Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18826171 | PATIENT SAFETY MONITORING METHOD AND APPARATUS | September 2024 | April 2025 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18764275 | ELECTRIC FENCE DEVICE AND SYSTEM | July 2024 | February 2025 | Allow | 7 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18749633 | MULTI-CHANNEL EARLY WARNING SYSTEMS FOR REAL-TIME MONITORING OF METEOROLOGICAL DATA | June 2024 | August 2024 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18744256 | LOCATION-BASED AUTO-IMMOBILIZATION | June 2024 | January 2025 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18669246 | MONITORING SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PERSONAL SAFETY | May 2024 | July 2025 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18664914 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPTIMIZED WORKPLACE SAFETY | May 2024 | November 2024 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18622300 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING AND ASSOCIATING DATA FROM PET EXPERT INTERACTIONS WITH PET PROFILES | March 2024 | February 2025 | Allow | 11 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18607683 | VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM | March 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18691595 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A VEHICLE IN AN AUTOMATED DRIVING OPERATION | March 2024 | November 2024 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18599840 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING REMOTE HEALTH CARE RECOMMENDATIONS USING A PASSIVE HEALTH CARE MONITORING DEVICE | March 2024 | May 2025 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18597116 | ELECTRONIC VISUALLY-ASSISTED DRIVER COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | March 2024 | August 2024 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18583001 | AUTOMATED PARKING TECHNOLOGY | February 2024 | September 2025 | Abandon | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18431562 | DOG TRAINING AND BARK CONTROL DEVICE | February 2024 | December 2024 | Allow | 10 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18406639 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DETECTING BAD DRIVING IN OTHER VEHICLES AND REPORTING ABOUT THE SAME | January 2024 | April 2025 | Allow | 16 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 18541882 | METHODS FOR CHARACTERIZING A LOW-IMPACT VEHICLE COLLISION USING HIGH-RATE ACCELERATION DATA | December 2023 | August 2024 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18534450 | Personal Monitoring Apparatus | December 2023 | October 2024 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18567940 | PARK ASSIST DEVICE, PROGRAM, AND PARK ASSIST METHOD | December 2023 | April 2025 | Abandon | 16 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18509297 | MOUNTING SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR POSITIONING A DETECTOR ON A WEAPON HOLSTER | November 2023 | October 2024 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18504481 | METHODS FOR CHARACTERIZING A VEHICLE COLLISION | November 2023 | October 2024 | Allow | 11 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18288538 | COACHABLE DRIVER RISK GROUPS | October 2023 | November 2024 | Allow | 12 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18491868 | MOVING BODY CONTROL DEVICE, MOVING BODY CONTROL METHOD, AND MOVING BODY CONTROL PROGRAM | October 2023 | July 2025 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18490876 | CONTROL DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, AND CONTROL PROGRAM | October 2023 | April 2025 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18484814 | AUTOMATED VEHICLE PARKING | October 2023 | May 2025 | Allow | 19 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18481525 | Automatic Presence Simulator For Security Systems | October 2023 | May 2025 | Allow | 20 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18551673 | VEHICLE SUPERVISION DEVICE | September 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 20 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18369282 | MAINTAINING ROAD SAFETY WHEN THERE IS A DISABLED AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE | September 2023 | November 2024 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18466697 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A LOCKING DIFFERENTIAL OF AN AXLE | September 2023 | September 2024 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18550061 | MISBEHAVIOR DETECTION USING DATA CONSISTENCY CHECKS FOR COLLECTIVE PERCEPTION MESSAGES | September 2023 | May 2025 | Allow | 20 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18281439 | PARKING LOT MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, PARKING LOT MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM | September 2023 | August 2025 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18242296 | APPARATUS FOR PARKING A VEHICLE AND A PARKING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME | September 2023 | November 2023 | Allow | 3 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18547054 | CONTENT OUTPUT DEVICE, CONTENT OUTPUT METHOD, PROGRAM AND STORAGE MEDIUM | August 2023 | October 2025 | Abandon | 26 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18233278 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING AIR QUALITY | August 2023 | October 2025 | Abandon | 26 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18230958 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF DETECTING CHEMICALS IN PRODUCTS OR THE ENVIRONMENT OF PRODUCTS USING SENSORS | August 2023 | June 2024 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18363340 | METHODS FOR CHARACTERIZING A LOW-IMPACT VEHICLE COLLISION USING HIGH-RATE ACCELERATION DATA | August 2023 | November 2023 | Allow | 3 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18225717 | ACTIVE CONTAINER WITH DATA BRIDGING | July 2023 | August 2025 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18221258 | MONITORING SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PERSONAL SAFETY | July 2023 | March 2024 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18212219 | USER DEVICE, SAFETY EDUCATION SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM IN WHICH CONTROL PROGRAM IS RECORDED | June 2023 | April 2025 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18210856 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING A REDUCED-MEMORY TEMPLATE SIGNAL FOR USE IN AN ULTRASONIC ACTIVITY DETECTION DEVICE | June 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 24 | 3 | 0 | No | Yes |
