Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18581689 | TRANSMISSION DEVICE FOR A PLANETARY GEAR TRAIN MULTI-GEAR HYBRID VEHICLE AND TRANSMISSION METHOD THEREFOR | February 2024 | June 2024 | Allow | 4 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18462775 | POWER TRAIN OF AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | September 2023 | April 2024 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18231989 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING VEHICLE | August 2023 | June 2024 | Allow | 11 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18262202 | CONTROL METHOD AND CONTROL DEVICE FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE FOR VEHICLE | July 2023 | June 2024 | Allow | 11 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18203832 | HYBRID TRANSMISSION FOR A VEHICLE | May 2023 | December 2023 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18039009 | HYBRID TRANSMISSION FOR A VEHICLE | May 2023 | January 2024 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18254553 | Method for Controlling a Braking System of a Motor Vehicle | May 2023 | April 2024 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18198718 | AIRCRAFT COMPRISING AT LEAST TWO TURBOSHAFT ENGINES AND DEVICE CONFIGURED TO BE CONNECTED TO ONE OF THE TURBOSHAFT ENGINES AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SUCH AN AIRCRAFT | May 2023 | April 2024 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18196048 | EPICYCLIC GEAR TRAIN | May 2023 | July 2024 | Allow | 14 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18030370 | TWO-SPEED TRANSMISSION | April 2023 | March 2024 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18025415 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING AN OPERATIVE SHIFT CONFIGURATON OF A DRIVE MECHANISM OF A GEARBOX OF A SADDLE-RIDE TYPE VEHICLE | March 2023 | December 2023 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18173578 | LOW COST SPIN ACTUATORS | February 2023 | January 2024 | Abandon | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18021337 | PLANETARY GEARBOX HAVING IMPROVED LUBRICANT TRANSFER, DRIVE TRAIN, WIND TURBINE AND INDUSTRIAL APPLICATION | February 2023 | April 2024 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18165173 | SPEED REDUCTION GEAR FOR AN AIRCRAFT TURBOMACHINE | February 2023 | December 2023 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18154346 | CONTROL METHOD FOR CALIBRATING AN ACTUATION OF A CONVERTER LOCK-UP CLUTCH OF A HYDRODYNAMIC TORQUE CONVERTER | January 2023 | February 2024 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18015418 | Motor Vehicle Having at Least Two Drive Motors and Having an Automatic Transmission Which Has a Fixed and a Power Split Gear Ratio | January 2023 | May 2024 | Allow | 17 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18147919 | CONTROL DEVICE | December 2022 | October 2023 | Allow | 9 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18013036 | Motor Vehicle Having at Least Two Drive Motors and Having an Automatic Gearbox That Has One Fixed and One Power-Split Transmission Ratio | December 2022 | December 2023 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18086024 | COMPLEX PLANETARY DESIGN UTILIZING PLANET GEOMETRY FOR STACKABLE AND REVERSIBLE PLANETARIES | December 2022 | June 2023 | Allow | 6 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18068332 | PLANETARY GEARBOX FOR A GAS TURBINE ENGINE, AND GAS TURBINE ENGINE | December 2022 | March 2024 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18075787 | PARALLEL HYBRID POWER PLANT WITH HOLLOW MOTOR | December 2022 | January 2024 | Allow | 13 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17999855 | Method and Device for Controlling State Switching of Fluid Torque Converter, and Storage Medium | November 2022 | January 2024 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17926873 | FRICTIONAL ROLLER REDUCER | November 2022 | October 2023 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18048620 | HYBRID ELECTRIC DRIVE SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE | October 2022 | June 2024 | Allow | 20 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17920744 | CONTROLLING ENERGY MANAGEMENT OF A TRACTION BATTERY OF A HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLE | October 2022 | March 2024 | Abandon | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17919244 | MULTI-SPEED TURBINE REDUCTION GEARBOX SYSTEM AND METHOD | October 2022 | August 2023 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17947432 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ADJUSTING ENGINE OPERATING POINTS BASED ON EMISSIONS