Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: UNDERWOOD, BAKARI

Tech Center 3600 • Art Units: 3662 3663

This examiner grants 70% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

70.1%
Allow Rate
+18.1% vs TC avg
236
Total Applications
+18.6%
Interview Lift
1129
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 201 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

6.0%
§101 Eligibility
1.4%
§102 Novelty
87.1%
§103 Obviousness
3.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18734749 ADAPTIVE CRUISE CONTROL BASED ON REAL-TIME DDS MIDDLEWARE Non-Final OA KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS
17466039 MOVING BODY MONITORING SYSTEM, CONTROL SERVER OF MOVING BODY MONITORING SYSTEM, AND MOVING BODY MONITORING METHOD Non-Final OA IHI Corporation
17414987 Method for Determining Tolerances of Components or Assemblies Non-Final OA ZF Friedrichshafen AG
18330334 AUTOMATED DRIVING CONTROL DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING AUTOMATED DRIVING CONTROL PROGRAM Non-Final OA DENSO CORPORATION
17422139 METHOD AND TRANSMISSION TERMINAL FOR RECEIVING FEEDBACK SIGNAL IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Non-Final OA LG ELECTRONICS INC.
18482962 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PREDICTING TRAFFIC SIGNAL PHASE AND TIMING Non-Final OA Ford Global Technologies, LLC
18046200 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OPTIMIZING ROUTES AND WATER USAGE Non-Final OA Ford Global Technologies, LLC
17119108 Systems, Apparatus, and Methods for Reordering Image Data Non-Final OA Waymo LLC
18849895 MOBILE OBJECT CONTROL DEVICE, MOBILE OBJECT CONTROL METHOD, AND MOBILE OBJECT Non-Final OA SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
17862156 LOW CLEARANCE WARNING FOR VEHICLES Final Rejection Robert Bosch GmbH
18124150 LIDAR-BASED OBJECT DETECTION APPARATUS AND AUTONOMOUS DRIVING CONTROL APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME Non-Final OA KIA CORPORATION
17617281 CONTROL DEVICE OF BRAKE SYSTEM Non-Final OA HL MANDO CORPORATION
18151945 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LOCAL HORIZON AND OCCLUDED ROAD SEGMENT DETECTION Non-Final OA MOBILEYE VISION TECHNOLOGIES LTD.
18174455 SHIP STATE ESTIMATION DEVICE, SHIP STATE ESTIMATION SYSTEM, SHIP STATE ESTIMATION METHOD, AND SHIP STATE ESTIMATION PROGRAM Non-Final OA FURUNO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
18358443 End-To-End Interpretable Motion Planner for Autonomous Vehicles Final Rejection Aurora Operations, Inc.
17861986 METHOD FOR DETERMINING A TRAJECTORY OF AN AIRCRAFT Non-Final OA THALES
18657621 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ASSISTING IN DRIVING VEHICLE IN ENTRANCE AND EXIT LANES Final Rejection HL KLEMOVE CORP.
18846007 CLOUD-BASED SENSING AND CONTROL USING AUTOMOTIVE RADAR NETWORK Non-Final OA B.G. Negev Technologies Ltd., at Ben-Gurion University
18551801 Methods and Systems for Detecting Damage to Agricultural Implements Non-Final OA AGCO Corporation
18763842 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRIP CLASSIFICATION Final Rejection Credit Karma, LLC
17980103 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROCESSING AND INTERPRETING ROADSIDE LiDAR DATA Final Rejection Board of Regents of the Nevada System of Higher Education, on behalf of the University of Nevada
18434999 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PREDICTING LEVEL OF CONGESTION AT CHARGING STATIONS Final Rejection CARCHAP CO., LTD.

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