Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18975198 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE CONTROL | December 2024 | May 2025 | Allow | 5 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18825339 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR ROBOTIC TELEOPERATION INTENTION ESTIMATION | September 2024 | January 2026 | Allow | 17 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18799719 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND CONTROL MODULES FOR CONTROLLING GRASPING BY ROBOT SYSTEMS | August 2024 | March 2026 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18760514 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TASK PLANNING FOR VISUAL ROOM REARRANGEMENT UNDER PARTIAL OBSERVABILITY | July 2024 | February 2026 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18753710 | CUSTOM DRIFT CONTROL METHOD AND CUSTOM DRIFT CONTROL DEVICE | June 2024 | March 2026 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18753386 | DYNAMIC RISK ADAPTATION IN A VEHICLE | June 2024 | January 2026 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18740074 | VEHICLE | June 2024 | January 2026 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18680080 | INDIVIDUAL INFORMATION AND RECOMMENDATION SYSTEM FOR VEHICLES | May 2024 | February 2026 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18675969 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATED OPERATION AND HANDLING OF AUTONOMOUS TRUCKS AND TRAILERS HAULED THEREBY | May 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 10 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18674835 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATED GROUNDS MAINTENANCE | May 2024 | April 2025 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18690484 | ROBOT COMPONENT MODULE, ROBOT | May 2024 | September 2025 | Allow | 18 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18634715 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR UPDATING THE PARAMETERS OF A MODEL PREDICTIVE CONTROLLER WITH LEARNED EXTERNAL PARAMETERS GENERATED USING SIMULATIONS AND MACHINE LEARNING | April 2024 | May 2025 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18629193 | FLIGHT CONTROL DEVICE AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING FLIGHT CONTROL PROGRAM | April 2024 | September 2025 | Allow | 17 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18612845 | MULTIFUEL ADAPTABLE SERIES HYBRID VEHICLE | March 2024 | December 2025 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18602419 | AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE PANEL AND POST DETECTION | March 2024 | November 2024 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18598669 | METHOD FOR REDUNDANT MONITORING OF DRIVING FUNCTIONS | March 2024 | December 2025 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18598026 | TRAJECTORY GENERATION SYSTEM, TRAJECTORY GENERATION METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM | March 2024 | November 2025 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18687472 | METHOD FOR THE AUTOMATED DRIVING OF A MOTOR VEHICLE, AND AUTOMATED MOTOR VEHICLE | February 2024 | October 2025 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18443135 | MASTER CONTROLLER DEVICE COMPRISING A WEARABLE PORTION FOR ROBOTIC SURGICAL AND MICROSURGICAL TELEOPERATION, AND RELATED SYSTEM | February 2024 | January 2026 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18427021 | VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEMS AND METHODS USING KINEMATICALLY STABILIZED MACHINE-LEARNING MODEL PREDICTED CONTROLS | January 2024 | November 2025 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18573488 | Method and Device for Prioritizing Route Incidents | December 2023 | January 2026 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18533295 | VEHICLE MOTION MANAGER, VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM | December 2023 | February 2025 | Allow | 14 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18532630 | CONSOLE OVERLAY AND METHODS OF USING SAME | December 2023 | January 2025 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18522681 | ERROR-TOLERANT DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM | November 2023 | March 2026 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18517523 | DRIVING ASSISTANCE SYSTEM, IN-VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE, DRIVING ASSISTANCE METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM | November 2023 | November 2025 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18562495 | Determining a Vehicle Configuration Which is Adapted to the Driving Behavior of a Person | November 2023 | October 2025 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18389304 | MULTI-PROFILE QUADRATIC PROGRAMMING (MPQP) FOR OPTIMAL GAP SELECTION AND SPEED PLANNING OF AUTONOMOUS DRIVING | November 2023 | August 2025 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18388878 | ESTIMATING SPEED PROFILES | November 2023 | September 2024 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18507506 | GENERATING REFERENCES FOR ROBOT-CARRIED OBJECTS AND RELATED TECHNOLOGY | November 2023 | November 2025 | Allow | 24 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18502176 | IN-VEHICLE ENVIRONMENT SETTING SYSTEM, IN-VEHICLE ENVIRONMENT SETTING METHOD AND IN-VEHICLE ENVIRONMENT SETTING PROGRAM | November 2023 | September 2024 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18287665 | Driving Assistance System for the Automated Driving of a Vehicle | October 2023 | August 2025 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18375292 | PARALLEL PROCESSING FILTER FOR DETECTING OBJECT RELEVANCE TO VEHICLE OPERATION PLANNING | September 2023 | October 2025 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18550391 | PICKING SYSTEM | September 2023 | July 2025 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18242205 | DRIVING SUPPORT APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD