Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: MCPHERSON, JAMES M

Tech Center 3600 • Art Units: 3663 3669

This examiner grants 82% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

82.4%
Allow Rate
+30.4% vs TC avg
548
Total Applications
+17.7%
Interview Lift
886
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 523 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

6.1%
§101 Eligibility
13.8%
§102 Novelty
64.7%
§103 Obviousness
14.9%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18668715 AUTOMOTIVE DEVICE AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA CARUX TECHNOLOGY PTE. LTD.
18969909 DEVICE FOR HEIGHT LEVEL DETERMINATION Non-Final OA ZF Friedrichshafen AG
18673908 SWITCHING BETWEEN CONTROLLERS FOR A VEHICLE Non-Final OA VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATION
18008842 ACCESS ARRANGEMENT FOR A VEHICLE Final Rejection Continental Automotive Technologies GmbH
17638009 Automatically Generating Floor Maps in an Indoor Positioning System Non-Final OA GOOGLE LLC
19004940 REMOTE DRIVING CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS, COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE Non-Final OA TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
18634094 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AN AGRICULTURAL SYSTEM Non-Final OA RAVEN INDUSTRIES, INC.
18813215 METHOD OF COORDINATING PRIORITIES AMONG MULTIPLE AUTONOMOUS DRIVING ROBOTS AND APPARATUS PERFORMING THE SAME Final Rejection ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
18151613 METHOD FOR GENERATING A DIGITAL MODEL-BASED REPRESENTATION OF A VEHICLE Non-Final OA Robert Bosch GmbH
18879615 Method for Operating a Lane Change Assistance System of a Vehicle Taking Into Account a Traffic Density in an Environment of the Vehicle, Lane Change Assistance System, and Vehicle Non-Final OA Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
18364219 COLLISION AVOIDANCE SYSTEM FOR AVOIDING COLLISION BETWEEN DIG COMPONENTS AND BLADE ON AN EXCAVATOR Final Rejection Deere & Company
18887419 ELECTRONIC DEVICE, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM Non-Final OA CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
18898268 PERIPHERY-MONITORING DEVICE FOR WORK MACHINE Non-Final OA SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES CONSTRUCTION CRANES CO., LTD.
18482931 DISTRACTION MONITORING SYSTEM Non-Final OA GM Global Technology Operations LLC
18586605 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ZONE MAPPING Final Rejection Topcon Positioning Systems, Inc.
18126678 VEHICLE SIGNAL SYSTEM HAVING A PLURALITY OF FORCE GENERATORS FOR PRODUCING A USER-EXPERIENCED FEEDBACK Non-Final OA GHSP, Inc.
17804114 PROTOCOL-LEVEL VERIFICATION OF ABERRANT DRIVING DECISIONS Non-Final OA Applied Intuition, Inc.

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