Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: RODRIGUEZ, VICENTE M

Tech Center 3600 • Art Units: 3642 3645 3647

This examiner grants 77% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

77.3%
Allow Rate
+25.3% vs TC avg
517
Total Applications
+15.0%
Interview Lift
1171
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 490 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

1.0%
§101 Eligibility
16.1%
§102 Novelty
49.7%
§103 Obviousness
31.1%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19487754 SET OF EXPANDABLE SURFACE TRAYS, IN PARTICULAR FOR AN AIRCRAFT SEAT Non-Final OA Safran Seats
17995389 SENSING SYSTEM Non-Final OA Sony Group Corporation
18863733 UNMANNED HELICOPTER FOR DELIVERING BLOOD PRODUCT TO A TARGET LOCATION Final Rejection Fenwal, Inc.
19063067 SATELLITE DISPENSING SYSTEM Final Rejection Blue Origin Manufacturing, LLC
16817412 WINDSHIELD Final Rejection Valqari Holdings, LLC
18407605 AIRCRAFT AND METHODS OF USE FOR AERODYNAMIC CONTROL WITH WINGLET SURFACES Final Rejection JetZero, Inc.
17993821 LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE AND MEASUREMENT APPARATUS Non-Final OA FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
19018260 NEAR-SPACE OPERATION SYSTEMS Non-Final OA World View Enterprises Inc.
18588702 ASSEMBLY FOR VEHICLE SEAT Non-Final OA FAURECIA Sièges d'Automobile
18226956 VELOCITY MEASURING DEVICE UTILIZING PHOTOELECTRIC SENSOR RINGS Non-Final OA The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
18740135 ROBOTIC EAGLES AND BIRD-LIKE ROBOT WITH EMBODIED ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE Non-Final OA General Cybernation Group Inc.
18673290 SATELLITE, SATELLITE ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF DEPLOYING SATELLITES FROM A SATELLITE ASSEMBLY Final Rejection UNIVERSITY OF MALTA
18060403 OPTICAL ELEMENT DAMAGE DETECTION INCLUDING STRAIN GAUGE Non-Final OA Continental Autonomous Mobility US, LLC
18060371 OPTICAL ELEMENT DAMAGE DETECTION INCLUDING ULTRASONIC EMTTER AND DETECTOR Non-Final OA Continental Autonomous Mobility US, LLC
17918893 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR GENERATING IMAGE AND DISTANCE INFORMATION Non-Final OA Technion Research & Development Foundation Ltd.

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