Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: GRIFFIN, ALEX BROCK

Tech Center 3600 • Art Units: 3665

This examiner grants 44% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

44.4%
Allow Rate
-7.6% vs TC avg
58
Total Applications
+39.3%
Interview Lift
988
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 18 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

14.1%
§101 Eligibility
18.3%
§102 Novelty
36.6%
§103 Obviousness
30.5%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18165228 VEHICLE DISPLAY APPARATUS Non-Final OA DENSO CORPORATION
18928837 COMPUTER SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TURN INDICATOR CANCELLATION Non-Final OA Volvo Truck Corporation
18609000 WORKING VEHICLE AND ATTACHMENT USAGE SYSTEM Final Rejection KUBOTA CORPORATION
18462184 LOCALIZED VOICE RECOGNITION ASSISTANT Non-Final OA HARMAN INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED
18699339 Method for Assisting During a Coupling Process With a Trailer, Computing Device, and Assistance System for a Vehicle Final Rejection Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
18008481 Drive Assistance System for the Automated Longitudinal Guidance of a Motor Vehicle Final Rejection Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
18547154 Method for Determining at least One System State by Means of a Kalman Filter Final Rejection Robert Bosch GmbH
18460834 VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE USING OCCUPANT EMOTION Final Rejection SUBARU CORPORATION
18330145 PATH DETECTION USING MACHINE LEARNING MODELS FOR AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS Non-Final OA NVIDIA Corporation
18084518 AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE PATH PREDICTION SYSTEM AND AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE PATH PREDICTION METHOD WHILE ENCOUNTERING EMERGENCY VEHICLE Final Rejection Industrial Technology Research Institute
18370458 ELECTRIC VEHICLE WITH REGENERATIVE BRAKING Final Rejection Textron Inc.
18785121 MAP-BASED CONSISTENT AND EFFICIENT FILTERING ALGORITHM FOR VISUAL INERTIAL POSITIONING Non-Final OA Zhejiang University
18131772 STEERING LIMITERS FOR VEHICLE NAVIGATION Non-Final OA Mobileye Vision Technologies Ltd.
18478013 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RECOMMENDING A SAFE PARKING LOCATION FOR PARKING A VEHICLE Non-Final OA Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
18860006 VEHICLE REMOTE CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA NINGBO LOTUS ROBOTICS CO., LTD.
18447271 DATA LOGGING SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE Non-Final OA NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC.
18654395 MOWING SYSTEM CAPABLE OF ENHANCING POSITIONING PRECISION Final Rejection DURQ MACHINERY CORP.
18695855 TERRAIN MAPPING METHOD FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES Final Rejection OBSHCHESTVO S OGRANICHENNOI OTVETSTVENNOSTIU “EVOKARGO”
18539659 TROLLING MOTOR AND KICKER MOTOR MODE CONTROL Non-Final OA Navico, Inc.

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