Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: NGUYEN, RACHEL NICOLE

Tech Center 3600 • Art Units: 3645

This examiner grants 25% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

25.0%
Allow Rate
-27.0% vs TC avg
80
Total Applications
+59.4%
Interview Lift
1486
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 32 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0%
§101 Eligibility
1.4%
§102 Novelty
96.5%
§103 Obviousness
0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17573300 LIDAR DEVICE Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
17909534 VEGETATION OBSERVATION DEVICE, VEGETATION OBSERVATION SYSTEM, AND VEGETATION OBSERVATION METHOD Final Rejection NEC Corporation
17758820 Calibration of a Solid-State Lidar Device Non-Final OA 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
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.
18152923 MASTER DEVICE AND SENSOR SYSTEM Non-Final OA Fujitsu Limited
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
18269611 FIBER OPTIC AMPLIFIER Non-Final OA NTT, Inc.
18173824 OPTICAL INTERFEROMETRIC RANGE SENSOR Non-Final OA OMRON Corporation
18085460 OPTICAL DETECTION OF AN OBJECT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TRIANGULATION PRINCIPLE Non-Final OA SICK AG
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.
17385312 LIDAR TRANSCEIVER WITH COAXIAL TRANSMIT AND RECEIVE PATH Final Rejection Luminar Technologies, Inc.
17627980 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EYE-SAFE LIDAR Non-Final OA INNOVIZ TECHNOLOGIES LTD.
17980679 SYSTEM FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY MEASURING 3DOF LGEs BY LASER AND METHOD THEREFOR Non-Final OA BEIJING JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY
18084562 Time Multiplexing Flash Light Detection and Ranging Apparatus and Operating Method Thereof Non-Final OA Compertum Microsystems Inc.
18028834 ARRAY COHERENT RANGING CHIP AND SYSTEM THEREOF Non-Final OA CHINA SCIENCE PHOTON CHIP (HAINING) TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
17976554 Eye-Safe Long-Range Solid-State LIDAR System Non-Final OA OPSYS Tech Ltd.
17938436 LIDAR SYSTEM WITH REDUCED PARALLAX, DISTORTION, AND DEFOCUS ISSUES Final Rejection Continental Autonomous Mobility US, LLC
17939471 CARRIER MODULATION RANGING USING SPADS Final Rejection STMicroelectronics (Research & Development) Limited
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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