Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18674926 | Electric Tiltrotor Aircraft | May 2024 | June 2025 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18438266 | Vibration Isolation Systems for Compound Helicopters | February 2024 | April 2025 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18408030 | ROTORCRAFT-ASSISTED SYSTEM FOR LAUNCHING AND RETRIEVING A FIXED-WING AIRCRAFT INTO AND FROM FREE FLIGHT | January 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18445383 | Rotating Detonation Engines And Related Devices And Methods | August 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18233524 | Dispersion Structure for Impact | August 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 19 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18206592 | SPACECRAFT SERVICING DEVICES AND RELATED ASSEMBLIES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS | June 2023 | May 2025 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18329723 | LANDING GEAR SHRINK LINK MECHANISM | June 2023 | May 2025 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18327660 | BATTERY-FREE UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE | June 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18322096 | LOAD INTRODUCTION SYSTEM AND A METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A LOAD INTRODUCTION SYSTEM | May 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 25 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18302754 | STACKED SPACECRAFT LAUNCH AND ORBIT RAISING | April 2023 | January 2025 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18133077 | LAUNCHER FOR UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAVs) | April 2023 | November 2024 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18191937 | STRUT ASSEMBLY AND METHOD FOR COUPLING AN ENGINE TO A WING OF AN AIRCRAFT | March 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 27 | 3 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18125300 | ROTARY WING VEHICLE | March 2023 | October 2024 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18027661 | LOW NOISE VERTICAL TAKE-OFF AND LANDING (VTOL) UNMANNED AIR VEHICLE (UAV) | March 2023 | January 2025 | Abandon | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18186758 | UAV PARACHUTE DEPLOYMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS USING A ROTOR GUARD | March 2023 | January 2025 | Allow | 22 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18118480 | Propulsion System for an In-situ Acoustic Wildfire Suppression Unmanned Vehicle | March 2023 | April 2025 | Abandon | 25 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18116925 | Wide-Angle Seeker | March 2023 | December 2024 | Abandon | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18176996 | SHOCK LOAD ATTENUATION | March 2023 | September 2024 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18171345 | Expandable Strut Assembly for a Wing of an Aircraft and Method of Using the Same | February 2023 | February 2025 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18171347 | Extendable Compression Chain System and Method of Using the Same | February 2023 | September 2024 | Allow | 19 | 0 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18166129 | RESILIENT UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE LANDING PLATFORMS | February 2023 | August 2024 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 2 | No | No |
| 18018970 | Efficient Turnaround System for Aircraft | January 2023 | September 2024 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18103314 | UNMANNED SUPPLY DELIVERY AIRCRAFT | January 2023 | December 2024 | Allow | 23 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18013558 | WING STRUCTURE FOR VEHICLE, AND VEHICLE | December 2022 | August 2024 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18087051 | DRAIN PLUG FOR A BOAT | December 2022 | June 2025 | Allow | 30 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18011987 | TACTICAL HYBRID STRATOSPHERIC AIRSHIP | December 2022 | February 2025 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18084123 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SPACECRAFT REPROVISIONING | December 2022 | December 2024 | Abandon | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17992103 | JET-PROPELLED VTOL HYBRID CAR | November 2022 | January 2025 | Abandon | 26 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18055785 | AERIAL VEHICLE SAFETY APPARATUS AND AERIAL VEHICLE | November 2022 | October 2024 | Allow | 23 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17971831 | ENGINE-MOUNTED AUTONOMOUS FLYING DEVICE | October 2022 | June 2025 | Allow | 31 | 4 | 0 | Yes | Yes |
| 18045984 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FUNCTIONALITY AND CONTROLS FOR A VTOL FLYING CAR | October 2022 | December 2024 | Abandon | 26 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17962982 | HYBRID-ELECTRIC AIRCRAFT, AND METHODS, APPARATUS AND SYSTEMS FOR FACILITATING SAME | October 2022 | July 2024 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17954079 | AIRCRAFT WITH A COMBUSTION ENGINE HAVING AN EXHAUST AHEAD OF ITS AIR INTAKE | September 2022 | August 2024 | Allow | 23 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17953861 | LANDING GEAR STAY | September 2022 | October 2023 | Allow | 13 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17895384 | AIRCRAFT FOR COMMERCIAL AIR TRAVEL AND A METHOD OF MANUFACTURE | August 2022 | November 2023 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17892761 | MULTI-DRIVE UNIT PROPULSION SYSTEM FOR AN AIRCRAFT | August 2022 | July 2024 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17889689 | ANCHOR FOR SECURING AN AIRCRAFT TO A LANDING GRID AND AIRCRAFT | August 2022 | June 2024 | Allow | 22 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17795612 | Flat Plate Airfoil Platform Vehicle | July 2022 | November 2024 | Allow | 27 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17873865 | TILTING LANDING GEAR SYSTEMS AND METHODS | July 2022 | December 2023 | Allow | 16 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17868483 | TILTING LANDING GEAR SYSTEMS AND METHODS | July 2022 | January 2025 | Allow | 30 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17857464 | ASSEMBLY