Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 17, 2026

Examiner: BREWER, JACK ROBERT

Tech Center 3600 • Art Units: 3661 3663

This examiner grants 57% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

57.1%
Allow Rate
+5.1% vs TC avg
52
Total Applications
+60.0%
Interview Lift
868
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 7 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

4.9%
§101 Eligibility
9.3%
§102 Novelty
61.7%
§103 Obviousness
22.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18412847 ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING CLEANING ROBOT, AND OPERATING METHOD THEREFOR Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18950735 BATTERY REPLACEMENT APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROVIDING DEVICE AND BATTERY REPLACEMENT SYSTEM Final Rejection TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18933126 INFORMATION PROVIDING SYSTEM Final Rejection TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18891377 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE Final Rejection TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
19007819 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING A ROUTE FOR A VEHICLE TO UTILIZE WHEN BEING REMOTELY CONTROLLED BY SIGNALS TRANSMITTED FROM A NON-TERRESTRIAL NETWORK NODE Final Rejection Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
18950478 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING AN UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE (UAV) PLATOON Final Rejection Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
18731060 PEDESTRIAN DEAD RECKONING ESTIMATION FOR DIFFERENT DEVICE PLACEMENTS Final Rejection Apple Inc.
18519953 SYSTEM FOR AVOIDING COLLISION OF AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE AND CONTROL METHOD OF THE SAME Non-Final OA HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
17682483 CONTROLLABLE END DIVIDERS Final Rejection Deere & Company
18282163 AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE Final Rejection KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
18932870 APPARATUS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATED FLIGHT PATH VALIDATION Final Rejection General Electric Company
18667788 SYSTEM FOR REMOTELY ACCESSING A MOWER AND/OR A DISPLAY THEREOF Final Rejection Textron Inc.
18834661 Method for Correcting a Design-Related Aberration of a Lidar Sensor, Computing Device, Lidar Sensor System, Computer Program, and Computer-Readable Storage Medium Non-Final OA Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
18891547 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SELECTIVELY ACTUATING AN AUTOMATIC DOOR OF A MOTOR VEHICLE FOR PASSENGER INGRESS OR EGRESS Final Rejection KIA CORPORATION
18891344 APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING VEHICLE AND METHOD THEREOF Final Rejection Kia Corporation
19183023 BRAKE CONTROL UNIT HAVING REDUNDANT POWER SUPPLY Non-Final OA Continental Automotive Technologies GmbH
18771808 SYNTHETIC AUDIO FEEDBACK FOR MACHINE IMPLEMENT CONTROL Final Rejection Caterpillar Inc.
18716705 METHOD FOR ASSISTING WITH GUIDING A SURFACE VESSEL FOR TOWING AN UNDERWATER DEVICE BY MEANS OF A CABLE Final Rejection THALES
18918922 Harvesting Machine Monitoring Non-Final OA AGCO International GmbH
18520790 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ILLUMINATING OBJECTS Non-Final OA GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC

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