Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 17, 2026

Examiner: HULKA, JAMES R

Tech Center 4100 • Art Units: 3645 3662 4100

This examiner grants 76% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

76.4%
Allow Rate
+16.4% vs TC avg
1,009
Total Applications
+11.7%
Interview Lift
1152
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 986 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

6.8%
§101 Eligibility
18.8%
§102 Novelty
56.1%
§103 Obviousness
14.6%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
16034250 EARLY-LATE PULSE COUNTING FOR LIGHT EMITTING DEPTH SENSORS Final Rejection Apple Inc.
18586975 LiDAR DRIVING SYSTEM AND METHOD Non-Final OA HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
17032424 LIDAR SYSTEM AND ITS CONTROL METHOD Final Rejection HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
18690752 DISTANCE MEASURING DEVICE AND DISTANCE MEASURING SYSTEM Non-Final OA Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
18687822 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND TIME-OF-FLIGHT SYSTEM Non-Final OA Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
18550294 SENSOR ELEMENT AND RANGING SYSTEM Non-Final OA SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
17778367 DISTANCE MEASURING SENSOR, DISTANCE MEASURING SYSTEM, AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT Non-Final OA SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
18571205 SENSOR FOR ACQUIRING A DEPTH MAP OF A SCENE Non-Final OA Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives
18492640 RANGE FINDING APPARATUS AND MEASUREMENT APPARATUS Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
17926658 SCHEDULING SYSTEM, SCHEDULING DEVICE, SCHEDULING METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM Final Rejection NEC Corporation
18391655 STACKED TIME-OF-FLIGHT MODULE Non-Final OA Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
18540486 Optical Redirector Device 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
18219204 LIDAR DEFECT DETECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USE IN CAN MANUFACTURING ASSEMBLIES Final Rejection Stolle Machinery Company, LLC
18520084 LIGHT EMISSION MODULE AND WIDE ANGLE SCANNING SYSTEM Non-Final OA Industrial Technology Research Institute

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