Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19254134 | ROBOTIC ARM OBSTACLE AVOIDING PATH PLANNING METHOD | June 2025 | December 2025 | Allow | 5 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 19235005 | Method and Apparatus for Position Alignment of Robotic Arm, as Well as Electronic Device | June 2025 | January 2026 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 19192418 | PATH TRACKING METHOD AND DEVICE FOR IN-OIL INSPECTION ROBOT FOR STORAGE TANK BOTTOM PLATE IN INVISIBLE ENVIRONMENT | April 2025 | June 2025 | Allow | 1 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 19186481 | ROBOTIC END EFFECTOR SYSTEM FOR MULTIPLE DEPOSITS | April 2025 | December 2025 | Allow | 8 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 19181861 | POSTURE OPTIMIZATION AND FOLLOWING CONTROL METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ROBOT USED IN FREEFORM SURFACE REPAIR | April 2025 | July 2025 | Allow | 3 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 19075819 | AUTOMATIC END EFFECTOR TIP POSITION INITIALIZATION MECHANISM FOR MICROMANIPULATION SYSTEM | March 2025 | October 2025 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 19064661 | METHODS FOR IMPROVED HAND-EYE CALIBRATION BASED ON STRUCTURED LIGHT CAMERAS | February 2025 | April 2025 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18855651 | ROBOT WITH CHANGEABLE POSITION OF BODY WITH RESPECT TO A VEHICLE PORTION | October 2024 | June 2025 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18884894 | METHOD, COMPUTER SYSTEM, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORD MEDIUM FOR LEARNING ROBOT SKILL | September 2024 | February 2025 | Allow | 5 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18827912 | DATA-DRIVEN BIPARTITE CONSENSUS CONTROL METHOD FOR MULTI-ROBOT COLLABORATIVE ROTATION OF LARGE WORKPIECE | September 2024 | January 2025 | Allow | 5 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18799439 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MOUNTING OBJECTS ACROSS A NON-UNIFORM OUTDOOR TERRAIN | August 2024 | September 2024 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18784896 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SAFE MAINTENANCE OF UNDERGROUND PIPELINE CORRIDOR BASED ON SMART GAS REGULATORY INTERNET OF THINGS | July 2024 | January 2025 | Allow | 6 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18760751 | SPINNING WORKSHOP INSPECTION METHOD, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM | July 2024 | October 2025 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18754599 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC CALIBRATION OF A ROBOTIC ARM IN A MODULAR SYSTEM | June 2024 | September 2025 | Allow | 15 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18751244 | CONTROL METHOD AND EQUIPMENT FOR LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY HEALTH INSPECTION ROBOT FOR MULTI-INDEX COLLECTION | June 2024 | January 2025 | Allow | 7 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18652204 | TRAVERSAL BASED MIXTURE OF MOIST GRANULAR MATERIAL IN A BULK STORE | May 2024 | January 2026 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18617276 | MOVING OBJECT, REMOTE DRIVING SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF DISABLING REMOTE CONTROL | March 2024 | February 2026 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18506672 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ROBOTIC MANIPULATORS | November 2023 | October 2025 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18501303 | VARIABLE PAYLOAD ROBOT | November 2023 | October 2025 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18490776 | UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE INSPECTION ROUTE GENERATING APPARATUS AND METHOD | October 2023 | January 2026 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18484480 | MOTION PLANNING TECHNIQUE FOR ROBOTIC SYSTEMS | October 2023 | October 2025 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18377042 | FIREFIGHTER ROBOTIC SYSTEM | October 2023 | April 2025 | Allow | 18 | 4 | 0 | No | No |
