Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: WOOD, BLAKE ANDREW

Tech Center 3600 • Art Units: 3658 3664

This examiner grants 72% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

71.8%
Allow Rate
+19.8% vs TC avg
181
Total Applications
+16.7%
Interview Lift
1092
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 142 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

10.4%
§101 Eligibility
22.0%
§102 Novelty
49.4%
§103 Obviousness
15.6%
§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.
18580791 HETEROGENEOUS ROBOT SYSTEM COMPRISING EDGE SERVER AND CLOUD SERVER, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SAME Final Rejection LG ELECTRONICS INC.
18741829 TRAVELING CONTROL METHOD, TRAVELING CONTROL PROGRAM, AND TRAVELING CONTROL SYSTEM Final Rejection Yanmar Holdings Co., Ltd.
18785691 WORKING ROBOT SYSTEM Final Rejection YAMABIKO CORPORATION
18823185 SMART SCHEDULING FOR AUTONOMOUS MACHINE OPERATION Non-Final OA THE TORO COMPANY
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
18741843 TRANSPORT METHOD Final Rejection MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, 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
18716955 CONTROL METHOD FOR SELF-WALKING DEVICE, SELF-WALKING DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection Beijing Roborock Technology Co., 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
18976767 METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE POSITION OF AN END EFFECTOR OF A MULTI-AXIS ROBOT AND SYSTEM EXECUTING THE METHOD Non-Final OA Airbus Operations S.L.
17251146 METHOD FOR LOCALIZING ROBOT, ROBOT, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA ECOVACS ROBOTICS CO., LTD.
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
17148127 Detecting Conflict Along a Route of a Robot Non-Final OA Aurora Flight Sciences Corporation, a subsidiary of The Boeing Company
18555551 OBSTACLE AVOIDANCE METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ROBOT, ROBOT, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE Final Rejection Beijing Roborock Innovation Technology Co., Ltd.
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.
18710520 DETECTION OF AN OCCURRING DEADLOCK CONFLICT IN A ROBOT FLEET OF AUTONOMOUS MOBILE ROBOTS Final Rejection MOBILE INDUSTRIAL ROBOTS A/S
18525499 USER INTERFACE FOR INTERVENTIONAL DEVICE IDENTIFICATION Final Rejection Imperative Care, Inc.
18565404 ADVANCED FLIGHT PROCESSING SYSTEM AND/OR METHOD Final Rejection MERLIN LABS, 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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