Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19070444 | TRANSPORT ROBOT, RACK AND WAREHOUSING SYSTEM | March 2025 | October 2025 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18856079 | LIFTING BASKET, LIFTING BASKET GUIDING MECHANISM AND LIFTING BASKET-TYPE SAMPLE CRYOGENIC STORAGE DEVICE | October 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 5 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18743203 | STORAGE, RETRIEVAL AND ORDER SORTATION ARRANGED IN VERTICAL ORIENTATION | June 2024 | May 2025 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18668324 | MOVABLE BASEPLATE COVER AND INBOARD BARRIER GATE OF A LIFT SYSTEM FOR A MOTORIZED VEHICLE | May 2024 | December 2024 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18662441 | MULTI-TIERED PARCEL SORTATION SYSTEM | May 2024 | April 2025 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18643833 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROCESSING OBJECTS INCLUDING TRANSPORT VEHICLES | April 2024 | November 2024 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18603798 | MOBILE MANIPULATION ROBOTIC SYSTEM | March 2024 | July 2024 | Allow | 4 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18589394 | STORAGE SYSTEM AND A METHOD OF OPERATING THE STORAGE SYSTEM | February 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18422983 | CONTAINER HANDLING VEHICLE WITH FIRST AND SECOND SECTIONS AND ASSEMBLY OF MOTORS IN SECOND SECTION FOR DRIVING AT LEAST ONE WHEEL OF EACH OF THE SETS OF WHEELS | January 2024 | December 2024 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18415377 | BIASING CRADLE FOR REFUSE VEHICLE | January 2024 | October 2024 | Allow | 8 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18401196 | APPARATUS FOR RETRIEVING UNITS FROM A STORAGE SYSTEM | December 2023 | August 2024 | Allow | 8 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18401140 | SCISSORS ACTUATOR CONFIGURED TO TRANSLATE A SUPPORT PLATFORM IN EITHER OF OPPOSED LATERAL DIRECTIONS | December 2023 | February 2025 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18401088 | LOCKING MECHANISM FOR RELEASABLY LOCKING A RECEPTACLE CARRIER TO A CARRIER SUPPORT | December 2023 | February 2025 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18400717 | OFFLOADING VACUUM TANK | December 2023 | November 2024 | Allow | 11 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18389068 | Robotic Order Fulfilment System | November 2023 | May 2025 | Allow | 18 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18488799 | CONTAINER ACCESSING STATION WITH LIFTING DEVICE | October 2023 | May 2024 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18378270 | Material Handling Apparatus having Separate Workstation and Method of Use | October 2023 | May 2024 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18482932 | Concrete Container | October 2023 | March 2024 | Allow | 5 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18377414 | SURFACE MANAGEMENT OF PILED GRANULAR MATERIAL | October 2023 | December 2024 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18377471 | INCITING SEDIMENT GRAVITY FLOW IN PILED GRAIN | October 2023 | December 2024 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18479491 | AUTOMATED STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL SYSTEM | October 2023 | August 2024 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18475587 | AUTOMATED SHUTTLE SYSTEMS FOR MULTI-DEPTH STORAGE RACKS | September 2023 | April 2024 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18471409 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PICKING ITEMS | September 2023 | April 2024 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18464857 | CONVEYOR SYSTEM FOR DELIVERY USING AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES | September 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 18 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18263615 | GRID SURVEY MODULE | July 2023 | October 2025 | Allow | 26 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18227250 | INTEROPERABLE PREFABRICATED MOBILE STRUCTURE | July 2023 | November 2024 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18262042 | STORAGE CONTAINER, A SYSTEM COMPRISING ONE OR MORE OF THE STORAGE CONTAINERS AND METHODS OF ASSEMBLING THE STORAGE CONTAINERS | July 2023 | January 2026 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18270842 | MATRIX-PICKING | July 2023 | February 2026 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18340384 | AUTOMATED STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL SYSTEM | June 2023 | March 2024 | Allow | 9 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18339580 | VEHICLE FOR AN AUTOMATED STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL SYSTEM | June 2023 | July 2024 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18333810 | CONTAINER HANDLING VEHICLE WITH DIRECT DRIVE ON LIFTING AXLE(S), ASSOCIATED METHODS AND SYSTEM | June 2023 | July 2024 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18326225 | SYSTEM FOR DELIVERING STORAGE CONTAINERS | May 2023 | February 2026 | Allow | 33 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18320616 | STORAGE GRID WITH CONTAINER ACCESSING STATION WITH LOCKING DEVICE TO LOCK REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLE | May 2023 | April 2024 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18317998 | GRAIN MANAGEMENT IN A BULK STORE | May 2023 | January 2026 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18317072 | GRAIN BIN MANAGEMENT DURING GRAIN STORAGE | May 2023 | October 2025 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18317074 | ROBOTIC GRAIN WALK DOWN IN A FLAT STORAGE BULK STORE | May 2023 | October 2025 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18316393 | GRAIN BIN MANAGEMENT DURING LOAD-IN | May 2023 | October 2025 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18252639 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF TEMPERATURE CONTROL IN AN AUTOMATED GRID BASED STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL SYSTEM | May 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 25 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18252461 | LOADING/UNLOADING DEVICE FOR A DELIVERY VEHICLE | May 2023 | February 2024 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18144486 | SERVING ROBOT APPARATUS | May 2023 | October 2025 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18252087 | AN ACCESS STATION FOR AN AUTOMATED STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL SYSTEM WITH CONTAINER TILT FUNCTIONALITY AND A METHOD FOR USING SAME | May 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 25 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18035372 | OVERHEAD TRANSPORT VEHICLE | May 2023 | August 2025 | Allow | 28 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18305833 | ROBOTIC SERVICE DEVICE AND HANDLING METHOD | April 2023 | February 2024 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18303520 | APPARATUS FOR RETRIEVING UNITS FROM A STORAGE SYSTEM | April 2023 | August 2023 | Allow | 4 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18298279 | Moving System, Method Of Moving An Item And Related Components | April 2023 | February 2024 | Allow | 10 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18189771 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATED PICKING OF ITEMS | March 2023 | August 2024 | Allow | 17 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18043963 | A Grid Framework Structure | March 2023 | March 2026 | Allow | 36 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18042366 | CABLE-STAYED JACKING REVERSING TYPE SIXTEEN-WHEEL FOUR-WAY SHUTTLE | February 2023 | May 2025 | Allow | 27 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18107228 | Multi-Tiered Parcel Sortation System | February 2023 | February 2024 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18019741 | TRAY AND ROBOT HAVING SAME | February 2023 | February 2026 | Allow | 37 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18163993 | CARGO UNLOADER FOR A VEHICLE | February 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 29 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18095428 | Multi-Level Conveying Systems for Storage Facilities | January 2023 | July 2025 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18094888 | Solar Panel Dispensing System for Facilitating Installation of Solar Panels | January 2023 | February 2026 | Allow | 37 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 18003699 | WAREHOUSE SHUTTLE | December 2022 | August 2025 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18145293 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INSTALLING INSULATED METAL PANELS | December 2022 | September 2025 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18069723 | AUTOMATED PACKAGE DELIVERY DEVICES, MACHINES, AND SYSTEMS | December 2022 | February 2025 | Allow | 26 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18084779 | MOVEABLE BASEPLATE COVER AND INBOARD BARRIER GATE OF A LIFT SYSTEM FOR A MOTORIZED VEHICLE | December 2022 | February 2024 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18001353 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATING AN AUTOMATED STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL SYSTEM | December 2022 | April 2025 | Allow | 29 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18063856 | STORAGE SYSTEMS AND METHODS | December 2022 | May 2024 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18078132 | LIFTING AND LOWERING CONTROL SYSTEM | December 2022 | September 2025 | Abandon | 33 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18074796 | FOOTPRINT OPTIMIZED CONTAINERIZED STORAGE SOLUTION | December 2022 | March 2025 | Allow | 27 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18000217 | VEHICLE TO COLLECT AND TRANSPORT FLAT ARTICLES, SYSTEM AND METHOD TO HANDLE FLAT ARTICLES | November 2022 | October 2025 | Abandon | 35 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18000015 | Multi-Function Inventory Handling Station Assembly | November 2022 | October 2025 | Allow | 34 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17992379 | Robot Delivery System | November 2022 | March 2024 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18055385 | APPARATUS FOR TRANSPORTING GROUPS OF CONSUMABLES BETWEEN VERTICALLY SPACED HOLDING SHELVES | November 2022 | July 2024 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17984337 | TRANSPORT ROBOT | November 2022 | October 2025 | Allow | 35 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17982590 | SURFACE MANAGEMENT OF PILED GRAIN | November 2022 | August 2023 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17921738 | Method And System For Assembling And Installing Arrays Of Photovoltaic Solar Panels In An Outdoor Field | October 2022 | March 2025 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17919019 | FREIGHT CARRIER INTENDED TO BE RECEIVED IN THE CARGO HOLD OF AN AIRCRAFT, AND SYSTEM COMPRISING FREIGHT CARRIERS AND A RECEIVING PLATFORM | October 2022 | October 2025 | Allow | 36 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17964144 | HANDLING ROBOT | October 2022 | February 2024 | Allow | 16 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17918215 | CONTAINER HANDLING VEHICLE WITH CANTILEVER CONSTRUCTION AND AUTOMATED STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL SYSTEM COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF THE CONTAINER HANDLING VEHICLES | October 2022 | September 2025 | Allow | 35 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17960819 | Rear Axle Movement Device for Truck with Lowerable Bed | October 2022 | January 2026 | Abandon | 39 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17938512 | STORAGE SYSTEM | October 2022 | July 2025 | Allow | 33 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17914958 | Apparatus for Retrieving Storage Containers from a Storage and Retrieval System | September 2022 | August 2025 | Allow | 35 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17950704 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROCESSING OBJECTS INCLUDING TRANSPORT VEHICLES | September 2022 | January 2024 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17931340 | SERVICE VEHICLE FOR A STORAGE SYSTEM | September 2022 | March 2024 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17817513 | VEHICLE FOR AN AUTOMATED STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL SYSTEM | August 2022 | March 2023 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17816544 | Biasing Cradle for Refuse