Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: THOMPSON, JOSEPH LEIGH

Tech Center 3600 • Art Units: 3661 3665

This examiner grants 18% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

18.2%
Allow Rate
-33.8% vs TC avg
54
Total Applications
+50.0%
Interview Lift
1014
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 11 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

1.7%
§101 Eligibility
1.7%
§102 Novelty
93.0%
§103 Obviousness
3.5%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18274421 VEHICLE DIAGNOSTIC DEVICE FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE Non-Final OA LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
18285982 CONTROL APPARATUS CONTROLLING A TARGET BY DETERMINING ABNORMALITY OF CONTROL PROCESSING Non-Final OA Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
18983761 MOTION INFORMATION FOR VEHICLE COMBINATIONS Non-Final OA VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATION
18631422 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ELECTRICAL ENERGY STORAGE SWAPPING Final Rejection VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATION
18733056 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ESTIMATING BOUNDARY LINES ON A ROAD BY COMPARING VEHICLE RELATIONSHIPS Final Rejection Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
18509772 SYSTEM FOR ESTIMATION OF REMAINING TIRE MILEAGE Final Rejection The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
18701579 CONDITIONAL VEHICLE DATA ACCESS GRANTING TO THIRD PARTIES BASED ON GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION OF RELATIVE POSITION BETWEEN VEHICLE AND THIRD PARTIES Final Rejection Tesla, Inc.
18508817 FLIGHT CONTROL INFORMATION SETTING DEVICE, UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE MONITORING SYSTEM, AND FLIGHT CONTROL INFORMATION SETTING METHOD Final Rejection Rakuten Group, Inc.
18612624 DISPLAY SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD Final Rejection Panasonic Automotive Systems Co., Ltd.
18689037 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA PIONEER CORPORATION
18782543 COOLANT MONITORING SYSTEM Final Rejection FCA US LLC
17983056 METHOD OF CONDITIONING BATTERY OF ELECTRIC VEHICLE Non-Final OA Kia Corporation
18640500 GENERATING A ROUTE THROUGH A FACILITY DURING AN EVENT Non-Final OA Honeywell International Inc.
18810837 CONTROLLER Final Rejection SUBARU CORPORATION
18181055 CONTROL SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD OF CONTROL SYSTEM Non-Final OA HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
18502751 METHOD AND SYSTEM OF COORDINATING CLEARANCE OF A WORK AREA Non-Final OA Deere & Company
18656484 Work Machine Control Method, Work Machine Control Program, Work Machine Control System, And Work Machine Final Rejection Yanmar Holdings Co., Ltd.
18859680 A DATA PROCESSING METHOD OF AN INDOOR POSITIONING SYSTEM FOR SCALABILITY IMPROVEMENT Non-Final OA SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
18567566 METHOD FOR OPERATING A MOTORISED FLAP ARRANGEMENT OF A MOTOR VEHICLE Non-Final OA Brose Fahrzeugteile SE & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Bamberg
18776060 TECHNIQUES FOR CONTROLLING VEHICLES USING PARALLELIZED MACHINE LEARNING MODELS Final Rejection NVIDIA CORPORATION
18182060 PATH DETECTION FOR AUTONOMOUS MACHINES USING DEEP NEURAL NETWORKS Non-Final OA NVIDIA Corporation
18991530 METHOD FOR PROVIDING A FREE-SPACE ESTIMATION WITH MOTION DATA Non-Final OA ZENSEACT AB
18951550 METHOD OF PREDICTING HOLIDAY EXPRESSWAY TRAVEL TRAFFIC VOLUME BASED ON INFLUENCE OF WEATHER FACTORS Non-Final OA SHENZHEN URBAN TRANSPORT PLANNING CENTER CO., LTD.
18779045 Methods and Systems for Deep Stall Control of Uncrewed Aerial Vehicles Final Rejection Wing Aviation LLC
18436863 PERCEPTION-BASED OBSTRUCTION DETECTION SYSTEM FOR A RAMP IN A WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE VEHICLE Final Rejection The Braun Corporation
18174509 TIMING SHADOW ADS APPLICATION BASED ON ODD BOUNDS Non-Final OA WOVEN BY TOYOTA, INC.
18467542 AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES DETECTING AND REPORTING DEGRADED STATES OF PEERS Final Rejection GM Cruise Holdings LLC
18262899 AUTOMATICALLY CONSTRUCTING A DIAGNOSTICS FAULT MODEL FROM VEHICLE ENGINEERING DOCUMENTATION Non-Final OA BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE AKTIENGE-SELLSCHAFT

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