Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17130521 | LIGHT SCANNER | December 2020 | June 2021 | Allow | 6 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17099086 | LiDAR with Signal-Resonance Range Enhancement | November 2020 | May 2021 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17086266 | TECHNIQUES FOR MITIGATING LAG-ANGLE EFFECTS FOR LIDARS SCANS | October 2020 | April 2021 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17032192 | LIDAR SYSTEM AND METHOD | September 2020 | May 2024 | Allow | 43 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17024014 | Ladar System with Adaptive Receiver | September 2020 | June 2021 | Allow | 9 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17022522 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SCANNING MEASUREMENT OF THE DISTANCE TO AN OBJECT | September 2020 | January 2021 | Allow | 4 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17019884 | WIRELESS CHARGING DEVICE AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF | September 2020 | October 2024 | Allow | 49 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17010919 | SCANNING ASSEMBLY FOR A DETECTION SYSTEM | September 2020 | September 2024 | Allow | 48 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16978073 | OPTIMIZED TIME OF FLIGHT VISION CAMERA FOR A MULTI-CAMERA ENVIRONMENT | September 2020 | October 2024 | Allow | 49 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17000744 | Method and System For Laser Phase Tracking for Internal Reflection Subtraction in Phase-Encoded Lidar | August 2020 | February 2023 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16994109 | LIDAR WINDOW BLOCKAGE DETECTION | August 2020 | February 2021 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16931218 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVING DETECTION OF A RETURN SIGNAL IN A LIGHT RANGING AND DETECTION SYSTEM | July 2020 | May 2023 | Abandon | 34 | 4 | 0 | No | No |
| 16928487 | RAINBOW PARTICLE IMAGING VELOCIMETRY FOR DENSE 3D FLUID VELOCITY IMAGING | July 2020 | September 2024 | Allow | 50 | 2 | 0 | No | Yes |
| 16928823 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SIDELOBE SUPPRESSION IN PHASE ENCODED DOPPLER LIDAR | July 2020 | January 2021 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16927127 | INDUSTRIAL SAFETY SENSOR | July 2020 | December 2020 | Allow | 5 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16912786 | LADAR SENSOR FOR LANDING, DOCKING AND APPROACH | June 2020 | June 2024 | Allow | 48 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 16909306 | MULTIPLE PIXEL SCANNING LIDAR | June 2020 | May 2022 | Allow | 23 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 16829125 | PATTERN RECOGNITION USED TO CHARACTERIZE LIDAR WINDOW OBSTRUCTION | March 2020 | January 2024 | Allow | 46 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16648617 | TARGET TRACKING DEVICE COMPRISING A PHOTODETECTOR WITH QUANDRANTS | March 2020 | May 2021 | Allow | 14 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16784745 | Lidar System with Semiconductor Optical Amplifier | February 2020 | September 2020 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16783550 | PROVIDING SPATIAL DISPLACEMENT OF TRANSMIT AND RECEIVE MODES IN LIDAR SYSTEM | February 2020 | March 2021 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16780080 | System, Method, and Computer Program Product for Automatically Configuring a Detection Device | February 2020 | March 2021 | Allow | 14 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16773409 | LIDAR SYSTEM WITH MULTIPLE COMPARATORS AND TIME-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTERS | January 2020 | November 2024 | Allow | 57 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16741475 | ESTIMATION OF MOTION USING LIDAR | January 2020 | April 2023 | Abandon | 39 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16693157 | MULTI-BEAM LIDAR SYSTEMS WITH TWO TYPES OF LASER EMITTER BOARDS AND METHODS FOR DETECTION USING THE SAME | November 2019 | April 2020 | Allow | 5 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16686391 | DIRECTION AND DOPPLER SHIFT IN RANGING SYSTEMS AND METHODS | November 2019 | October 2022 | Allow | 35 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16681663 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR LASER PHASE TRACKING FOR INTERNAL REFLECTION SUBTRACTION IN PHASE-ENCODED LIDAR | November 2019 | April 2020 | Allow | 6 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16679110 | SCAN MIRROR SYSTEMS AND METHODS | November 2019 | March 2021 | Allow | 16 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 16658400 | METHOD FOR OPTICALLY SCANNING AND MEASURING AN ENVIRONMENT USING A 3D MEASUREMENT DEVICE AND NEAR FIELD COMMUNICATION | October 2019 | April 2024 | Allow | 54 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16564842 | LIDAR SYSTEM AND METHOD | September 2019 | June 2020 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 16553426 | Photonics Device | August 2019 | March 