USPTO Examiner PINKERTON ROBERT LOUIS - Art Unit 3665

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18998529METHOD FOR GENERATING WORKING MAP, OPERATION METHOD, CONTROL METHOD, AND RELATED APPARATUSESJanuary 2025June 2025Allow500NoNo
18837080Lane Recognition Method and Lane Recognition DeviceAugust 2024March 2025Allow700NoNo
18535304GENERATING SCOUTING OBJECTIVESDecember 2023March 2025Allow1600YesNo
18227988Apparatus and Method for Measuring and Drawing Wide-Area Spatial Channel Map Through Multi-Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) CooperationJuly 2023June 2024Allow1000NoNo
18342946Cross Slope with Grade CompensationJune 2023June 2025Allow2300NoNo
18204097VEHICLE TRAJECTORY TREE STRUCTURE INCLUDING LEARNED TRAJECTORIESMay 2023June 2025Allow2510YesNo
18314337COLLABORATIVE SENSING METRICS MAPSMay 2023May 2025Allow2410YesNo
18122916DRIVER ASSISTANCE SYSTEM AND VEHICLE INCLUDING THE SAMEMarch 2023June 2025Allow2710YesNo
18120535INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, PROCESSING DEVICE, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHODMarch 2023June 2024Allow1500NoNo
18020268OPERATION SYSTEM AND OPERATION SYSTEM CONTROL METHODFebruary 2023January 2025Allow2300YesNo
18067473CLOSED-LOOP REAL TIME SSVEP-BASED HEADS-UP DISPLAY TO CONTROL IN VEHICLE FEATURES USING DEEP LEARNINGDecember 2022April 2025Allow2810YesNo
17992635GESTURE RECOGNITION SYSTEM FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE TRAFFIC CONTROLNovember 2022June 2025Allow3120NoNo
17902389AUTONOMOUS DRIVING ROBOT CONTROL SYSTEM AND ITS DRIVING METHODSeptember 2022April 2025Allow3210NoNo
17822336CONTROL APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND CONTROL METHODAugust 2022March 2025Allow3110NoNo
17821015EGO VEHICLE HAVING A SYSTEM FOR PASSING A REMOTE VEHICLE ASSOCIATED WITH A PREDICTED SLOWNDOWN EVENTAugust 2022March 2025Allow3110YesNo
17798674ABNORMAL STATE MONITORING SYSTEM FOR MOBILE BODYAugust 2022June 2024Abandon2310NoNo
17874780MAP ACCURACYJuly 2022November 2024Allow2810YesNo
17870168BRAKING CONTROL APPARATUSJuly 2022October 2024Allow2610NoNo
17811312VEHICULAR DRIVING ASSISTANCE SYSTEM WITH ENHANCED TRAFFIC LANE DETERMINATIONJuly 2022February 2025Allow3110NoNo
17742167AUTONOMOUS FLEET RECOVERY SCENARIO SEVERITY DETERMINATION AND METHODOLOGY FOR DETERMINING PRIORITIZATIONMay 2022November 2024Allow3010YesNo
17733097VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE AND VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEMApril 2022September 2024Allow2910NoNo
17723906BATTERY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMApril 2022September 2024Allow2910YesNo
17588629GEOMETRIC CONTROL ENVELOPE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LIMITING COMMANDS TO ACTUATOR MAPPING FUNCTIONJanuary 2022May 2024Allow2800NoNo
17803063Safety system and method for motor vehiclesJanuary 2022March 2025Abandon3811NoNo
17629203POSITION SPACE IDENTICATION METHOD, POSITION SPACE IDENTIFIER IMPARTING DEVICE, AND COMPUTER PROGRAMJanuary 2022March 2025Allow3820YesNo
17571028VEHICLE SYSTEMJanuary 2022January 2024Allow2420NoNo
17646498CONTROLLING MACHINE OPERATION BASED ON VALIDATION OF MACHINE DATADecember 2021September 2024Allow3210YesNo
17559594USING MAPS AT MULTIPLE RESOLUTIONS AND SCALE FOR TRAJECTORY PREDICTIONDecember 2021July 2024Abandon3120YesNo
17544939INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEMDecember 2021August 2024Allow3210NoNo
17506674DISTRIBUTION BASE MOBILITY SYSTEM, DISTRIBUTION MANAGING DEVICE, AND DISTRIBUTION MANAGEMENT METHODOctober 2021July 2024Abandon3320NoNo
17506390REMOTE AUTONOMOUS DRIVING CONTROL MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME, AND METHOD THEREOFOctober 2021April 2025Allow4250YesNo
17469072SHIP MOTION PREDICTION SYSTEM AND METHODSeptember 2021June 2024Allow3310NoNo
17436495BATTERY MANAGING SYSTEM, BATTERY MANAGING METHOD, AND TERMINAL DEVICESeptember 2021August 2024Abandon3520NoNo
17409285METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATICALLY CODING AND VERIFYING HUMAN SETTLEMENT CARTOGRAPHIC FEATURESAugust 2021September 2023Allow2510YesNo
17422317DAMAGE ESTIMATION DEVICE AND MACHINE LEARNING DEVICEJuly 2021May 2024Allow3420NoNo
17305353METHOD FOR PARTIALLY OR FULLY AUTONOMOUSLY GUIDING A MOTOR VEHICLEJuly 2021July 2023Allow2510NoNo
17359852REJECTED TAKEOFF AIRCRAFT SYSTEM AND METHODJune 2021April 2024Allow3420NoNo
17357377METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATICALLY EXTENDING AIRCRAFT WING FLAPS IN RESPONSE TO DETECTING AN EXCESS ENERGY STEEP DESCENT CONDITIONJune 2021October 2023Allow2720NoNo
17357173POSITIONING DEVICEJune 2021June 2024Abandon3610NoNo
17414483CONTROL DEVICE, MOVING BODY, AND CONTROL METHODJune 2021October 2024Allow4020YesNo
17285197METHOD FOR DETERMINING ACTUAL STATE VALUESApril 2021July 2024Allow3920YesNo
17276100APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR UPDATING DETAILED MAPMarch 2021April 2024Allow3720YesNo
17174253SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REMOTE CONTROL OF VEHICLESFebruary 2021August 2023Allow3010NoNo
17147745METHODS FOR MULTI-DIMENSIONAL LANE MATCHING FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE LOCALIZATIONJanuary 2021July 2023Allow3020YesNo
17142737Systems and Methods for Improved and Expanded Autonomous Vehicle OperationJanuary 2021March 2025Allow5130NoNo
17138894AIRCRAFT AND FLIGHT CONTROLLER FOR AIRCRAFTDecember 2020July 2023Allow3110NoNo
17131884WORKING VEHICLEDecember 2020December 2024Abandon4820NoNo
17128421ELECTRIC ASSISTED BICYCLE, DRIVE SYSTEM THEREOF, AND CONTROL METHODDecember 2020August 2023Allow3200NoNo
17126072MAP REPRESENTATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING AN AUTONOMOUS AGENTDecember 2020September 2024Allow4520YesNo
17122134SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EVALUATION OF TIRE PRESSUREDecember 2020March 2025Abandon5140NoNo
17113143DETECTING VEHICLE PRESENCE AT A SITEDecember 2020February 2024Allow3830YesNo
17095012REMOTE ASSISTANCE SYSTEM FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLENovember 2020March 2023Allow2810YesNo
17075193VEHICLE DEVELOPER SYSTEMS, METHODS AND DEVICESOctober 2020March 2023Allow2910YesNo
17066080VEHICLE PARKING ASSIST APPARATUSOctober 2020August 2024Abandon4640NoNo
17005809SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR THE EFFICIENT DETECTION AND TRACKING OF OBJECTS FROM A MOVING PLATFORMAugust 2020July 2023Allow3520YesNo
16989485GENERATING SCOUTING OBJECTIVESAugust 2020September 2023Allow3730NoNo
16935366LAST MILE MULTI-TRANSPORTATION DELIVERY SYSTEMJuly 2020October 2023Allow3930YesNo
16407773TIME MASTER AND SENSOR DATA COLLECTION FOR ROBOTIC SYSTEMMay 2019September 2023Allow5230YesNo

