Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: MASHELE, BONGANI JABULANI

Tech Center 3600 • Art Units: 3645 3648

This examiner grants 88% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

88.0%
Allow Rate
+36.0% vs TC avg
75
Total Applications
-2.6%
Interview Lift
1031
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 50 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

3.1%
§101 Eligibility
4.1%
§102 Novelty
88.8%
§103 Obviousness
4.1%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18708048 FILTER MANAGEMENT FOR WIDE OUTPUT BEAMS AT COVERAGE ENHANCING DEVICES Non-Final OA Sony Group Corporation
18472830 PROHIBITIONS RELATED TO GLOBAL NAVIGATION SATELLITE SYSTEM (GNSS) ACQUISITION AND REPORTING FOR REDUCED CAPABILITY DEVICES Non-Final OA InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
18157702 ANTENNA DEVICE WITH IMPROVED RADIATION DIRECTIVITY Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18564998 COMMUNICATION PROCESSING DEVICE, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND COMMUNICATION PROCESSING METHOD Non-Final OA Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
18616575 Electronic Devices with Leakage-Based Object Detection Non-Final OA Apple Inc.
18709607 ESTABLISHING COOPERATIVE RADAR SENSING SESSIONS Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18614399 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DELTA RANGE MONITOR ENHANCEMENT FOR DETECTING GNSS MULTIPLE SATELLITE FAILURE Non-Final OA Honeywell International Inc.
18720336 VEHICLE NAVIGATION ASSISTANCE Non-Final OA BAE SYSTEMS plc
18663852 Online Calibration of a Sensor Non-Final OA Aptiv Technologies AG
18617400 SECURE FLASHLESS BOOTING FOR AUTOMOTIVE RADAR Non-Final OA NXP B.V.
18139531 UPDATING RADAR SENSOR ACCURACY MEASUREMENTS FOR OBJECT TRACKING Non-Final OA NXP B.V.
18746525 OBJECT TRACKING METHOD BASED ON RADAR POINT CLOUD Non-Final OA Wistron Corporation
18578915 SURVEILLANCE OF AIRPORT MANOEUVRING AREAS AND APRONS USING VISUAL AIDS AND SURVEILLANCE INFRASTRUCTURE Non-Final OA ADB Safegate BV
18257180 PASSIVE TRANSPONDER, FLYING OBJECT AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING A POSITION OF AN OBJECT Final Rejection Technische Universitat Dresden
18039522 ELECTROMAGNETIC TOMOGRAPH FOR INHOMOGENEOUS MEDIA Non-Final OA RADIOVIDENIE LLC
18019142 IMAGE GENERATION DEVICE, IMAGE GENERATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM Final Rejection SHIMIZU CORPORATION

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