Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19357063 | NETWORKS, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENHANCED WILDFIRE MITIGATION, PROTECTION AND SUPPRESSION | October 2025 | January 2026 | Allow | 3 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18809042 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MITIGATING FALSE ALARMS IN A BUILDING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM | August 2024 | February 2026 | Allow | 18 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18794648 | SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING TRAFFIC SIGNAL AND METHOD THEREOF | August 2024 | November 2025 | Allow | 15 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18746880 | PERSONALIZED FALL DETECTOR | June 2024 | May 2025 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18664779 | WATER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND USER INTERFACE | May 2024 | January 2026 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18617926 | AIRPORT GATE VISUAL DOCKING GUIDANCE SYSTEM DIGITAL TWIN | March 2024 | June 2025 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18612580 | SYSTEMS, APPARATUSES, METHODS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR EFFICIENCY PREDICTIONS USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE FRAMEWORK | March 2024 | February 2026 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18611402 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USE OF INSULIN INFORMATION FOR MEAL INDICATION | March 2024 | April 2025 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18607075 | ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND/OR VIRTUAL REALITY FOR ACTIVITY OPTIMIZATION/PERSONALIZATION | March 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 12 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 18590108 | SPOKEN NOTIFICATIONS FOR ACOUSTIC VEHICLE ALERTING SYSTEMS | February 2024 | January 2026 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18587156 | SERVER, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING ENERGY EFFICIENCY MANAGEMENT SERVICE | February 2024 | March 2026 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18684564 | LIGHT SIGNALLING DEVICE FOR AN EMERGENCY SITUATION | February 2024 | December 2025 | Abandon | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18681525 | ANTI-DRY-BURN COOKTOP AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR | February 2024 | March 2026 | Abandon | 25 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18540010 | MODULAR PATIENT MONITOR | December 2023 | December 2025 | Allow | 24 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18522164 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IDENTIFYING SECURITY EVENTS IN AN ACCESS CONTROL SYSTEM | November 2023 | March 2026 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18521601 | COLLABORATIVE PERCEPTION SYSTEM FOR CREATING A COOPERATIVE PERCEPTION MAP | November 2023 | October 2025 | Allow | 22 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18520323 | WORK CONTENT DETECTION DETERMINATION DEVICE, WORK CONTENT DETECTION DETERMINATION SYSTEM, AND WEARABLE SENSOR EMBEDDED GLOVE | November 2023 | November 2024 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18387980 | INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM | November 2023 | July 2025 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18501736 | ALERTING SYSTEM AND ALERTING METHOD | November 2023 | August 2025 | Allow | 22 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18501407 | ALERTING SYSTEM AND ALERTING METHOD | November 2023 | August 2025 | Allow | 21 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18495233 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD | October 2023 | September 2025 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18495260 | VEHICLE ACCIDENT DETECTION AND AUTOMATIC REPORTING SYSTEM THAT ALLOWS AUTOMATIC GENERATION OF VEHICLE ACCIDENT REPORTS | October 2023 | October 2025 | Abandon | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18381046 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING A BUILDING | October 2023 | July 2025 | Allow | 21 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18379604 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INCREASING SAFETY DURING LAW ENFORCEMENT STOPS | October 2023 | July 2024 | Abandon | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18483462 | Machine Learning-Based Platform For User Identification | October 2023 | September 2025 | Abandon | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18477637 | System and method to detect device tampering during transit using ambient sensors | September 2023 | November 2025 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18284787 | COMMUNICATION METHOD, DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM | September 2023 | January 2026 | Allow | 28 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18371491 | DRIVING ASSISTANCE DEVICE AND DRIVING ASSISTANCE METHOD | September 2023 | September 2025 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18243816 | GETTING-OFF SUPPORT APPARATUS, GETTING-OFF SUPPORT METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM | September 2023 | October 2025 | Abandon | 25 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18239973 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INCREASING SAFETY DURING LAW ENFORCEMENT STOPS | August 2023 | June 2025 | Abandon | 21 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18278614 | IMPROVEMENTS IN OR RELATING TO HAND DRYING SYSTEMS | August 2023 | August 2025 | Abandon | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18451680 | REMOTE TACTILE PROVISION DEVICE, REMOTE TACTILE DATABASE, AND METHOD FOR GENERATING SAME | August 2023 | October 2025 | Abandon | 26 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18234941 | ABNORMAL SOUND DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM | August 2023 | July 2025 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18448524 | METHOD OF PROVIDING INFORMATION RELATED TO STATUS OF ELECTRIC VEHICLE | August 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 22 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18228348 | SHED STATE DETECTION MODEL SYSTEM AND METHOD | July 2023 | July 2025 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18262119 | LIGHTING SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM | July 2023 | August 2025 | Abandon | 25 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18353990 | WAKE-UP CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR