Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17135388 | SYSTEM, METHOD, INFRASTRUCTURE, AND VEHICLE FOR AUTOMATED VALET PARKING | December 2020 | November 2023 | Allow | 35 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17251244 | Interactive Voice Navigation | December 2020 | November 2023 | Allow | 35 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17087465 | Paving Machine with Smart Steering Control | November 2020 | March 2023 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17082408 | AUTONOMOUS ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING | October 2020 | November 2023 | Allow | 37 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17050546 | DATA-EFFICIENT HIERARCHICAL REINFORCEMENT LEARNING | October 2020 | January 2024 | Allow | 38 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17046384 | Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, Flight Control Mechanism for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, and Method for Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicle and Mechanism for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle | October 2020 | January 2024 | Allow | 39 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17036713 | PARKING ASSISTANCE DEVICE | September 2020 | December 2022 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17028423 | PARKING ASSIST APPARATUS | September 2020 | July 2022 | Allow | 21 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16982726 | ELECTRO-PNEUMATIC TWO-CHANNEL AXLE MODULATOR | September 2020 | December 2023 | Allow | 39 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16981886 | BRAKE SYSTEM FOR A TWO-AXLE VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR THE OPERATION THEREOF | September 2020 | January 2024 | Allow | 40 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16980852 | HYBRID DRIVING APPARATUS | September 2020 | January 2024 | Allow | 40 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16980943 | DISPLAY DEVICE | September 2020 | February 2024 | Allow | 41 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16976772 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USING A FLYING VEHICLE TO MOUNT AND DISMOUNT A DEVICE ON AN ELECTRICAL CABLE | August 2020 | November 2023 | Allow | 39 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16989084 | Segmenting Operational Data | August 2020 | January 2023 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16939152 | UNMANNED VEHICLE CONTROL AND OPERATION IN A MARINE ENVIRONMENT | July 2020 | March 2023 | Allow | 31 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16939885 | VEHICLE-TO-VEHICLE SENSOR DATA SHARING | July 2020 | March 2023 | Allow | 31 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 16963316 | DRONE-BASED, ATTACKER NEUTRALIZATION | July 2020 | January 2021 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16926914 | CASTABLE SONAR DEVICES AND OPERATIONS IN A MARINE ENVIRONMENT | July 2020 | September 2022 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16911194 | EVALUATING DRIVING CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR ELEGANT DRIVING | June 2020 | March 2023 | Allow | 33 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16909978 | DEVICE, METHOD, AND PROGRAM FOR CONTROLLING SHIP BODY | June 2020 | July 2023 | Allow | 37 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16909854 | FARM-BASED PREDICTIVE EFFICIENT DRIVE | June 2020 | March 2023 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16909994 | DEVICE, METHOD, AND PROGRAM FOR CONTROLLING SHIP BODY | June 2020 | August 2023 | Allow | 38 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16909906 | DEVICE, METHOD, AND PROGRAM FOR CONTROLLING SHIP BODY | June 2020 | May 2023 | Allow | 34 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16878795 | Pickup And Drop Off Zones For Autonomous Vehicles | May 2020 | May 2023 | Allow | 35 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16874205 | AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE REFUELING | May 2020 | August 2022 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 15931562 | MULTI-ROTOR PERSONAL AIR VEHICLE WITH A CENTRAL LIFTING FAN | May 2020 | September 2022 | Abandon | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16872406 | CONTROL DEVICE, PARKING LOT SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | May 2020 | August 2023 | Abandon | 39 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16870280 | INTELLIGENT DRIVING CONTROL METHOD, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND MEDIUM | May 2020 | May 2023 | Abandon | 36 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16867653 | ELECTRIC VALVE INCLUDING MANUAL OVERRIDE | May 2020 | May 2023 | Allow | 36 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16863751 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING SUPERSONIC FLIGHT ENTRY/EXIT OF A VEHICLE | April 2020 | July 2022 | Allow | 27 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16758538 | LOCALIZATION DETERMINATION FOR VEHICLE OPERATION | April 2020 | May 2021 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16856570 | VESSEL PROPULSION SYSTEM, DEVICE, AND METHOD TO DIAGNOSE THE VESSEL PROPULSION SYSTEM | April 2020 | April 2023 | Allow | 35 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16755318 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OPERATING A VEHICLE | April 2020 | August 2022 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16754974 | Driving Control Method and Driving Control Apparatus | April 2020 | August 2022 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16837971 | VEHICLE CONTROL APPARATUS | April 2020 | August 2022 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16836311 | SYSTEMS, METHODS AND VEHICLES FOR DETERMINING WRONG DIRECTION DRIVING | March 2020 | September 2022 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16825013 | METHOD FOR FRICTION COEFFICIENT DETERMINATION AND FRICTION COEFFICIENT DETERMINATION APPARATUS ON ELASTICALLY CONNECTED SUBSYSTEMS | March 2020 | September 2022 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16814363 | Enabling Reverse Motion of a Preceding Vehicle at Bunched Traffic Sites | March 2020 | September 2022 