Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: WOLDEMARYAM, ASSRES H

Tech Center 3600 • Art Units: 2812 3642 3644 3645 3647

This examiner grants 82% of resolved cases

Analysis

Assres H. Woldemaryam is a patent examiner in Tech Center 3600 and Art Unit 2812. The examiner has 722 resolved cases. The allowance rate for these cases is 82.4 percent. This percentage represents the proportion of applications that reach a grant. The 722 resolved cases provide a factual basis for understanding the examiner's history in this art unit.

The interview lift is 12.8 percent. This figure indicates the difference in allowance probability for cases that include an interview. The median days to allowance is 998. This number shows the time from filing to grant for successful applications. Practitioners can use the 82.4 percent allowance rate and the 998 median days to allowance to set expectations for the prosecution process. These data points offer a grounded view of the examiner's actions. The interview lift of 12.8 percent is a statistical measure of the impact of direct communication during the examination of patent applications.

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

Performance Statistics

82.4%
Allow Rate
+30.4% vs TC avg
746
Total Applications
+12.8%
Interview Lift
998
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 722 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.5%
§101 Eligibility
22.9%
§102 Novelty
46.1%
§103 Obviousness
28.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18131175 LIGHT DETECTION AND RANGING SYSTEM WITH DYNAMIC OPTICAL BEAM POWER Non-Final OA Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
18273474 BUILDING CHANGE DETECTION DEVICE, BUILDING CHANGE DETECTION SYSTEM, AND BUILDING CHANGE DETECTION METHOD Non-Final OA NEC Corporation
18603450 Contactless safeguarding of a machine Non-Final OA SICK AG
18336700 LASER TRANSMIT MODULE, LASER RADAR, AND MOBILE PLATFORM Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18916980 ATTACHMENT STRUCTURE OF EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT SENSOR AND VEHICLE INCLUDING THE SAME Non-Final OA HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
18562329 METHOD FOR OPERATING A DETECTION DEVICE, DETECTION DEVICE, AND VEHICLE COMPRISING AT LEAST ONE DETECTION DEVICE Final Rejection VALEO SCHALTER UND SENSOREN GMBH
18708084 LIGHT DETECTION ELEMENT Non-Final OA SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
18569254 Sensor Device and Transportation Device Non-Final OA Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
19150775 PROPULSION DEVICE Non-Final OA HITACHI, LTD.
18837263 MEASUREMENT APPARATUS Non-Final OA KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
18359585 INDIRECT TIME OF FLIGHT (TOF) DEPTH SENSING FOR EYE TRACKING Non-Final OA Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
18147242 OPTICAL RECEIVING APPARATUS AND LIGHT DETECTION AND RANGING SYSTEM Non-Final OA Yinwang Intelligent Technologies Co., Ltd.
19149744 BEACON SYSTEM FOR AERODROME WITH AIRSHIP Non-Final OA Flying Whales
18598916 LASER DRIVER Non-Final OA Analog Devices International Unlimited Company
18843561 INCREASING SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO OF A PIXEL OF A LIDAR SYSTEM Non-Final OA INNOVIZ TECHNOLOGIES LTD
18722116 WIDE-FIELD-OF-VIEW STATIC LIDAR Non-Final OA UNIVERSITE PARIS-SACLAY
18780474 LIDAR DETECTION METHOD, DEVICE, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND LIDAR Non-Final OA SUTENG INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
18749822 METHOD FOR ATTENUATING EFFECTS OF GALVANOMETER ANGLE MEASUREMENT NOISE IN SCANNER POINT CLOUD Non-Final OA Lumentum Operations LLC
18061640 TECHNIQUES FOR A LASER DRIVER CIRCUIT WITH ANALOG MIXER AND OFFSET Non-Final OA AEVA, INC.
18636672 FLOW RATE MEASUREMENT UNIT, FLOW RATE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM, AND FLOW RATE MEASUREMENT METHOD Non-Final OA CKD CORPORATION

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