Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18832066 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VEHICLE TRACK GENERATION FROM RISK MAPS | July 2024 | February 2026 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18660741 | ROUTE NAVIGATION AND OPTIMIZATION | May 2024 | January 2026 | Allow | 20 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18627592 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PREDICTING ALTITUDE USING COMPRESSED ROAD INFORMATION | April 2024 | February 2026 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18567889 | ROUTE GUIDANCE DEVICE AND ROUTE GUIDANCE SYSTEM BASED ON AUGMENTED REALITY AND MIXED REALITY | December 2023 | January 2026 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18529267 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AN EGO VEHICLE BASED ON SAFETY REGIONS | December 2023 | December 2025 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18381705 | REMOTE CONTROL SUPPORT OF AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE PREDICTIVE DRIVING PLAN PRIORITIES | October 2023 | October 2025 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18456172 | AUTONOMOUS DRIVING CONTROL APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING A ROAD SECURITY MIRROR AND METHOD THEREOF | August 2023 | December 2025 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18277616 | METHODS OF DETERMINING A ROUTE FOR A MOBILE USER | August 2023 | March 2026 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18354968 | WINDROWER IMPLEMENT WITH MERGER ATTACHMENT | July 2023 | January 2026 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18350862 | METHOD OF SATELLITE PRECISE ORBIT DETERMINATION USING PARALLACTIC REFRACTION SCALE FACTOR ESTIMATION | July 2023 | November 2025 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18269876 | DRIVING ASSISTANCE DEVICE WITH OBSTACLE ADVOIDANCE OPERATION AND COMPUTER PROGRAM | June 2023 | December 2025 | Allow | 30 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18257357 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING TRAVEL PATH BASED ON DISTANCE AND ROAD CLASS | June 2023 | January 2026 | Allow | 31 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18321987 | METHOD AND DEVICE WITH AUTONOMOUS DRIVING PLAN OFFSET ADJUSTMENT | May 2023 | December 2025 | Allow | 31 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18199099 | GENERATING A LOCAL MAPPING OF AN AGRICULTURAL FIELD FOR USE IN PERFORMANCE OF AGRICULTURAL OPERATION(S) | May 2023 | November 2025 | Allow | 30 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18163774 | VEHICLE MANAGEMENT DEVICE FOR MANAGING STATE OF VEHICLE AND VEHICLE MANAGEMENT METHOD FOR THE SAME | February 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18095552 | Distance Control Method and System for Relative Motion between Satellites | January 2023 | May 2025 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18015664 | MOVING BODY CONTROL SYSTEM, CONTROL APPARATUS, AND MOVING BODY CONTROL METHOD | January 2023 | May 2025 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18152632 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO DETERMINE VEHICLE WEIGHT | January 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 26 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18009767 | VEHICLE POSITION ESTIMATION SYSTEM WITH SENSING FOR OBJECT DETECTION AND ESTIMATION OF FEATURE POINTS | December 2022 | October 2025 | Allow | 34 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18007818 | WORK MACHINE STATE MONITORING SYSTEM AND WORK MACHINE STATE MONITORING METHOD | December 2022 | May 2025 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18072837 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRAJECTORY SMOOTHING IN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE CONTROL | December 2022 | April 2025 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18071071 | Traction Battery Controller Providing Fast and Accurate State of Charge Status | November 2022 | November 2025 | Allow | 36 | 2 | 0 | Yes | Yes |
| 17986204 | VEHICLE JUDDER DIAGNOSTIC METHOD USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND MOBILE-BASED GDS | November 2022 | March 2025 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17997645 | AN UNMANNED AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME | October 2022 | June 2025 | Abandon | 31 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17965896 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OPERATING AN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE | October 2022 | January 2026 | Abandon | 39 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17801404 | Electric-Powered Locomotive Apparatus and Method | August 2022 | November 2025 | Allow | 39 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 17812552 | USER INTERFACE-ASSISTED VEHICLE POSITIONING | July 2022 | October 2025 | Allow | 39 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17747038 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VERIFYING THAT A SELF-DRIVING VEHICLE FOLLOWS TRAFFIC ORDINANCES | May 2022 | May 2025 | Abandon | 36 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17726955 | SMART MOWING SYSTEM | April 2022 | September 2025 | Allow | 41 