Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: VASQUEZ JR, ROBERT WILLIAM

Tech Center 3600 • Art Units: 3645

This examiner grants 13% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

13.3%
Allow Rate
-38.7% vs TC avg
63
Total Applications
+15.9%
Interview Lift
1513
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 15 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0%
§101 Eligibility
5.8%
§102 Novelty
94.2%
§103 Obviousness
0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17746543 LiDAR DEVICE AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF Final Rejection SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18353197 RANGE FINDING DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
17622430 TIME-OF-FLIGHT SENSING CIRCUITRY AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A TIME-OF-FLIGHT SENSING CIRCUITRY Non-Final OA Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
18180444 OPTICAL SCANNING DEVICE, DRIVING METHOD OF OPTICAL SCANNING DEVICE, AND DISTANCE MEASUREMENT DEVICE Non-Final OA FUJIFILM Corporation
17401904 SCOUT PULSING Non-Final OA LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
17695198 METHOD FOR RANGE DETERMINATION FOR A LIDAR SENSOR Non-Final OA Robert Bosch GmbH
17866817 ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND BACKGROUND NOISE CALIBRATION METHOD Non-Final OA VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
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
17982033 HIGH-PRECISION DUAL-AXIS LASER INCLINOMETER BASED ON WAVEFRONT HOMODYNE INTERFERENCE AND MEASURING METHOD Final Rejection Harbin Institute of Technology
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 Non-Final OA ams-OSRAM International GmbH
17462576 BEAM STEERING IN FREQUENCY-MODULATED CONTINUOUS WAVE (FMCW) LIDAR SYSTEMS Non-Final OA Nuro, Inc.
17559323 MULTIPLE LASER, SINGLE RESONATOR LIDAR Non-Final OA GM Cruise Holdings LLC
17988252 Lidar System with Gyroscope-Aided Focus Steering Non-Final OA Luminar Technologies, Inc.
18107229 OBJECT EDGE IDENTIFICATION BASED ON PARTIAL PULSE DETECTION Non-Final OA INNOVIZ TECHNOLOGIES LTD.
17788664 LIDAR APPARATUS AND PROCESS Final Rejection VAI PHOTONICS PTY LTD
17613453 LIDAR SYSTEM FOR REDUCING POWER CONSUMPTION AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME Final Rejection CARNAVICOM CO., LTD.

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