Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: KATZ, DYLAN MICHAEL

Tech Center 3600 • Art Units: 3657 3664 3666

This examiner grants 87% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

86.7%
Allow Rate
+34.7% vs TC avg
324
Total Applications
+20.8%
Interview Lift
962
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 279 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

7.7%
§101 Eligibility
20.3%
§102 Novelty
50.0%
§103 Obviousness
16.5%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18106619 CONTEXT-SENSITIVE SAFETY MONITORING OF COLLABORATIVE WORK ENVIRONMENTS Non-Final OA SYMBOTIC LLC
17709298 SAFE OPERATION OF MACHINERY USING POTENTIAL OCCUPANCY ENVELOPES Final Rejection SYMBOTIC LLC
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.
18832138 PATH GENERATION DEVICE Non-Final OA Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
18679409 METHOD FOR THE SAFE OPERATION OF A MACHINE Final Rejection SICK AG
18928441 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR VISION CONTROL OF WEARABLE ROBOT Non-Final OA Kia Corporation
18861127 INTERACTIVE VEHICLE AUTOMATION SYSTEM Non-Final OA Kubota Corporation
18936720 DETERMINING ENVIRONMENT-CONDITIONED ACTION SEQUENCES FOR ROBOTIC TASKS Non-Final OA GOOGLE 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
18907994 WORKING ROBOT Non-Final OA MAKITA CORPORATION
18208027 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR A FULL-STACK OBFUSCATION FRAMEWORK TO MITIGATE NEURAL NETWORK ARCHITECTURE THEFT Non-Final OA ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY
18272714 DYNAMIC FEATURE SIZE ADAPTATION IN SPLITABLE DEEP NEURAL NETWORKS Non-Final OA InterDigital CE Patent Holdings, SAS
18227535 GROUP BIAS MITIGATION IN FEDERATED LEARNING SYSTEMS Non-Final OA Cisco Technology, Inc.
18978086 INFORMATION PRESENTATION DEVICE Non-Final OA SUBARU CORPORATION
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
18271317 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPLEMENTING VIRTUAL SMOKE Non-Final OA KT&G CORPORATION
18976822 MULTI-ARM ROBOTIC SYSTEM FOR SPINE SURGERY WITH IMAGING GUIDANCE Non-Final OA Mazor Robotics Ltd.
18952623 ROBOT SYSTEMS, METHODS, CONTROL MODULES, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS THAT LEVERAGE LARGE LANGUAGE MODELS Non-Final OA Sanctuary Cognitive Systems Corporation
18788129 ROBOT SYSTEM WITH STORED POSITION INFORMATION OF SENSOR Non-Final OA KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKI
18984003 TEACHING METHOD, TEACHING PROGRAM, AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS Non-Final OA SEMES CO., LTD.
18984313 METHOD FOR OPERATING A MODULAR ROBOT, CONTROLLER AND MODULAR ROBOT Non-Final OA Beckhoff Automation GmbH
18965825 APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING VEHICLE AND METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA Hyundai Motor Company
18855367 ROBOTIC CALIBRATION Non-Final OA Brainlab AG
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
18254440 FORCE DETECTION DEVICE AND ROBOT SYSTEM Final Rejection NACHI-FUJIKOSHI CORP.
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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