| 18279941 | SAFETY FEATURES FOR A ROBOT ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF SAME | September 2023 | December 2025 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18235675 | HIERARCHICAL POLYTOPE WORKSPACE MAPPING FOR HUMAN-ROBOT COLLABORATION | August 2023 | August 2025 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18447082 | INTELLIGENT ELECTRONIC FOOTWEAR AND CONTROL LOGIC FOR AUTOMATED PEDESTRIAN COLLISION AVOIDANCE | August 2023 | July 2025 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18226927 | APPARATUS, METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM FOR GENERATING OPERATION PATH OF ROBOT | July 2023 | March 2026 | Abandon | 31 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18212415 | COOPERATIVE HIGH-CAPACITY AND HIGH-DEXTERITY MANIPULATORS | June 2023 | July 2025 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18202413 | ROBOT LOCALIZATION AND MAPPING ACCOMMODATING NON-UNIQUE LANDMARKS | May 2023 | August 2025 | Allow | 27 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18197251 | MOBILE ROBOT PROVIDING ENVIRONMENTAL MAPPING FOR HOUSEHOLD ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL | May 2023 | October 2025 | Allow | 30 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18144078 | LIFT DEVICE WITH ROBOTIC WELDING ATTACHMENT INNOVATIONS | May 2023 | December 2025 | Allow | 32 | 4 | 0 | No | No |
| 18138927 | ROBOT DEVICE CONTROLLER FOR CONTROLLING POSITION OF ROBOT | April 2023 | January 2025 | Allow | 20 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18123704 | MONITORING METHOD AND SYSTEM | March 2023 | July 2025 | Allow | 28 | 5 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18180046 | Fleet Management Platform for Multi-Purpose Robots | March 2023 | January 2026 | Allow | 34 | 5 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18117093 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF ACTIVATING MANUAL MANIPULATION USING LINKAGE INTERACTION SENSING | March 2023 | August 2025 | Allow | 29 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18017936 | PROCESSING SYSTEM | January 2023 | July 2025 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18077953 | MANUAL AND ROBOTIC END EFFECTOR MOVEMENT COORDINATION | December 2022 | November 2025 | Allow | 35 | 4 | 1 | No | No |
| 18077135 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ROBOTIC CONTROL UNDER CONTACT | December 2022 | October 2024 | Abandon | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17990037 | DETERMINISTIC ROBOT PATH PLANNING METHOD FOR OBSTACLE AVOIDANCE | November 2022 | February 2025 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17917206 | METHOD FOR GENERATING A LATERAL OFFSET TRAJECTORY | October 2022 | April 2025 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17959515 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR INFERRING DRIVING CHARACTERISTICS OF A VEHICLE | October 2022 | April 2025 | Allow | 31 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17934782 | CONTROL OF AUTONOMOUS MOBILE ROBOTS | September 2022 | December 2024 | Allow | 26 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17897316 | AUTOMATIC REMOVAL SYSTEM FOR RESERVOIR CAP | August 2022 | April 2025 | Allow | 31 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17891325 | SIMULATION LEARNING-BASED DROWSY DRIVING SIMULATION PLATFORM SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING CARELESS DRIVING IN CONJUNCTION WITH DEEP LEARNING | August 2022 | May 2025 | Allow | 33 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17818372 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING A VEHICLE BY TELEOPERATION BASED ON A SPEED LIMITER | August 2022 | September 2025 | Allow | 38 | 4 | 0 | No | No |
| 17791173 | CONTROL SYSTEM | July 2022 | April 2025 | Allow | 34 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17810653 | SUBSTRATE TRANSFER METHOD AND SUBSTRATE TRANSFER SYSTEM | July 2022 | September 2024 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17810408 | DRIVING HANDOVER SYSTEM, DRIVING HANDOVER METHOD | July 2022 | April 2025 | Abandon | 33 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17856196 | Method Of Setting Control Parameter Of Robot, Robot System, And Computer Program | July 2022 | September 2024 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17784366 | CALIBRATING A VIRTUAL FORCE SENSOR OF A ROBOT MANIPULATOR | June 2022 | December 2024 | Abandon | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17832377 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR WAFER MANUFACTURING PROCESS MANAGEMENT | June 2022 | July 2024 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17748672 | CHARGING PORT ALIGNMENT METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR ROBOTIC CAR CHARGERS | May 2022 | December 2024 | Abandon | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17744345 | FORCE ESTIMATION AND VISUAL FEEDBACK IN SURGICAL ROBOTICS | May 2022 | July 2025 | Allow | 38 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17690865 | PERCEPTION-BASED PARKING ASSISTANCE FOR AUTONOMOUS MACHINE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS | March 2022 | October 2024 | Allow | 32 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17677521 | CONTROLLING SEED PLACEMENT BASED ON PRIOR MATERIAL PLACEMENT | February 2022 | November 2024 | Allow | 33 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17528873 | ELEVATOR INTERACTIONS BY MOBILE ROBOT | November 2021 | February 2025 | Abandon | 39 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17436727 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING AUTOMATIC CAMERA CALIBRATION FOR ROBOT CONTROL | September 2021 | March 2025 | Allow | 42 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17199174 | OBJECT REARRANGEMENT USING LEARNED IMPLICIT COLLISION FUNCTIONS | March 2021 | April 2025 | Allow | 49 | 5 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17146004 | WORK APPARATUS HAVING UNDER-TABLE ROBOT | January 2021 | October 2024 | Allow | 46 | 4 | 0 | No | No |
