR A VEHICLE Non-Final OA KIA CORPORATION
18250686 OPTICAL RANGE FINDING Non-Final OA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE
18176163 TIME-OF-FLIGHT CLOSEST TARGET RANGING WITH PULSE DISTORTION IMMUNITY Non-Final OA STMicroelectronics International N.V.
18023145 DISTANCE IMAGE ACQUISITION DEVICE AND DISTANCE IMAGE ACQUISITION METHOD Non-Final OA HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
18188316 Z-PLANE IDENTIFICATION AND BOX DIMENSIONING USING THREE-DIMENSIONAL TIME-OF-FLIGHT IMAGING Non-Final OA Analog Devices, Inc.
17946939 DISTANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM AND VEHICLE Final Rejection Yinwang Intelligent Technologies Co., Ltd.
17714162 MEASUREMENT APPARATUS Final Rejection FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
18254011 RECEIVED-SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS OF A DETECTION DEVICE FOR MONITORING AT LEAST ONE MONITORING REGION, DETECTION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A DETECTION DEVICE Non-Final OA Valeo Schalter und Sensoren GmbH
17689207 HYBRID PULSED/COHERENT LIDAR SYSTEM Final Rejection Luminar Technologies, Inc.
17183719 SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIER WITH BRAGG GRATING Final Rejection Luminar Technologies, Inc.
17886448 Optical Sensor, Optical Distance Sensing Module and Fabricating Method Thereof Final Rejection Egis Technology Inc.
18045652 Scanning Laser Devices and Methods with Adjusted Emission Control Pulse Sets Non-Final OA Microvision, Inc.
17938090 LIDAR ASSEMBLY WITH STACKED BEAM-STEERING DEVICE Non-Final OA Continental Autonomous Mobility US, LLC
17984695 ELECTRONIC WAVE SWITCH Final Rejection Pass & Seymour, Inc.
17791040 LIDAR, AND DETECTION METHOD AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR LIDAR Non-Final OA NINGBO SUNNY AUTOMOTIVE OPTECH CO., LTD.

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