SENSOR FEEDBACK | September 2022 | July 2023 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17944365 | AXLE ASSEMBLY HAVING A PLANETARY GEAR SET | September 2022 | August 2023 | Allow | 11 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17903699 | SELECTIVE POWER DISTRIBUTION FOR AN AIRCRAFT PROPULSION SYSTEM | September 2022 | November 2023 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17904695 | EXTREME TRANSMISSION RATIO EFFICIENT MECHANISM | August 2022 | January 2024 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17872239 | PIVOT FOR A TURBOMACHINE MECHANICAL REDUCTION GEAR | July 2022 | March 2023 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17813453 | TURBOMACHINE AND GEAR ASSEMBLY | July 2022 | December 2023 | Allow | 17 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17793368 | GEARBOX | July 2022 | July 2023 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17792859 | Drive Device for Electrically Driving a Motor Vehicle, in Particular a Passenger Vehicle | July 2022 | March 2023 | Allow | 8 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17791581 | ELECTRIC MACHINE GEARBOX AND ENGINE STARTER AND POWER GENERATOR INCLUDING GEARBOX | July 2022 | March 2024 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17789369 | POWER TRANSMISSION DEVICE | June 2022 | August 2023 | Allow | 14 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17847149 | PLANET CARRIER FOR A SPEED REDUCER OF AN AIRCRAFT TURBOMACHINE | June 2022 | March 2023 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17806756 | TRANSMISSION AND AGRICULTURAL OR INDUSTRIAL COMMERCIAL VEHICLE | June 2022 | October 2022 | Allow | 4 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17806749 | TRANSMISSION AND AGRICULTURAL OR INDUSTRIAL COMMERCIAL VEHICLE | June 2022 | July 2023 | Allow | 13 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17806761 | TRANSMISSION AND AGRICULTURAL OR INDUSTRIAL COMMERCIAL VEHICLE | June 2022 | March 2023 | Allow | 9 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17806742 | TRANSMISSION AND AGRICULTURAL OR INDUSTRIAL COMMERCIAL VEHICLE | June 2022 | July 2023 | Allow | 13 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17783218 | BRAKE CONTROL DEVICE | June 2022 | November 2023 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17781525 | DRIVE APPARATUS FOR A VEHICLE | June 2022 | December 2023 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17752756 | OUTPUT DEVICE | May 2022 | July 2023 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17778460 | HYBRIDISED DRIVETRAIN AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SAID DRIVETRAIN | May 2022 | August 2023 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17743322 | GEAR SYSTEMS | May 2022 | November 2022 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17735184 | POWER TRANSMISSION DEVICE AND AUTOMOBILE INCLUDING THE SAME | May 2022 | June 2024 | Allow | 26 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17772554 | COMPACT GEARED REDUCTION UNIT FOR APPLICATION WITH TRANSMISSION SHAFT SUBJECTED TO RADIAL LOADS | April 2022 | December 2023 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17729165 | TRANSMISSION | April 2022 | May 2023 | Abandon | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17771312 | A TRANSMISSION ASSEMBLY | April 2022 | June 2023 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17724844 | LUBRICATION STRUCTURE OF PLANETARY GEAR SET UTILIZING INNER PIPE | April 2022 | November 2023 | Allow | 19 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17659785 | TRANSMISSION DEVICE OF HYBRID VEHICLE | April 2022 | January 2023 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17719783 | TRANSMISSION ARRANGEMENT | April 2022 | March 2023 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17711177 | EPICYCLIC GEAR TRAIN | April 2022 | February 2023 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17761926 | PLANETARY GEAR TRANSMISSION BOX | March 2022 | April 2024 | Allow | 25 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17654219 | DUAL MOTOR ELECTRIC DRIVELINE | March 2022 | December 2023 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17685804 | POWER TRANSMISSION APPARATUS OF A HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLE | March 2022 | January 2023 | Allow | 10 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17675738 | ADJUSTABLE RING SHIM FOR TRACTION DRIVE | February 2022 | October 2022 | Allow | 8 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17636120 | VEHICLE DRIVE DEVICE | February 2022 | June 2023 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17671072 | DRIVE TRANSMISSION DEVICE AND