Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: ELARABI, TAREK A

Tech Center 3600 • Art Units: 2493 3661 3667 3671

This examiner grants 70% of resolved cases

Analysis

Tarek A. Elarabi has resolved 236 cases in Art Unit 2493 of Tech Center 3600. The examiner maintains an allowance rate of 69.5 percent, which suggests a generally favorable environment for patent applicants. This 69.5 percent rate indicates that a majority of cases reaching a final resolution result in a patent grant.

The interview lift is 36.3 percent. This indicates that interviews are highly effective at moving cases toward an allowance, providing a significant boost to the probability of success. The 36.3 percent lift suggests that direct engagement is a very productive strategy for resolving issues and reaching an agreement with the examiner.

The median days to allowance is 989. This duration provides a benchmark for the expected time to reach a resolution in Art Unit 2493. The 989-day timeline is a useful reference point for practitioners when planning the overall prosecution strategy.

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

Performance Statistics

69.5%
Allow Rate
+17.5% vs TC avg
259
Total Applications
+36.3%
Interview Lift
989
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 236 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

12.7%
§101 Eligibility
33.5%
§102 Novelty
36.1%
§103 Obviousness
17.1%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18483832 VEHICLE OBJECT DETECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING A TARGET OBJECT IN A DETECTION AREA LOCATED BEHIND AND LATERAL OF A SUBJECT VEHICLE Final Rejection TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
19200770 CONTROLLED ENGINE ASSIST SYSTEM Final Rejection Deere & Company
18737378 MACHINE LEARNING MODEL MONITORING Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18330990 ADAPTERS FOR QUANTIZATION Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
17973671 ELEVATOR SYSTEMS WITH IMPROVED MONITORING Non-Final OA Otis Elevator Company
18863793 WORK MACHINE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING WORK MACHINE Final Rejection KOMATSU LTD.
19469817 Recovery Of Electric Work Vehicles Non-Final OA Caterpillar Inc.
19469148 Method and Apparatus for Constructing Through Flight, Electronic Device and Storage Medium”. Non-Final OA TRAVELSKY TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
17907682 METHOD FOR CHECKING A PRESENT FUNCTIONAL STATE OF A BRAKE OF AN ELEVATOR INSTALLATION AND CORRESPONDINGLY CONFIGURED ELEVATOR INSTALLATION Final Rejection Inventio AG
18434172 OBJECT DETECTION SYSTEMS AND METHODS Final Rejection Ford Global Technologies, LLC
18947351 PREDICTING A TRAJECTORY USING ONE OR MORE NEURAL NETWORKS Final Rejection NVIDIA Corporation
18657978 SECURE MULTI-BUS CONTROL SYSTEM FOR RECREATIONAL VEHICLES Non-Final OA Polaris Industries Inc.
18055570 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HIGH INTEGRITY DOMAIN-SPECIFIC DATA BROKER ENGINE IN VEHICLE DATA GATEWAY Non-Final OA Honeywell International Inc.
18883140 TREAD WEAR PREDICTION ACCORDING TO SEGMENTATION OF TIRE LIFE Final Rejection The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
18663140 INTELLIGENT COAL GANGUE WASHING METHOD GUIDED BY DEEP REINFORCEMENT LEARNING AND EVOLUTIONARY COMPUTATION Non-Final OA CHINA UNIVERSITY OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY
18603552 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING A PROPULSION SYSTEM OF A WORK OR AGRICULTURAL VEHICLE Final Rejection CNH Industrial Italia S.p.A.

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