USPTO Examiner HEFLIN HARRISON JAMES RIEL - Art Unit 3665

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18778787MINIMAL STATE AUGMENTATION ALGORITHM FOR STEREO-VISION-BASED NAVIGATIONJuly 2024December 2025Allow1700NoNo
18760229CLEARANCE ENVELOPE MANAGEMENT FOR REGULATING VEHICLE MOVEMENTJuly 2024March 2026Allow2010YesNo
18733066NAVIGATION FOR A ROBOTIC LAWNMOWER SYSTEMJune 2024March 2026Allow2110NoNo
18732983Method for Operating a Pushing Aid for an Electric BicycleJune 2024January 2026Allow1910NoNo
18589369MOWER FLEET MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHODFebruary 2024January 2026Allow2310NoNo
18435532CONTROL INTERFACE FOR AUTONOMYFebruary 2024February 2026Allow2410YesNo
18485427METHODS FOR A MARINE VESSEL WITH PRIMARY AND AUXILIARY PROPULSION DEVICESOctober 2023August 2025Allow2210NoNo
18377641ALTITUDE CALCULATION METHOD AND ALTITUDE CALCULATION PROGRAM FOR FLYING BODY, AND FLYING BODY INCLUDING THE SAMEOctober 2023December 2025Allow2720NoNo
18370493ROBOT TRAVELING IN SPECIFIC SPACE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOFSeptember 2023October 2025Allow2510YesNo
18469163DETERMINING RIDERSHIP ERRORS BY ANALYZING PROVIDER-REQUESTOR CONSISTENCY SIGNALS ACROSS RIDE STAGESSeptember 2023July 2025Allow2220YesNo
18467111METHODS AND SYSTEM FOR PREDICTING TRAJECTORIES OF UNCERTAIN ROAD USERS BY SEMANTIC SEGMENTATION OF DRIVABLE AREA BOUNDARIESSeptember 2023July 2025Allow2210NoNo
18279922METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR LOCALIZING A MOBILE ROBOTSeptember 2023March 2026Allow3120NoNo
18454126Visual Robot Pose EstimationAugust 2023April 2025Allow2010NoNo
18366948CONTROL DEVICE FOR HUMAN-POWERED VEHICLEAugust 2023July 2025Allow2310NoNo
18230820METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MAPPING A PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT USING AN OCCUPANCY GRIDAugust 2023August 2024Allow1210NoNo
18362183APPARATUS FOR MOVING A PAYLOADJuly 2023August 2025Allow2410YesNo
18212567DETERMINATION OF AN EXCAVATOR SWING BOOM ANGLE BASED ON THE DIRECTION OF THE CENTRIPETAL ACCELERATIONJune 2023February 2026Allow3230NoNo
18257291Vehicle Control System and Vehicle Control MethodJune 2023May 2025Allow2300NoNo
18205773METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CALIBRATING AN ADAS/ADS SYSTEM OF VEHICLES IN A VEHICLE POOLJune 2023October 2025Abandon2820NoNo
18195501APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING AUTONOMOUS DRIVING OF A VEHICLE, SYSTEM HAVING THE SAME AND METHOD THEREOFMay 2023July 2024Allow1410NoNo
18142758AUTONOMOUS MOBILE UNMANNED SPRAYER APPARATUS, OPERATING METHOD THEREOF, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING AUTONOMOUS RAIL SWITCHING MOVEMENTMay 2023April 2025Allow2310NoNo
18004033SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING AN OBSTACLE IN AN AREA SURROUNDING A MOTOR VEHICLEApril 2023March 2026Abandon3930NoNo
18132592SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DOCK PLACEMENT FOR AN AUTONOMOUS MOBILE ROBOTApril 2023April 2025Allow2410NoNo
18132288USING UAV FLIGHT PATTERNS TO ENHANCE MACHINE VISION DETECTION OF OBSTACLESApril 2023July 2025Allow2830NoNo
18184749UNMANNED VEHICLE AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHODMarch 2023October 2025Allow3120YesNo
18006481METHOD FOR DETERMINING A TRAJECTORY OF A MOTOR VEHICLEJanuary 2023July 2025Allow3020NoNo
18100073Exit RoutesJanuary 2023February 2025Allow2530NoNo
18094041SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO APPLY SURFACE TREATMENTSJanuary 2023September 2025Allow3320YesNo
18092011LOW-SPEED MANEUVER ASSISTING SYSTEM AND METHODDecember 2022October 2025Abandon3320NoNo
18067176TEMPORAL INFORMATION PREDICTION IN AUTONOMOUS MACHINE APPLICATIONSDecember 2022October 2023Allow1010NoNo
18065366Vehicle Power Architecture, Trigger, and Method of Initiating the Wake-Up of Functional BlocksDecember 2022August 2025Abandon3220NoNo
18077961VEHICLE CONTROL APPARATUS, VEHICLE, ACCELERATION-AND-DECELERATION CONTROL METHOD, AND VEHICLE CONTROL PROGRAMDecember 2022January 2025Allow2610NoNo
18055381HIGH-PRECISION MAP DATA COLLECTION METHOD AND APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUMNovember 2022December 2025Abandon3730NoNo
18047320DYNAMIC POWERTRAIN CONTROL IN COORDINATION WITH ADAPTIVE CRUISE CONTROLOctober 2022April 2025Allow3020NoNo
17960145OPTIMIZING RESISTANCE OF BOAT USING MOVABLE BATTERYOctober 2022February 2025Abandon2810NoNo