| 18210865 | PROGRAMMABLE SECURITY SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROTECTING MERCHANDISE | June 2023 | September 2024 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18334984 | VEHICLE PROXIMITY NOTIFICATION | June 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18333936 | PROXIMITY SENSOR AND PROXIMITY SENSING METHOD | June 2023 | July 2025 | Allow | 25 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 18206429 | MACHINE LEARNING SOLUTIONS FOR MATCHING OF VEHICLE EXIT TO UNMATCHED ENTRY EVENTS | June 2023 | December 2024 | Allow | 18 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18322137 | MEASURING APPARATUS FOR MEASURING A VOLTAGE OVER AN ISOLATION BARRIER AND HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCE HAVING THE MEAURING APPARATUS | May 2023 | April 2025 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18137969 | TYRE MONITORING DEVICE AND METHOD | April 2023 | June 2024 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18136646 | THEFT PREVENTION SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USE | April 2023 | April 2024 | Allow | 12 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18297696 | VEHICULAR EXTERIOR REARVIEW MIRROR ASSEMBLY WITH BLIND SPOT INDICATOR ELEMENT | April 2023 | December 2023 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18248332 | METHOD FOR MEASURING A LATERAL SURROUNDINGS OF A VEHICLE, MEASURING APPARATUS, AND VEHICLE | April 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18113364 | CONTROL DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM | February 2023 | September 2024 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18108700 | ANNUNCIATION METHOD, ANNUNCIATION DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | February 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18109012 | ELECTRICAL DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM FOR MONITORING OR AFFECTING MOVEMENT OF A VEHICLE USING A TRAFFIC DEVICE | February 2023 | January 2024 | Abandon | 11 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18159223 | PEDESTRIAN CROSSING MANAGEMENT USING AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES | January 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18099070 | VEHICULAR INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS | January 2023 | December 2023 | Allow | 11 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 18099076 | VEHICULAR INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS | January 2023 | January 2024 | Allow | 12 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 18096894 | METHOD FOR TRACKING A SINGLE PRESUMED TARGET BY A PLURALITY OF SCOPES LOCATED REMOTELY FROM ONE ANOTHER AND AMALGAMATING CURRENT TARGET POSITION DATA FROM SCOPES THAT LOCATED THE PRESUMED TARGET | January 2023 | April 2024 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18154128 | VISUAL SAFETY INDICATOR | January 2023 | September 2024 | Allow | 20 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18094086 | KICK TRAFFIC SIGNAL SWITCH | January 2023 | May 2025 | Allow | 28 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18088939 | EARLY SIGNAL CHANGE ILLUMINATION SYSTEM FOR TRAFFIC LIGHTS | December 2022 | February 2024 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18088267 | CONTROL DEVICE AND MOVING OBJECT | December 2022 | May 2024 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18085948 | CONTROL DEVICE AND MOVEMENT CONTROL SYSTEM | December 2022 | February 2024 | Allow | 14 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18068884 | EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS ALERT NOTIFICATION SYSTEM FOR NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS | December 2022 | July 2024 | Allow | 18 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18066334 | METHOD FOR JOINT PARKING AND SYSTEM THEREFOR | December 2022 | March 2025 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18078729 | VEHICLE-ENABLED OFFICER ASSISTANCE | December 2022 | August 2024 | Allow | 21 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18060963 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CRUISE CONTROL DEACTIVATION | December 2022 | June 2025 | Abandon | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17990950 | HANDLING DURESS INPUT | November 2022 | November 2024 | Allow | 24 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17985548 | REPORTING DEVICE, VEHICLE, AND REPORTING CONTROL METHOD | November 2022 | January 2025 | Allow | 26 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17978211 | VEHICULAR DRAWING DEVICE | November 2022 | June 2024 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17997449 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A MOTOR VEHICLE, AND MOTOR VEHICLE | October 2022 | December 2024 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18047339 | ANTENNA CONNECTION FOR INTEGRATED RFID TAG AND TPMS SENSOR | October 2022 | September 2025 | Abandon | 35 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17961108 | PREDICTION METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUTONOMOUS DRIVING MANUAL TAKEOVER, AND SYSTEM | October 2022 | September 2024 | Allow | 23 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17960296 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ALERTING THE PRESENCE OF COMBINATION VEHICLES | October 2022 | February 2024 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17937523 | Trackable Cup Device | October 2022 | June 2025 | Abandon | 33 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17952617 | DRIVING ASSISTANCE DEVICE AND VEHICLE | September 2022 | June 2024 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17889867 | METHOD FOR AUTOMATED PARKING, DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | August 2022 | January 2024 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17883853 | MAINTAINING ROAD SAFETY WHEN THERE IS A DISABLED AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE | August 2022 | June 2023 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17882930 | REAL-TIME SWIFTWATER RISK CATEGORY DISTRIBUTED MAPPING | August 2022 | June 2024 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17879486 | DRIVER COURTESY | August 2022 | January 2024 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17878988 | PROACTIVE SENSING SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INTELLIGENT ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEMS | August 2022 | December 2024 | Allow | 29 | 4 | 0 | No | No |
