Listed by the USPTO as HULKA, JAMES R
Tech Center 4100 • Art Units: 3645 3662 4100
This examiner grants 76% of resolved cases
HULKA, JAMES R is assigned to Tech Center 4100 and Art Unit 3645. The profile records 992 resolved cases, an allowance rate of 76.3%, and a median of 1153 days to allowance. The interview lift is 11.9%, indicating that the substantial allowance history is the stronger planning signal, with interviews available for focused clarification.
Suteng Innovation Technology Co., Ltd., Sony Group Corporation, and Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd. are the listed companies. Bayes PLLC, CHIP LAW GROUP, and MBHB - Waymo are the listed firms. Applicants should prepare technically specific amendments, manage the recorded pendency, and reserve examiner meetings for issues that benefit from discussion.
| App # | Title | Status | Assignee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18770276 | OPTICAL PHASED ARRAY, METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING THE OPTICAL PHASED ARRAY | Non-Final OA | SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. |
| 16034250 | EARLY-LATE PULSE COUNTING FOR LIGHT EMITTING DEPTH SENSORS | Final Rejection | Apple Inc. |
| 18798464 | RANGING DEVICE AND METHOD OF DRIVING RANGING DEVICE | Non-Final OA | CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA |
| 18862863 | DISTANCE MEASURING DEVICE AND COUNTER | Non-Final OA | SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION |
| 18550294 | SENSOR ELEMENT AND RANGING SYSTEM | Non-Final OA | SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION |
| 17926658 | SCHEDULING SYSTEM, SCHEDULING DEVICE, SCHEDULING METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM | Non-Final OA | NEC Corporation |
| 18342768 | DISTANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM | Final Rejection | Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd. |
| 18386143 | LIDAR DETECTION SYSTEM FOR A LIFT DEVICE | Final Rejection | Oshkosh Corporation |
| 18630135 | Alternating Pulsed Lidar | Non-Final OA | The Boeing Company |
| 17032424 | LIDAR SYSTEM AND ITS CONTROL METHOD | Final Rejection | HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD. |
| 18968274 | RANGE IMAGING ELEMENT AND RANGE IMAGING APPARATUS | Non-Final OA | TOPPAN HOLDINGS INC. |
| 18522719 | SiPM with Cells of Different Sizes | Non-Final OA | Waymo LLC |
| 17930441 | Temporally Modulated Light Emission for Defect Detection in Light Detection and Ranging (Lidar) Devices and Cameras | Non-Final OA | Waymo LLC |
| 18823748 | TIME OF FLIGHT SENSOR FOR CALIBRATING DETECTION DEVIATION | Non-Final OA | PixArt Imaging Inc. |
| 18520084 | LIGHT EMISSION MODULE AND WIDE ANGLE SCANNING SYSTEM | Non-Final OA | Industrial Technology Research Institute |
| 18760745 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING MOTION-STABILIZED IMAGES OF A TARGET USING LIDAR AND VIDEO MEASUREMENTS | Final Rejection | Aeva, Inc. |
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Build Your Strategy76.3% of resolved applications examined by James R Hulka were allowed (992 resolved cases), compared with 67.5% across Art Unit 3645 over the last five years.
This examiner's interview lift is +11.9 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.
Applications allowed by James R Hulka took 1,153 days on average from filing to allowance.
James R Hulka examines applications in Art Unit 3645 in Tech Center 4100.
