Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: LAGUARDA, GONZALO

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3747

This examiner grants 73% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

72.7%
Allow Rate
+2.7% vs TC avg
757
Total Applications
+7.1%
Interview Lift
1018
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 699 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.7%
§101 Eligibility
1.8%
§102 Novelty
73.0%
§103 Obviousness
4.1%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18620196 APPARATUS FOR AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING REAR-WHEEL STEERING Non-Final OA HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
18283976 VEHICLE STEERING SYSTEM Non-Final OA Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
17664748 HIGH VOLTAGE TRACTION SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE Final Rejection Volvo Truck Corporation
17979219 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REDUCING BRAKE PARTICULATE EMISSIONS AND BATTERY THROUGHPUT Final Rejection Ford Global Technologies, LLC
18570308 METHOD FOR TRIGGERING OCCUPANT PROTECTION DEVICES IN A MOTOR VEHICLE Non-Final OA Continental Automotive Technologies GmbH
18976197 REINFORCEMENT LEARNING CONTROL OF VEHICLE SYSTEMS Non-Final OA Cummins Inc.
18965482 DEVIATION SUPPRESSION CONTROL APPARATUS, DEVIATION SUPPRESSION CONTROL METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18641763 HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLE Final Rejection TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18917392 PARKING ASSISTANCE DEVICE, PARKING ASSISTANCE METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM WITH PARKING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM RECORDED THEREON Non-Final OA Panasonic Automotive Systems Co., Ltd.
18954276 Method for Operating a Steer-by-Wire Steering System Non-Final OA Robert Bosch GmbH
18681936 METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY ADAPTING A TRACTION CONTROL OF A VEHICLE Non-Final OA Robert Bosch GmbH
18183645 ANYWHERE PARKING TRAILER Non-Final OA Robert Bosch GmbH
18828176 REAR WHEEL STEERING APPARATUS Non-Final OA AISIN CORPORATION
18409468 MOUNT CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VEHICLES Non-Final OA KIA CORPORATION
18837910 ATTITUDE CONTROL DEVICE FOR VEHICLE Final Rejection MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18425554 VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD OF VEHICLE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM Non-Final OA HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
18727303 BRAKING CONTROL DEVICE Final Rejection Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.
18729619 STEERING CONTROL DEVICE AND STEERING CONTROL METHOD Final Rejection JTEKT CORPORATION
18781996 STEERING CONTROL DEVICE AND METHOD Final Rejection HL MANDO CORPORATION
18534567 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING BRAKE SYSTEM IN CASE OF STEERING SYSTEM FAILURE Non-Final OA HL MANDO CORPORATION
18390350 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR A TRAILER OPERABLY COUPLED WITH A WORK VEHICLE Non-Final OA CNH Industrial America LLC
18590621 CIRCUIT CONNECTED TO MOTOR AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA YINWANG INTELLIGENT TECHNOLOGIES CO, LTD.
18863685 VEHICLE CONTROLLER AND CONTROL METHOD Non-Final OA JAGUAR LAND ROVER LIMITED
18975999 METHOD FOR DETERMINING A STEERING ROLL RADIUS, STEERING/BRAKING METHOD, CONTROLLER AND UTILITY VEHICLE Non-Final OA ZF CV Systems Global GmbH
18493358 CHECKING AN ACTUAL-PRESSURE SENSOR OF A MOTOR VEHICLE BRAKE SYSTEM Non-Final OA ZF CV Systems Global GmbH
18467525 Method for Determining a Defect State of a Drive Train of a Vehicle, Monitoring Unit and Vehicle Non-Final OA ZF CV Systems Global GmbH
18956411 ELECTRIC VEHICLE POWERTRAIN CONTROL ALGORITHM Non-Final OA Gillig LLC
18259709 METHOD FOR OPERATING A CONTROL SYSTEM OF A VEHICLE WITH A STEERING BRAKE FUNCTION AND TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM Non-Final OA Knorr-Bremse Systeme Fuer Nutzfahrzeuge GmbH
18677225 ZERO TURN STEERABLE FRONT END WITH SINGLE MOTOR Non-Final OA MTD PRODUCTS INC
18742258 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING A VEHICLE'S MAXIMUM VELOCITY Final Rejection MIGAL GALILEE RESEARCH INSTITUTE LTD.

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