Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17138710 | COLLISION AVOIDANCE USING AN OBJECT CONTOUR | December 2020 | May 2024 | Allow | 40 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17133045 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO GENERATE A PATH PLAN | December 2020 | October 2023 | Allow | 34 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16973843 | METHOD OF NAVIGATING A VEHICLE AND SYSTEM THEREOF | December 2020 | July 2022 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17117007 | Indirect Verification of Speed Limits Based on Contextual Information For Autonomous and Semi-Autonomous Driving Systems | December 2020 | December 2023 | Abandon | 36 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17107695 | AUTONOMOUS AERIAL VEHICLE OUTDOOR EXERCISE COMPANION | November 2020 | September 2023 | Allow | 34 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17105788 | UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE AND STATION | November 2020 | April 2023 | Abandon | 29 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 17102999 | AUTONOMOUS DEVICE SAFETY SYSTEM | November 2020 | July 2023 | Allow | 32 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17096644 | SELECTIVE ROAD INFORMATION HARVESTING BASED ON DATA QUALITY | November 2020 | October 2024 | Abandon | 47 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17093753 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INDOOR POSITIONING | November 2020 | January 2024 | Allow | 38 | 3 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17090539 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM FOR MAPPING BASED ON A DETECTED PEDESTRIAN TYPE | November 2020 | February 2023 | Allow | 28 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17051839 | METHOD FOR CONTROL OF AN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE WITH INTERNAL DELAYS | October 2020 | November 2022 | Abandon | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17066861 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING RECUPERATION | October 2020 | August 2023 | Allow | 34 | 4 | 0 | No | No |
| 17066943 | Systems And Methods For Nighttime Delivery Mobile Robot With Hybrid Infrared and Flash Lighting | October 2020 | December 2022 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17045251 | DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING DATA OF A MOTOR VEHICLE | October 2020 | April 2024 | Abandon | 42 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 16982068 | Method for robot repositioning | September 2020 | November 2022 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16978890 | AUTONOMOUS NAVIGATION SYSTEM AND THE VEHICLE MADE THEREWITH | September 2020 | October 2024 | Allow | 50 | 5 | 0 | No | No |
| 17010358 | UTILIZING VISUALIZATION FOR MANAGING AN UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE | September 2020 | May 2024 | Allow | 45 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17004503 | APPROACH MODE ACTIVATION MONITORING FUNCTION AND AUTOMATIC ACTIVATION IN AN EVENT OF PILOT INCAPACITATION | August 2020 | October 2022 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16967301 | EXCAVATION BY WAY OF AN UNMANNED VEHICLE | August 2020 | June 2022 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16983942 | PICKUP SYSTEM | August 2020 | May 2023 | Abandon | 33 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16935229 | SYSTEM AND A METHOD FOR VALIDATING OCCURRENCE OF EVENTS | July 2020 | August 2024 | Abandon | 49 | 5 | 0 | No | No |
| 16930073 | Autonomous Robotic Cargo System | July 2020 | December 2022 | Abandon | 29 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16929155 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DYNAMICALLY GENERATING A SECURE NAVIGATION PATH FOR NAVIGATION OF AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE | July 2020 | July 2022 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16929313 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING ACCURATE TRAJECTORY FOLLOWING FOR AUTOMATED VEHICLES IN DYNAMIC ENVIRONMENTS | July 2020 | December 2024 | Allow | 54 | 6 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16921167 | MOVING ROBOT AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF | July 2020 | May 2023 | Allow | 34 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16920082 | MOVING ROBOT AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF | July 2020 | January 2023 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16959685 | MOVEABLE MOUNTING STRUCTURE FOR UAV | July 2020 | January 2023 | Allow | 31 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16914189 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF OBSTACLE DETECTION FOR AUTOMATED DELIVERY APPARATUS | June 2020 | December 2023 | Allow | 42 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16956285 | A STATE ESTIMATOR | June 2020 | March 2024 | Abandon | 45 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16892186 | LOCALIZATION USING SURFEL DATA | June 2020 | January 2023 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16756583 | CRASH DETECTION DEVICE, FLYING BODY CRASH DETECTION METHOD, PARACHUTE OR PARAGLIDER DEPLOYMENT DEVICE, AND AIRBAG DEVICE | April 2020 | March 2024 | Allow | 46 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 16842680 | Unmanned Rover for Implementing Precise and Repetitive Processes and Operations | April 2020 | April 2023 | Abandon | 36 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16836961 | UNMANNED-DRIVE MOBILE MULTIFUNCTIONAL VEHICLE SYSTEM AND USING METHOD THEREOF | April 2020 | April 2023 | Abandon | 37 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16820674 | PREMISE MAPPING WITH SECURITY CAMERA DRONE | March 2020 | July 2022 | Allow | 28 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16819018 | SYSTEM AND METHOD AND MAP FOR DETERMINING A DRIVING ROUTE OF A VEHICLE | March 2020 | March 2023 | Abandon | 36 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16813180 | DATA INTEGRATION FROM MULTIPLE SENSORS | March 2020 | March 2023 | Allow | 36 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16639254 | LOCATION ESTIMATION SYSTEM AND MOBILE BODY COMPRISING LOCATION ESTIMATION SYSTEM | February 2020 | October 2022 | Abandon | 32 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16636412 | UAV SYSTEM EMERGENCY PATH PLANNING ON COMMUNICATION FAILURE | February 2020 | February 2024 | Allow | 48 | 5 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16634700 | Method for Creating an Object Map for a Factory Environment | January 2020 | June 2023 | Allow | 40 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 16629347 | FLYING BODY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM | January 2020 | September 2022 | Abandon | 32 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16733143 | REMOVAL OF EPHEMERAL POINTS FROM POINT CLOUD OF A HIGH-DEFINITION MAP FOR NAVIGATING AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES | January 