USPTO Examiner LE HUAN G - Art Unit 3659

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
17137726CLUTCH DEVICEDecember 2020December 2023Allow3510NoNo
17136719POWER TRANSMISSION UNITDecember 2020October 2021Allow900NoNo
17132744CLUTCH FOR IN-WHEEL MOTORDecember 2020November 2021Allow1110NoNo
17119379HIGH POWER EPICYCLIC GEARBOX AND OPERATION THEREOFDecember 2020July 2021Allow700NoNo
17116471PARKING APPARATUS FOR VEHICLEDecember 2020October 2022Allow2230NoNo
17109295CAGE, RADIAL-THRUST INTEGRATED BEARING, AND PLANETARY GEAR DEVICEDecember 2020January 2022Abandon1410NoNo
15734435CLUTCH AND MOTORDecember 2020January 2023Allow2510NoNo
17059069CLUTCH UNIT FOR VEHICLENovember 2020August 2021Allow910NoNo
16951547STRUCTURE FOR LUBRICATING CLUTCHNovember 2020March 2022Allow1510NoNo
17093828SHIFT CONTROL APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSIONNovember 2020September 2021Allow1000NoNo
17092799STABILIZERNovember 2020April 2022Allow1710NoNo
17053862MULTI-SPEED PLANETARY TRANSMISSION FOR A VEHICLE WITH AT LEAST ONE ELECTRIC MACHINENovember 2020July 2022Allow2020YesNo
17088020TORQUE CONVERTER CLUTCH ASSEMBLY FOR HYBRID MODULENovember 2020December 2021Allow1310NoNo
17086980ELECTRICALLY PROPELLED VEHICLE GEARBOX HAVING A POWER TAKE-OFFNovember 2020November 2021Allow1211NoNo
17050473METHOD FOR ACTIVATING A PARKING LOCK SYSTEM AND PARKING LOCK SYSTEMOctober 2020May 2022Allow1810NoNo
17047938CENTRIFUGAL CLUTCHOctober 2020July 2021Allow900YesNo
17068178GEAR MECHANISM, USE OF A GEAR MECHANISM AND METHOD FOR A GEAR MECHANISMOctober 2020September 2021Allow1110YesNo
17032114WORK VEHICLE DRIVE WITH MULTIPLE ELECTRIC MACHINES AND TORQUE COMBINING ASSEMBLYSeptember 2020February 2024Allow4110NoNo
17041436DIFFERENTIAL TRANSMISSIONSeptember 2020January 2022Allow1610NoNo
17029539HIGH POWER EPICYCLIC GEARBOX AND OPERATION THEREOFSeptember 2020November 2020Allow200NoNo
17028372TRAVELING TRANSMISSION DEVICE OF TRACTORSeptember 2020March 2023Allow3011NoNo
15733640ELECTROMAGNETIC JAW CLUTCHSeptember 2020July 2021Allow1010NoNo
17040076REDUCTION GEAR AND GEAR MOTORSeptember 2020September 2021Allow1210NoNo
17025325SHIFTING CONTROL APPARATUS FOR VEHICLESeptember 2020November 2021Allow1410NoNo
17015472Axle Carrier Housing With Reinforcement StructureSeptember 2020September 2021Allow1200NoNo
16977871TRANSMISSION, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR SAMESeptember 2020June 2021Allow900NoNo
16995008PROTECTING WORK MACHINE FROM DAMAGE DUE TO LOCKED STATEAugust 2020March 2021Allow710NoNo
16990302GEARBOXES FOR AIRCRAFT GAS TURBINE ENGINESAugust 2020January 2021Allow500NoNo
16968085FREEWHEEL AND THRUST BEARINGS SYSTEM AND VEHICLE TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS INCLUDING SUCH A SYSTEMAugust 2020April 2022Allow2011NoNo
16964929TORQUE LIMITERJuly 2020July 2021Allow1210YesNo
16964590DRIVE APPARATUS AND MOVING OBJECTJuly 2020November 2021Allow1610NoNo
16928808THREE PLANETARY INLINE EMIVTJuly 2020June 2021Allow1110NoNo
16961941SPEED CHANGING DEVICEJuly 2020October 2020Allow300NoNo
16927630PLANETARY GEARBOXJuly 2020May 2021Allow1010NoNo
