Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17109166 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ROUTE SEARCHING | December 2020 | August 2023 | Abandon | 33 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17076652 | DIGITAL CONTEXT-AWARE DATA COLLECTION | October 2020 | January 2023 | Allow | 27 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17071916 | SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS FOR USE IN ROBOTIC SURGICAL SYSTEMS AND METHODS RELATING TO THE SAME | October 2020 | December 2023 | Allow | 38 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17069431 | CENTERFINDING FOR A PROCESS KIT OR PROCESS KIT CARRIER AT A MANUFACTURING SYSTEM | October 2020 | July 2023 | Allow | 33 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17043607 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF CERTIFYING SENSING FOR AUTONOMOUS ROBOT NAVIGATION | September 2020 | June 2023 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17040211 | MOBILE ROBOT DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING SERVICE TO USER | September 2020 | December 2023 | Allow | 39 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16971679 | Method for Moving Tip of Line-Like Object, Controller, and Three-Dimensional Camera | August 2020 | December 2023 | Allow | 40 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16997334 | CATHETER CONTROL SYSTEM AND GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE | August 2020 | July 2023 | Allow | 35 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16969746 | BRAKE CONTROL DEVICE | August 2020 | October 2023 | Allow | 39 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16991932 | Position Accuracy Robotic Printing System | August 2020 | October 2022 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16947565 | DETERMINING ROUTES FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES | August 2020 | June 2023 | Allow | 34 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16935231 | ROBOT MAPPING METHOD AND ROBOT AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM USING THE SAME | July 2020 | April 2023 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16929874 | VISUAL ANNOTATIONS IN ROBOT CONTROL INTERFACES | July 2020 | October 2022 | Allow | 27 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16913348 | AFFORDANCE-AWARE, MULTI-RESOLUTION, FREE-FORM OBJECT MANIPULATION PLANNING | June 2020 | September 2023 | Allow | 39 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16906082 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ACQUIRING DEVIATION AMOUNT OF WORKING POSITION OF TOOL | June 2020 | December 2023 | Allow | 42 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16954114 | ROBOT SYSTEM AND ROBOT CONTROL METHOD | June 2020 | February 2022 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16893608 | Robot Localization Using Variance Sampling | June 2020 | February 2023 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16893315 | ESTIMATING JOINT FRICTION AND TRACKING ERROR OF A ROBOTICS END EFFECTOR | June 2020 | June 2022 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16885015 | ROBOT EXECUTION SYSTEM | May 2020 | February 2023 | Allow | 32 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16766362 | ROBOT SYSTEM AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING OBJECT BY USING THE ROBOT SYSTEM | May 2020 | January 2023 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16864235 | Driving Cues and Coaching | May 2020 | October 2022 | Allow | 30 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16847939 | WORKPIECE IDENTIFICATION METHOD | April 2020 | September 2021 | Allow | 17 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16834115 | AUTONOMOUS UNKNOWN OBJECT PICK AND PLACE | March 2020 | August 2023 | Allow | 40 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16811006 | OPERATION TOOL FOR GRASPING WORKPIECE INCLUDING CONNECTOR AND ROBOT APPARATUS INCLUDING OPERATION TOOL | March 2020 | April 2022 | Allow | 25 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16810886 | ROBOT SYSTEM AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF | March 2020 | October 2022 | Allow | 31 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16644756 | BOUNDARY SCALING OF SURGICAL ROBOTS | March 2020 | October 2022 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16810224 | CONTROL SYSTEM OF INDUSTRIAL ROBOT | March 2020 | March 2022 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16643306 | COLLISION HANDLING ALGORITHMS FOR ROBOTIC SURGICAL SYSTEMS | February 2020 | December 2022 | Allow | 34 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16797812 | ROBOT APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD FOR ROBOT APPARATUS, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ARTICLE USING ROBOT APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION DEVICE, COMMUNICATION METHOD, CONTROL PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM | February 2020 | July 2023 | Allow | 41 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16640252 | WORKPIECE TRANSPORT ROBOT | February 2020 | March 2022 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16791414 | Drone Air Traffic Control over wireless networks for package pickup and delivery in an order defined by roads, highways, or streets | February 2020 | January 2022 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16791195 | COMPREHENSIVE MODEL-BASED METHOD FOR GANTRY ROBOT CALIBRATION VIA A DUAL CAMERA VISION SYSTEM | February 2020 | October 2022 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16791165 | METHOD OF CLOSED-LOOP POINT TO POINT ROBOT PATH PLANNING BY ONLINE CORRECTION AND ALIGNMENT VIA A DUAL CAMERA VISION SYSTEM | February 2020 | April 2022 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16786838 | ROBOTIC CONTROL FOR TOOL SHARPENING | February 2020 | December 2021 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16784801 | MECHANISM-PARAMETER-CALIBRATION METHOD FOR ROBOTIC ARM SYSTEM | February 2020 | November 2021 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16783421 | ROBOT CALIBRATION METHOD AND ROBOT CALIBRATION DEVICE | February 2020 | February 2022 | Allow | 24 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16783219 | Drone Air Traffic Control over wireless