USPTO Examiner SIENKO TANYA CHRISTINE - Art Unit 3664

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18792923VEHICLEAugust 2024January 2026Allow1810NoNo
18735467APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR MONITORING PROPULSION SYSTEMSJune 2024March 2026Allow2110NoNo
18705993INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, DRIVING CONTROL DEVICE, DRIVING CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAMApril 2024March 2026Allow2310NoNo
18419054AUTONOMOUS DRIVING CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOFJanuary 2024January 2026Allow2410NoNo
18405108CORRECT DRIVING DIRECTION FROM LANE MARKED ARROWSJanuary 2024March 2026Allow2620YesNo
18574827A SYSTEM FOR PREVENTING THE PHENOMENON OF AQUAPLANING IN A MOTOR-VEHICLE, AND RELATED METHODDecember 2023February 2026Abandon2610NoNo
18539537VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE, VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUMDecember 2023December 2025Allow2410NoNo
18535300DISENGAGEMENT FOR REVERSE PROPELLER PROTECTIONDecember 2023January 2026Allow2510NoNo
18527940VEHICLE CONTROL IN RESCUE LANE SCENARIOSDecember 2023April 2025Allow1610YesNo
18517750TRAJECTORY PREDICTION FROM MULTI-SENSOR FUSIONNovember 2023January 2026Allow2510YesNo
18496061SELECTIVE VEHICLE SLOWDOWNOctober 2023July 2025Allow2110NoNo
18380146VEHICLE SAFETY APPARATUS AND NAVIGATION SYSTEMOctober 2023August 2025Allow2310NoNo
18377265CONTROLLING APPLICATION USE DURING VEHICLE OPERATIONOctober 2023September 2025Allow2410NoNo
18241227DRIVER ASSISTANCE APPARATUS AND DRIVER ASSISTANCE METHODAugust 2023December 2025Allow2720NoNo
18235793COURTESY LANE SELECTION PARADIGMAugust 2023August 2025Allow2410YesNo
18362106SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MITIGATING CONGESTION AT TRAFFIC SIGNALSJuly 2023August 2025Allow2510YesNo
18361877STEERABLE ROTATING PROJECTILEJuly 2023October 2025Allow2710NoNo
18359229Aircraft pilot monitoring system for detecting an incapacitation of the pilot; Associated method and computer program productJuly 2023March 2026Allow3220NoNo
18355962CONTROLLING VEHICLE USING STATIC OBJECTS AND HEADING ANGLEJuly 2023September 2025Allow2610NoNo
18355949CONTROLLING VEHICLE USING STATIC OBJECTS AND VEHICLE CURVATUREJuly 2023September 2025Allow2610NoNo
18222387DETECTION AND MAPPING OF GENERALIZED RETROREFLECTIVE SURFACESJuly 2023July 2025Allow2410YesNo
18339754TELEOPERATION OF A VEHICLEJune 2023September 2025Allow2710YesNo
18323821DRIVING ASSISTANCE APPARATUS, DRIVING ASSISTANCE METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING DRIVING ASSISTANCE PROGRAMMay 2023April 2025Allow2200NoNo
18200075BATTERY STATE OF HEALTH ESTIMATION BASED ON REAL-TIME DATAMay 2023February 2026Allow3220NoNo
17995790ARRANGEMENT FOR COOLING A FUEL CELL AND AN ELECTRIC TRACTION AND/OR PROPULSION MOTOR OF A VEHICLEMay 2023June 2025Allow3210NoNo
18317235MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORINGMay 2023September 2025Allow2820NoNo
18311745METHOD FOR CLASSIFYING A BEHAVIOR OF A ROAD USER AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AN EGO VEHICLEMay 2023May 2025Allow2510NoNo
18309907TRUE ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING PRICE EVALUTION AND OPTIMIZATIONMay 2023July 2025Allow2710NoNo
18137577SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTONOMOUS DRIVING MODE TRANSITION CONTROL BASED ON DRIVER DETECTIONApril 2023August 2025Abandon2810NoNo
18182834METHODS AND APPARATUS TO REDUCE COMMUNICATIONS FOR POSITION, NAVIGATION AND TIMING DETERMINATIONSMarch 2023July 2025Allow2910YesNo
18181519VEHICLE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, VEHICLE MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMMarch 2023June 2025Allow2810NoNo
18118873MOBILE BODY CONTROL DEVICE, MOBILE BODY CONTROL METHOD, MOBILE BODY, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUMMarch 2023January 2025Allow2310NoNo
18023015VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE, VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUMFebruary 2023December 2024Allow2210NoNo
18112799DRIVING ASSISTANCE APPARATUS AND DRIVING ASSISTANCE METHODFebruary 2023March 2025Allow2510NoNo
18110948SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRE-CONDITIONING A VEHICLEFebruary 2023October 2025Allow3220NoNo
18110829GENERATING AND SELECTING CANDIDATE TRAJECTORIESFebruary 2023February 2025Allow2400YesNo
18108709METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR INCREASING AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE SAFETY AND FLEXIBILITY USING VOICE INTERACTIONFebruary 2023December 2024Allow2220NoNo
18107689INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHODFebruary 2023April 2025Allow2610NoNo
18106553VEHICLE-MOUNTED DEVICE AND SERVERFebruary 2023March 2025Allow2510NoNo
18161512Route Guidance SystemJanuary 2023December 2024Allow2300NoNo
18004071COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR TERMINATING A SCENARIO-BASED TEST PROCESS OF A DRIVING ASSISTANCE SYSTEMJanuary 2023February 2025Allow2510YesNo