17949525LIFTING CHART FOR TOW VEHICLESeptember 2022May 2025Abandon3210NoNo
17892368SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING VEHICLEAugust 2022February 2026Abandon4240NoNo
17796417MAP MATCHING APPARATUS AND MAP MATCHING METHODJuly 2022October 2024Allow2610YesNo
17872218MOTOR VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE AERO BALANCE OF A MOTOR VEHICLEJuly 2022October 2024Allow2720NoNo
17840730METHOD AND CONTROL UNIT FOR OPERATING A TRANSVERSE STABILIZATION SYSTEM OF A VEHICLEJune 2022March 2025Allow3320NoNo
17781071SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING TRANSPORT VEHICLEMay 2022February 2025Abandon3320NoNo
17781248INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, PROGRAM AND STORAGE MEDIUMMay 2022December 2024Allow3020YesNo
17776509SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING AT LEAST ONE HEADLIGHT OF A MOTOR VEHICLEMay 2022October 2024Abandon2910NoNo
17743083SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPLICATION FOR LEAD VEHICLE TO TRAILING VEHICLE DISTANCE ESTIMATIONMay 2022February 2025Abandon3320NoNo
17765570Construction MachineMarch 2022March 2024Allow2300NoNo
17764494AIRPORT VEHICLE HAVING AN ANTI-COLLISION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A VEHICLE HAVING AN ANTI-COLLISION SYSTEMMarch 2022January 2025Allow3420NoNo
17694748HYBRID AIRCRAFTMarch 2022June 2024Allow2710NoNo
17695010DRIVING ASSISTANCE DEVICE, DRIVING ASSISTANCE METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUMMarch 2022February 2025Allow3530YesNo
17687981AUTONOMOUS PATH PLANNINGMarch 2022October 2024Allow3120YesNo
17688698SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PERSONAL MOBILE VEHICLE LOCALIZATION IN A FLEET MANAGEMENT SYSTEMMarch 2022April 2025Allow3730YesNo
17679384Methods and Systems for Dealiasing Radar Range Rate Measurements Using Machine LearningFebruary 2022July 2024Allow2910NoNo
17678057CONTROL SYSTEM, MOBILE OBJECT, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUMFebruary 2022January 2026Allow4641YesNo
17586963MOVING ROUTE CALCULATION APPARATUS, VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM, MOVING ROUTE CALCULATION METHOD, AND MOVING ROUTE CALCULATION PROGRAMJanuary 2022September 2024Abandon3220YesNo
17575919SYSTEM AND METHOD OF COLLABORATIVELY REFINING HIGH DEFINITION MAPS FOR AUTONOMOUS PARKING OF A VEHICLEJanuary 2022February 2025Abandon3720NoNo
17570945APPARATUS, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR GENERATING MAPJanuary 2022December 2024Allow3530YesNo
17625358TRAVELING VEHICLE, TRAVELING VEHICLE SYSTEM, AND TRAVELING VEHICLE DETECTION METHODJanuary 2022October 2024Abandon3320NoNo
17559147VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM AND OWN LANE IDENTIFYING METHODDecember 2021November 2023Allow2310YesNo
17545935AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE, CONTROL SYSTEM FOR REMOTELY CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND METHOD THEREOFDecember 2021March 2024Allow2720NoNo
17536897TIRE CONDITIONING OPTIMIZATION FOR A COLLECTION OF MINING VEHICLESNovember 2021July 2024Allow3130NoNo
17533203DRIVING STATE-DEPENDENT RELEASE OF THE TILT FUNCTION OF A STEERING ELEMENT OF A VEHICLENovember 2021November 2023Allow2420YesNo
17455283METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR SUPPRESSING FALSE POSITIVES OF ROAD WORK DETECTION WITHIN A ROAD NETWORKNovember 2021April 2024Allow2920NoNo
17524248System and Method for Mutual Discovery in Autonomous Rideshare Between Passengers and VehiclesNovember 2021June 2025Abandon4360NoNo
17514676AUTONOMOUS MOBILE SYSTEM, AUTONOMOUS MOBILE METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUMOctober 2021August 2023Allow2110NoNo
17601041PASSAGE PLANNING AND NAVIGATION SYSTEMS AND METHODSOctober 2021February 2024Allow2920YesNo
17473318REMOVING DATA CONTRIBUTION FROM AGGREGATED AND/OR INTEGRATED GEOGRAPHIC DATABASESeptember 2021August 2023Allow2310NoNo
17459401CONTROL DEVICE FOR HUMAN-POWERED VEHICLE, CONTROL SYSTEM FOR HUMAN-POWERED VEHICLE, AND METHOD FOR SETTING CONTROL STATE OF CONTROL DEVICEAugust 2021July 2024Allow3420YesNo
17459700SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SWITCHING OF ELECTRIC VEHICLE TO FOUR-WHEEL DRIVEAugust 2021December 2023Allow2800NoNo
17412021METHOD OF CONTROLLING PASSENGER POSTURE OF AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE AND APPARATUS USING THE SAMEAugust 2021August 2024Abandon3520NoNo
