Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18874087 | CONTROL DEVICE AND CONTROL SYSTEM | December 2024 | January 2026 | Allow | 14 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18853147 | AUTHORIZABLE INDUSTRIAL CONTROL HANDLE WITH OPERATOR FEEDBACK FEATURE | October 2024 | February 2026 | Allow | 17 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18804138 | INITIATING UWB COMMUNICATION BETWEEN VEHICLE SYSTEM AND PORTABLE IDENTIFIER | August 2024 | January 2026 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18799175 | GESTURE INTERFACE CONTROL OF A MOBILE STORAGE SYSTEM | August 2024 | February 2026 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18766446 | ULTRA WIDE BAND (UWB) BASED AUTOMATIC TRUNK ADJUSTMENT | July 2024 | January 2026 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18747246 | POSITION DETERMINATION DEVICE, POSITION DETERMINATION METHOD, AND VEHICULAR ELECTRONIC KEY SYSTEM | June 2024 | November 2025 | Allow | 17 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18718775 | METHOD FOR A CONTROLLER OF A VEHICLE FOR OPERATING A MOVABLE COMPONENT OF THE VEHICLE, CONTROLLER, VEHICLE AND COMPUTER PROGRAM | June 2024 | January 2026 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18659697 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF ADAPTIVE TRANSMITTER FOR AN OBJECT DETECTION SYSTEM | May 2024 | December 2025 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18633093 | Configurable Radio-Frequency Identification Reader | April 2024 | March 2026 | Allow | 23 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 18620633 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENHANCED VIDEO DOORBELL EXPERIENCES | March 2024 | February 2026 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18695122 | KEY FOR A VEHICLE | March 2024 | February 2026 | Abandon | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18612711 | SECURITY SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE | March 2024 | November 2025 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18606456 | HOUSING DEVICE | March 2024 | January 2026 | Abandon | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18603449 | System, Method, and Computer Program Product for Identifying Device Connections | March 2024 | May 2025 | Abandon | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18690429 | WORK MACHINE ACTIVATION SYSTEM AND METHOD OF ACTIVATING WORK MACHINE | March 2024 | October 2025 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18442006 | NOISE-SHAPING ADC WITH OVERLOAD RECOVERY | February 2024 | November 2025 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18290742 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR PRIORITIZING AN IN PARTICULAR UWB-BASED DISTANCE DETERMINATION | January 2024 | January 2026 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18399177 | WIRELESS TAG LOCATION | December 2023 | October 2025 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18398111 | Method for correcting analog-to-digital converter | December 2023 | October 2025 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18539963 | VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD OF VEHICLE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | December 2023 | October 2025 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18387330 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING VEHICLE BY RECOGNIZING DIGITAL KEY | November 2023 | January 2026 | Allow | 26 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18287667 | METHOD AND MOTOR VEHICLE | October 2023 | October 2025 | Allow | 24 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18489698 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GROUP PROBABILITY-BASED PREFIX MODIFICATION OF UNKNOWN SYMBOL PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS | October 2023 | October 2025 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18478407 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AREA-BASED ACCESS CONTROL | September 2023 | February 2026 | Abandon | 29 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18478712 | POWER MANAGEMENT BASED ON FRAME SLICING | September 2023 | December 2025 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18472752 | CONTINUOUS-TIME DATA CONVERTER WITH DIGITAL MULTI-STAGE NOISE SHAPING SUBCONVERTER | September 2023 | August 2025 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18283135 | OPERATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, OPERATION MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, OPERATION MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM | September 2023 | December 2025 | Allow | 27 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18546471 | AUTHENTICATION SYSTEM, AUTHENTICATION DEVICE, AND AUTHENTICATION METHOD | August 2023 | December 2025 | Abandon | 28 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18362394 | Asset Management and IOT Device for Refrigerated Appliances | July 2023 | July 2025 | Allow | 24 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18354016 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MONITORING USER INTERACTION AND MAINTAINING INTEREST OF A USER | July 2023 | February 2026 | Allow | 31 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18341351 | SYSTEM FOR DETECTING OBSCURANTS ON A VEHICLE LAMP | June 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18324061 | FLEET-CONNECTED VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION | May 2023 | November 2025 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18314800 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MOBILE FOB OR KEY BRIDGE, VERSATILE SMART KEY, AND SMART DEVICE INTERFACE | May 2023 | February 2026 | Allow | 34 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18295075 | Differentiated and Modulated Spectrum Power Radiation Via MIMO and Beamforming Imposed Upon Ambient Electromagnetic Power Harvesting Chips | April 2023 | October 2025 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17691427 | WIRELESS DEVICE, CONTROL SYSTEM, WIRELESS TRANSMISSION METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | March 2022 | October 2025 | Allow | 43 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 16577116 | BIDIRECTIONAL TRACKING SYSTEM AND BIDIRECTIONAL TRACKING METHOD | September 2019 | November 2020 | Allow | 14 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16501708 | Collective objects management system with receptacle for random deposit of addressable objects | May 2019 | February 2020 | Allow | 9 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16402501 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING DOOR UNLOCKING OF AUTOMOBILE | May 2019 | July 2020 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16291730 | INTERNET OF THINGS SMART ENTRY | March 2019 | May 2021 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 16271862 | WIRELESSLY-CONTROLLED FINGERPRINT LOCKING DEVICE AND METHOD OF USE | February 2019 | March 2021 | Allow | 25 | 4 | 0 | No | No |
| 16146939 | GEOFENCE TRANSPORT SEALING | September 2018 | March 2020 | Allow | 18 | 0 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16087150 | CONTROLLER | September 2018 | August 2020 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 15769188 | METHOD FOR ESTIMATING A DISTANCE AND ELECTRONIC UNIT FOR A VEHICLE | September 2018 | March 2020 | Allow | 23 | 2 | 0 | No | Yes |
| 16136052 | HYBRID USER RECOGNITION SYSTEMS FOR VEHICLE ACCESS AND CONTROL | September 2018 | December 2019 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 14567154 | DYNAMIC ADJUSTMENTS OF TAPE HEAD WRAP ANGLES | December 2014 | August 2015 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 14382332 | SAFE CARD | September 2014 | October 2020 | Allow | 60 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 14312514 | DATA STORAGE DEVICE ERASING MULTIPLE ADJACENT DATA TRACKS TO RECOVER FROM INTER-TRACK INTERFERENCE | June 2014 | April 2015 | Allow | 10 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 14223942 | Minimization of VCM-resolution switching induced position error transients | March 2014 | September 2015 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 14197627 | MAGNETIC DISK DEVICE AND METHOD FOR READ/WRITE OFFSET ERROR CORRECTION | March 2014 | October 2014 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 14241931 | SERVO CONTROL | February 2014 | September 2015 | Allow | 19 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 14188853 | OPTICAL PICKUP AND OPTICAL INFORMATION STORAGE SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME | February 2014 | May 2015 | Allow | 15 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 14187579 | OPTICAL PICKUP AND OPTICAL INFORMATION STORAGE SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME | February 2014 | May 2015 | Allow | 14 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 14186111 | DISK STORAGE APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING HEAD DISK INTERFERENCE SENSOR THRESHOLD | February 2014 | November 2014 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 14099886 | DISK DRIVE USING TIMING LOOP CONTROL SIGNAL FOR VIBRATION COMPENSATION IN SERVO LOOP | December 2013 | May 2015 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 14098699 | STORAGE DEVICE, SWEEP OPERATION CONTROL METHOD AND SWEEP OPERATION CONTROL PROGRAM | December 2013 | October 2014 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 13954074 | OPTICAL INFORMATION RECORDING/REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND OBJECTIVE OPTICAL SYSTEM FOR THE SAME | July 2013 | December 2013 | Allow | 4 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 13863681 | OPTICAL DISK RECORDING DEVICE AND OPTICAL DISK RECORDING METHOD | April 2013 | July 2014 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 13764734 | COPY-PROTECTED OPTICAL RECORDING MEDIUM, METHOD FOR DRIVING THEREOF AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THEREOF | February 2013 | May 2014 | Allow | 15 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 13712837 | DISK DRIVE ADAPTING FEED-FORWARD COMPENSATION USING ITERATIVE LEARNING CONTROL OVER SEGMENTS OF SEEK LENGTH | December 2012 | July 2014 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 13666118 | Data Storage System and a Method for Measuring a Change in a Spacing Between a Head and a Storage Medium of a Data Storage System | November 2012 | April 2015 | Allow | 30 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 13628800 | NRZI PROCESSING METHODS AND DEVICES TO CORRECT FOR SYNC DETECTION FAILURES | September 2012 | March 2014 | Allow | 18 | 2 | 0 | Yes | Yes |
