Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18896013 | CONTROL METHOD, DEVICE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | September 2024 | January 2025 | Allow | 4 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18619237 | INTEGRATED CEILING DEVICE WITH MECHANICAL ARRANGEMENT FOR A LIGHT SOURCE | March 2024 | June 2025 | Allow | 15 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18440583 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TUNING A MHZ RF GENERATOR WITHIN A CYCLE OF OPERATION OF A KHZ RF GENERATOR | February 2024 | February 2025 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18418378 | DRIVING CIRCUIT FOR DRIVING ELECTRONIC ELEMENT | January 2024 | June 2025 | Allow | 17 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18393120 | UWB ANTENNA INTEGRATED LAMP ASSEMBLY WITHOUT EMI NOISE | December 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 18 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18487701 | BATTERY-POWERED RETROFIT REMOTE CONTROL DEVICE | October 2023 | January 2025 | Allow | 15 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18477646 | PREDICTION AND RECOVERY OF ZERO-CROSSING INFORMATION AND SELECTIVE CONTROL SIGNAL PULSE DURATION | September 2023 | April 2024 | Allow | 6 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18476871 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR SELF-ADAPTIVE SCHEDULED LIGHTING CONTROL | September 2023 | March 2025 | Abandon | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18463274 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PARAMETER ADJUSTMENT OF STREET LAMPS IN SMART CITY BASED ON INTERNET OF THINGS | September 2023 | January 2025 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18243307 | DYNAMIC DIM-TO-WARM WITH COLOR-TUNABLE FIXTURES | September 2023 | October 2024 | Allow | 13 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18238521 | INTEGRATED CEILING DEVICE WITH MECHANICAL ARRANGEMENT FOR A LIGHT SOURCE | August 2023 | July 2024 | Abandon | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18454320 | OPTICAL DEVICE AND DIRECTION DISPLAY DEVICE | August 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18259581 | ANTENNA APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | June 2023 | April 2025 | Allow | 22 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18340161 | ANTENNA ASSEMBLY AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | June 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18340814 | Content System with Lighting Device Calibration Feature | June 2023 | October 2023 | Allow | 4 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18188550 | LIGHTING CONTROL FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES | March 2023 | July 2024 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18186554 | ANTENNA STRUCTURE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE COMPRISING SAME | March 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 27 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 18026902 | SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT FOR DRIVING LIGHT EMITTING ELEMENT, LIGHT EMITTING ELEMENT DRIVING DEVICE, LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE, AND VEHICLE | March 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18120370 | METHOD AND APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR CONTROLLING FLASHING COLOR LAMPS | March 2023 | June 2024 | Abandon | 16 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18119744 | Lighting System For An Environment And A Control Module For Use Therein | March 2023 | December 2024 | Allow | 21 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 18119747 | DIPOLE ANTENNA WITH LOW CROSS SECTIONAL AREA | March 2023 | February 2025 | Allow | 23 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18115935 | ANTENNA STRCUTURE INCLDUING A PLURLAITY OF RADIATING PORTIONS | March 2023 | April 2025 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18176317 | METHOD FOR ADJUSTING COLOR RENDERING INDEX OF LIGHT SOURCE AND STAGE LIGHT FIXTURE USING SAME | February 2023 | August 2024 | Allow | 17 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18113684 | A TECHNIQUE FOR CONTROLLING OPERATIONAL DEPENDENCIES AMONG LUMINAIRES OF A LIGHTING SYSTEM | February 2023 | April 2025 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18168233 | CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM INJECTOR AND CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM INJECTION METHOD | February 2023 | February 2025 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18160181 | GAP WAVEGUIDE ANTENNA STRUCTURE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | January 2023 | November 2024 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18159127 | STATE CHANGE DEVICES FOR SWITCHED ELECTRICAL RECEPTACLES | January 2023 | September 2024 | Allow | 20 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 18099973 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE INCLUDING A PRESSING MEMBER IN CONTACT WITH A COVER