Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: HO, MATTHEW

Tech Center 3600 • Art Units: 2113 3669

This examiner grants 73% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

73.2%
Allow Rate
+21.2% vs TC avg
162
Total Applications
+14.0%
Interview Lift
981
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 123 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

6.4%
§101 Eligibility
0.9%
§102 Novelty
80.0%
§103 Obviousness
12.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18576804 Work Machine Final Rejection Putzmeister Engineering GmbH
18275962 INFRASTRUCTURE DIAGNOSTIC DEVICE, INFRASTRUCTURE DIAGNOSTIC METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM Final Rejection NEC Corporation
18894164 MOBILE BODY CONTROL DEVICE, MOBILE BODY, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING CONTROL PROGRAM FOR MOBILE BODY Non-Final OA DENSO CORPORATION
18969022 MASS DISTRIBUTION-INFORMED OPTIMIZATION FOR AUTONOMOUS DRIVING SYSTEMS Non-Final OA Waymo LLC
18950841 TREE POLICY PLANNING FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE DRIVING SOLUTIONS Non-Final OA Waymo LLC
18979273 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS Non-Final OA TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18957969 LANE DEPARTURE PREVENTION APPARATUS, LANE DEPARTURE PREVENTION METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM THEREOF Non-Final OA TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
17958624 PERFORMING PROACTIVE DRIVING TRAINING USING AN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE Non-Final OA International Business Machines Corporation
18210886 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ESTIMATING THE ORIENTATION OF AN OBJECT Final Rejection Verity AG
18927368 Apparatus and Method for Controlling Vehicle Regenerative Torque of Variable Maximum Allowable Regenerative Torque Limit Non-Final OA KIA CORPORATION
18753833 METHOD FOR PROVIDING DRIVING MODE INFORMATION AND A DEVICE USING THE SAME Non-Final OA KIA CORPORATION
18723924 HYBRID VEHICLE Non-Final OA MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18818939 HYBRID VEHICLE AND CONTROL METHOD FOR HYBRID VEHICLE Final Rejection ISUZU MOTORS LIMITED
18351330 AUGMENTED REALITY VESSEL MANEUVERING SYSTEM AND METHOD Non-Final OA Furuno Electric Co., Ltd.
17277182 Control Architecture for Electrified Braking and Electrified Steering of a Vehicle Non-Final OA KNORR-BREMSE SYSTEME FÜR NUTZFAHRZEUGE GMBH
18361355 Method and system for dynamically reducing the complexity of a 3D map Final Rejection Continental Autonomous Mobility Germany GmbH
18639472 PATH PLANNING METHOD, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
18944555 AI MODELS GENERALIZATION FOR DRIVING Non-Final OA AUTOBRAINS TECHNOLOGIES LTD
18792614 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING STRATEGIES FOR CHARGING VEHICLES Non-Final OA HERE GLOBAL B.V.
18583522 System and Method for Compressed High-definition (HD) Map Generation Final Rejection Samsung Electronics Company, Ltd.
18364819 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VEHICLE CONTROL USING FALLBACK-ENABLED REMOTE OPERATION Non-Final OA Kodiak Robotics, Inc.
18154527 DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING TRAVEL OF MOVING BODY Final Rejection OMOROBOT CO., LTD.
18084356 VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR LOCATING A VEHICLE Final Rejection PRINOTH S.P.A.
17875942 Determining Characteristics of a Water Surface Beneath a Vehicle in Motion Non-Final OA REGENT Craft Inc.

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