Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: JIN, SELENA MENG

Tech Center 3600 • Art Units: 3661 3667

This examiner grants 45% of resolved cases

Analysis

Selena Meng Jin examines patent applications in Tech Center 3600 and Art Unit 3661. Her record of 133 resolved cases shows an allowance rate of 44.4 percent. This rate indicates that a minority of the applications are granted, establishing the baseline probability of success. Practitioners should be prepared for the examination process reflected in this 44.4 percent rate.

The median time to allowance is 1170 days, reflecting the duration for reaching a grant. However, the data also shows an interview lift of 24.6 percent. This indicates that interviews are a tool for increasing the chances of allowance compared to the 44.4 percent baseline. Given the 44.4 percent allowance rate and the 1170-day timeline, practitioners should consider how an interview might change their outcomes in Art Unit 3661.

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

Performance Statistics

44.8%
Allow Rate
-7.2% vs TC avg
163
Total Applications
+23.6%
Interview Lift
1172
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 134 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

27.0%
§101 Eligibility
5.5%
§102 Novelty
60.9%
§103 Obviousness
6.1%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19030267 ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
19186519 USER INTERFACES WITH VARIABLE APPEARANCES Final Rejection Apple Inc.
18941124 PARKING CONTROL DEVICE, METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
17640853 TRANSPORT CONTROL METHOD, TRANSPORT CONTROL APPARATUS, AND TRANSPORT CONTROL SYSTEM Final Rejection NEC Corporation
19249412 HUMAN-MACHINE INTERACTION METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE Non-Final OA Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
19080125 Method For The Infrastructure-based Assistance of a Motor Vehicle Non-Final OA Robert Bosch GmbH
18829561 METHOD FOR GENERATING A KNOWLEDGE GRAPH FOR TRAFFIC MOTION PREDICTION, METHOD FOR TRAFFIC MOTION PREDICTIONS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AN EGO-VEHICLE Final Rejection Robert Bosch GmbH
18797593 Electric Vehicle Final Rejection Kubota Corporation
18771493 HARVESTING PATH PLANNING SYSTEMS AND METHODS Non-Final OA Deere & Company
19085943 METHOD OF CONTROLLING IN-VEHICLE DRIVING SOUND USING SOUND QUALITY INDEX-BASED GENERATIVE AI Non-Final OA KIA CORPORATION
18329837 Method of Recognizing Parking Floor for Vehicle and Recording Medium Storing Program to Execute the Method Non-Final OA Kia Corporation
18041278 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND MOBILE DEVICE Final Rejection SONY GROUP CORPORATION
19252868 DELIVERY OPTIMIZATION Non-Final OA Ford Global Technologies, LLC
17905108 MANAGEMENT UNIT FOR MANAGING MATERIAL DUMPING, SYSTEM, AUTONOMOUS DUMP MACHINE AND METHOD Final Rejection Volvo Autonomous Solutions AB

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