Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18624247 | LIDAR SYSTEM WITH VARIABLE RESOLUTION MULTI-BEAM SCANNING | April 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18401295 | RANGING SYSTEMS OF A DUAL OPTICAL FREQUENCY COMB TIME-OF-FLIGHT MANNER BASED ON DISPERSIVE FOURIER TRANSFORM | December 2023 | July 2024 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18543069 | METHOD, SYSTEM, AND APPARATUS FOR A LIDAR SENSOR WITH VARYING GRATING PITCH | December 2023 | September 2025 | Allow | 21 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18517431 | Chip Packaging in Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) Sensor System | November 2023 | February 2025 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18516671 | LIDAR Sensor System Including Integrated Modulator | November 2023 | November 2024 | Allow | 12 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18509793 | LIDAR Systems with Multi-faceted Mirrors | November 2023 | September 2025 | Abandon | 23 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18508808 | VELOCITY ESTIMATION USING DOPPLER PER POINT LIDAR SYSTEMS | November 2023 | January 2025 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18488877 | LiDAR TOOL FOR OIL AND GAS WELLBORE DATA ACQUISITION | October 2023 | September 2025 | Abandon | 23 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18485434 | BEAM-STEERING DEVICE PARTICULARLY FOR LIDAR SYSTEMS | October 2023 | April 2025 | Allow | 18 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18470156 | ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE DETECTION APPARATUS, PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION ACQUISITION SYSTEM | September 2023 | September 2024 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18241944 | Automated Threat Detection and Deterrence Apparatus | September 2023 | May 2025 | Abandon | 21 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18446711 | PSEUDO MONOSTATIC LIDAR WITH TWO-DIMENSIONAL SILICON PHOTONIC MEMS SWITCH ARRAY | August 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 23 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18347426 | Coherent LIDAR System Including Optical Antenna Array | July 2023 | February 2025 | Allow | 19 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18144070 | LIDAR SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATION | May 2023 | August 2025 | Abandon | 27 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18140105 | SUB-SWEEP SAMPLING IN A LIDAR SYSTEM | April 2023 | April 2024 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18139267 | TECHNIQUES FOR USING A COHERENT RECEIVER IN A FMCW LIDAR SYSTEM | April 2023 | March 2024 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18079620 | Beam-Steering Device Particularly for Lidar Systems | December 2022 | April 2024 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18070403 | DYNAMIC COMPENSATION TO POLYGON AND MOTOR TOLERANCE USING GALVO CONTROL PROFILE | November 2022 | April 2023 | Allow | 4 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18057401 | LIDAR Systems with Multi-faceted Mirrors | November 2022 | March 2024 | Abandon | 15 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18056171 | Chip Packaging in Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) Sensor System | November 2022 | September 2023 | Allow | 10 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18049614 | TIME-RESOLVED CONTRAST IMAGING FOR LIDAR | October 2022 | September 2023 | Allow | 10 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17964786 | LIDAR SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATION | October 2022 | August 2023 | Abandon | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17952602 | TECHNIQUES FOR TARGET ORIENTATION ESTIMATION | September 2022 | February 2023 | Allow | 5 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17953185 | MEASURING DEVICE COMPRISING A TARGETING UNIT AND A SCANNING MODULE | September 2022 | February 2026 | Allow | 41 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17881431 | FMCW LIDAR SYSTEM WITH PASSIVE AMPLITUDE MODULATION FOR SIMULTANEOUS DETERMINATION OF RANGE AND VELOCITY | August 2022 | June 2024 | Allow | 22 | 3 | 0 | No | Yes |
| 17875325 | TECHNIQUES FOR IMPROVING SNR IN A FMCW LIDAR SYSTEM USING A COHERENT RECEIVER | July 2022 | January 2023 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17815130 | LiDAR TOOL FOR OIL AND GAS WELLBORE DATA ACQUISITION | July 2022 | August 2025 | Abandon | 37 | 5 | 0 | No | No |
