Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: HUTCHINSON, ALAN D

Tech Center 3600 • Art Units: 3665 3667 3669

This examiner grants 78% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

78.4%
Allow Rate
+26.4% vs TC avg
514
Total Applications
+17.2%
Interview Lift
987
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 496 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

9.0%
§101 Eligibility
24.1%
§102 Novelty
44.8%
§103 Obviousness
15.6%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18965405 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE NAVIGATION IN MIXED-AUTONOMY TRAFFIC ENVIRONMENTS Non-Final OA The Regents of the University of California
18761380 CONTROL SYSTEM FOR MOBILE OBJECT AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA DENSO CORPORATION
18931841 NAVIGATION APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR EXTRACTING TRAFFIC LIGHT INFORMATION IN DRIVING DIRECTION ACCORDING TO NAVIGATION ROUTE Non-Final OA KIA CORPORATION
18796967 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ELECTRIC VEHICLE Non-Final OA Kia Corporation
18658236 NETWORK COMPUTER SYSTEM TO POSITION SERVICE PROVIDERS USING PROVISIONING LEVEL DETERMINATIONS Non-Final OA Uber Technologies, Inc.
18882416 INTERROGATIVE INFERENCE SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR ADJUSTING GUIDANCE FOR GENERATIVE DECISION SUPPORT TOOLS BASED UPON INFERRING INTERROGATIVE INTENT Non-Final OA Deere & Company
18675299 SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF CONNECTED DRIVING BASED ON DYNAMIC CONTEXTUAL FACTORS Non-Final OA Allstate Insurance Company
18839562 CARGO-HANDLING LIMITING DEVICE AND CARGO-HANDLING LIMITING METHOD Non-Final OA KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
18936637 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SIMULTANEOUS LOCALIZATION AND MAPPING IN UNDERGROUND ENVIRONMENTS Non-Final OA ApoSys Technologies Inc.
18931744 BACKREST AND DEVICE FOR DETECTING THE SIZE OF A SEAT OCCUPANT Non-Final OA FAURECIA Sièges d'Automobile
18924912 Differentiated Multi-Agent Navigation Non-Final OA SB Technology, Inc.
18910138 TERRAIN FOLLOWING ALTITUDE PROFILE GENERATION FOR ROUTE PLANNING Non-Final OA AURORA FLIGHT SCIENCES CORPORATION
18754300 UNIT AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING AN ELECTRICAL REMAINING UTILIZATION CAPACITY OF AN ENERGY SUPPLY SOURCE OF A ROAD CONSTRUCTION MACHINE Non-Final OA Joseph Vögele AG
18600751 DRONE AUTHORIZATION AND MANAGEMENT Non-Final OA MetroStar Systems LLC
18355540 METHOD, AERIAL VEHICLE AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTING A FEATURE OF AN OBJECT WITH A FIRST AND A SECOND RESOLUTION Final Rejection TOP seven GmbH & Co. KG

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