Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 27, 2026

Noah William Stiebritz, USPTO Patent Examiner

Listed by the USPTO as STIEBRITZ, NOAH WILLIAM

Tech Center 3600 • Art Units: 3658

This examiner grants 62% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

61.5%
Allow Rate
+9.5% vs TC avg
75
Total Applications
-7.1%
Interview Lift
909
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 39 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

16.9%
§101 Eligibility
11.2%
§102 Novelty
63.5%
§103 Obviousness
7.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18127789 VISUAL HEIGHT ESTIMATOR WITH ROBOTIC POURING CONTROLLER FOR GRANULAR MEDIA Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18820592 END EFFECTOR, ROBOT SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD OF END EFFECTOR, CONTROL METHOD OF ROBOT SYSTEM, MANUFACTURING METHOD OF ARTICLE, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18260652 MOVING APPARATUS AND MOVING APPARATUS CONTROL METHOD FOR GROUNDED TRAVEL ON UNEVEN SURFACES Final Rejection SONY GROUP CORPORATION
18259465 ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM AND ROBOT WITH SELECTABLE CHARACTERISTICS Final Rejection Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC
18231330 INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM Final Rejection Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
18837070 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, ROBOT SYSTEM, AND COATING MATERIAL AMOUNT PREDICTION METHOD Non-Final OA KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18585741 TECHNIQUE OF PATH PLANNING FOR A MOBILE NON-CIRCULAR ROBOT Final Rejection Siemens Healthineers AG
18993202 ROBOT CONTROL DEVICE Final Rejection FANUC CORPORATION
18548834 MOTION-PATH GENERATION DEVICE, NUMERICAL CONTROL DEVICE, NUMERICAL CONTROL SYSTEM, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM STORING COMPUTER PROGRAM Final Rejection FANUC CORPORATION
19260610 ROBOT SYSTEM AND MODELING METHOD Non-Final OA KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKI
18447518 SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF GUARDING A MOBILE ROBOT Final Rejection Boston Dynamics, Inc.
18884503 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR GENERATING COORDINATE SYSTEM TRANSFORMATION INFORMATION, AND ROBOTIC SURGICAL SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME Non-Final OA LIVSMED INC.
18666507 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING DRIVABLE LANE CORRIDORS Final Rejection Torc Robotics, Inc.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is examiner Noah William Stiebritz's allowance rate?

61.5% of resolved applications examined by Noah William Stiebritz were allowed (39 resolved cases), compared with 61.9% across Art Unit 3658 over the last five years.

Does an interview help with examiner Noah William Stiebritz?

This examiner's interview lift is -7.1 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.

How long does examiner Noah William Stiebritz take to allow a patent?

Applications allowed by Noah William Stiebritz took 909 days on average from filing to allowance.

Which art unit does examiner Noah William Stiebritz work in?

Noah William Stiebritz examines applications in Art Unit 3658 in Tech Center 3600 (Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems).

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