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16796926 | POOR DRIVING COUNTERMEASURES | February 2020 | November 2022 | Allow | 32 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16784440 | DETECTION AND SIGNALING OF CONDITIONS OF AN UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE | February 2020 | December 2022 | Allow | 34 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16636815 | Parking Control Method and Parking Control Device | February 2020 | June 2021 | Allow | 16 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16631547 | Method for Determining a Destination Different from an Intended Location, System, and Motor Vehicle Equipped with a System | January 2020 | June 2022 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16743334 | Circular Routing | January 2020 | February 2022 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16742455 | AUTOMATIC PARKING MANAGEMENT APPARATUS | January 2020 | January 2023 | Allow | 36 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16721315 | AUTOMATED CONTROL OF A MOTOR VEHICLE DURING PARKING MANEUVERS | December 2019 | March 2022 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16706071 | AUTOMATED VEHICLE LANE POSITIONING | December 2019 | March 2022 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16695300 | PLUMBING VENT CAP REMOTE REMOVAL SYSTEM | November 2019 | February 2023 | Allow | 38 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16616093 | VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE | November 2019 | June 2021 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16615262 | DRIVING ASSISTANCE DEVICE, DRIVING ASSISTANCE METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM | November 2019 | April 2022 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16607452 | PARKING ASSIST APPARATUS | October 2019 | March 2022 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16655710 | VEHICLE DATA ACQUISITION AND ACCESS SYSTEM AND METHOD | October 2019 | November 2020 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16595812 | VEHICLE PARKING | October 2019 | May 2022 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16499135 | DETERMINATION DEVICE, DETERMINATION METHOD AND PROGRAM | September 2019 | February 2022 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16583109 | EVALUATING DRIVING CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR ELEGANT DRIVING | September 2019 | April 2020 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16493460 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR UPDATING A DIGITAL MAP FOR VEHICLE NAVIGATION | September 2019 | February 2022 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16566314 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND VEHICLE | September 2019 | September 2022 | Allow | 36 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16557856 | USING BIG DATA TO NAVIGATE VEHICLES AT LARGE EVENTS | August 2019 | April 2022 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16543018 | CONSIDERATION OF RISKS IN ACTIVE SENSING FOR AN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE | August 2019 | April 2022 | Allow | 32 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16531457 | PARKING ASSISTANCE APPARATUS | August 2019 | March 2022 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16527402 | UNMANNED VEHICLE CONTROL AND OPERATION IN A MARINE ENVIRONMENT | July 2019 | November 2021 | Allow | 27 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16527381 | UNMANNED VEHICLE CONTROL AND SONAR OPERATION IN A MARINE ENVIRONMENT | July 2019 | February 2022 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16453572 | METHODS FOR COMBINING SENSOR DATA TO DETERMINE VEHICLE MOVEMENT INFORMATION | June 2019 | February 2022 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16438261 | VEHICLE-TO-VEHICLE SENSOR DATA SHARING | June 2019 | May 2020 | Allow | 11 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16436589 | VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | June 2019 | November 2021 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16433479 | ACTIVE VEHICLE SUSPENSION | June 2019 | July 2021 | Allow | 25 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16419795 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING MULTIVARIATE OPTIMIZATIONS BASED ON LOCATION DATA | May 2019 | February 2022 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16418385 | AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE CONTROL ASSESSMENT AND SELECTION | May 2019 | October 2021 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16387483 | CROWD SOURCED MAPPING WITH ROBUST STRUCTURAL FEATURES | April 2019 | January 2022 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16387491 | CROWD SOURCED MAPPING WITH ROBUST STRUCTURAL FEATURES | April 2019 | April 2022 | Allow | 36 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16340521 | BACKUP ACTUATION CONTROL UNIT FOR CONTROLLING AN ACTUATOR DEDICATED TO A GIVEN SURFACE AND METHOD OF USING SAME | April 2019 | October 2020 | Allow | 18 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16282712 | MANAGING AVAILABLE ENERGY AMONG MULTIPLE UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES | February 2019 | May 2021 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16282726 | MANAGING AVAILABLE ENERGY AMONG MULTIPLE UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES | February 2019 | August 2021 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16282695 | MANAGING AVAILABLE ENERGY AMONG MULTIPLE DRONES | February 2019 | July 2020 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16276986 | PROVIDING TRANSIT INFORMATION | February 2019 | September 2021 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16266162 | Autonomous Vehicle Control Assessment and Selection | February 2019 | July 2021 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16320091 | UNMANNED AUTOMATED HOOK COUPLING DEVICE | January 2019 | February 2022 | Allow | 37 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 16249299 | HYBRID VEHICLE | January 2019 | July 2020 | Allow | 18 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16317664 | TRANSPORT SYSTEM, SELF-DRIVING VEHICLE AND CONTROL METHOD OF A TRANSPORT SYSTEM | January 2019 | February 2022 | Allow | 37 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16238911 | Autonomous Vehicle Control Assessment and Selection | January 2019 | July 2021 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16229994 | RADIO CONTROLLED AIRCRAFT, REMOTE CONTROLLER AND METHODS FOR USE THEREWITH | December 2018 | January 2022 | Allow | 37 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16221976 | Pickup And Drop Off Zones For Autonomous Vehicles | December 2018 | February 2020 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16221775 | Center Console and Electronic Operating System for a Vehicle | December 2018 | April 2021 | Allow | 28 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16309758 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE PROPER OPERATION OF A VALVE IN A GAS TANK SYSTEM | December 2018 | September 2021 | Abandon | 34 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16307714 | METHOD FOR CHECKING A COLLISION BETWEEN TWO DRIVERLESS TRANSPORT VEHICLES, DRIVERLESS TRANSPORT VEHICLE, AND SYSTEM HAVING A PLURALITY OF DRIVERLESS TRANSPORT VEHICLES | December 2018 | September 2021 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16307031 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND DEVICES FOR AUTOMATED VEHICLE AND DRONE DELIVERY | December 2018 | December 2021 | Allow | 36 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 16305498 | OPERATION AUTHORITY MANAGEMENT APPARATUS AND OPERATION AUTHORITY MANAGEMENT METHOD | November 2018 | August 2021 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16199622 | TARGET TRACKING METHOD AND APPARATUS | November 2018 | February 2022 | Allow | 38 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16303228 | DETECTING APPARATUS AND ELECTRIC POWER STEERING APPARATUS | November 2018 | September 2020 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16193294 | MONITORING OF A HORIZONTAL DAMPING ELEMENT FOR A RAIL VEHICLE | November 2018 | May 2021 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16185096 | ON-BOARD SYSTEM AND TRAIN OCCUPANCY RANGE CALCULATION METHOD | November 2018 | January 2021 | Allow | 26 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16185276 | ON-BOARD APPARATUS AND GROUND SYSTEM | November 2018 | January 2021 | Allow | 26 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16185072 | ON-BOARD SYSTEM AND TRAIN OCCUPANCY RANGE CALCULATION METHOD | November 2018 | January 2021 | Allow | 26 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16185770 | CASTABLE SONAR DEVICES AND OPERATIONS IN A MARINE ENVIRONMENT | November 2018 | March 2020 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16166041 | VEHICLE, THAWING SYSTEM AND SERVER | October 2018 | July 2021 | Allow | 33 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 16088040 | PERSISTENT AERIAL RECONNAISSANCE AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | September 2018 | July 2021 | Allow | 34 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 16128403 | CROWD SOURCED MAPPING WITH ROBUST STRUCTURAL FEATURES | September 2018 | August 2021 | Allow | 35 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16049056 | UNMANNED AIRCRAFT STRUCTURE EVALUATION SYSTEM AND METHOD | July 2018 | October 2018 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16048537 | UNMANNED AIRCRAFT STRUCTURE EVALUATION SYSTEM AND METHOD | July 2018 | November 2018 | Allow | 3 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16046493 | REMOTE VEHICLE OPERATOR ASSIGNMENT SYSTEM | July 2018 | March 2022 | Allow | 44 | 4 | 0 | No | No |
| 16044782 | System for Announcing Predicted Remaining Amount of Energy | July 2018 | September 2020 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner HUYNH, LUAT T.
With a 75.0% 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.
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, 66.7% 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 HUYNH, LUAT T works in Art Unit 3661 and has examined 531 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 94.2%, this examiner allows applications at a higher rate than most examiners at the USPTO. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 25 months.
Examiner HUYNH, LUAT T's allowance rate of 94.2% places them in the 82% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner is more likely to allow applications than most examiners at the USPTO.
On average, applications examined by HUYNH, LUAT T receive 1.05 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.
The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by HUYNH, LUAT T is 25 months. This places the examiner in the 80% percentile for prosecution speed. Applications move through prosecution relatively quickly with this examiner.
Conducting an examiner interview provides a +6.9% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by HUYNH, LUAT T. This interview benefit is in the 35% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews provide a below-average benefit with this examiner.
When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 33.3% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 74% 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 83.1% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 97% 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, 50.0% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 46% percentile among all examiners. Note: Pre-appeal conferences show below-average success with this examiner. Consider whether your arguments are strong enough to warrant a PAC request.
This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 55.6% of appeals filed. This is in the 28% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 20.0% 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.
When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 8.8% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 8% 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 0.0% 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 5.6% of allowed cases (in the 84% 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.
Based on the statistical analysis of this examiner's prosecution patterns, here are tailored strategic recommendations:
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