| 16851529 | PROVIDING NAVIGATIONAL DATA TO A DRIVER COMPUTING DEVICE TO DIRECT THE DRIVER COMPUTING DEVICE TO A GEOGRAPHIC REGION IN VIEW OF A LOCATION SPECIFIED BY THE DRIVER COMPUTING DEVICE | April 2020 | May 2025 | Allow | 60 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16639493 | INTERACTION SYSTEM CONFIGURATION | February 2020 | April 2025 | Abandon | 60 | 7 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16138758 | INTELLIGENT INVENTORY MANAGEMENT AND RELATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS | September 2018 | May 2019 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 15707683 | SYSTEM AND CALIBRATION, REGISTRATION, AND TRAINING METHODS | September 2017 | March 2020 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 15395180 | DRONE SWARM FOR INCREASED CARGO CAPACITY | December 2016 | February 2019 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 15369812 | INTELLIGENT SERVICE ROBOT AND RELATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS | December 2016 | April 2019 | Allow | 28 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 15311753 | COLLISION DETECTION | November 2016 | March 2019 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 15311739 | STANDBY MODE OF A HUMANOID ROBOT | November 2016 | November 2019 | Allow | 35 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 15252712 | INTELLIGENT ROBOT WITH DIFFERENT ACCOUTERMENTS | August 2016 | July 2018 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 15117858 | METHOD AND AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER VEHICLE ABLE TO MAINTAIN A PLANNED ARRANGEMENT | August 2016 | December 2018 | Allow | 29 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 15044834 | ROBOT APPARATUS | February 2016 | October 2017 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 14921899 | CUSTOMER SERVICE ROBOT AND RELATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS | October 2015 | August 2017 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 14834865 | METHOD OF DYNAMIC CONTROL OF A ROTARY- WING DRONE IN THROW START | August 2015 | March 2017 | Allow | 19 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 14663897 | ROBOT | March 2015 | August 2016 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 14371949 | VEHICLE TEST APPARATUS AND METHOD | July 2014 | February 2017 | Allow | 31 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 14323047 | DYNAMICAL SYSTEM-BASED ROBOT VELOCITY CONTROL | July 2014 | March 2016 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 14363015 | FORKLIFT AND CONTROL METHOD OF FORKLIFT | June 2014 | December 2016 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 14185548 | LOW-COST, HIGH-RELIABILITY CONTROLLER FOR REMOTELY OPERATED ROBOTS | February 2014 | January 2015 | Allow | 11 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 13910526 | ROBOT AND ROBOT CONTROL METHOD | June 2013 | April 2015 | Allow | 23 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 13877041 | A BATTERY QUICK-CHANGE SYSTEM FOR AN ELECTRIC PASSENGER CAR CHASSIS HAVING A CARTESIAN COORDINATE ROBOT | March 2013 | June 2014 | Allow | 15 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 13841031 | METHODS, SYSTEMS AND APPARATUS FOR STEERING WHEEL VIBRATION REDUCTION IN ELECTRIC POWER STEERING SYSTEMS | March 2013 | April 2015 | Allow | 25 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 13770812 | System And A Method For Providing Safe Remote Access To A Robot Controller | February 2013 | October 2013 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 13575502 | PARKING AND STOPPING CONTROL SYSTEM | July 2012 | August 2017 | Allow | 60 | 9 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 13493997 | AUTOMATED CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY AND METHOD | June 2012 | April 2014 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 13514420 | POWER CONTROL DEVICE AND POWER CONTROL METHOD | June 2012 | July 2015 | Allow | 37 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 13486551 | DISTANCE BASED VEHICLE UPDATING SERVER | June 2012 | September 2014 | Allow | 28 