Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: DEL VALLE, LUIS GERARDO

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3661 3666 3731

This examiner grants 75% of resolved cases

Analysis

Luis Gerardo Del Valle is an examiner in Art Unit 3661 of Tech Center 3700. He has 174 resolved cases and an allowance rate of 74.7 percent. This 74.7 percent rate serves as a metric for applicants to evaluate the probability of a grant. The 174 resolved cases represent the volume of historical data available for this examiner in Tech Center 3700.

The median time to allowance for these applications is 982 days. The interview lift is 22.1 percent. This 22.1 percent lift indicates that cases involving an interview are more likely to be allowed than those without such engagement. Practitioners can use the 982-day median pendency and the 22.1 percent lift to plan their prosecution strategy in Art Unit 3661.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Performance Statistics

74.7%
Allow Rate
+4.7% vs TC avg
197
Total Applications
+22.1%
Interview Lift
982
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 174 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

10.7%
§101 Eligibility
11.9%
§102 Novelty
62.8%
§103 Obviousness
13.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19019941 SERVER Final Rejection TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
19226352 IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD FOR DETERMINING A TRAVEL SPEED OF A VEHICLE, COMPUTER PROGRAM AS WELL AS IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE FOR IMPLEMENTING THE IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD Non-Final OA Robert Bosch GmbH
19427856 GROUND SURFACE ESTIMATION USING SENSOR DATA Non-Final OA Zoox, Inc.
19348225 INTELLIGENT VEHICLE PULL OVER Non-Final OA Zoox, Inc.
19207575 ZERO-PHASE FILTERING SYSTEM FOR AUTOMOTIVE APPLICATIONS AND CORRESPONDING METHOD Non-Final OA FERRARI S.P.A.
18088893 MANAGEMENT APPARATUS AND MANAGEMENT METHOD Final Rejection HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
17723659 Method for Multimodal Transportation and Apparatus for the Same Final Rejection Kia Corporation
19247989 UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE, AND CONTROL SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD OF UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE Non-Final OA ISHIKAWA ENERGY RESEARCH CO.,LTD.
19005439 Control Method and Control Apparatus Final Rejection Yinwang Intelligent Technologies Co., Ltd.
18665684 PERCEPTION-BASED ALERT SYSTEMS AND CONTROLLERS FOR DETECTING SAFE USE CONDITIONS OF A WHEELCHAIR ACCESS DEVICE IN A WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE VEHICLE Non-Final OA The Braun Corporation

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