MEMBER AND A DIELECTRIC SUBSTRATE | January 2023 | February 2025 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18098064 | Antenna System for Accessing Wireless Signal of Multiple Frequency Band | January 2023 | April 2025 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18005541 | RADIOTHERAPY DEVICE | January 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 26 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18096649 | ANTENNA PACKAGE AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME | January 2023 | January 2025 | Allow | 24 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18095158 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING AN ANTENNA | January 2023 | July 2024 | Allow | 18 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18151997 | SMART LED DRIVER SOLUTION FOR DYNAMIC LED CHAIN | January 2023 | February 2025 | Allow | 25 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18087931 | DIMMING CONTROL METHOD, DIMMING CONTROL CIRCUIT AND POWER CONVERTER THEREOF | December 2022 | October 2023 | Allow | 9 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18084981 | VISIBLE LIGHT SENSOR CONFIGURED FOR DETECTION OF GLARE CONDITIONS | December 2022 | July 2023 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18079124 | Dual Resonant Wideband Meandered PCB Antenna | December 2022 | June 2025 | Allow | 30 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 18078227 | LAMP CONTROL BOX AND LAMP | December 2022 | September 2024 | Allow | 21 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 18009540 | ANTENNA DEVICE INCLUDING DIFFERENT ELECTROMAGNETIC BAND GAP (EBG) ELEMENTS | December 2022 | June 2025 | Allow | 30 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17922360 | Systems and Methods for Wireless Intra-Luminaire Communication and Control of Separate Lamps | October 2022 | September 2024 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17973995 | Method and Apparatus for Determining a Target Light Intensity From a Phase-Control Signal | October 2022 | February 2023 | Allow | 4 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18049616 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING INTELLIGENT STREET LAMPS IN A SMART CITY BASED ON INTERNET OF THINGS | October 2022 | July 2023 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17973117 | FULL-SPECTRUM LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE (LED) COLOR MANAGEMENT SYSTEM BASED ON RGBWCLA SEVEN-COLOR INTEGRATION | October 2022 | June 2025 | Abandon | 32 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17971485 | ANTENNA DEVICE INCLUDING RADOME AND BASE STATION INCLUDING ANTENNA DEVICE | October 2022 | February 2025 | Allow | 28 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18048037 | ILLUMINATION DEVICE INCLUDING CONTROL DEVICE THAT VARIES MELANOPIC RATIO OF LIGHT | October 2022 | November 2024 | Allow | 25 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17996475 | LIGHT, LIGHT CONTROL DEVICE, LIGHT CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM | October 2022 | November 2024 | Abandon | 25 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18046630 | REMOTELY PERFORMANCE DIRECTING SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF | October 2022 | August 2024 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17965456 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SETTING ARTIFICIAL ULTRAVIOLET ILLUMINATION FOR PLANT | October 2022 | November 2023 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17937754 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE, LOW TEMPERATURE PLASMA BACKGROUND | October 2022 | June 2025 | Abandon | 32 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17958878 | LED FIXTURE, PORTABLE WIRELESS ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND METHOD OF PROVISIONING LED FIXTURES IN A WIRELESS NETWORK | October 2022 | June 2025 | Allow | 32 | 3 | 1 | No | No |
| 17956192 | PARTICLE ACCELERATOR HAVING NOVEL ELECTRODE CONFIGURATION FOR QUADRUPOLE FOCUSING | September 2022 | January 2025 | Allow | 27 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17949862 | DRIFT TUBE ELECTRODE ARRANGEMENT HAVING DIRECT CURRENT OPTICS | September 2022 | May 2024 | Allow | 20 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17949409 | ILLUMINATION CONTROL DEVICE AND ILLUMINATION SYSTEM | September 2022 | December 2023 | Allow | 15 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17949676 | ILLUMINATION CONTROL DEVICE AND ILLUMINATION SYSTEM | September 2022 | November 2023 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17906714 | Method and system for generating light effects | September 2022 | March 2025 | Allow | 30 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17930806 | System, Method, and Apparatus For Self-Adaptive Scheduled Lighting Control | September 2022 | November 2023 | Abandon | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17910027 | RADIO FREQUENCY GENERATING DEVICE | September 2022 | November 2024 | Abandon | 26 