USPTO Examiner CHEUNG CALVIN K - Art Unit 3666

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18670554Removable Automotive LIDAR Data Collection PODMay 2024April 2025Allow1010YesNo
18594012METHOD AND INTERNET OF THINGS SYSTEM FOR MANAGING INSPECTION ROUTES BASED ON GAS GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM (GIS)March 2024January 2025Allow1010NoNo
18437504Collective Vehicle Traffic RoutingFebruary 2024April 2025Allow1410YesNo
18434268CONTEXT-BASED REMOTE AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE ASSISTANCEFebruary 2024June 2025Allow1610NoNo
18544222VEHICLE DATA EXTRACTION SERVICEDecember 2023February 2025Allow1420NoNo
18522519WEATHER AND ROAD SURFACE TYPE-BASED NAVIGATION DIRECTIONSNovember 2023March 2025Allow1610YesNo
18495959Registrar Mapping Toolkit for GeofencesOctober 2023September 2024Allow1010NoNo
18469053SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RECONFIGURABLE ON-VEHICLE DATA ROUTINGSeptember 2023April 2024Allow710NoNo
18467486PARKING ASSIST APPARATUSSeptember 2023May 2025Allow2000NoNo
18463185AUGMENTED LEARNING MODEL FOR AUTONOMOUS EARTH-MOVING VEHICLESSeptember 2023May 2025Allow2110NoNo
18454892METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY CONTROLLING IN-CABIN ENVIRONMENT FOR PASSENGER AND SYSTEM THEREFORAugust 2023January 2025Allow1720NoNo
18358007METHODS AND INTERNET OF THINGS SYSTEMS FOR SMART GAS SAFETY INSPECTION ROUTES BASED ON GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM (GIS)July 2023December 2023Allow400NoNo
18223430AUTONOMOUS TRAVEL METHOD, AUTONOMOUS TRAVEL SYSTEM, AND AUTONOMOUS TRAVEL PROGRAMJuly 2023May 2025Allow2210NoNo
18222419SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO ALLOCATE UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMSJuly 2023May 2024Allow1010NoNo
18350691OPERATIONAL TESTING OF AUTONOMOUS VEHICLESJuly 2023May 2024Allow1010NoNo
18345564DETECTION OF ACTIVE EMERGENCY VEHICLES SHARED WITHIN AN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE FLEETJune 2023April 2024Allow1010YesNo
18345380GENERATING FUSED SENSOR DATA THROUGH METADATA ASSOCIATIONJune 2023May 2024Allow1010NoNo
18213226Anticipatory Dispatch of UAVs to Pre-staging LocationsJune 2023May 2024Allow1010NoNo
18202325COMMUNICATION SYSTEM FOR AGRICULTURAL MACHINEMay 2023February 2025Allow2110NoNo
18202811IONOSPHERIC DISTURBANCE INFORMATION GENERATION METHODS AND SYSTEMSMay 2023April 2025Allow2310YesNo
18195341Removable Automotive LIDAR Data Collection PODMay 2023February 2024Allow910NoNo
18312804VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEMMay 2023May 2025Allow2500NoNo
18185111AIRCRAFT HYBRID DUPLEX-TRIPLEX CONTROL ARCHITECTUREMarch 2023June 2025Allow2710NoNo
18171185MACHINE AND PROCESS FOR ROTATING A VEHICLEFebruary 2023February 2025Allow2410YesNo
18165748SELF-PROPELLED AGRICULTURAL HARVESTER MACHINE AND HEADER ASSEMBLY CONTROL SYSTEMFebruary 2023April 2025Allow2610NoNo
18164890PULSED TORQUE COMMAND WITH ADJUSTABLE MAGNITUDE FOR ELECTRIC MACHINE TORQUE CONTROLFebruary 2023June 2025Allow2810NoNo
18018903SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTELLIGENTLY INTERPRETING EXHIBITION SCENEJanuary 2023February 2025Allow2410NoNo
18160385METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR LONG-TERM TRAJECTORY PREDICTION BY EXTENDING A PREDICTION HORIZONJanuary 2023May 2025Allow2810NoNo
18153486Continuous Convolution and Fusion in Neural NetworksJanuary 2023August 2023Allow710YesNo
18069391METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING LANE CHANGING, AND STORAGE MEDIUMDecember 2022February 2025Allow2610NoNo
18076802ELECTRIFIED VEHICLE AND POWER MANAGEMENT METHOD THEREFORDecember 2022March 2025Allow2810NoNo
18073059SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING LAMPLIGHT BY USING MUSIC, AND IN-VEHICLE INFOTAINMENT SYSTEMDecember 2022February 2025Allow2710NoNo
18060485MOBILE ROBOT CLEARANCE SYSTEMSNovember 2022November 2024Allow2300NoNo
