Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: RHEE, ROY B

Tech Center 3600 • Art Units: 3661 3664

This examiner grants 69% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

68.9%
Allow Rate
+16.9% vs TC avg
192
Total Applications
+24.1%
Interview Lift
1154
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 151 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

9.6%
§101 Eligibility
19.6%
§102 Novelty
46.7%
§103 Obviousness
23.6%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18362661 Positioning of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles using Millimeter-Wave Beam Infrastructure Final Rejection Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
18943492 ADDITION OF SIGNALS TO ISO15118-20 STANDARD TO ENABLE EV TO COMPLY WITH LOCAL SPECIFICATIONS AND GRID CODE REGULATIONS Final Rejection Volvo Car Corporation
19219408 Method for Predicting a State of an Environment of a Vehicle Non-Final OA Robert Bosch GmbH
18182636 CONTROL DEVICE, CONTROL SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF DATA COLLECTION Final Rejection HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
18348023 DRONE FLIGHT CONTROL DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18457060 WINDROW MATERIAL THROUGHPUT ESTIMATION SYSTEM Non-Final OA Deere & Company
18852657 TRIP TIME MEASUREMENT DEVICE, TRAFFIC INFORMATION PROVISION SERVER, TRIP TIME MEASUREMENT METHOD, AND PROGRAM RECORDING MEDIUM Final Rejection NEC Corporation
19328328 ROAD INCIDENT MONITORING AND REPORTING SYSTEM USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND EDGE COMPUTING Non-Final OA Panasonic Automotive Systems America, LLC
18700107 RESOURCE ALLOCATION USING VEHICLE MANEUVER PREDICTION Non-Final OA Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
19232362 APPARATUS FOR ASSISTING BRAKING OF ELECTRIC VEHICLE AND METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA KIA CORPORATION
18893485 METHOD AND VEHICLE FOR DRIVING CONTROL USING ADAPTIVE REGENERATIVE BRAKING Final Rejection Kia Corporation
18983896 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INTELLIGENT CONTROL OF DOORS AND WINDOWS IN A VEHICLE Final Rejection Ford Global Technologies, LLC
18687590 Vehicle Control Device, Vehicle Control Method, and Vehicle Control System Final Rejection Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.
18846836 ONBOARD ELECTRONIC CONTROL DEVICE Non-Final OA HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
17782266 ELECTRONIC SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING AN UNMANNED AIRCRAFT, AND ASSOCIATED METHODS AND COMPUTER PROGRAMS Final Rejection THALES
18374550 COMPUTER VISION SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AN AGRICULTURAL HEADER Final Rejection CNH Industrial America LLC
18782236 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PREDICTING AVAILABILITY DATA OF ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING POINTS Non-Final OA HERE GLOBAL B.V.

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