Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 17, 2026

Examiner: GAMMON, MATTHEW CHRISTOPHER

Tech Center 3600 • Art Units: 3656 3657 3664

This examiner grants 68% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

67.6%
Allow Rate
+15.6% vs TC avg
147
Total Applications
+21.5%
Interview Lift
1020
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 111 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

7.0%
§101 Eligibility
25.2%
§102 Novelty
35.7%
§103 Obviousness
30.4%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18665730 DETERMINATION OF NOZZLE TIP ALIGNMENT IN MANUFACTURING Final Rejection TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC.
18111761 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING A VEHICLE Final Rejection Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
19137690 PROCESSING DEVICE, ROBOT SYSTEM, PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM Non-Final OA NEC Corporation
19181675 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM Non-Final OA Konica Minolta, Inc.
18471548 Gripping Device, Robot, And Control Method For Gripping Device Final Rejection SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
18640621 System and Method for Controlling Robotic Manipulator with Self-Attention Having Hierarchically Conditioned Output Final Rejection Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Inc.
18971609 MONITORING AND IDENTIFYING SURGEON CONTROL AND SUGGESTING A TASK THAT MAY BE DONE AUTONOMOUSLY Final Rejection Cilag GmbH International
19180716 TECHNIQUES FOR SYNERGISTIC PLANNING, IMITATION, AND REINFORCEMENT LEARNING FOR ROBOT CONTROL Non-Final OA NVIDIA CORPORATION
18655614 MULTI-PURPOSE ROBOTS, SYSTEMS, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS, AND METHODS FOR EVALUATING STATE REPRESENTATIONS OF THE SAME Final Rejection Sanctuary Cognitive Systems Corporation
18640736 SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR CONTACT DETECTION BY A ROBOT SYSTEM Non-Final OA Sanctuary Cognitive Systems Corporation
19196990 SENSOR MODULE, ROBOT HAND, AND ROBOT SYSTEM Non-Final OA The University of Electro-Communications
18436200 INDEPENDENT FRONT AND REAR GANG ANGLE CONTROL FOR A TILLAGE IMPLEMENT Final Rejection CNH Industrial America LLC
18530968 COMPENSATING FOR POST-SENSOR LOAD IN INTERACTION CONTROL Non-Final OA Intrinsic Innovation LLC

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