OF VEHICLE, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | September 2023 | September 2024 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18230752 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | August 2023 | August 2025 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18353474 | DYNAMIC BATTERY CHARGE STRATEGY UTILIZING CURRENT AND PREDICTED VEHICLE AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS | July 2023 | March 2026 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18217431 | AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE SENSING THROUGH VISUALLY OBSCURING VEGETATION | June 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18217464 | AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE CONNECTED TOOL INTERCHANGE SYSTEMS AND METHODS | June 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 21 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18269356 | CONTROL CALCULATION APPARATUS AND CONTROL CALCULATION METHOD | June 2023 | September 2025 | Abandon | 27 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18269242 | INTERFERENCE DETERMINATION DEVICE, ROBOT CONTROL SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING INTERFERENCE | June 2023 | July 2025 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18212613 | FRAMEWORK FOR ROBOTIC ASSISTANTS | June 2023 | August 2025 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18208968 | GENERATING ROBOTIC ASSEMBLY INSTRUCTIONS FROM THREE-DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN MODELS | June 2023 | May 2025 | Allow | 23 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18323975 | PREDICTIVE POWER SPLIT WITH ZERO-EMISSION ZONE HANDLING | May 2023 | May 2025 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18254182 | CAMERA REGISTRATION VIA ROBOT | May 2023 | July 2025 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18318224 | SENSORY INDUCEMENT STRATEGIES FOR VEHICLE SYSTEMS | May 2023 | February 2025 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18135673 | MOTION CONTROL METHOD AND ROBOT | April 2023 | February 2026 | Allow | 34 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18030671 | MULTIFUNCTIONAL INPUT DEVICE FOR A ROBOT ARM | April 2023 | December 2025 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18189678 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT FOR FUNCTIONAL MODULES OF ROBOT | March 2023 | December 2025 | Abandon | 33 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18158471 | VEHICLE COMMUNICATION CONTROL DEVICE, VEHICLE COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM | January 2023 | May 2025 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18005629 | ENERGY MANAGEMENT METHOD AND TERMINAL DEVICE FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | January 2023 | August 2025 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18081611 | MOTION TERRAIN DETERMINING METHOD, ROBOT, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | December 2022 | August 2025 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18001448 | ROBOT CONTROLLER | December 2022 | March 2025 | Allow | 27 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17928886 | DYNAMIC SIGNAL TRANSFER CONFIGURATION FOR DRIVERLESS VEHICLE REMOTE MONITORING | November 2022 | February 2025 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17990469 | Shape-Memory Effector Assemblies With Integrated Position Sensing | November 2022 | February 2025 | Allow | 27 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17998571 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A ROBOT AND ROBOT CONTROLLER | November 2022 | September 2024 | Allow | 23 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18051932 | POSTURE DETERMINATION METHOD, COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM, AND COMPONENT FEEDING APPARATUS | November 2022 | May 2025 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17977926 | ACCELERATION LIMIT APPARATUS AND METHOD | October 2022 | January 2025 | Allow | 26 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18050540 | ARTIFICIALLY INTELLIGENT PROVISION OF POST-VEHICULAR-COLLISION EVIDENCE | October 2022 | November 2024 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17974941 | ROBOT AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF | October 2022 | November 2024 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17916600 | CONTROLLABLE GRIPPER FOR A PICK AND PLACE ROBOT | October 2022 | July 2025 | Abandon | 33 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17950969 | BEHAVIOR CHARACTERIZATION | September 2022 | June 2025 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17903143 | DRIVING CONTROL SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE | September 2022 | April 2025 | Abandon | 31 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17884988 | VEHICLE TRAVELING REMOTE CONTROL SYSTEM | August 2022 | August 2024 | Allow | 24 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17797964 | SERVER DEVICE, CONFERENCE ASSISTING SYSTEM, CONFERENCE ASSISTING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | August 2022 | September 2025 | Abandon | 37 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17882266 | AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE SITE SETUP | August 2022 | November 2024 | Allow | 27 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17882219 | AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE PANEL AND POST DETECTION | August 2022 | October 2024 | Allow | 27 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17882303 | AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE TERRAIN PREDICTION AND DETECTION | August 2022 | November 2024 | Allow | 27 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17815616 | VEHICLE ASSIST SERVER, PROCESSING METHOD FOR VEHICLE ASSIST SERVER, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | July 2022 | September 2024 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17863758 | VALIDATION OF