Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: RICHTER, KARA MARIE

Tech Center 4100 • Art Units: 2871 2882 2884 3645 4100

This examiner grants 58% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

57.9%
Allow Rate
-2.1% vs TC avg
67
Total Applications
+50.0%
Interview Lift
1444
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 19 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

2.8%
§101 Eligibility
29.6%
§102 Novelty
50.6%
§103 Obviousness
15.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18693412 LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE, DISTANCE MEASURING DEVICE, AND DEVICE Non-Final OA SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
18559730 DISTANCE MEASURING DEVICE AND DISTANCE MEASURING METHOD Final Rejection Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
17978949 DISTANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM, LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE, AND LIGHT RECEIVING DEVICE Final Rejection FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
17929225 OPTICAL SENSOR WITH CROSSTALK PREVENTION Final Rejection Kohler Co.
17600011 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LIGHT BACKSCATTERING MITIGATION IN LIDAR SYSTEMS Final Rejection LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
17820513 OBJECT DETECTION APPARATUS, RECEIVING UNIT AND CONTROL METHOD OF OBJECT DETECTION APPARATUS Non-Final OA DENSO CORPORATION
17455637 OPTICAL RANGING DEVICE Final Rejection DENSO CORPORATION
18191815 FREQUENCY ESTIMATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COHERENT RANGE ESTIMATION Final Rejection Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Inc.
17471814 APPARATUS FOR SELECTING LIDAR TARGET SIGNAL, LIDAR SYSTEM HAVING THE SAME, AND METHOD THEREOF Final Rejection Kia Corporation
18115417 SURVEYING INSTRUMENT Final Rejection TOPCON CORPORATION
18161665 LASER RADAR AND INTELLIGENT VEHICLE Final Rejection Yinwang Intelligent Technologies Co., Ltd.
17820940 METHOD FOR PIXEL BINNING IN A TIME-OF-FLIGHT SENSOR, SWITCHED DEVICE FOR A TIME-OF-FLIGHT SENSOR AND COMPUTER PROGRAM Final Rejection Infineon Technologies AG
18126262 TIME-OF-FLIGHT CAMERA SYSTEM Final Rejection Analog Devices International Unlimited Company
17875895 OPTOELECTRONIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING AN OPTOELECTRONIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE Final Rejection ams International AG
18637385 REFLECTIVE OPTICAL SENSOR Non-Final OA Dexerials Corporation
18529600 SENSOR WITH AN OMNIDIRECTIONAL FIELD OF VIEW Non-Final OA LIFE SAFETY DISTRIBUTION GMBH.
18529692 SENSOR WITH AN OMNIDIRECTIONAL FIELD OF VIEW Non-Final OA Life Safety Distribution GmbH
17868655 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MEASURING TIME OF FLIGHT, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND LIDAR Non-Final OA SUTENG INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
18595040 TECHNIQUES FOR GALVO AFE WITH ENHANCED DYNAMIC RANGE CONTROL AND IMPROVED SENSITIVITY TO ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERFERENCE Non-Final OA AEVA, INC.
18062418 TECHNIQUES FOR SIMULATING ELECTRO-OPTICAL BEHAVIOR IN A CIRCUIT Final Rejection AEVA, INC.
17490204 Hyper Temporal Lidar with Shot-Specific Detection Control Non-Final OA AEYE, Inc.

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