Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: KATZ, DYLAN MICHAEL

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3657 3664 3666 3797

This examiner grants 87% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

86.7%
Allow Rate
+16.7% vs TC avg
330
Total Applications
+21.1%
Interview Lift
903
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 294 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

2.4%
§101 Eligibility
3.6%
§102 Novelty
88.9%
§103 Obviousness
3.6%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18106619 CONTEXT-SENSITIVE SAFETY MONITORING OF COLLABORATIVE WORK ENVIRONMENTS Non-Final OA SYMBOTIC LLC
18577334 A METHOD FOR ESTIMATING ONE OR MORE PROCESS FORCES ASSOCIATED WITH A TOOL CENTER POINT OF A MACHINE TOOL Final Rejection Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
18832138 PATH GENERATION DEVICE Non-Final OA Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
18798995 ROBOT MONITORING SYSTEM, MONITORING DEVICE, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING MONITORING DEVICE, AND NON-TRANSITORY TANGIBLE STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
18936720 DETERMINING ENVIRONMENT-CONDITIONED ACTION SEQUENCES FOR ROBOTIC TASKS Non-Final OA GOOGLE LLC
18848077 INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM Final Rejection TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18272714 DYNAMIC FEATURE SIZE ADAPTATION IN SPLITABLE DEEP NEURAL NETWORKS Non-Final OA InterDigital CE Patent Holdings, SAS
18881463 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SETTING CONVEYANCE DEVICE COORDINATE SYSTEM TO ROBOT COORDINATE SYSTEM Non-Final OA Fanuc Corporation
18674319 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PREDICTING TRAVELABLE LANE Final Rejection SHENZHEN YINWANG INTELLIGENT TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18901645 SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO ESTIMATE FORCE OF AN INSTRUMENT Non-Final OA CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY
18984313 METHOD FOR OPERATING A MODULAR ROBOT, CONTROLLER AND MODULAR ROBOT Non-Final OA Beckhoff Automation GmbH
18984003 TEACHING METHOD, TEACHING PROGRAM, AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS Non-Final OA SEMES CO., LTD.
18965825 APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING VEHICLE AND METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA Hyundai Motor Company
18805640 COLLISION PREDICTION METHOD, COLLISION PREDICTION DEVICE, AND WELDING SYSTEM Final Rejection Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
18854952 NURSING-CARE ROBOT SYSTEM AND NURSING-CARE ROBOT CONTROL DEVICE Non-Final OA ITOKI CORPORATION
18811138 METHODS FOR AUTOMATIC TYING OF REBAR ELEMENTS IN A CONCRETE FORMWORK LOCATION Non-Final OA SkyMul Inc.
18327818 SIMPLIFIED ROBOTIC WELDING USING TRACED PROFILE, AND ROBOTIC WELDING SYSTEM Non-Final OA 649119 N.B. Inc.

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