Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: SAHNI, VISHAL R

Tech Center 3600 • Art Units: 3616 3657

This examiner grants 75% of resolved cases

Analysis

Vishal R Sahni is a patent examiner in Tech Center 3600, assigned to Art Unit 3616. He has 1002 resolved cases. The data shows an allowance rate of 75.3% for these 1002 cases. This 75.3% figure represents the frequency of grants among all resolved cases for this examiner.

The interview lift for Vishal R Sahni is 18.9%. This 18.9% lift indicates the change in the probability of allowance when an interview is conducted during prosecution. Practitioners can use this lift to evaluate the potential impact of oral advocacy on their specific applications in Art Unit 3616.

The median days to allowance is 923. This 923 day period measures the time from the filing of an application to the issuance of a patent. This median provides a data point for estimating the duration of the examination process for matters assigned to this examiner.

Practitioners should consider the 75.3% allowance rate and the 18.9% interview lift when developing their response strategies. These figures, along with the 923 day median, offer a statistical overview of the examiner's history in Tech Center 3600.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Performance Statistics

75.4%
Allow Rate
+23.4% vs TC avg
1,028
Total Applications
+18.9%
Interview Lift
923
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1003 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.9%
§101 Eligibility
31.0%
§102 Novelty
41.6%
§103 Obviousness
25.3%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18697851 DEVICE FOR MEASURING A LINEAR POSITION Non-Final OA SAFRAN ELECTRONICS & DEFENSE
18922689 STABILIZER BUSHING Non-Final OA TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18382708 Damping Device for Reducing a Movement of a Second Component Movable Relative to a First Component Non-Final OA Illinois Tool Works Inc.
18257643 BRAKE SYSTEM FOR STRADDLE-TYPE VEHICLE AND STRADDLE-TYPE VEHICLE Non-Final OA Robert Bosch GmbH
18439232 ISOLATORS FOR PANEL ASSEMBLIES AND OTHER STRUCTURES Non-Final OA The Boeing Company
18698015 CONTROL DEVICE FOR MOTORCYCLE Final Rejection HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
18686071 ELECTRIC VEHICLE WITH AT LEAST ONE BRAKING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE Final Rejection ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG
18504552 ELECTRIFIED VEHICLE AND REGENERATIVE BRAKING CONTROL METHOD FOR SAME Non-Final OA Kia Corporation
18905483 RUBBER ISOLATED SPHERICAL SHOCK/STRUT MOUNT Non-Final OA Fox Factory, Inc.
18494500 Assembly Arrangement Final Rejection Sumitomo Riko Company Limited
18418013 NON-RETURN VALVE, VIBRATION DAMPER HAVING SUCH A NON-RETURN VALVE, AND USE OF SUCH A NON-RETURN VALVE Final Rejection thyssenkrupp AG
18581761 BRAKE ARCHITECTURE FOR PARKING BRAKE BACKUP RESPONSE Non-Final OA Ford Global Technologies, LLC
18515573 SPRING ISOLATOR PAD WITH INTEGRATED SPRING ROTATION STOP AND PAD ROTATION STOP Final Rejection Ford Global Technologies, LLC
18716979 STABILIZER MANUFACTURING METHOD AND STABILIZER Non-Final OA NHK SPRING CO., LTD.
18328456 Inerter-Based Elastic Metamaterials For Low-Frequency Vibration Mitigation Final Rejection University of Utah Research Foundation
18333691 BICYCLE SUSPENSION COMPONENTS Final Rejection SRAM, LLC
18086829 SPRING MECHANISM FOR ROCKER ASSEMBLY AND ROCKER ASSEMBLY COMPRISING THE SAME Final Rejection LEGGETT & PLATT (JIAXING) CO., LTD.

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