Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: LI, HELEN

Tech Center 3600 • Art Units: 3646 3665

This examiner grants 67% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

67.2%
Allow Rate
+15.2% vs TC avg
92
Total Applications
+18.3%
Interview Lift
1031
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 58 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

6.7%
§101 Eligibility
14.0%
§102 Novelty
73.3%
§103 Obviousness
5.6%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18953469 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE Final Rejection TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18922415 ESTIMATION METHOD FOR ROAD SURFACE CONDITION Final Rejection TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
17958738 TRACTION CONTROLLER, TRACTION CONTROL METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18087425 ADAPTIVE BATCHING FOR OPTIMIZING EXECUTION OF MACHINE LEARNING TASKS Non-Final OA Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
19068225 INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM Non-Final OA Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
19229415 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINATION OF TARGET BRAKE TORQUE DATA Non-Final OA VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATION
17939079 TRACTION CONTROL GUIDANCE SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING GUIDED TRACTION CONTROL SETTINGS BASED ON VEHICLE FRICTION CONDITIONS Final Rejection Volvo Truck Corporation
18342323 PREDICTIVE MAINTENANCE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A WORK MACHINE HAVING A TRACKED UNDERCARRIAGE Non-Final OA Deere & Company
18467242 CONNECTIVITY-ASSISTED DRIVE POLICY Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18013194 OBSTACLE DETECTOR AND OBSTACLE DETECTION METHOD Non-Final OA KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
19176759 Individual Monitoring Of A Plurality Of Output Points Of A System For The Vehicle-Based Supply Of External Loads Non-Final OA Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
17973012 Systems, Methods, and Apparatus For Fault Diagnosis Of Systems Non-Final OA The Boeing Company
18008845 AUTOMATIC SHIP HANDLING SYSTEM, SHIP CONTROL DEVICE, SHIP CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM Non-Final OA NHK SPRING Co., Ltd.
18865033 WORK MACHINE, SYSTEM INCLUDING WORK MACHINE, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING WORK MACHINE Non-Final OA KOMATSU LTD.
18117928 VEHICLE HAVING SLOPE DRIVING ASSIST FUNCTION AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME Non-Final OA Kia Corporation
19247956 VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD, AUTONOMOUS DRIVING CONTROLLER, STEERING CONTROLLER, AND VEHICLE Non-Final OA BYD COMPANY LIMITED
18490853 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING CONTROL PROGRAM OF INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE Non-Final OA SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
17937230 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VEHICLE COMMUNICATIONS Non-Final OA Harman International Industries, Incorporated

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