Last updated: May 29, 2026

Application No. 17/989,065

GENERATING NOTIFICATIONS INDICATIVE OF UNANTICIPATED ACTIONS

Non-Final OA

Filed

Nov 17, 2022

Priority

Nov 18, 2021 — provisional 63/281,033

Examiner

DOROS, KAYLA RENEE

Art Unit

3657

Tech Center

3600 — Transportation & Electronic Commerce

Assignee

Motional Ad LLC

OA Round

4 (Non-Final)

Interview Optional

— +7.8% interview lift. Interview already conducted in this application's prosecution history. This examiner has a 72% grant rate with +7.8% interview lift. Since an interview has already been tried, recommend written response with narrowed claims based on precedent claim evolution patterns.

Based on 29 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Examiner Intelligence

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Grants 72% — above average

Career Allowance Rate

21 granted / 29 resolved

+20.4% vs TC avg

Moderate +8% lift

Without

With

+7.8%

Interview Lift

resolved cases with interview

Typical timeline

2y 4m

Avg Prosecution

15 currently pending

Career history

Total Applications

across all art units

Statute-Specific Performance

§101

4.9%

-35.1% vs TC avg

§103

91.3%

+51.3% vs TC avg

§112

2.9%

-37.1% vs TC avg

Black line = Tech Center average estimate • Based on career data from 29 resolved cases

Prosecution Timeline

Show 4 earlier events

Jun 03, 2025

Interview Requested

Jun 10, 2025

Examiner Interview Summary

Jun 10, 2025

Applicant Interview (Telephonic)

Jul 14, 2025

Response after Non-Final Action

Aug 13, 2025

Final Rejection mailed

Dec 15, 2025

Request for Continued Examination

Dec 31, 2025

Response after Non-Final Action

Mar 04, 2026

Non-Final Rejection mailed (current)

Precedent Cases

Applications granted by this same examiner with similar technology

18/501,192

Patent 12613526

METHOD AND AVIONICS COMPUTER FOR DETERMINING AN ANCHOR POINT OF A TERMINAL SEGMENT ON THE BASIS OF A MISSED APPROACH POINT, FOR A NON-PRECISION APPROACH

2y 5m to grant Granted Apr 28, 2026

18/184,684

Patent 12602048

TRAVEL ROUTE GENERATION METHOD FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE AND CONTROL APPARATUS FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE

3y 1m to grant Granted Apr 14, 2026

18/553,619

Patent 12576840

VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE

2y 5m to grant Granted Mar 17, 2026

18/407,680

Patent 12570012

ROBOT SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CREATING VISUAL RECORD OF TASK PERFORMED IN WORKING AREA

2y 2m to grant Granted Mar 10, 2026

17/970,366

Patent 12566451

Interactive Detection of Obstacle Status in Mobile Robots

3y 4m to grant Granted Mar 03, 2026

Study what changed to get past this examiner. Based on 5 most recent grants.

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Prosecution Projections

4-5

Expected OA Rounds

72%

Grant Probability

80%

With Interview (+7.8%)

2y 4m (~0m remaining)

Median Time to Grant

High

PTA Risk

Based on 29 resolved cases by this examiner. Grant probability derived from career allowance rate.