USPTO Examiner BOLDA ERIC L - Art Unit 3645

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18827854VECTORIAL ROTATION MEASUREMENT METHOD AND DEVICE BASED ON MULTI-CORE FIBERSeptember 2024November 2024Allow200NoNo
18760695METHOD FOR AMPLIFYING AN OPTICAL SEED BEAMJuly 2024June 2025Allow1200NoNo
18732342LiDAR BASED MONITORING IN MATERIAL HANDLING ENVIRONMENTJune 2024August 2025Allow1400NoNo
18679751METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SIMULTANEOUS DETECTION OF SIGNED DOPPLER SHIFTS AND RANGE MEASUREMENTSMay 2024October 2024Allow510NoNo
18656280TECHNIQUES FOR FMCW LIDAR SYSTEM DESCAN COMPENSATIONMay 2024June 2025Allow1300NoNo
18615890POLARIZATION SPLITTER-ROTATOR HAVING SILICON BASED WAVEGUIDE WITH SILICON NITRIDE SEGMENTMarch 2024September 2025Allow1810NoNo
18608843REMOTE MEASUREMENT OF SHALLOW DEPTHS IN SEMI-TRANSPARENT MEDIAMarch 2024March 2025Allow1200NoNo
18431173GAIN EQUALIZATION IN C+L ERBIUM-DOPED FIBER AMPLIFIERSFebruary 2024December 2025Allow2211NoNo
18543893TECHNIQUES FOR IDENTIFYING OBSTRUCTIONS IN A LIDAR SYSTEMDecember 2023August 2025Allow2010NoNo
18538718Switchable Coherent Pixel Array for Frequency Modulated Continuous Wave Light Detection and RangingDecember 2023February 2025Allow1400NoNo
18491935METHOD FOR DYNAMICALLY CONTROLLING LASER POWEROctober 2023August 2025Allow2110YesNo
18485885MULTI-DETECTOR LIDAR SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MITIGATING RANGE ALIASINGOctober 2023September 2025Allow2300NoNo
18376430IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OPTICAL DISTANCE MEASUREMENTOctober 2023August 2024Allow1100NoNo
18233567REMOTE MEASUREMENT OF SHALLOW DEPTHS IN SEMI-TRANSPARENT MEDIAAugust 2023June 2024Allow1000NoNo
18344389Doped Fiber Amplifier Having Pass-Through Pump LaserJune 2023January 2025Allow1810NoNo
18214223CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LASER PUMP OF DOPED FIBER AMPLIFIERJune 2023September 2024Allow1500NoNo
18211901SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INTRA-SHOT DYNAMIC ADJUSTMENT OF LIDAR DETECTOR GAINJune 2023December 2024Allow1810NoNo
18208766COMPENSATING FOR PHASE IMPAIRMENTS IN LIDAR SYSTEMSJune 2023March 2025Allow2110YesNo
18311379BLIND PUMP LASER DETECTIONMay 2023October 2025Allow2910NoNo
18134222Hyper Temporal Lidar with Dynamic Shot Scheduling Using a Laser Energy ModelApril 2023March 2024Allow1100NoNo
18298254DUAL OUTPUT LASER DIODEApril 2023January 2025Allow2110NoNo
18184260Heat Dissipation for LIDAR SensorsMarch 2023September 2024Allow1910YesNo
18026133LASER PULSE ENERGY AMPLIFICATION DEVICE AND METHOD, AND FEMTOSECOND LASERMarch 2023January 2024Allow1020YesNo
18120903PROJECTOR WITH SPATIAL LIGHT MODULATIONMarch 2023February 2024Allow1100NoNo
18178607LASER RADAR DEVICEMarch 2023March 2026Allow3600NoNo
18114546SYSTEM FOR CHECKING THE ATTITUDE ANGLES OF THE WHEELS OF A LAND VEHICLE, IN PARTICULAR FOR A CONTACTLESS CHECK, AND ASSOCIATED METHOD OF CHECKINGFebruary 2023March 2026Allow3600NoNo
