Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: RHEE, ROY B

Tech Center 3600 • Art Units: 3661 3664

This examiner grants 68% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

68.5%
Allow Rate
+16.5% vs TC avg
181
Total Applications
+24.0%
Interview Lift
1205
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 143 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

10.8%
§101 Eligibility
19.4%
§102 Novelty
45.7%
§103 Obviousness
23.3%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18362661 Positioning of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles using Millimeter-Wave Beam Infrastructure Non-Final OA Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
18334804 METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A POWER ASSEMBLY Non-Final OA VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATION
18943492 ADDITION OF SIGNALS TO ISO15118-20 STANDARD TO ENABLE EV TO COMPLY WITH LOCAL SPECIFICATIONS AND GRID CODE REGULATIONS Non-Final OA Volvo Car Corporation
18700107 RESOURCE ALLOCATION USING VEHICLE MANEUVER PREDICTION Final Rejection Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
18172060 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING PILOT REPORTS Final Rejection The Boeing Company
18754481 PROACTIVE MOBILE CHARGING BOT DEPLOYMENT USING DYNAMIC INTERNET OF THINGS DATA ANALYSIS Final Rejection International Business Machines Corporation
18473626 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANAGING SETTINGS NOT ADJUSTED BY AUTOMATION Non-Final OA Deere & Company
18457060 WINDROW MATERIAL THROUGHPUT ESTIMATION SYSTEM Non-Final OA Deere & Company
18767587 DYNAMIC AD HOC NETWORK ADJUSTMENT Non-Final OA Micron Technology, Inc.
18888649 DRIVING ASSISTANCE DEVICE, DRIVING ASSISTANCE METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
18182636 CONTROL DEVICE, CONTROL SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF DATA COLLECTION Final Rejection HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
18481300 MARINE PROPULSION SYSTEM AND MARINE VESSEL Final Rejection YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18374550 COMPUTER VISION SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AN AGRICULTURAL HEADER Non-Final OA CNH Industrial America LLC
17751442 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MONITORING UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE Non-Final OA SZ DJI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
17782266 ELECTRONIC SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING AN UNMANNED AIRCRAFT, AND ASSOCIATED METHODS AND COMPUTER PROGRAMS Final Rejection THALES
18963413 AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT COMPRISING PROTOCOL TRANSLATION FOR COMMUNICATING WITH ACTUATOR SYSTEMS Non-Final OA Specialty Product Technologies
18955175 VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE Non-Final OA J-QuAD DYNAMICS INC.
18617741 MODULAR ENCLOSURE FOR AN IN-VEHICLE COMPUTER SYSTEM Non-Final OA TuSimple, Inc.
18700455 DEVICE FOR ACCESSING DATA SENT BY A DONGLE CONNECTED TO A VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR REDUCING THE POWER CONSUMPTION OF SUCH DEVICE Final Rejection NAGRAVISION SÀRL
18071360 GUIDED GENERATION OF TRAJECTORIES FOR REMOTE VEHICLE ASSISTANCE Final Rejection Motional AD LLC
18264830 AUTOMATIC CLEANING DEVICE CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND MEDIUM AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE Final Rejection Beijing Roborock Innovation Technology Co., Ltd.
18278285 AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE DELIVERY SYSTEM Non-Final OA ZIPLINE INTERNATIONAL INC.
18446940 AUTOMATIC VEHICLE CLOSURE OPERATION WITH 3D ENVIRONMENT MAPPING Non-Final OA Atieva, Inc.
18126414 Condition-Based Loading of a Subset of a Collision Avoidance and Detection Data Structure Non-Final OA Sagetech Avionics, Inc.
18183431 Concept For Supporting a Motor Vehicle Being Guided in at Least Partially Automated Manner Final Rejection ASFINAG Maut Service GmbH

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