Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 26, 2026

Oliver E Tan, USPTO Patent Examiner

Listed by the USPTO as TAN, OLIVER E

Tech Center 3600 • Art Units: 3661 3669

This examiner grants 73% of resolved cases

Analysis

TAN, OLIVER E is assigned to tech center 3600 and art unit 3661. The profile covers 124 resolved cases, with an allowance rate of 72.6% and a median of 1001 days to allowance. Interview lift is 8.8%, indicating a smaller observed interview effect than the principal allowance measure.

Toyota Motor Corporation, Volvo Group, and Kia Corporation are the leading companies. The listed firms are SUGHRUE MION, PLLC, OLIFF PLC, and Spencer Fane LLP. The data suggests that practitioners should keep interview strategy available while emphasizing claim and prior art analysis, and should plan around a prosecution period measured in more than a short filing cycle.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Performance Statistics

72.6%
Allow Rate
+20.6% vs TC avg
167
Total Applications
+8.8%
Interview Lift
1001
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 124 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

11.5%
§101 Eligibility
16.0%
§102 Novelty
53.0%
§103 Obviousness
17.7%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17977245 ROBOTIC VACUUM CLEANER FOR MONITORING PET AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
19119824 AUTONOMOUS DRIVING TEST METHOD AND PROGRAM Final Rejection SOFTBANK GROUP CORP.
19393746 ELECTRIC VEHICLE Non-Final OA TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
19204718 VEHICLE CONTROLLER, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR VEHICLE CONTROL Final Rejection TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
19098424 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18664702 DRIVER EVALUATION INFORMATION PROVIDING DEVICE AND EVALUATION INFORMATION PROVIDING METHOD Final Rejection TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18536145 COORDINATING EXISTING AND NEW FUNCTIONALITY ON A VEHICLE Non-Final OA TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC.
19002249 PARKED CAR CLASSIFICATION BASED ON A VELOCITY ESTIMATION Non-Final OA TOYOTA RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC.
19303564 Method for Optimizing a Geometric Path for a Robot Device Around an Obstacle Non-Final OA ABB Schweiz AG
19065210 TRAFFIC CONTROL APPARATUS, TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEM, AND TRAFFIC CONTROL METHOD Non-Final OA NEC CORPORATION
18648700 INFORMATION TRANSMISSION METHOD AND CLIENT DEVICE Non-Final OA Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
19392731 SECONDARY BRAKE SYSTEM FUNCTIONALITY Non-Final OA VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATION
19472465 A METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A POWER SYSTEM OF A VEHICLE Non-Final OA VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATiON
19247151 SYSTEM FOR ESTIMATING AND ADJUSTING VEHICLE ENERGY CONSUMPTION ON A ROAD SEGMENT BASED ON PREDICTED GENERAL WEATHER CONDITIONS Non-Final OA Volvo Truck Corporation
18965838 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING CONTROL AUTHORITY OF AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE Final Rejection Kia Corporation
18034187 VEHICLE FOR PERFORMING MINIMAL RISK MANEUVER AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE SAME Non-Final OA Kia Corporation
19157721 WORK MACHINE AND CONTROL METHOD FOR WORK MACHINE Final Rejection KOMATSU LTD.
18678421 Perception-Based Worksite Control System Non-Final OA Caterpillar Inc.
18308888 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR RESPONDING TO EMERGENCY SITUATION Non-Final OA HYUNDAI MOBIS Co., Ltd.
19114539 SPEED CONTROL Non-Final OA Siemens Mobility GmbH
19038890 SUBPROGRAM SHARING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited
19147122 VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE Final Rejection AISIN CORPORATION
19011016 END TO END AND HEURISTIC TRAJECTORY PLANNING FUSION FOR AUTOMATED DRIVING Non-Final OA GM Global Technology Operations LLC

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is examiner Oliver E Tan's allowance rate?

72.6% of resolved applications examined by Oliver E Tan were allowed (124 resolved cases), compared with 77.3% across Art Unit 3661 over the last five years.

Does an interview help with examiner Oliver E Tan?

This examiner's interview lift is +8.8 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.

How long does examiner Oliver E Tan take to allow a patent?

Applications allowed by Oliver E Tan took 1,001 days on average from filing to allowance.

Which art unit does examiner Oliver E Tan work in?

Oliver E Tan examines applications in Art Unit 3661 in Tech Center 3600 (Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems).

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