USPTO Examiner DUNNE KENNETH MICHAEL - Art Unit 3669

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18816217Mobile Object Evacuation Path Planning Apparatus, Method, and MediumAugust 2024January 2026Allow1700NoNo
18791377METHOD FOR SCHEDULING CHARGING AND DISCHARGING AND CHARGE-DISCHARGE SYSTEMJuly 2024November 2025Allow1500NoNo
18656055VSLAM WITH IMAGE BUFFER AND EXTRACTIONMay 2024January 2026Allow2010NoNo
18635295All Weather Traffic Monitoring with Roadside InfrastructureApril 2024October 2025Allow1800NoNo
18631197SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INTERACTIVELY AND VIRTUALLY EXPLORING GEOGRAPHIC AREAS DURING VEHICLE TRAVELApril 2024December 2025Allow2010YesNo
18591381SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING LIFEFORMS AROUND A STATIONARY VEHICLEFebruary 2024March 2026Allow2410YesNo
18589475SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DELIVERING BEAMS TO PREDETERMINED LOCATIONS OF WORK SITESFebruary 2024October 2025Allow2000NoNo
18443974VEHILE APPARATUS METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIOUM FOR HUMAN APPROACH DETECTION WITH USER IMAGE AUTHENTICATIONFebruary 2024March 2026Allow2510YesNo
18429196Vehicle Decision Making Using Sequential Information ProbingJanuary 2024October 2025Allow2000NoNo
18580739OBJECT DETECTION METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR PERFORMING SAME METHODJanuary 2024March 2026Abandon2610NoNo
18417726VEHICLE MANAGING ENERGY AT A LOCATION DURING AN EVENTJanuary 2024January 2026Allow2410NoNo
18407537IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, MOVABLE APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM THAT INCLUDE A DRIVING CONTROL UNIT TO CONTROL A TRAVELING DIRECTION OF A MOVABLE APPARATUS BASED ON AN OUTPUT OF A PATH CALULATION UNITJanuary 2024November 2025Allow2210NoNo
18405588HYBRID ARCHITECTURE OF BIRDS-EYE VIEW FEATURES AND PIXELS FOR AUTONOMOUS DRIVING PERCEPTIONJanuary 2024October 2025Allow2100NoNo
18399076DAY/NIGHT FILTER GLASS FOR AIRCRAFT CAMERA SYSTEMSDecember 2023November 2025Allow2310NoNo
18394914DAYLIGHT OVERRIDE FOR VEHICLE HEADLIGHT CONTROLDecember 2023October 2025Allow2210NoNo
18543859SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RECALIBRATION OF AN UNCALIBRATED SENSORDecember 2023February 2025Allow1410NoNo
18568826SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AN AUTONOMOUS CONVOY WITH LEADER VEHICLEDecember 2023March 2026Abandon2720NoNo
18529357DRIVING SUPPORT DEVICEDecember 2023October 2025Allow2310NoNo
18523918NOVELTY MULTISENSORY DECISION GENERATING DEVICE AND METHODNovember 2023November 2025Allow2410NoNo
18517749METHOD FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION ON RAINY ENVIRONMENT BY REFERRING TO POINT DATA ACQUIRED FROM A LIDAR SENSOR AND COMPUTING DEVICE USING THE SAMENovember 2023February 2026Allow2610NoNo
18509600PATH SELECTION FOR A VEHICLE BASED ON HEAT DISTRIBUTED ON A ROAD SURFACENovember 2023October 2025Allow2310NoNo
18387714ULTRA WIDE BAND BASED DIGITAL KEY POSITIONING AND OBJECT SENSOR POSITIONING FUSION WITH VEHICLE CONTROLNovember 2023November 2025Allow2510NoNo
18497277RESPONDING TO EMERGENCY VEHICLES FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLESOctober 2023November 2024Allow1210YesNo
18497417OCCUPANT MONITORING SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLEOctober 2023March 2026Abandon2920YesNo
18494374PARALLEL PROCESSING OF VEHICLE PATH PLANNING SUITABLE FOR PARKINGOctober 2023January 2026Allow2710NoNo
18489973WORK VEHICLE WITH IMPLEMENT SELF-LEVELING FUNCTIONALITY INCLUDING ROLLBACK PREVENTION AND RELATED SYSTEMS AND METHODSOctober 2023July 2025Allow2100NoNo
18286545METHOD FOR COMMUNICATION BETWEEN AN AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEM AND A COMMUNICATION MODULEOctober 2023October 2025Allow2410NoNo
18284817A FORAGE HARVESTER EQUIPPED WITH A CROP PICK-UP HEADERSeptember 2023January 2026Allow2800NoNo
18244922CONTROLLER FOR LIGHTING CONTROL, VEHICLE LAMP SYSTEMSeptember 2023July 2025Allow2310NoNo
18549091WORK MACHINE COLLISION AVOIDANCE CONTROL WITH AUTOMATIC BRAKING AND MACHINE ROLLOVER PREVENTIONSeptember 2023October 2025Allow2610NoNo
18366783CLOUD-BASED AUTOMATED NAVIGATIONAugust 2023October 2025Allow2610YesNo
18272791METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A COOLING SYSTEM, COOLING SYSTEM, CONTROL UNIT, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTJuly 2023July 2025Allow2410NoNo
