Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: MANCHO, RONNIE M

Tech Center 3600 • Art Units: 3657 3664 3666

This examiner grants 76% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

75.6%
Allow Rate
+23.6% vs TC avg
1,008
Total Applications
+2.4%
Interview Lift
1249
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 967 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

1.2%
§101 Eligibility
38.5%
§102 Novelty
39.8%
§103 Obviousness
15.7%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18861897 MOBILE OBJECT POSITIONING DEVICE Non-Final OA Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
18689939 Highly Articulate Snake Robotic Device Final Rejection Georgia Tech Research Corporation
18846129 ROBOT AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING ROBOT Non-Final OA LG ELECTRONICS INC.
17591130 INCORPORATING POSITION ESTIMATION DEGRADATION INTO TRAJECTORY PLANNING FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES IN CERTAIN SITUATIONS Non-Final OA Waymo LLC
18981980 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18314714 INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, ROBOT CONTROL METHOD, PRODUCT MANUFACTURING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, ROBOT SYSTEM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18392988 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADAPTIVE TIRE PRESSURE CONTROL FOR A SPECIFIC ROUTE Final Rejection Volvo Car Corporation
18288046 Control Device for Operating a Road-Coupled All-Wheel Drive Vehicle Final Rejection Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
18592797 APPARATUS AND METHOD Final Rejection Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
18846547 HYBRID VEHICLE Final Rejection MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18978864 CONSTRAINT MANAGEMENT Non-Final OA Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
19007237 Systems and Methods to Obtain Feedback in Response to Autonomous Vehicle Failure Events Non-Final OA Aurora Operations, Inc.
18242534 APPARATUS, APPARATUS CONTROL METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM Non-Final OA CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
18938925 ROBOTICALLY NEGOTIATING STAIRS Non-Final OA Boston Dynamics, Inc.
18556755 GENERATING A ROBOT PROGRAM AND OPERATING A ROBOT Final Rejection KUKA Deutschland GmbH
18931094 SWIMMING-POOL WATER SURFACE MAP CREATING METHOD AND SWIMMING POOL CLEANING DEVICE Final Rejection Shenzhen Aiper Intelligent Co. Ltd.
18858529 REMOTE OPERATION METHOD FOR REMOTE OPERATION WELDING SYSTEM, AND WELDING SYSTEM Non-Final OA Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
18785384 PROJECTION OPERATOR FOR INVERSE KINEMATICS OF A SURGICAL ROBOT FOR LOW DEGREE OF FREEDOM TOOLS Final Rejection Verb Surgical Inc.
18637845 REALISTIC EYEBALL AND ROBOT Non-Final OA 3ASCREEN CORPORATION
18526506 BRIDGING MESH DEVICE CONTROLLER FOR IMPLEMENTING A SCENE Non-Final OA Brilliant NextGen Inc.
17924756 ELECTRIC MOBILE REFRIGERATION UNIT Non-Final OA SUNSWAP LTD

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