Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: NGUYEN, RACHEL NICOLE

Tech Center 3600 • Art Units: 3645

This examiner grants 21% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

21.4%
Allow Rate
-30.6% vs TC avg
77
Total Applications
+62.5%
Interview Lift
1500
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 28 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

1.5%
§101 Eligibility
24.7%
§102 Novelty
58.5%
§103 Obviousness
13.7%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17573300 LIDAR DEVICE Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
17546811 LiDAR DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
17909534 VEGETATION OBSERVATION DEVICE, VEGETATION OBSERVATION SYSTEM, AND VEGETATION OBSERVATION METHOD Final Rejection NEC Corporation
18085460 OPTICAL DETECTION OF AN OBJECT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TRIANGULATION PRINCIPLE Non-Final OA SICK AG
17758820 Calibration of a Solid-State Lidar Device Final Rejection Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
17753753 SOLID-STATE IMAGING ELEMENT, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SOLID-STATE IMAGING ELEMENT Final Rejection SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
17680146 INDIRECT TIME OF FLIGHT SENSOR WITH PARALLEL PIXEL ARCHITECTURE Final Rejection META PLATFORMS TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
18152923 MASTER DEVICE AND SENSOR SYSTEM Non-Final OA Fujitsu Limited
18129358 LASER SCANNER FOR VERIFYING POSITIONING OF COMPONENTS OF ASSEMBLIES Non-Final OA FARO Technologies, Inc.
17859218 THREE-DIMENSIONAL MEASUREMENT DEVICE Final Rejection FARO Technologies, Inc.
18148940 LASER RADAR SYSTEM AND DETECTION METHOD Non-Final OA Shenzhen Yinwang Intelligent Technologies Co., Ltd.
17889340 DISTANCE MEASUREMENT APPARATUS AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING DISTANCE MEASUREMENT PROGRAM Final Rejection FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
17882609 IRRADIATION DEVICE AND DISTANCE MEASUREMENT APPARATUS Final Rejection FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
17568302 INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, SENSOR SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection Nuvoton Technology Corporation Japan
17624459 OPTICAL MEASUREMENT APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING OBJECT INFORMATION OF OBJECTS IN AT LEAST ONE MONITORING REGION Non-Final OA Valeo Schalter und Sensoren GmbH
18173824 OPTICAL INTERFEROMETRIC RANGE SENSOR Non-Final OA OMRON Corporation
17490194 Hyper Temporal Lidar with Controllable Detection Intervals Non-Final OA AEYE, Inc.
17490273 Hyper Temporal Lidar with Multi-Channel Readout of Returns Final Rejection AEYE, Inc.
18097002 LIDAR WINDOW BLOCKAGE DETECTION Non-Final OA Luminar Technologies, Inc.
17590459 LIDAR WINDOW BLOCKAGE DETECTION Final Rejection Luminar Technologies, Inc.
17584860 Lidar System with Multi-Junction Light Source Final Rejection Luminar Technologies, Inc.
17627980 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EYE-SAFE LIDAR Non-Final OA INNOVIZ TECHNOLOGIES LTD.
18349419 LASER AMPLIFICATION WITH PASSIVE PEAK-POWER FILTER Non-Final OA Electro-Optics Technology, Incorporated
18028834 ARRAY COHERENT RANGING CHIP AND SYSTEM THEREOF Non-Final OA CHINA SCIENCE PHOTON CHIP (HAINING) TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
18084562 Time Multiplexing Flash Light Detection and Ranging Apparatus and Operating Method Thereof Non-Final OA Compertum Microsystems Inc.
17938436 LIDAR SYSTEM WITH REDUCED PARALLAX, DISTORTION, AND DEFOCUS ISSUES Final Rejection Continental Autonomous Mobility US, LLC
17976554 Eye-Safe Long-Range Solid-State LIDAR System Non-Final OA OPSYS Tech Ltd.
17794907 A LASER DETECTION AND RANGING (LIDAR) DEVICE Non-Final OA OUTSIGHT
17677144 LIDAR SYSTEM FOR DYNAMICALLY SELECTING FIELD-OF-VIEWS TO SCAN WITH DIFFERENT RESOLUTIONS Non-Final OA BEIJING VOYAGER TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
17393755 FLASH LIGHT DETECTION AND RANGING SYSTEM HAVING ADJUSTABLE FIELD OF VIEW Non-Final OA Beijing Voyager Technology Co., Ltd.

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