Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: HULKA, JAMES R

Tech Center 3600 • Art Units: 3645 3662

This examiner grants 76% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

76.4%
Allow Rate
+24.4% vs TC avg
994
Total Applications
+11.5%
Interview Lift
1151
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 957 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

5.2%
§101 Eligibility
23.9%
§102 Novelty
50.5%
§103 Obviousness
14.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17926658 SCHEDULING SYSTEM, SCHEDULING DEVICE, SCHEDULING METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM Non-Final OA NEC Corporation
17972369 OPTICAL SCANNING DEVICE AND RANGING APPARATUS Non-Final OA Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
18227492 Optoelectronic sensor for detecting objects in a monitored area Non-Final OA SICK AG
18550294 SENSOR ELEMENT AND RANGING SYSTEM Non-Final OA SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
17778367 DISTANCE MEASURING SENSOR, DISTANCE MEASURING SYSTEM, AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT Final Rejection SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
17765838 TIME-OF-FLIGHT CIRCUITRY AND TIME-OF-FLIGHT METHOD Non-Final OA Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
17823397 TIME OF FLIGHT SENSOR AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING A TIME OF FLIGHT SENSOR Non-Final OA Infineon Technologies AG
17828236 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING AN INTENSITY VALUE REPRESENTING AN INTENSITY OF LIGHT REFLECTED FROM AN OBJECT IN A SCENE Non-Final OA Infineon Technologies AG
16034250 EARLY-LATE PULSE COUNTING FOR LIGHT EMITTING DEPTH SENSORS Non-Final OA Apple Inc.
17847264 PERIODICAL CORRELATION DETECTION FOR BACKGROUND LIGHT SUPPRESSION IN DIRECT TIME-OF-FLIGHT SENSOR Final Rejection TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD.
18132533 COMPACT PORTABLE NAVIGATION SYSTEM FOR GPS-CHALLENGED REGIONS Non-Final OA BAE SYSTEMS Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc.
17930441 Temporally Modulated Light Emission for Defect Detection in Light Detection and Ranging (Lidar) Devices and Cameras Non-Final OA Waymo LLC
17805624 PULSE RANGING DEVICE AND METHOD, AND AUTOMATIC CLEANING APPARATUS HAVING SAME Final Rejection Beijing Roborock Technology Co., Ltd.
17989707 LIGHT EMITTING ELEMENT ARRAY, LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE, AND DETECTION APPARATUS Non-Final OA FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
18253557 Method for Calibrating a First Lighting Device, a Second Lighting Device and an Optical Sensor, Control Device for Carrying Out Such a Method, Calibrating Device Having Such a Control Device, and Motor Vehicle Having Such a Calibrating Device Non-Final OA Daimler Truck AG
17416432 REALITY CAPTURE WITH A LASER SCANNER AND A CAMERA Final Rejection LEICA GEOSYSTEMS AG
17245897 LASER DISTANCE MEASURING DEVICE AND OBJECT DETECTION SYSTEM Final Rejection DENSO WAVE INCORPORATED
17905622 MICRO-LIDAR SENSOR Non-Final OA Miele & Cie. KG
17907145 EDGE COMBINERS WITH SYMMETRICAL OPERATION RANGE AT HIGH SPEED Non-Final OA Analog Devices International Unlimited Company
17945072 COMBINING DATA FROM DIFFERENT SAMPLE REGIONS IN AN IMAGING SYSTEM FIELD OF VIEW Non-Final OA SiLC Technologies, Inc.
17900303 PULSE METRIC MEASUREMENT BASED ON SIGNAL DECAY Non-Final OA Luminar Technologies, Inc.
17862024 DYNAMIC GAIN ADJUSTMENT BASED ON DISTANCE TO TARGET IN AN ACTIVE LIGHT DETECTION SYSTEM Non-Final OA Luminar Technologies, Inc.
17852890 LIDAR WITH INTELLIGENT ORIENTATION Non-Final OA Luminar Technologies, Inc.
17633966 MEASUREMENT AND COMPENSATION FOR PHASE ERRORS IN TIME-OF-FLIGHT-CAMERAS Final Rejection BASLER AG
18001737 IMAGE SENSOR AND DETECTION SYSTEM USING SAME Non-Final OA Ningbo ABAX Sensing Electronic Technology Co., Ltd.
18048765 PHOTOELECTRIC SENSING ACQUISITION MODULE PHOTOELECTRIC SENSING RANGING METHOD AND RANGING DEVICE Non-Final OA SHENZHEN ADAPS PHOTONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.

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