Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: XIAO, YUQING

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

This examiner grants 61% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

60.7%
Allow Rate
+0.7% vs TC avg
287
Total Applications
+23.8%
Interview Lift
1327
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 234 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

5.6%
§101 Eligibility
14.1%
§102 Novelty
47.9%
§103 Obviousness
23.3%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17820267 DISTANCE MEASUREMENT APPARATUS Final Rejection Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
17388315 DISTANCE MEASUREMENT APPARATUS, DISTANCE MEASUREMENT METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
18111239 OPTOELECTRONIC SENSOR FOR DETECTING AND DETERMINING THE DISTANCE OF OBJECTS AND TRIGGER CIRCUIT FOR SUCH A SENSOR Non-Final OA SICK AG
17879386 LIDAR ASSEMBLY WITH ROTATING OPTICS Final Rejection 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.
17303770 DETERMINATION OF ATMOSPHERIC VISIBILITY IN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE APPLICATIONS Non-Final OA Waymo LLC
17922778 POSITION MEASURING SYSTEM, POSITION MEASURING DEVICE, AND POSITION MEASURING METHOD Non-Final OA NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
17346081 BOARD STRUCTURE FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING IN LIDAR DEVICE Non-Final OA HL KLEMOVE CORP.
16889706 GEOMETRIC PHASE AND OFF-AXIS OPTICS FOR REDUCED BACKSCATTER Final Rejection LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION
17322624 MODE CHAINING FOR MULTIFUNCTION LASER RADAR Final Rejection RAYTHEON COMPANY
17864217 APPARATUS AND METHOD OF LASER SCANNING Final Rejection STMICROELECTRONICS S.r.l.
17319876 CAMERA SYSTEM Non-Final OA Analog Devices International Unlimited Company
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.
18091887 DETECTION METHOD OF LIDAR, LIDAR, AND SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE INCLUDING THE SAME Non-Final OA Hesai Technology Co., Ltd.
17845290 DAYLIGHT VISIBLE & MULTI-SPECTRAL LASER RANGEFINDERS AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS AND UTILITY LOCATOR DEVICES Final Rejection SeeScan, Inc.
18000085 LIDAR MEMS ANGLE ADJUSTMENT Non-Final OA OSRAM GMBH
17525501 OPTICAL IMAGING TRANSMITTER WITH BRIGHTNESS ENHANCEMENT Non-Final OA Ouster, Inc.
17905542 DISTANCE MEASUREMENT USING FIELD OF VIEW Final Rejection ams Sensors Singapore Pte. Ltd.
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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