Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: HOLMAN, JOHN D

Tech Center 3600 • Art Units: 3666 3667

This examiner grants 55% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

55.4%
Allow Rate
+3.4% vs TC avg
107
Total Applications
+27.5%
Interview Lift
1151
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 92 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

2.0%
§101 Eligibility
7.1%
§102 Novelty
85.5%
§103 Obviousness
2.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18203852 WINDOW SYSTEM FOR MOTOR VEHICLE CONFIGURED TO MOVE WINDOW TO PRE-DROP POSITION Non-Final OA Ford Global Technologies, LLC
18990426 VIBROMETRY-BASED BEHAVIOR PREDICTION FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE APPLICATIONS Non-Final OA Waymo LLC
18426776 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LANE MARKING CHANGE DETECTION Final Rejection Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
17847309 CONTINUOUS SAFETY ADAPTION FOR VEHICLE HAZARD AND RISK ANALYSIS COMPLIANCE Final Rejection Intel Corporation
19117639 INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND MAP DATA GENERATION METHOD Non-Final OA WHILL, Inc.
18482318 ASSOCIATING TRAFFIC OBJECTS WITH SUPPORTING STRUCTURES IN MAPS FOR AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS Non-Final OA NVIDIA Corporation
18563938 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING LANE’S CENTERLINE NETWORK Non-Final OA 42DOT INC.
18561442 COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PREDICTING TRAFFIC CONDITIONS IN A ROUTE PLANNING APPLICATION Non-Final OA GRABTAXI HOLDINGS PTE. LTD.
18851522 COLLISION EARLY WARNING METHOD, VEHICLE-MOUNTED TERMINAL AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA ZTE CORPORATION
18765984 AUGMENTING STANDARD DEFINITION MAP DATA WITH SEPARATE HIGH-DEFINITION MAP DATA LAYERS Non-Final OA Mapbox, Inc.

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