COMPRISING A MULTIPLE PAYLOAD SET AND GROUND SUPPORT EQUIPMENT | July 2022 | June 2024 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17785677 | COMPONENT SYSTEM FOR INTERIOR FURNISHING OF AN AIRCRAFT | June 2022 | March 2024 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17785857 | HYBRID SYSTEMS FOR DRONES AND OTHER MODES OF TRANSPORT | June 2022 | June 2025 | Allow | 36 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17829822 | FLYING CAR | June 2022 | March 2024 | Allow | 21 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17744145 | MULTICOPTER WITH ANGLED ROTORS | May 2022 | November 2023 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17744469 | MULTICOPTER WITH BOOM-MOUNTED ROTORS | May 2022 | November 2023 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17735606 | RETRACTABLE AIRCRAFT LANDING GEAR | May 2022 | October 2023 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17734734 | AIRCRAFT WING AND CONNECTION ASSEMBLY FOR A HIGH LIFT ASSEMBLY | May 2022 | January 2024 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17734021 | INTELLIGENT GIMBAL ASSEMBLY AND METHOD FOR UNMANNED VEHICLE | April 2022 | September 2024 | Abandon | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17733487 | HYBRID ELECTRIC VERTICAL TAKEOFF AND LANDING AIRCRAFT | April 2022 | January 2024 | Allow | 21 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17709883 | Unmanned Flying Device | March 2022 | September 2024 | Allow | 29 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17656110 | AIRCRAFT WING TRAILING EDGE SECTION ASSEMBLY | March 2022 | September 2023 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17626758 | LANDING APPARATUS FOR AN AIR VEHICLE | January 2022 | September 2023 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17625203 | FUSELAGE STRUCTURE OF AN AIRCRAFT AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME | January 2022 | January 2024 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17596603 | PARACHUTE DEVICE, FLIGHT DEVICE, AND FLYING BODY EJECTION MECHANISM | December 2021 | July 2023 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17536450 | THERMAL CONTROL SYSTEM FOR REENTRY VEHICLES | November 2021 | August 2023 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17527519 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSPORTING HYDROGEN | November 2021 | April 2024 | Abandon | 29 | 4 | 0 | No | No |
| 17512421 | TILTING LANDING GEAR SYSTEMS AND METHODS | October 2021 | November 2023 | Allow | 25 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17440943 | CARGO DOOR OPERATING METHOD AND DEVICE | September 2021 | April 2024 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17478683 | AIRCRAFT FOR COMMERCIAL AIR TRAVEL AND A METHOD OF MANUFACTURE | September 2021 | May 2022 | Allow | 8 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17467125 | MULTIPLE CONTROLLABLE AIRFLOW MODIFICATION DEVICES | September 2021 | October 2023 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17446782 | AUTONOMOUS THRUST VECTORING RING WING POD | September 2021 | November 2023 | Allow | 26 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17386189 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPROVED AIR-LAUNCH OF A LAUNCH VEHICLE FROM A TOWED AIRCRAFT | July 2021 | August 2023 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17385945 | Penetrating High Wing Structure of Civil Aircraft with Blended-Wing-Body | July 2021 | April 2024 | Abandon | 33 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17377538 | ROTARY WING AIRCRAFT WITH AN ASYMMETRICAL FRONT SECTION | July 2021 | June 2024 | Allow | 35 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 17372388 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CARRYING AN AERONAUTICAL OR LAUNCH VEHICLE TO ALTITUDE FOR RELEASE TO FLIGHT | July 2021 | July 2024 | Allow | 36 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 17366749 | VERTICAL TAKEOFF AND LANDING AIRCRAFT | July 2021 | February 2024 | Allow | 31 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 17362252 | Passenger Seat Crash Safety System | June 2021 | July 2023 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17357361 | Helicopter Tail Rotor Drive System on Demand Speed Control | June 2021 | March 2023 | Allow | 21 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17413137 | FRAME FOR AIRCRAFT AND AIRCRAFT | June 2021 | July 2024 | Abandon | 37 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17332085 | Mechanically-Distributed Propulsion Drivetrain and Architecture | May 2021 | August 2024 | Allow | 38 | 5 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17319629 | Autorotative Enhancement System | May 2021 | January 2025 | Abandon | 44 | 5 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17246969 | ROTORCRAFT-ASSISTED SYSTEM FOR LAUNCHING AND RETRIEVING A FIXED-WING AIRCRAFT INTO AND FROM FREE FLIGHT | May 2021 | October 2023 | Allow | 29 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 17245010 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ROTATING A ROTOR OF A TILTROTOR AIRCRAFT | April 2021 | June 2023 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17239001 | ACOUSTIC SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR URBAN AIR MOBILITY VEHICLES | April 2021 | August 2023 | Allow | 27 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17217932 | Tailored Rotor-Blade Ice-Protection System | March 2021 | December 2023 | Allow | 60 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17188198 | LANDING GEAR SHRINK LINK MECHANISM | March 2021 | March 2023 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17176864 | Advanced Emergency Collective Actuator with Friction Pull-Off and Method for a Helicopter | February 2021 | July 2023 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17170672 | ELECTRIC TILTROTOR AIRCRAFT | February 2021 | January 2024 | Allow | 35 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17166884 | UNMANNED ELLIPSOID MULTI-ROTOR AIRSHIP AND RESPECTIVE METHOD OF CONSTRUCTION | February 2021 | January 2024 | Allow | 36 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17154925 | Vibration Isolation Systems for Compound Helicopters | January 2021 | January 2024 | Allow | 36 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17153815 | SELF-HEALING SHIELD CONFIGURED TO PROTECT AN ENVIRONMENT FROM HIGH VELOCITY PARTICLES | January 2021 | February 2023 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17114714 | VERTICAL FILL METHOD | December 2020 | July 2023 | Abandon | 32 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 15734976 | SPACECRAFT ASSEMBLY ARRANGED ABOUT A CENTRAL AXIS AND LINKED ON LONGITUDINAL EDGES BY FASTENERS | December 2020 | February 2023 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 15734438 | DEVICE FOR CLOSING A SPACE WITHIN AN AIRPLANE | December 2020 | May 2023 | Allow | 29 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17108592 | Tail Rotor Configurations for Rotorcraft Yaw Control Systems | December 2020 | August 2023 | Allow | 32 | 4 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17107095 | SPACECRAFT SERVICING DEVICES AND RELATED ASSEMBLIES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS | November 2020 | February 2023 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17073688 | AIRCRAFT COMPRISING A REAR WING ATTACHMENT HAVING AT LEAST TWO LATERAL LINKS AND A SHEAR PIN | October 2020 | January 2023 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17040632 | AUTONOMOUS PACKAGE STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL SYSTEM USING A DRONE | September 2020 | February 2024 | Allow | 41 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17015568 | RECOVERY OF A FINAL STAGE OF A SPACECRAFT LAUNCH VEHICLE | September 2020 | October 2022 | Allow | 25 | 0 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17007647 | ROTARY WING VEHICLE | August 2020 | January 2023 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16994495 | OPTICS AND STRUCTURE FOR SPACE APPLICATIONS | August 2020 | March 2021 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 16901957 | UNMANNED SUPPLY DELIVERY AIRCRAFT | June 2020 | September 2022 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16651173 | ENGINE-MOUNTED AUTONOMOUS FLYING DEVICE | June 2020 | March 2023 | Abandon | 36 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16888255 | AERIAL SWIMMER APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS | May 2020 | May 2022 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16883838 | ROCKET PROPELLED DRONE | May 2020 | December 2023 | Allow | 43 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 15930599 | Adhesive Panels of Microvane Arrays for Reducing Effects of Wingtip Vortices | May 2020 | September 2022 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16856684 | ROBUST AMPHIBIOUS AIRCRAFT | April 2020 | July 2022 | Allow | 27 | 0 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16847266 | FLIGHT CONTROL FOR AN UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE | April 2020 | August 2022 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16753066 | UNMANNED FLIGHT EQUIPMENT AND DELIVERY METHOD | April 2020 | October 2022 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner SANDERSON, JOSEPH W.
With a 11.1% 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, 18.8% of applications that filed an appeal were subsequently allowed. This appeal filing benefit rate is in the bottom 25% across the USPTO, indicating that filing appeals is less effective here than in most other areas.
⚠ 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 SANDERSON, JOSEPH W works in Art Unit 3619 and has examined 337 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 83.4%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 29 months.
Examiner SANDERSON, JOSEPH W's allowance rate of 83.4% places them in the 51% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications.
On average, applications examined by SANDERSON, JOSEPH W receive 1.58 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 41% 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 SANDERSON, JOSEPH W is 29 months. This places the examiner in the 48% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly slower than average with this examiner.
Conducting an examiner interview provides a +9.7% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by SANDERSON, JOSEPH W. This interview benefit is in the 45% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews provide a below-average benefit with this examiner.
When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 27.7% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 38% 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 51.3% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 72% 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, 0.0% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 15% percentile among all examiners. Note: Pre-appeal conferences show limited success with this examiner compared to others. While still worth considering, be prepared to proceed with a full appeal brief if the PAC does not result in favorable action.
This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 52.6% of appeals filed. This is in the 18% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 30.0% occur early in the appeal process (after Notice of Appeal but before Appeal Brief). Strategic Insight: This examiner rarely withdraws rejections during the appeal process compared to other examiners. If you file an appeal, be prepared to fully prosecute it to a PTAB decision. Per MPEP § 1207, the examiner will prepare an Examiner's Answer maintaining the rejections.
When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 40.5% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 40% 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 6.8% of allowed cases (in the 92% percentile). Per MPEP § 1302.04, examiner's amendments are used to place applications in condition for allowance when only minor changes are needed. This examiner frequently uses this tool compared to other examiners, indicating a cooperative approach to getting applications allowed. Strategic Insight: If you are close to allowance but minor claim amendments are needed, this examiner may be willing to make an examiner's amendment rather than requiring another round of prosecution.
Quayle Actions: This examiner issues Ex Parte Quayle actions in 10.0% 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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