18147031VEHICLE LANE BOUNDARY DETECTIONDecember 2022February 2025Allow2610NoNo
18147304SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ANALYZING AND RESOLVING IMAGE BLOCKAGESDecember 2022May 2025Abandon2910NoNo
17991454CONTROL DEVICE, SCANNING SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAMNovember 2022September 2024Allow2210NoNo
17986710MULTIPURPOSE AGRICULTURAL VEHICLENovember 2022November 2024Abandon2420NoNo
17921983SERVICE ROBOT SYSTEM, ROBOT AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE SERVICE ROBOTOctober 2022June 2025Allow3220NoNo
17921146REMOTE OPERATION ASSISTANCE DEVICE AND REMOTE OPERATION ASSISTANCE METHODOctober 2022October 2024Allow2410NoNo
17920755CONTROLLING AN ELECTRIC MACHINE TO SUPPORT DIAGNOSTIC TESTINGOctober 2022February 2025Allow2810NoNo
18047884MOBILE INFANT CARE DEVICE AND INFANT CARE SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAMEOctober 2022December 2024Allow2610NoNo
17967051VEHICLE FOR RECOGNIZING ROAD SIGN USING AT LEAST ONE SENSOR AND METHOD THEREOFOctober 2022December 2024Allow2610NoNo
17938361TRACTION CONTROL USING MULTIPLE ACTUATORSOctober 2022February 2025Allow2910YesNo
17936541SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING DRIVE UNITS OF A MARINE VESSEL TO ENHANCE IMAGING OF A MARINE ENVIRONMENTSeptember 2022December 2024Allow2610NoNo
17912797METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR IMPORIVING USER ALERTNESS IN AN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLESeptember 2022February 2025Abandon2910NoNo
17932893TECHNIQUES FOR NAVIGATION AND FOR ESTIMATING VISUAL NAVIGATION PERFORMANCESeptember 2022January 2025Allow2810NoNo
17940665OPEN VEHICLE DOORS PREDICTION USING A NEURAL NETWORK MODELSeptember 2022August 2025Allow3510YesNo
17901747AGENT TRAJECTORY PREDICTION USING DYNAMIC CANDIDATE FUTURE INTENTSSeptember 2022March 2025Allow3010NoNo
17889515METHODS AND STRUCTURES TO EXTEND VEHICLE CONNECTIVITYAugust 2022February 2025Allow3020YesNo
17818740Power Management Apparatus and Vehicle Having the SameAugust 2022September 2024Allow2510NoNo
17871222PROVIDING RECORDED DATA RELATED TO AN EVENTJuly 2022March 2025Allow3220YesNo
17871069ELECTRICALLY OR PARTIALLY ELECTRICALLY POWERED VEHICLE WITH AN ACTIVE SOUND DESIGN SYSTEMJuly 2022August 2024Allow2510NoNo
17855316Congestion Management with Cruise ControlJune 2022September 2024Allow2710NoNo
17742660MINIMAL-PREREQUISITE INTERACTION PROTOCOL FOR DRIVER-ASSISTED AUTOMATED DRIVINGMay 2022September 2024Allow2810NoNo
17776442SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INSTRUCTING ONE OR MORE WEATHER DRONESMay 2022September 2024Allow2810NoNo
17741829APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING AUTONOMOUS DRIVING AND METHOD THEREOFMay 2022December 2024Allow3210NoNo
17729412ROAD VEHICLES ANTI-THEFT SECURITY DEVICE BASED ON AUTOMOTIVE EMBEDDED SYSTEMS SOFTWAREApril 2022March 2025Abandon3520NoNo
17727849VEHICLE CONTROL APPARATUSApril 2022September 2024Allow2910NoNo
17725814METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR VALIDATING AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE PERFORMANCE USING NEARBY TRAFFIC PATTERNSApril 2022July 2024Allow2710YesNo
17724594FLIGHT MANAGEMENT METHOD AND SYSTEM USING SAMEApril 2022July 2024Allow2710NoNo
17714870DRIVING SUPPORT DEVICE, MOVING APPARATUS, DRIVING SUPPORT METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUMApril 2022November 2024Abandon3110NoNo
17714326METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ADJUSTING THE TEMPERATURE OF A VEHICLE PART OF A MOTOR VEHICLE WITH AN ELECTRICAL ENERGY STOREApril 2022November 2024Abandon3110NoNo
17703911RADAR CONTROL DEVICE AND METHODMarch 2022December 2024Allow3320NoNo
17703607VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE, VEHICLE, METHOD OF CONTROLLING VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMMarch 2022July 2024Allow2810NoNo
17702534AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE INTERACTION MEMORYMarch 2022October 2024Allow3120YesNo
17641246AUTOMATIC SUPPLY STATION FOR AN AUTONOMOUS AERIAL VEHICLEMarch 2022July 2024Allow2810YesNo
17499552Hybrid Electric Vehicle and Method of Controlling the SameOctober 2021July 2024Allow3310NoNo
17600116METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING MOBILE CHARGING DEVICESeptember 2021November 2024Abandon3720NoNo
17593723METHOD FOR OPERATING A BRAKING SYSTEM OF A VEHICLE, AND BRAKING SYSTEMSeptember 2021July 2024Allow3410NoNo
17476756LATERAL VEHICLE POSITION AND SEAT ORIENTATION CONTROLSeptember 2021July 2024Allow3420YesNo
17469732IN-VEHICLE APPARATUS CONTROL SYSTEM, IN-VEHICLE APPARATUS, AND IN-VEHICLE APPARATUS CONTROL METHODSeptember 2021October 2023Allow2620NoNo
17342018Distributed SystemJune 2021November 2024Abandon4120NoNo
17340649TRANSPORT LIMITATIONS FROM MALFUNCTIONING SENSORSJune 2021June 2024Allow3730YesNo
17282666Vehicle Control Apparatus and Vehicle Control SystemApril 2021September 2024Allow4220NoNo

