Listed by the USPTO as HELLNER, MARK
Tech Center 4100 • Art Units: 3645 3663 4100
This examiner grants 90% of resolved cases
HELLNER, MARK is assigned to tech center 4100 and art unit 3645. The profile covers 1,513 resolved cases, with an allowance rate of 90.4%. The median time to allowance is 976 days, and interviews correspond with an 8.6% lift. The record indicates a high allowance rate with a modest reported interview effect.
Canon Inc., Waymo LLC, and Luminar Technologies Inc. are the represented companies. The listed firms are MBHB - Waymo, VAN PELT, YI & JAMES LLP AND LUMINAR, and Venable LLP. Practitioners may focus on preserving useful claim scope and responding efficiently to examiner concerns, using interviews to clarify issues without making them the primary prosecution mechanism.
| App # | Title | Status | Assignee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18760113 | DISTANCE MEASUREMENT DEVICE | Non-Final OA | FUJIFILM CORPORATION |
| 18887199 | DISTANCE MEASUREMENT DEVICE AND EQUIPMENT | Non-Final OA | CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA |
| 18883111 | RANGING APPARATUS, RANGING SYSTEM, MOVING BODY, AND DEVICE | Non-Final OA | CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA |
| 18761080 | PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION APPARATUS AND OPTICAL DETECTION SYSTEM | Non-Final OA | CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA |
| 18611907 | LIDAR CLEANING SYSTEM | Non-Final OA | Robert Bosch GmbH |
| 18684242 | LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE AND RANGING DEVICE | Non-Final OA | SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION |
| 18551899 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMAGING IN THE OPTICAL DOMAIN | Non-Final OA | CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE |
| 18787139 | OBJECT DETECTION APPARATUS AND OBJECT DETECTION METHOD | Non-Final OA | DENSO CORPORATION |
| 19107107 | FMCW LIDAR SYSTEM, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DRIVING A LIDAR SYSTEM | Non-Final OA | ams International AG |
| 19113673 | LIDAR DEVICE, OPERATING METHOD, AND METHOD FOR GENERATING INFORMATION THEREOF | Non-Final OA | LG INNOTEK CO., LTD. |
| 18680905 | Compact LiDAR Sensor | Non-Final OA | Yinwang Intelligent Technologies Co., Ltd. |
| 18959920 | Systems and Methods for Occlusion Detection | Non-Final OA | Waymo LLC |
| 18779594 | Light Detection using an Aperture | Non-Final OA | Waymo LLC |
| 18760760 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING RANGES TO A TARGET BEHIND A TRANSPARENT SURFACE | Final Rejection | Aeva, Inc. |
| 18897325 | METHOD TO IMPROVE MEASUREMENT ACCURACY FOR BEAM SCANNING APPLICATION | Non-Final OA | Lumentum Operations LLC |
IP Author analyzes examiner patterns and generates tailored response strategies with the highest chance of allowance.
Build Your Strategy90.4% of resolved applications examined by Mark Hellner were allowed (1,513 resolved cases), compared with 67.5% across Art Unit 3645 over the last five years.
This examiner's interview lift is +8.6 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.
Applications allowed by Mark Hellner took 976 days on average from filing to allowance.
Mark Hellner examines applications in Art Unit 3645 in Tech Center 4100.
