Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: XIAO, YUQING

Tech Center 4100 • Art Units: 2182 2183 2482 3645 4182

This examiner grants 62% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

61.6%
Allow Rate
+1.6% vs TC avg
289
Total Applications
+24.5%
Interview Lift
1309
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 242 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

2.8%
§101 Eligibility
5.4%
§102 Novelty
75.3%
§103 Obviousness
6.9%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17303770 DETERMINATION OF ATMOSPHERIC VISIBILITY IN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE APPLICATIONS Non-Final OA Waymo LLC
17388315 DISTANCE MEASUREMENT APPARATUS, DISTANCE MEASUREMENT METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
17879386 LIDAR ASSEMBLY WITH ROTATING OPTICS Non-Final OA LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
17821348 INTEGRATED LIDAR TRANSMITTER AND RECEIVER Final Rejection Robert Bosch GmbH
17850084 A SYSTEM AND METHOD OF GENERATING A FLOORPLAN Final Rejection FARO Technologies, Inc.
17922778 POSITION MEASURING SYSTEM, POSITION MEASURING DEVICE, AND POSITION MEASURING METHOD Non-Final OA NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
16889706 GEOMETRIC PHASE AND OFF-AXIS OPTICS FOR REDUCED BACKSCATTER Final Rejection LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION
18111239 OPTOELECTRONIC SENSOR FOR DETECTING AND DETERMINING THE DISTANCE OF OBJECTS AND TRIGGER CIRCUIT FOR SUCH A SENSOR Non-Final OA SICK AG
17319876 CAMERA SYSTEM Non-Final OA Analog Devices International Unlimited Company
17363136 SURVEYING APPARATUS Non-Final OA TOPCON CORPORATION
17845290 DAYLIGHT VISIBLE & MULTI-SPECTRAL LASER RANGEFINDERS AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS AND UTILITY LOCATOR DEVICES Final Rejection SeeScan, Inc.
17570916 SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF MULTISPECTRAL SCANNING LIDAR Final Rejection AEye, Inc.
17490248 Hyper Temporal Lidar with Controllable Detection Intervals Based on Location Information Non-Final OA AEYE, Inc.
18093055 Lidar system with Wavelength-Tunable Light Source Non-Final OA Luminar Technologies, Inc.
17852091 LIDAR WITH SUN-INDUCED NOISE REDUCTION Non-Final OA Luminar Technologies, Inc.
17525501 OPTICAL IMAGING TRANSMITTER WITH BRIGHTNESS ENHANCEMENT Non-Final OA Ouster, Inc.
18000085 LIDAR MEMS ANGLE ADJUSTMENT Non-Final OA OSRAM GMBH
17710904 HIGH-RANGE, LOW-POWER LIDAR SYSTEMS, AND RELATED METHODS AND APPARATUS Non-Final OA VELODYNE LIDAR USA, INC.
17922736 CONTACTLESS POWER SUPPLY AND DATA COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND ROTATIONALLY DRIVEN LIDAR SYSTEM USING SAME Non-Final OA LIDRO
17995773 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ACQUIRING IMAGE DATA Non-Final OA Hybrid Lidar Systems AG

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