Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: CARTER, CHRISTOPHER W

Tech Center 4100 • Art Units: 2117 2118 2126 2613 3657 4100

This examiner grants 75% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

74.7%
Allow Rate
+14.7% vs TC avg
399
Total Applications
+20.2%
Interview Lift
1080
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 371 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

19.3%
§101 Eligibility
17.4%
§102 Novelty
49.0%
§103 Obviousness
11.3%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18390260 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING INDOOR APPLIANCES Final Rejection Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18283411 HYBRID MODEL CREATION METHOD, HYBRID MODEL CREATION DEVICE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM Non-Final OA Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
18785865 TEST CONDITION DETERMINATION DEVICE Non-Final OA DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
18757592 INFORMATION PROVISION DEVICE, INFORMATION PROVISION METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
18825841 CONTROL SYSTEM WITH AUTOMATIC TRAINING DATA SELECTION FOR ONLINE SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION Non-Final OA Tyco Fire & Security GmbH
18294590 OPERATION RULE DETERMINATION DEVICE, OPERATION RULE DETERMINATION METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM Non-Final OA NEC Corporation
18532250 AIR CONDITIONING CONTROL DEVICE AND AIR CONDITIONING CONTROL METHOD Final Rejection MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
18934126 WORK MACHINE CONTROL METHOD, WORK MACHINE CONTROL PROGRAM, WORK MACHINE CONTROL SYSTEM, AND WORK MACHINE Non-Final OA Yanmar Holdings Co., Ltd.
18704455 ABNORMALITY DIAGNOSTIC DEVICE, ABNORMALITY DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA FANUC CORPORATION
18590757 DAY-AHEAD SCHEDULING METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR POWER SYSTEM, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection Tsinghua University
18375066 BUILDING SYSTEM WITH OCCUPANT-SPECIFIC AIR CLEANLINESS CONTROL Non-Final OA Johnson Controls Tyco IP Holdings LLP
18387222 METHOD FOR APPLYING BMC ANALYTICAL LOCAL FAN CONTROL MODEL IN RUGGED ENVIRONMENT Final Rejection Korea Electronics Technology Institute
18542665 SUBSTRATE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND SUBSTRATE TREATMENT METHOD Non-Final OA SEMES CO., LTD.
18691212 AUTOMATED GUIDED VEHICLE, CONVEYING SYSTEM, AND ABNORMALITY NOTIFICATION METHOD OF AUTOMATED GUIDED VEHICLE Final Rejection AMADA CO., LTD.

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