Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: ARCE, MARLON ALEXANDER

Tech Center 3600 • Art Units: 3611

This examiner grants 86% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

85.5%
Allow Rate
+33.5% vs TC avg
1272
Total Applications
+10.1%
Interview Lift
893
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1239 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.4%
§101 Eligibility
37.9%
§102 Novelty
37.5%
§103 Obviousness
17.8%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18258303 MOBILE OBJECT Non-Final OA SONY GROUP CORPORATION
18420252 VEHICLE OPERATION MODES FOR VEHICLES CAPABLE OF WHEELED AND WALKING MOTION Non-Final OA Kia Corporation
18532063 ELECTRIC WORK VEHICLE Non-Final OA KUBOTA CORPORATION
18485068 STEERING CONTROL DEVICE AND STEERING CONTROL METHOD Non-Final OA TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18340352 VEHICLE BEHAVIOR CONTROL DEVICE Non-Final OA TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
19098278 Hitch Assembly Non-Final OA Shanghai Oceania International Co.,Ltd.
18570405 Patient Transport Apparatus With Linkage For Articulable Footrest Non-Final OA Stryker Corporation
18364627 ARTICULATED WORK MACHINE WITH INDIVIDUALLY POWERED DRIVE MEMBERS Non-Final OA The Charles Machine Works, Inc.
18222376 QUADRUPED ROBOT AND SPINE-LEG-FOOT COUPLING DRIVING METHOD Non-Final OA BEIJING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
18288895 BICYCLE WITH MOVING AND/OR MORPHING AERODYNAMIC FRAME ELEMENTS Non-Final OA 2592497 Ontario Inc.
18684658 Bicycle Frame for a Transmission Non-Final OA myStromer AG
18402629 THROWABLE ROBOT WITH ENHANCED PERFORMANCE AND SURVIVABILITY Non-Final OA ReconRobotics, Inc.
18156091 FIFTH WHEEL HITCH PLATE SURFACES WITH PATTERNED GREASE RELIEFS Final Rejection SAF-HOLLAND, Inc.
18527198 TILTABLE BICYCLE FRONT SUSPENSION SYSTEM WITH SHOCK ABSORPTION AND COMPOSITE STEERING Non-Final OA Guangzhou Plenty Bicycle Co.,Ltd
18517333 SUSPENSION FORK AND STEM Non-Final OA Euphree, Inc.
18562308 DEVICE FOR HOLDING A HOOK TO A VEHICLE, AND RELATED METHODS AND COMPONENTS Non-Final OA Zacklift International
18305737 COLLECTING ELECTRIC SCOOTERS Non-Final OA Neptune Scooters
17724101 AUTOMATED CONNECTION BETWEEN TOWING VEHICLE AND TRAILER Final Rejection Electrans Technologies Ltd.
18017309 WHEEL ARM FORKLIFT TRUCK, PREFERABLY AS AN AUTOMATED GUIDED VEHICLE Final Rejection K. HARTWALL. GMBH

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