Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: FRITCHMAN, JOSEPH C

Tech Center 3600 • Art Units: 3645

This examiner grants 79% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

78.8%
Allow Rate
+26.8% vs TC avg
206
Total Applications
+29.6%
Interview Lift
1315
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 165 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

1.7%
§101 Eligibility
23.1%
§102 Novelty
51.7%
§103 Obviousness
19.9%
§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
18100976 INTEGRATED LAMP DEVICE FOR A VEHICLE Non-Final OA KIA CORPORATION
17965940 OPTICAL APPARATUS, IN-VEHICLE SYSTEM, AND MOVING APPARATUS Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
17757005 DISTANCE MEASURING DEVICE, METHOD OF CONTROLLING DISTANCE MEASURING DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS Final Rejection SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
17756204 DISTANCE MEASURING SENSOR, DISTANCE MEASURING SYSTEM, AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT Non-Final OA SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
17766967 LIGHT RECEIVING APPARATUS, DISTANCE MEASUREMENT APPARATUS, AND LIGHT RECEIVING CIRCUIT Non-Final OA Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
18333307 LIDAR DEVICE FOR A VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR OPTICALLY DETECTING A FIELD OF VIEW FOR A VEHICLE Non-Final OA Robert Bosch GmbH
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.
17946939 DISTANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM AND VEHICLE Final Rejection Shenzhen Yinwang Intelligent Technologies, Co., Ltd.
18250686 OPTICAL RANGE FINDING Non-Final OA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE
17714162 MEASUREMENT APPARATUS Final Rejection FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
18077229 LIDAR APPARATUS Non-Final OA HL KLEMOVE 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
17575726 Surveying Instrument Non-Final OA TOPCON Corporation
17970518 TIME-OF-FLIGHT MOTION MISALIGNMENT ARTIFACT CORRECTION Non-Final OA GM Cruise Holdings LLC
18065310 ADJUSTMENT OF LIGHT DETECTION AND RANGING (LIDAR) SYSTEM FIELD OF VIEW DURING OPERATION Final Rejection Aeva, Inc.
17689207 HYBRID PULSED/COHERENT LIDAR SYSTEM Final Rejection Luminar Technologies, Inc.
17183719 SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIER WITH BRAGG GRATING Final Rejection Luminar Technologies, Inc.
17881379 CONNECTING ASSEMBLY FOR A SENSOR POD Final Rejection Kodiak Robotics, Inc.
17886448 Optical Sensor, Optical Distance Sensing Module and Fabricating Method Thereof Final Rejection Egis Technology Inc.
17938090 LIDAR ASSEMBLY WITH STACKED BEAM-STEERING DEVICE Non-Final OA Continental Autonomous Mobility US, LLC
18146384 ULTRASONIC IMAGING SYSTEM AND ULTRASONIC IMAGING METHOD Non-Final OA Aco Healthcare Co., Ltd
18045652 Scanning Laser Devices and Methods with Adjusted Emission Control Pulse Sets Non-Final OA Microvision, Inc.
17984695 ELECTRONIC WAVE SWITCH Final Rejection Pass & Seymour, Inc.

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