Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19232972 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR BIOMETRIC ACCESS CONTROL | June 2025 | January 2026 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 19089408 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REVEALING UNLOCK CODES FOR LOCKS | March 2025 | November 2025 | Abandon | 8 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 19011045 | System, Method and Device for Age Authenticated Vaping | January 2025 | October 2025 | Allow | 9 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18841033 | ENTRY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, ENTRY MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM | August 2024 | February 2026 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18801504 | Multi-Factor Authentication System for Property Management | August 2024 | January 2026 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18763479 | Passive Reader and Active Receiver/Transmitter Devices For Logistics Tracking | July 2024 | September 2024 | Allow | 3 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18740627 | STAY MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, STAY MANAGEMENT METHOD, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM, AND STAY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM | June 2024 | June 2025 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18733905 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING A FITTING ROOM | June 2024 | October 2025 | Allow | 16 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18733374 | METHOD OF AUTOMATICALLY OPENING AND CLOSING DOOR BODY OF REFRIGERATION OR HEATING BOX BY RECOGNIZING USER IDENTITY | June 2024 | December 2025 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18675787 | UNIVERSAL CREDENTIAL | May 2024 | February 2025 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18661365 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR LOCATING ACCESSORIES OF AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE | May 2024 | August 2025 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18701072 | RFID READER AND ASSOCIATED COMPLEMENTARY DEVICE | April 2024 | July 2025 | Allow | 15 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18632928 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DUAL LAYER AUDIO DEVICE PAIRING AUTHENTICATION WITH VOICE PATTERN RECOGNITION | April 2024 | January 2026 | Allow | 21 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18614309 | Antenna Switching Control For AOA Capturing In Phone-As-A-Key Systems With De-Whitened Tone Transmission, CRC Based Validation And Event Timing | March 2024 | October 2024 | Allow | 6 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18601484 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUS FOR ENHANCED HEADSETS | March 2024 | January 2026 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18586712 | REGISTERED LOWER ORBIT SATELLITE-POWERED GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ("AI")-BASED LOST CARD TRACKING AND REPORTING MECHANISM | February 2024 | September 2025 | Allow | 18 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18581891 | PHYSICAL SECURITY DEVICE AND METHOD TO RECORD CHANGES IN THE PHYSICAL SECURITY DEVICE | February 2024 | February 2026 | Allow | 24 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18439021 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DYNAMIC LOCALIZATION | February 2024 | May 2025 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18416709 | PASSIVE RFID TAG PLACEMENT FOR CYBERNETIC COMMAND AND CONTROL VIA LOCALIZATION | January 2024 | January 2026 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18412748 | WIRELESS LIGHT SWITCH TO CONTROL A MESH NETWORK OF LIGHT DEVICES IN HAZARDOUS ENVIRONMENTS | January 2024 | January 2026 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18408823 | AUTOMATIC BIOMETRIC DOOR LOCK | January 2024 | September 2025 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18401258 | AUTOMATED SECURE ALLOCATION OF SCANNING DEVICES | December 2023 | December 2025 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18393039 | Wireless Barcode Scanning Gun With Electronic Tag Setting Function | December 2023 | April 2024 | Allow | 4 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18543733 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PROVIDING REMOTE MANAGEMENT OF ACCESS TO A GROUP OF DEVICES | December 2023 | April 2025 | Allow | 15 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18531486 | ADAPTIVE VEHICLE DISPLAY BASED ON USER EQUIPMENT COMMUNICATIONS OR POSITIONING INFORMATION | December 2023 | January 2026 | Allow | 26 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18530013 | QUEUING SYSTEM | December 2023 | January 2025 | Allow | 14 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18522894 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING PRESENCE WITHIN A STRICTLY DEFINED WIRELESS ZONE | November 2023 | October 2024 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18518284 | USER INTERFACES FOR MANAGING LOCKS | November 2023 | August 2024 | Allow | 8 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18516680 | SECURITY SYSTEM FOR A MOVEABLE BARRIER OPERATOR | November 