| 13583883 | MULTILAYER OPTICAL RECORDING MEDIUM | September 2012 | June 2013 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 13528892 | TAPE DRIVE DEVICE, TAPE LIBRARY DEVICE, AND DATA STORING METHOD | June 2012 | June 2014 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 13473762 | TAPE STORAGE DEVICE, DATA WRITING METHOD, AND PROGRAM | May 2012 | September 2014 | Allow | 28 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 13473365 | MAGNETIC DISK DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING HEAD POSITION | May 2012 | March 2014 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 13433823 | DATA STORAGE | March 2012 | September 2012 | Allow | 5 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 13433142 | DISK DRIVE TUNING SPEED CONTROL LOOP FOR A SPINDLE MOTOR | March 2012 | October 2013 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 13430360 | RECORDING/REPRODUCING DEVICE | March 2012 | January 2014 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 13412657 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING PHASE DIFFERENCE OF TRACKING ERROR SIGNAL IN OPTICAL DISC DRIVE | March 2012 | January 2013 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 13411975 | MASTER STRATEGY ADJUSTMENT METHOD AND DISC MANUFACTURING METHOD | March 2012 | July 2013 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 13410409 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR RETRIEVING INFORMATION FROM AN OPTICAL RECORD CARRIER AT VARIOUS READING SPEEDS | March 2012 | August 2012 | Allow | 5 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 13299172 | METHOD OF GENERATING TRACKING ERROR SIGNAL, OPTICAL PICKUP DEVICE, AND OPTICAL DISC DRIVE DEVICE ADOPTING THE METHOD | November 2011 | June 2013 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 13276506 | RECORDING DEVICE AND SPOT POSITION CONTROL METHOD | October 2011 | April 2013 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 13260969 | OPTICAL PICKUP DEVICE | October 2011 | December 2012 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 13251874 | OPTICAL DISC REPRODUCTION APPARATUS | October 2011 | January 2013 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 13050146 | OPTICAL INFORMATION RECORDING/REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND OBJECTIVE OPTICAL SYSTEM FOR THE SAME | March 2011 | April 2013 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 13047772 | OPTICAL DISC DRIVE AND METHOD FOR DETECTING VERTICAL DEVIATION THEREON | March 2011 | February 2013 | Allow | 23 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 12963785 | OPTICAL PICKUP, PHOTODETECTOR, AND DRIVE ADOPTING THE OPTICAL PICKUP | December 2010 | November 2012 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 12949839 | RECORDING/REPRODUCING APPARATUS | November 2010 | October 2013 | Allow | 35 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 12893332 | OPTICAL INFORMATION RECORDING/REPRODUCING OPTICAL SYSTEM AND OPTICAL INFORMATION RECORDING/REPRODUCING APPARATUS | September 2010 | June 2013 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 12873469 | PHASE ERROR DETECTION APPARATUS, PHASE ERROR DETECTION METHOD, AND REPRODUCTION APPARATUS | September 2010 | February 2013 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 12873522 | REPRODUCING DEVICE AND REPRODUCING METHOD | September 2010 | August 2013 | Allow | 35 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 12872276 | OPTICAL PICKUP DEVICE | August 2010 | October 2012 | Allow | 26 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 12869140 | RECORDING APPARATUS AND RECORDING METHOD | August 2010 | July 2012 | Allow | 23 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 12858565 | OPTICAL PICKUP DEVICE | August 2010 | January 2014 | Allow | 41 | 5 | 0 | No | Yes |
| 12858520 | OPTICAL PICKUP AND OPTICAL DISC APPARATUS | August 2010 | December 2012 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 12856762 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ZERO OFFSET AND GAIN START | August 2010 | May 2014 | Allow | 45 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 12823162 | LIQUID CRYSTAL ELEMENT, OPTICAL HEAD DEVICE, AND VARIABLE OPTICAL MODULATION ELEMENT | June 2010 | July 2012 | Allow | 25 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 12519691 | PLL CIRCUIT AND DISK DRIVE | June 2009 | November 2013 | Allow | 53 | 4 | 0 | No | No |
| 12339522 | PATTERN AND METHOD FOR FORMING THE SAME | December 2008 | July 2012 | Allow | 43 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 12337457 | METHOD FOR FORMATTING AND READING DATA DISKS | December 2008 | July 2014 | Allow | 60 | 6 | 0 | No | Yes |
| 10797128 | INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM EVALUATION METHOD, INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM EVALUATION APPARATUS, INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM, INFORMATION REPRODUCTION APPARATUS, INFORMATION REPRODUCTION METHOD, AND INFORMATION RECORDING METHOD | March 2004 | October 2007 | Allow | 44 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 10786617 | INFORMATION RECORDING APPARATUS | February 2004 | May 2008 | Allow | 50 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 10751729 | DISC WITH TEMPORARY DEFECT MANAGEMENT AREA, AND DISC DEFECT MANAGEMENT METHOD AND APPARATUS THEREFOR | January 2004 | October 2007 | Allow | 45 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 10699150 | STORAGE DEVICE BASED ON PHASE-CHANGE MODULATED LUMINESCENCE | October 2003 | April 2007 | Allow | 41 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner ALUNKAL, THOMAS D.