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 13486019 | ROBOT POSITIONING SYSTEM FOR SEMICONDUCTOR TOOLS | June 2012 | January 2016 | Allow | 44 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 13512944 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR POWER DEVICE | May 2012 | November 2015 | Allow | 42 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 12910451 | REAL-TIME DATA AIDING FOR ENHANCED GPS PERFORMANCE | October 2010 | May 2011 | Allow | 6 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 12881998 | MOTOR ASSISTANCE FOR A HYBRID VEHICLE BASED ON PREDICTED DRIVING RANGE | September 2010 | August 2015 | Allow | 59 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 12820909 | VEHICLE DIAGNOSTIC TOOL WITH PACKET AND VOICE OVER PACKET COMMUNICATIONS AND SYSTEMS INCORPORATING SUCH A TOOL | June 2010 | March 2014 | Allow | 45 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 12762739 | DRIVER WORKLOAD-BASED VEHICLE STABILITY ENHANCEMENT SYSTEM | April 2010 | April 2011 | Allow | 12 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 12692221 | TRAVEL DEVICE | January 2010 | June 2011 | Allow | 17 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 12560057 | ROBOT CONTROL APPARATUS, ROBOT CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING RECORDED THEREON A ROBOT CONTROL PROGRAM | September 2009 | September 2012 | Allow | 36 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 12512153 | OPENING AND CLOSING CONTROL APPARATUS FOR ROOF PANEL FOR VEHICLE | July 2009 | January 2013 | Allow | 41 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 12490856 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF DETERMINING LOAD CHARACTERISTICS OF A TRAILER | June 2009 | November 2012 | Allow | 40 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 10582070 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING A MOTOR VEHICLE COMPRISING AN ELECTRONICALLY CONTROLLED BRAKE SYSTEM WITH DRIVING DYNAMICS CONTROL | March 2009 | October 2012 | Allow | 60 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 12320568 | ROBOT SIMULATOR AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING ROBOT SIMULATOR | January 2009 | October 2014 | Allow | 60 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 12317698 | METHOD FOR THE CONTROL OF AN ASSEMBLY | December 2008 | September 2012 | Allow | 45 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 12299789 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROL AND SAFE BRAKING IN PERSONAL RAPID TRANSIT SYSTEMS WITH LINEAR INDUCTION MOTORS | November 2008 | August 2012 | Allow | 46 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 12117101 | MANIPULATORS EMPLOYING MULTIPLE DEFORMABLE ELONGATE MEMBERS | May 2008 | September 2010 | Allow | 29 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 11837198 | CONTROL SYSTEM FOR AN AT LEAST TEMPORARILY FOUR-WHEEL-DRIVEN MOTOR VEHICLE | August 2007 | August 2011 | Allow | 48 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
No appeal data available for this record. This may indicate that no appeals have been filed or decided for applications in this dataset.
Examiner PATTON, SPENCER D works in Art Unit 3656 and has examined 73 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 95.9%, this examiner allows applications at a higher rate than most examiners at the USPTO. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 45 months.
Examiner PATTON, SPENCER D's allowance rate of 95.9% places them in the 85% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner is more likely to allow applications than most examiners at the USPTO.
On average, applications examined by PATTON, SPENCER D receive 2.79 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 82% 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 PATTON, SPENCER D is 45 months. This places the examiner in the 13% percentile for prosecution speed. Applications take longer to reach final disposition with this examiner compared to most others.
Conducting an examiner interview provides a -1.8% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by PATTON, SPENCER D. This interview benefit is in the 9% 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, 22.1% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 27% 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 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 file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 44.4% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 38% 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 15.1% of allowed cases (in the 96% 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 2.9% of allowed cases (in the 73% 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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