2023 | September 2025 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18512257 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REVEALING UNLOCK CODES FOR LOCKS | November 2023 | January 2025 | Allow | 14 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18289689 | DETECTING SYSTEM, DETECTING APPARATUS, DETECTING METHOD, AND PROGRAM | November 2023 | September 2025 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18384136 | EMBEDDED RFID TAG READER | October 2023 | August 2025 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18487488 | ELECTRONIC ACCESS CONTROL SYSTEM | October 2023 | July 2025 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18486373 | CONTACTLESS COMMUNICATION METHOD BETWEEN AN OBJECT AND A READER USING ACTIVE LOAD MODULATION | October 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 20 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18480701 | DYNAMIC RESERVATION OF A CHARGING STATION SLOT FOR A VEHICLE | October 2023 | April 2025 | Allow | 18 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18376695 | Vehicle-Based Control of a Movable Barrier Operator | October 2023 | November 2025 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18375532 | Wireless Access Systems and Methods | October 2023 | November 2025 | Abandon | 25 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18375467 | Device for locating stored objects via RFID detection | September 2023 | February 2025 | Allow | 17 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18284423 | GATE DEVICE, GATE DEVICE CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM | September 2023 | February 2026 | Abandon | 29 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18371570 | Safety System and Method Using a Safety System | September 2023 | August 2025 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18239566 | WIRELESS VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE | August 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18236848 | METHOD OF UNLOCKING A VEHICLE DOOR | August 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 19 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18364963 | POWER SIGNAL INTERACTION WITH OBJECT INCLUDING RFID TAG | August 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18263507 | ACCESS CONTROL CONFIGURING METHOD AND DEVICE | July 2023 | August 2025 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18225929 | PROCESSING ALERT SIGNALS FROM POSITIONING DEVICES | July 2023 | August 2024 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18354081 | CRITICAL AREA SAFETY DEVICE AND METHODS OF USE | July 2023 | November 2025 | Allow | 28 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 18214571 | Access Control | June 2023 | April 2025 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18338022 | Security System for a Locking Medication Container | June 2023 | September 2025 | Allow | 26 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18338085 | A System and Method for Multiple Lockable Medication Containers | June 2023 | February 2025 | Allow | 20 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18337990 | Locking Medication Container Apparatus | June 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18338103 | Communication System for a Locking Medication Container | June 2023 | July 2025 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18203178 | CAPACITIVE TOUCH VEHICLE ACCESSORY | May 2023 | January 2025 | Allow | 20 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 18203516 | DATACENTER DETECTION AND AUTHENTICATION TECHNIQUES | May 2023 | October 2025 | Allow | 29 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18324712 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION | May 2023 | July 2025 | Allow | 26 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18321956 | SEATING POSITION DETERMINATION SYSTEM AND VEHICLE CONTROLLER | May 2023 | October 2024 | Allow | 16 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18321215 | AUTHENTICATION SYSTEM, IN-VEHICLE AUTHENTICATION SYSTEM, AND AUTHENTICATION METHOD | May 2023 | July 2025 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18199674 | DEVICE FOR CHECKING ACCESS PERMISSIONS | May 2023 | April 2025 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18144190 | COLOR AND SYMBOL CODED DISPLAY ON A DIGITAL BADGE FOR COMMUNICATING PERMISSION TO APPROACH AND ACTIVATE FURTHER DIGITAL CONTENT INTERACTION | May 2023 | January 2025 | Allow | 20 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18310040 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUS FOR ENHANCED HEADSETS | May 2023 | December 2023 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18248608 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF | April 2023 | February 2026 | Abandon | 34 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 18192143 | DOCUMENTATION LOCKBOX | March 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18027002 | COMMUNICATION CONTROL APPARATUS, OPERATION TERMINAL, AND EQUIPMENT OPERATION SYSTEM | March 2023 | February 2026 | Allow | 35 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 18122213 | MULTI SENSORY INPUT TO IMPROVE HANDS-FREE ACTIONS OF AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE | March 