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Prosecution Insights
Tech Center 4100 • Art Units: 3645 3662 4100
This examiner grants 76% of resolved cases
James R. Hulka works in Art Unit 3645 of Tech Center 4100. He has 988 resolved cases and an allowance rate of 76.3%. This is a strong allowance rate, indicating a positive environment for applicants. The median days to allowance is 1152, which is a typical timeframe for the patent office. With 988 resolved cases, Hulka's performance is consistent and provides a reliable statistical profile for practitioners.
The interview lift of 11.8% provides a helpful boost to the 76.3% baseline. This suggests that interviews are a productive way to resolve outstanding technical issues in Art Unit 3645. Practitioners should use the 1152-day median pendency to set expectations for their clients in Tech Center 4100. The 11.8% lift indicates that oral advocacy correlates with a higher probability of grant. Given the 76.3% allowance rate, the environment is generally receptive to patentability. These metrics suggest that a combination of clear documentation and targeted interviews can lead to successful outcomes within a 1152-day window.
| App # | Title | Status | Assignee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16034250 | EARLY-LATE PULSE COUNTING FOR LIGHT EMITTING DEPTH SENSORS | Final Rejection | Apple Inc. |
| 18342768 | DISTANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM | Final Rejection | Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd. |
| 18571205 | SENSOR FOR ACQUIRING A DEPTH MAP OF A SCENE | Non-Final OA | Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives |
| 18630135 | Alternating Pulsed Lidar | Non-Final OA | The Boeing Company |
| 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. |
| 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 |
| 18968274 | RANGE IMAGING ELEMENT AND RANGE IMAGING APPARATUS | Non-Final OA | TOPPAN HOLDINGS INC. |
| 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 |
| 18681391 | LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE, RANGE-IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE, AND MONITORING DEVICE | Non-Final OA | KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. |
| 18391655 | STACKED TIME-OF-FLIGHT MODULE | Non-Final OA | Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC |
| 18540486 | Optical Redirector Device | Non-Final OA | Waymo LLC |
| 18522719 | SiPM with Cells of Different Sizes | Non-Final OA | Waymo LLC |
| 18759336 | CONTROL METHOD, LIDAR, AND TERMINAL DEVICE | Non-Final OA | Yinwang Intelligent Technologies Co., Ltd. |
| 18520084 | LIGHT EMISSION MODULE AND WIDE ANGLE SCANNING SYSTEM | Non-Final OA | Industrial Technology Research Institute |
| 18621005 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS OF LIGHT DETECTING AND RANGING | Non-Final OA | SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC |
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