16926889TWO-SPEED TRANSMISSION FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE INCLUDING A PAIR OF MECHANICAL DIODES THAT ARE INDIVIDUALLY ENGAGED TO PROVIDE TWO GEAR RATIOSJuly 2020November 2020Allow400NoNo
16958234CONTROL METHOD FOR POWER TRANSMISSION DEVICE, AND CONTROL DEVICE FOR POWER TRANSMISSION DEVICEJune 2020January 2023Abandon3110NoNo
16879050POWERTRAIN FOR A VEHICLEMay 2020April 2021Allow1120NoNo
16865571TORQUE TRANSMISSION APPARATUSMay 2020July 2021Allow1400NoNo
16865127CONTROL OF A CONTINUOUSLY VARIABLE TRANSMISSION IN A MIXERMay 2020July 2021Allow1510NoNo
16760309TRANSMISSION INPUT SHAFT ARRANGEMENTApril 2020March 2022Allow2210NoNo
16857343RELEASE MECHANISM OF BRAKE DEVICE USED IN POWER TRANSMISSION PROCESSApril 2020December 2021Allow2010NoNo
16756651Transmission for a Motor Vehicle, Motor Vehicle Powertrain Comprising Said Transmission, and Method for Operating the TransmissionApril 2020February 2022Allow2210YesNo
16873462Device for quickly adjusting initial engagement characteristics of a clutchApril 2020January 2023Abandon3310NoNo
16755782ACTUATING DEVICE WITH DIRT SHIELDINGApril 2020July 2022Allow2710YesNo
16812122ANTI-BACK DRIVE COMPONENTS FOR A VALVE ACTUATOR ASSEMBLYMarch 2020June 2022Allow2710NoNo
16807956HIGH POWER EPICYCLIC GEARBOX AND OPERATION THEREOFMarch 2020August 2020Allow510NoNo
16643915JAMMING ROLLER LOCKMarch 2020March 2022Allow2410YesNo
16802277ELECTRIC MOTOR ROTOR FOR HYBRID MODULEFebruary 2020June 2021Allow1500NoNo
16798766DOUBLE CLUTCH ASSEMBLYFebruary 2020June 2021Allow1510NoNo
16796128Transmission Shaft, Transmission, and Motor Vehicle DrivetrainFebruary 2020February 2022Allow2410NoNo
16794541HYBRID MODULE COOLING FLOWFebruary 2020November 2021Allow2110NoNo
16639448RANGE-CHANGE TRANSMISSION DEVICEFebruary 2020December 2021Allow2200NoNo
16788347TORSIONAL VIBRATION DAMPERFebruary 2020May 2022Allow2700NoNo
16787530CONE CLUTCH FOR VEHICLEFebruary 2020February 2021Allow1200NoNo
16775473CLUTCH DEVICEJanuary 2020October 2021Abandon2010NoNo
16775355VEHICLE COOLING SYSTEMJanuary 2020May 2021Allow1500NoNo
16633950Control Method for Hydraulic AssistanceJanuary 2020March 2021Allow1410NoNo
16633846AXLE DRIVEJanuary 2020October 2021Allow2130NoNo
16633069RETURN STOPJanuary 2020March 2021Allow1410NoNo
16728178LOCK-UP DEVICE FOR TORQUE CONVERTERDecember 2019September 2022Allow3310NoNo
16626636POWER TRANSMISSION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A POWER TRANSMISSION DEVICE IN A DRIVE TRAIN FOR DRIVING A WORKING MACHINE AT A VARIABLE SPEEDDecember 2019September 2021Abandon2110NoNo
16624610CLUTCH ASSEMBLY, IN PARTICULAR FOR MOTORCYCLES, AND TRANSMISSION SYSTEM EQUIPPED WITH SAID CLUTCH ASSEMBLYDecember 2019August 2022Abandon3210NoNo
16619352VOICE SHIFTINGDecember 2019April 2021Abandon1710NoNo
16616236PLANET LOCKNovember 2019March 2021Allow1600NoNo
16686421FRICTION CLUTCH ASSEMBLIES WITH LOW-DRAG DISCONNECT CLUTCH PACK HAVING CONE CLUTCH SYNCHRONIZERNovember 2019January 2021Allow1400NoNo
16687413VEHICLE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAMENovember 2019September 2020Allow1000NoNo
16682514HIGH EFFICIENCY, HIGH OUTPUT TRANSMISSION WITH LINEAR CLUTCH ACTUATORNovember 2019July 2020Allow910NoNo
16682576HIGH EFFICIENCY, HIGH OUTPUT TRANSMISSION HAVING EASE OF INTEGRATION FEATURESNovember 2019July 2020Allow810NoNo