18110020OPTOELECTRONIC SENSORFebruary 2023February 2026Allow3600NoNo
18104995Pump Modulation For Optical Amplifier Link CommunicationFebruary 2023March 2024Allow1400NoNo
181026482D SCANNING HIGH PRECISION LiDAR USING COMBINATION OF ROTATING CONCAVE MIRROR AND BEAM STEERING DEVICESJanuary 2023June 2023Allow500NoNo
181026562D SCANNING HIGH PRECISION LiDAR USING COMBINATION OF ROTATING CONCAVE MIRROR AND BEAM STEERING DEVICESJanuary 2023June 2023Allow500NoNo
181026472D SCANNING HIGH PRECISION LiDAR USING COMBINATION OF ROTATING CONCAVE MIRROR AND BEAM STEERING DEVICESJanuary 2023December 2024Allow2210YesNo
181026502D SCANNING HIGH PRECISION LiDAR USING COMBINATION OF ROTATING CONCAVE MIRROR AND BEAM STEERING DEVICESJanuary 2023June 2023Allow500NoNo
181026542D SCANNING HIGH PRECISION LiDAR USING COMBINATION OF ROTATING CONCAVE MIRROR AND BEAM STEERING DEVICESJanuary 2023December 2023Allow1010YesNo
18096462FREQUENCY DOMAIN AUTOMATIC GAIN CONTROL FOR A FREQUENCY MODULATED CONTINUOUS WAVE (FMCW) LIGHT DETECTION AND RANGING (LIDAR) SYSTEMJanuary 2023February 2024Allow1300NoNo
18088750LIDAR CONTROL METHOD, TERMINAL APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMDecember 2022September 2024Allow2030NoNo
18086182AMPLIFIED LASER LIGHT WITH MULTIPLE OPTICAL AMPLIFIERSDecember 2022October 2024Abandon2210NoNo
18086620LIDAR SYSTEM AND A METHOD OF CALIBRATING THE LIDAR SYSTEMDecember 2022January 2026Allow3700NoNo
18083997SPATIAL PROFILING SYSTEM AND METHODDecember 2022November 2023Allow1100NoNo
18081731OPTICAL DISTANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM WITH DYNAMIC EXPOSURE TIMEDecember 2022February 2025Allow2611NoNo
18080063Multi-wavelength Sources based on Parametric AmplificationDecember 2022December 2025Allow3601NoNo
18077129TECHNIQUES FOR FMCW LIDAR SYSTEM DESCAN COMPENSATIONDecember 2022January 2024Allow1300NoNo
17982404SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING AN ELECTROMAGNETIC SIGNAL IN A CONSTANT INTERFERENCE ENVIRONMENTNovember 2022July 2023Allow900NoNo
17943969HEAT DISSIPATION IN AN OPTICAL DEVICESeptember 2022November 2023Allow1410YesNo
17900990OPTICAL RECEPTION DEVICE AND OPTICAL TRANSMISSION AND RECEPTION DEVICESeptember 2022November 2025Allow3900NoNo
17896116OPTICAL INTERFERENCE RANGE SENSORAugust 2022November 2025Allow3900NoNo
17889202SWITCHABLE COHERENT PIXEL ARRAY FOR FREQUENCY MODULATED CONTINUOUS WAVE LIGHT DETECTION AND RANGINGAugust 2022September 2023Allow1300NoNo
178890302D SCANNING HIGH PRECISION LiDAR USING COMBINATION OF ROTATING CONCAVE MIRROR AND BEAM STEERING DEVICESAugust 2022September 2024Allow2540YesNo
17818489SPECTRALLY COMBINED FIBER LASER AMPLIFIER SYSTEM AND METHODAugust 2022March 2023Allow800NoNo
17797959MONITORING DEVICE, MONITORING METHOD, OPTICAL AMPLIFIER, AND OPTICAL TRANSMISSION SYSTEMAugust 2022September 2025Allow3700NoNo
17794163A method and system for generation of optical pulses of lightJuly 2022January 2026Allow4210YesNo