2024 | Allow | 54 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16539240 | ADAPTIVE CODING FOR LIDAR SYSTEMS | August 2019 | January 2020 | Allow | 60 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16515356 | MULTI-WAVELENGTH RISLEY PRISMS FOR LASER BORE-SIGHTING | July 2019 | October 2019 | Allow | 3 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16513071 | SPACE-BASED LIDAR SYSTEM | July 2019 | July 2024 | Allow | 60 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16456426 | CLASSIFYING OBJECTS WITH ADDITIONAL MEASUREMENTS | June 2019 | October 2020 | Allow | 15 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16450534 | DELAY TIME CALIBRATION OF OPTICAL DISTANCE MEASUREMENT DEVICES, AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS | June 2019 | August 2024 | Allow | 60 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16445146 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OPTICAL DISTANCE MEASUREMENT | June 2019 | February 2024 | Allow | 56 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16436903 | OPTICAL GROUND TRACKING APPARATUS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR USE WITH BURIED UTILITY LOCATORS | June 2019 | July 2022 | Allow | 37 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16464033 | RECEIVING DEVICE FOR AN OPTICAL DETECTION APPLIANCE, DETECTION APPLIANCE AND DRIVER ASSISTANCE SYSTEM | May 2019 | April 2024 | Allow | 59 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16415748 | Parallel Photon Counting | May 2019 | April 2020 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16414969 | Reflectance Sensing with Time-of-Flight Cameras | May 2019 | September 2023 | Allow | 52 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16395598 | ACTIVELY ALIGNED SOLID-STATE LIDAR SYSTEM | April 2019 | January 2025 | Abandon | 60 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 16393388 | ALIGNING SENSORS ON VEHICLES USING SENSOR OUTPUT | April 2019 | June 2024 | Allow | 60 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 16390923 | SCAN PATTERNS FOR LIDAR SYSTEMS | April 2019 | April 2023 | Allow | 48 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16385931 | Dynamically Interlaced Laser Beam Scanning 3D Depth Sensing System and Method | April 2019 | July 2023 | Allow | 51 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 16383258 | ENERGY EFFICIENT, HIGH RESOLUTION LIGHT DETECTION AND RANGING IMAGING RECEIVER WITH LARGE FIELD-OF-VIEW | April 2019 | July 2023 | Allow | 51 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 16379782 | SINGLE PASS PEAK DETECTION IN LIDAR SENSOR DATA STREAM | April 2019 | October 2022 | Allow | 43 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16378836 | LONG-RANGE LASER RANGEFINDER | April 2019 | July 2020 | Allow | 15 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16378315 | ADJUSTING RECEIVER CHARACTERISTICS IN VIEW OF WEATHER CONDITIONS | April 2019 | August 2023 | Allow | 53 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 16376009 | INDUSTRIAL SAFETY SENSOR | April 2019 | March 2020 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16372758 | 3D RANGE IMAGING METHOD USING OPTICAL PHASED ARRAY AND PHOTO SENSOR ARRAY | April 2019 | November 2022 | Allow | 44 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16364604 | OVERSAMPLNG AND TRANSMITTER SHOOTING PATTERN FOR LIGHT DETECTION AND RANGING (LIDAR) SYSTEM | March 2019 | June 2023 | Allow | 51 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16356922 | LASER PROCESSING DEVICE AND LASER PROCESSING SYSTEM | March 2019 | August 2019 | Allow | 5 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16356936 | LASER PROCESSING DEVICE AND LASER PROCESSING SYSTEM | March 2019 | August 2019 | Allow | 5 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16356046 | ADAPTIVE CONTROL OF LADAR SYSTEMS USING SPATIAL INDEX OF PRIOR LADAR RETURN DATA | March 2019 | January 2020 | Allow | 10 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16299095 | Optical Sensor System | March 2019 | March 2023 | Allow | 49 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 16292367 | Integrated optoelectronic module | March 2019 | March 2023 | Allow | 48 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 16286227 | TRACKING APPARATUS AND TRACKING METHOD | February 2019 | May 2023 | Abandon | 51 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16285191 | SENSING DEVICE WITH CONICAL REFLECTOR FOR MAKING TWO-DIMENSIONAL OPTICAL RADAR | February 2019 | January 2023 | Allow | 47 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16283568 | 2-DIMENSIONAL STEERING SYSTEM FOR LIDAR SYSTEMS | February 2019 | November 2023 | Allow | 56 | 6 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16283577 | MULTI-WAVELENGTH PULSE STEERING IN LIDAR SYSTEMS | February 2019 | July 2023 | Allow | 53 | 3 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16280274 | LIDAR SENSING SYSTEM | February 2019 | April 2023 | Abandon | 50 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16270639 | DISTANCE MEASURING APPARATUS AND MOBILE BODY INCLUDING THE SAME | February 2019 | October 2022 | Allow | 44 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16267638 | Range-Enabled Three-Dimensional Imaging System and Associated Methods | February 2019 | July 2022 | Allow | 42 | 1 | 2 | No | No |
