Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: BROTHERS, LAURENCE RAPHAEL

Tech Center 3600 • Art Units: 3655

This examiner grants 83% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

82.6%
Allow Rate
+30.6% vs TC avg
86
Total Applications
+23.5%
Interview Lift
1313
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 46 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

4.8%
§101 Eligibility
23.0%
§102 Novelty
48.1%
§103 Obviousness
23.7%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18354191 LOAD PORT MODULE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18323758 WAREHOUSING SYSTEM FOR STORING AND RETRIEVING GOODS IN CONTAINERS Non-Final OA Symbotic LLC
18258900 Motion Control of a Robotic Load Handling Device Non-Final OA Ocado Innovation Limited
18188330 CONDITION MONITORING OF TIRES OF A POWER DRIVE UNIT FOR AEROSPACE CARGO SYSTEMS Non-Final OA Goodrich Corporation
17834137 TRANSFERRING UNIT, ARTICLE TRANSFERRING SYSTEM, AND CONTROL METHOD OF TRANSFERRING UNIT Final Rejection SEMES CO., LTD.
18223085 Article Transport Facility Non-Final OA Daifuku Co., Ltd.
18262834 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USING A CAMERA TO DETECT ROBOT POSITION ON GRID Non-Final OA Autostore Technology AS
18036041 VEHICLE ROTATION DEVICE AND SYSTEM Non-Final OA Autostore Technology AS
18005014 PRODUCT HANDLING SYSTEM Final Rejection Autostore Technology AS
17800189 CONVEYOR SYSTEM Final Rejection Autostore Technology AS
17959862 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DYNAMIC PROCESSING OF OBJECTS PROVIDED IN VEHICLES WITH COOPERATING PROGRAMMABLE MOTION DEVICES Non-Final OA Berkshire Grey Operating Company, Inc.
18023842 TRANSPORT VEHICLE SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING TRANSPORT VEHICLE Non-Final OA MURATA MACHINERY, LTD.
18358717 MOTORIZED DRIVER ROLLER ASSEMBLIES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS Non-Final OA INTELLIGRATED HEADQUARTERS, LLC
18560126 METHOD FOR OPERATING A LABORATORY AUTOMATION SYSTEM, LABORATORY AUTOMATION SYSTEM, AND LABORATORY IN-VITRO DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM Non-Final OA Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc.
18503876 AUTOMATIC PACKAGER FOR PHARMACEUTICALS Non-Final OA RXSAFE LLC
18553079 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR STORING CONTAINER IN WAREHOUSE Non-Final OA Beijing Jingdong Zhenshi Information Technology Co., Ltd.
18414400 PRODUCTION SYSTEM AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING A PRODUCT Non-Final OA KyooBe Tech GmbH
18400948 UNMANNED VEHICLE PICK-UP AND DELIVERY SYSTEM WITH AUTOMATED ROBOTIC INTERNAL PACKAGE TRANSFER AND METHODS OF USE Non-Final OA DroneUp, LLC
18544931 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR COMMISSIONING Non-Final OA Winkel GmbH
18282918 MANAGING A WAREHOUSE HAVING ROBOTS OF DIFFERENT TYPES Non-Final OA Caja Elastic Dynamic Solutions Ltd
18253000 TRANSPORT SYSTEM FOR TRANSPORTING MATERIAL UNITS IN MATERIAL PROCESSING AND METHOD FOR TRANSPORTING MATERIAL UNITS Non-Final OA Harburg-Freudenberger Maschinenbau GmbH
18258938 METHOD FOR DISCRIMINATING A SORTING TARGET, SORTING METHOD, SORTING APPARATUS, AND DISCRIMINATION APPARATUS Non-Final OA SATAKE CORPORATION
18129333 ADJUSTABLE CARRYING DEVICE Non-Final OA DLY TECHNOLOGIES INC.

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