17810357WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING (WDM) BEAM SOURCEJuly 2022June 2023Allow1110NoNo
17810360COHERENT BEAM COMBINING (CBC) FIBER LASER AMPLIFIER SYSTEMJuly 2022March 2023Allow800NoNo
17810037HYBRID COHERENT BEAM COMBINING (CBC) AND SPECTRAL BEAM COMBINING (SBC) FIBER LASER AMPLIFIER SYSTEMJune 2022March 2023Allow800NoNo
17842557TECHNIQUES FOR DESCAN COMPENSATION IN A FMCW LIDAR SYSTEMJune 2022August 2022Allow200NoNo
17838962TECHNIQUES FOR IDENTIFYING OBSTRUCTIONS IN A LIDAR SYSTEMJune 2022August 2023Allow1410NoNo
17839185Positional Tracking Systems and MethodsJune 2022February 2024Allow2010NoNo
17838687Optical amplifier failure prediction using machine learningJune 2022January 2026Allow4310NoNo
17806460DESIGNS FOR LATERAL CURRENT CONTROL IN OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS AND LASERSJune 2022August 2025Allow3800NoNo
17806424SPATIAL PROFILING SYSTEM AND METHODJune 2022September 2022Allow300NoNo
17827679LIDAR WAVEFORM CALIBRATION SYSTEMMay 2022January 2024Allow1910YesNo
17827224Optical Amplifier, Optical Signal Processing Method, and Storage MediumMay 2022June 2025Allow3700NoNo
17826761TECHNIQUES FOR AMPLIFICATION OF RETURN SIGNAL IN LIDAR SYSTEMMay 2022April 2023Allow1000NoNo
17825850PLANAR WAVEGUIDE AMPLIFIER AND LASER RADAR DEVICEMay 2022March 2026Allow4610NoNo
17825302METHOD FOR DYNAMICALLY CONTROLLING LASER POWERMay 2022June 2023Allow1300NoNo
17756481OPTIMALLY DETUNED PARAMETRIC AMPLIFICATION, AND ASSOCIATED DEVICESMay 2022January 2023Allow800NoNo
17825434METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TIME-OF-FLIGHT SENSING OF A SCENEMay 2022January 2026Allow4410NoNo
17748695DISTANCE-MEASURING IMAGING DEVICEMay 2022July 2025Allow3800NoNo
17746480Optical Beacon Source Utilizing Pulsed Fiber AmplifiersMay 2022March 2026Allow4610NoNo
17774859SUBMARINE OPTICAL AMPLIFIER FOR OPTICAL TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS AND RELATED PRODUCTION PROCESSMay 2022October 2025Allow4100NoNo
17755378DISTANCE AND SPEED MEASURING APPARATUSApril 2022December 2025Allow4410NoNo
17728913REMOTE MEASUREMENT OF SHALLOW DEPTHS IN SEMI-TRANSPARENT MEDIAApril 2022March 2023Allow1100NoNo
17724459IMAGE NOISE COMPENSATING SYSTEM, AND AUTO CLEAN MACHINEApril 2022February 2023Allow1000NoNo
17723095OPTICAL SENSOR, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, DISTANCE CALCULATION METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM OF PROGRAMApril 2022January 2026Allow4520NoNo
17714995LIDAR SCANNER WITH PIVOT PRISM AND MIRRORApril 2022October 2022Allow710YesNo
17707258OPTICAL PUMP SOURCE OUTPUT POWER AND HEALTH MONITORINGMarch 2022February 2026Abandon4610NoNo
17762399OPTICAL AMPLIFIERMarch 2022March 2026Abandon4710NoNo
17691489ESTIMATION OF SPATIAL PROFILE OF ENVIRONMENTMarch 2022September 2022Allow610NoNo
17641534Control Method And Optical Fiber AmplifierMarch 2022November 2025Allow4410NoNo