| 16262984 | LEARNING METHOD AND LEARNING DEVICE FOR INTEGRATING IMAGE ACQUIRED BY CAMERA AND POINT-CLOUD MAP ACQUIRED BY RADAR OR LIDAR CORRESPONDING TO IMAGE AT EACH OF CONVOLUTION STAGES IN NEURAL NETWORK AND TESTING METHOD AND TESTING DEVICE USING THE SAME | January 2019 | May 2019 | Allow | 3 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16255502 | AIRBORNE LIDAR PULSE RATE MODULATION | January 2019 | February 2023 | Allow | 49 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 16240843 | MOBILE THREE-DIMENSIONAL MEASURING INSTRUMENT | January 2019 | March 2023 | Abandon | 50 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16236780 | COMPUTATION OF THE ANGLE OF INCIDENCE OF LASER BEAM AND ITS APPLICATION ON REFLECTIVITY ESTIMATION | December 2018 | October 2022 | Allow | 45 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16232973 | MULTI-PULSE FUSION ANALYSIS FOR LIDAR RANGING | December 2018 | August 2019 | Allow | 8 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16224459 | LASER DETECTION AND RANGING DEVICE FOR DETECTING AN OBJECT UNDER A WATER SURFACE | December 2018 | June 2022 | Allow | 42 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16217945 | Laser Range Finding Attachment for Mobile Computing Device | December 2018 | November 2023 | Abandon | 59 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 16209867 | ROTATING COMPACT LIGHT RANGING SYSTEM | December 2018 | August 2019 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16203422 | OPTICAL DESIGNS USING CYLINDRICAL LENSES FOR IMPROVED RESOLUTION IN LIDAR SYSTEMS | November 2018 | October 2022 | Allow | 47 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16203579 | COMPACT LIDAR SYSTEM | November 2018 | October 2021 | Allow | 35 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16196161 | APPARATUS AND METHOD INSPECTING BONDED SEMICONDUCTOR DICE | November 2018 | January 2021 | Allow | 26 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 16176473 | CONTROLLING VEHICLE SENSORS BASED ON DYNAMIC OBJECTS | October 2018 | February 2020 | Allow | 16 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16176624 | ADJUSTING AREA OF FOCUS OF VEHICLE SENSORS BY CONTROLLING SPATIAL DISTRIBUTIONS OF SCAN LINES | October 2018 | June 2019 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16175274 | ADAPTIVE CODING FOR LIDAR SYSTEMS | October 2018 | July 2019 | Allow | 8 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16168631 | LIDAR SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD | October 2018 | August 2022 | Allow | 45 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16160707 | MIRROR TILT ACTUATOR | October 2018 | October 2022 | Allow | 48 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16158266 | MULTIPLE BEAM, SINGLE MEMS LIDAR | October 2018 | March 2023 | Allow | 53 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16157648 | SOLID STATE OPTICAL PHASED ARRAY LIDAR AND METHOD OF USING SAME | October 2018 | August 2021 | Allow | 34 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 16132254 | LOW DRIFT REFERENCE FOR LASER RADAR | September 2018 | February 2023 | Allow | 53 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16131568 | Ladar Transmitter with Feedback Control of Dynamic Scan Patterns | September 2018 | September 2020 | Allow | 24 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16131857 | SCANNING ASSEMBLY FOR A DETECTION SYSTEM | September 2018 | December 2021 | Allow | 39 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16130562 | Optical Sensor System | September 2018 | August 2023 | Allow | 59 | 3 | 0 | No | Yes |
| 16117489 | DIFFRACTIVE OPTICAL ELEMENT AND METHOD FOR THE MANUFACTURE THEREOF | August 2018 | July 2021 | Allow | 34 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 16106374 | Ladar Receiver with Co-Bore Sited Camera | August 2018 | April 2020 | Allow | 20 | 3 | 0 | No | Yes |
| 16072233 | LASER RADAR DEVICE AND WIND TURBINE CONTROL SYSTEM | July 2018 | November 2018 | Allow | 4 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16029385 | Non-Contact Vehicle Measurement System | July 2018 | August 2020 | Allow | 25 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16029345 | Method for Assessing a Condition of an Axle of a Moving Vehicle | July 2018 | January 2019 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16011127 | LIDAR SYSTEM AND METHOD | June 2018 | May 2019 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 15781173 | LASER RADAR DEVICE | June 2018 | May 2019 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 15978679 | PERMUTATION OF MEASURING CAPACITORS IN A TIME-OF-FLIGHT SENSOR | May 2018 | January 2021 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 15978728 | TIME OF FLIGHT