Listed by the USPTO as SILVA, MICHAEL THOMAS
Tech Center 3600 • Art Units: 3612 3663
This examiner grants 33% of resolved cases
SILVA, MICHAEL THOMAS examines in Tech Center 3600 and Art Unit 3612. His profile includes 116 resolved cases, a 32.8% allowance rate, and a 24.3% interview lift. The recorded allowance rate indicates that applicants may face meaningful prosecution resistance, while the interview figure supports interviews as a potentially useful, though not exclusive, part of the response strategy. Counsel should use interviews to clarify the examiner’s view of the claims and then preserve that clarification in the written record.
The median time to allowance is 1278 days. Panasonic Holdings Corporation, Robert Bosch GmbH, and Toyota Motor Corporation are the listed leading companies. The listed firms are CHIP LAW GROUP, FOLEY & LARDNER LLP, and Ipsilon USA - NLO. The profile favors deliberate prosecution planning, including early identification of claim limitations that carry the strongest technical distinction. Applicants should also plan for duration, because the median timing makes prompt, well-focused responses valuable throughout examination.
| App # | Title | Status | Assignee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17612427 | METHOD AND DRIVER ASSISTANCE SYSTEM FOR CLASSIFYING OBJECTS IN THE SURROUNDINGS OF A VEHICLE | Final Rejection | Robert Bosch GmbH |
| 19109783 | SYSTEM, SERVER, VEHICLE, AND METHOD | Non-Final OA | TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA |
| 18112637 | POWER SUPPLY MANAGEMENT METHOD, POWER SUPPLY MANAGEMENT DEVICE, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING POWER SUPPLY MANAGEMENT PROGRAM | Final Rejection | Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America |
| 18961534 | Lidar based Road Condition Estimation for Passenger Vehicles | Final Rejection | Volvo Car Corporation |
| 17796341 | DYNAMIC ALARMS BASED ON REMOTE MOVING OBJECTS | Non-Final OA | QUALCOMM Incorporated |
| 18424270 | Method and Device for Autonomous Movement of a Vehicle in a Variably Optimized Dynamic Driving State | Final Rejection | Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft |
| 18747748 | REAL TIME TRAFFIC CONTROLS BASED ON MACHINE LEARNED ENERGY CONSUMPTION OF VEHICLES | Non-Final OA | INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION |
| 18929890 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING VEHICLE | Final Rejection | POSTECH RESEARCH AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION |
| 18961347 | VEHICLE DISPLAY DEVICE | Non-Final OA | YAZAKI CORPORATION |
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Build Your Strategy32.8% of resolved applications examined by Michael Thomas Silva were allowed (116 resolved cases), compared with 74.4% across Art Unit 3612 over the last five years.
This examiner's interview lift is +24.3 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.
Applications allowed by Michael Thomas Silva took 1,278 days on average from filing to allowance.
Michael Thomas Silva examines applications in Art Unit 3612 in Tech Center 3600 (Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems).
