Listed by the USPTO as NAPIER, JAMES WILBURN
Tech Center 3600 • Art Units: 2853 2878 3645
This examiner grants 89% of resolved cases
NAPIER, JAMES WILBURN has resolved 9 cases in Tech Center 3600 and Art Unit 2853. The allowance rate is 88.9%, while the median time to allowance is 1283 days. The high allowance figure should be read with care because the resolved-case sample is limited. The lengthy median also makes prosecution scheduling important for applicants with fixed commercial or portfolio deadlines.
The interview lift is 22.2%, suggesting that interviews may be a useful component of advocacy in this record, subject to the facts of each application. Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Sony Group Corporation, and Toyota Motor Corporation are the leading listed company users. HARNESS DICKEY (DETROIT), Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC, and CANTOR COLBURN LLP-GM CRUISE are the listed firms with the strongest representation.
| App # | Title | Status | Assignee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18718635 | PHOTODETECTION DEVICE AND RANGING DEVICE | Non-Final OA | SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION |
| 18426999 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RESOLVING POSITIONAL OFFSETS BETWEEN ADJACENT LIDAR DATA SETS | Non-Final OA | Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha |
| 18882812 | MEASUREMENT DEVICE | Non-Final OA | Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd. |
| 18846196 | MONITORING APPARATUS AND MONITORING METHOD | Non-Final OA | NTT, Inc. |
| 18840031 | PUMP LIGHT GENERATION APPARATUS, OPTICAL AMPLIFIER AND PUMP LIGHT GENERATION METHOD | Non-Final OA | NTT, Inc. |
| 18600055 | LIDAR Odometry for Localization | Non-Final OA | Aurora Operations, Inc. |
| 18402472 | TIME-OF-FLIGHT SENSOR CALIBRATION SYSTEM | Non-Final OA | GM Cruise Holdings LLC |
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Build Your Strategy88.9% of resolved applications examined by James Wilburn Napier were allowed (9 resolved cases), compared with 72.7% across Art Unit 2853 over the last five years.
This examiner's interview lift is +22.2 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.
Applications allowed by James Wilburn Napier took 1,283 days on average from filing to allowance.
James Wilburn Napier examines applications in Art Unit 2853 in Tech Center 3600 (Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems).
