Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: KHALED, ABDALLA A

Tech Center 3600 • Art Units: 3667

This examiner grants 73% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

73.0%
Allow Rate
+21.0% vs TC avg
281
Total Applications
+22.2%
Interview Lift
1008
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 233 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

25.2%
§101 Eligibility
9.8%
§102 Novelty
37.4%
§103 Obviousness
23.4%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18368650 DRIVING CHARACTERISTIC DETERMINATION DEVICE, DRIVING CHARACTERISTIC DETERMINATION METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM Final Rejection Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
18659617 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, GUIDANCE SYSTEM, AND GUIDANCE METHOD Final Rejection Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
18947524 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING REGENERATIVE BRAKING OF HYBRID VEHICLE Non-Final OA Kia Corporation
18775713 VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE AND METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA Kia Corporation
18231854 AGRICULTURAL WORK ASSISTANCE APPARATUS, AGRICULTURAL WORK ASSISTANCE SYSTEM, AND AGRICULTURAL MACHINE Final Rejection KUBOTA CORPORATION
18638548 PROBE BASED ROUTING DIRECTIONS Final Rejection Apple Inc.
18887403 AUTOMATIC GUIDANCE ASSIST SYSTEM USING GROUND PATTERN SENSORS Non-Final OA Deere & Company
18532259 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OCCUPANT AND LANE SENSITIVE NAVIGATION Final Rejection Adeia Guides Inc.
18730952 A METHOD FOR CORRECTING A POSE OF A MOTOR VEHICLE, A COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT, AS WELL AS AN ASSISTANCE SYSTEM Non-Final OA ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
18808824 VEHICLE SEAT Non-Final OA TS TECH CO., LTD.
18652173 AUTOMATED ROUTE GENERATION AND FRICTIONLESS ENGAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS Final Rejection State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
18394268 Control System for Ripper Operation Non-Final OA Caterpillar Inc.
18480861 METHOD FOR DETERMINING OPTIMAL MACHINE PERFORMANCE DURING AUTONOMOUS OPERATION Non-Final OA Caterpillar Inc.
17739096 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADAPTIVE V2X APPLICATIONS Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18827978 VEHICLE ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD Non-Final OA DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC.
18978530 MOBILE BODY CONTROL DEVICE, MOBILE BODY CONTROL METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
18332021 NO-BLOCK ZONE COSTS IN SPACE AND TIME FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES Non-Final OA WAYMO LLC
18206810 ROBOT POSE ESTIMATION Final Rejection ObjectVideo Labs, LLC
18987055 IMPROVEMENTS FOR DIAGNOSTICS OF POWER TAKE-OFF SPEED SENSORS Non-Final OA CNH Industrial Belgium N.V.
18858590 METHOD FOR MONITORING WHETHER A VEHICLE HAS CROSSED A BOUNDARY OF A DRIVABLE AREA, AND DRIVER ASSISTANCE SYSTEM Non-Final OA Continental Autonomous Mobility Germany GmbH
18587083 METHOD FOR RECOMMENDING MISSION DESTINATION USING URBAN DATA, AND APPARATUS FOR IMPLEMENTING THE SAME Final Rejection MOTOV CO., LTD.
18489306 IMAGE FUSION FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE OPERATION Final Rejection TUSIMPLE, INC.
18481901 VALIDATING APPLICATION RESPONSE WITH VEHICLE OPERATION Non-Final OA TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.
18816563 System and Method for Facilitating the Autonomous Navigation of a Utility and Delivery Cart Non-Final OA Quasi Inc.
17941607 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MACHINE LEARNING-BASED PREDICTION OF AN ESTIMATED TIME OF ARRIVAL Final Rejection HERE Global B.V.
18743493 DYNAMIC MINIMUM AND MAXIMUM WATER DEPTH VALUE ESTIMATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS Final Rejection NAVICO GROUP AMERICAS, LLC
18744656 Method, Apparatus, System and Computer Program for Updating a Map Final Rejection TomTom Global Content B.V.
18712031 PRECISION NAVIGATION DEVICE FOR UAM ROUTE, AND OPERATION METHOD OF PRECISION NAVIGATION DEVICE Non-Final OA KOREA AIRPORTS CORPORATION
18650539 METHOD, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM FOR A MULTI-SOURCE RECKONING SYSTEM Final Rejection MSRS LLC
18579703 METHOD FOR CONTROLLING PATH FOLLOWING BY A SELF-DRIVING LAND VEHICLE Non-Final OA YAPE S.R.L.

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