Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18765848 | GLARE DETECTION SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATED VEHICULAR CONTROL | July 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18761408 | Vehicle Guidance System | July 2024 | June 2025 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18613373 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR NAVIGATING LANE MERGES AND LANE SPLITS | March 2024 | October 2024 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18591118 | VEHICLE DISPATCH SYSTEM, VEHICLE DISPATCH METHOD, SERVER, USER TERMINAL, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | February 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18588769 | RISK MITIGATION IN SPEED PLANNING | February 2024 | December 2024 | Allow | 9 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18545485 | Self-Driving Device Control System | December 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 18 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18544039 | ELECTRIC UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE AND AN INTELLIGENT METHOD OF PROTECTING ELECTRICITY THEREOF | December 2023 | October 2024 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18535184 | REMOTE OPERATIONS USING IMMERSIVE TELEPRESENCE | December 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 15 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18513119 | Sparse Convolutional Neural Networks | November 2023 | September 2024 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18553481 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING OPERATING PERFORMANCE PARAMETERS OF A DEVICE | September 2023 | May 2024 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18367236 | NAVIGATION SYSTEM AND ROUTE SEARCH METHOD THEREOF | September 2023 | August 2024 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18549257 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING A MOTION PATH ON A SURFACE | September 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18240933 | LIDAR SENSOR DENOISING FOR ADVERSE CONDITIONS AND/OR NONSALIENT OBJECTS | August 2023 | April 2025 | Allow | 20 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18279097 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OPERATING ELECTRONIC DETONATOR BLASTER WITH INTEGRATED FLIGHT FUNCTION | August 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18231850 | VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE, VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | August 2023 | April 2025 | Allow | 20 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18364587 | AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE SIMULATION SYSTEM FOR ANALYZING MOTION PLANNERS | August 2023 | July 2024 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18228123 | MULTI-AXIS UPSET RECOVERY SYSTEM | July 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18266694 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING MOTIONS OF QUADRUPED ROBOT BASED ON REINFORCEMENT LEARNING AND POSITION INCREMENT | June 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18332881 | SYSTEM FOR DIAGNOSING BATTERY CELL PROVIDED IN ELECTRIC VEHICLE | June 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18321578 | SENSOR PLAUSIBILITY USING GPS ROAD INFORMATION | May 2023 | March 2024 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18196116 | MODULAR IMAGE CAPTURE SYSTEMS | May 2023 | March 2024 | Allow | 10 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18116982 | SECURE SYSTEM THAT INCLUDES DRIVING RELATED SYSTEMS | March 2023 | February 2024 | Allow | 11 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18166121 | SENSOR CALIBRATION FOR AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS | February 2023 | April 2025 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18163769 | TRAFFIC SIGNAL RECOGNITION DEVICE, TRAFFIC SIGNAL RECOGNITION METHOD AND VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE | February 2023 | April 2025 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18161500 | System and Method for Presenting Autonomy-Switching Directions | January 2023 | June 2024 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18157204 | MANAGING REDUNDANT STEERING SYSTEM FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES | January 2023 | March 2024 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18098779 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CROWD SOURCED DANGEROUS DRIVING DETECTION AND ACCIDENT MITIGATION | January 2023 | February 2025 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18154462 | TORQUE SENSING FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE DRIVE SYSTEM | January 2023 | November 2024 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18096310 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RECONSTRUCTION OF A VEHICULAR CRASH | January 2023 | May 2024 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18004614 | Systems, Methods and Devices for Map-Based Object's Localization Deep Learning and Object's Motion Trajectories on Geospatial Maps Using Neural Network | January 2023 | February 2025 | Allow | 25 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 18069439 | TRUST ENHANCEMENT METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INTELLIGENT DRIVING SYSTEM | December 2022 | April 2025 | Abandon | 27 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18081071 | WORKING ROBOT AND CONTROL METHOD | December 2022 | April 2025 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18008046 | INTELLIGENT BEAM PREDICTION METHOD | December 2022 | June 2025 | Abandon | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17998867 | STAIRLIFT SAFETY SYSTEM | November 2022 | June 2025 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17923114 | INTENTION-DRIVEN REINFORCEMENT LEARNING-BASED PATH PLANNING METHOD | November 2022 | August 2024 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17921258 | BATTERY SERVICE PROVIDING SYSTEM AND METHOD | October 2022 | April 2025 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18047678 | Method for Determining the Position of a Vehicle | October 2022 | February 2024 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17967643 | BACKLASH VIBRATION REDUCTION APPARATUS AND METHOD | October 2022 | September 2024 | Allow | 23 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17916051 | AUTONOMOUS MACHINE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME | September 2022 | July 2024 | Allow | 21 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17956519 | VEHICLE, AND UNMANNED AERIAL SYSTEM AND METHOD INCLUDING THE SAME | September 2022 | March 2024 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17953840 | MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, MANAGEMENT METHOD AND PROGRAM | September 2022 | September 2024 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17939458 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE OPERATION OF AN AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT | September 2022 | June 2024 | Allow | 22 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17884660 | AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE TRIP ROUTING | August 2022 | February 2024 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17818466 | Vehicle Localization Based on Pose Corrections from Remote Vehicles in Parking Garages | August 2022 | December 2024 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17868686 | DRIVE TRAIN CONFIGURATIONS FOR A VEHICLE WITH MULTIPLE REVERSIBLE ENGINES | July 2022 | August 2024 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17868015 | CONTROLLER, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR VEHICLE CONTROL | July 2022 | August 2024 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17861259 | Vehicle Guidance System | July 2022 | April 2024 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17851322 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENHANCING SITUATIONAL AWARENESS IN A TRANSPORTATION VEHICLE | June 2022 | February 2023 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17850340 | GENERATION OF WEIGHTED MAP DATA FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE LOCALIZATION | June 2022 | August 2024 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17842065 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PLANNING LANE-CHANGE ACTIONS CONSIDERING TRAFFIC STABILITY IN TARGET LANE | June 2022 | June 2025 | Allow | 36 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17824508 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR NAVIGATING LANE MERGES AND LANE SPLITS | May 2022 | November 2023 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17729376 | GLARE DETECTION SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATED VEHICULAR CONTROL | April 2022 | February 2024 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17724069 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENHANCING DRIVER SITUATIONAL AWARENESS IN A TRANSPORTATION VEHICLE | April 2022 | April 2024 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17717290 | DETECTING SENSOR DEGRADATION BY ACTIVELY CONTROLLING AN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE | April 2022 | February 2024 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17712559 | CONTROLLING MOVEMENT OF A VEHICLE | April 2022 | January 2024 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17657003 | PICK-UP/DROP-OFF ZONE HANDOFF BETWEEN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES | March 2022 | December 2023 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17698673 | Offline Tracking System for Autonomous Vehicle Control Systems | March 2022 | September 2024 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17753619 | STEERING WHEEL OVERLAY SIGNAL METHOD AND APPARATUS | March 2022 | August 2024 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17638890 | VEHICLE INSPECTION SYSTEM AND ALIGNMENT METHOD | February 2022 | February 2024 | Allow | 24 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17675029 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING ROAD INTERSECTION ON POINT CLOUD HEIGHT MAP | February 2022 | March 2025 | Allow | 37 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17567219 | SUGGESTING ALTERNATIVE PICKUP AND DROP OFF LOCATIONS FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES | January 2022 | January 2024 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17562501 | FLIGHT COMPUTER SYSTEMS & METHODS TO DETERMINE AIRSPEED | December 2021 | December 2023 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17562283 | LANE DEPARTURE PREVENTION APPARATUS | December 2021 | September 2023 | Allow | 21 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17557427 | LINEAR MOVEMENT FOR CONTROL POINT DETECTION VERIFICATION | December 2021 | April 2025 | Allow | 40 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17643358 | CONTROLLING MOVEMENTS OF A ROBOT RUNNING ON TRACKS | December 2021 | October 2024 | Allow | 34 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17614229 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION | November 2021 | August 2023 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17526514 | CALIBRATION OF SENSORS IN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE APPLICATIONS | November 2021 | December 2024 | Allow | 37 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17520123 | VEHICLE DISPATCH SYSTEM, VEHICLE DISPATCH METHOD, SERVER, USER TERMINAL, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | November 2021 | November 2023 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17518942 | VEHICLE DISPATCH SYSTEM, VEHICLE DISPATCH METHOD, SERVER, USER TERMINAL, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | November 2021 | November 2023 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17516348 | ALIGNMENT VALIDATION IN VEHICLE-BASED SENSORS | November 2021 | December 2024 | Allow | 38 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17512210 | VEHICLE | October 2021 | August 2023 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17511087 | PROCESSOR AND SENSOR ARRAY FOR AUTONOMOUS TRUCK | October 2021 | January 2024 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17509986 | LIDAR SYSTEM | October 2021 | January 2024 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17498907 | RISK MITIGATION IN SPEED PLANNING | October 2021 | November 2023 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17498166 | Methods and Systems for Determining Diagnostic Coverage of Sensors to Prevent Goal Violations of Autonomous Vehicles | October 2021 | July 2024 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17450540 | DETERMINING A MINIMUM STATE OF CHARGE FOR AN ENERGY STORAGE MEANS OF A VEHICLE | October 2021 | September 2023 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17493648 | VEHICLE DRIVE ASSIST APPARATUS | October 2021 | August 2023 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17481423 | ROAD QUALITY BASED ROUTING | September 2021 | August 2023 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17473051 | ACCURACY VERIFICATION OF A PERCEPTION SYSTEM OF A VEHICLE | September 2021 | March 2025 | Allow | 42 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17385425 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENHANCING SITUATIONAL AWARENESS IN A TRANSPORTATION VEHICLE | July 2021 | October 2022 | Abandon | 15 