Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: PICON-FELICIANO, RUBEN

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3618 3747 3783

This examiner grants 68% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

68.2%
Allow Rate
-1.8% vs TC avg
769
Total Applications
+13.3%
Interview Lift
1145
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 708 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

1.0%
§101 Eligibility
37.2%
§102 Novelty
46.3%
§103 Obviousness
13.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18150664 COMPLIANT FEEDTHROUGHS FOR GAS TURBINE ENGINES Final Rejection General Electric Company
18768594 SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING FOUR-WHEEL INDEPENDENT STEERING SYSTEM Final Rejection HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
18643500 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A VEHICLE Final Rejection ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG
18585397 SENSOR GEAR ASSEMBLY WITH ANTI-LASH TEETH FOR STEERING SYSTEM Non-Final OA Steering Solutions IP Holding Corporation
18489467 TANK FOR USE IN TEMPERATURE CONTROL SYSTEM AND TEMPERATURE CONTROL SYSTEM Non-Final OA TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
18643620 TRUCK BED SURROUND VIEW CAMERA SYSTEM WITH AUTOMATED CAMERA VIEW SELECTION Final Rejection Ford Global Technologies, LLC
18950018 PARKING BRAKE CONTROL ARRANGEMENT Non-Final OA Volvo Truck Corporation
18850313 DETERMINATION OF SLIP TARGET FOR A VEHICLE ENGINE SPEED CONTROLLER Final Rejection Volvo Truck Corporation
18676952 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PREVENTING BRAKE RESPONSE DELAY Final Rejection KIA CORPORATION
19023418 LANE KEEP CONTROL DEVICE, LANE KEEP CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
19006599 VIBRATION CONTROL DEVICE Non-Final OA TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18675363 STEERING CONTROL DEVICE Final Rejection TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18925597 VEHICLE-TYPE DRIVING DEVICE Non-Final OA Nanjing Chervon Industry Co., Ltd.
18989273 Device for Recognizing Living Beings in a Vehicle Interior Non-Final OA HELLA GMBH & CO. KGAA
18516855 STEERING ANGLE ERROR MONITORING Final Rejection Caterpillar Inc.
18509045 3D LANE AND ROAD BOUNDARY ESTIMATION VIA ROW-WISE CLASSIFICATION Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
19029022 VEHICLE STATE VARIABLE ESTIMATOR OF HOST VEHICLE AND RACK TARGET POSITION DETERMINER FOR REAR WHEEL STEERING SYSTEM USING THE SAME Non-Final OA HL MANDO CORPORATION
18950833 VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE Non-Final OA Aisin Corporation
18709595 CONTROL SYSTEM FOR WORK VEHICLE AND CONTROL METHOD FOR WORK VEHICLE Final Rejection Komatsu Ltd.
19005850 BRAKE FORCE CONTROL METHOD AND DEVICE, MEDIUM, PRODUCT AND VEHICLE Non-Final OA XIAOMI EV TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
18968233 ENGINE DEVICE Non-Final OA YANMAR POWER TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
18563607 AUTOMOTIVE SUSPENSION ASSEMBLIES Non-Final OA REE AUTOMOTIVE LTD.
18708931 ADAPTIVELY ADJUSTED AND ACCURATE PARKING CONTROL METHOD FOR ATO SYSTEM Final Rejection CASCO SIGNAL LTD.
18224678 ADAPTABLE INLINE FLUID HEATING SYSTEM Non-Final OA STEWART & STEVENSON LLC
18943181 SUSPENSION CONTROLLER AND SENSOR NETWORK FOR RIDE HEIGHT CONTROL WITH AIR SUSPENSION Non-Final OA ARNOTT T&P HOLDING, LLC
18692621 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE TRACTION OF A HYDRAULIC ASSISTANCE CIRCUIT Final Rejection Poclain Hydraulics Industrie
18739697 DUAL-CONNECTION CRANK-PISTON MECHANISM Non-Final OA Sichuan Beixin Hongneng Technology Research Institute
18567937 IMPROVED METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MONITORING WHEELS Final Rejection VIE TECHNOLOGY (EUROPE) KFT.
18523789 OBJECT DETECTION SYSTEM Final Rejection Zimeno Inc.
18381743 ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP DIFFERENTIAL CONTROL SYSTEM Non-Final OA THE REGENT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

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