Appeals Overview

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Examiner PINKERTON, ROBERT LOUIS - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner PINKERTON, ROBERT LOUIS works in Art Unit 3665 and has examined 56 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 83.9%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 31 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner PINKERTON, ROBERT LOUIS's allowance rate of 83.9% places them in the 53% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by PINKERTON, ROBERT LOUIS receive 1.52 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 37% 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 PINKERTON, ROBERT LOUIS is 31 months. This places the examiner in the 38% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly slower than average with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +22.8% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by PINKERTON, ROBERT LOUIS. This interview benefit is in the 72% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews provide an above-average benefit with this examiner and are worth considering.

Request for Continued Examination (RCE) Effectiveness

When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 34.8% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 72% 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.

After-Final Amendment Practice

This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 56.2% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 78% 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.

Petition Practice

When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 50.0% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 61% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Note: Petitions show above-average success regarding this examiner's actions. Petitionable matters include restriction requirements (MPEP § 1002.02(c)(2)) and various procedural issues.

Examiner Cooperation and Flexibility

Examiner's Amendments: This examiner makes examiner's amendments in 0.0% of allowed cases (in the 35% 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 35% 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:

  • Consider after-final amendments: This examiner frequently enters after-final amendments. If you can clearly overcome rejections with claim amendments, file an after-final amendment before resorting to an RCE.

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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