Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: MILLER, PRESTON JAY

Tech Center 3600 • Art Units: 3661

This examiner grants 56% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

56.0%
Allow Rate
+4.0% vs TC avg
89
Total Applications
+18.8%
Interview Lift
1133
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 50 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

17.7%
§101 Eligibility
15.3%
§102 Novelty
48.0%
§103 Obviousness
17.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17954550 PRESENTATION CONTROL APPARATUS Final Rejection DENSO CORPORATION
18922057 REFUSE VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEMS Non-Final OA Oshkosh Corporation
18938374 COMPUTER SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ASSISTING A VEHICLE IN TRAVERSING AN UPCOMING ROAD SEGMENT Non-Final OA Volvo Truck Corporation
18952608 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A VEHICLE Non-Final OA KIA CORPORATION
18074137 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REDUCING JERK AFTER AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE STOPS Final Rejection KIA CORPORATION
17903389 Driving Distribution Apparatus of Drone Unit and Method for Controlling the Same Final Rejection Kia Corporation
18999215 REMOTE MONITORING APPARATUS Non-Final OA TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18950361 DRIVER ASSISTANCE CONTROL DEVICE FOR VEHICLE, DRIVER ASSISTANCE CONTROL METHOD FOR VEHICLE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM OF SAME Non-Final OA TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18637978 VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE, VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD AND VEHICLE CONTROL COMPUTER PROGRAM Final Rejection TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18203786 INFORMATION PROCESSOR, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM Final Rejection TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
17987944 VEHICLE AND VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD Final Rejection TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
17900294 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM Non-Final OA TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18450907 SELF-PROPELLED APPARATUS AND COLLISION DETECTION METHOD THEREOF Final Rejection Nanjing Chervon Industry Co., Ltd.
18741981 EMISSIONS ESTIMATION AND ANOMALIES Non-Final OA Fujitsu Limited
18921915 Systems, Methods, and Apparatus for using Remote Assistance to Annotate Images of an Environment Non-Final OA Waymo LLC
18666040 OPERATING AN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE BASED ON ROAD SURFACE CONDITION Final Rejection Zoox, Inc.
18868419 METHOD FOR OPERATING AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE Non-Final OA DAIMLER TRUCK AG
18975095 METHOD FOR OPERATING A WORKING MACHINE, A WORKING MACHINE AND A CONTROLLER Non-Final OA Volvo Construction Equipment AB
17924969 ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND METHOD, FOR GUIDING THE PILOT IN PILOTING AN AIRCRAFT DURING LANDING IN THE PRESENCE OF A CROSSWIND Non-Final OA THALES
18952915 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTONOMOUS EXPLORATION AND SCANNING Non-Final OA HEXAGON GEOSYSTEMS SERVICES AG
18086192 INTELLIGENT SPEED CHECK Non-Final OA CARIAD SE
18422417 OPTICAL ALIGNMENT METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TRANSPARENT DISPLAYS TO OVERCOME PARALLAX Final Rejection Eagle Technology, LLC
18318918 CONSENSUS DETERMINATION SYSTEM FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE SHARED RIDE CONDITIONS Final Rejection GM Cruise Holdings LLC
18694019 SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING MANIPULATION REACTION FORCE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING MANIPULATION REACTION FORCE Final Rejection HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY, a university of Japan

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