Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: FORRISTALL, JOSHUA L

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2113 2855 2857 2863

This examiner grants 63% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

63.2%
Allow Rate
-4.8% vs TC avg
110
Total Applications
+19.0%
Interview Lift
1172
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 68 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

19.2%
§101 Eligibility
9.1%
§102 Novelty
48.5%
§103 Obviousness
22.4%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18612385 METHOD AND APPARATUS WITH OBJECT DETECTION Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18719706 ABNORMALITY DETECTION SYSTEM, ABNORMALITY DETECTION METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM Non-Final OA Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
17999748 Method for Determining a Speed of an Object Using an Ultrasonic Pulse Non-Final OA Robert Bosch GmbH
17639207 Method and System for Determining an Electrical System State of at Least One Motor Vehicle Non-Final OA Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
17903741 DERIVED BULK DENSITY WHILE DRILLING FROM AZIMUTHAL GAMMA RAY AT BIT Final Rejection Saudi Arabian Oil Company
18449923 ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Final Rejection RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
17450022 METHOD FOR MONITORING A CABLE HARNESS Non-Final OA AUDI AG
18685964 AI-Accelerated Analysis Method, Evaluation Unit, Gas Chromatograph, Analysis System and Computer Program Product Final Rejection Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
18685945 METHOD FOR MONITORING AN AUTOMATIC DOOR SYSTEM AS WELL AS SYSTEM WITH AN AUTOMATIC DOOR SYSTEM Non-Final OA Assa Abloy Entrance Systems AB
18215190 Digital filtering method for photoplethysmography device Final Rejection REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
18282755 Learning Data Creation Method and Learning Data Creation Device Final Rejection SHIMADZU CORPORATION
18423902 ON-SENSOR COMBINATION OF DECISION TREE AND FINITE STATE MACHINE FOR FALL DETECTION Non-Final OA STMicroelectronics International N.V.
18711899 COMPUTATIONS TRAINED MACHINE LEARNING MODELS FOR NON-DESTRUCTIVE EVALUATION OF MATERIAL AND STRUCTURAL FLAWS Non-Final OA BROWN UNIVERSITY
18443236 OPTIMIZATION OF A METROLOGY ALGORITHM FOR EXAMINATION OF SEMICONDUCTOR WAFERS Non-Final OA Applied Materials Israel Ltd.
18613083 STATISTICAL ACOUSTIC SENSING-BASED SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IN-VEHICLE CHILD PRESENCE DETECTION Non-Final OA The University of Hong Kong

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