Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: HULKA, JAMES R

Tech Center 3600 • Art Units: 3645 3662

This examiner grants 76% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

76.5%
Allow Rate
+24.5% vs TC avg
1,002
Total Applications
+11.6%
Interview Lift
1147
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 966 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

2.3%
§101 Eligibility
4.8%
§102 Novelty
87.3%
§103 Obviousness
3.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17783275 TIME-OF-FLIGHT IMAGING CIRCUITRY, TIME-OF-FLIGHT IMAGING SYSTEM, AND TIME-OF-FLIGHT IMAGING 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
17847264 PERIODICAL CORRELATION DETECTION FOR BACKGROUND LIGHT SUPPRESSION IN DIRECT TIME-OF-FLIGHT SENSOR Final Rejection TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD.
17989707 LIGHT EMITTING ELEMENT ARRAY, LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE, AND DETECTION APPARATUS Non-Final OA FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
17245897 LASER DISTANCE MEASURING DEVICE AND OBJECT DETECTION SYSTEM Final Rejection DENSO WAVE INCORPORATED
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
17907145 EDGE COMBINERS WITH SYMMETRICAL OPERATION RANGE AT HIGH SPEED Non-Final OA Analog Devices International Unlimited Company
18132533 COMPACT PORTABLE NAVIGATION SYSTEM FOR GPS-CHALLENGED REGIONS Non-Final OA BAE SYSTEMS Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc.
18090974 AIRBORNE OPTICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF UNDERWATER SOUND SOURCES Final Rejection BAE SYSTEMS INFORMATION AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS INTEGRATION INC.
17805624 PULSE RANGING DEVICE AND METHOD, AND AUTOMATIC CLEANING APPARATUS HAVING SAME Final Rejection Beijing Roborock Technology Co., Ltd.
17416432 REALITY CAPTURE WITH A LASER SCANNER AND A CAMERA Final Rejection LEICA GEOSYSTEMS AG
17945072 COMBINING DATA FROM DIFFERENT SAMPLE REGIONS IN AN IMAGING SYSTEM FIELD OF VIEW Non-Final OA SiLC Technologies, Inc.
18219204 LIDAR DEFECT DETECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USE IN CAN MANUFACTURING ASSEMBLIES Non-Final OA Stolle Machinery Company, LLC
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.

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