CONSTRUCTION MACHINE | February 2022 | March 2024 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17582546 | MECHANICAL REDUCER | January 2022 | July 2023 | Allow | 18 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17415994 | PLANETARY GEAR SYSTEM | January 2022 | June 2023 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17578818 | GEAR TRAIN WITH VARIABLE INPUT DIRECTION OF ROTATION AND CONSTANT OUTPUT DIRECTION OF ROTATION | January 2022 | October 2022 | Allow | 9 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17627880 | TWO-GEAR BRIDGE DRIVING SYSTEM AND VEHICLE | January 2022 | March 2023 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17627699 | REDUCER | January 2022 | January 2023 | Allow | 12 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17626216 | EPICYCLIC REDUCTION GEAR FOR A TURBOMACHINE | January 2022 | July 2023 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17625910 | PLANETARY TRANSMISSION WITH DIFFERENTIAL | January 2022 | January 2024 | Allow | 24 | 4 | 0 | No | No |
| 17625502 | GEARWHEEL TRANSMISSION WITH HIGH TRANSMISSION RATIO AND WITH IMPROVED EFFICIENCY AND/OR INCREASED CAPACITY FOR TRANSMITTING TORQUE | January 2022 | March 2023 | Allow | 14 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17558609 | MODULARIZED COAXIAL GEAR SET REDUCTION MECHANISM | December 2021 | February 2023 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17558607 | SHORT-AXLE-DISTANCE LARGE-SPEED-RATIO GEAR SET STRUCTURE | December 2021 | October 2022 | Allow | 10 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17560137 | COUPLING STRUCTURE AND MODULARIZED COAXIAL GEAR TRAIN REDUCTION MECHANISM USING SAME | December 2021 | October 2022 | Allow | 10 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17596796 | TRANSMISSION MODULE FOR A HYBRID DRIVE VEHICLE | December 2021 | May 2024 | Allow | 29 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17553300 | CYCLOID TRANSMISSION | December 2021 | July 2022 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17542797 | PLANETARY GEAR MECHANISM AND GEARED MOTOR | December 2021 | March 2023 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17540400 | RING GEAR MOUNTING ARRANGEMENT WITH OIL SCAVENGE SCHEME | December 2021 | July 2022 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17596045 | PLANETARY REDUCTION GEAR FOR AN AIRCRAFT TURBINE ENGINE | December 2021 | April 2024 | Allow | 28 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17608605 | PLANETARY REDUCTION GEAR | November 2021 | June 2023 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17605666 | TRANSMISSION AND VEHICLE WITH TRANSMISSION | October 2021 | September 2023 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17594540 | PLANETARY GEAR DEVICE CARRIER AND PLANETARY GEAR DEVICE | October 2021 | November 2022 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17603655 | SPEED REDUCER OF A TURBOMACHINE | October 2021 | March 2023 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17495209 | MECHANICAL REDUCTION GEAR FOR AN AIRCRAFT TURBINE ENGINE | October 2021 | May 2022 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17490240 | VEHICLE DRIVELINE COMPONENT HAVING A HOUSING WITH A LUBE FEED RAMP FOR PROVIDING INCREASED LUBRICATION TO A BEARING THAT SUPPORTS A PINION | September 2021 | October 2022 | Allow | 12 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17600364 | GEARBOX | September 2021 | August 2023 | Abandon | 23 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17442457 | GEARLESS TRANSMISSION UNIT HAVING UNILATERALLY POSITIONED FINGER ASSISTS | September 2021 | May 2023 | Allow | 20 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17441459 | WHEEL HEAD TRANSMISSION FOR A WHEEL HEAD OF A MOTOR VEHICLE DRIVE AXLE, AND WHEEL HEAD | September 2021 | November 2022 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17448074 | REDUCTION GEAR FOR RING GEAR RETENTION | September 2021 | July 2022 | Allow | 10 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17440950 | FRICTIONAL ROLLER REDUCER | September 2021 | November 2023 | Allow | 26 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17437919 | Hybrid Transmission Device and Motor Vehicle | September 2021 | December 2023 | Abandon | 27 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17469951 | PLANETARY GEAR ACTUATOR | September 2021 | February 2023 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17460822 | ASSEMBLY FOR USE IN AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE | August 2021 | June 2023 | Allow | 21 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17433883 | PLANET CARRIER OF A PLANET ARY GEARBOX AND PLANET ARY GEARBOX HAVING