17408913Methods for Transitioning Between Autonomous Driving Modes in Large VehiclesAugust 2021November 2023Allow2740YesNo
17377323AUTOMATED CONTROL ARCHITECTURE THAT HANDLES BOTH GRIP DRIVING AND SLIDINGJuly 2021January 2026Allow5440YesNo
17417546UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEM, CONTROL DEVICE AND CONTROL METHODJune 2021September 2024Allow3910NoNo
17356119SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MARKING A BOUNDARY WHILE DEFINING AN AUTONOMOUS WORKSITEJune 2021April 2024Allow3420NoNo
17416950METHOD FOR OBTAINING THE DEFORMATION OF A TIRE UNDER LOAD WHEN RUNNINGJune 2021January 2025Allow4340NoNo
17342062NAVIGATION SUPPORT METHOD, NAVIGATION SUPPORT DEVICE, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM RECORDING NAVIGATION SUPPORT PROGRAMJune 2021February 2024Abandon3320NoNo
17330051CONNECTED SYSTEMS BASED ON CONTEXTUALLY AWARE DYNAMIC VISUAL INDICATORSMay 2021November 2025Abandon5360YesNo
17326308MOWER FLEET MANAGEMENT DEVICE, METHOD, AND SYSTEMMay 2021November 2023Allow3020NoNo
17221249METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING OFFLINE MAP, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUMApril 2021July 2023Allow2710NoNo
17212541LIMITING FUNCTION OF A VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE RELATED TO DEFECTIVE IMAGEMarch 2021June 2023Allow2710YesNo
17202295NON-HUMAN ANIMAL CROSSING ALERTMarch 2021July 2023Allow2820NoNo
17198546CONTROL APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAMMarch 2021March 2023Allow2410NoNo
17198278DRIVER ABNORMALITY DETERMINATION SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAMMarch 2021January 2023Allow2210YesNo
17263045METHOD FOR UPDATING A MAP OF THE SURROUNDING AREA, DEVICE FOR EXECUTING METHOD STEPS OF SAID METHOD ON THE VEHICLE, VEHICLE, DEVICE FOR EXECUTING METHOD STEPS OF THE METHOD ON A CENTRAL COMPUTER, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMJanuary 2021February 2024Allow3640YesNo
17155597INTERIOR SPACE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR AN AIRCRAFT, AIRCRAFT HAVING SAID INTERIOR SPACE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SAID INTERIOR SPACE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMJanuary 2021March 2024Abandon3810NoNo
17141850METHODS AND SYSTEM FOR PREDICTING TRAJECTORIES OF UNCERTAIN ROAD USERS BY SEMANTIC SEGMENTATION OF DRIVABLE AREA BOUNDARIESJanuary 2021October 2023Allow3320YesNo
17134658SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DOCK PLACEMENT FOR AN AUTONOMOUS MOBILE ROBOTDecember 2020December 2022Allow2410YesNo
17125636Systems for Generating Indications of Traversable PathsDecember 2020February 2023Allow2630YesNo
17124842AUTONOMOUS TRAVEL WORK MACHINEDecember 2020January 2023Allow2510NoNo
17124388ELECTRONIC BRAKING SYSTEMDecember 2020June 2024Allow4220NoNo
17120694METHOD FOR PROVIDING A DIGITAL LOCALIZATION MAPDecember 2020January 2023Allow2520NoNo
17118040INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND MEDIUMDecember 2020March 2023Allow2720NoNo
17110679VEHICLE DRIVING CONDITION EVALUATION METHOD AND SYSTEMDecember 2020March 2023Abandon2820NoNo
17110019SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING AND UTILIZING MAP DATA INDICATIVE OF HEALTH INFECTION CONDITIONSDecember 2020February 2024Abandon3910NoNo
17104914STRUCTURED FIELD MAP GENERATION FOR INVENTORY SYSTEMNovember 2020July 2024Allow4410YesNo
17099887METHOD OF NAVIGATING A VISUALLY IMPAIRED USER, A NAVIGATION SYSTEM FOR THE SAME, AND A GUIDING ROBOTNovember 2020July 2025Abandon5680YesNo
17096600SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR IDENTIFYING A ROAD OBJECTNovember 2020August 2022Allow2120NoNo
17095896VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE, VEHICLE, OPERATION METHOD FOR VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUMNovember 2020December 2022Allow2520YesNo
17053339ZONE PASSAGE CONTROL IN WORKSITENovember 2020December 2022Allow2520NoNo
17051193A METHOD FOR REPLACING A MODULE OF A VEHICLE, A CONTROL DEVICE, A VEHICLE, A SYSTEM, A COMPUTER PROGRAM AND A COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUMOctober 2020November 2022Allow2420YesNo
16949158DEFINING DRIVING ENVELOPE FOR ASSISTED-DRIVING SYSTEMOctober 2020July 2024Allow4540YesYes
17035854Method and Positioning System for Determining Location and Orientation of MachineSeptember 2020May 2024Abandon4470YesNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner HEFLIN, HARRISON JAMES RIEL.