2020 | January 2023 | Allow | 37 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16704403 | Selectively Forgoing Actions Based on Fullness Level of Containers | December 2019 | January 2023 | Abandon | 38 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16700790 | ELECTRONICAL DEVICE, AND METHOD, FOR AUTOMATICALLY DETERMINING PILOTING INFORMATION OF A MOBILE MACHINE ACCOMPANYING A LEADER MOBILE MACHINE, ASSOCIATED COMPUTER PROGRAM | December 2019 | May 2022 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16615083 | MEASUREMENT DEVICE, MEASUREMENT METHOD AND PROGRAM | November 2019 | August 2022 | Allow | 33 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16682575 | PRECISE POINT CLOUD GENERATION USING GRAPH STRUCTURE-BASED SLAM WITH UNSYNCHRONIZED DATA | November 2019 | June 2022 | Abandon | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16668475 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVING VEHICLE OPERATIONS USING MOVABLE SENSORS | October 2019 | July 2023 | Allow | 44 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16663016 | OPTICAL TIME OF FLIGHT SENSOR FOR NAVIGATION SYSTEMS IN ROBOTIC APPLICATIONS | October 2019 | April 2023 | Allow | 41 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16590956 | CAMERA AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING CAMERA,AND AUTONOMOUS DRIVING SYSTEM INCLUDING CAMERA | October 2019 | August 2022 | Abandon | 35 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16497747 | OUTPUT DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, PROGRAM AND STORAGE MEDIUM | September 2019 | April 2022 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16573650 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SHIFTING OBJECTS | September 2019 | May 2022 | Allow | 31 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16570727 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING VEHICLE OR ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES FROM DATA FROM AUTOMATED VEHICLES | September 2019 | March 2024 | Allow | 54 | 7 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16569798 | MOVABLE PLATFORM CONTROL METHOD AND MOVABLE PLATFORM | September 2019 | March 2023 | Abandon | 42 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16558171 | UAV LANDING SYSTEM AND LANDING METHOD THEREOF | September 2019 | July 2022 | Abandon | 34 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16555139 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR REMOTE PILOTING A TWO-PILOT AIRCRAFT FOR EXTENDED FLIGHTS | August 2019 | September 2022 | Allow | 36 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16540784 | AERIAL VEHICLE TRAVEL RELATED DATA COLLECTION AND ROUTE OPTIMIZATION | August 2019 | April 2022 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16506149 | METHOD AND APPARATUS TO CONTROL ONE OR MORE DRONES BASED ON REAL-TIME OR PREDICTIVE POSITION INFORMATION | July 2019 | February 2023 | Allow | 43 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16450789 | DRIVE UNIT WITH INTERFACE TO MOUNT AND IDENTIFY MULTIPLE DIFFERENT PAYLOAD STRUCTURES | June 2019 | October 2022 | Allow | 40 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16448293 | MAP COSTRUCTION METHOD AND ROBOT | June 2019 | May 2022 | Allow | 35 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16472056 | Communication Nodes and Methods for Relative Positioning of Wireless Communication Devices | June 2019 | March 2022 | Allow | 33 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16330861 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING TRAVEL OF VEHICLE, AND PROCESSOR-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | March 2019 | April 2022 | Allow | 37 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16314479 | DRONE-BASED CLEANING METHOD AND SYSTEM | December 2018 | December 2022 | Abandon | 48 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16193065 | System, Method, and Computer Program Product for Automatic Inspection of a Vehicle | November 2018 | April 2025 | Abandon | 60 | 3 | 0 | No | Yes |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner KNIGHT, CONNOR LEE.
With a 0.0% reversal rate, the PTAB affirms the examiner's rejections in the vast majority of cases. This reversal rate is in the bottom 25% across the USPTO, indicating that appeals face significant challenges here.
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, 0.0% of applications that filed an appeal were subsequently allowed. This appeal filing benefit rate is in the bottom 25% across the USPTO, indicating that filing appeals is less effective here than in most other areas.
⚠ Appeals to PTAB face challenges. Ensure your case has strong merit before committing to full Board review.
⚠ Filing a Notice of Appeal shows limited benefit. Consider other strategies like interviews or amendments before appealing.
Examiner KNIGHT, CONNOR LEE works in Art Unit 3666 and has examined 62 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 66.1%, this examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 35 months.
Examiner KNIGHT, CONNOR LEE's allowance rate of 66.1% places them in the 28% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications.
On average, applications examined by KNIGHT, CONNOR LEE receive 2.31 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 61% 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 KNIGHT, CONNOR LEE is 35 months. This places the examiner in the 41% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly slower than average with this examiner.
Conducting an examiner interview provides a +10.2% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by KNIGHT, CONNOR LEE. This interview benefit is in the 43% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews provide a below-average benefit with this examiner.
When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 31.1% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 65% 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.
This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 35.7% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 55% 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.
This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 0.0% of appeals filed. This is in the 1% 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, 200.0% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 99% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Note: Petitions are frequently granted regarding this examiner's actions compared to other examiners. Per MPEP § 1002.02(c), various examiner actions are petitionable to the Technology Center Director, including prematureness of final rejection, refusal to enter amendments, and requirement for information. If you believe an examiner action is improper, consider filing a petition.
Examiner's Amendments: This examiner makes examiner's amendments in 0.0% of allowed cases (in the 37% 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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