Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18669335 | Method and a system for controlling a convoy including a pilot vehicle and a driverless vehicle | May 2024 | January 2026 | Abandon | 20 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18438191 | INTEGRATED INSPECTION TOOLS FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE NETWORKS | February 2024 | February 2026 | Abandon | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18378687 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD | October 2023 | January 2026 | Allow | 27 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18355189 | TERMINAL APPARATUS AND METHOD | July 2023 | July 2025 | Abandon | 24 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18151048 | MAP PROCESSING SYSTEM AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING MAP PROCESSING PROGRAM STORED THEREON | January 2023 | July 2025 | Abandon | 30 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18082127 | ROADSIDE SENSING SYSTEM AND TRAFFIC CONTROL METHOD | December 2022 | June 2025 | Abandon | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18075338 | INTEGRATED POWER SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENERGY MANAGEMENT FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE | December 2022 | January 2026 | Abandon | 37 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17963279 | PATH PLANNING FOR VEHICLE BASED ON ACCIDENT INTENSITY | October 2022 | May 2025 | Abandon | 32 | 4 | 0 | No | No |
| 17944281 | VEHICULAR DISPLAY HAVING RECHARGING MODULE WITH ANNEXATION INTERFACE | September 2022 | October 2025 | Allow | 37 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17943665 | CLOUD-BASED STOP-AND-GO MITIGATION SYSTEM WITH MULTI-LANE SENSING | September 2022 | January 2026 | Allow | 40 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17902362 | AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE, METHOD FOR REQUESTING CONTROL REMOTELY THEREOF | September 2022 | November 2024 | Allow | 26 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17799173 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY DETERMINING THE MOVEMENT SPACE AND AUTONOMOUSLY OPTIMIZING THE DRIVING BEHAVIOR OF AN OPERATING AUTOMATED GUIDED VEHICLE COMPRISING LOADING IN DYNAMIC PRODUCTION AND LOGISTICS ENVIRONMENTS | August 2022 | September 2025 | Allow | 38 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17759025 | AUTONOMOUS MOBILE BODY, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE | July 2022 | September 2025 | Abandon | 38 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17856020 | METHOD FOR ESTIMATING AN ACCIDENT RISK OF AN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE | July 2022 | June 2025 | Allow | 36 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17809197 | INTEGRATED MODULAR OVERHEAD CONSOLE SYSTEM | June 2022 | November 2025 | Abandon | 41 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17807058 | VEHICLE SYSTEMS AND RELATED METHODS TO AUTONOMOUSLY INCREASE CAMERA RANGE | June 2022 | March 2025 | Allow | 33 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17736884 | AUTOMATIC SIDE BROOM STRIKE PATTERN POSITIONING SYSTEM FOR A STREET SWEEPING MACHINE | May 2022 | February 2025 | Allow | 34 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17770413 | GNSS DRIVE CONTROL DEVICE, GNSS CONTROLLER, WORK MACHINE, AND GNSS DRIVE CONTROL METHOD | April 2022 | May 2025 | Abandon | 37 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17754611 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD, AND PROGRAM | April 2022 | May 2025 | Abandon | 37 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17714189 | VEHICLE DISPATCH MANAGEMENT CONTROL DEVICE, VEHICLE DISPATCH MANAGEMENT DEVICE, VEHICLE DISPATCH MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, VEHICLE DISPATCH MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT | April 2022 | January 2026 | Allow | 45 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17689886 | AUTONOMOUS FARMING DEVICES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS | March 2022 | November 2024 | Abandon | 32 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17639251 | VEHICLE AND BRAKING METHOD AND DEVICE THEREFOR | February 2022 | October 2024 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17639282 | DISTRIBUTED DIAGNOSTICS ARCHITECTURE FOR A VEHICLE | February 2022 | October 2025 | Allow | 43 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17638731 | ROBOT CLEANER AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME | February 2022 | June 2025 | Abandon | 40 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17636553 | PERFORMANCE TESTING FOR ROBOTIC SYSTEMS | February 2022 | May 2025 | Allow | 39 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17636521 | PERFORMANCE TESTING FOR ROBOTIC SYSTEMS | February 2022 | November 2024 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17636534 | PERFORMANCE TESTING FOR ROBOTIC SYSTEMS | February 2022 | November 2024 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17636613 | METHOD FOR VEHICLE TRANSMITTING SIGNAL IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND VEHICLE THEREFOR | February 2022 | May 2025 | Allow | 39 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17588429 | Efficient Feature Reduction For Component Fault Prediction | January 2022 | January 2026 | Allow | 48 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17579100 | VEHICLE CONTROL APPARATUS | January 2022 | February 2026 | Allow | 49 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17573085 | CONFLICT DETECTION AND AVOIDANCE ALONG A CURRENT ROUTE OF A ROBOT | January 2022 | August 2024 | Allow | 31 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17625577 | METHOD FOR OPENING A DOOR OF A MOTOR VEHICLE BY MOVEMENT DETECTION, USING A DOPPLER RADAR AND ASSOCIATED DETECTION DEVICE | January 2022 | September 2024 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17532272 | ANOMALY DETECTION MODEL USING MESSAGE ID SEQUENCE ON UNMANNED MOVING OBJECTS | November 2021 | August 2025 | Allow | 45 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17526361 | FUEL CELL VEHICLE AND CONTROL STRATEGY BASED ON ARTIFICIAL BATTERY DISCHARGE LIMIT | November 2021 | November 2024 | Abandon | 36 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17526197 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RANGE ESTIMATIONS FOR ELECTRIFIED TRANSIT VEHICLES | November 2021 | January 2025 | Abandon | 38 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17526831 | METHODS AND SCAN SYSTEMS FOR ANALYZING AN OBJECT | November 2021 | March 2025 | Allow | 40 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17438104 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD | September 2021 | May 2025 | Abandon | 45 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17438097 | VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD | September 2021 | January 2026 | Allow | 52 | 4 | 0 | No | No |
| 17400669 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD | August 2021 | June 2025 | Abandon | 46 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17358764 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM FOR BIASING A MACHINE LEARNING MODEL TOWARD POTENTIAL RISKS FOR CONTROLLING A VEHICLE OR ROBOT | June 2021 | September 2025 | Abandon | 50 | 4 | 0 | No | No |
| 17331111 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING A CONNECTED CAR SERVICE | May 2021 | October 2024 | Allow | 41 | 2 | 0 | No | Yes |
| 17289617 | Operating Method for a Redundant Sensor Assembly of a Vehicle System and Corresponding Redundant Sensor Assembly | April 2021 | April 2025 | Allow | 47 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17259258 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS FOR VEHICLES AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF | January 2021 | November 2024 | Abandon | 46 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 15733938 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A BRAKING SYSTEM OF A VEHICLE AND RELATED SYSTEM | December 2020 | March 2026 | Allow | 60 | 4 | 0 | No | No |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner SANTOS, KIRSTEN JADE M.
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, 100.0% 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.
✓ Filing a Notice of Appeal is strategically valuable. The act of filing often prompts favorable reconsideration during the mandatory appeal conference.
Examiner SANTOS, KIRSTEN JADE M works in Art Unit 3664 and has examined 12 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 50.0%, this examiner allows applications at a lower rate than most examiners at the USPTO. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 46 months.
Examiner SANTOS, KIRSTEN JADE M's allowance rate of 50.0% places them in the 12% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner is less likely to allow applications than most examiners at the USPTO.
On average, applications examined by SANTOS, KIRSTEN JADE M receive 2.83 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 82% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues more office actions than most examiners, which may indicate thorough examination or difficulty in reaching agreement with applicants.
The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by SANTOS, KIRSTEN JADE M is 46 months. This places the examiner in the 11% percentile for prosecution speed. Applications take longer to reach final disposition with this examiner compared to most others.
Conducting an examiner interview provides a -54.5% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by SANTOS, KIRSTEN JADE M. This interview benefit is in the 0% 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, 21.4% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 25% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Insight: RCEs show below-average effectiveness with this examiner. Carefully evaluate whether an RCE or continuation is the better strategy.
This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 16.7% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 19% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: This examiner rarely enters after-final amendments compared to other examiners. You should generally plan to file an RCE or appeal rather than relying on after-final amendment entry. Per MPEP § 714.12, primary examiners have discretion in entering after-final amendments, and this examiner exercises that discretion conservatively.
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 98% 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 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.
Examiner's Amendments: This examiner makes examiner's amendments in 0.0% of allowed cases (in the 38% 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 41% 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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