Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Waymo LLC

35 pending office actions • 2 clients

Portfolio Summary

35
Total Pending OAs
9
Final Rejections
26
Non-Final OAs

Client Portfolio (2 clients)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
Waymo LLC 24
Waymo LLC 11

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatusFiled
19059867 Close-in Sensing Camera System Waymo LLC AYNALEM, NATHNAEL B 2488 Non-Final OA Feb 21, 2025
19038794 Reachability User Experience Interfaces for Autonomous Vehicles Waymo LLC PARK, KYLE S 3666 Non-Final OA Jan 28, 2025
19011765 DETECTING AND RESPONDING TO PROCESSIONS FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES Waymo LLC ISMAIL, MAHMOUD S 3662 Non-Final OA Jan 07, 2025
18989096 EXTERNAL FACING COMMUNICATIONS FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES Waymo LLC BARAKAT, MOHAMED 2689 Non-Final OA Dec 20, 2024
18989050 ARRANGING TRIPS FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES BASED ON WEATHER CONDITIONS Waymo LLC ALLEN, PAUL MCCARTHY 3669 Non-Final OA Dec 20, 2024
18980144 SECONDARY DISENGAGE ALERT FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES Waymo LLC ALUNKAL, THOMAS D 2686 Non-Final OA Dec 13, 2024
18973151 Systems For Implementing Fallback Behaviors For Autonomous Vehicles Waymo LLC SWEENEY, BRIAN P 3668 Non-Final OA Dec 09, 2024
18964856 Method for Performing a Vehicle Assist Operation Waymo LLC BRUSHABER, FREDERICK M 3665 Non-Final OA Dec 02, 2024
18955364 TESTING A SCHEDULING SYSTEM FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES USING SIMULATIONS Waymo LLC SILVA, MICHAEL THOMAS 3663 Non-Final OA Nov 21, 2024
18953761 Determining Pickup and Destination Locations for Autonomous Vehicles Waymo LLC ARTHUR JEANGLAUDE, GERTRUDE 3661 Non-Final OA Nov 20, 2024
18952239 METHOD AND VEHICLE FOR RESPONDING TO A LANE BLOCKING OBJECT Waymo LLC REFAI, RAMSEY 3664 Non-Final OA Nov 19, 2024
18950372 FLEET MANAGEMENT FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES Waymo LLC EL-BATHY, MOHAMED N 3624 Non-Final OA Nov 18, 2024
18950841 TREE POLICY PLANNING FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE DRIVING SOLUTIONS Waymo LLC HO, MATTHEW 3669 Non-Final OA Nov 18, 2024
18946349 IDENTIFYING PARKABLE AREAS FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES Waymo LLC POINT, RUFUS C 2689 Non-Final OA Nov 13, 2024
18936116 Railroad Light Detection Waymo LLC KUNTZ, JEWEL A 3666 Non-Final OA Nov 04, 2024
18887589 QUALITY SCORING FOR PULLOVERS FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES Waymo LLC WANG, JINGLI 3666 Non-Final OA Sep 17, 2024
18815952 TRAJECTORY LIMITING FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES Waymo LLC WILLIS, BRANDON Z. 3665 Non-Final OA Aug 27, 2024
18814682 DETERMINING AND RESPONDING TO AN INTERNAL STATUS OF A VEHICLE Waymo LLC ARTHUR JEANGLAUDE, GERTRUDE 3661 Non-Final OA Aug 26, 2024
18801993 SEMANTIC IDENTIFICATION OF PICKUP LOCATIONS Waymo LLC HILGENDORF, DALE W 3662 Final Rejection Aug 13, 2024
18796553 REAL-TIME LANE CHANGE SELECTION FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES Waymo LLC AMIN, BHAVESH V 3657 Non-Final OA Aug 07, 2024
18678806 TESTING SITUATIONAL AWARENESS OF DRIVERS TASKED WITH MONITORING A VEHICLE OPERATING IN AN AUTONOMOUS DRIVING MODE Waymo LLC NING, PETER Y 3661 Non-Final OA May 30, 2024
18648549 FALLBACK REQUESTS FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES Waymo LLC RAMPURIA, SATISH 2193 Final Rejection Apr 29, 2024
18605352 MANAGING A FLEET OF VEHICLES Waymo LLC MERLINO, DAVID P 3665 Non-Final OA Mar 14, 2024
18535532 AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING A PULLOVER SPOT IN RESPONSE TO DETECTED LOCAL FAILURE Waymo LLC ALLEN, PAUL MCCARTHY 3669 Final Rejection Dec 11, 2023
18492891 Detecting Unfamiliar Signs Waymo LLC CASS, JEAN PAUL 3666 Non-Final OA Oct 24, 2023
18374257 AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES Waymo LLC NGUYEN, MISA H 3666 Non-Final OA Sep 28, 2023
18459537 PREPOSITIONING AND DYNAMIC DISTRIBUTION OF ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE VEHICLES IN AN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE SERVICE Waymo LLC PRASAD, NANCY N 3624 Final Rejection Sep 01, 2023
18332021 NO-BLOCK ZONE COSTS IN SPACE AND TIME FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES Waymo LLC KHALED, ABDALLA A 3667 Non-Final OA Jun 09, 2023
17882687 Smart Signs for Autonomous Vehicles Waymo LLC TUN, NAY L 2688 Final Rejection Aug 08, 2022
17865007 CONTEXT AWARE STOPPING FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES Waymo LLC ALLEN, PAUL MCCARTHY 3669 Final Rejection Jul 14, 2022
17391618 USING MAP INFORMATION TO SMOOTH OBJECTS GENERATED FROM SENSOR DATA Waymo LLC NICKERSON, SAMANTHA K 3645 Non-Final OA Aug 02, 2021
17195882 DETECTING AND RESPONDING TO SOUNDS FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES Waymo LLC PEDERSEN, DAVID RUBEN 3658 Final Rejection Mar 09, 2021
17136489 SIMULATIONS OF SENSOR BEHAVIOR IN AN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE Waymo LLC WU, PAYSUN 3665 Non-Final OA Dec 29, 2020
16869682 USING PREDICTION MODELS FOR SCENE DIFFICULTY IN VEHICLE ROUTING Waymo LLC KHATIB, RAMI 3669 Final Rejection May 08, 2020
16218926 DETECTING PUDDLES AND STANDING WATER Waymo LLC KLEINMAN, LAIL A 3668 Final Rejection Dec 13, 2018

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