16610601HYDRODYNAMIC MACHINE, IN PARTICULAR HYDRODYNAMIC CONVERTERNovember 2019September 2021Abandon2310NoNo
16672812METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR CLUTCH ASSEMBLY PERFORMANCE ENHANCEMENTNovember 2019January 2021Allow1500NoNo
16599005METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR STARTING AN ENGINEOctober 2019April 2022Allow3011NoNo
16594154IN-VEHICLE CONTROLLER AND VEHICLE CONTROL METHODOctober 2019April 2021Allow1800NoNo
16585338POWER TRANSMISSION DEVICE FOR A VEHICLESeptember 2019April 2022Allow3100NoNo
16578724HUB MOTOR ARRANGEMENT OR VEHICLE WITH HUB MOTOR ARRANGEMENTSeptember 2019May 2020Allow800NoNo
16576307ELECTRONIC INTEGRATED WHEEL END DISCONNECT FOR AUTOMOTIVE APPLICATIONSeptember 2019February 2022Allow2811YesNo
16495319DEVICE FOR COMPENSATING FOR AXIAL PLAYSeptember 2019May 2021Allow2010NoNo
16568456HYBRID MODULE WITH IMPACT TORQUE LIMITERSeptember 2019January 2021Allow1610NoNo
16558689MULTI-SPEED PLANETARY TRANSMISSIONSeptember 2019March 2020Allow610NoNo
16558830MULTI-SPEED PLANETARY TRANSMISSIONSeptember 2019July 2020Allow1020YesNo
16543057PLANETARY GEAR DEVICE, GAS TURBINE ENGINE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A PLANETARY GEAR DEVICEAugust 2019February 2021Allow1810NoNo
16542528POWER-SPLIT TRANSMISSIONAugust 2019December 2020Allow1610YesNo
16532813FOUR-WHEEL DRIVE VEHICLEAugust 2019April 2021Allow2000NoNo
16521048PLANETARY GEAR DEVICEJuly 2019March 2021Allow2020YesNo
16479991METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A VEHICLEJuly 2019April 2021Allow2010NoNo
16517905TRANSMISSION-EQUIPPED VEHICLEJuly 2019October 2020Allow1510NoNo
16515408VEHICLE DIFFERENTIAL DEVICEJuly 2019January 2021Allow1810NoNo
16503110BICYCLE COMPONENT FOR AN AT LEAST PARTIALLY MUSCLE-POWERED BICYCLEJuly 2019September 2021Allow2611YesNo
16473657VEHICLE DRIVE APPARATUSJune 2019June 2021Allow2400NoNo
16441856CLUTCH ASSEMBLY HAVING HIGH REPEATABILITY AND SERVICABILITYJune 2019February 2022Allow3220NoNo
16467103METHOD FOR ACTUATING A MULTI-PLATE CLUTCHJune 2019August 2020Allow1510YesNo
16422244EPICYCLIC GEAR MECHANISM FOR MULTIPLE INPUT/OUTPUT SYSTEMSMay 2019May 2021Allow2410NoNo
16415580ELECTROMAGNETIC CLUTCH FOR GAS TURBINE ACCESSORIESMay 2019January 2021Allow2010NoNo
16410001POWER TRANSMISSION DEVICEMay 2019April 2022Abandon3510NoNo
16349008VEHICLE DRIVELINE SYSTEMMay 2019February 2023Allow4520YesNo
16406023ELECTRIC ACTUATORMay 2019May 2022Abandon3610NoNo
16346507POWER TRANSMISSION SYSTEM AND VEHICLE HAVING SAMEApril 2019August 2021Abandon2801NoNo
16386075MULTI-MODE INTEGRATED STARTER-GENERATOR DEVICE WITH SOLENOID CAM ACTUATION APPARATUSApril 2019November 2020Allow1910NoNo
16381106LUBRICATION SYSTEMApril 2019May 2022Allow3711YesNo
16340556MULTIPLE MR FLUID CLUTCH APPARATUSES SHARING MR FLUIDApril 2019April 2021Allow2410NoNo
16335773INTEGRATED DISCONNECTING TWIN CLUTCH SYSTEM AND DUAL ACTION PISTONMarch 2019August 2021Allow2811NoNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner LE, HUAN G.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
4
Examiner Affirmed
0
(0.0%)
Examiner Reversed
4
(100.0%)
Reversal Percentile
97.9%
Higher than average

