Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: MALIKASIM, JONATHAN L

Tech Center 4100 • Art Units: 3612 3645 3672 4177

This examiner grants 81% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

80.9%
Allow Rate
+20.9% vs TC avg
387
Total Applications
-0.8%
Interview Lift
870
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 371 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

1.7%
§101 Eligibility
18.9%
§102 Novelty
47.3%
§103 Obviousness
26.9%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18215419 WAVELENGTH CONTROL SYSTEM FOR TUNABLE LASER DIODE AND LiDAR DEVICE Final Rejection Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18615190 VEHICLES WITH INTERIOR REAR STORAGE STRUCTURES WITH STORAGE PANELS Final Rejection Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
18603437 Aligned sensor Non-Final OA SICK AG
18650283 PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION APPARATUS, MOVABLE APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18862883 DISTANCE MEASURING DEVICE, DISTANCE MEASURING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM RECORDING PROGRAM Non-Final OA SONY GROUP CORPORATION
18547027 DISTANCE MEASURING DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND DISTANCE MEASURING SYSTEM Non-Final OA SONY GROUP CORPORATION
18709816 TIME-OF-FLIGHT CIRCUITRY AND TIME-OF-FLIGHT METHOD Non-Final OA Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
18627151 LIGHT DETECTION AND RANGING (LIDAR) SENSOR SYSTEM FOR PITCH-CATCH EXTENSION Non-Final OA Aurora Operations, Inc.
18587287 SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF LIDAR SENSOR SYSTEMS HAVING AMPLIFIER PROTECTION CIRCUITS Non-Final OA Aurora Operations, Inc.
18648988 PROXIMITY SENSING DEVICE Non-Final OA STMicroelectronics International N.V.
18626820 CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS, LIDAR, AND TERMINAL DEVICE Non-Final OA Yinwang Intelligent Technologies Co., Ltd.
18810859 DEVICE FOR EMITTING A LIGHT BEAM AND PARTIAL BEAM SPLITTER Non-Final OA Innoviz Technologies Ltd.
18813706 DISTANCE AND SIZE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM FOR POP-DUSTING EFFICIENCY Non-Final OA Lumenis Ltd.
18192611 LANE BOUNDARY DETECTION USING SUB-SHORT RANGE ACTIVE LIGHT SENSOR Final Rejection Atieva, Inc.
18136322 LIDAR DEVICE AND RANGING ADJUSTMENT METHOD OF THE SAME Non-Final OA SUTENG INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
18798174 OPTICAL PACKAGING STRUCTURE FOR LIDAR Non-Final OA Lumentum Operations LLC
18924203 RAIL ASSEMBLY Non-Final OA ECOPLASTIC CORPORATION

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