Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 17, 2026

Examiner: DO, TRUC M

Tech Center 3600 • Art Units: 3656 3658 3666 3667 3669

This examiner grants 82% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

82.4%
Allow Rate
+30.4% vs TC avg
711
Total Applications
+7.7%
Interview Lift
1008
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 678 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

10.1%
§101 Eligibility
20.5%
§102 Novelty
51.9%
§103 Obviousness
15.9%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18892691 Abnormality Determination Device and Abnormality Determination Method Non-Final OA TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
19172542 GEOFENCED AI CONTROLLED VEHICLE DYNAMICS Non-Final OA TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC.
19090536 METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A ROBOT DEVICE Non-Final OA Robert Bosch GmbH
18892922 AUTONOMOUS WORK MACHINE, CONTROL METHOD OF AUTONOMOUS WORK MACHINE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
18293812 SAFE DRIVING ASSISTANCE SYSTEM, SAFE DRIVING ASSISTANCE METHOD, AND PROGRAM-RECORDING MEDIUM Final Rejection NEC Corporation
18279333 TRAFFIC MONITORING APPARATUS, TRAFFIC MONITORING SYSTEM, TRAFFIC MONITORING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA NEC Corporation
18174482 ELECTRIC BRAKE CONFIGURATION FOR WEIGHT AND COMPLEXITY REDUCTION Non-Final OA Goodrich Corporation
18984102 AUTONOMOUS DRIVING VEHICLE, CONTROL DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING CONTROL PROGRAM Non-Final OA Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
18810771 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING OPERATION OF MULTIPLE VEHICLE AUTOMATIONS Non-Final OA Ford Global Technologies, LLC
18417015 CONNECTED VEHICLE CONTROL Non-Final OA Ford Global Technologies, LLC
18455802 SPLASH EVENT DETECTION FOR VEHICLE CONTROL Non-Final OA Ford Global Technologies, LLC
19080738 DEPLOYMENT FOR UNIFIED NEURAL MOTION CONTROL IN ROBOTICS SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS Non-Final OA NVIDIA Corporation
19233851 Apparatus for Transferring Substrate and Method for Transferring Substrate Non-Final OA Tokyo Electron Limited
18483943 Multi-Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) Combination Unit Final Rejection GM CRUISE HOLDINGS LLC

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