Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 17, 2026

Examiner: WOOD, BLAKE ANDREW

Tech Center 3600 • Art Units: 3658 3664

This examiner grants 72% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

72.0%
Allow Rate
+20.0% vs TC avg
191
Total Applications
+12.1%
Interview Lift
1029
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 161 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

9.7%
§101 Eligibility
21.0%
§102 Novelty
50.5%
§103 Obviousness
16.7%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18769733 INFORMATION OUTPUT METHOD, INFORMATION OUTPUT DEVICE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM Non-Final OA Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
18976767 METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE POSITION OF AN END EFFECTOR OF A MULTI-AXIS ROBOT AND SYSTEM EXECUTING THE METHOD Final Rejection Airbus Operations S.L.
18741843 TRANSPORT METHOD Final Rejection MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
18785691 WORKING ROBOT SYSTEM Non-Final OA YAMABIKO CORPORATION
19083826 FACILITY MANAGEMENT BASED ON CUMULATIVE DEVICE LOCATION DATA Non-Final OA AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
19169094 PATH PLANNING METHOD, POOL CLEANING ROBOT, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection SHENZHEN AIPER INTELLIGENT CO., LTD.
18736724 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING A VEHICLE Final Rejection GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC

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