Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: WILHELM, TIMOTHY

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3611 3614 3616 3617 3747

This examiner grants 78% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

78.4%
Allow Rate
+8.4% vs TC avg
1143
Total Applications
+11.6%
Interview Lift
952
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1104 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.5%
§101 Eligibility
34.3%
§102 Novelty
46.7%
§103 Obviousness
13.4%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18476040 WHEEL MODULE Non-Final OA DENSO CORPORATION
18408348 STEER-BY-WIRE ROAD WHEEL ACTUATOR MULTI-GROOVE BALL SCREW ANTI-ROTATION MECHANISM Non-Final OA Steering Solutions IP Holding Corporation
18457594 STEER-BY-WIRE ROAD WHEEL ACTUATOR MULTI-GROOVE BALL SCREW ANTI-ROTATION MECHANISM Non-Final OA Steering Solutions IP Holding Corporation
18486274 STEERING YOKE DESIGN FOR INCREASED QUIETNESS Non-Final OA Ford Global Technologies, LLC
18014823 Tilting Vehicle With a Carrier Device Non-Final OA Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
18376105 STEER-BY-WIRE STEERING DEVICE Non-Final OA HL MANDO CORPORATION
18211186 STEERING ACTUATOR AND INITIAL FREE PLAY ADJUSTMENT METHOD BETWEEN REDUCER GEARS OF STEERING ACTUATOR Non-Final OA HL MANDO CORPORATION
18248066 VEHICLE OCCUPANT PROTECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ACTIVATING A VEHICLE OCCUPANT PROTECTION SYSTEM Non-Final OA ZF AUTOMOTIVE GERMANY GMBH
18452993 REAR END STEERING AND MOUNTING SYSTEM Non-Final OA Super ATV, LLC
18022028 HYBRID POWER UNIT AND HYBRID VEHICLE Non-Final OA TVS MOTOR COMPANY LIMITED
18725178 LOWER CONTROL ARM AND LOWER CONTROL ARM ASSEMBLY Non-Final OA AM General LLC
18006041 CYCLE DRIVING DEVICE HAVING A TORQUE SENSOR Final Rejection Moving Magnet Technologies
18415229 Zero Turn Radius Concrete Buggy Non-Final OA Allen Engineering Corporation
17470124 HARVESTING MACHINE FOR HARVESTING FRUITS FROM THE GROUND AND METHOD OF CONTROL OF THE SAME Final Rejection MONCHIERO & C. S.N.C.
18503646 HANDLE, COUPLING DEVICE AND VEHICLE Non-Final OA SAF-Holland, Inc.
18382157 REAR TRIANGLE OF A TUBULAR BICYCLE FRAME Non-Final OA CICLI PINARELLO S.R.L.
18282384 KNEE JOINT REHABILITATION APPARATUS FOR WHEELCHAIR Non-Final OA HEXARHUMANCARE CO., LTD
18462517 BICYCLE FOR RIDE PRACTICE AND BIKE FRAME THEREFOR Non-Final OA Vitamin i Factory Co., Ltd.
18044554 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SHIFTING TRAILERS Non-Final OA ELECTRANS TECHNOLOGIES LTD.
18090877 ELECTRIC BICYCLE HAVING A DRIVE BATTERY AND A DRIVE BATTERY ASSEMBLY FOR AN ELECTRIC BICYCLE Non-Final OA Smartscale NewCo AG

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