Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18954634 | Park-and-Ride Route Generation Method, System, Device, and Medium | November 2024 | April 2025 | Allow | 5 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18669709 | ROBOT FOR LOCOMOTION IN INTERIOR SPACES OF PIPES, AND OPERATING METHOD | May 2024 | November 2025 | Allow | 18 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18639891 | METHOD OF GENERATING ROBOT PATH AND COMPUTING DEVICE FOR PERFORMING THE METHOD | April 2024 | November 2025 | Allow | 19 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18529605 | AUTONOMOUS DRIVING CONTROL APPARATUS | December 2023 | December 2025 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18489750 | ROBOT, ROBOT CONTROL METHOD, ARTICLE MANUFACTURING METHOD USING ROBOT, AND CONTROL PROGRAM AND STORAGE MEDIUM | October 2023 | March 2026 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18357306 | CONTROL APPARATUS, VEHICLE, AND CONTROL METHOD | July 2023 | August 2025 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18357578 | SYSTEM-LEVEL OPTIMIZATION AND MODE SUGGESTION PLATFORM FOR TRANSPORTATION TRIPS | July 2023 | December 2025 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18356867 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND VEHICLE | July 2023 | July 2025 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18272306 | ROBOT SYSTEM AND ROBOT CONTROL METHOD | July 2023 | September 2025 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18261010 | SPRING CONSTANT CORRECTION DEVICE, METHOD THEREFOR, AND RECORDING MEDIUM | July 2023 | July 2025 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18257442 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND MOBILE DEVICE | June 2023 | October 2025 | Allow | 28 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18332315 | DRIVE ROUTE GENERATION DEVICE, DRIVE ROUTE GENERATION METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | June 2023 | December 2025 | Abandon | 30 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18038807 | SAFETY VISION DEVICE, AND SAFETY VISION SYSTEM | May 2023 | May 2025 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18324072 | VEHICLE REACTION TO SCENE CHANGES AT PICK-UP AND DROP-OFF | May 2023 | January 2026 | Abandon | 32 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18143995 | PARKING MANAGEMENT DEVICE, VEHICLE, AND PARKING MANAGEMENT METHOD | May 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17637994 | PRIVATE DIRECTIONS AND NAVIGATION | April 2023 | December 2025 | Abandon | 46 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18167221 | ROBOT SYSTEM AND CONTROLLER | February 2023 | August 2025 | Abandon | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18011308 | EXTERNAL ROBOT STAND AND EXTERNAL ROBOT SYSTEM | December 2022 | December 2025 | Allow | 36 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 18081133 | VEHICLE WITH OCCUPANT TRAJECTORY-BASED AIRBAG SUPPRESSION | December 2022 | March 2026 | Abandon | 39 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18061547 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD | December 2022 | March 2025 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17922906 | DRIVER ASSISTANCE FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE | November 2022 | June 2025 | Allow | 31 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17978738 | SMART ON-DEMAND STORAGE FOR ROBOTS | November 2022 | January 2026 | Allow | 39 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17919637 | PROGRAM EDITING DEVICE | October 2022 | January 2025 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17966018 | BRAKING CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE | October 2022 | April 2025 | Allow | 30 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17918281 | CABIN-INSIDE DETECTION DEVICE AND CABIN-INSIDE DETECTION METHOD | October 2022 | August 2024 | Allow | 22 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17962320 | GEOLOCATION-BASED VEHICLE DATA MONITORING AND COMPARISON | October 2022 | February 2026 | Abandon | 40 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17952987 | Method and System for Programming a Robot | September 2022 | August 2025 | Abandon | 35 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17799061 | MANIPULATION GUIDE DEVICE | August 2022 | January 2025 | Allow | 29 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17884981 | SURGICAL ROBOT AND CONTROLLER OF SURGICAL ROBOT | August 2022 | January 2026 | Allow | 41 | 4 | 0 | No | No |
| 17880654 | PATH PLANNING WITH DIRECTION OF TRAVEL AT START AND END POINTS | August 2022 | August 2025 | Abandon | 36 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17793736 | MOVABLE BODY CONTROL SYSTEM, CONTROL APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM | July 2022 | July 2025 | Abandon | 36 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17852560 | ELECTRIC PARKING BRAKE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME | June 2022 | December 2024 | Allow | 30 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17773153 | System for Detecting a Man-Overboard Event | April 2022 | January 2025 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17770884 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND MAIN CONTROL SYSTEM FOR HANDLING MALFUNCTIONING VEHICLES IN AN AUTOMATED STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL SYSTEM COMPRISING A RAIL SYSTEM | April 2022 | December 2024 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17770837 | FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS, GROUND-BASED CONTROL CENTRES, REMOTELY PILOTED AIRCRAFT, AND METHOD | April 2022 | July 2025 | Allow | 39 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17768789 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR NAVIGATING A VEHICLE AT INTERSECTIONS | April 2022 | November 2024 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17703566 | PREDICTING A DRIVING CONDITION TO PROVIDE ENHANCED VEHICLE MANAGEMENT | March 2022 | October 2025 | Abandon | 43 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17642428 | OPERATION INSTRUCTION SYSTEM | March 