Listed by the USPTO as NICKERSON, SAMANTHA K
Tech Center 3600 • Art Units: 3645
This examiner grants 86% of resolved cases
NICKERSON, SAMANTHA K works in tech center 3600 and art unit 3645. Her profile includes 606 resolved cases and an allowance rate of 85.5%. The median time to allowance is 1020 days. Interview lift is 15.6%, indicating that interviews have been associated with a favorable change in allowance outcomes, although the overall record supplies the broader measure of prosecution results.
The leading companies are Aurora Operations Inc., Sony Group Corporation, and Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd. The listed firms are Dority & Manning, P.A. and, Ahmann Kloke LLP, and CHIP LAW GROUP. This recurring applicant and counsel mix may help practitioners identify relevant prosecution experience. The allowance and timing figures also provide concrete inputs for portfolio review and client counseling.
| App # | Title | Status | Assignee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18562551 | DISTANCE MEASURING APPARATUS AND DISTANCE MEASURING METHOD | Non-Final OA | SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION |
| 18588734 | LIDAR SYSTEM FOR VEHICLES | Non-Final OA | HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD. |
| 17723340 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SIDELOBE SUPPRESSION IN PHASE ENCODED DOPPLER LIDAR | Non-Final OA | Aurora Operations, Inc. |
| 17592265 | LIDAR SYSTEM | Non-Final OA | Aurora Operations, Inc. |
| 17893242 | OPTICAL INTERFERENCE RANGE SENSOR | Non-Final OA | OMRON Corporation |
| 17568912 | WAVEFORM RECONSTRUCTION IN A TIME-OF-FLIGHT SENSOR | Non-Final OA | Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc. |
| 17869368 | TECHNIQUES FOR SIGNAL PROCESSING IN A LIDAR SYSTEM WITH MULTIPLE RETURN WAVEGUIDES | Final Rejection | AEVA, INC. |
| 18375961 | MULTI-WAVELENGTH PULSE STEERING IN LIDAR SYSTEMS | Non-Final OA | Innovusion, Inc. |
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Build Your Strategy85.5% of resolved applications examined by Samantha K Nickerson were allowed (606 resolved cases), compared with 67.5% across Art Unit 3645 over the last five years.
This examiner's interview lift is +15.6 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.
Applications allowed by Samantha K Nickerson took 1,020 days on average from filing to allowance.
Samantha K Nickerson examines applications in Art Unit 3645 in Tech Center 3600 (Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems).