Appeals Overview

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Examiner SIENKO, TANYA CHRISTINE - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner SIENKO, TANYA CHRISTINE works in Art Unit 3664 and has examined 8 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 75.0%, this examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 37 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner SIENKO, TANYA CHRISTINE's allowance rate of 75.0% places them in the 40% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by SIENKO, TANYA CHRISTINE receive 1.88 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 45% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues fewer office actions than average, which may indicate efficient prosecution or a more lenient examination style.

Prosecution Timeline

The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by SIENKO, TANYA CHRISTINE is 37 months. This places the examiner in the 34% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly slower than average with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +33.3% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by SIENKO, TANYA CHRISTINE. This interview benefit is in the 81% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews are highly effective with this examiner and should be strongly considered as a prosecution strategy. Per MPEP § 713.10, interviews are available at any time before the Notice of Allowance is mailed or jurisdiction transfers to the PTAB.

Request for Continued Examination (RCE) Effectiveness

When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 25.0% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 39% 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.

After-Final Amendment Practice

This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 0.0% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 3% 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.

Petition Practice

When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 0.0% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 6% 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 Cooperation and Flexibility

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.

Prosecution Strategy Recommendations

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

  • Prioritize examiner interviews: Interviews are highly effective with this examiner. Request an interview after the first office action to clarify issues and potentially expedite allowance.
  • Plan for RCE after final rejection: This examiner rarely enters after-final amendments. Budget for an RCE in your prosecution strategy if you receive a final rejection.

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

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