TRAJECTORY PLANNING FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES | July 2022 | December 2024 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17829114 | VEHICLE REPRESENTATION DETERMINATION | May 2022 | July 2024 | Allow | 26 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17776946 | Model-Based Predictive Control of a Vehicle Taking into Account a Time of Arrival Factor | May 2022 | November 2024 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17654723 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR TRAINING A NEURAL NETWORK FOR CONTROLLING A ROBOT FOR AN INSERTING TASK | March 2022 | July 2024 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17640908 | SURGICAL ROBOT, AND CONTROL METHOD AND CONTROL DEVICE FOR ROBOT ARM THEREOF | March 2022 | October 2024 | Allow | 32 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17653826 | Method and Device for Scheduling a Trajectory of a Vehicle | March 2022 | June 2025 | Abandon | 39 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17673293 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VEHICLE STOP CONTROL | February 2022 | October 2024 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17635881 | METHOD AND A MEDIUM FOR COGGING COMPENSATING A MOTOR DRIVING SIGNAL | February 2022 | April 2025 | Abandon | 37 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17585866 | Robot For Bio-Surveillance and Bio-Surveillance System | January 2022 | August 2024 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17554343 | APPARATUS FOR TRANSPORTING SUBSTRATE, SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING SUBSTRATE, AND METHOD OF TRANSPORTING SUBSTRATE | December 2021 | June 2025 | Allow | 42 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17553158 | SUBSTRATE TRANSFER APPARATUS, SUBSTRATE PROCESSING SYSTEM AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD | December 2021 | July 2024 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17471306 | Vehicle Control System | September 2021 | March 2025 | Allow | 42 | 2 | 0 | No | Yes |
| 17408355 | AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE CHARGING STATION | August 2021 | November 2024 | Allow | 38 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17408359 | SOLAR-BASED SEMI-MOBILE RECHARGE SKID | August 2021 | July 2024 | Allow | 35 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17402226 | AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE SITE SETUP | August 2021 | August 2024 | Allow | 36 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17402269 | AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE TERRAIN PREDICTION AND DETECTION | August 2021 | March 2024 | Allow | 31 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17240151 | DISTRIBUTED TRAFFIC GUIDANCE AND SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM | April 2021 | August 2024 | Allow | 40 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17082972 | MACHINE LEARNING MODEL FOR TASK AND MOTION PLANNING | October 2020 | April 2025 | Allow | 53 | 5 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16943100 | DRIVING SUPPORT APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD OF VEHICLE, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | July 2020 | November 2024 | Abandon | 52 | 6 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16934013 | CONTROL APPARATUS, WORK MACHINE, CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | July 2020 | July 2024 | Allow | 48 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner WALLACE, ZACHARY JOSEPH.
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, 100.0% 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.
✓ Filing a Notice of Appeal is strategically valuable. The act of filing often prompts favorable reconsideration during the mandatory appeal conference.
Examiner WALLACE, ZACHARY JOSEPH works in Art Unit 3656 and has examined 11 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 90.9%, this examiner allows applications at a higher rate than most examiners at the USPTO. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 40 months.
Examiner WALLACE, ZACHARY JOSEPH's allowance rate of 90.9% places them in the 75% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner is more likely to allow applications than most examiners at the USPTO.
On average, applications examined by WALLACE, ZACHARY JOSEPH receive 2.36 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 67% 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 WALLACE, ZACHARY JOSEPH is 40 months. This places the examiner in the 25% percentile for prosecution speed. Applications take longer to reach final disposition with this examiner compared to most others.
Conducting an examiner interview provides a -25.0% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by WALLACE, ZACHARY JOSEPH. 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, 31.2% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 64% 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 0.0% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 3% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: This examiner rarely enters after-final amendments compared to other examiners. You should generally plan to file an RCE or appeal rather than relying on after-final amendment entry. Per MPEP § 714.12, primary examiners have discretion in entering after-final amendments, and this examiner exercises that discretion conservatively.
This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 100.0% of appeals filed. This is in the 97% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Insight: This examiner frequently reconsiders rejections during the appeal process compared to other examiners. Per MPEP § 1207.01, all appeals must go through a mandatory appeal conference. Filing a Notice of Appeal may prompt favorable reconsideration even before you file an Appeal Brief.
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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