VEHICLE | July 2023 | December 2025 | Allow | 29 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 18221249 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING A FORMER CONVICT OF AN INTOXICATION-RELATED OFFENSE | July 2023 | May 2025 | Abandon | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18212831 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING BUS INFORMATION IN REAL TIME, AND SYSTEM AND APPLICATION IMPLEMENTING THE METHOD | June 2023 | December 2025 | Allow | 29 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 18210002 | LOST REMINDER METHOD OF SMART KEY AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM | June 2023 | July 2025 | Abandon | 25 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18200082 | WIPER BLADE FOR VEHICLE NOTIFYING OF REPLACEMENT TIMING | May 2023 | March 2025 | Abandon | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18317523 | ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND/OR VIRTUAL REALITY FOR ACTIVITY OPTIMIZATION/PERSONALIZATION | May 2023 | June 2024 | Abandon | 13 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18315701 | Methods and Systems for Parking Detection | May 2023 | April 2025 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18312307 | LOW-POWER VEHICLE DETECTION | May 2023 | January 2024 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18251714 | DRINKING APPARATUS FOR AN ANIMAL | May 2023 | September 2025 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18142648 | OPERATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM | May 2023 | January 2025 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18250763 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING AT LEAST ONE MOTOR-VEHICLE CLOSURE ELEMENT | April 2023 | November 2025 | Allow | 30 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18306481 | POWERLINE CONTACT MONITORING AND ALERT SYSTEM | April 2023 | September 2025 | Allow | 29 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 18305716 | Contact Deciding Apparatus | April 2023 | January 2025 | Allow | 20 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18137238 | Seat Belt Alarm System | April 2023 | February 2025 | Abandon | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18302497 | DETERMINING DIAPER LOADING USING COLOR DETECTION OR ACTIVITY STATE | April 2023 | July 2025 | Allow | 27 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18186953 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR DETECTING VEHICLE REAR ATTACHMENT AND TURNING OFF REAR OBJECT DETECTION SENSOR | March 2023 | August 2025 | Allow | 29 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18027234 | TRANSMITTING A SECURITY ALERT WHICH INDICATES A LOCATION IN A RECIPIENT'S BUILDING | March 2023 | March 2025 | Abandon | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18118811 | DISASTER PREVENTION APPARATUS | March 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 27 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18176118 | Two-Switch Function Activation Assembly And Method Of Guarding Against Unintentional Activation | February 2023 | August 2025 | Abandon | 30 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18112243 | AIRPORT GATE VISUAL DOCKING GUIDANCE SYSTEM DIGITAL TWIN | February 2023 | March 2024 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18170775 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR PERSISTENT PASSIVE MONITORING | February 2023 | January 2025 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18169528 | ELECTRONIC LOCK | February 2023 | February 2025 | Allow | 24 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18168006 | Wearable System for Detection of Environmental Hazards | February 2023 | November 2023 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18167146 | DETECTING THERMAL EVENT SPREAD PROBABILITY AND ALERTING VEHICLES / PEOPLE IN AFFECTED AREA | February 2023 | August 2025 | Allow | 30 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18163093 | FREQUENCY SPREADING BASED CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION ACQUISITION IN WIRELESS POWER TRANSFER | February 2023 | September 2025 | Allow | 32 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18007223 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT ARTICLE | January 2023 | April 2025 | Allow | 26 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18159770 | VEHICLE TRACKING SYSTEM | January 2023 | May 2024 | Allow | 15 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18100218 | ANT-LOSS CELL PHONE CASE | January 2023 | November 2024 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18005865 | NOTIFICATION SYSTEM FOR BUILDINGS | January 2023 | September 2025 | Abandon | 32 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18096465 | GENERATING A MEDIA-BASED UNIQUE OBJECT IDENTIFIER | January 2023 | November 2025 | Allow | 34 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18095286 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENHANCING OPERATOR VIGILANCE | January 2023 | December 2025 | Allow | 35 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18087224 | Dynamic Combustion Engine Sound Broadcasting Device And Method Of Use | December 2022 | October 2024 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18078947 | ANIMAL DETECTING DEVICE, SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM | December 2022 | August 2025 | Allow | 32 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 18077573 | MULTI-VEHICLE FOB | December 2022 | August 2025 | Abandon | 32 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18074442 | INVERTER PHASES AND PARAMETERS AS OSCILLATOR IN VEHICLE SOUND GENERATOR | December 2022 | May 2025 | Allow | 29 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18073456 | VEHICLE DIGITAL KEY MANAGEMENT ON A BLOCKCHAIN | December 2022 | July 2025 | Allow | 31 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18072284 | BUS BOARDING PROTECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD | November 2022 | April 2025 | Allow | 28 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17991472 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AVERTING CRIME WITH LOOK-AHEAD ANALYTICS | November 2022 | July 2025 | Allow | 32 | 5 | 0 | No | No |
| 17983004 | Systems and Methods for Determining Data Relating to an Animal Based on Prioritized Information | November 2022 | December 2025 | Abandon | 37 | 4 | 0 | No | No |