What This Means

With a 100.0% 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.

Strategic Value of Filing an Appeal

Total Appeal Filings
6
Allowed After Appeal Filing
5
(83.3%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
1
(16.7%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
94.8%
Higher than average

Understanding Appeal Filing Strategy

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, 83.3% 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.

Strategic Recommendations

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 LE, HUAN G - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner LE, HUAN G works in Art Unit 3659 and has examined 465 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 89.2%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 23 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner LE, HUAN G's allowance rate of 89.2% places them in the 72% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by LE, HUAN G receive 1.08 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 9% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues significantly fewer office actions than most examiners.

Prosecution Timeline

The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by LE, HUAN G is 23 months. This places the examiner in the 86% percentile for prosecution speed. Applications move through prosecution relatively quickly with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +12.8% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by LE, HUAN G. This interview benefit is in the 49% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews provide a below-average benefit with this examiner.

Request for Continued Examination (RCE) Effectiveness

When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 36.3% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 83% 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.

After-Final Amendment Practice

This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 64.9% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 90% 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.

Pre-Appeal Conference Effectiveness

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 57% 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.

Appeal Withdrawal and Reconsideration

This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 50.0% of appeals filed. This is in the 20% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 25.0% 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.

Petition Practice

When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 48.9% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 43% 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 Cooperation and Flexibility

Examiner's Amendments: This examiner makes examiner's amendments in 0.0% of allowed cases (in the 35% 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 3.4% of allowed cases (in the 77% percentile). Per MPEP § 714.14, a Quayle action indicates that all claims are allowable but formal matters remain. This examiner frequently uses Quayle actions compared to other examiners, which is a positive indicator that once substantive issues are resolved, allowance follows quickly.

Prosecution Strategy Recommendations

Based on the statistical analysis of this examiner's prosecution patterns, here are tailored strategic recommendations:

  • Consider after-final amendments: This examiner frequently enters after-final amendments. If you can clearly overcome rejections with claim amendments, file an after-final amendment before resorting to an RCE.
  • RCEs are effective: This examiner has a high allowance rate after RCE compared to others. If you receive a final rejection and have substantive amendments or arguments, an RCE is likely to be successful.

Relevant MPEP Sections for Prosecution Strategy

  • MPEP § 713.10: Examiner interviews - available before Notice of Allowance or transfer to PTAB
  • MPEP § 714.12: After-final amendments - may be entered "under justifiable circumstances"
  • MPEP § 1002.02(c): Petitionable matters to Technology Center Director
  • MPEP § 1004: Actions requiring primary examiner signature (allowances, final rejections, examiner's answers)
  • MPEP § 1207.01: Appeal conferences - mandatory for all appeals
  • MPEP § 1214.07: Reopening prosecution after appeal

Important Disclaimer

Not Legal Advice: The information provided in this report is for informational purposes only and does not constitute legal advice. You should consult with a qualified patent attorney or agent for advice specific to your situation.

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