18221715LINEAR ACTUATOR-BASED RIDE CONTROLJuly 2023September 2025Allow2610NoNo
18260191INFORMATION PROCESSING WITH DRIVER EYE MOVEMENT MONITORINGJune 2023April 2025Allow2110NoNo
18343053DETECTION OF A RIGGING INSTALLATION STATEJune 2023September 2025Allow2710YesNo
18212734VEHICLE BLIND SPOT RISK ESTIMATION CONTROL METHOD, VEHICLE CONTROLLER, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING VEHICLE CONTROL PROGRAMJune 2023April 2025Allow2210YesNo
18268619VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE, VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUMJune 2023December 2025Abandon3010NoNo
18335793SYSTEMS AND TECHNIQUES FOR REDUCING DISTURBANCE FROM AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE ACTIVITYJune 2023October 2025Allow2810YesNo
18334874VEHICLE PARAMETER OFFSET VALUE MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL SYSTEMJune 2023November 2025Allow2930YesNo
18333417VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD FOR PLATOONING, VEHICLE MOUNTED APPARATUS AND VEHICLEJune 2023December 2025Abandon3010NoNo
18326780PERCEPTION AND UNDERSTANDING OF VULNERABLE ROAD USERSMay 2023July 2025Allow2510YesNo
18324333SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PLANNING A PATH FOR A VEHICLEMay 2023July 2025Allow2610YesNo
18202162SYSTEM FOR LEARNING-BASED PROCESSING OF RADAR DATAMay 2023February 2026Abandon3320NoNo
18035585ELECTRIC VEHICLES WITH BATTERY MANAGEMENT AND SENSORSMay 2023February 2025Allow2100NoNo
18135891VEHICLE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMApril 2023January 2025Allow2110YesNo
18249090VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICEApril 2023April 2025Allow2410NoNo
18133188AUTONOMOUS NARROW VEHICLE LANE SHARING, FILTERING, AND SPLITTING SYSTEMApril 2023February 2025Allow2310YesNo
18296546LEADING VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION SYSTEMApril 2023June 2025Allow2710NoNo
18127767SYSTEM, METHOD, INFRASTRUCTURE, AND VEHICLE FOR AUTOMATED VALET PARKINIGMarch 2023December 2024Allow2120NoNo
18121275ADJUSTABLE ROOF ASSEMBLYMarch 2023March 2025Allow2400NoNo
18120299V2X COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS USING HUMAN LANGUAGEMarch 2023January 2026Allow3520NoNo
18178641Systems and Methods for Detecting Actors with Respect to an Autonomous VehicleMarch 2023September 2024Allow1910NoNo
18173150Methods and Systems for Automatic Introspective PerceptionFebruary 2023April 2025Allow2610YesNo
18171707SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING AN AIRCRAFT USING DISSIMILAR AIR DATAFebruary 2023April 2025Allow2620NoNo
18108008IDENTIFYING ROADWAY CONCERNS AND TAKING PREEMPTIVE ACTIONSFebruary 2023July 2025Allow2930NoNo
18162151METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SENSOR FUSION FOR TRAFFIC INTERSECTION ASSISTJanuary 2023February 2025Allow2410YesNo
18158973MULTI-HEAD MACHINE LEARNING MODEL FOR PROCESSING MULTI-SENSOR DATAJanuary 2023April 2025Allow2710YesNo
18097888APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING LOG DATAJanuary 2023January 2026Abandon3620YesNo
18150104VEHICLE POSITION ESTIMATION DEVICE AND TRAVELING CONTROL DEVICEJanuary 2023March 2025Allow2610YesNo
18087522METHOD AND SYSTEM OF SPECIAL VEHICLE NOTIFICATION IN HD MAP TO IMPROVE AV DRIVING SAFETYDecember 2022February 2025Allow2610NoNo
18066778METHOD AND DEVICE FOR OPERATING AN AUTOMATED VEHICLE AT A TRAFFIC INTERSECTIONDecember 2022April 2024Allow1620NoNo
18071630HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLE PROPULSION START CONTROLNovember 2022November 2024Allow2310NoNo
17989766CENTRAL MANAGEMENT SERVER, UNMANNED AIRCRAFT AND UNMANNED ROBOT FOR MONITORING MANAGEMENT TARGET AREANovember 2022September 2025Allow3421NoNo
17988154MOBILITY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAMENovember 2022November 2024Allow2410NoNo
17980738ELECTRIC DRIVER FOR WHEELED GROUND SURFACE MODIFYING MACHINENovember 2022May 2025Allow3010NoNo
18051982METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PERFORMING INTER-TRAJECTORY RE-LINEARIZATION ABOUT AN EVOLVING REFERENCE PATH FOR AN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLENovember 2022April 2025Allow3010YesNo
17975771Device and Method for Safety-Optimized Control of Infotainment ContentsOctober 2022February 2025Abandon2810NoNo
17934510MAP UPDATE DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUMSeptember 2022October 2024Allow2510NoNo
