Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18684289 | Method For Operating A Means Of Transport | February 2024 | October 2024 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18285030 | PASSIVELY ACTUATED SENSOR SYSTEM | September 2023 | December 2024 | Allow | 15 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18468359 | METHODS AND SYSTEM FOR SELF-CHECKING SENSOR NETWORK | September 2023 | October 2024 | Allow | 13 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 18240191 | VEHICLE BEHAVIOR CONTROL METHOD, A COMPUTING SYSTEM, AND A VEHICLE SUPPORTING THE SAME | August 2023 | January 2025 | Allow | 16 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18360682 | NLS Using a Bounded Linear Initial Search Space and a Fixed Grid with Pre-Calculated Variables | July 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18333053 | VEHICLE DECELERATION ASSISTANCE APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING VEHICLE DECELERATION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM | June 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18301295 | AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE SENSOR SECURITY SYSTEM | April 2023 | April 2024 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18031408 | WHEEL LOAD ESTIMATION DEVICE | April 2023 | December 2024 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18296788 | AUTONOMOUS MATERIAL TRANSPORT VEHICLES, AND SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF OPERATING THEREOF | April 2023 | January 2024 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18130127 | METHOD FOR AGE PORTRAYING AND PAINTING IN ELECTROCHROMIC AUTOMOBILE SHEET | April 2023 | March 2024 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18246309 | CONTROL OF VEHICLE-TO-VEHICLE SEPARATION | March 2023 | December 2024 | Allow | 21 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18245709 | Control method for executing a floating function of a boom, corresponding control systems and work vehicles comprising such control systems | March 2023 | February 2025 | Allow | 23 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18171753 | DRIVING ASSISTANCE DEVICE, DRIVING ASSISTANCE METHOD, AND PROGRAM | February 2023 | October 2024 | Allow | 20 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18109895 | VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE, VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | February 2023 | September 2024 | Allow | 19 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18103900 | DRIVING SUPPORT APPARATUS, DRIVING SUPPORT SYSTEM, AND DRIVING SUPPORT METHOD | January 2023 | September 2023 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18159154 | APPARATUS, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR GENERATING LANE NETWORK | January 2023 | November 2024 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18092174 | MICROMOBILITY DETECTION AND AVOIDANCE | December 2022 | April 2025 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18146850 | GENERATING DYNAMIC INTERFACES PROVIDING INTELLIGENT MULTI-DEVICE SELECTABLE ELEMENTS FOR A TRANSPORTATION MATCHING SYSTEM | December 2022 | March 2025 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18069686 | PARTICLE FILTER TO DETECT STATIC AND DYNAMIC OBSTACLES | December 2022 | November 2024 | Allow | 23 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18078595 | METHOD OF OPERATING AN ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR A FLEET OF AIRCRAFT | December 2022 | November 2024 | Allow | 23 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18008458 | WORK VEHICLE SPECIFICATION CHANGE SYSTEM, WORK VEHICLE SPECIFICATION CHANGE METHOD, AND WORK VEHICLE SPECIFICATION CHANGE PROGRAM | December 2022 | March 2025 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17989014 | MAP DATA PROCESSING METHOD AND DEVICE, COMPUTER EQUIPMENT, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | November 2022 | September 2024 | Allow | 22 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17979235 | METHOD FOR HYBRID VEHICLE EMISSIONS CONTROL | November 2022 | September 2024 | Allow | 22 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17978231 | THIN OBJECT DETECTION AND AVOIDANCE IN AERIAL ROBOTS | November 2022 | August 2024 | Allow | 22 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17918056 | AUTOMATIC TEST OBJECT DRIVING DEVICE, AUTOMATIC TEST OBJECT DRIVING METHOD, AND TEST OBJECT TESTING SYSTEM | October 2022 | October 2023 | Allow | 12 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17950602 | BEHAVIOR CONTROL DEVICE FOR VEHICLE | September 2022 | November 2023 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17946751 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR GUIDING A USER IN AN OUTDOOR ACTIVITY | September 2022 | December 2024 | Abandon | 27 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17889316 | DRONE SYSTEM HAVING INTERACTIVE FETCHABLE DRONE | August 2022 | March 2025 | Allow | 31 | 0 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17799271 | A SYSTEM AND A METHOD FOR GENERATING A WEATHER MAP | August 2022 | November 2024 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17886072 | VEHICLE CONTROLLER, VEHICLE, POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM, DISCHARGE CONNECTOR, POWER EQUIPMENT, AND POWER SUPPLY METHOD | August 2022 | November 2024 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17879085 | APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING AUTONOMOUS DRIVING OF INDEPENDENT DRIVING ELECTRIC VEHICLE AND METHOD THEREOF | August 2022 | January 2025 | Allow | 29 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17796926 | Controlling a Motor Vehicle Using a Vehicle-External Mobile Terminal | August 2022 | July 2025 | Abandon | 35 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17878699 | HUMAN MACHINE INTERFACE DEVICE OF A VEHICLE AND A CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF | August 2022 | November 2024 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17873151 | RUNNING MODE PROPOSAL DEVICE, NAVIGATION DEVICE, AND RUNNING CONTROL DEVICE | July 2022 | March 2025 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17866893 | VEHICLE DRIVE ASSIST APPARATUS | July 2022 | May 2024 | Allow | 21 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17845145 | Self-Localizing System Operative in an Unknown Environment | July 2022 | September 2024 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17790196 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PARKING CONTROL, VEHICLE CONTROLLER, AND NEW-ENERGY VEHICLE | June 2022 | May 2024 | Allow | 22 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17843635 | Near-Field Sensing Information Transmission And Pairing System For Air-Land Unmanned Vehicles And Method Thereof | June 2022 | November 2024 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17779388 | Vehicle Guidance System and Method for Terminating Automated Vehicle Guidance | May 2022 | July 2024 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17779453 | WORK MACHINE CONTROL SYSTEM, WORK MACHINE, AND WORK MACHINE CONTROL METHOD | May 2022 | July 2024 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17774884 | APPARATUS, METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING EVALUATION AND/OR OPTIMIZATION OF TRAJECTORY MANAGEMENT FOR GROUND AND AIR SERVICES | May 2022 | November 2024 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17774939 | A Method for Driving at Least One Power Consumer Connected to A Powertrain | May 2022 | August 2024 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17729201 | AUTONOMOUS DRONE COMPONENT INTEGRATION | April 2022 | December 2024 | Abandon | 31 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 17729261 | Obtaining A Sensor Data Set Of A Vehicle Of A Vehicle Fleet | April 2022 | July 2024 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17691411 | VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING VEHICLE | March 2022 | July 2024 | Allow | 28 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17685392 | DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND DISPLAY CONTROL PROGRAM | March 2022 | September 2024 | Allow | 31 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17652703 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING A PHASE OF FLIGHT OF AN AIRCRAFT | February 2022 | October 2024 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17668277 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO REDUCE VERTICAL REFERENCE UNIT UNREFERENCED HEADING DRIFT ERROR | February 2022 | February 2023 | Allow | 12 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17630416 | Driving Control Method and Driving Control Device | January 2022 | April 2024 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17582134 | ROAD USER IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM FOR IDENTIFYING A ROAD USER FOR SAFER AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE ROAD NAVIGATION | January 2022 | August 2024 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17580220 | METHOD FOR TRAINING A MACHINE LEARNING ALGORITHM FOR PREDICTING AN INTENT PARAMETER FOR AN OBJECT ON A TERRAIN | January 2022 | October 2024 | Allow | 33 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17566445 | RADAR-BASED DATA FILTERING FOR VISUAL AND LIDAR ODOMETRY | December 2021 | December 2024 | Abandon | 35 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17644812 | Digital License Tag | December 2021 | June 2025 | Abandon | 42 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17643814 | Collision Indication Based on Yaw Rate and Lateral Velocity Thresholds | December 2021 | July 2024 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17643804 | Method of Performing Location Dependent Actions in Vehicle | December 2021 | July 2024 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17643555 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR POSITIONING A VEHICLE AT A CHARGING STATION | December 2021 | October 2024 | Allow | 35 