Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: XIAO, YUQING

Tech Center 6200 • Art Units: 2182 2183 2482 3645 4182 6212

This examiner grants 61% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

60.9%
Allow Rate
+0.9% vs TC avg
310
Total Applications
+27.1%
Interview Lift
1323
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 258 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

5.7%
§101 Eligibility
22.5%
§102 Novelty
43.8%
§103 Obviousness
21.8%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17682888 LiDAR DEVICE Final Rejection SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18035984 ILLUMINATION APPARATUS AND RANGING APPARATUS Non-Final OA SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
17821348 INTEGRATED LIDAR TRANSMITTER AND RECEIVER Final Rejection Robert Bosch GmbH
17638034 METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM, ELECTRONIC MEMORY MEDIUM, AND DEVICE FOR EVALUATING OPTICAL RECEPTION SIGNALS Final Rejection Robert Bosch GmbH
17644874 LIDAR SENSOR Non-Final OA Robert Bosch GmbH
17856313 TOF DEPTH SENSING MODULE AND IMAGE GENERATION METHOD Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18475981 DISTANCE INFORMATION ACQUISITION DEVICE AND DISTANCE INFORMATION ACQUISITION METHOD Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
17982012 OPTICAL DISTANCE-MEASURING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Final Rejection FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
17482156 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR LIGHT-BASED RANGE ESTIMATION Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18474393 TECHNOLOGIES FOR DUAL TUNABLE LASERS IN A PHOTONIC INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DIE Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
18688048 CAMERA MODULE Non-Final OA LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
18575239 OBSERVING DEVICE COMPRISING INDEPENDENT OPTICAL AND OPTRONIC CHANNELS AND VEHICLE EQUIPPED WITH SUCH A DEVICE Non-Final OA SAFRAN ELECTRONICS & DEFENSE
17363136 SURVEYING APPARATUS Non-Final OA TOPCON CORPORATION
18473541 SELECTIVE ATTENUATION OF LIGHT PROVIDED TO DETECTOR IN LIDAR SENSOR BASED ON SIGNAL INTENSITY Non-Final OA Honeywell International Inc.
17662239 Mitigating Crosstalk from High-Intensity Returns in a Light Detection and Ranging (Lidar) Device Final Rejection Waymo LLC
17303770 DETERMINATION OF ATMOSPHERIC VISIBILITY IN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE APPLICATIONS Non-Final OA Waymo LLC
17319876 CAMERA SYSTEM Final Rejection Analog Devices International Unlimited Company
18250361 FMCW LIDAR SYSTEM Final Rejection ams-OSRAM International GmbH
17621658 IMAGING SYSTEM AND DETECTION METHOD Non-Final OA ams International AG
18219703 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR LASER DETECTION, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection SUTENG INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
17868661 LASER RANGING METHOD, APPARATUS, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND LIDAR Final Rejection SUTENG INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
17673944 LIDAR AND AUTOMATED DRIVING DEVICE Non-Final OA SUTENG INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
18486927 RECEIVING APPARATUS AND LIDAR Non-Final OA HESAI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
18091887 DETECTION METHOD OF LIDAR, LIDAR, AND SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE INCLUDING THE SAME Final Rejection Hesai Technology Co., Ltd.
18104006 TOTAL INTERNAL REFLECTION (TIR) SCANNING DEVICE Final Rejection Aeva, Inc.
17914822 DETECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD Final Rejection Ningbo ABAX Sensing Electronic Technology Co., Ltd.
17822314 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SENSING A SCENE Non-Final OA IFM ELECTRONIC GMBH
17490221 Hyper Temporal Lidar with Controllable Detection Intervals Based on Environmental Conditions Non-Final OA AEYE, Inc.
17490260 Hyper Temporal Lidar with Optimized Range-Based Detection Intervals Final Rejection AEYE, Inc.
17490248 Hyper Temporal Lidar with Controllable Detection Intervals Based on Location Information Non-Final OA AEYE, Inc.

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