Strategic Value of Filing an Appeal

Total Appeal Filings
2
Allowed After Appeal Filing
1
(50.0%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
1
(50.0%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
82.7%
Higher than average

Understanding Appeal Filing Strategy

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.

Strategic Recommendations

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 - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner HEFLIN, HARRISON JAMES RIEL works in Art Unit 3665 and has examined 86 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 75.6%, this examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 32 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner HEFLIN, HARRISON JAMES RIEL's allowance rate of 75.6% places them in the 41% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by HEFLIN, HARRISON JAMES RIEL receive 2.45 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 71% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues a slightly above-average number of office actions.

Prosecution Timeline

The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by HEFLIN, HARRISON JAMES RIEL is 32 months. This places the examiner in the 53% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly faster than average with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +8.6% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by HEFLIN, HARRISON JAMES RIEL. This interview benefit is in the 39% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews provide a below-average benefit with this examiner.

Request for Continued Examination (RCE) Effectiveness

When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 22.8% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 30% 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 34.5% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 51% 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.

Appeal Withdrawal and Reconsideration

This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 100.0% of appeals filed. This is in the 98% 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.

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:

  • Appeal filing as negotiation tool: This examiner frequently reconsiders rejections during the appeal process. Filing a Notice of Appeal may prompt favorable reconsideration during the mandatory appeal conference.

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

Important Disclaimer

Not Legal Advice: The information provided in this report is for informational purposes only and does not constitute legal advice. You should consult with a qualified patent attorney or agent for advice specific to your situation.

No Guarantees: We do not provide any guarantees as to the accuracy, completeness, or timeliness of the statistics presented above. Patent prosecution statistics are derived from publicly available USPTO data and are subject to data quality limitations, processing errors, and changes in USPTO practices over time.

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