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17363986 | Sparse Convolutional Neural Networks | June 2021 | August 2023 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17350780 | ONLINE VALIDATION OF LIDAR-TO-LIDAR ALIGNMENT AND LIDAR-TO-VEHICLE ALIGNMENT | June 2021 | September 2024 | Allow | 39 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17306554 | ELECTRIC UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE AND AN INTELLIGENT METHOD OF PROTECTING ELECTRICITY THEREOF | May 2021 | August 2023 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17229611 | FLEET OF AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES WITH LANE POSITIONING AND PLATOONING BEHAVIORS | April 2021 | October 2024 | Abandon | 42 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17282950 | METHOD FOR ESTIMATING DISTANCE TO AND LOCATION OF AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE BY USING MONO CAMERA | April 2021 | August 2024 | Allow | 40 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17178358 | REMOTELY CONTROLLING USE OF FEATURES BASED ON AUTOMATIC VALIDATION REQUESTS | February 2021 | July 2023 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17167862 | LIDAR SYSTEM | February 2021 | July 2021 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17260493 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR VEHICLE, AND METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OPERATING ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR VEHICLE | January 2021 | July 2023 | Abandon | 30 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17148346 | AUTONOMOUS DATA MACHINES AND SYSTEMS | January 2021 | April 2023 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17141982 | DETECTING DEFECTS IN MAP DATA | January 2021 | March 2024 | Abandon | 38 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17129478 | APPROXIMATING A TIME OF AN ISSUE | December 2020 | June 2023 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17126740 | AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE SIMULATION SYSTEM FOR ANALYZING MOTION PLANNERS | December 2020 | May 2023 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17113562 | MOVING VEHICLE | December 2020 | October 2023 | Allow | 35 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17113667 | ADAPTIVE AND PREDICTIVE CLIMATE CONTROL SYSTEM USING INFRARED IMAGE-BASED IMAGING | December 2020 | September 2024 | Abandon | 46 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17106355 | Road Safety Analytics Dashboard and Risk Minimization Routing System and Method | November 2020 | January 2023 | Allow | 26 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16953296 | BALLISTIC ESTIMATION OF VEHICLE DATA | November 2020 | August 2023 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17097581 | DRONE-GUIDED PROPERTY NAVIGATION TECHNIQUES | November 2020 | June 2023 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17093357 | Method for Determining the Position of a Vehicle | November 2020 | September 2022 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17086364 | MULTIMODAL MULTI-TECHNIQUE SIGNAL FUSION SYSTEM FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE | October 2020 | September 2023 | Allow | 35 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17085290 | SPATIALLY INVARIANT 3D CONVOLUTIONAL NETWORK OVER SPHERICAL COORDINATE INPUT | October 2020 | January 2024 | Allow | 38 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner INGRAM, THOMAS P.
With a 35.7% reversal rate, the PTAB reverses the examiner's rejections in a meaningful percentage of cases. This reversal rate is above the USPTO average, indicating that appeals have better success here than typical.
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, 43.3% of applications that filed an appeal were subsequently allowed. This appeal filing benefit rate is above the USPTO average, suggesting that filing an appeal can be an effective strategy for prompting reconsideration.
✓ 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 INGRAM, THOMAS P works in Art Unit 3668 and has examined 616 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 88.1%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 27 months.
Examiner INGRAM, THOMAS P's allowance rate of 88.1% places them in the 64% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications.
On average, applications examined by INGRAM, THOMAS P receive 1.53 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 38% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues fewer office actions than average, which may indicate efficient prosecution or a more lenient examination style.
The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by INGRAM, THOMAS P is 27 months. This places the examiner in the 58% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly faster than average with this examiner.
Conducting an examiner interview provides a +4.8% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by INGRAM, THOMAS P. This interview benefit is in the 29% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews provide a below-average benefit with this examiner.
When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 28.1% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 41% 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.
This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 32.9% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 40% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: This examiner shows below-average receptiveness to after-final amendments. You may need to file an RCE or appeal rather than relying on after-final amendment entry.
When applicants request a pre-appeal conference (PAC) with this examiner, 50.0% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 43% percentile among all examiners. Note: Pre-appeal conferences show below-average success with this examiner. Consider whether your arguments are strong enough to warrant a PAC request.
This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 58.8% of appeals filed. This is in the 28% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 40.0% occur early in the appeal process (after Notice of Appeal but before Appeal Brief). Strategic Insight: This examiner shows below-average willingness to reconsider rejections during appeals. Be prepared to fully prosecute appeals if filed.
When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 29.0% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 21% 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 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 0.4% of allowed cases (in the 47% 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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