Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: KARWAN, SIHAR A

Tech Center 3600 • Art Units: 2422 3656 3658 3661 3664

This examiner grants 56% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

55.8%
Allow Rate
+3.8% vs TC avg
426
Total Applications
+25.8%
Interview Lift
1187
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 385 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

11.2%
§101 Eligibility
33.4%
§102 Novelty
27.8%
§103 Obviousness
16.4%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18862988 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, VEHICLE CONTROL APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING TERMINAL Non-Final OA Sony Group Corporation
18781849 METHOD FOR EVALUATING DRIVING SYSTEM AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA DENSO CORPORATION
18317850 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USING A PARTITIONED DEEP NEURAL NETWORK WITH A CONSTRAINED DATA CAP Non-Final OA STEERING SOLUTIONS IP HOLDING CORPORATION
18010798 TECHNIQUES FOR SELECTIVE JOINT FLOATING IN A COMPUTER-ASSISTED SYSTEM Final Rejection INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.
18914929 KERNEL-BASED ERGODIC SEARCH Non-Final OA Northwestern University
18824476 CONTROL SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM Final Rejection TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18087615 Robot Training System Final Rejection Massachusetts Institute of Technology
18514477 SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING IMMERSIVE VIRTUAL CONTENT DURING A SELF-DRIVING MODE OF AN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE Non-Final OA Adeia Guides Inc.
18709253 Method for the at least Partly Automated Guidance of a Motor Vehicle Final Rejection Robert Bosch GmbH
18883886 Data Network Traffic Management Non-Final OA Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
18706137 POSITIONING ARM WITH 3-DEGREE-OF-FREEDOM GRAVITY COMPENSATION Non-Final OA KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
18761371 VEHICLE SYSTEM, VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
18077967 BUILDING A ROBOT MISSION BASED ON MISSION INVENTORY Final Rejection Yokogawa Electric Corporation
18301806 COMMUNICATION MONITORING SYSTEM Non-Final OA Transportation IP Holdings, LLC
18613576 Robotic Dexterity With Intrinsic Sensing And Reinforcement Learning Final Rejection The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York
18541256 ROBOTIC MANIPULATION OF OBJECTS Final Rejection Boston Dynamics, Inc.
18072863 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OBJECT DETECTION AND PICK ORDER DETERMINATION Non-Final OA Boston Dynamics, Inc.
17693019 Systems and Methods for Robotic Manipulation Using Extended Reality Non-Final OA Boston Dynamics, Inc.
18683726 EXTENDED-USE MODE FOR AN ANCILLARY VEHICLE FUNCTION Final Rejection JAGUAR LAND ROVER LIMITED
18858347 METHOD FOR MONITORING WHETHER A VEHICLE HAS CROSSED A BOUNDARY OF A ZONE IN WHICH THE VEHICLE CAN DRIVE, AND DRIVER ASSISTANCE SYSTEM Non-Final OA Continental Autonomous Mobility Germany GmbH
18561182 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OPERATING A MACHINE Final Rejection KUKA Deutschland GmbH
18864521 A ROBOT AND A METHOD OF CONFIGURING AND OPERATING THE ROBOT Non-Final OA LIONSBOT INTERNATIONAL PTE LTD.,
18933361 MAP DISPLAYING SCHEMES USING MULTI-LAYER REPRESENTATION Non-Final OA TuSimple, Inc.
18656900 VIRTUAL INERTIAL MEASUREMENT Final Rejection GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
18815706 Method and Device for Filling Video Ad Requests with Video Ad Content Transcoded in Real Time to a Stream at a Temporary URL Non-Final OA Beachfront Media LLC
18606548 Custom Application System for Safe Vehicle Operation Final Rejection Applied Electric Vehicles Ltd
18582084 Robotic Applicator Coating System and Method Non-Final OA Vitro Automatizacion, S.A. de C.V.

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