| 17863441 | VEHICLE SOUND EMULATION | July 2022 | September 2023 | Allow | 14 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17812057 | VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD | July 2022 | November 2023 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17861774 | MOUNTING SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR POSITIONING A DETECTOR ON A WEAPON HOLSTER | July 2022 | June 2023 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17810147 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING A VEHICLE SUBJECT TO AN EMERGENCY ALERT | June 2022 | January 2024 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17782823 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MONITORING WHEEL ASSEMBLIES | June 2022 | January 2025 | Allow | 32 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17804875 | TECHNIQUES FOR VEHICLE PARKING MANAGEMENT AND INVITATION-BASED PERMITTING | June 2022 | December 2023 | Allow | 19 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17829305 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING VEHICLE MOVEMENT | May 2022 | September 2023 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17664992 | VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM | May 2022 | November 2023 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17749203 | DEVICES AND SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING TIRE PRESSURE | May 2022 | August 2023 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17775259 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ESTABLISHING POSITIONING NETWORK | May 2022 | February 2025 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17737104 | TIRE PRESSURE DETECTOR WITH MUTLTIPLE FREQUENCIES | May 2022 | April 2024 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17736940 | ALTERNATIVES TO ROUTER STATUS LIGHTS | May 2022 | March 2025 | Allow | 34 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17731515 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM | April 2022 | January 2024 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17730961 | METHOD OF RECOGNIZING ILLEGAL PARKING OF VEHICLE, DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM | April 2022 | April 2024 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17724076 | COLLISION WARNING UNIT, MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS DEVICES AND METHOD FOR COLLISION WARNING | April 2022 | June 2024 | Allow | 26 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17721044 | Collision Avoidance Assembly | April 2022 | July 2023 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17658842 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A PARKING ASSISTANCE FUNCTION OF A MOTOR VEHICLE | April 2022 | November 2023 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17767412 | METHOD FOR DRIVING AUTONOMOUSLY OUT OF A PARKED POSITION | April 2022 | April 2024 | Allow | 24 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17714346 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR COMMUNICATING DRIVING CONDITION OF VEHICLE | April 2022 | March 2024 | Allow | 23 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17657330 | DATA PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | March 2022 | September 2024 | Abandon | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17764739 | CONTROL DEVICE, FORCE SENSE PRESENTATION APPARATUS, AND CONTROL METHOD | March 2022 | June 2024 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17707233 | AUDIO-HAPTIC SIGNAL GENERATOR | March 2022 | June 2023 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17705017 | ROADSIDE APPARATUS AND TRAFFIC COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | March 2022 | February 2024 | Allow | 22 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner POPE, DARYL C.
With a 0.0% reversal rate, the PTAB affirms the examiner's rejections in the vast majority of cases. This reversal rate is in the bottom 25% across the USPTO, indicating that appeals face significant challenges here.
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, 25.9% 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 POPE, DARYL C works in Art Unit 2687 and has examined 673 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 87.8%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 20 months.
Examiner POPE, DARYL C's allowance rate of 87.8% places them in the 68% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications.
On average, applications examined by POPE, DARYL C receive 1.50 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 26% 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 POPE, DARYL C is 20 months. This places the examiner in the 93% percentile for prosecution speed. Applications move through prosecution relatively quickly with this examiner.
Conducting an examiner interview provides a +2.8% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by POPE, DARYL C. This interview benefit is in the 24% 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, 31.1% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 63% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Insight: RCEs show above-average effectiveness with this examiner. Consider whether your amendments or new arguments are strong enough to warrant an RCE versus filing a continuation.
This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 55.3% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 81% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: This examiner is highly receptive to after-final amendments compared to other examiners. Per MPEP § 714.12, after-final amendments may be entered "under justifiable circumstances." Consider filing after-final amendments with a clear showing of allowability rather than immediately filing an RCE, as this examiner frequently enters such amendments.
When applicants request a pre-appeal conference (PAC) with this examiner, 114.3% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 80% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: Pre-appeal conferences are highly effective with this examiner compared to others. Before filing a full appeal brief, strongly consider requesting a PAC. The PAC provides an opportunity for the examiner and supervisory personnel to reconsider the rejection before the case proceeds to the PTAB.
This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 72.0% of appeals filed. This is in the 60% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 72.2% occur early in the appeal process (after Notice of Appeal but before Appeal Brief). Strategic Insight: This examiner shows above-average willingness to reconsider rejections during appeals. The mandatory appeal conference (MPEP § 1207.01) provides an opportunity for reconsideration.
When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 60.7% 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 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 2.7% of allowed cases (in the 72% 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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