Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: CHOU, SHIEN MING

Tech Center 3600 • Art Units: 2122 3612 3666 3667

This examiner grants 58% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

58.5%
Allow Rate
+6.5% vs TC avg
129
Total Applications
+28.3%
Interview Lift
1425
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 106 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

14.9%
§101 Eligibility
16.2%
§102 Novelty
49.3%
§103 Obviousness
19.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19256477 VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE, NOTIFICATION DEVICE, AND VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD Non-Final OA TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18594032 PROVIDING DIRECTIONAL AWARENESS INDICATORS BASED ON CONTEXT Non-Final OA APPLE INC.
18759305 PRE-TRAINED MACHINE-LEARNED SCENARIO DATA DIFFICULTY METRIC FOR VEHICLE CONTROL Non-Final OA Zoox, Inc.
18985738 AGRICULTURAL SEED FURROW Non-Final OA DEERE & COMPANY
18397971 Driving Policy Layer for High-Definition (HD) Mapping Platform Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18634115 DEEP LEARNING-BASED REAL-TIME DETECTION AND CORRECTION OF COMPROMISED SENSORS IN AUTONOMOUS MACHINES Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
18034315 CONTROL DEVICE, CONTROL SYSTEM, AND CONTROL METHOD Final Rejection NEC Corporation
18020688 Training a Reinforcement Learning Agent to Control an Autonomous System Non-Final OA Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
17951001 DETECTING STATIONARY NON-PARTICIPANTS OF TRAFFIC Non-Final OA Waymo LLC
18368384 ASSURANCE MODEL FOR AN AUTONOMOUS ROBOTIC SYSTEM Non-Final OA Worcester Polytechnic Institute
18196264 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING MAGNETISM DATA Final Rejection HERE Global B.V.

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