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17545273 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING VEHICLE | December 2021 | August 2023 | Allow | 20 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17539323 | MARINE VESSEL MANEUVERING SYSTEM AND MARINE VESSEL | December 2021 | March 2025 | Allow | 40 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17538156 | DRIVING SUPPORT APPARATUS, DRIVING SUPPORT SYSTEM, AND DRIVING SUPPORT METHOD | November 2021 | March 2023 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17537080 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REMOTELY CONTROLLING OPERATION OF A VEHICLE | November 2021 | October 2022 | Allow | 11 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17614130 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ESTIMATING AN END OF LIFE OF A RECHARGEABLE ENERGY STORAGE DEVICE | November 2021 | March 2024 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17614223 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VEHICLE NAVIGATION | November 2021 | December 2024 | Allow | 37 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17614318 | Method, Fault Management Apparatus, Computer Program, and Computer Program Product For Fault Management For a Vehicle | November 2021 | August 2024 | Allow | 33 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17613946 | IMPROVEMENTS IN AND RELATING TO TARGETING | November 2021 | April 2025 | Allow | 40 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17534127 | IDENTIFYING SPOOFED MARITIME SIGNALS USING INFORMATION FROM OTHER VESSELS | November 2021 | January 2025 | Allow | 38 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17453655 | ILLUMINATING APPARATUS AND ILLUMINANCE COLLECTION SYSTEM | November 2021 | April 2023 | Allow | 17 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17514802 | DRIVING SUPPORT APPARATUS, DRIVING SUPPORT SYSTEM, AND DRIVING SUPPORT METHOD | October 2021 | February 2023 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17505009 | CONTROL DEVICE | October 2021 | March 2023 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17451005 | System and Method for Controlling Motion of a Vehicle Technical Field | October 2021 | April 2023 | Allow | 18 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17483307 | AUTOMATED DYNAMIC THROTTLE REQUEST FILTERING | September 2021 | January 2024 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17467466 | SYSTEM AND METHOD IMPLEMENTING AUXILIARY DEVICE TO WORK MACHINE | September 2021 | February 2024 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17467227 | SELF-LEARNING SAFETY SIGN FOR TWO-WHEELERS | September 2021 | January 2024 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17435622 | Control Device and Method for Operating a Hybrid Drive | September 2021 | April 2025 | Allow | 43 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17412983 | UNMANNED GROUND-BASED TRANSPORT VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR TRANSPORTING ITEMS | August 2021 | November 2024 | Allow | 38 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17445909 | AUTOMATED BALER PICKUP CONTROL BASED ON WINDROW DETECTION | August 2021 | May 2024 | Abandon | 33 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17445359 | COMPONENT MONITORING BASED ON MAGNETIC SIGNALS | August 2021 | March 2025 | Allow | 43 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17384018 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING TURNING MOTION OF VEHICLE | July 2021 | April 2023 | Allow | 21 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17369130 | VEHICLE FEATURE CONTROL SYSTEMS AND METHODS BASED ON SMOKING | July 2021 | April 2025 | Allow | 45 | 5 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17342403 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATICALLY ADJUSTING A MOTOR GRADER | June 2021 | May 2024 | Allow | 35 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17326528 | MOTORIZED VEHICLES HAVING SENSORS AND METHODS OF OPERATING THE SAME | May 2021 | July 2024 | Allow | 38 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17292741 | DEVICE FOR ESTIMATING CENTER OF GRAVITY OF CARGO VEHICLE | May 2021 | June 2023 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17237940 | AUTONOMOUS CONTROL OF HEAVY EQUIPMENT AND VEHICLES USING TASK HIERARCHIES | April 2021 | March 2023 | Allow | 23 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17233028 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PREDICTING TRAFFIC FLOW OR TRAVEL TIME PERIOD | April 2021 | July 2024 | Allow | 39 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17228009 | AUTONOMOUS FORKLIFT TRUCK | April 2021 | August 2023 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17224322 | System and Method for Determining Real-Time Orientation on Carts in an Independent Cart System | April 2021 | June 2023 | Allow | 26 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17218492 | AUTOMATIC NAVIGATION OF A MARINE ENVIRONMENT AREA | March 2021 | September 2023 | Abandon | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17217593 | CONTROL DEVICE, MOVEMENT CONTROL SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM | March 2021 | October 2023 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17216198 | VIRTUAL TRACK MODEL FOR A MINING MACHINE | March 2021 | September 2023 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17216180 | VIRTUAL FIELD-BASED TRACK PROTECTION FOR A MINING MACHINE | March 2021 | February 2024 | Allow | 35 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17213231 | CONTROL DEVICE, MOVING BODY AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | March 2021 | May 2023 | Allow | 25 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17211984 | MARINE POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING MARINE POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM | March 2021 | January 2024 | Allow | 34 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17211793 | CONTROLLER | March 2021 | January 2023 | Allow | 22 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17206233 | USING CAMERA DATA TO MANAGE A VEHICLE PARKED OUTSIDE IN COLD CLIMATES | March 2021 | October 2023 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17205109 | SIMULATOR FOR TELEHANDLERS | March 2021 | September 2023 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17199194 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ELECTRIC TRACK VEHICLE CONTROL | March 2021 | March 2023 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17191068 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TESTING AUTOMATED VEHICLES | March 2021 | October 2023 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17190568 | WAREHOUSE INSPECTION SYSTEM | March 2021 | February 2024 | Allow | 36 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17269789 | WHEELED VEHICLE ADAPTIVE SPEED CONTROL METHOD AND SYSTEM | February 2021 | February 2025 | Allow | 48 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17178471 | AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE SENSOR SECURITY SYSTEM | February 2021 | January 2023 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17248998 | POSITION ASSISTANCE SYSTEM FOR A MATERIALS HANDLING VEHICLE | February 2021 | August 2023 | Allow | 30 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner ZHANG, YUFENG.
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, 40.0% of applications that filed an appeal were subsequently allowed. This appeal filing benefit rate is above the USPTO average, suggesting that filing an appeal can be an effective strategy for prompting reconsideration.
✓ Filing a Notice of Appeal is strategically valuable. The act of filing often prompts favorable reconsideration during the mandatory appeal conference.
Examiner ZHANG, YUFENG works in Art Unit 3663 and has examined 255 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 83.9%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 29 months.
Examiner ZHANG, YUFENG's allowance rate of 83.9% places them in the 53% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications.
On average, applications examined by ZHANG, YUFENG receive 1.41 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 31% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues fewer office actions than average, which may indicate efficient prosecution or a more lenient examination style.
The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by ZHANG, YUFENG is 29 months. This places the examiner in the 48% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly slower than average with this examiner.
Conducting an examiner interview provides a +6.3% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by ZHANG, YUFENG. This interview benefit is in the 34% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews provide a below-average benefit with this examiner.
When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 31.6% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 57% 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 37.9% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 50% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: This examiner shows above-average receptiveness to after-final amendments. If your amendments clearly overcome the rejections and do not raise new issues, consider filing after-final amendments before resorting to an RCE.
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 100.0% of appeals filed. This is in the 97% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 60.0% occur early in the appeal process (after Notice of Appeal but before Appeal Brief). 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.
When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 42.1% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 44% 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 0.0% of allowed cases (in the 34% 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 35% 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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