Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: BARBEE, MANUEL L

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2857 2864

This examiner grants 82% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

81.8%
Allow Rate
+13.8% vs TC avg
943
Total Applications
+14.5%
Interview Lift
1144
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 913 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

25.5%
§101 Eligibility
22.8%
§102 Novelty
36.4%
§103 Obviousness
12.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18617232 Energy Expenditure Non-Final OA NIKE, Inc.
17840761 Using Pyrolysis Data to Correct for the Impact of Soluble Organic Matter-Filled Pores on Property Measurements Using Scanning Electron Microscopy Images of Source Rocks Non-Final OA Saudi Arabian Oil Company
17955952 ADVANCED FUSION OF PHYSICS-BASED AND MACHINE LEARNING BASED STATE-OF-CHARGE AND STATE-OF-HEALTH MODELS IN BATTERY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS Non-Final OA Enevate Corporation
18462324 SUBMERSION DETECTION, UNDERWATER DEPTH AND LOW-LATENCY TEMPERATURE ESTIMATION USING WEARABLE DEVICE Non-Final OA Apple Inc.
17988507 COMPETING PATH RING-OSCILLATOR FOR DIRECT MEASUREMENT OF A LATCH TIMING WINDOW PARAMETERS Non-Final OA INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
18558103 PREDICTION DEVICE AND PREDICTION METHOD FOR AT LEAST ONE BRAKE SYSTEM COMPONENT OF A BRAKE SYSTEM OF A VEHICLE Non-Final OA Robert Bosch GmbH
18485247 ROBUST SOURCE LOCALIZATION WITH JOINT TIME ARRIVAL AND VELOCITY ESTIMATION FOR CABLE CUT PREVENTION Non-Final OA NEC Laboratories America, Inc.
18258638 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONDUCTING AUTOMATED CLINICAL DIAGNOSTIC CROSSOVER STUDIES Final Rejection Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc.
18496565 MEASURING DEVICE, DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME, AND DIAGNOSTIC METHOD USING THE SAME Non-Final OA SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD.
18476463 DETERMINING MILLED VOLUME OR MILLED AREA OF A MILLED SURFACE Final Rejection Wirtgen GmbH
18176057 ADDRESSING LOSS OF PERFORMANCE IN THE PREDICTION OF THE NEXT BEST COMPRESSOR IN A STREAM DATA PLATFORM Non-Final OA Dell Products L.P.
18493094 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM ENCODED WITH COMPUTER-READABLE INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM Non-Final OA OMRON Corporation
17971120 SENSOR DEVICE AND SYSTEM WITH NON-LINEARITY COMPENSATION Final Rejection Melexis Technologies SA
18460123 ASSOCIATION OF BOTTOM-UP KEYPOINTS BASED ON BOUNDING BOX EXTENTS Final Rejection GM Cruise Holdings LLC
18557038 FAULT DIAGNOSIS METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ENERGY STORAGE POWER STATION BASED ON DISTRIBUTED NEURAL NETWORK Non-Final OA National Engineering Research Center of Advanced Energy Storage Materials (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd
18612986 SCALABLE SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ASSESSING HEALTHY CONDITION SCORES IN RENEWABLE ASSET MANAGEMENT Non-Final OA Utopus Insights, Ins.
16614754 Networked Impact System and Apparatus Non-Final OA Braven Sport Combat Equip, Inc
18515991 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE PERFORMANCE IMPACT OF CHANGES IN A COMPUTING SYSTEM Non-Final OA Lakeside Software, LLC
18497743 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MEASURING GRAIN CART WEIGHT Non-Final OA Bitstrata Systems Inc.
18494788 DYNAMIC SAMPLING METHOD FOR ANALOG SENSOR AND DEVICES THEREOF Non-Final OA SHENZHEN GULI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
18270504 HIGH-PRECISION VEHICLE VELOCITY CALCULATION METHOD Non-Final OA HUIZHOU DESAY SV AUTOMOTIVE CO., LTD.
18246094 TRAINED AUTOENCODER, TRAINED AUTOENCODER GENERATION METHOD, NON-STATIONARY VIBRATION DETECTION METHOD, NON-STATIONARY VIBRATION DETECTION DEVICE, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM Final Rejection SI SYNERGY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
17787849 EVALUATION SYSTEM AND EVALUATION METHOD Non-Final OA NATIONAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY NATIONAL AGRICULTURE AND FOOD RESEARCH ORGANIZATION

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