Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: MANCHO, RONNIE M

Tech Center 3600 • Art Units: 3657 3661 3664 3666

This examiner grants 76% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

75.9%
Allow Rate
+23.9% vs TC avg
1,020
Total Applications
+2.1%
Interview Lift
1245
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 977 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

2.6%
§101 Eligibility
31.5%
§102 Novelty
27.9%
§103 Obviousness
33.4%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18592797 APPARATUS AND METHOD Final Rejection Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
19266208 DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT, AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Non-Final OA Sony Group Corporation
18392988 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADAPTIVE TIRE PRESSURE CONTROL FOR A SPECIFIC ROUTE Final Rejection Volvo Car Corporation
19424055 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AIRCRAFT ENGINE THERMAL OPTIMIZATION Non-Final OA Archer Aviation Inc.
19297391 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING CONTROL POINTS DURING REACTIVE MOTION Non-Final OA INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.
19293139 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTEGRATED SURGICAL TABLE MOTION Non-Final OA INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.
18689939 Highly Articulate Snake Robotic Device Non-Final OA Georgia Tech Research Corporation
18981980 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection 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 Final Rejection CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18242534 APPARATUS, APPARATUS CONTROL METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM Final Rejection CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
19206460 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING HIERARCHICAL IMITATION LEARNING TO TRAIN A ROBOT TO PERFORM A TASK Non-Final OA The Regents of the University of California
19236348 TRAVEL SUPPORT DEVICE Non-Final OA DENSO CORPORATION
18785384 PROJECTION OPERATOR FOR INVERSE KINEMATICS OF A SURGICAL ROBOT FOR LOW DEGREE OF FREEDOM TOOLS Non-Final OA Verb Surgical Inc.
18861897 MOBILE OBJECT POSITIONING DEVICE Non-Final OA Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
19256675 MODULAR ROBOT CONTROL ARCHITECTURE Non-Final OA Rivian IP Holdings, LLC
18545496 AUTOMATIC ANNOTATIONS AND TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION GENERATION FOR ROBOTIC PROCESS AUTOMATION WORKFLOWS USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) Final Rejection UiPath, Inc.
18543392 AUTOMATIC ANNOTATIONS AND TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION GENERATION FOR ROBOTIC PROCESS AUTOMATION WORKFLOWS USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) Final Rejection UiPath, Inc.
19258245 Trajectory Assistance for Autonomous Vehicles Non-Final OA Waymo LLC
17591130 INCORPORATING POSITION ESTIMATION DEGRADATION INTO TRAJECTORY PLANNING FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES IN CERTAIN SITUATIONS Non-Final OA Waymo LLC
19189706 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATED OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF A ROBOT SYSTEM Non-Final OA AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
19261381 AERIAL DEVICE Non-Final OA Altec Industries, Inc.
18536341 AVATARS OF MACHINES IN BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS Non-Final OA INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
18541021 POWER MANAGEMENT FOR A ROBOTIC DEVICE Non-Final OA Boston Dynamics, Inc.
18931094 SWIMMING-POOL WATER SURFACE MAP CREATING METHOD AND SWIMMING POOL CLEANING DEVICE Final Rejection Shenzhen Aiper Intelligent Co. Ltd.
18470617 NETWORKED DRAFT BEVERAGE SYSTEM Final Rejection Pubinno, Inc.

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