Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: THATCHER, CLINT A

Tech Center 4100 • Art Units: 2191 2197 3645 4100

This examiner grants 80% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

80.4%
Allow Rate
+20.4% vs TC avg
356
Total Applications
+11.1%
Interview Lift
775
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 326 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

10.9%
§101 Eligibility
22.3%
§102 Novelty
52.4%
§103 Obviousness
10.9%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17856451 TOF DEPTH SENSING MODULE AND IMAGE GENERATION METHOD Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18483534 RANGING DEVICE Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18673353 LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE AND DISTANCE MEASUREMENT APPARATUS Non-Final OA FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
18670929 DISTANCE MEASURING SYSTEM Non-Final OA RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
18014599 LASER RADIATION SYSTEM, IMAGE GENERATION DEVICE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM Non-Final OA MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
17930356 MEASUREMENT APPARATUS Non-Final OA DENSO CORPORATION
18108473 IMAGE SENSOR AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE IMAGE SENSOR Final Rejection SK hynix Inc.
18186420 SENSOR UNIT, CONTROL METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM Non-Final OA OMRON Corporation
17809123 Signal Processing Method and Related Apparatus Non-Final OA Yinwang Intelligent Technologies Co., Ltd.
18044116 PROXIMITY SENSING Non-Final OA ams International AG
17877884 LIDAR FOR SHORT RANGE AND LONG RANGE USING SINGLE LIGHT SOURCE Non-Final OA HL KLEMOVE CORP.
18362218 WIDE-DYNAMIC-RANGE SPLIT-DETECTOR LIDAR PHOTORECEIVER Non-Final OA Allegro MicroSystems, LLC
18091820 LIDAR AND DETECTION METHOD USING THE SAME Final Rejection HESAI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.

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