Vehicle | August 2022 | October 2023 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17796637 | MOBILE ROBOT TRANSMISSION ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD | July 2022 | April 2025 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17812637 | CONTAINER HANDLING VEHICLE WITH FIRST AND SECOND SECTIONS AND ASSEMBLY OF MOTORS IN SECOND SECTION FOR DRIVING AT LEAST ONE WHEEL OF EACH OF THE SETS OF WHEELS | July 2022 | October 2023 | Allow | 15 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17860156 | VEHICLE FOR RECEIVING AND DELIVERING AGRICULTURAL SEEDS AND OTHER GRANULAR MATERIAL | July 2022 | March 2023 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17810957 | CONTAINER HANDLING VEHICLE WITH DIRECT DRIVE ON LIFTING AXLE(S), ASSOCIATED METHODS AND SYSTEM | July 2022 | March 2023 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17857749 | PROCESSING SYSTEM HAVING A FRONT OPENING UNIFIED POD (FOUP) LOAD LOCK | July 2022 | November 2023 | Allow | 16 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17854467 | Material Handling Apparatus having Separate Workstation and Method of Use | June 2022 | August 2023 | Allow | 13 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17786791 | Picking System | June 2022 | April 2025 | Allow | 34 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17806912 | DISPLACEMENT MECHANISM FOR A REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLE | June 2022 | October 2022 | Allow | 4 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17782494 | STORAGE SYSTEM | June 2022 | May 2025 | Allow | 36 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17829607 | FRONT-DUCTED EQUIPMENT FRONT END MODULES, SIDE STORAGE PODS, AND METHODS OF OPERATING THE SAME | June 2022 | June 2023 | Abandon | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17829057 | LOADING DOCK AUTOMATED TRAILER DOOR SYSTEMS | May 2022 | October 2025 | Allow | 41 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17723187 | Travel Robot For Moving Substrate Transfer Robot In Vacuum Chamber | April 2022 | July 2025 | Allow | 39 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17715427 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING POSITION OF PALLET FOR TRUCK UNLOADING | April 2022 | March 2025 | Allow | 35 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17715550 | TRANSPORTABLE REFRIGERATED CONTAINER AND METHOD OF DISTRIBUTION OF PERISHABLE GOODS | April 2022 | February 2024 | Allow | 22 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17658093 | ACTUATOR FOR MACHINE | April 2022 | August 2025 | Allow | 40 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17711108 | Vehicle-Mounted Hoist Systems and Methods | April 2022 | November 2022 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17657705 | WAREHOUSING SYSTEM FOR STORING AND RETRIEVING GOODS IN CONTAINERS | April 2022 | August 2024 | Allow | 28 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17708223 | Robotic Order Fulfilment Shuttle | March 2022 | August 2023 | Allow | 16 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17703482 | TRAY FLIPPER | March 2022 | June 2024 | Allow | 27 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17754036 | GAS ISOLATED STORAGE SYSTEM | March 2022 | March 2025 | Allow | 36 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17761724 | A TRACK ARRANGEMENT, AN AUTOMATED STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL SYSTEM AND AN AUTOMATED STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL METHOD | March 2022 | October 2025 | Allow | 43 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17655308 | AUTOMATED STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL SYSTEM | March 2022 | October 2022 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner ROMANO, ASHLEY K.
With a 80.0% reversal rate, the PTAB has reversed the examiner's rejections more often than affirming them. This reversal rate is in the top 25% across the USPTO, indicating that appeals are more successful here than in most other areas.
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, 69.2% of applications that filed an appeal were subsequently allowed. This appeal filing benefit rate is in the top 25% across the USPTO, indicating that filing appeals is particularly effective here. The act of filing often prompts favorable reconsideration during the mandatory appeal conference.
✓ 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 is strategically valuable. The act of filing often prompts favorable reconsideration during the mandatory appeal conference.
Examiner ROMANO, ASHLEY K works in Art Unit 3652 and has examined 442 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 76.5%, this examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 31 months.
Examiner ROMANO, ASHLEY K's allowance rate of 76.5% 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 ROMANO, ASHLEY K receive 1.71 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 36% 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 ROMANO, ASHLEY K is 31 months. This places the examiner in the 57% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly faster than average with this examiner.
Conducting an examiner interview provides a +10.2% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by ROMANO, ASHLEY K. This interview benefit is in the 43% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews provide a below-average benefit with this examiner.
When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 32.6% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 69% 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 39.7% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 61% 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, 57.1% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 49% 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 70.6% of appeals filed. This is in the 57% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 16.7% 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, 64.1% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 69% 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 36% 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 1.2% of allowed cases (in the 63% 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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