| 17856910 | COMPACT LIDAR SYSTEMS FOR VEHICLE CONTOUR FITTING | July 2022 | June 2023 | Allow | 11 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17788435 | SENSOR UNIT | June 2022 | January 2026 | Abandon | 43 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17845873 | MULTI-BEAM LASER SCANNER | June 2022 | August 2023 | Allow | 14 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17844442 | TECHNIQUES FOR ENHANCED DETECTION OF DISTANT OBJECTS | June 2022 | March 2023 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17806507 | LIGHT PROJECTION APPARATUS AND MOVING BODY | June 2022 | January 2026 | Allow | 43 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17747441 | SPATIAL LIGHT MODULATOR AND LIDAR APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME | May 2022 | October 2025 | Allow | 41 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17774253 | Adaptive Active Safety System using Multi-spectral LIDAR, and Method implemented in the Adaptive Active Safety System | May 2022 | November 2023 | Abandon | 19 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17772637 | OPERATING METHOD AND CONTROL UNIT FOR A LIDAR SYSTEM, LIDAR SYSTEM, AND DEVICE | April 2022 | December 2025 | Abandon | 43 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17714077 | DYNAMIC COMPENSATION TO POLYGON AND MOTOR TOLERANCE USING GALVO CONTROL PROFILE | April 2022 | August 2022 | Allow | 5 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17654010 | NON-CONTACT MOTION DETECTION SENSOR UTILIZING DISTANCE AND INTENSITY STATISTICS | March 2022 | April 2024 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17687704 | PHOTONIC INTEGRATED CIRCUIT, LIGHT DETECTION AND RANGING SYSTEM AND VEHICLE HAVING THE SAME | March 2022 | October 2025 | Allow | 44 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17687372 | PSEUDO MONOSTATIC LIDAR WITH TWO-DIMENSIONAL SILICON PHOTONIC MEMS SWITCH ARRAY | March 2022 | April 2023 | Allow | 13 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17686499 | LIDAR SYSTEM WITH VARIABLE RESOLUTION MULTI-BEAM SCANNING | March 2022 | December 2023 | Allow | 22 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17668045 | MULTI-BEAM LASER EMITTER WITH COMMON OPTICAL PATH | February 2022 | December 2023 | Allow | 22 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17631970 | DISTANCE MEASURING DEVICE, ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING DISTANCE MEASURING DEVICE | February 2022 | January 2026 | Abandon | 48 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17590785 | ATTACHING A GLASS MIRROR TO A ROTATING METAL MOTOR FRAME | February 2022 | November 2023 | Allow | 21 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17586132 | HIGH RESOLUTION LIDAR SCANNING | January 2022 | August 2025 | Allow | 43 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17564738 | DUAL LASER SLOPE ANGLE MEASURING DEVICE | December 2021 | February 2026 | Abandon | 50 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17558476 | COHERENT LIDAR SYSTEM INCLUDING OPTICAL ANTENNA ARRAY | December 2021 | April 2023 | Allow | 15 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17594849 | CUMULATIVE SHORT PULSE EMISSION FOR PULSED LIDAR DEVICES INCLUDING A LONG EXPOSURE TIME | December 2021 | October 2025 | Abandon | 47 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17614289 | SENSOR ASSEMBLY | November 2021 | March 2026 | Abandon | 52 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17516789 | LASER TRANSCEIVING MODULE AND LIGHT ADJUSTMENT METHOD THEREOF, LIDAR, AND AUTOMATIC DRIVE APPARATUS | November 2021 | September 2025 | Allow | 47 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17513779 | SCAN-LESS 3D OPTICAL SENSING DEVICES AND ASSOCIATED LIDAR BASED ON STACKING OF INTEGRATED PHOTONIC CHIPS, WAVELENGTH DIVISION DEMULTIPLEXING AND POSITION-TO-ANGLE CONVERSION OF A LENS | October 2021 | August 2025 | Allow | 46 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17512570 | TECHNIQUES FOR SIMULTANEOUS DETERMINATION OF RANGE AND VELOCITY WITH PASSIVE MODULATION | October 2021 | March 2022 | Allow | 5 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17497328 | LIDAR DEVICE | October 2021 | December 2025 | Allow | 50 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17594194 | LIDAR SENSOR FOR OPTICALLY DETECTING A FIELD OF VIEW AND METHOD FOR ACTIVATING A LIDAR SENSOR | October 2021 | September 2025 | Abandon | 48 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17495665 | FMCW LIDAR USING ARRAY WAVEGUIDE RECEIVERS AND OPTICAL FREQUENCY SHIFTING | October 2021 | May 2022 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17486198 | RANGING DEVICE | September 2021 | October 2025 | Allow | 48 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17480458 | DISTANCE MEASUREMENT IMAGING SYSTEM, DISTANCE MEASUREMENT IMAGING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | September 2021 | August 2025 | Allow | 47 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17440196 | OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICE AND LIDAR SYSTEM | September 2021 | January 2026 | Allow | 52 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17476455 | LiDAR DETECTION METHODS AND SYSTEMS | September 2021 | October 2024 | Abandon | 37 | 4 | 0 | No | No |
