Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: RICHTER, KARA MARIE

Tech Center 3600 • Art Units: 3645

This examiner grants 69% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

68.8%
Allow Rate
+16.8% vs TC avg
60
Total Applications
+38.5%
Interview Lift
1446
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 16 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0%
§101 Eligibility
2.1%
§102 Novelty
93.7%
§103 Obviousness
4.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
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
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
17864186 SCANNING LIGHT SOURCE WITHOUT MOVING PARTS Final Rejection Robert Bosch GmbH
17929225 OPTICAL SENSOR WITH CROSSTALK PREVENTION Final Rejection Kohler Co.
17712547 LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE AND OPTICAL MEASUREMENT APPARATUS Non-Final OA FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.
18191815 FREQUENCY ESTIMATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COHERENT RANGE ESTIMATION Non-Final OA Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Inc.
17875895 OPTOELECTRONIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING AN OPTOELECTRONIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE Final Rejection ams International AG
17868655 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MEASURING TIME OF FLIGHT, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND LIDAR Non-Final OA SUTENG INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
17880932 BEAM SPLITTER ARRANGEMENT FOR OPTOELECTRONIC SENSOR, OPTOELECTRONIC SENSOR HAVING SAME, AND METHOD OF BEAM SPLITTING IN AN OPTOELECTRONIC SENSOR Final Rejection SICK AG
18126262 TIME-OF-FLIGHT CAMERA SYSTEM Non-Final OA Analog Devices International Unlimited Company
18121391 ELECTRO-OPTICAL DISTANCE METER Non-Final OA TOPCON CORPORATION
17490204 Hyper Temporal Lidar with Shot-Specific Detection Control Non-Final OA AEYE, Inc.
18186721 SYSTEMS AND TECHNIQUES FOR MITIGATING CROSSTALK AND INTERFERENCE FOR FLASH IMAGING LIGHT DETECTION AND RANGING (LiDAR) DEVICES Non-Final OA GM Cruise Holdings LLC
18095762 LIDAR SYSTEM WITH ANGLE OF INCIDENCE DETERMINATION Final Rejection Luminar Technologies, Inc.
18095457 LIDAR GROUND PLANE DETECTION USING PROJECTED AND FILTERED DATA Non-Final OA Luminar Technologies, Inc
18126612 OPTICAL IMAGING DEVICE DEGRADATION CHECK Non-Final OA Rosemount Aerospace Inc.
18043639 LIDAR TECHNOLOGY-BASED METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ADAPTIVELY TRACKING AN OBJECT Non-Final OA ArianeGroup SAS
18126240 REAL-TIME MONITORING DC OFFSET OF ADC DATA OF LIDAR SYSTEM Non-Final OA Innovusion, Inc.
18001253 LIDAR SYSTEM WITH COARSE ANGLE CONTROL Non-Final OA OSRAM GMBH
17470612 APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR LONG RANGE, HIGH RESOLUTION LIDAR Non-Final OA Velodyne Lidar USA, Inc.
17788313 SILICON PHOTONICS CHIP-BASED LIDAR Non-Final OA United Microelectronics Center Co., Ltd
17664272 ATMOSPHERIC SENSOR USING PROGRAMMABLE TIME-GATED DETECTION APERTURE Final Rejection CONNECTSIX LLC
17676793 RANGING APPARATUS, LIDAR, AND MOBILE ROBOT Non-Final OA SHENZHEN CAMSENSE TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD
17505476 ELECTRONIC SURVEYING INSTRUMENT Final Rejection LEICA GEOSYSTEM AG
17461413 REAL-TIME RAIL WEAR AND DEFECT MONITORING SYSTEM EMPLOYING DISTANCE MEASURING DEVICES Final Rejection Avante International Technology, Inc.

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