Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: SILVA, MICHAEL THOMAS

Tech Center 3600 • Art Units: 3612 3663

This examiner grants 31% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

31.3%
Allow Rate
-20.7% vs TC avg
163
Total Applications
+20.3%
Interview Lift
1262
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 99 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.4%
§101 Eligibility
1.4%
§102 Novelty
94.6%
§103 Obviousness
3.5%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17971359 Operational State Detection for Obstacles in Mobile Robots Non-Final OA ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
18275016 FLIGHT PATH MODEL SELECTION METHOD, FLYING OBJECT TRACKING SYSTEM, FLYING OBJECT HANDLING SYSTEM, AND GROUND SYSTEM Non-Final OA Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
18808827 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING SOURCE-AGNOSTIC TRAJECTORIES Non-Final OA Lyft, Inc.
16719704 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRESENTING CURATED AUTONOMY-SYSTEM INFORMATION OF A VEHICLE Non-Final OA Lyft, Inc.
18151151 PROCESSING UNIT AND METHOD THEREIN FOR MANAGING ENERGY CONSUMPTION IN A VEHICLE Non-Final OA VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATION
17988586 POSITION HOLD TO STRUCTURE/OBJECT FEATURE FOR THRUSTER EQUIPPED WATERCRAFT Non-Final OA STEERING SOLUTIONS IP HOLDING CORPORATION
18669668 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROL MARGIN DISPLAY FOR EVTOL AIRCRAFT Non-Final OA Archer Aviation Inc.
18980952 Autonomy Systems and Methods for a Vocational Vehicle Non-Final OA Oshkosh Corporation
18955364 TESTING A SCHEDULING SYSTEM FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES USING SIMULATIONS Non-Final OA Waymo LLC
18961534 Lidar based Road Condition Estimation for Passenger Vehicles Non-Final OA Volvo Car Corporation
19237816 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VEHICLE CONTROL USING TERRAIN-BASED LOCALIZATION Final Rejection ClearMotion, Inc.
18033949 VEHICLE ACTIVE VIBRATION CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD Final Rejection LORD Corporation
17801006 DYNAMIC CONTEXTUAL ROAD OCCUPANCY MAP PERCEPTION FOR VULNERABLE ROAD USER SAFETY IN INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS Final Rejection Intel Corporation
18958967 NAVIGATION SYSTEM BASED ON ROUTINE WIDGET AND A METHOD FOR OPERATING THE SAME Non-Final OA HYUNDAI AUTOEVER CORP.
17796341 DYNAMIC ALARMS BASED ON REMOTE MOVING OBJECTS Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18491211 VARIABLE POSITION WINDBREAK FOR SUNROOF EQUIPPED VEHICLES Non-Final OA FCA US LLC
18336333 ACCOUNTING FOR INERTIAL MEASUREMENT UNIT BIAS Non-Final OA The Boeing Company
17331446 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING CONTEXTUAL THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGERY TO AIRCRAFT OPERATORS Non-Final OA Honeywell International Inc.
18192660 Probabilistic mission design Non-Final OA Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
18961347 VEHICLE DISPLAY DEVICE Non-Final OA YAZAKI CORPORATION
18165154 Monitoring Agricultural Operations Non-Final OA AGCO International GmbH
17664217 RESIDUE SPREAD MONITORING Non-Final OA AGCO International GmbH
18958987 AUTOMATIC DOCKING DEVICE AND AUTOMATIC DOCKING SYSTEM Non-Final OA SUZUKI MOTOR CORPORATION
17348963 SHIP TARGET OBJECT DETECTION SYSTEM, METHOD OF DETECTING SHIP TARGET OBJECT AND RELIABILITY ESTIMATING DEVICE Final Rejection Furuno Electric Co., Ltd.
18657236 SYSTEM FOR PHASE OF FLIGHT RECOGNITION VIA MACHINE LEARNING Final Rejection BETA AIR, LLC
17105586 AIRCRAFT DISPLAY SYSTEM AND METHOD Final Rejection BOMBARDIER INC.
18981044 LATENCY-BASED ROBOT DRIVING MAP GENERATION APPARATUS AND METHOD Non-Final OA SUNGSHIN WOMEN’S UNIVERSITY R&DB FOUNDATION
18808472 MOBILE INTEGRATED FIELD-DEPLOYED TASK-BASED EQUIPMENT AUTOMATION SYSTEM Non-Final OA CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC
17778917 REMOTE OPERATION ASSISTANCE SYSTEM FOR WORK MACHINE Final Rejection KOBELCO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
18531449 ROAAS RUNWAY ALIGNMENT INDICATIONS ON AIRPORT MOVING MAP Final Rejection Rockwell Collins, Inc.

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