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17939343 | BROADBAND DECOUPLING RADIATING ELEMENTS AND BASE STATION ANTENNAS HAVING SUCH RADIATING ELEMENTS | September 2022 | June 2024 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17909772 | METHOD FOR FUNCTIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF LUMINAIRES | September 2022 | October 2024 | Allow | 25 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17909871 | METHOD FOR GROUPING LUMINAIRES | September 2022 | November 2024 | Allow | 26 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17892142 | MULTI-FUNCTION INTELLIGENT LIGHTING DEVICE CONTROL SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF | August 2022 | July 2024 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17877223 | COLLISION DETECTION FOR VENUE LIGHTING | July 2022 | September 2023 | Allow | 13 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17871300 | CONTROLLING BEACONING OF A WIRELESS LIGHTING INTERFACE WITH A LIGHT SOURCE | July 2022 | September 2024 | Allow | 25 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17863589 | CONTROLLING GROUPS OF ELECTRICAL LOADS | July 2022 | May 2023 | Allow | 10 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17860940 | LIGHTING SYSTEM WITH A PROGRAMMABLE CORRELATED COLOR TEMPERATURE SETTING AND DIMMER LEVEL | July 2022 | March 2025 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17857078 | SWITCH GANG-CONTROL DEVICE BASED ON LED TREE LIGHTS | July 2022 | March 2024 | Abandon | 21 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17857008 | AD-HOC LIGHTING NETWORK AND METHOD OF DEPLOYMENT | July 2022 | January 2024 | Allow | 19 | 6 | 0 | No | No |
| 17856337 | Sound and Light Experiences | July 2022 | March 2024 | Allow | 21 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17845102 | Transparent Broadband Antenna | June 2022 | June 2024 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17844125 | ANTENNA ASSEMBLY AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | June 2022 | December 2024 | Allow | 30 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17844695 | DUAL-BAND INTEGRATED PRINTED ANTENNA FEED | June 2022 | February 2025 | Allow | 32 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17840962 | ADAPTABLE HANDLEBAR LIGHTS WITH TURN ACTUATION | June 2022 | January 2024 | Abandon | 19 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17837933 | LAMP ASSEMBLIES AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING OPERATING PARAMETERS OF LIGHT SOURCES | June 2022 | February 2024 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17836113 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH HOUSING FOR GENERATING LIGHT EFFECT | June 2022 | September 2024 | Allow | 28 | 5 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17827810 | CURRENT DRIVING CIRCUIT PROVIDING NONLINEAR DRIVING CURRENT TO COMPENSATE FOR LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE | May 2022 | September 2024 | Allow | 27 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17749132 | POWER LINE COMMUNICATION TO CONTROL LIGHTING | May 2022 | February 2023 | Allow | 9 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17747809 | BAND-PASS FILTERING ADAPTIVE RESPONSE METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MUSIC LAMP STRIP | May 2022 | April 2023 | Allow | 11 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17744071 | HEURISTIC CONFIGURATION FOR COMMISSIONING A WIRELESS LIGHTING CONTROL SYSTEM | May 2022 | April 2024 | Abandon | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17774908 | CAVITY PHASE SHIFTER AND BASE STATION ANTENNA | May 2022 | October 2024 | Allow | 29 | 3 | 1 | No | No |
| 17736043 | 360 DEGREE COMMUNICATIONS LENSES AND SYSTEMS | May 2022 | June 2025 | Allow | 37 | 6 | 0 | No | No |
| 17722405 | SYSTEM FOR PRODUCING MIXED REALITY ATMOSPHERE EFFECT WITH HDMI AUDIO/VIDEO STREAMING | April 2022 | September 2022 | Allow | 5 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17722333 | LIGHT CONTROL UNIT | April 2022 | November 2023 | Abandon | 19 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17721788 | Wireless Control Based LED Driver Circuit | April 2022 | January 2024 | Abandon | 21 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17769298 | ANTENNA DEVICE HAVING AN ARRAY ANTENNA AND A REFLECTOR | April 2022 | June 2025 | Abandon | 38 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17714169 | CIRCULAR POLARIZATION ARRAY ANTENNA DEVICE | April 2022 | October 2023 | Allow | 19 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17713637 | BRIGHTNESS CONTROL METHOD OF ILLUMINATION DEVICE, BRIGHTNESS CONTROL DEVICE AND BRIGHTNESS CONTROL SYSTEM | April 2022 | June 2023 | Allow | 14 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17656590 | ILLUMINATION LIGHT CONTROL BASED ON ORIENTATION | March 2022 | March 2023 | Allow | 12 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17704671 | AMBIENT LIGHTING FOR IMPROVING SLEEPING DISORDERS, COGNITION AND/OR NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS | March 2022 | June 2023 | Allow | 15 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17699343 | Lamp Control Device, Controllable Color Temperature Lamp and Data Transmission Method | March 2022 | June 2024 | Abandon | 27 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17692028 | SMART CONTROLLED LIGHTING SYSTEM | March 2022 | June 2024 | Abandon | 27 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17692056 | ADJUSTING A COLOR MIXING SYSTEM DEPENDING ON BEAM CLIPPING | March 2022 | September 2023 | Allow | 19 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17638834 | AN ANTENNA DEVICE | February 2022 | February 2024 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17678663 | Method And Apparatus For LED Light Control | February 2022 | October 2023 | Abandon | 19 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17673338 | LIGHTING DEVICE FOR VEHICLE | February 2022 | November 2022 | Allow | 9 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17635787 | A CONTROLLER FOR RESTRICTING CONTROL OF A LIGHTING UNIT IN A LIGHTING SYSTEM AND A METHOD THEREOF | February 2022 | November 2023 | Allow | 21 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17668916 | CONTROL METHOD AND CONTROL DEVICE | February 2022 | February 2023 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17650383 | Automatic Lighting System and Control Method | February 2022 | September 2023 | Abandon | 20 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17665393 | MULTIMODE CONTROL SYSTEM | February 2022 | July 2024 | Abandon | 30 | 4 | 0 | No | No |
| 17649884 | ADJUSTABLE LIGHT SOURCE | February 2022 | November 2023 | Abandon | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17585589 | ENERGY-SAVING STREET LIGHT SYSTEM WITH DYNAMIC AND REAL-TIME BRIGHTNESS ADJUSTMENT | January 2022 | April 2023 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17582912 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND APPARATUS FOR OPTICALLY MONITORING INDIVIDUAL LAMPS | January 2022 | September 2022 | Allow | 8 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner CHAI, RAYMOND REI-YANG.
With a 37.5% reversal rate, the PTAB reverses the examiner's rejections in a meaningful percentage of cases. This reversal rate is above the USPTO average, indicating that appeals have better success 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, 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.
✓ Appeals to PTAB show good success rates. If you have a strong case on the merits, consider fully prosecuting the appeal to a Board decision.
⚠ Filing a Notice of Appeal shows limited benefit. Consider other strategies like interviews or amendments before appealing.
Examiner CHAI, RAYMOND REI-YANG works in Art Unit 2844 and has examined 578 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 80.3%, this examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 18 months.
Examiner CHAI, RAYMOND REI-YANG's allowance rate of 80.3% places them in the 43% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications.
On average, applications examined by CHAI, RAYMOND REI-YANG receive 1.75 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 52% 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 CHAI, RAYMOND REI-YANG is 18 months. This places the examiner in the 94% percentile for prosecution speed. Applications move through prosecution relatively quickly with this examiner.
Conducting an examiner interview provides a +11.0% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by CHAI, RAYMOND REI-YANG. This interview benefit is in the 49% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews provide a below-average benefit with this examiner.
When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 30.7% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 53% 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 36.7% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 48% 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, 44.4% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 38% 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 57.9% of appeals filed. This is in the 26% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 45.5% 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, 45.9% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 52% 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 0.2% of allowed cases (in the 49% percentile). This examiner makes examiner's amendments less often than average. You may need to make most claim amendments yourself.
Quayle Actions: This examiner issues Ex Parte Quayle actions in 9.9% of allowed cases (in the 88% percentile). Per MPEP § 714.14, a Quayle action indicates that all claims are allowable but formal matters remain. This examiner frequently uses Quayle actions compared to other examiners, which is a positive indicator that once substantive issues are resolved, allowance follows quickly.
Based on the statistical analysis of this examiner's prosecution patterns, here are tailored strategic recommendations:
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