SYSTEM AND METHOD USING MULTIPLE MEASURING SEQUENCES | May 2018 | December 2020 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 15977957 | Optical Sensor Chip | May 2018 | July 2020 | Allow | 27 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 15976432 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR OPTICALLY MEASURING DISTANCES | May 2018 | October 2021 | Allow | 41 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 15976269 | SCAN MIRROR SYSTEMS AND METHODS | May 2018 | September 2019 | Allow | 16 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 15974153 | MULTI-BEAM LIDAR SYSTEM WITH POLYGON MIRROR | May 2018 | February 2019 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 15965471 | REDUCING AUDIO NOISE IN A LIDAR SCANNER WITH A POLYGON MIRROR | April 2018 | February 2019 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner NICKERSON, SAMANTHA K.
With a 80.0% reversal rate, the PTAB has reversed the examiner's rejections more often than affirming them. This reversal rate is in the top 25% across the USPTO, indicating that appeals are more successful here than in most other areas.
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, 48.1% of applications that filed an appeal were subsequently allowed. This appeal filing benefit rate is in the top 25% across the USPTO, indicating that filing appeals is particularly effective here. The act of filing often prompts favorable reconsideration during the mandatory appeal conference.
✓ Appeals to PTAB show good success rates. If you have a strong case on the merits, consider fully prosecuting the appeal to a Board decision.
✓ Filing a Notice of Appeal is strategically valuable. The act of filing often prompts favorable reconsideration during the mandatory appeal conference.
Examiner NICKERSON, SAMANTHA K works in Art Unit 3645 and has examined 635 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 86.6%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 32 months.
Examiner NICKERSON, SAMANTHA K's allowance rate of 86.6% places them in the 66% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications.
On average, applications examined by NICKERSON, SAMANTHA K receive 1.61 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 28% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues fewer office actions than average, which may indicate efficient prosecution or a more lenient examination style.
The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by NICKERSON, SAMANTHA K is 32 months. This places the examiner in the 52% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly faster than average with this examiner.
Conducting an examiner interview provides a +14.2% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by NICKERSON, SAMANTHA K. This interview benefit is in the 52% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews provide an above-average benefit with this examiner and are worth considering.
When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 34.9% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 79% 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.
This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 47.6% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 72% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: This examiner shows above-average receptiveness to after-final amendments. If your amendments clearly overcome the rejections and do not raise new issues, consider filing after-final amendments before resorting to an RCE.
When applicants request a pre-appeal conference (PAC) with this examiner, 36.4% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 36% 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.
This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 83.3% of appeals filed. This is in the 77% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 44.0% occur early in the appeal process (after Notice of Appeal but before Appeal Brief). Strategic Insight: This examiner frequently reconsiders rejections during the appeal process compared to other examiners. Per MPEP § 1207.01, all appeals must go through a mandatory appeal conference. Filing a Notice of Appeal may prompt favorable reconsideration even before you file an Appeal Brief.
When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 27.0% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 14% 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's Amendments: This examiner makes examiner's amendments in 0.2% of allowed cases (in the 49% percentile). This examiner makes examiner's amendments less often than average. You may need to make most claim amendments yourself.
Quayle Actions: This examiner issues Ex Parte Quayle actions in 0.0% of allowed cases (in the 40% percentile). This examiner issues Quayle actions less often than average. Allowances may come directly without a separate action for formal matters.
Based on the statistical analysis of this examiner's prosecution patterns, here are tailored strategic recommendations:
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