Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: STIEBRITZ, NOAH WILLIAM

Tech Center 3600 • Art Units: 3658

This examiner grants 67% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

66.7%
Allow Rate
+14.7% vs TC avg
70
Total Applications
-4.0%
Interview Lift
911
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 33 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

15.4%
§101 Eligibility
10.8%
§102 Novelty
66.0%
§103 Obviousness
7.0%
§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.
18761922 AUTONOMOUS DRIVING SYSTEM Final Rejection TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18833440 DESIGNATION DEVICE, ROBOT SYSTEM, DESIGNATION METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM Final Rejection NEC Corporation
18889385 INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM Final Rejection FUJIFILM CORPORATION
18231330 INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM Final Rejection Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
18982229 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
18585741 TECHNIQUE OF PATH PLANNING FOR A MOBILE NON-CIRCULAR ROBOT Final Rejection Siemens Healthineers AG
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
18993202 ROBOT CONTROL DEVICE Non-Final OA 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
18559928 VEHICLE MOTION CONTROL DEVICE AND VEHICLE MOTION CONTROL METHOD Final Rejection Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.
18837070 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, ROBOT SYSTEM, AND COATING MATERIAL AMOUNT PREDICTION METHOD Non-Final OA KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18726523 SELF-MOVING DEVICE CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA Beijing Roborock Innovation Technology Co., Ltd.
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.

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