| 17437543 | LIGHT RECEIVING APPARATUS, RANGING APPARATUS, AND LIGHT EMISSION CONTROL METHOD | September 2021 | August 2025 | Allow | 48 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17434942 | LIDAR TRANSMITTER/RECEIVER ALIGNMENT | August 2021 | October 2025 | Abandon | 50 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17406018 | AUTOMATED THREAT DETECTION AND DETERRENCE APPARATUS | August 2021 | July 2023 | Allow | 23 | 4 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17404840 | LIDAR AND DETECTION APPARATUS THEREOF | August 2021 | April 2025 | Allow | 44 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17382177 | BEAM-STEERING DEVICE PARTICULARLY FOR LIDAR SYSTEMS | July 2021 | September 2022 | Allow | 14 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17382163 | BEAM-STEERING DEVICE PARTICULARLY FOR LIDAR SYSTEMS | July 2021 | July 2023 | Allow | 24 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17423652 | MEASURING DEVICE AND MEASURING METHOD | July 2021 | February 2023 | Allow | 19 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17297199 | LIGHT DETECTION APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD OF LIGHT DETECTION APPARATUS, AND RANGING APPARATUS | May 2021 | March 2025 | Allow | 46 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17215074 | Surveying Instrument And Surveying System | March 2021 | March 2025 | Allow | 48 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17214777 | LASER-RANGING DEVICE AND MOBILE APPARATUS | March 2021 | June 2025 | Abandon | 50 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17278127 | IMPROVED ILLUMINATION DEVICE | March 2021 | June 2025 | Allow | 51 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17277006 | SENSOR DEVICE, SENSOR MODULE, IMAGING SYSTEM AND METHOD TO OPERATE A SENSOR DEVICE | March 2021 | January 2025 | Allow | 46 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17198873 | Time-of-Flight Sensing Using Continuous Wave and Coded Modulation Measurements | March 2021 | May 2025 | Allow | 50 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17274382 | LIDAR SYSTEM AND MOTOR VEHICLE | March 2021 | June 2025 | Allow | 51 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17192714 | SCANNING FIBER TRANSMITTER FOR DISTANCE DETECTION | March 2021 | February 2025 | Allow | 47 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17248997 | LIGHTING FLOOR ON SIDES OF MATERIAL HANDLING VEHICLE TO INDICATE LIMITED OR NON-LIMITED AREA | February 2021 | September 2024 | Allow | 43 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17152984 | OPTOELECTRONIC SENSOR AND METHOD OF DETECTING OBJECTS | January 2021 | May 2025 | Allow | 52 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17148691 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MONITORING LIDAR SENSOR HEALTH | January 2021 | October 2024 | Allow | 45 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17146177 | METHOD FOR IDENTIFICATION OF A NOISE POINT USED FOR LIDAR, AND LIDAR SYSTEM | January 2021 | October 2024 | Abandon | 45 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17258784 | ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE DETECTION APPARATUS AND INFORMATION ACQUISITION SYSTEM | January 2021 | November 2024 | Allow | 46 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17133355 | HALF AND QUARTER LISSAJOUS SCAN PATTERNS FOR LIDAR | December 2020 | January 2025 | Allow | 49 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17125574 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A LIDAR SYSTEM | December 2020 | February 2025 | Allow | 50 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17253158 | TIME-OF-FLIGHT CAMERA SYSTEM HAVING AN ADJUSTABLE OPTICAL POWER OUTPUT | December 2020 | November 2024 | Abandon | 47 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17117085 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING AND ADDRESSING A POTENTIAL DANGER | December 2020 | November 2024 | Abandon | 48 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17115006 | METHODS AND SYSTEM FOR ANALYZING DYNAMIC LIDAR POINT CLOUD DATA | December 2020 | April 2024 | Allow | 40 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17115705 | IN-SITU SENSOR CALIBRATION FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES | December 2020 | August 2024 | Allow | 44 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17059575 | Optical Phased Arrays and Spherical Shift Invariant Sensors For Use In Advanced Lidar Systems | November 2020 | January 2025 | Allow | 50 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17102212 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REDUCING COGNITIVE WORKLOAD AND ENERGY CONSUMPTION BY A SENSOR UTILIZED ON A VEHICLE | November 2020 | July 2024 | Allow | 44 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17056148 | EYE-SAFE LIDAR SYSTEM HAVING AN ADJUSTABLE SCANNING RANGE | November 2020 | September 2024 | Allow | 46 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17096776 | Method and System for Processing Laser Signal Taken by Laser Device | November 2020 | November 2024 | Allow | 48 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17091029 | MEASUREMENT-VALUE CORRECTION METHOD FOR DISTANCE MEASURING DEVICE, AND DISTANCE MEASURING DEVICE | November 2020 | April 2024 | Allow | 41 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17090585 | FLAT OPTICS WITH PASSIVE ELEMENTS FUNCTIONING AS A TRANSFORMATION OPTICS AND A COMPACT SCANNER TO COVER THE VERTICAL ELEVATION FIELD-OF-VIEW | November 2020 | October 2024 | Abandon | 47 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17069364 | LIDAR Based Stereo Camera Correction | October 2020 | March 2024 | Allow | 41 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17045579 | LIDAR SYSTEMS AND METHODS WITH