Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: BRADY III, PATRICK MICHAEL

Tech Center 3600 • Art Units: 1714 3661 3665 3666

This examiner grants 55% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

55.4%
Allow Rate
+3.4% vs TC avg
158
Total Applications
+41.0%
Interview Lift
1095
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 121 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.3%
§101 Eligibility
0.5%
§102 Novelty
97.0%
§103 Obviousness
1.1%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17821712 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING A MODULAR HYBRID TRANSMISSION Non-Final OA Ford Global Technologies, LLC
18368871 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR WORK VEHICLES Final Rejection KUBOTA CORPORATION
16959112 GENERATING NAVIGATION ROUTES AND IDENTIFYING CARPOOLING OPTIONS IN VIEW OF CALCULATED TRADE-OFFS BETWEEN PARAMETERS Final Rejection GOOGLE LLC
19001446 DEVICE Non-Final OA TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18986101 DRIVING SUPPORT DEVICE Non-Final OA TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18958416 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE Non-Final OA TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18493802 VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM AND CONTROL DEVICE Final Rejection TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
17579711 POWER GENERATION CONTROL DEVICE, VEHICLE, POWER GENERATION CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
17841706 VIRTUAL TOWING DEVICE, SYSTEM, AND METHOD Final Rejection Intel Corporation
18526219 IN-VEHICLE INFOTAINMENT SYSTEM Final Rejection Kia Corporation
18520085 SECONDARY COLLISION AVOIDANCE CONTROL METHOD OF AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE Final Rejection Kia Corporation
18411093 WATERCRAFT MANEUVERING SYSTEM AND WATERCRAFT INCLUDING THE WATERCRAFT MANEUVERING SYSTEM Non-Final OA YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18873744 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM Non-Final OA HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
18531510 AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE TRAJECTORY PLANNING USING NEURAL NETWORK TRAINED BASED ON KNOWLEDGE DISTILLATION Final Rejection Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
18873805 Vehicle Control Device Non-Final OA HITACHI ASTEMO LTD.
18417553 MODEL PREDICTIVE PATH INTEGRAL CONTROLLER GUIDED BY LARGE VISION LANGUAGE MODEL FOR INTELLIGENT AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE PATH PLANNING Non-Final OA Constructor Education and Research Genossenschaft
19039939 Systems and Methods for Sign Orientation Determination Non-Final OA MOBILEYE VISION TECHNOLOGIES LTD.
18873833 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR UPDATING VIRTUAL WALL, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA SHENZHEN PUDU TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
18459731 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVED NAVIGATION Non-Final OA TomTom Traffic B.V.
18409091 TRACKING SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE Non-Final OA Techtronic Cordless GP
18862690 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING COMPLEX RUNTIME PATH NETWORKS FROM INCOMPLETE DEMONSTRATION OF TRAINED ACTIVITIES Non-Final OA Seegrid Corporation
18282090 EVACUATION ROUTE GUIDANCE SYSTEM, EVACUATION ROUTE CREATION METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM RECORDING PROGRAM Final Rejection NEC Corportion
18228553 Map and Kinematic Prediction Non-Final OA Nissan North America, Inc.

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