Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 17, 2026

Examiner: EVANS, KARSTON G

Tech Center 3600 • Art Units: 3656 3657 3664

This examiner grants 70% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

70.1%
Allow Rate
+18.1% vs TC avg
179
Total Applications
+16.9%
Interview Lift
1003
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 157 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

8.0%
§101 Eligibility
19.0%
§102 Novelty
47.2%
§103 Obviousness
20.6%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18830686 PROCESSING DEVICE, PROCESSING SYSTEM, HANDLING SYSTEM, PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
18984545 INSTRUMENT STATE DETECTION FOR ROBOTIC MEDICAL SYSTEMS Non-Final OA Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
18988590 ROBOTIC KITTING MACHINE Final Rejection Dexterity, Inc.
18242193 TRAJECTORY TRACKING USING PATH SIGNATURES Non-Final OA NVIDIA Corporation
19261503 METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ROBOT BASED ON WEB BROWSER AND ROBOT USING SAME Non-Final OA NAVER CORPORATION
18689225 ROBOT SYSTEM, ROBOT DEVICE, ROBOT CONTROLLER, END EFFECTOR AND END EFFECTOR CONTROL METHOD Final Rejection YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18169291 DYNAMIC FORMATION OF MATERIAL HANDLING VEHICLE Non-Final OA International Business Machines Corporation
18920347 DATA PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, DEVICE, AND COMPUTER MEDIUM Final Rejection Beijing Youzhuju Network Technology Co., Ltd.

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