Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 27, 2026

Robert William Vasquez Jr., USPTO Patent Examiner

Listed by the USPTO as VASQUEZ JR, ROBERT WILLIAM

Tech Center 4100 • Art Units: 3645 4100

This examiner grants 10% of resolved cases

Analysis

VASQUEZ JR, ROBERT WILLIAM has resolved 21 cases in technology center 4100 and art unit 3645. The allowance rate is 9.5%, and the median time to allowance is 1526 days. Interviews are associated with a 7.1% lift in the allowance rate. The limited record means that these figures are best used for targeted docket review.

Suteng Innovation Technology Co., Ltd., Sony Group Corporation, and Mitsubishi Electric Corporation are the listed leading companies. Bayes PLLC, BIRCH STEWART KOLASCH & BIRCH, LLP, and MEITAR PATENTS LTD. are the listed leading firms. Applicants can use the listed entities to identify recurring participants, while treating the interview figure as one factor in prosecution planning.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Performance Statistics

9.5%
Allow Rate
-50.5% vs TC avg
74
Total Applications
+7.1%
Interview Lift
1526
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 21 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

1.8%
§101 Eligibility
35.7%
§102 Novelty
54.6%
§103 Obviousness
5.6%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18353197 RANGE FINDING DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR Final Rejection CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
17695198 METHOD FOR RANGE DETERMINATION FOR A LIDAR SENSOR Final Rejection Robert Bosch GmbH
18563059 LIGHT RECEIVING DEVICE, DISTANCE MEASURING DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING LIGHT RECEIVING DEVICE Final Rejection Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
17622430 TIME-OF-FLIGHT SENSING CIRCUITRY AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A TIME-OF-FLIGHT SENSING CIRCUITRY Final Rejection Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
17621895 TIME-OF-FLIGHT IMAGING APPARATUS AND TIME-OF-FLIGHT IMAGING METHOD Non-Final OA Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
17823228 Optoelectronic sensor and method of detecting objects in a monitored zone Non-Final OA SICK AG
18468720 MEASURING DEVICE AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM Final Rejection Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
18354728 ACQUISITION OF DISTANCES FROM A SENSOR TO A SCENE Final Rejection Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives
18221208 LIDAR DEVICE Final Rejection Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
18015538 DISTANCE MEASUREMENT APPARATUS Non-Final OA Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
18003720 IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND DISTANCE-MEASUREMENT APPARATUS Non-Final OA KYOCERA Corporation
17797906 LIGHT PIXEL PROJECTION MODULE Non-Final OA ams-OSRAM International GmbH
18322285 LIDAR MODULE HAVING ENHANCED ALIGNMENT AND SCANNING Final Rejection LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
17866817 ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND BACKGROUND NOISE CALIBRATION METHOD Non-Final OA VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
18534094 DISTANCE IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE AND DISTANCE IMAGE CAPTURING METHOD Non-Final OA TOPPAN Holdings Inc.
17605428 PROTECTIVE HOUSING FOR A SENSING DEVICE Non-Final OA AGC GLASS EUROPE
18330914 Process, Voltage, Time Invariant Compensation Loop for High Precision Propagation Delay in Multi-Channel Lidar Applications Final Rejection STMicroelectronics International N.V.
17475819 MULTI-FIBER OPTICAL SENSOR FOR LIGHT AIRCRAFT Final Rejection Rosemount Aerospace Inc.
18281269 SENSOR DEVICE, CONTROL DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, PROGRAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection Pioneer Smart Sensing Innovations Corporation

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is examiner Robert William Vasquez Jr.'s allowance rate?

9.5% of resolved applications examined by Robert William Vasquez Jr. were allowed (21 resolved cases), compared with 67.5% across Art Unit 3645 over the last five years.

Does an interview help with examiner Robert William Vasquez Jr.?

This examiner's interview lift is +7.1 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.

How long does examiner Robert William Vasquez Jr. take to allow a patent?

Applications allowed by Robert William Vasquez Jr. took 1,526 days on average from filing to allowance.

Which art unit does examiner Robert William Vasquez Jr. work in?

Robert William Vasquez Jr. examines applications in Art Unit 3645 in Tech Center 4100.

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