Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: WOOD, BLAKE ANDREW

Tech Center 3600 • Art Units: 3658 3664

This examiner grants 72% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

71.6%
Allow Rate
+19.6% vs TC avg
184
Total Applications
+13.9%
Interview Lift
1019
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 148 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

1.0%
§101 Eligibility
4.1%
§102 Novelty
91.1%
§103 Obviousness
2.3%
§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.
18589932 CONTROL SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18794197 INTEGRATION OF A SET OF ROBOTS TO PERFORM AN ACTIVITY Non-Final OA International Business Machines Corporation
18007027 SYSTEMS AND METHOD FOR SELECTING ASSIGNMENTS FOR MANIPULATOR ASSEMBLIES Final Rejection INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.
18741843 TRANSPORT METHOD Final Rejection MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
18741829 TRAVELING CONTROL METHOD, TRAVELING CONTROL PROGRAM, AND TRAVELING CONTROL SYSTEM Final Rejection Yanmar Holdings Co., Ltd.
19067693 ESCALATING HAZARD-RESPONSE OF DYNAMICALLY STABLE MOBILE ROBOT IN A COLLABORATIVE ENVIRONMENT AND RELATED TECHNOLOGY Final Rejection Agility Robotics, Inc.
18394287 ROBOTICS DEVICE CONTROL SIGNALS BASED ON MOVEMENT DATA Non-Final OA ETH Zürich
18810427 CONTROL DEVICE AND METHOD FOR TRAJECTORY PLANNING OF TURNING MOTION OF LEGGED ROBOT AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA UBTECH ROBOTICS CORP LTD
18886957 CONTINUOUS TELEOPERATION WITH ASSISTIVE MASTER CONTROL Non-Final OA Auris Health, Inc.
17670514 COATING CONTROL APPARATUS, COATING CONTROL SYSTEM, SETTING APPARATUS FOR COATING CONTROL APPARATUS, COATING CONTROL METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKI
17148127 Detecting Conflict Along a Route of a Robot Non-Final OA Aurora Flight Sciences Corporation, a subsidiary of The Boeing Company
18806196 LIFEBOAT Non-Final OA Zelim Limited
18742727 Robotic Dogs and Animal-Like Robots with Embodied Artificial Intelligence Non-Final OA General Cybernation Group Inc.
18565404 ADVANCED FLIGHT PROCESSING SYSTEM AND/OR METHOD Final Rejection MERLIN LABS, INC.
18525499 USER INTERFACE FOR INTERVENTIONAL DEVICE IDENTIFICATION Final Rejection Imperative Care, Inc.
18343974 INCIDENT NOTIFICATION SYSTEM FOR A SEMI-AUTONOMOUS CLEANING DEVICE Non-Final OA Avidbots Corp
17079424 System and method for Continuous Path Regulator (CPR) Non-Final OA Birket IP Holdings, Inc.

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