Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Tech Center 3600 • Art Units: 2474 3661 3662 3671
This examiner grants 88% of resolved cases
Mahmoud S. Ismail is an examiner in Tech Center 3600 and Art Unit 2474. He has 808 resolved cases. His allowance rate is 88.5 percent, which is a very high grant rate. This 88.5 percent figure suggests that the examiner is highly receptive to patent applications, with nearly nine out of every ten resolved cases resulting in a notice of allowance for the applicant.
The interview lift is 11.7 percent. This 11.7 percent lift indicates that interviews provide a meaningful benefit, even with an 88.5 percent baseline. Practitioners should consider an interview to further improve the high probability of success, as direct dialogue can help clarify technical nuances and resolve any minor rejections that may arise during the process.
The median days to allowance is 906. This 906 day timeline is relatively efficient for the tech center. A 906 day pendency is the median duration for successful applications in this docket, providing a benchmark for applicants to estimate the time from filing to the eventual grant of their patent.
| App # | Title | Status | Assignee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19309329 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR MOBILE BODY | Non-Final OA | TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA |
| 19244576 | DRIVE ASSIST DEVICE | Non-Final OA | TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA |
| 18882081 | INSPECTION SYSTEM, SERVER DEVICE, AND INSPECTION METHOD | Non-Final OA | TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA |
| 18277906 | OBJECT IDENTIFICATION METHOD, OBJECT IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM, AND OBJECT IDENTIFICATION DEVICE | Final Rejection | NEC CORPORATION |
| 18546475 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE POSITION AND ORIENTATION OF A VEHICLE WITHIN A RETRIEVAL POSITION WHICH IS ENCOMPASSED BY A PARKING AREA | Non-Final OA | Robert Bosch GmbH |
| 18423424 | LAWN MOWER | Non-Final OA | HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD. |
| 18586738 | System and Method to Control Merger Belt Slip | Final Rejection | Deere & Company |
| 18967994 | Method and Apparatus for Preventing Excessive Steering | Non-Final OA | Kia Corporation |
| 18293434 | LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENT ARRAY, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENT ARRAY | Non-Final OA | SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION |
| 19011765 | DETECTING AND RESPONDING TO PROCESSIONS FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES | Final Rejection | Waymo LLC |
| 18926957 | INTEGRATED PLATFORM AND COMMON SOFTWARE STRUCTURAL ARCHITECTURE FOR AUTONOMOUS AGRICULTURAL VEHICLE AND MACHINERY OPERATION | Final Rejection | Raven Industries, Inc. |
| 18531559 | AUTONOMOUS DRIVER SYSTEM FOR AGRICULTURAL VEHICLE ASSEMBLIES AND METHODS FOR SAME | Non-Final OA | Raven Industries, Inc. |
| 19237878 | HORIZONTAL DIRECTIONAL DRILLING SYSTEMS WITH SATELLITE NAVIGATION CORRECTION FOR DATA LOGGING | Non-Final OA | Underground Magnetics, Inc. |
| 18434834 | LASER DEVICE AND LASER GENERATION METHOD | Non-Final OA | NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY |
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