Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: GILLS, KURTIS

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 2144 2197 3623 3624 3683 3747

This examiner grants 58% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

57.5%
Allow Rate
-12.5% vs TC avg
585
Total Applications
+29.2%
Interview Lift
1312
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 546 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

9.5%
§101 Eligibility
8.4%
§102 Novelty
80.6%
§103 Obviousness
0.1%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17655973 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR VERIFYING PERFORMANCE-BASED ASSESSMENTS DURING VIRTUAL REALITY SESSIONS Non-Final OA SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
18462970 METHOD FOR USE IN PLANNING OF TASKS TO BE PERFORMED BY A VEHICLE Final Rejection VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATION
19042363 INFORMATION DISPLAY DEVICE AND ACTIVITY PLAN DISPLAY SYSTEM Non-Final OA MAXELL, Ltd.
18399021 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING WORK MACHINES ON TROLLEYS Final Rejection Caterpillar Inc.
17955053 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING A FORECAST OF A TIMESERIES Non-Final OA Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
18454130 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD Non-Final OA TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18354274 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING AIRPORT OPERATIONS Non-Final OA The Boeing Company
18658995 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ASSET MANAGEMENT Non-Final OA HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
18536886 WORK TIME PREDICTION DEVICE, SERVER DEVICE, TERMINAL DEVICE, WORK TIME PREDICTION METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
18607995 DISCOVERING NEIGHBORHOOD CLUSTERS AND USES THEREFOR Non-Final OA CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY
18949964 ORCHESTRATED INTELLIGENT SUPPLY CHAIN OPTIMIZER Non-Final OA Oii, Inc.
18911983 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DYNAMIC AND LOGICAL INTERMODAL PARKING LOT CLASSIFICATION Non-Final OA BNSF Railway Company
18911863 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DYNAMIC CLASSIFICATION OF CHASSIS POOLS FOR OPTIMIZING UTILIZATION OF CHASSIS RESOURCES OF A HUB BASED ON A DUAL-STREAM RESOURCE OPTIMIZATION Non-Final OA BNSF Railway Company
18351468 RECOMMENDATION SYSTEM AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA DATA SYSTEMS CONSULTING CO., LTD.
18643647 MANAGING TECHNICAL PROCESS DATA Non-Final OA Alecson Feld Australia Pty Ltd
18370262 Artificial Intelligence System for Forward Looking Scheduling Final Rejection MCKINSEY & COMPANY, INC.
18533906 ADAPTIVE METHODS FOR GENERATING MULTIDIMENSIONAL VECTOR REPRESENTATIONS OF CORE PURPOSE, INCLUDING CLUSTERED DATA FROM MULTIPLE NETWORKED DATABASE SYSTEMS Non-Final OA Indiggo LLC
18206094 MINING ECO-ENVIRONMENT DAMAGE EVALUATION METHOD AND SYSTEM, AND STORABLE MEDIUM Non-Final OA Nanjing Institute of Environmental Sciences,MEE
18148741 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING LOCATION SCHEDULING ACROSS MULTIPLE WORK ENVIRONMENTS Final Rejection Calabrio, Inc.
17821147 COLUMN GENERATION METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ROUTING AND SCHEDULING IN ROBOTIC AND VEHICULAR APPLICATIONS Final Rejection Next Generation Robotics, Inc.
17656868 ROUTING AND SCHEDULING IN ROBOTIC AND VEHICULAR SYSTEMS BASED ON FAMILY COLUMN GENERATION Final Rejection Next Generation Robotics, Inc.
17198052 LEARNING APPARATUS, LEARNING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection Yahoo Japan Corporation

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