Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: CAIN, AARON G

Tech Center 3600 • Art Units: 3656 3664

This examiner grants 41% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

41.2%
Allow Rate
-10.8% vs TC avg
172
Total Applications
+27.9%
Interview Lift
1225
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 136 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.2%
§101 Eligibility
3.5%
§102 Novelty
93.9%
§103 Obviousness
2.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18236193 ELECTRONIC APPARATUS PERFORMING SAFETY FUNCTION AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18713307 PATH FINDING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection NEC Corporation
17229690 INTELLIGENTLY GENERATING COMPUTER MODEL LEARNING DATA BY DISPATCHING ENHANCED SENSORY VEHICLES UTILIZING DATA COLLECTION VALUES Final Rejection Lyft, Inc.
18301354 INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, ROBOT SYSTEM, ROBOT SYSTEM CONTROL METHOD, ARTICLE MANUFACTURING METHOD USING ROBOT SYSTEM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM Final Rejection CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18717492 TEACHING SYSTEM, ROBOT SYSTEM, TEACHING METHOD FOR ROBOT, AND TEACHING PROGRAM FOR ROBOT Non-Final OA KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18294206 ROBOT SYSTEM, ROBOTIC PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROCESSING PROGRAM Non-Final OA KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18891741 COGNITIVE ROBOTIC SYSTEMS AND METHODS WITH FEAR BASED ACTION/REACTION Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
18895609 METHOD FOR REDUCING BACKLASH IN A VEHICLE AND CONTROL ARRANGENT CONFIGURED TO PERFORM THE METHOD Non-Final OA Scania CV AB
18841674 ROBOT PROGRAMMING SYSTEM AND ROBOT CONTROL DEVICE Final Rejection FANUC CORPORATION
18687141 ROBOT SIMULATION DEVICE Non-Final OA Fanuc Corporation
17995235 CONTROL SYSTEM OF A SURGICAL ROBOT Final Rejection CMR Surgical Limited
18176937 Robot Collaboration via Cloud Server Non-Final OA GDM Holding LLC
18973870 VIRTUAL ROBOT BASE Non-Final OA FASTBRICK IP PTY LTD
18165641 Systems and Methods for Object Orientation and Manipulation Via Machine Learning Based Control Final Rejection Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Inc.
18222355 HYBRID MOTION PLANNING FOR ROBOTIC DEVICES Non-Final OA Blue Origin, LLC
18628665 VEHICLE BATTERY PROTECTION IN EXTREME TEMPERATURES Non-Final OA TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.
18687674 COMMAND VALUE GENERATING DEVICE, METHOD, AND PROGRAM Final Rejection OMRON Corporation
18504974 MOBILE ROBOT MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS Final Rejection OMRON Corporation
16926584 ROBOTIC ASSEMBLY CELL Non-Final OA DIVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
17720799 METHOD FOR MAINTAINING SYSTEMS, IN PARTICULAR MACHINES IN WAREHOUSES Final Rejection Dematic GmbH
18504861 Differential Communication With Robots in a Fleet and Related Technology Final Rejection Agility Robotics

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