A PLANET CARRIER OF THIS KIND | August 2021 | April 2022 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17410448 | SEALING SYSTEM, GEAR BOX WITH SEALING SYSTEM AND A GAS TURBINE ENGINE WITH SEALING SYSTEM | August 2021 | October 2022 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17404739 | MOTIVE POWER TRANSMISSION DEVICE FOR VEHICLE | August 2021 | May 2022 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17444346 | EPICYCLIC GEAR CARRIER ASSEMBLY HAVING AN INTEGRATED LUBRICATION PUMP | August 2021 | April 2023 | Allow | 20 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17382925 | DRIVING FORCE TRANSMITTING APPARATUS, SHEET CONVEYANCE APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS | July 2021 | April 2023 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17383203 | IN-WHEEL DRIVING APPARATUS AND VEHICLE INCLUDING THE SAME | July 2021 | October 2022 | Allow | 14 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17381050 | ELECTRIC AXLE ASSEMBLY AND OPERATING METHOD | July 2021 | March 2023 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17365524 | DRIVETRAIN FOR A MIXER | July 2021 | March 2024 | Abandon | 33 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17418780 | BALANCED SPEED REDUCER OF DUAL-RING GEAR VARIABLE-LINE-SPEED PLANETARY ROW | June 2021 | May 2022 | Allow | 10 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17413690 | TRANSMISSION AND WORK VEHICLE | June 2021 | April 2022 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner KNIGHT, DEREK DOUGLAS.
With a 0.0% 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, 22.2% of applications that filed an appeal were subsequently allowed. This appeal filing benefit rate is below the USPTO average, suggesting that filing an appeal has limited effectiveness in prompting favorable reconsideration.
⚠ 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 KNIGHT, DEREK DOUGLAS works in Art Unit 3659 and has examined 565 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 91.2%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 19 months.
Examiner KNIGHT, DEREK DOUGLAS's allowance rate of 91.2% places them in the 74% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications.
On average, applications examined by KNIGHT, DEREK DOUGLAS receive 0.83 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 8% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues significantly fewer office actions than most examiners.
The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by KNIGHT, DEREK DOUGLAS is 19 months. This places the examiner in the 93% percentile for prosecution speed. Applications move through prosecution relatively quickly with this examiner.
Conducting an examiner interview provides a -3.0% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by KNIGHT, DEREK DOUGLAS. This interview benefit is in the 5% 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, 35.5% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 75% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Insight: RCEs are highly effective with this examiner compared to others. If you receive a final rejection, filing an RCE with substantive amendments or arguments has a strong likelihood of success.
This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 62.7% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 85% 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, 200.0% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 98% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: Pre-appeal conferences are highly effective with this examiner compared to others. Before filing a full appeal brief, strongly consider requesting a PAC. The PAC provides an opportunity for the examiner and supervisory personnel to reconsider the rejection before the case proceeds to the PTAB.
This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 33.3% of appeals filed. This is in the 3% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 33.3% 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, 24.4% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 15% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Note: Petitions are rarely granted regarding this examiner's actions compared to other examiners. Ensure you have a strong procedural basis before filing a petition, as the Technology Center Director typically upholds this examiner's decisions.
Examiner's Amendments: This examiner makes examiner's amendments in 0.2% of allowed cases (in the 49% 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 3.5% of allowed cases (in the 74% 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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