Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: VASQUEZ JR, ROBERT WILLIAM

Tech Center 3600 • Art Units: 3645

This examiner grants 12% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

12.5%
Allow Rate
-39.5% vs TC avg
61
Total Applications
-16.7%
Interview Lift
1498
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 8 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

2.1%
§101 Eligibility
32.7%
§102 Novelty
53.5%
§103 Obviousness
7.7%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17746543 LiDAR DEVICE AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF Final Rejection SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18221208 LIDAR DEVICE Non-Final OA Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
18180444 OPTICAL SCANNING DEVICE, DRIVING METHOD OF OPTICAL SCANNING DEVICE, AND DISTANCE MEASUREMENT DEVICE Non-Final OA FUJIFILM Corporation
17622430 TIME-OF-FLIGHT SENSING CIRCUITRY AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A TIME-OF-FLIGHT SENSING CIRCUITRY Non-Final OA Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
17464698 Depth mapping using spatially-varying modulated illumination Final Rejection APPLE INC.
18322285 LIDAR MODULE HAVING ENHANCED ALIGNMENT AND SCANNING Non-Final OA LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
17695198 METHOD FOR RANGE DETERMINATION FOR A LIDAR SENSOR Non-Final OA Robert Bosch GmbH
17794058 PHASE DIFFERENCE CALCULATION DEVICE, PHASE DIFFERENCE CALCULATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM Final Rejection Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
17549124 LIDAR DEVICES WITH FREQUENCY AND TIME MULTIPLEXING OF SENSING SIGNALS Final Rejection Waymo LLC
17869407 ON-CHIP MONITORING AND CALIBRATION CIRCUITS FOR FREQUENCY MODULATED CONTINUOUS WAVE LIDAR Final Rejection Aurora Operations, Inc.
18186484 OBSTACLE SENSOR INSPECTION DEVICE AND METHOD Non-Final OA KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
17605428 PROTECTIVE HOUSING FOR A SENSING DEVICE Non-Final OA AGC GLASS EUROPE
17815444 DENSIFIED LIDAR POINT CLOUD Non-Final OA Continental Autonomous Mobility Germany GmbH
18138714 OPTO-MECHANICAL SYSTEM Non-Final OA SUTENG INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
18134028 TARGET DETECTION METHOD, LIDAR AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA SUTENG INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
17931051 SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR TIME-OF-FLIGHT (TOF) LIDAR SIGNAL-TO-NOISE IMPROVEMENT Non-Final OA Motional AD LLC
18260939 RADIATION-EMITTING DEVICE, MEASURING SYSTEM COMPRISING THE RADIATION-EMITTING DEVICE, AND VEHICLE COMPRISING THE MEASURING SYSTEM Non-Final OA ams-OSRAM International GmbH
17797906 LIGHT PIXEL PROJECTION MODULE Final Rejection ams-OSRAM International GmbH
17988252 Lidar System with Gyroscope-Aided Focus Steering Non-Final OA Luminar Technologies, Inc.
17868906 MULTIPLEXED COHERENT OPTICAL PHASED ARRAY IN A LIGHT DETECTION AND RANGING (LiDAR) SYSTEM Non-Final OA Luminar Technologies, Inc.
18107229 OBJECT EDGE IDENTIFICATION BASED ON PARTIAL PULSE DETECTION Non-Final OA INNOVIZ TECHNOLOGIES LTD.
17837356 MULTIBEAM SPINNING LIDAR SYSTEM Final Rejection Innoviz Technologies Ltd.
17928219 SPACE MEASUREMENT APPARATUS, METHOD, AND DEVICE, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA RAYZ TECHNOLOGIES CO. LTD.
17981958 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATED EXTRINSIC CALIBRATION OF LIDARS, CAMERAS, RADARS AND ULTRASONIC SENSORS ON VEHICLES AND ROBOTS Final Rejection Kinetic Automation Inc.
17613453 LIDAR SYSTEM FOR REDUCING POWER CONSUMPTION AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME Final Rejection CARNAVICOM CO., LTD.
17610526 ELECTRO-OPTICAL SYSTEMS FOR SCANNING ILLUMINATION ONTO A FIELD OF VIEW AND METHODS Final Rejection INNOVIZ TECHNOLOGIES
17602838 MONOSTATIC SCANNING LIDAR USING A MULTI-FACETED POLYGON MIRROR AS ONE OF DUAL REDIRECTING ELEMENTS Final Rejection KEOPSYS INDUSTRIES SAS

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