17679590APPARATUS FOR ESTIMATING LEVEL OF SIGNAL OUTPUT FROM PHOTO-DETECTION DEVICE AND METHOD THEREFORFebruary 2022December 2025Allow4510NoNo
17636884OPTICAL FIBER AMPLIFIER WITH DISTRIBUTED GAIN FLATTENINGFebruary 2022January 2026Abandon4710NoNo
17675891TECHNIQUES FOR AUTOMATIC GAIN CONTROL IN A FREQUENCY DOMAIN FOR A SIGNAL PATH FOR A FREQUENCY MODULATED CONTINUOUS WAVE (FMCW) LIGHT DETECTION AND RANGING (LIDAR) SYSTEMFebruary 2022October 2022Allow810NoNo
17583285DISTRIBUTED PULSED LIGHT AMPLIFIER BASED ON OPTICAL FIBER PARAMETER AMPLIFICATION, AND AMPLIFICATION AND PERFORMANCE CHARACTERIZATION METHODJanuary 2022July 2022Allow610NoNo
17582966REMOTE MEASUREMENT OF SHALLOW DEPTHS IN SEMI-TRANSPARENT MEDIAJanuary 2022November 2023Allow2101NoNo
17576431COUNTER PUMPING A LARGE MODE AREA FIBER LASERJanuary 2022December 2025Allow4711NoNo
17567791GENERATION OF ENTANGLED PHOTONS IN AN OPTICAL BRAGG RESONATORJanuary 2022April 2025Allow3900NoNo
17646334GEOMETRY FOR A SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIERDecember 2021February 2026Allow5011NoNo
17620795OPTICAL AMPLIFIER, RECEIVER, OPTICAL TRANSMISSION SYSTEM, AND OPTICAL AMPLIFIER DESIGN METHODDecember 2021January 2026Abandon4901NoNo
17643261FIBER LASER WITH DOUBLE-PASSED PUMP ARCHITECTUREDecember 2021May 2025Allow4100NoNo
17542459HEAT DISSIPATION IN AN OPTICAL DEVICEDecember 2021May 2022Allow610YesNo
17542192SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF CALIBRATION OF LOW FILL-FACTOR SENSOR DEVICES AND OBJECT DETECTION THEREWITHDecember 2021April 2025Allow4100NoNo
17615697Optical Integrated CircuitDecember 2021January 2026Abandon4910NoNo
17535172METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ESTIMATING DISTANCE BETWEEN A FIBER END AND A TARGETNovember 2021December 2025Allow4920NoNo
17530925HEAT DISSIPATION FOR LIDAR SENSORSNovember 2021November 2022Allow1230YesNo
17611938Optical AmplifierNovember 2021December 2025Abandon4910NoNo
17521708TECHNIQUES TO COMPENSATE FOR VARIATIONS IN PHASE OVER TIME IN LIDAR SYSTEMSNovember 2021February 2023Allow1500NoNo
17608243DETECTION DEVICE WITH AT LEAST ONE SENSOR DEVICE, AN ANALYSIS DEVICE, A LIGHT SOURCE, AND A CARRIER MEDIUMNovember 2021December 2025Allow4920NoNo
17517509PHOSPHOROUS DOPED FIBER-BASED RAMAN AMPLIFIERNovember 2021September 2025Allow4610NoNo
17513586LASER RADAR DEVICE PERFORMING MULTI-STAGE AMPLIFICATIONOctober 2021October 2025Allow4811NoNo
17506654OPTICAL BEAM SCANNING BASED ON WAVEGUIDE SWITCHING AND POSITION-TO-ANGLE CONVERSION OF A LENS AND APPLICATIONSOctober 2021July 2025Allow4510NoNo
17604950Phase Difference Detection System and a Method for Detecting a Phase DifferenceOctober 2021September 2025Allow4710NoNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner BOLDA, ERIC L.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
6
Examiner Affirmed
5
(83.3%)
Examiner Reversed
1
(16.7%)
Reversal Percentile
28.7%
Lower than average