18071489VEHICLE CONTROL USING AUTO-REGRESSIVE CONTROL DISTIBUTION GENERATION BASED ON WORLD STATE EMBEDDINGSNovember 2022February 2025Allow2710YesNo
17994287BATTERY POWER MANAGEMENT APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLES AND/OR HYBRID VEHICLESNovember 2022October 2024Allow2210YesNo
18058620VEHICLE SYSTEM HAVING AN ESC-FAULT-TOLERANT BRAKING SYSTEMNovember 2022January 2025Allow2610NoNo
18057695Systems and Methods for Graph-Based AI TrainingNovember 2022March 2024Allow1620NoNo
17990010PROVIDING ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE TO VEHICLESNovember 2022November 2023Allow1210YesNo
17989977DRIVING ASSISTANCE PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICENovember 2022January 2025Allow2610YesNo
18056695CONTEXT-BASED REMOTE AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE ASSISTANCENovember 2022October 2023Allow1120NoNo
18055943VEHICLE TRAVELING CONTROL APPARATUSNovember 2022January 2025Allow2710NoNo
17999041NAVIGATION BROADCAST DETECTION METHOD AND APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND MEDIUMNovember 2022April 2025Abandon2910NoNo
17987508METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ANALYTIC (AIA) SERVICES FOR PERFORMANCE PREDICTIONNovember 2022December 2023Abandon1310NoNo
17975401SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING FREQUENTLY TRAVELED ROUTESOctober 2022December 2024Allow2510YesNo
17973891SYSTEM FOR INTELLIGENT TRANSPORT BETWEEN SMART HOMES AND SMART COMMUNITIESOctober 2022December 2024Allow2610NoNo
17973499ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE LOSS MONITORING FOR COMBINE HARVESTERSOctober 2022June 2025Allow3210NoNo
18049263HYBRID REINFORCEMENT LEARNING FOR AUTONOMOUS DRIVINGOctober 2022September 2023Allow1110NoNo
17920414METHOD AND SYSTEM OF WARNING ROAD VEHICLES OF AN APPROACHING EMERGENCY VEHICLEOctober 2022November 2024Allow2510NoNo
17920671Power Supply Control Method and Power Supply Control DeviceOctober 2022April 2025Allow3010NoNo
18048229SYSTEM, APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING AUGMENTED REALITY ASSISTANCE TO WAYFINDING AND PRECISION LANDING CONTROLS OF AN UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE TO DIFFERENTLY ORIENTED INSPECTION TARGETSOctober 2022August 2024Allow2200NoNo
18045052SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DYNAMICALLY GENERATING OPTIMAL ROUTES FOR MANAGEMENT OF MULTIPLE VEHICLESOctober 2022July 2023Allow1020YesNo
17909743VEHICLE DIAGNOSTICSSeptember 2022November 2024Allow2610NoNo
17902363SURFACE ASSET MANAGEMENT MAPPING SYSTEMSeptember 2022November 2024Allow2710NoNo
17885408Distributed Satellite Constellation for Cooperative Multi-target TrackingAugust 2022June 2025Allow3410YesNo
17818277Hierarchical Computing Architecture for Traffic ManagementAugust 2022January 2024Abandon1810NoNo
17879879COMMUNICATION DEVICE, SMART KEY DEVICE, AND COMMUNICATION METHODAugust 2022January 2025Allow2910YesNo
17879331METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY CONTROLLING IN-CABIN ENVIRONMENT FOR PASSENGER AND SYSTEM THEREFORAugust 2022October 2024Allow2710NoNo
17864567VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEMJuly 2022January 2025Allow3020NoNo
17865136DRIVING CONTROL APPARATUS, DRIVING CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAMJuly 2022July 2023Allow1210NoNo
17862099AUTONOMOUS MOBILE APPARATUS, DOCKING STATION, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME APPARATUSJuly 2022October 2024Allow2810NoNo
17843168STEERING ASSEMBLY FOR A VEHICLEJune 2022October 2024Allow2810NoNo
17834430WORK VEHICLEJune 2022December 2023Allow1810YesNo
17827843BATTERY POWER MANAGEMENT APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLES AND/OR HYBRID VEHICLESMay 2022October 2024Allow2810YesNo
17827366DYNAMIC CUSTOMIZATION OF AN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE EXPERIENCEMay 2022March 2024Allow2110NoNo