17943783ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR WIRELESS CONTROL IN VIEW OF TIRE PRESSURESeptember 2022September 2025Allow3640YesNo
17908917A SYSTEM, A METHOD AND A COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR GENERATING A DIGITAL MAP OF AN ENVIRONMENTSeptember 2022January 2025Abandon2840YesNo
17875007BATTERY DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE AND METHOD THEREOFJuly 2022September 2024Allow2510NoNo
17871265TOWED ELECTRIFIED VEHICLE CONTROLJuly 2022March 2025Allow3220NoNo
17871411DETECTION AND RANGING SENSOR STABILIZATION SYSTEMS AND METHODSJuly 2022September 2024Allow2511NoNo
17871245TOWED ELECTRIFIED VEHICLE BRAKING CONTROLJuly 2022February 2025Allow3020NoNo
17852394AIRCRAFT FLIGHT ATTITUDE DISPLAY DEVICEJune 2022February 2025Allow3230YesNo
17852801CONTROL DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR CONTROLLING VEHICLE DOOR WITH OBSTACLE DETECTION AND COLLISION PROTECTIONJune 2022August 2025Abandon3740NoNo
17808117METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MODELING POOR TEXTURE TUNNELS BASED ON VISION-LIDAR COUPLINGJune 2022July 2024Allow2410NoNo
17757876AIRPORT GROUND COLLISION ALERTING SYSTEMJune 2022August 2024Allow2620NoNo
17839018ITEM EXCHANGE BETWEEN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES OF DIFFERENT SERVICESJune 2022July 2023Allow1320NoNo
17741124POTENTIAL COLLISION WARNING SYSTEM BASED ON ROAD USER INTENT PREDICTIONMay 2022March 2025Abandon3430YesNo
17733230BASELINING AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE SAFETY USING DRIVING DATA OF HUMAN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE OPERATORSApril 2022October 2024Allow3010NoNo
17659859SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING VEHICLE PAYLOAD ASSISTANCEApril 2022November 2024Allow3120NoNo
17722336PRODUCING VEHICLE DATA PRODUCTS FROM STREAMED VEHICLE DATA BASED ON DUAL CONSENTSApril 2022November 2024Abandon3110NoNo
17722110MONITORING SYSTEM FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE OPERATIONApril 2022June 2024Allow2610NoNo
17722165AUTOMATED ASSISTANCE WITH ONE-PEDAL DRIVINGApril 2022April 2025Allow3640YesNo
17722206AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE RISK EVALUATIONApril 2022February 2025Abandon3450NoNo
17658954THEFT-DETERRENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS USING ONBOARD WEIGHT SENSORSApril 2022February 2025Abandon3420NoNo
17657277AIRCRAFT, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR TRIM CONTROL IN FLY-BY-WIRE AIRCRAFT SYSTEMSMarch 2022May 2023Allow1410NoNo
17656412REMOTE SAFE DRIVING METHODS AND SYSTEMSMarch 2022September 2024Allow3021NoNo
17678361Autonomous Winter Service VehicleFebruary 2022January 2024Allow2320NoNo
17652152METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUXILIARY FOCUSING AND UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLEFebruary 2022May 2024Abandon2620NoNo
17677225Retractable Input DevicesFebruary 2022April 2023Allow1420NoNo
17668764AUTOMATED VALET PARKING SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD OF AUTOMATED VALET PARKING SYSTEM, AND AUTONOMOUS DRIVING VEHICLEFebruary 2022May 2024Allow2710NoNo
17665595INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAMFebruary 2022April 2025Abandon3920YesNo
17665644VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE, ROUTE GENERATION DEVICE, VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD, ROUTE GENERATION METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUMFebruary 2022October 2024Abandon3220YesNo
17632749A METHOD FOR QUANTIFYING VEHICLE PATH FOLLOWING PERFORMANCEFebruary 2022March 2023Allow1300NoNo
17629779ELECTRONIC DEVICE, SERVER, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMJanuary 2022September 2024Abandon3111NoNo
17582216WIND VELOCITY MEASUREMENT METHOD, WIND VELOCITY ESTIMATOR AND UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLEJanuary 2022November 2024Abandon3320NoNo
17646702APPARATUSES, COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHODS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT TO ASSIST AERIAL VEHICLE PILOT FOR VERTICAL LANDING AND/OR TAKEOFFDecember 2021February 2024Allow2520YesNo
17565959ADAPTIVE MESSAGING WITHIN A CLOUD AND EDGE COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT FOR V2X APPLICATIONSDecember 2021August 2024Allow3210YesNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner DUNNE, KENNETH MICHAEL.

