Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: AN, IG TAI

Tech Center 4100 • Art Units: 3662 3687 4100 4164

This examiner grants 56% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

55.8%
Allow Rate
-4.2% vs TC avg
555
Total Applications
+26.1%
Interview Lift
1350
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 523 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

19.3%
§101 Eligibility
19.0%
§102 Novelty
49.8%
§103 Obviousness
10.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18585153 MINING OPERATION Non-Final OA TECHNOLOGICAL RESOURCES PTY LIMITED
18592279 OBJECT DETECTION DEVICE, OBJECT DETECTION METHOD, AND OBJECT DETECTION PROGRAM Non-Final OA DENSO CORPORATION
18743293 OBJECT RELEVANCE POTENTIAL FIELD FOR OPERATING VEHICLE Non-Final OA Ford Global Technologies, LLC
18960574 Vehicle Control Apparatus and Method Thereof Non-Final OA Kia Corporation
18490830 MAP DATA GENERATION DEVICE, MOVABLE APPARATUS MANAGEMENT DEVICE, STORAGE MEDIUM, MAP DATA GENERATION METHOD, AND MOVABLE APPARATUS MANAGEMENT METHOD Final Rejection CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18936563 Location-Based Features For Commute Assistant Non-Final OA Apple Inc.
18474633 SHOVEL AND CONTROL DEVICE FOR SHOVEL Non-Final OA SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
18428032 Agricultural Harvester Header Compatibility Control Non-Final OA DEERE & COMPANY
18458770 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, SYSTEM, METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
17252008 MAPPING AND SIMULTANEOUS LOCALISATION OF AN OBJECT IN AN INTERIOR ENVIRONMENT Final Rejection ORANGE
18880645 Method for Operating a Drive of an Electric Bicycle, Having a Process of Ascertaining an Overheating Protection of the Electric Drive Non-Final OA Robert Bosch GmbH
18962999 Method for Performing an Automatic Lane Change by a Motor Vehicle Non-Final OA Robert Bosch GmbH
18185594 METHOD FOR ASCERTAINING A DYNAMIC FOREIGN OBJECT-DRIVING CORRIDOR ASSOCIATION Non-Final OA Robert Bosch GmbH
18416641 EARLY FUSION OF CAMERA AND RADAR FRAMES Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
18981277 GENERATING CONTROL INPUTS FOR AGENT TRAJECTORY PLANNING USING NEURAL NETWORKS Non-Final OA Waymo LLC
18970591 Trajectory generation using an end-to-end neural network for autonomous and semi-autonomous systems and applications Non-Final OA NVIDIA Corporation
18076543 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SAFE AND RELIABLE AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES Non-Final OA NVIDIA Corporation
18735825 AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE STEERABLE SENSOR MANAGEMENT Non-Final OA Aurora Operations, Inc.
18972786 Method for constructing episodic memory model based on rat brain visual pathway and entorhinal-hippocampal cognitive mechanism Non-Final OA BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
18710207 MANEUVERING ASSISTANCE SYSTEM AND WORK VEHICLE Final Rejection TADANO LTD.
18722716 MOTORCYCLE WITH RADAR DEVICE Non-Final OA Piaggio & C. S.p.A.

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