17752071ELECTRIC STEERING CONTROL APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOFMay 2022October 2023Allow1710NoNo
17748262DRONE PAIRINGMay 2022May 2024Allow2410NoNo
17774003Hybrid Drivetrain, Hybrid Gearbox, and Method for Operating SameMay 2022July 2024Allow2600NoNo
17732473PREDICTIVE MAINTENANCE OF AN UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLEApril 2022February 2025Abandon3410NoNo
17723827SURFACE ASSET MANAGEMENT MAPPING SYSTEMApril 2022October 2024Allow3010NoNo
17658840METHOD FOR OPERATING A MOTOR VEHICLE WITH A REMOTELY CONTROLLED PARKING ASSISTANTApril 2022September 2024Allow2920NoNo
17718709TORQUE CONTROL BASED ON GEAR SHIFTApril 2022June 2024Allow2700NoNo
17658795IN-VEHICLE DEVICE AND DRIVING ASSIST METHODApril 2022October 2024Allow3010YesNo
17711159SECURE MESSAGE INCLUDING A VEHICLE PRIVATE KEYApril 2022May 2023Allow1310YesNo
17705290TRAJECTORY GENERATION DEVICE AND TRAJECTORY GENERATION METHODMarch 2022October 2024Allow3110YesNo
17704197INTERFACE SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING INPUT MECHANISMS OF A VEHICLEMarch 2022August 2022Allow510YesNo
17762784OPERATION DEVICEMarch 2022June 2024Allow2710NoNo
17762717SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING FIELD-REPLACEABLE UNITS USING A DIGITAL TWINMarch 2022June 2024Allow2710NoNo
17654844MONITORING AIRCRAFT TURBULENCE USING DATA FROM AN AUTOMATIC DEPENDENT SURVEILLANCE BROADCAST (ADS-B) RECEIVERMarch 2022August 2024Allow2910NoNo
17691555VEHICLE DISPLAY DEVICEMarch 2022September 2024Allow3110YesNo
17690295WORK SUPPORT SYSTEM AND WORK SUPPORT COMPOSITE SYSTEMMarch 2022August 2024Allow3010NoNo
17690599MANAGER, ELECTRONIC CONTROL UNIT, SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD, STORAGE MEDIUM, VEHICLE, AND CONTROL APPARATUSMarch 2022November 2024Allow3220YesNo
17688061DEVICE AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING ROUTE PLANNING COMPUTING DEVICESMarch 2022September 2023Allow1820YesNo
17652287COLLABORATIVE DATA SHARING FOR DATA ANOMALIESFebruary 2022September 2024Allow3120YesNo
17679581MOTOR CONTROL DEVICE AND METHODFebruary 2022July 2024Allow2910NoNo
17637009INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHODFebruary 2022September 2023Allow1910NoNo
17673891VEHICLE DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD OF VEHICLE DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUMFebruary 2022April 2024Allow2600NoNo
17592540BATTERY POWER MANAGEMENT APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLES AND/OR HYBRID VEHICLESFebruary 2022November 2023Allow2110YesNo
17591131SUSPENSION POWER ELECTRIC GENERATORFebruary 2022December 2023Allow2300NoNo
17590493Collective Vehicle Traffic RoutingFebruary 2022November 2023Allow2110NoNo
17579858SYSTEM FOR ELECTRIC MOTOR-ASSISTED BICYCLE, AND ELECTRICAL COMPONENT FOR ELECTRIC MOTOR-ASSISTED BICYCLEJanuary 2022May 2025Allow4010NoNo
17647808Anticipatory Dispatch of UAVs to Pre-staging LocationsJanuary 2022March 2023Allow1510NoNo
17560708CROSS-TRAFFIC WARNING SYSTEM OF A MOTOR VEHICLEDecember 2021June 2024Allow2910NoNo
17547667SYSTEM FOR QUERY VEHICLE DATADecember 2021August 2024Allow3320YesNo
17547694METHOD TO ADJUST THE OPENING BETWEEN THE SHAKERS OF A FRUIT HARVESTER AND A HARVESTING MACHINEDecember 2021June 2024Allow3010NoNo
17547465VEHICLE LOCALIZATIONDecember 2021May 2024Allow2910YesNo
17617225SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC EMERGENCY BRAKINGDecember 2021June 2024Allow3010NoNo
17544820CHARGE RELATED PROCESSING FOR A PERSONAL TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM WITH REMOVABLE BATTERYDecember 2021January 2024Allow2510NoNo
17543575SITE-SPECIFIC SEED ORIENTATIONDecember 2021January 2025Allow3700NoNo
17616186VEHICLE FAILURE DIAGNOSTIC DEVICEDecember 2021February 2024Allow2600NoNo
17538427SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VEHICLE EVENT DETECTIONNovember 2021April 2023Allow1610NoNo