2022 | April 2025 | Allow | 37 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17685178 | MOBILE COMPUTE SYSTEM WITH INTERFACE VERIFICATION MECHANISM AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF | March 2022 | September 2024 | Allow | 31 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17684847 | DRIVING SUPPORT APPARATUS, DRIVING SUPPORT METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM | March 2022 | June 2025 | Abandon | 40 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17684685 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR PROJECTING IMAGE ONTO WINDSHIELD OF VEHICLE AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF | March 2022 | October 2024 | Allow | 31 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17637437 | ENVIRONMENT MAP CREATION DEVICE AND METHOD, LOCAL POSITION ESTIMATION DEVICE, AND AUTONOMOUS MOVING BODY | February 2022 | May 2025 | Abandon | 38 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17637162 | Apparatus, Method and System for Providing Evaluation and/or Optimization of Trajectory Management Services | February 2022 | September 2024 | Allow | 31 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17673801 | UNMANNED DRIVING DEVICE CONTROL | February 2022 | February 2025 | Abandon | 36 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17665698 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGEMENT OF DRIVING MANEUVERS | February 2022 | July 2025 | Abandon | 41 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17645042 | User Interface for Supervised Autonomous Grasping | December 2021 | September 2025 | Abandon | 45 | 5 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17644123 | ONLINE AUTO-INTERLOCK STRATEGY | December 2021 | March 2026 | Abandon | 51 | 2 | 0 | No | Yes |
| 17548625 | TRANSPORT SYSTEM, MOVING METHOD OF OPERATION TARGET AND STORAGE MEDIUM | December 2021 | November 2024 | Abandon | 35 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17643093 | Personal Mobility and Control Method Thereof | December 2021 | August 2024 | Allow | 32 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17456418 | A SYSTEM AND A METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A WHEEL OF A VEHICLE | November 2021 | August 2024 | Allow | 33 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17456429 | TIRE PRESSURE MONITORING UNIT AND METHOD FOR MANAGING TIRE DATA IN A TIRE PRESSURE MONITORING UNIT | November 2021 | October 2024 | Allow | 35 | 2 | 0 | No | Yes |
| 17533167 | TAKEOVER OF VEHICLE CONTROL | November 2021 | February 2026 | Allow | 51 | 4 | 0 | Yes | Yes |
| 17612998 | Load-handling vehicle | November 2021 | March 2025 | Allow | 40 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17514194 | Control Method For Robot | October 2021 | October 2024 | Allow | 35 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17509100 | METHOD OF SUPPORTING ADJUSTMENT OF PARAMETER SET OF ROBOT, A NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE | October 2021 | September 2024 | Allow | 35 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17470812 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR POSITIONING A MOVEABLE ROBOTIC SYSTEM | September 2021 | April 2025 | Abandon | 43 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17173084 | WORKSPACE OPTIMIZATION FOR ROBOTIC SURGERY | February 2021 | March 2025 | Allow | 49 | 3 | 1 | Yes | Yes |
| 16828596 | METHOD FOR ACQUIRING DATA CAPTURED BY A CAPTURE MODULE EMBEDDED IN A MOBILE DEVICE FOLLOWING A PREDETERMINED TRAJECTORY, CORRESPONDING COMPUTER PROGRAM AND DEVICE | March 2020 | September 2024 | Allow | 53 | 5 | 0 | No | No |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner ESTEVEZ, DAIRON.
With a 50.0% reversal rate, the PTAB reverses the examiner's rejections in a meaningful percentage of cases. 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, 50.0% 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 ESTEVEZ, DAIRON works in Art Unit 3656 and has examined 13 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 69.2%, this examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 40 months.
Examiner ESTEVEZ, DAIRON's allowance rate of 69.2% places them in the 31% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications.
On average, applications examined by ESTEVEZ, DAIRON receive 3.08 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 88% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues more office actions than most examiners, which may indicate thorough examination or difficulty in reaching agreement with applicants.
The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by ESTEVEZ, DAIRON is 40 months. This places the examiner in the 24% percentile for prosecution speed. Applications take longer to reach final disposition with this examiner compared to most others.
Conducting an examiner interview provides a -27.8% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by ESTEVEZ, DAIRON. This interview benefit is in the 1% 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, 27.3% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 47% 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 50.0% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 76% 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, 66.7% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 56% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: Pre-appeal conferences show above-average effectiveness with this examiner. If you have strong arguments, a PAC request may result in favorable reconsideration.
This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 60.0% of appeals filed. This is in the 36% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 66.7% 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.
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 0.0% of allowed cases (in the 39% percentile). This examiner issues Quayle actions less often than average. Allowances may come directly without a separate action for formal matters.
Based on the statistical analysis of this examiner's prosecution patterns, here are tailored strategic recommendations:
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