Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: BROWN, JOSEPH HENRY

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3618 3656 3658 3722 3795 3796

This examiner grants 60% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

59.9%
Allow Rate
-10.1% vs TC avg
506
Total Applications
+38.2%
Interview Lift
947
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 464 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.3%
§101 Eligibility
24.8%
§102 Novelty
45.4%
§103 Obviousness
28.1%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18673410 VINE ROBOT USING SHAPE MEMORY POLYMER Non-Final OA Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
18468029 SHAPE MEMORY MATERIAL MEMBER ANCHOR Non-Final OA Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
18604945 GEARWHEEL ARRANGEMENT, A TRANSMISSION, AND A VEHICLE Non-Final OA Volvo Truck Corporation
18391855 Gearwheel Arrangement Non-Final OA VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATION
19010583 FORCE TRANSMISSION MECHANISM FOR SURGICAL INSTRUMENT, AND RELATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS Non-Final OA INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.
19185168 POWER TRANSMISSION DEVICE Non-Final OA Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
19176275 WORK VEHICLE Final Rejection Kubota Corporation
18880766 POWER-SHIFT TRANSMISSION FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE TRANSMISSION OF THE RANGE CHANGE TYPE Non-Final OA ZF Friedrichshafen AG
19093971 ROBOT AND ROBOT SYSTEM Non-Final OA SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
18408799 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DYNAMIC AND CONTINUOUS PHASE ADJUSTMENT USING STRAIN-WAVE GEARING FOR POWER TRANSMISSION SHAFTS Non-Final OA Tesla, Inc.
18348174 Gearbox System With an Automated Manual Gearbox Non-Final OA Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
18257753 FILAMENT-BODY-INTEGRATED ACTUATOR, UNIT, AND ROBOT Final Rejection FANUC CORPORATION
19259339 EDDY CURRENT DAMPER FOR POWER TAKE-OFF GEAR RATTLE ABATEMENT Final Rejection Parker-Hannifin Corporation
18229849 POWER TRAIN AND TRANSMISSION CASING Final Rejection KAWASAKI MOTORS, LTD.

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