2023 | January 2024 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18024898 | HISTORY MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, HISTORY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, HISTORY MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM | March 2023 | December 2024 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18114862 | MULTI-FACTOR AUTHENTICATION DOOR ACCESS CONTROL SYSTEM | February 2023 | May 2025 | Allow | 27 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18022628 | GATE APPARATUS | February 2023 | October 2024 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18168291 | INTERFERENCE CANCELLATION FOR BACKSCATTERED REFERENCE SIGNALS | February 2023 | July 2025 | Allow | 29 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18104775 | AUTOMATIC CLOSURE ACTUATION BASED ON OBJECT DETECTION | February 2023 | December 2024 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18103017 | ISOLATION DEVICE | January 2023 | May 2024 | Allow | 16 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18160756 | RANGING WITH BIOMETRIC INFORMATION | January 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 29 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18102461 | Electronic Security Device | January 2023 | June 2025 | Abandon | 29 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18102386 | Access Control System | January 2023 | April 2025 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18101678 | METHOD OF MANAGING PARKING ACCESS INTO OR EXITING FROM A MULTI-RESIDENTIAL BUILDING | January 2023 | March 2025 | Abandon | 26 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18006498 | JEWELRY RING HAVING A RFID TRANSPONDER AND A READING ARRANGEMENT | January 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 26 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18017255 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ACCESS CONTROL OF PERSONS BASED ON A TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT | January 2023 | January 2025 | Abandon | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18097455 | ELECTRONIC LOCK CONFIGURED TO RECEIVE WIRELESS POWER TRANSMISSIONS | January 2023 | November 2024 | Abandon | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18091523 | GEAR GUARD CAMERA AND BLUETOOTH SENSOR FUSION TO ENHANCE USER EXPERIENCE | December 2022 | September 2024 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18011242 | SERVER DEVICE, SYSTEM, AND CONTROL METHOD FOR SERVER DEVICE | December 2022 | November 2024 | Allow | 23 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18083837 | SAFETY SYSTEMS FOR OBJECTS AND METHODS | December 2022 | December 2024 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18011142 | METHOD FOR UNLOCKING AN OPENING ELEMENT OF A MOTOR VEHICLE AND ASSOCIATED UNLOCKING DEVICE | December 2022 | August 2024 | Allow | 20 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18081202 | RENTAL GUEST VERIFICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD | December 2022 | December 2024 | Abandon | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17759062 | ELECTRONIC LOCK SYSTEM, METHOD PERFORMED USING ELECTRONIC LOCK SYSTEM, PORTABLE TERMINAL, METHOD PERFORMED USING PORTABLE TERMINAL, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM | December 2022 | May 2025 | Abandon | 34 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18008881 | PASSAGE PERMIT DEVICE, SYSTEM, METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM | December 2022 | April 2025 | Abandon | 28 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18072082 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USING A UNIVERSAL CONTROLLING DEVICE FOR DISPLAYING A GRAPHICAL USER ELEMENT IN A DISPLAY DEVICE | November 2022 | August 2023 | Allow | 9 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18059020 | POSITIONING REFERENCE SIGNAL CONFIGURATION FOR BACKSCATTER-BASED POSITIONING PROCEDURE | November 2022 | October 2025 | Allow | 34 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18058143 | MULTI-CHANNEL SIGNALING FOR A BARRIER OPERATOR SYSTEM | November 2022 | November 2024 | Allow | 24 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17991389 | SHARED VEHICLE DOOR LOCK CONTROL SYSTEMS AND METHODS | November 2022 | October 2024 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17926400 | ACCESS CONTROL SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE | November 2022 | January 2025 | Allow | 26 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17925056 | METHOD FOR CONNECTING BLUETOOTH KEY TO VEHICLE, VEHICLE BLUETOOTH SYSTEM, AND BLUETOOTH KEY | November 2022 | February 2024 | Allow | 15 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17984837 | Antenna Switching Control For AOA Capturing In Phone-As-A-Key Systems With De-Whitened Tone Transmission, CRC Based Validation And Event Timing | November 2022 | November 2023 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17998448 | SMOKING DEVICE WITH AUTHENTICATION MEANS | November 2022 | September 2025 | Allow | 34 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17983172 | AIRCRAFT ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | November 2022 | October 2024 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17982237 | DECENTRALIZED VIRTUAL TRUSTLESS DATABASE FOR ACCESS CONTROL | November 2022 | July 2024 | Allow | 20 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17997938 | PORTABLE AND SINGLE-USE DEVICE FOR ACCESSING AN AREA WITH RESTRICTED ACCESS, ASSOCIATED ACCESS KEY GENERATION SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED ACCESS CONTROL METHOD | November 2022 | December 2024 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17968710 | GARAGE DOOR SYSTEM AND METHOD | October 2022 | April 2024 | Allow | 18 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17995224 | ULTRA-WIDE BAND RADAR FOR TAILGATING DETECTION IN ACCESS CONTROL SYSTEMS | September 2022 | July 2024 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17936601 | INTELLIGENT BOOT MANAGER OF VEHICLE SYSTEMS | September 2022 | July 2025 | Abandon | 33 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17914439 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | September 2022 | July 2024 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17931335 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GRANTING ACCESS TO AN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE | September 2022 | February 2025 | Allow | 29 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17940326 | COMMUNICATING WITH AN RFID TRANSPONDER | September 2022 | August 2024 | Abandon | 23 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner BROWN, VERNAL U.
With a 19.0% reversal rate, the PTAB affirms the examiner's rejections in the vast majority of cases. This reversal rate is below the USPTO average, indicating that appeals face more challenges here than typical.
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, 31.2% 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.
⚠ Appeals to PTAB face challenges. Ensure your case has strong merit before committing to full Board review.
⚠ Filing a Notice of Appeal shows limited benefit. Consider other strategies like interviews or amendments before appealing.
Examiner BROWN, VERNAL U works in Art Unit 2686 and has examined 437 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 73.0%, this examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 30 months.
Examiner BROWN, VERNAL U's allowance rate of 73.0% places them in the 37% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications.
On average, applications examined by BROWN, VERNAL U receive 2.43 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 70% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues a slightly above-average number of office actions.
The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by BROWN, VERNAL U is 30 months. This places the examiner in the 60% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly faster than average with this examiner.
Conducting an examiner interview provides a +11.3% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by BROWN, VERNAL U. This interview benefit is in the 46% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews provide a below-average benefit with this examiner.
When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 24.9% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 37% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Insight: RCEs show below-average effectiveness with this examiner. Carefully evaluate whether an RCE or continuation is the better strategy.
This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 30.5% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 44% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: This examiner shows below-average receptiveness to after-final amendments. You may need to file an RCE or appeal rather than relying on after-final amendment entry.
When applicants request a pre-appeal conference (PAC) with this examiner, 68.6% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 58% 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 66.1% of appeals filed. This is in the 47% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 43.9% occur early in the appeal process (after Notice of Appeal but before Appeal Brief). Strategic Insight: This examiner shows below-average willingness to reconsider rejections during appeals. Be prepared to fully prosecute appeals if filed.
When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 60.9% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 65% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Note: Petitions show above-average success regarding this examiner's actions. Petitionable matters include restriction requirements (MPEP § 1002.02(c)(2)) and various procedural issues.
Examiner's Amendments: This examiner makes examiner's amendments in 1.1% of allowed cases (in the 69% percentile). This examiner makes examiner's amendments more often than average to place applications in condition for allowance (MPEP § 1302.04).
Quayle Actions: This examiner issues Ex Parte Quayle actions in 1.9% of allowed cases (in the 67% percentile). This examiner issues Quayle actions more often than average when claims are allowable but formal matters remain (MPEP § 714.14).
Based on the statistical analysis of this examiner's prosecution patterns, here are tailored strategic recommendations:
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