Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: TANG, BRYANT

Tech Center 3600 • Art Units: 3656 3658 3664

This examiner grants 86% of resolved cases

Analysis

Bryant Tang serves in Art Unit 3656 within Tech Center 3600. With 72 resolved cases, the examiner has an allowance rate of 86.1 percent. This high rate suggests a favorable environment for obtaining a patent grant. The interview lift is 0.2 percent, indicating that, based on the available data, interviews have a minimal impact on the probability of allowance. Practitioners can use the 86.1 percent allowance rate to provide clients with a high degree of confidence.

The median days to allowance is 915. This duration provides a benchmark for the expected timeline of successful prosecution. The 0.2 percent interview lift suggests that the examiner is often open to allowance through written responses alone. These metrics, derived from 72 resolved cases, offer a clear and data-grounded perspective on the examiner's historical performance. Applicants should keep the 915-day median timeframe in mind when planning their strategy in Tech Center 3600.

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

Performance Statistics

86.1%
Allow Rate
+34.1% vs TC avg
101
Total Applications
+0.2%
Interview Lift
915
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 72 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

8.1%
§101 Eligibility
24.9%
§102 Novelty
52.9%
§103 Obviousness
12.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19109098 GUIDE ROBOT AND OPERATION METHOD OF GUIDE ROBOT Non-Final OA LG ELECTRONICS INC.
18675488 ELECTRONIC DEVICES MOUNTED ON AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES, ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS INCLUDING THE SAME, AND OPERATION METHODS THEREOF Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18649866 MOBILE ROBOT AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18967875 ROUTE GUIDANCE SYSTEM Final Rejection TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18434970 TRAVEL ROUTE PRESENTATION SYSTEM Final Rejection TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
19279406 PARTICLE FILTERING FOR LEARNING OBJECT PHYSICS FROM ROBOT INTERACTION VIDEOS Non-Final OA Toyota Research Institute, Inc.
18551247 Industrial Robot with A Peer-To-Peer Communication Interface to Support Collaboration Among Robots Non-Final OA ABB Schweiz AG
18261747 ASSEMBLING APPARATUS, ASSEMBLING METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA ABB Schweiz AG
18954178 VISUALIZATION OF EFFECTS OF DEVICE MOVEMENTS IN AN OPERATING ROOM Final Rejection Cilag GmbH International
19055083 Device and Method for Natural Language Controlled Industrial Assembly Robotics Non-Final OA Robert Bosch GmbH
18981744 REMOTE OPERATION CONTROL DEVICE, REMOTE OPERATION CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
18417760 Crop Measurement Accuracy Improvement System and Method Final Rejection Deere & Company
18757100 APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING A VEHICLE AND A METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA KIA CORPORATION
18909019 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PREEMPTIVE MITIGATION OF UNDESIRABLE OPERATIONS IN A FLEET OF VEHICLES Final Rejection Textron Inc.
18724984 ROBOT CONTROL DEVICE Non-Final OA FANUC CORPORATION
18276996 ROBOT CONTROL DEVICE, ROBOT CONTROL SYSTEM, AND ROBOT CONTROL METHOD Final Rejection FANUC CORPORATION
18091520 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SYNCHRONIZING ACTIONS OF LEARNING DEVICES BETWEEN SIMULATED WORLD AND REAL WORLD Final Rejection ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
18761998 Object-Based Robot Control Non-Final OA Boston Dynamics, Inc.
18545050 METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATED CEILING DETECTION Final Rejection Boston Dynamics, Inc.
18649136 LASH PODS FOR MICRO-ROBOT FACTORY SERVICE Non-Final OA L'Oreal

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