Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: DOUGLAS, SHANE EMANUEL

Tech Center 3600 • Art Units: 3665

This examiner grants 17% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

16.7%
Allow Rate
-35.3% vs TC avg
56
Total Applications
+22.2%
Interview Lift
875
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 12 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

7.8%
§101 Eligibility
30.3%
§102 Novelty
59.4%
§103 Obviousness
2.5%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18576052 COMMUNICATION DEVICE FOR VEHICLE, AND VEHICLE HAVING SAME Final Rejection LG ELECTRONICS INC.
18209889 AUTONOMOUS TRAVEL METHOD, AUTONOMOUS TRAVEL SYSTEM, AND AUTONOMOUS TRAVEL PROGRAM Non-Final OA Yanmar Holdings Co., Ltd.
18680877 LOW-POWER PEDESTRIAN ROUTE RECONSTRUCTION Final Rejection Apple Inc.
18849067 METHOD FOR DETECTING A SITUATION IN WHICH A PERSON SUFFERS A MEDICAL EMERGENCY, AND FIRST AID SYSTEM Non-Final OA MERCEDES-BENZ GROUP AG
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
18276643 DISPLAY APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM Non-Final OA RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
18646781 AUTOMATED GUIDED VEHICLE (AGV) SYSTEM AND AGV SCHEDULING METHOD Non-Final OA CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY (HONG KONG) LIMITED
18676749 SYSTEM FOR IDENTIFYING ELECTRONIC MODULE LOCATION WITHIN A VEHICLE Non-Final OA HELLA GMBH & CO. KGAA
18185451 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE ROUTE OPTIMIZATION Non-Final OA Tata Consultancy Services Limited
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
18449290 SIGNATURE NETWORK FOR TRAFFIC SIGN CLASSIFICATION Final Rejection Mobileye Vision Technologies Ltd.
18882119 ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR GUIDING PATH BASED ON ADAS MAP Non-Final OA INAVI SYSTEMS CORPORATION
18261701 METHOD FOR CHECKING THE OPERATION OF A VEHICLE SURFACE CLEANING DEVICE Non-Final OA VALEO SYSTEMES D'ESSUYAGE
18628862 DTC RULEBOOK GENERATION SYSTEM AND METHOD Non-Final OA QUESTAR AUTO TECHNOLOGIES LTD.
18612114 METHOD/SYSTEM/COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR BSM/RTCM/SCMS ENABLED GROUND TRUTH RUN TIME PERCEPTION Non-Final OA Sonamore, Inc. dba P3Mobility
18068311 PERCEPTION AND CONTROL SYSTEM OF AUTONOMOUS SNOWFIELD-ROAMING ROBOT AND OPERATION AND PATH PLANNING METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA Harbin Institute of Technology
18238118 ROBOT AND METHOD FOR ROBOT POSITIONING Final Rejection Shenzhen Pengxing Intelligent Research Co., Ltd.
18253112 POWERTRAIN FOR AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE FEATURING A SCALABLE AND MANAGEABLE ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM Final Rejection Blue Volta Technology Inc.
18011038 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AN AGRICULTURAL TOOL TOWED BY A PIVOTALLY ATTACHED VEHICLE BASED ON FUTURE PATH PREDICTION Non-Final OA VADERSTAD INDUSTRIES INC.

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