Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: DOUGLAS, SHANE EMANUEL

Tech Center 3600 • Art Units: 3665

This examiner grants 13% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

13.3%
Allow Rate
-38.7% vs TC avg
56
Total Applications
+25.0%
Interview Lift
1009
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 15 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

3.5%
§101 Eligibility
7.0%
§102 Novelty
89.6%
§103 Obviousness
0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18680877 LOW-POWER PEDESTRIAN ROUTE RECONSTRUCTION Final Rejection Apple Inc.
18936237 CONTROL DEVICE Non-Final OA TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18587408 CONTROL DEVICE AND REMOTE SUPPORT SYSTEM Final Rejection TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18534913 VEHICLE DRIVING OPERATION DIAGNOSIS SYSTEM Final Rejection TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18209889 AUTONOMOUS TRAVEL METHOD, AUTONOMOUS TRAVEL SYSTEM, AND AUTONOMOUS TRAVEL PROGRAM Non-Final OA Yanmar Holdings Co., Ltd.
17784871 IMPROVED SCHEDULING FOR A ROBOTIC WORK TOOL Non-Final OA HUSQVARNA AB
18209959 SYSTEMS AND DEVICES FOR LAWN CARE Final Rejection Briggs & Stratton, LLC
18171004 MACHINE LEARNING BASED LANDMARK PERCEPTION FOR LOCALIZATION IN AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS Final Rejection NVIDIA Corporation
18692361 LOCATION RECOGNITION USING INERTIAL MEASUREMENT UNIT Non-Final OA HID Global Corp.
18068311 PERCEPTION AND CONTROL SYSTEM OF AUTONOMOUS SNOWFIELD-ROAMING ROBOT AND OPERATION AND PATH PLANNING METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA Harbin Institute of Technology
18452061 VALIDATION OF CONNECTION OF A REMOTELY OPERABLE VEHICLE Non-Final OA Einride AB
18612114 METHOD/SYSTEM/COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR BSM/RTCM/SCMS ENABLED GROUND TRUTH RUN TIME PERCEPTION Non-Final OA Sonamore, Inc. dba P3Mobility
17673004 SYSTEM OF SENSOR-SPECIFIC REFLECTIVE SURFACES FOR LONG-RANGE SENSOR CALIBRATION Non-Final OA GM Cruise Holdings LLC
18238118 ROBOT AND METHOD FOR ROBOT POSITIONING Final Rejection Shenzhen Pengxing Intelligent Research Co., Ltd.

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