What This Means

With a 16.7% reversal rate, the PTAB affirms the examiner's rejections in the vast majority of cases. This reversal rate is below the USPTO average, indicating that appeals face more challenges here than typical.

Strategic Value of Filing an Appeal

Total Appeal Filings
12
Allowed After Appeal Filing
3
(25.0%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
9
(75.0%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
35.8%
Lower than average

Understanding Appeal Filing Strategy

Filing a Notice of Appeal can sometimes lead to allowance even before the appeal is fully briefed or decided by the PTAB. This occurs when the examiner or their supervisor reconsiders the rejection during the mandatory appeal conference (MPEP § 1207.01) after the appeal is filed.

In this dataset, 25.0% of applications that filed an appeal were subsequently allowed. This appeal filing benefit rate is below the USPTO average, suggesting that filing an appeal has limited effectiveness in prompting favorable reconsideration.

Strategic Recommendations

Appeals to PTAB face challenges. Ensure your case has strong merit before committing to full Board review.

Filing a Notice of Appeal shows limited benefit. Consider other strategies like interviews or amendments before appealing.

Examiner BOLDA, ERIC L - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner BOLDA, ERIC L works in Art Unit 3645 and has examined 973 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 91.6%, this examiner allows applications at a higher rate than most examiners at the USPTO. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 31 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner BOLDA, ERIC L's allowance rate of 91.6% places them in the 76% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner is more likely to allow applications than most examiners at the USPTO.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by BOLDA, ERIC L receive 1.05 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 10% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues significantly fewer office actions than most examiners.

Prosecution Timeline

The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by BOLDA, ERIC L is 31 months. This places the examiner in the 57% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly faster than average with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +3.8% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by BOLDA, ERIC L. This interview benefit is in the 27% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews provide a below-average benefit with this examiner.

Request for Continued Examination (RCE) Effectiveness

When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 39.6% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 90% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Insight: RCEs are highly effective with this examiner compared to others. If you receive a final rejection, filing an RCE with substantive amendments or arguments has a strong likelihood of success.

After-Final Amendment Practice

This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 60.2% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 85% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: This examiner is highly receptive to after-final amendments compared to other examiners. Per MPEP § 714.12, after-final amendments may be entered "under justifiable circumstances." Consider filing after-final amendments with a clear showing of allowability rather than immediately filing an RCE, as this examiner frequently enters such amendments.

Pre-Appeal Conference Effectiveness

When applicants request a pre-appeal conference (PAC) with this examiner, 40.0% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 38% percentile among all examiners. Note: Pre-appeal conferences show below-average success with this examiner. Consider whether your arguments are strong enough to warrant a PAC request.

Appeal Withdrawal and Reconsideration

This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 57.1% of appeals filed. This is in the 30% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 50.0% occur early in the appeal process (after Notice of Appeal but before Appeal Brief). Strategic Insight: This examiner shows below-average willingness to reconsider rejections during appeals. Be prepared to fully prosecute appeals if filed.

Petition Practice

When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 32.4% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 19% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Note: Petitions are rarely granted regarding this examiner's actions compared to other examiners. Ensure you have a strong procedural basis before filing a petition, as the Technology Center Director typically upholds this examiner's decisions.

Examiner Cooperation and Flexibility

Examiner's Amendments: This examiner makes examiner's amendments in 1.3% of allowed cases (in the 70% percentile). This examiner makes examiner's amendments more often than average to place applications in condition for allowance (MPEP § 1302.04).

Quayle Actions: This examiner issues Ex Parte Quayle actions in 0.2% of allowed cases (in the 52% percentile). This examiner issues Quayle actions more often than average when claims are allowable but formal matters remain (MPEP § 714.14).

Prosecution Strategy Recommendations

Based on the statistical analysis of this examiner's prosecution patterns, here are tailored strategic recommendations:

  • Consider after-final amendments: This examiner frequently enters after-final amendments. If you can clearly overcome rejections with claim amendments, file an after-final amendment before resorting to an RCE.
  • RCEs are effective: This examiner has a high allowance rate after RCE compared to others. If you receive a final rejection and have substantive amendments or arguments, an RCE is likely to be successful.

Relevant MPEP Sections for Prosecution Strategy

  • MPEP § 713.10: Examiner interviews - available before Notice of Allowance or transfer to PTAB
  • MPEP § 714.12: After-final amendments - may be entered "under justifiable circumstances"
  • MPEP § 1002.02(c): Petitionable matters to Technology Center Director
  • MPEP § 1004: Actions requiring primary examiner signature (allowances, final rejections, examiner's answers)
  • MPEP § 1207.01: Appeal conferences - mandatory for all appeals
  • MPEP § 1214.07: Reopening prosecution after appeal

Important Disclaimer

Not Legal Advice: The information provided in this report is for informational purposes only and does not constitute legal advice. You should consult with a qualified patent attorney or agent for advice specific to your situation.

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