Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: WIGGER, BENJAMIN DAVID

Tech Center 3600 • Art Units: 2633 3645

This examiner grants 0% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

%
Allow Rate
-52.0% vs TC avg
20
Total Applications
Interview Lift
1092
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 0 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0%
§101 Eligibility
24.3%
§102 Novelty
48.6%
§103 Obviousness
25.7%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18297920 ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING STATE INFORMATION Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18006157 METHOD FOR DETECTING DIRT ACCUMULATED ON AN OPTICAL SENSOR ARRANGEMENT Non-Final OA Mercedes-Benz Group AG
18273735 MULTIPLE-FREQUENCY-COMPONENT SCANNING INVOLVING SCAN-PATTERN DESIGN AND BALANCED OR OPTIMIZED ATTRIBUTES Non-Final OA The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
18044860 POSITION INFORMATION ACQUISITION SYSTEM, POSITION INFORMATION ACQUISITION METHOD, AND POSITION INFORMATION ACQUISITION DEVICE Non-Final OA Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
18104340 LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE AND DISTANCE MEASUREMENT DEVICE Non-Final OA HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.
18078586 OPTO-ELECTRONIC DISTANCE MEASURING MODULE FOR A SURVEYING DEVICE WITH PULSE COMPRESSION BY CROSS-CORRELATION FOR A BIPOLAR RECEIVER OUTPUT SIGNAL Non-Final OA HEXAGON TECHNOLOGY CENTER GMBH
18183781 ON-CHIP LASER NEURON INTEGRATED ON SILICON Non-Final OA HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT LP
18090398 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPROVING LASER BEAM RANGING CAPABILITY OF LIDAR SYSTEM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM THEREOF Final Rejection SUTENG INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
17953299 LIDAR Non-Final OA SUTENG INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
17931138 LASER SCANNING APPARATUS, LASER SCANNING METHOD, AND LASER SCANNING PROGRAM Final Rejection TOPCON CORPORATION
18093041 LIDAR SYSTEM WITH DETECTOR ARRAY Non-Final OA Luminar Technologies, Inc.
18193190 METHOD OF DRIVING A LASER DIODE AND CORRESPONDING DEVICE Non-Final OA STMicroelectronics (Alps) SAS
18086615 LIDAR SYSTEM AND A METHOD OF CALIBRATING THE LIDAR SYSTEM Non-Final OA YANDEX SELF DRIVING GROUP LLC
17940279 Modulated Wave Time of Flight (mwToF) Sensor Non-Final OA PreAct Technologies, Inc.

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