Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: KONG, SZE-HON

Tech Center 3600 • Art Units: 3657 3661

This examiner grants 65% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

65.1%
Allow Rate
+13.1% vs TC avg
629
Total Applications
+14.3%
Interview Lift
1265
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 608 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

1.1%
§101 Eligibility
2.6%
§102 Novelty
91.2%
§103 Obviousness
4.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18920061 SELF-POWERED, SELF-PROPELLED COMPUTER GRID WITH LOOP TOPOLOGY Non-Final OA LONE GULL HOLDINGS, LTD.
18739917 OPERATION DEVICE AND WORKING VEHICLE Non-Final OA KUBOTA CORPORATION
17984162 TRANSPORTING ITEMS BY AUTONOMOUS MOBILE ROBOTS USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE Non-Final OA International Business Machines Corporation
18841063 TARGET VEHICLE PARAMETER DETERMINATION Non-Final OA The Regents of the University of Michigan
18832874 VEHICLE INTEGRATION CONTROL DEVICE AND VEHICLE INTEGRATION CONTROL METHOD Final Rejection Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.
18942951 VEHICULAR HEADLAMP CONTROL SYSTEM Non-Final OA MAGNA ELECTRONICS INC.
18726005 JACKKNIFING SUPPRESSION DEVICE, JACKKNIFING SUPPRESSION METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM Final Rejection J-QuAD DYNAMICS INC.
18827189 AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE DRIVING DATA Non-Final OA TuSimple, Inc.
18850156 HYSTERESIS-BASED ACTUATION OF A VEHICLE DRIVE WITH AN ALTERNATING FREEWHEELING AND SHORT-CIRCUIT STATE IN THE EVENT OF A FAULT Non-Final OA Vitesco Technologies GmbH
17328818 PASSIVE VISIT DETECTION Final Rejection Foursquare Labs, Inc.
18666348 EFFICIENT ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES IN A FLEET MANAGEMENT SYSTEM Final Rejection WING AVIATION LLC
18525412 COMBINATION VEHICLE SYSTEM AND/OR METHOD Final Rejection Anamnesis Corporation
17580389 METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A VEHICLE DURING A BRAKING WITH BRAKING FORCES THAT ACT DIFFERENTLY ON RESPECTIVE SIDES OF A STEERABLE VEHICLE AXLE, CONTROL SYSTEM AND VEHICLE Non-Final OA ZF CV Systems Europe BV

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