Filing a Notice of Appeal can sometimes lead to allowance even before the appeal is fully briefed or decided by the PTAB. This occurs when the examiner or their supervisor reconsiders the rejection during the mandatory appeal conference (MPEP § 1207.01) after the appeal is filed.
In this dataset, 25.0% of applications that filed an appeal were subsequently allowed. This appeal filing benefit rate is below the USPTO average, suggesting that filing an appeal has limited effectiveness in prompting favorable reconsideration.
⚠ Filing a Notice of Appeal shows limited benefit. Consider other strategies like interviews or amendments before appealing.
Examiner ALUNKAL, THOMAS D works in Art Unit 2686 and has examined 60 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 100.0%, this examiner allows applications at a higher rate than most examiners at the USPTO. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 22 months.
Examiner ALUNKAL, THOMAS D's allowance rate of 100.0% places them in the 96% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner is more likely to allow applications than most examiners at the USPTO.
On average, applications examined by ALUNKAL, THOMAS D receive 1.70 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 35% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues fewer office actions than average, which may indicate efficient prosecution or a more lenient examination style.
The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by ALUNKAL, THOMAS D is 22 months. This places the examiner in the 89% percentile for prosecution speed. Applications move through prosecution relatively quickly with this examiner.
Conducting an examiner interview provides a +0.0% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by ALUNKAL, THOMAS D. This interview benefit is in the 15% percentile among all examiners. Note: Interviews show limited statistical benefit with this examiner compared to others, though they may still be valuable for clarifying issues.
When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 39.5% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 90% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Insight: RCEs are highly effective with this examiner compared to others. If you receive a final rejection, filing an RCE with substantive amendments or arguments has a strong likelihood of success.
This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 42.1% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 64% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: This examiner shows above-average receptiveness to after-final amendments. If your amendments clearly overcome the rejections and do not raise new issues, consider filing after-final amendments before resorting to an RCE.
When applicants request a pre-appeal conference (PAC) with this examiner, 100.0% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 73% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: Pre-appeal conferences show above-average effectiveness with this examiner. If you have strong arguments, a PAC request may result in favorable reconsideration.
This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 100.0% of appeals filed. This is in the 92% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 100.0% occur early in the appeal process (after Notice of Appeal but before Appeal Brief). Strategic Insight: This examiner frequently reconsiders rejections during the appeal process compared to other examiners. Per MPEP § 1207.01, all appeals must go through a mandatory appeal conference. Filing a Notice of Appeal may prompt favorable reconsideration even before you file an Appeal Brief.
When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 133.3% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 96% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Note: Petitions are frequently granted regarding this examiner's actions compared to other examiners. Per MPEP § 1002.02(c), various examiner actions are petitionable to the Technology Center Director, including prematureness of final rejection, refusal to enter amendments, and requirement for information. If you believe an examiner action is improper, consider filing a petition.
Examiner's Amendments: This examiner makes examiner's amendments in 0.0% of allowed cases (in the 23% percentile). This examiner rarely makes examiner's amendments compared to other examiners. You should expect to make all necessary claim amendments yourself through formal amendment practice.
Quayle Actions: This examiner issues Ex Parte Quayle actions in 0.0% of allowed cases (in the 29% percentile). This examiner issues Quayle actions less often than average. Allowances may come directly without a separate action for formal matters.
Based on the statistical analysis of this examiner's prosecution patterns, here are tailored strategic recommendations:
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