Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: SANTOS, AARRON EDUARDO

Tech Center 3600 • Art Units: 3663

This examiner grants 45% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

45.0%
Allow Rate
-7.0% vs TC avg
194
Total Applications
+12.8%
Interview Lift
1236
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 131 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

12.0%
§101 Eligibility
5.3%
§102 Novelty
58.6%
§103 Obviousness
21.5%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17864943 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ESTIMATING POSITION OF MOVING OBJECT Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18782172 SATELLITE CONTROL APPARATUS, SATELLITE CONTROL METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM Non-Final OA NEC Corporation
18017947 DISPLAY DEVICE INTERWORKING WITH VEHICLE AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA LG ELECTRONICS INC.
17965142 ROTATABLE SEAT WITH LOGIC FOR A VEHICLE Non-Final OA Ford Global Technologies, LLC
17463745 Providing Data of a Motor Vehicle Non-Final OA AUDI AG
18384245 METHOD FOR PROCESSING ACCIDENT INFORMATION AND VEHICLE OPERATION CONTROL SERVER USING THE SAME Final Rejection Kia Corporation
17884058 APPARATUS FOR ACQUIRING AUTONOMOUS DRIVING LEARNING DATA AND METHOD THEREOF Final Rejection Kia Corporation
17851259 ELECTRIFIED VEHICLE AND POWER SOURCE MANAGEMENT METHOD FOR THE SAME Final Rejection Kia Corporation
17690703 SYSTEM AND METHOD OF IMPROVING BRAKING PERFORMANCE DURING FAILURE BY BRAKE-BY-WIRE DEVICE Non-Final OA Kia Corporation
18787509 SPACE-BASED MONITORING OF AIRCRAFT Non-Final OA The Boeing Company
17352075 COLLISION AVOIDANCE BASED ON CENTRALIZED COORDINATION OF VEHICLE OPERATIONS Non-Final OA The Boeing Company
18941856 VIRTUAL SAFETY BUBBLES FOR SAFE NAVIGATION OF FARMING MACHINES Non-Final OA Deere & Company
17564068 Compensatory Actions for Automated Farming Machine Failure Non-Final OA Deere & Company
17975653 AERIAL VEHICLE, DEVICE TO DETERMINE A TARGET LOCATION, STATIC BASE STATION DEVICE AND DOCKING STATION FOR A VEHICLE Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
17984413 MULTI-MODALITY DATA ANALYSIS ENGINE FOR DEFECT DETECTION Non-Final OA NEC Laboratories America, Inc.
18090000 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUTONOMOUS DRIVING CONTROL BASED ON ROAD GRAPHICAL NEURAL NETWORK Non-Final OA SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY R&DB FOUNDATION
18250358 TRANSPORT SYSTEM CONTROLLER AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA FANUC CORPORATION
16586604 BLOCKING OBJECT AVOIDANCE Non-Final OA Zoox, Inc.
18135370 PATH ESTIMATOR FOR DRONE Non-Final OA AIRBUS HELICOPTERS
16315911 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPLEMENTING MULTI-MODAL TRANSPORT Final Rejection Zunum Aero, Inc.
18141334 TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT BASED ON ADAPTIVE MULTI-REGION MFDS Non-Final OA TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC.
18192966 TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT BASED ON ADAPTIVE MULTI-REGION MFDS Non-Final OA TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC.
17576082 COOPERATIVE TRAFFIC CONGESTION DETECTION FOR CONNECTED VEHICULAR PLATFORM Non-Final OA TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC.
16472655 METHOD FOR MAINTAINING TOTAL BRAKING POWER OF A TRAIN WHILE TAKING THE AVAILABLE FRICTION CONDITIONS INTO CONSIDERATION Non-Final OA KNORR-BREMSE SYSTEME FÜR SCHIENENFAHRZEUGE GMBH
18319650 ANIMAL CLASSIFICATION AND AVOIDANCE FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES Final Rejection GM Cruise Holdings LLC
17713648 PERCEPTION ERROR IDENTIFICATION Non-Final OA GM Cruise Holdings LLC
18745321 Authorized Operation of Vehicles Non-Final OA Invisible Holding, LLC
18298456 AUTONOMOUS RECONNAISSANCE SYSTEM FOR UTILITIES Non-Final OA Florida Power & Light Company
16985495 AUTONOMOUS LAWN MOWER Non-Final OA Scythe Robotics, Inc.
18469635 UNIVERSAL CONTROL ARCHITECTURE FOR CONTROL OF UNMANNED SYSTEMS Final Rejection Tomahawk Robotics, Inc.

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