Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: HUTCHINS, CATHLEEN R

Tech Center 3600 • Art Units: 3672

This examiner grants 84% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

83.8%
Allow Rate
+31.8% vs TC avg
1154
Total Applications
+8.0%
Interview Lift
1005
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1122 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.4%
§101 Eligibility
33.9%
§102 Novelty
41.9%
§103 Obviousness
17.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18648596 WELLBORE FLUID SATURATION MAPPING Non-Final OA Saudi Arabian Oil Company
18324376 POWER TOOL USER INTERFACE Final Rejection Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation
18681592 ELEVATING APPARATUS, PUMP CARRYING-IN METHOD, PUMP PULLING-UP METHOD Non-Final OA EBARA CORPORATION
18484910 WALK BEHIND POWER TOOLS Non-Final OA Techtronic Cordless GP
18338578 MOWER Final Rejection Nanjing Chervon Industry Co., Ltd.
18290967 INDEPENDENT REEL POSITION CONTROL FOR AN AGRICULTURAL HARVESTER HEADER Non-Final OA CNH Industrial America LLC
18416164 RESIDUE DEFLECTION ASSEMBLY FOR A CROP LOSS MONITORING SYSTEM Non-Final OA CNH Industrial America LLC
18284449 SELF-PROPELLED FORAGE HARVESTER PROVIDED WITH MEANS FOR MITIGATING SPOUT BLOCKAGE Final Rejection CNH Industrial America LLC
18483751 SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO ADJUST OPERATION OF AN AGRICULTURAL SYSTEM Non-Final OA CNH Industrial Belgium N.V.
18398246 PUSH ROD MECHANISM AND LAWNMOWER HAVING THE SAME Non-Final OA JIANGSU DONGCHENG TOOLS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
18397421 DUAL-CHANNEL COMBINE HARVESTER SUITABLE FOR STRIP-LIKE COMPOUND PLANTED SOYBEANS AND CORNS AND METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA Hubei Shuangxing Intelligent Equipment Co., Ltd.
18564161 END EFFECTOR FOR ROBOTIC REMOVAL OF A PART OF A CROP AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA OCTIVA GROUP B.V.
18340542 BALER FOR HARVESTED AGRICULTURAL MATERIAL Final Rejection Maschinenfabrik Bernard Krone GmbH & Co. KG
18320047 AGRICULTURAL WORK IMPLEMENT TO BE ATTACHED OR HITCHED TO A TOWING VEHICLE AND METHOD OF SETTING UP A ROAD OPERATION OF AN AGRICULTURAL WORK IMPLEMENT Final Rejection Maschinenfabrik Bernard Krone GmbH & Co. KG
18244796 AUTOMATED TRANSPORT OF CROPS Final Rejection Harvest CROO, LLC
18547591 TORQUE REDUCTION ASSEMBLY Final Rejection NXG TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
18277068 MOBILE HEDGE TRIMMER Non-Final OA GRUPPO DI GIACOMO INNOVATIVE THINGS S.r.l.
18356098 MOWER CUTTING UNIT HAVING BLADES AND LIFTING DEVICES Final Rejection FireFly Automatix, Inc.
18258269 SEPARATING DEVICE, COMBINE HARVESTER WITH A SEPARATING DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR SEPARATING WEED SEEDS AND LOST CROPS FROM THE WASTAGE OUTFLOW OF A HARVESTING MACHINE Final Rejection PETKUS TECHNOLOGIE GMBH

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