Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: JUSTICE, MICHAEL W

Tech Center 3600 • Art Units: 3648

This examiner grants 83% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

82.9%
Allow Rate
+30.9% vs TC avg
460
Total Applications
+17.4%
Interview Lift
1027
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 428 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

6.4%
§101 Eligibility
19.1%
§102 Novelty
49.7%
§103 Obviousness
21.9%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18291258 INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD Non-Final OA SONY GROUP CORPORATION
18565096 OBJECT DETECTION APPARATUS AND OBJECT DETECTION METHOD Non-Final OA Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
18054456 AXIAL DISPLACEMENT ESTIMATION DEVICE Non-Final OA DENSO CORPORATION
18019202 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING BEAM ALIGNMENT ON BASIS OF POSITION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Final Rejection LG ELECTRONICS INC.
18592954 SIGNAL GENERATING DEVICE AND RADAR SYSTEM Non-Final OA KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
18030807 RADIO FREQUENCY BASED SENSING FOR DENSE NODE ARRANGEMENTS Final Rejection SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
17662975 DETERMINING A STATE OF A PNT-BASED TIMING SIGNAL Non-Final OA Microchip Technology Incorporated
18648743 RADAR IMAGE SYNTHESIZING DEVICE, RADAR IMAGE SYNTHESIZING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM Non-Final OA Furuno Electric Co., Ltd.
18650719 Method for Calibration of a Radar Sensor Non-Final OA Aptiv Technologies AG
18592294 MIMO RADAR WITH OBJECT REFLECTED SIGNAL OVERLAP DETECTION Non-Final OA NXP B.V.
18444198 AUTOMOTIVE RADAR WITH SPARSE ARRAY DOA ESTIMATION Non-Final OA NXP B.V.
18483115 HYBRID RANDOM TIME DIVISION MULTIPLEXING (RTDM) DOPPLER DIVISION MULTIPLEXING (DDM) MULTIPLE-INPUT MULTIPLE-OUTPUT (MIMO) RADAR SYSTEM AND METHOD Final Rejection NXP B.V.
18367427 RADAR SYSTEM TRANSMITTER BEAMFORMING USING OCCUPANCY MAP DATA Non-Final OA NXP B.V.
18399665 Signal Processing Method and Device, Radar, Medium, Program Product and Terminal Non-Final OA CALTERAH SEMICONDUCTOR TECHNOLOGY (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD.
18621583 System and Method for DMG Passive Sensing in an Environment Non-Final OA Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Inc.
18461488 VELOCITY AND RANGE DISAMBIGUATION USING RADAR NETWORKS WITH WAVEFORM OPTIMIZATION Final Rejection GM Cruise Holdings LLC
18657093 Four Polarization Antenna Arrangement Non-Final OA Matsing, Inc.
18705973 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FORWARD-SCATTER SENSING Non-Final OA Groseense Technologies LTD.
18643445 MULTIPLE RADAR TRANSMITTER/RECEIVER LIQUID LEVEL SENSOR SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MOBILE, LOW PROFILE STORAGE TANKS Non-Final OA AlphaHive LLC
18643571 MULTIPLE RADAR RECEIVER LIQUID LEVEL DETECTION SENSOR SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MOBILE, LOW PROFILE STORAGE TANKS Non-Final OA AlphaHive LLC
18619473 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CALIBRATING A SYSTEM PARAMETER Non-Final OA Focal Point Positioning Limited
18442688 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR INDIRECTLY PROFILING A SECONDARY SURVEILLANCE RADAR (SSR) AND DETERMINING A POSITION OF AN AIRCRAFT USING THEREOF Non-Final OA SEAMATICA AEROSPACE LTD.

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