Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: RODRIGUEZ, VICENTE M

Tech Center 3600 • Art Units: 3642 3644 3645 3647

This examiner grants 77% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

77.4%
Allow Rate
+25.4% vs TC avg
520
Total Applications
+15.0%
Interview Lift
1085
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 492 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.3%
§101 Eligibility
3.0%
§102 Novelty
86.3%
§103 Obviousness
9.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17995389 SENSING SYSTEM Non-Final OA Sony Group Corporation
18863733 UNMANNED HELICOPTER FOR DELIVERING BLOOD PRODUCT TO A TARGET LOCATION Non-Final OA Fenwal, Inc.
19063067 SATELLITE DISPENSING SYSTEM Final Rejection Blue Origin Manufacturing, LLC
19258665 Optical Sensor for Mirror Zero Angle in a Scanning Lidar Non-Final OA Waymo LLC
16817412 WINDSHIELD Final Rejection Valqari Holdings, LLC
18407605 AIRCRAFT AND METHODS OF USE FOR AERODYNAMIC CONTROL WITH WINGLET SURFACES Final Rejection JetZero, Inc.
19203019 ELECTROMECHANICAL CABLE LANDING GEAR EXTENSION AND RETRACTION SYSTEM Non-Final OA Goodrich Corporation
19094272 PAYLOAD RELEASE SYSTEM Non-Final OA Ensign-Bickford Aerospace & Defense Company
19088547 SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND DEVICES FOR A LOW MOMENT CONICAL HOLD AND RELEASE MECHANISM Non-Final OA MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Corporation
19018260 NEAR-SPACE OPERATION SYSTEMS Non-Final OA World View Enterprises Inc.
18588702 ASSEMBLY FOR VEHICLE SEAT Non-Final OA FAURECIA Sièges d'Automobile
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 Non-Final OA UNIVERSITY OF MALTA
17918893 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR GENERATING IMAGE AND DISTANCE INFORMATION Non-Final OA Technion Research & Development Foundation Ltd.
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

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