networks for package pickup and delivery in an order defined by coordinates | February 2020 | January 2022 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16748820 | ROBOT SYSTEM, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ROBOT, ROBOT CONTROLLER, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | January 2020 | December 2022 | Allow | 34 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16733723 | SENSOR SIGNAL PROCESSING SYSTEM AND METHOD | January 2020 | May 2022 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16730129 | OBJECT HANDLING DEVICE AND CALIBRATION METHOD THEREOF | December 2019 | December 2021 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16724938 | DIAGNOSTIC DATA VISUALIZATION METHODS | December 2019 | December 2022 | Allow | 36 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16719728 | AUTONOMOUS MOWER | December 2019 | December 2022 | Allow | 36 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16710240 | METHOD AND ROBOT DEVICE FOR SHARING OBJECT DATA | December 2019 | June 2022 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16708153 | ROBOTIC MANIPULATION AND FRAME SENSOR PLACEMENT FOR IN-MOTION OBJECT MODELING AND IDENTIFICATION | December 2019 | September 2022 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 16689554 | PROGRAMMING DEVICE AND ROBOT CONTROL METHOD | November 2019 | April 2022 | Allow | 29 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16685173 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND PROGRAM STORAGE MEDIUM | November 2019 | December 2022 | Allow | 37 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16593769 | SURGICAL ROBOTIC ARM ADMITTANCE CONTROL | October 2019 | October 2022 | Allow | 37 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16499817 | AERIAL CONTROL SYSTEM | September 2019 | December 2022 | Abandon | 38 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16577814 | ROBOT SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF | September 2019 | December 2021 | Allow | 27 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16546554 | REPOSITIONING METHOD OF INPUT DEVICE FOR ROBOTIC SURGICAL SYSTEM | August 2019 | January 2022 | Allow | 29 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16545049 | INTERACTIVE AND CUSTOMIZABLE FLIGHT PLANNING TOOL | August 2019 | March 2022 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16506854 | ROBOT SERVICE PLATFORM | July 2019 | March 2022 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16474189 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING A SEQUENCE OF KINEMATIC CHAINS OF A MULTIPLE ROBOT | June 2019 | October 2019 | Allow | 3 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16408335 | SHOPPING FACILITY ASSISTANCE SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS TO FACILITATE RETURNING ITEMS TO THEIR RESPECTIVE DEPARTMENTS | May 2019 | February 2022 | Abandon | 34 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16407005 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR UTILIZING AUGMENTED JACOBIAN TO CONTROL MANIPULATOR JOINT MOVEMENT | May 2019 | August 2021 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16391953 | ROBOT HAND INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF GRIPPERS AND A METHOD OF HANDLING A WIRE HARNESS USING A ROBOT HAND | April 2019 | January 2022 | Allow | 33 | 0 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16378820 | ROBOTIZED SURGERY SYSTEM WITH IMPROVED CONTROL | April 2019 | November 2021 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16369009 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR EVALUATING CALIBRATION PRECISION | March 2019 | November 2021 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16337488 | ROBOT, CONTROL DEVICE OF ROBOT, AND METHOD OF TEACHING POSITION OF ROBOT | March 2019 | October 2021 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16357792 | SENSORLESS FORCE CONTROL FOR TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY PROBE | March 2019 | November 2021 | Allow | 32 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16353019 | Autonomous Robotic Device | March 2019 | October 2021 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16351412 | ROBOTS FOR SERVING FOOD AND/OR DRINKS | March 2019 | January 2022 | Allow | 34 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16289482 | FLEXIBLE SURGICAL TOOL SYSTEM AND A METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME WITH MOTION CONSTRAINTS | February 2019 | August 2021 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16270877 | CONTROLLING A ROBOT IN AN ENVIRONMENT | February 2019 | April 2022 | Allow | 38 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16244894 | AUTONOMOUS MOWER | January 2019 | April 2020 | Abandon | 15 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16232699 | CONTROL DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM | December 2018 | August 2022 | Allow | 43 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 16169250 | ADAS HORIZON AND VISION SUPPLEMENTAL V2X | October 2018 | August 2021 | Allow | 33 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16159383 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONDITIONAL ROBOTIC TELEOPERATION | October 2018 | August 2021 | Allow | 34 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16106175 | VEHICLE DRIVING SUPPORT APPARATUS | August 2018 | January 2020 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16100571 | Drone Air Traffic Control incorporating weather updates | August 2018 | October 2021 | Allow | 38 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 16100296 | Drone Air Traffic Control over wireless networks for package pickup and delivery | August 2018 | February 2022 | Allow | 42 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16057620 | Customizable vehicle dashboard (AKA Instrument Cluster, Instrument Panel, Combination Meter) design | August 2018 | February 2020 | Abandon | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16071329 | BATTERY MANAGEMENT APPARATUS | July 2018 | April 2020 | Allow | 21 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16033535 | SUPPLY DEVICE CONFIGURED TO CIRCULATE WORKPIECES AND TRANSPORT DEVICE EQUIPPED WITH SUPPLY DEVICE | July 2018 | January 2020 | Allow | 18 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16069567 | DISPLAY DEVICE CONTROL METHOD AND DISPLAY DEVICE | July 2018 | October 2019 | Allow | 15 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16031208 | Robot Control Device, Robot, Robot System, And Calibration Method Of Camera | July 2018 | March 2020 | Abandon | 21 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16011317 | SURGICAL ROBOTIC ARM ADMITTANCE CONTROL | June 2018 | May 2019 | Allow | 11 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 15948046 | PROGRAMMING DEVICE AND ROBOT CONTROL METHOD | April 2018 | February 2020 | Allow | 22 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 15925883 | WORKPIECE PICKING SYSTEM | March 2018 | July 2019 | Allow | 16 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 15917219 | MECHANISM-PARAMETER-CALIBRATION METHOD FOR ROBOTIC ARM SYSTEM | March 2018 | November 2019 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 15897208 | ROBOT OPERATION COMMAND SYSTEM, TABLET TERMINAL AND CONTROL METHOD OF TABLET TERMINAL | February 2018 | May 2019 | Allow | 14 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 15880844 | MACHINE SYSTEM | January 2018 | December 2019 | Allow | 23 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 15747391 | Lane Display Device and Lane Display Method | January 2018 | August 2019 | Allow | 19 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 15875239 | WORKPIECE PICKING DEVICE AND WORKPIECE PICKING METHOD FOR IMPROVING PICKING OPERATION OF WORKPIECES | January 2018 | November 2019 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 15865399 | HUMAN-COLLABORATIVE ROBOT SYSTEM HAVING SAFETY ASSURANCE OPERATION FUNCTION FOR ROBOT | January 2018 | November 2018 | Allow | 11 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 15836229 | OPERATION MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, OPERATION MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM | December 2017 | March 2020 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 15580707 | MODE TRANSITION CONTROL DEVICE FOR HYBRID VEHICLE | December 2017 | January 2019 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 15833349 | LASER PROCESSING ROBOT SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD OF LASER PROCESSING ROBOT SYSTEM | December 2017 | September 2018 | Allow | 9 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 15807587 | MOTION-CONTROLLING METHOD OF ROBOT AND THE ROBOT THEREOF | November 2017 | February 2020 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 15806561 | Method for navigating a robotic surgical catheter | November 2017 | January 2020 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 15798796 | MEDICAL MANIPULATOR SYSTEM | October 2017 | March 2020 | Abandon | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 15568302 | Scene Understanding Device | October 2017 | January 2019 | Allow | 15 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 15566096 | Optimized Semi-Robotic Alignment Workflow | October 2017 | January 2020 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 15532825 | METHOD FOR MOTION SIMULATION OF A MANIPULATOR | October 2017 | February 2022 | Allow | 56 | 4 | 0 | No | No |
| 15564505 | MANIPULATION SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF | October 2017 | November 2018 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 15721185 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING VEHICLE | September 2017 | November 2019 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 15718941 | WORKFLOW ASSISTANT FOR IMAGE GUIDED PROCEDURES | September 2017 | January 2020 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 15562209 | VEHICLE CONTROL APPARATUS AND VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD | September 2017 | December 2019 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 15561604 | OPTICAL AXIS CONTROL DEVICE FOR HEADLIGHT | September 2017 | September 2019 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 15558213 | AIR-CONDITIONING CONTROL DEVICE | September 2017 | September 2019 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner NGUYEN, ROBERT T.
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, 0.0% of applications that filed an appeal were subsequently allowed. This appeal filing benefit rate is in the bottom 25% across the USPTO, indicating that filing appeals is less effective here than in most other areas.
⚠ 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 NGUYEN, ROBERT T works in Art Unit 3664 and has examined 381 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 84.0%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 27 months.
Examiner NGUYEN, ROBERT T's allowance rate of 84.0% places them in the 60% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications.
On average, applications examined by NGUYEN, ROBERT T receive 1.45 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 21% 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 NGUYEN, ROBERT T is 27 months. This places the examiner in the 73% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly faster than average with this examiner.
Conducting an examiner interview provides a +8.9% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by NGUYEN, ROBERT T. This interview benefit is in the 40% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews provide a below-average benefit with this examiner.
When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 32.0% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 68% 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 56.5% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 83% 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.
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, 100.0% 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.
When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 31.2% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 18% 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 0.8% of allowed cases (in the 64% percentile). This examiner makes examiner's amendments more often than average to place applications in condition for allowance (MPEP § 1302.04).
Quayle Actions: This examiner issues Ex Parte Quayle actions in 7.5% of allowed cases (in the 87% 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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