Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: MERINO, JOHN CHIANG

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3661 3669 3723

This examiner grants 67% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

67.3%
Allow Rate
-2.7% vs TC avg
67
Total Applications
+32.0%
Interview Lift
1093
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 49 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

2.6%
§101 Eligibility
28.3%
§102 Novelty
44.3%
§103 Obviousness
23.9%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18934594 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING VEHICLE Non-Final OA KIA CORPORATION
18787327 AUTONOMOUS MOBILE UNIT CONTROL SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18947300 INITIATING A SAFETY PROCEDURE FOR DECELERATING A VEHICLE Non-Final OA Volvo Car Corporation
18862203 Method for Manoeuvring a Vehicle on a Multi-Lane Road With Determination of a Starting Point of a Deceleration Lane, and Driver Assistance System Non-Final OA Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
18931869 COMMAND MONITOR BACKUP CONTROL ARCHITECTURE Non-Final OA Wisk Aero LLC
18847896 EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT RECOGNITION DEVICE Final Rejection HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
18835532 MAP INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE Final Rejection HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
18472773 RAIN SENSOR PHANTOM WIPE PREVENTION Final Rejection Valeo Schalter und Sensoren GmbH
18787913 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING SCENIC ROUTES OVER SCENIC POINTS IN TWO-DIMENSIONAL (2D) SPACE Final Rejection International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad
18273545 METHOD FOR STEERING A VESSEL, RELATED NAVIGATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SEISMIC DATA ACQUISITION Non-Final OA SERCEL
18508181 VEHICLE-MOUNTED SYSTEM AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF Final Rejection DeCloak Intelligences Co.

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