Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: JUSTICE, MICHAEL W

Tech Center 3600 • Art Units: 3646 3648

This examiner grants 83% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

83.2%
Allow Rate
+31.2% vs TC avg
467
Total Applications
+17.3%
Interview Lift
949
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 441 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

2.1%
§101 Eligibility
6.6%
§102 Novelty
77.3%
§103 Obviousness
10.1%
§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
18722936 DETECTION APPARATUS, DETECTION METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA NEC 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
18713928 FREQUENCY STITCHING FOR UWB RANGING AND SENSING Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18751281 WIRELESS SENSING PARAMETER DETERMINING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND DEVICE Non-Final OA VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
17662975 DETERMINING A STATE OF A PNT-BASED TIMING SIGNAL Non-Final OA Microchip Technology Incorporated
18650719 Method for Calibration of a Radar Sensor Non-Final OA Aptiv Technologies AG
18399665 Signal Processing Method and Device, Radar, Medium, Program Product and Terminal Non-Final OA CALTERAH SEMICONDUCTOR TECHNOLOGY (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD.
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.
18621583 System and Method for DMG Passive Sensing in an Environment Non-Final OA Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Inc.
18275084 RADAR-BASED SENSING, POSITIONING, AND COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM Non-Final OA BITSTRATA SYSTEMS INC.
18404090 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LOCALIZING ONE OR MORE OBJECTS WITHIN AN ENCLOSED ENVIRONMENT Non-Final OA NIO Technology (Anhui) Co., Ltd.
18643571 MULTIPLE RADAR RECEIVER LIQUID LEVEL DETECTION SENSOR SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MOBILE, LOW PROFILE STORAGE TANKS Non-Final OA AlphaHive LLC
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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