Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 01, 2026

Examiner: JIN, GEORGE C.

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3669 3747 3799

This examiner grants 84% of resolved cases

Analysis

George C. Jin is an examiner in Tech Center 3700 and Art Unit 3669. He has managed 486 resolved cases, maintaining an allowance rate of 84.2 percent. This indicates that the examiner grants a majority of the patents he reviews, providing a baseline for applicants working within his jurisdiction. The 84.2 percent rate is an indicator of the likelihood of success for applications assigned to him.

The median time to allowance is 785 days, which serves as a standard for the length of prosecution. The data also reveals an interview lift of 13.2 percent. This lift indicates that interviews are a strategy for increasing the probability of a grant beyond the 84.2 percent baseline. Practitioners should consider the 785-day median pendency and the 13.2 percent lift when planning their interactions and determining the path to allowance in Art Unit 3669.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Performance Statistics

84.2%
Allow Rate
+14.2% vs TC avg
508
Total Applications
+13.2%
Interview Lift
785
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 486 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

3.5%
§101 Eligibility
33.1%
§102 Novelty
49.3%
§103 Obviousness
13.3%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18790542 VEHICLE, DISPLAY METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18424293 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING DRIVER ASSISTANCE FEATURES Final Rejection Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
18037064 Work Machine Non-Final OA Yanmar Holdings Co., Ltd.
18871872 SENSING SYSTEM, SENSING DEVICE, AND SENSING METHOD Non-Final OA NEC Corporation
18844208 DRIVE SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE Final Rejection AUDI AG
18904855 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A VEHICLE Final Rejection KIA CORPORATION
18627743 LEARNING DEVICE, SQUEAL NOISE PREDICTION DEVICE, LEARNING METHOD, AND SQUEAL NOISE PREDICTION METHOD Non-Final OA Kia Corporation
18983013 DUAL FUEL ENGINE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING DUAL FUEL ENGINE SYSTEM Non-Final OA Cummins Power Generation Inc.
19250857 VEHICLE ACTIVE SUSPENSION CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD Non-Final OA JAGUAR LAND ROVER LIMITED
19252215 PISTON AND INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE Non-Final OA ISUZU MOTORS LIMITED
18649322 VEHICLE AND METHOD OF BRAKING THE VEHICLE Non-Final OA Ford Global Technologies, LLC
18845564 CONTROL DEVICE FOR ARTICULATED VEHICLE Non-Final OA J-QuAD DYNAMICS INC.
18913137 DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF A CONTINUOUSLY VARIABLE TRANSMISSION Final Rejection Polaris Industries Inc.
18670693 ENGINE ASSEMBLY FOR OFF-ROAD VEHICLES Non-Final OA Arctic Cat Inc.
17772036 VEHICLE SYSTEM CONTROL BASED ON ROAD FEATURE DETECTION AND CLASSIFICATION Non-Final OA ClearMotion, Inc.

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