INTERNAL LIGHT CALIBRATION | October 2020 | April 2024 | Abandon | 42 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17061239 | OPTICAL DISTANCE MEASURING APPARATUS | October 2020 | November 2023 | Allow | 37 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17041150 | MONITORING CONTROL DEVICE, MONITORING SYSTEM, MONITORING CONTROL METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM WITH PROGRAM STORED THEREIN | September 2020 | July 2024 | Allow | 46 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16980996 | OPTICAL MONITORING APPARATUS AND METHOD | September 2020 | March 2024 | Abandon | 41 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17015325 | LIGHT DETECTOR, LIGHT DETECTION SYSTEM, LIDAR DEVICE, AND VEHICLE | September 2020 | October 2024 | Abandon | 49 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17001030 | MIRROR ASSEMBLY FOR LIGHT STEERING | August 2020 | January 2025 | Allow | 53 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16975385 | Alignment of Optical Transmitter with Multiple Degrees of Freedom | August 2020 | February 2024 | Abandon | 42 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16992030 | INTERTWINED DETECTOR ARRAY FOR AN OPTICAL SENSING SYSTEM | August 2020 | January 2025 | Abandon | 53 | 5 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16944253 | DYNAMIC LIDAR TO CAMERA ALIGNMENT | July 2020 | December 2023 | Allow | 40 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner NOEL, JEMPSON.
With a 0.0% reversal rate, the PTAB affirms the examiner's rejections in the vast majority of cases. This reversal rate is in the bottom 25% across the USPTO, indicating that appeals face significant challenges here.
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, 0.0% of applications that filed an appeal were subsequently allowed. This appeal filing benefit rate is in the bottom 25% across the USPTO, indicating that filing appeals is less effective here than in most other areas.
⚠ 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 NOEL, JEMPSON works in Art Unit 3645 and has examined 101 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 66.3%, this examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 47 months.
Examiner NOEL, JEMPSON's allowance rate of 66.3% places them in the 27% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications.
On average, applications examined by NOEL, JEMPSON receive 2.10 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 56% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues a slightly above-average number of office actions.
The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by NOEL, JEMPSON is 47 months. This places the examiner in the 10% percentile for prosecution speed. Applications take longer to reach final disposition with this examiner compared to most others.
Conducting an examiner interview provides a +27.5% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by NOEL, JEMPSON. This interview benefit is in the 75% 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, 25.0% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 39% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Insight: RCEs show below-average effectiveness with this examiner. Carefully evaluate whether an RCE or continuation is the better strategy.
This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 10.3% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 10% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: This examiner rarely enters after-final amendments compared to other examiners. You should generally plan to file an RCE or appeal rather than relying on after-final amendment entry. Per MPEP § 714.12, primary examiners have discretion in entering after-final amendments, and this examiner exercises that discretion conservatively.
When applicants request a pre-appeal conference (PAC) with this examiner, 0.0% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 18% percentile among all examiners. Note: Pre-appeal conferences show limited success with this examiner compared to others. While still worth considering, be prepared to proceed with a full appeal brief if the PAC does not result in favorable action.
This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 0.0% of appeals filed. This is in the 2% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Insight: This examiner rarely withdraws rejections during the appeal process compared to other examiners. If you file an appeal, be prepared to fully prosecute it to a PTAB decision. Per MPEP § 1207, the examiner will prepare an Examiner's Answer maintaining the rejections.
When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 11.8% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 8% 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 0.0% of allowed cases (in the 36% 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 3.0% of allowed cases (in the 73% percentile). This examiner issues Quayle actions more often than average when claims are allowable but formal matters remain (MPEP § 714.14).
Based on the statistical analysis of this examiner's prosecution patterns, here are tailored strategic recommendations:
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