Appeals Overview

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Examiner CHEUNG, CALVIN K - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner CHEUNG, CALVIN K works in Art Unit 3666 and has examined 314 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 93.6%, this examiner allows applications at a higher rate than most examiners at the USPTO. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 28 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner CHEUNG, CALVIN K's allowance rate of 93.6% places them in the 81% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner is more likely to allow applications than most examiners at the USPTO.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by CHEUNG, CALVIN K receive 1.08 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 15% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues significantly fewer office actions than most examiners.

Prosecution Timeline

The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by CHEUNG, CALVIN K is 28 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 +5.5% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by CHEUNG, CALVIN K. This interview benefit is in the 31% 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, 44.4% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 95% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Insight: RCEs are highly effective with this examiner compared to others. If you receive a final rejection, filing an RCE with substantive amendments or arguments has a strong likelihood of success.

After-Final Amendment Practice

This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 82.1% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 96% 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, 42.9% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 45% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Note: Petitions show below-average success regarding this examiner's actions. Ensure you have a strong procedural basis before filing.

Examiner Cooperation and Flexibility

Examiner's Amendments: This examiner makes examiner's amendments in 0.3% of allowed cases (in the 55% percentile). This examiner makes examiner's amendments more often than average to place applications in condition for allowance (MPEP § 1302.04).

Quayle Actions: This examiner issues Ex Parte Quayle actions in 3.4% of allowed cases (in the 73% percentile). This examiner issues Quayle actions more often than average when claims are allowable but formal matters remain (MPEP § 714.14).

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.
  • RCEs are effective: This examiner has a high allowance rate after RCE compared to others. If you receive a final rejection and have substantive amendments or arguments, an RCE is likely to be successful.

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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