Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17134658 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DOCK PLACEMENT FOR AN AUTONOMOUS MOBILE ROBOT | December 2020 | December 2022 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17125636 | Systems for Generating Indications of Traversable Paths | December 2020 | February 2023 | Allow | 26 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17124842 | AUTONOMOUS TRAVEL WORK MACHINE | December 2020 | January 2023 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17124388 | ELECTRONIC BRAKING SYSTEM | December 2020 | June 2024 | Allow | 42 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17120694 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING A DIGITAL LOCALIZATION MAP | December 2020 | January 2023 | Allow | 25 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17118040 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND MEDIUM | December 2020 | March 2023 | Allow | 27 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17110679 | VEHICLE DRIVING CONDITION EVALUATION METHOD AND SYSTEM | December 2020 | March 2023 | Abandon | 28 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17110019 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING AND UTILIZING MAP DATA INDICATIVE OF HEALTH INFECTION CONDITIONS | December 2020 | February 2024 | Abandon | 39 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17104914 | STRUCTURED FIELD MAP GENERATION FOR INVENTORY SYSTEM | November 2020 | July 2024 | Allow | 44 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17095896 | VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE, VEHICLE, OPERATION METHOD FOR VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM | November 2020 | December 2022 | Allow | 25 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17096600 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR IDENTIFYING A ROAD OBJECT | November 2020 | August 2022 | Allow | 21 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17053339 | ZONE PASSAGE CONTROL IN WORKSITE | November 2020 | December 2022 | Allow | 25 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17051193 | A METHOD FOR REPLACING A MODULE OF A VEHICLE, A CONTROL DEVICE, A VEHICLE, A SYSTEM, A COMPUTER PROGRAM AND A COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM | October 2020 | November 2022 | Allow | 24 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16949158 | DEFINING DRIVING ENVELOPE FOR ASSISTED-DRIVING SYSTEM | October 2020 | July 2024 | Allow | 45 | 4 | 0 | Yes | Yes |
| 17035942 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING AN ASSISTANCE SIGNAL AND/OR A CONTROL SIGNAL FOR AN AT LEAST PARTIALLY AUTOMATED VEHICLE | September 2020 | November 2022 | Allow | 25 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17036977 | APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING AUTONOMOUS DRIVING OF A VEHICLE, SYSTEM HAVING THE SAME AND METHOD THEREOF | September 2020 | February 2023 | Allow | 28 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17035854 | Method and Positioning System for Determining Location and Orientation of Machine | September 2020 | May 2024 | Abandon | 44 | 7 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16992548 | VEHICLE TRAVELING CONDITION EVALUATION METHOD AND SYSTEM | August 2020 | August 2022 | Abandon | 24 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16969080 | REMOTE OPERATION EXTENDING AN EXISTING ROUTE TO A DESTINATION | August 2020 | July 2022 | Allow | 23 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16987875 | METHOD FOR OPERATING AN AGRICULTURAL MACHINE HAVING A TRACTOR AND AN IMPLEMENT HITCHED TO THE TRACTOR AND AGRICULTURAL MACHINE | August 2020 | May 2024 | Allow | 45 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16984617 | METHODS FOR A MARINE VESSEL WITH PRIMARY AND AUXILIARY PROPULSION DEVICES | August 2020 | April 2023 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16928063 | VEHICLE-BASED DATA ACQUISITION | July 2020 | October 2023 | Abandon | 39 | 5 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16958855 | MAP CONSTRUCTION AND NAVIGATION METHOD, AND DEVICE AND SYSTEM | June 2020 | March 2022 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16958141 | Extinguishing Robot | June 2020 | April 2022 | Abandon | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16908900 | VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM, VEHICLE CONTROLLER DEVICE AND VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD | June 2020 | May 2022 | Allow | 22 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16907617 | AIRCRAFT CONTROL METHOD | June 2020 | August 2022 | Allow | 26 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16904923 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MAPPING A PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT USING AN OCCUPANCY GRID | June 2020 | October 2022 | Allow | 28 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16899095 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATED DRIVER ASSISTANCE APPLIED TO INDUSTRIAL TRUCKS FOR ENHANCED DRIVER SAFETY AND COLLISION PREVENTION | June 2020 | August 2023 | Abandon | 38 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 16891281 | CONTROL INTERFACE FOR AUTONOMY | June 2020 | May 2024 | Abandon | 48 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16768916 | DYNAMIC VEHICLE CHARGING | June 2020 | November 2022 | Abandon | 29 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16885991 | METHOD OF ESTIMATING POSITION IN LOCAL AREA OF LARGE SPACE AND ROBOT AND CLOUD SERVER IMPLEMENTING THEREOF | May 2020 | June 2022 | Allow | 24 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16860502 | Surface Detection Based on Vehicle Motion Patterns | April 2020 | December 2023 | Abandon | 43 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 16840975 | DRIVING ASSIST SYSTEM | April 2020 | January 2022 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16652828 | MOBILE VEHICLE | April 2020 | May 2022 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16814205 | VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE | March 2020 | April 2022 | Allow | 25 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16645593 | INDOOR POSITIONING SYSTEM FOR MOBILE OBJECTS | March 2020 | March 2023 | Allow | 36 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16644290 | MINING DUMPER | March 2020 | November 2022 | Abandon | 32 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16805260 | METHOD OF MOVING IN POWER ASSIST MODE REFLECTING PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF USER AND ROBOT IMPLEMENTING THEREOF | February 2020 | July 2022 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16803793 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO APPLY MARKINGS | February 2020 | September 2022 | Allow | 30 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16706263 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING A SIGN TYPE OF A ROAD SIGN | December 2019 | May 2022 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16701347 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING WHEEL SLIP OF VEHICLE | December 2019 | November 2023 | Allow | 47 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16692783 | DETERMINING RIDERSHIP ERRORS BY ANALYZING PROVIDER-REQUESTOR CONSISTENCY SIGNALS ACROSS RIDE STAGES | November 2019 | May 2023 | Allow | 41 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16687927 | DRIVER MODEL ESTIMATION, CLASSIFICATION, AND ADAPTATION FOR RANGE PREDICTION | November 2019 | September 2022 | Abandon | 34 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16661554 | Exit Routes | October 2019 | September 2022 | Allow | 35 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16555963 | METHOD FOR DRIVING ROBOT BASED ON EXTERNAL IMAGE, AND ROBOT AND SERVER IMPLEMENTING THE SAME | August 2019 | August 2022 | Allow | 35 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 16549393 | HIGH-PRECISION MAP GENERATION METHOD, DEVICE AND COMPUTER DEVICE | August 2019 | October 2023 | Abandon | 50 | 6 | 0 | No | No |
| 16548960 | METHODS FOR TRANSITIONING BETWEEN AUTONOMOUS DRIVING MODES IN LARGE VEHICLES | August 2019 | December 2023 | Allow | 52 | 7 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16531191 | MAP INFORMATION SYSTEM | August 2019 | April 2022 | Allow | 32 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16480006 | USER INPUT CONFIGURED DYNAMIC SHUTTLE | July 2019 | September 2022 | Allow | 38 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16479434 | IMPROVED WORK SCHEDULING FOR A ROBOTIC LAWNMOWER | July 2019 | May 2025 | Abandon | 60 | 11 | 0 | No | No |
| 16514404 | TEMPORAL INFORMATION PREDICTION IN AUTONOMOUS MACHINE APPLICATIONS | July 2019 | October 2022 | Allow | 39 | 2 | 0 | Yes | Yes |
| 16513808 | NAVIGATION DEVICE | July 2019 | August 2022 | Abandon | 37 | 3 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16455782 | VIRTUAL SENSOR AND COMPASS CALIBRATION | June 2019 | October 2022 | Allow | 40 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16435013 | Shopping Cart, Positioning System and Method, and Electronic Equipment | June 2019 | February 2022 | Allow | 33 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16428281 | LOAD ALIGNMENT AID | May 2019 | February 2023 | Allow | 44 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 16417960 | TRAFFIC CONTROL WITH REINFORCEMENT LEARNING | May 2019 | June 2022 | Allow | 37 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16320147 | MOBILE BODY AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING MOBILE BODY | January 2019 | February 2022 | Allow | 37 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner HEFLIN, HARRISON JAMES RIEL.
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, 50.0% 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 HEFLIN, HARRISON JAMES RIEL works in Art Unit 3665 and has examined 57 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 73.7%, this examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 32 months.
Examiner HEFLIN, HARRISON JAMES RIEL's allowance rate of 73.7% places them in the 39% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications.
On average, applications examined by HEFLIN, HARRISON JAMES RIEL receive 2.47 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 68% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues a slightly above-average number of office actions.
The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by HEFLIN, HARRISON JAMES RIEL is 32 months. This places the examiner in the 52% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly faster than average with this examiner.
Conducting an examiner interview provides a +9.5% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by HEFLIN, HARRISON JAMES RIEL. This interview benefit is in the 41% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews provide a below-average benefit with this examiner.
When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 24.6% 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.
This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 31.6% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 48% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: This examiner shows below-average receptiveness to after-final amendments. You may need to file an RCE or appeal rather than relying on after-final amendment entry.
This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 100.0% of appeals filed. This is in the 97% percentile among all examiners. 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, 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's Amendments: This examiner makes examiner's amendments in 0.0% of allowed cases (in the 36% 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 42% 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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