Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: SILVA, MICHAEL THOMAS

Tech Center 3600 • Art Units: 3612 3663

This examiner grants 31% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

30.9%
Allow Rate
-21.1% vs TC avg
159
Total Applications
+21.6%
Interview Lift
1292
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 97 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

7.3%
§101 Eligibility
6.0%
§102 Novelty
62.2%
§103 Obviousness
23.5%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18958934 PARKING ASSISTANCE APPARATUS AND PARKING ASSISTANCE METHOD Non-Final OA Panasonic Automotive Systems Co., Ltd.
17971359 Operational State Detection for Obstacles in Mobile Robots Non-Final OA ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES 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.
18980952 Autonomy Systems and Methods for a Vocational Vehicle Non-Final OA Oshkosh Corporation
18151151 PROCESSING UNIT AND METHOD THEREIN FOR MANAGING ENERGY CONSUMPTION IN A VEHICLE Non-Final OA VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATION
18961534 Lidar based Road Condition Estimation for Passenger Vehicles Non-Final OA Volvo Car Corporation
18929890 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING VEHICLE Non-Final OA POSTECH RESEARCH AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION
19237816 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VEHICLE CONTROL USING TERRAIN-BASED LOCALIZATION Final Rejection ClearMotion, Inc.
18644620 METHOD AND SYSTEM OF PROPAGATED AIRSPACE RISK LEVEL ENCODING OF GROUND ATTRIBUTES Non-Final OA THE BOEING COMPANY
18336333 ACCOUNTING FOR INERTIAL MEASUREMENT UNIT BIAS Non-Final OA The Boeing Company
18112637 POWER SUPPLY MANAGEMENT METHOD, POWER SUPPLY MANAGEMENT DEVICE, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING POWER SUPPLY MANAGEMENT PROGRAM Non-Final OA Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
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
18958987 AUTOMATIC DOCKING DEVICE AND AUTOMATIC DOCKING SYSTEM Non-Final OA SUZUKI MOTOR CORPORATION
18958967 NAVIGATION SYSTEM BASED ON ROUTINE WIDGET AND A METHOD FOR OPERATING THE SAME Non-Final OA HYUNDAI AUTOEVER CORP.
17612427 METHOD AND DRIVER ASSISTANCE SYSTEM FOR CLASSIFYING OBJECTS IN THE SURROUNDINGS OF A VEHICLE Non-Final OA Robert Bosch GmbH
18491211 VARIABLE POSITION WINDBREAK FOR SUNROOF EQUIPPED VEHICLES Non-Final OA FCA US LLC
18839552 Driving Assistance Method and Driving Assistance Device Final Rejection Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
18961347 VEHICLE DISPLAY DEVICE Non-Final OA YAZAKI CORPORATION
18955364 TESTING A SCHEDULING SYSTEM FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES USING SIMULATIONS Non-Final OA Waymo LLC
18165154 Monitoring Agricultural Operations Non-Final OA AGCO International GmbH
17664217 RESIDUE SPREAD MONITORING Non-Final OA AGCO International GmbH
17778917 REMOTE OPERATION ASSISTANCE SYSTEM FOR WORK MACHINE Final Rejection KOBELCO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
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.
18793696 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LOW-THRUST PROPULSION TRAJECTORY OPTIMIZATION USING A MINIMUM TIME TRANSFER Non-Final OA Blue Origin, LLC
18183970 LEVERAGING CONNECTIVITY TO EXTEND DRIVING RANGE Final Rejection TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC.
18531449 ROAAS RUNWAY ALIGNMENT INDICATIONS ON AIRPORT MOVING MAP Final Rejection Rockwell Collins, Inc.

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