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17715883 | CONTROL SYSTEM OF AIR VEHICLE FOR URBAN AIR MOBILITY | April 2022 | December 2024 | Abandon | 32 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17657290 | MAP INFORMATION OUTPUT DEVICE AND METHOD TO OUTPUT AND SELECT CONTROL MAP INFORMATION | March 2022 | August 2025 | Allow | 41 | 5 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17703577 | CONTROL SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR STORING PROGRAM TO CONTROL THE OPERATION OF A MOBILE DEVICE | March 2022 | April 2025 | Allow | 37 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17700833 | METHOD OF OPERATION FOR A FLEET OF VEHICLES | March 2022 | August 2025 | Allow | 41 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17700201 | METHODS, APPARATUS, AND ARTICLES OF MANUFACTURE TO OBTAIN DIAGNOSTIC INFORMATION FOR A SYSTEM | March 2022 | April 2025 | Allow | 37 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17687636 | Task-Motion Planning for Safe and Efficient Urban Driving | March 2022 | April 2025 | Allow | 37 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17687062 | AUTOMATIC GUIDED VEHICLE POSITIONING BASED UPON PASSAGE WIDTH | March 2022 | September 2025 | Allow | 43 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17583387 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OPTIMAL PATH DETERMINATION USING CONTRACTION HIERARCHIES WITH MULTI-LINK CONSTRAINTS | January 2022 | July 2025 | Allow | 41 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17568239 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM FOR MATCHING USERS WITH A VEHICLE | January 2022 | January 2025 | Abandon | 36 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17645385 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR DETERMINING BENEFIT OF RESTRICTED TRAVEL LANE | December 2021 | September 2025 | Allow | 45 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17535633 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING A VEHICLE TRAJECTORY THROUGH A BLIND SPOT | November 2021 | January 2025 | Abandon | 38 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17534621 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ECO-APPROACH AND DEPARTURE AT A SIGNALIZED INTERSECTION USING VEHICLE DYNAMICS AND POWERTRAIN CONTROL WITH MULTIPLE HORIZON OPTIMIZATION | November 2021 | December 2025 | Allow | 49 | 5 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17531611 | ENABLING ASYNCHRONOUS SHARED COMMUNICATION BETWEEN PASSENGERS IN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES | November 2021 | August 2025 | Allow | 45 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17529481 | VEHICLE BASED EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT AUGMENTATION FOR OPERATOR ALERTNESS | November 2021 | February 2025 | Allow | 39 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17453986 | PARTIALLY ASSEMBLED VEHICLE THAT AUTONOMOUSLY COMPLETES ITS OWN ASSEMBLY, AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING SAME | November 2021 | July 2024 | Allow | 32 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17512301 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MAGNETIC-BASED COLLABORATIVE POSITIONING AMONG PORTABLE DEVICES | October 2021 | February 2026 | Allow | 51 | 7 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17482008 | Multi-Hazard Spatio-Temporal Zone-Based Evacuation Management Platform | September 2021 | February 2026 | Allow | 53 | 4 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17477460 | STORAGE EFFICIENT DATA REPRESENTATION OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBSTRUCTIONS FOR ROUTING MECHANICAL, ELECTRICAL, AND PLUMBING (MEP) SYSTEMS | September 2021 | September 2024 | Allow | 36 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17462196 | DRIVE CIRCUIT FOR CONTROLLING CONDUCTION STATES OF MULTIPLE LOADS | August 2021 | February 2025 | Allow | 42 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17392808 | APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING CHARGING OR DISCHARGING OF VEHICLE, SYSTEM FOR SUPPLYING POWER TO OUTSIDE OF THE VEHICLE, AND METHOD THEREOF | August 2021 | September 2025 | Allow | 49 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17305722 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ROUTE PLANNING ON TOPOGRAPHICAL MAP USING VEHICLE MOTION | July 2021 | December 2024 | Allow | 41 | 3 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17369074 | VEHICLE ROUTING WITH DYNAMIC SELECTION OF TURNS ACROSS OPPOSING TRAFFIC | July 2021 | September 2024 | Allow | 38 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17344534 | SYSTEM AND METHOD PROVIDING TRUCK-MOUNTED SENSORS TO DETECT TRAILER FOLLOWING VEHICLES AND TRAILER CONDITIONS | June 2021 | September 2025 | Abandon | 51 | 7 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17226123 | AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE CONTROLLED BASED UPON A LIDAR DATA SEGMENTATION SYSTEM | April 2021 | January 2025 | Abandon | 46 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17182935 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING A TOPOLOGICAL GRAPH MAP | February 2021 | October 2024 | Abandon | 44 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17269894 | INFORMATION PROVIDING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROVIDING METHOD, INFORMATION PROVIDING SYSTEM, COMPUTER PROGRAM, AND DATA STRUCTURE | February 2021 | October 2024 | Abandon | 44 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17135248 | MOBILITY INFORMATION PROVISION SYSTEM, SERVER, AND VEHICLE | December 2020 | July 2025 | Abandon | 55 | 7 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17096053 | Free Space Mapping and Navigation | November 2020 | June 2025 | Allow | 55 | 6 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17086081 | GROUND ENGAGING TOOL WEAR AND LOSS DETECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD | October 2020 | November 2024 | Allow | 49 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17074157 | ADAPTIVE TRANSIT RESOURCE ALLOCATION | October 2020 | October 2024 | Abandon | 48 | 6 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17067475 | PREDICTIVE MAP GENERATION AND CONTROL SYSTEM FOR AN AGRICULTURAL WORK MACHINE | October 2020 | August 2024 | Allow | 46 | 6 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17067551 | PREDICTIVE AGRICULTURAL MODEL AND MAP GENERATION | October 2020 | July 2025 | Allow | 57 | 6 | 1 | No | No |
| 17066471 | PREDICTIVE MACHINE CHARACTERISTIC MAP GENERATION AND CONTROL SYSTEM | October 2020 | July 2025 | Allow | 57 | 7 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17014078 | METHOD AND PRODUCT FOR MONITORING AND RESPONDING TO COMPONENT CHANGES IN AN AUTONOMOUS DRIVING SYSTEM | September 2020 | January 2025 | Abandon | 52 | 6 | 0 | No | No |
| 16985181 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MAP VERIFICATION | August 2020 | October 2024 | Allow | 51 | 7 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16826345 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING AUTONOMOUS NAVIGATION ROUTES TO MATCH USER PREFERENCES | March 2020 | December 2025 | Allow | 60 | 7 | 0 | Yes | Yes |
| 16400545 | AUTOMATED COUPLING OF AN IMPLEMENT TO AN IMPLEMENT CARRIER OF A POWER MACHINE | May 2019 | December 2025 | Allow | 60 | 4 | 1 | No | Yes |
| 16232863 | COLLISION AVOIDANCE SYSTEM | December 2018 | September 2025 | Allow | 60 | 6 | 0 | Yes | No |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner BUSE, TERRY C.
With a 100.0% reversal rate, the PTAB has reversed the examiner's rejections more often than affirming them. This reversal rate is in the top 25% across the USPTO, indicating that appeals are more successful here than in most other areas.
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.
✓ Appeals to PTAB show good success rates. If you have a strong case on the merits, consider fully prosecuting the appeal to a Board decision.
✓ Filing a Notice of Appeal is strategically valuable. The act of filing often prompts favorable reconsideration during the mandatory appeal conference.
Examiner BUSE, TERRY C works in Art Unit 3666 and has examined 29 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 72.4%, this examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 49 months.
Examiner BUSE, TERRY C's allowance rate of 72.4% places them in the 36% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications.
On average, applications examined by BUSE, TERRY C receive 4.62 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 99% 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 BUSE, TERRY C is 49 months. This places the examiner in the 7% percentile for prosecution speed. Applications take longer to reach final disposition with this examiner compared to most others.
Conducting an examiner interview provides a +26.0% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by BUSE, TERRY C. This interview benefit is in the 73% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews provide an above-average benefit with this examiner and are worth considering.
When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 19.6% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 20% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Insight: RCEs show lower effectiveness with this examiner compared to others. Consider whether a continuation application might be more strategic, especially if you need to add new matter or significantly broaden claims.
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.
When applicants request a pre-appeal conference (PAC) with this examiner, 0.0% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 19% percentile among all examiners. Note: Pre-appeal conferences show limited success with this examiner compared to others. While still worth considering, be prepared to proceed with a full appeal brief if the PAC does not result in favorable action.
This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 50.0% of appeals filed. This is in the 20% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Insight: This examiner rarely withdraws rejections during the appeal process compared to other examiners. If you file an appeal, be prepared to fully prosecute it to a PTAB decision. Per MPEP § 1207, the examiner will prepare an Examiner's Answer maintaining the rejections.
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 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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