| 17968592 | SAFETY APPARATUS AND METHOD | October 2022 | February 2023 | Allow | 4 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17967161 | MOTION SICKNESS REDUCTION SYSTEM AND INFORMATION PROCESSOR FOR MOTION SICKNESS REDUCTION | October 2022 | May 2025 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17962506 | AUTOMATED AND MOBILE DEVICE BASED COMPUTATIONAL METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR THE DETERMINATION OF THE LANE WHICH A VEHICLE CROSSES, FROM A PLURALITY OF LANES OF A ROAD TOLL | October 2022 | July 2025 | Abandon | 33 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17995588 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BUILDING ENTRY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM | October 2022 | September 2024 | Abandon | 23 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17916573 | PORTABLE BOOM GATE APPARATUS | October 2022 | January 2026 | Abandon | 40 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17953262 | 1SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING VISUAL SIGN LOCATION ASSISTANCE UTILITY BY AUDIBLE SIGNALING | September 2022 | August 2024 | Abandon | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17944455 | VEHICLE APPROACH NOTIFICATION SYSTEM AND VEHICLE APPROACH NOTIFICATION METHOD | September 2022 | December 2024 | Allow | 28 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17942302 | DETERMINING THE STATUS OF A TRACKING DEVICE BASED ON ORIENTATION | September 2022 | January 2025 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17941105 | VEHICLE, AUTOMATED VALET PARKING SYSTEM, AND AUTOMATED VALET PARKING METHOD | September 2022 | November 2024 | Allow | 26 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17903729 | Lighting Fixture Having an Environmental Detection System | September 2022 | January 2026 | Abandon | 40 | 4 | 0 | No | No |
| 17899134 | METHOD FOR VERIFYING LIVENESS, AND SERVER USING THE SAME | August 2022 | October 2025 | Allow | 37 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17893894 | METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING METROLOGICAL DATA AND DEVICE IMPLEMENTING THE METHOD | August 2022 | April 2025 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17819314 | Detecting sobriety and fatigue impairment of the rider using face and voice recognition | August 2022 | June 2024 | Abandon | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17883467 | DEVICE, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR INCIDENT AIR SPACE MANAGEMENT | August 2022 | March 2025 | Allow | 31 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17880188 | LOCATION BASED ALERTS | August 2022 | September 2024 | Allow | 26 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17796287 | COMBINATION ALERTS | July 2022 | June 2025 | Allow | 35 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17875966 | NETWORKS, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENHANCED WILDFIRE MITIGATION, PROTECTION AND SUPPRESSION | July 2022 | July 2025 | Allow | 35 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17874498 | Magnetic Electrical Contact Sensor | July 2022 | August 2024 | Allow | 25 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17869555 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR A HUB DEVICE | July 2022 | May 2025 | Abandon | 34 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17793491 | SECURITY SYSTEM WITH FERROMAGNETIC SENSING | July 2022 | March 2025 | Allow | 32 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17812206 | LOW-POWER VEHICLE DETECTION | July 2022 | February 2023 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17861890 | Transferring Playback Between Devices | July 2022 | January 2025 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17855705 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR HANDLING CRITICAL EVENTS IN AN IOT ENVIRONMENT | June 2022 | February 2024 | Allow | 20 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17852936 | Data Transmission Method and Apparatus | June 2022 | April 2025 | Allow | 34 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17788767 | INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND INFORMATION TERMINAL | June 2022 | September 2024 | Allow | 27 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner POINT, RUFUS C.
With a 22.2% 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, 28.0% 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.
⚠ 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 POINT, RUFUS C works in Art Unit 2689 and has examined 629 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 82.4%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 26 months.
Examiner POINT, RUFUS C's allowance rate of 82.4% places them in the 55% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications.
On average, applications examined by POINT, RUFUS C receive 1.77 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 39% 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 POINT, RUFUS C is 26 months. This places the examiner in the 76% percentile for prosecution speed. Applications move through prosecution relatively quickly with this examiner.
Conducting an examiner interview provides a +5.1% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by POINT, RUFUS C. This interview benefit is in the 30% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews provide a below-average benefit with this examiner.
When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 32.8% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 70% 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 23.6% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 31% 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, 40.0% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 37% percentile among all examiners. Note: Pre-appeal conferences show below-average success with this examiner. Consider whether your arguments are strong enough to warrant a PAC request.
This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 66.7% of appeals filed. This is in the 50% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 27.8% 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, 39.6% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 29% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Note: Petitions show below-average success regarding this examiner's actions. Ensure you have a strong procedural basis before filing.
Examiner's Amendments: This examiner makes examiner's amendments in 0.6% of allowed cases (in the 63% 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 0.4% of allowed cases (in the 54% 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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