Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: PEDERSEN, DAVID RUBEN

Tech Center 3600 • Art Units: 3658 3667

This examiner grants 56% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

56.2%
Allow Rate
+4.2% vs TC avg
136
Total Applications
+50.0%
Interview Lift
1098
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 105 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

3.2%
§101 Eligibility
6.1%
§102 Novelty
87.6%
§103 Obviousness
3.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17195882 DETECTING AND RESPONDING TO SOUNDS FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES Final Rejection Waymo LLC
17737975 OPTICAL NAVIGATION DEVICE WHICH CAN DETECT AND RECORD ABNORMAL REGION Non-Final OA PixArt Imaging Inc.
18691597 METHOD FOR DETERMINING AN INTELLIGENT PRESELECTION OF SUITABLE CHARGING STATIONS FOR CARRYING OUT A CHARGING STOP, CHARGING STOP PLANNING ASSISTANT, AND VEHICLE Final Rejection MERCEDES-BENZ GROUP AG
18420766 ELECTRICALLY POWERED VEHICLE AND NAVIGATION DEVICE THEREOF Final Rejection TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18249480 DATA PROCESSING NETWORK FOR PERFORMING DATA PROCESSING Non-Final OA Robert Bosch GmbH
18139678 METHOD AND SYSTEM TO MEASURE SERVICE USAGE AND BILL FOR ASSOCIATED USED SERVICES BASED ON A INTRUSION DETECTION SYSTEM Non-Final OA Robert Bosch GmbH
18322283 FUEL CELL THERMAL MANAGEMENT CONTROL SYSTEMS AND METHODS Final Rejection Nikola Corporation
17840595 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ADAPTIVELY DETERMINING TARGET AREA FOR VESSELS Final Rejection Furuno Electric Co., Ltd.
18275180 VEHICLE TRAJECTORY ASSESSMENT Non-Final OA Five AI Limited
18913637 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RESPONDING TO ISOLATION FAULT Non-Final OA GILLIG LLC
18732142 FLEETWIDE SERVERLESS FUNCTIONAL SAFETY PROTECTION FOR HYBRID CLOUD INTEROPERABILITY Non-Final OA Red Hat, Inc.
18894058 Tiling Based Approach for Unified Destination Entry Non-Final OA Cerence Operating Company
18207449 COMBINE HARVESTER WITH DRIVER ASSISTANCE SYSTEM Final Rejection CLAAS Selbstfahrende Erntemaschinen GmbH
18005217 CONTROL OF A CLEANING ROBOT Non-Final OA BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
18743418 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE ORGANIZATION AT ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGE POINTS Final Rejection HERE GLOBAL B.V.
18508818 VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR CAMERA-BASED VEHICLE NAVIGATION Non-Final OA GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
18646625 System and Method for Remotely Monitoring Marine Vessel Data Using NMEA 0183 and NMEA 2000 Data Standards Non-Final OA MARITRACE LTD.
18484056 WORK MACHINE SYSTEM FOR MAINTAINING ATTACHMENT POSITION Non-Final OA Great Plains Manufacturing, Inc.
18364825 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING MOVEMENT OF A VEHICLE USING REMOTE OPERATION BASED ON PERCEPTION AND PLANNER DATA Final Rejection Kodiak Robotics, Inc.

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