Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 17, 2026

Examiner: SANTOS, AARRON EDUARDO

Tech Center 3600 • Art Units: 3663

This examiner grants 45% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

44.9%
Allow Rate
-7.1% vs TC avg
199
Total Applications
+14.2%
Interview Lift
1241
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 138 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

9.3%
§101 Eligibility
6.1%
§102 Novelty
61.7%
§103 Obviousness
22.1%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18192966 TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT BASED ON ADAPTIVE MULTI-REGION MFDS Final Rejection 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.
18083758 DRIVING ASSISTANT APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF Final Rejection HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
16586604 BLOCKING OBJECT AVOIDANCE Final Rejection Zoox, Inc.
18941856 VIRTUAL SAFETY BUBBLES FOR SAFE NAVIGATION OF FARMING MACHINES Final Rejection Deere & Company
17564068 Compensatory Actions for Automated Farming Machine Failure Final Rejection Deere & Company
17086756 TOPOGRAPHIC CONFIDENCE AND CONTROL Non-Final OA Deere & Company
19195210 MOTION STATE CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS, DEVICE, AND READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited
18782172 SATELLITE CONTROL APPARATUS, SATELLITE CONTROL METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM Non-Final OA NEC Corporation
18787509 SPACE-BASED MONITORING OF AIRCRAFT Non-Final OA The Boeing Company
18357382 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENSURING ACCURATE ENTRY OF QNH WITH RESPECT TO AN AVIONICS SYSTEM OF AN AIRCRAFT Non-Final OA THE BOEING COMPANY
17352075 COLLISION AVOIDANCE BASED ON CENTRALIZED COORDINATION OF VEHICLE OPERATIONS Final Rejection The Boeing Company
17133232 EFFICIENT BRAKING AND ANTI-TAIL TIP CARGO HANDLING SYSTEMS Non-Final OA Goodrich Corporation
17463745 Providing Data of a Motor Vehicle Final Rejection AUDI AG
18276041 FLYING OBJECT COPING SYSTEM, SATELLITE UNIFIED ORDERING CENTER, COMMUNICATION ROUTE SEARCH DEVICE, FLIGHT PATH PREDICTION DEVICE, ABOVE-EQUATOR SATELLITE SYSTEM, ABOVE-EQUATOR SATELLITE, INCLINED ORBIT SATELLITE SYSTEM, INCLINED ORBIT SATELLITE, UNIFIED DATA LIBRARY, AND SATELLITE CONSTELLATION Non-Final OA Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
18984337 ELECTRIFIED VEHICLE AND POWER SOURCE MANAGEMENT METHOD FOR THE SAME Non-Final OA Kia Corporation
17851259 ELECTRIFIED VEHICLE AND POWER SOURCE MANAGEMENT METHOD FOR THE SAME Non-Final OA Kia Corporation
17690703 SYSTEM AND METHOD OF IMPROVING BRAKING PERFORMANCE DURING FAILURE BY BRAKE-BY-WIRE DEVICE Final Rejection Kia Corporation
17965142 ROTATABLE SEAT WITH LOGIC FOR A VEHICLE Final Rejection Ford Global Technologies, LLC
17904332 METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING ELECTRONIC WHEEL UNITS ON VEHICLE WHEELS OF A VEHICLE, AND USE THEREFOR Non-Final OA Continental Automotive Technologies GmbH
18090000 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUTONOMOUS DRIVING CONTROL BASED ON ROAD GRAPHICAL NEURAL NETWORK Non-Final OA SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY R&DB FOUNDATION
19202878 Contingency Planning Non-Final OA Joby Aero, Inc.
18515168 METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AN UNMANNED AIRCRAFT Final Rejection THALES
18319650 ANIMAL CLASSIFICATION AND AVOIDANCE FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES Final Rejection GM Cruise Holdings LLC
17706055 PERCEPTION ERROR IDENTIFICATION Non-Final OA GM Cruise Holdings LLC

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