Strategic Value of Filing an Appeal

Total Appeal Filings
1
Allowed After Appeal Filing
0
(0.0%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
1
(100.0%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
9.6%
Lower than average

Understanding Appeal Filing Strategy

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.

Strategic Recommendations

Filing a Notice of Appeal shows limited benefit. Consider other strategies like interviews or amendments before appealing.

Examiner DUNNE, KENNETH MICHAEL - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner DUNNE, KENNETH MICHAEL works in Art Unit 3669 and has examined 90 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 68.9%, this examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 33 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner DUNNE, KENNETH MICHAEL's allowance rate of 68.9% places them in the 31% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by DUNNE, KENNETH MICHAEL receive 2.10 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 56% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues a slightly above-average number of office actions.

Prosecution Timeline

The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by DUNNE, KENNETH MICHAEL is 33 months. This places the examiner in the 48% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly slower than average with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +12.2% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by DUNNE, KENNETH MICHAEL. This interview benefit is in the 48% 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, 20.2% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 22% 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.

After-Final Amendment Practice

This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 20.6% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 25% 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.

Appeal Withdrawal and Reconsideration

This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 100.0% of appeals filed. This is in the 98% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 100.0% occur early in the appeal process (after Notice of Appeal but before Appeal Brief). Strategic Insight: This examiner frequently reconsiders rejections during the appeal process compared to other examiners. Per MPEP § 1207.01, all appeals must go through a mandatory appeal conference. Filing a Notice of Appeal may prompt favorable reconsideration even before you file an Appeal Brief.

Petition Practice

When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 100.0% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 93% 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 Cooperation and Flexibility

Examiner's Amendments: This examiner makes examiner's amendments in 0.0% of allowed cases (in the 39% 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 3.2% of allowed cases (in the 75% 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:

  • Appeal filing as negotiation tool: This examiner frequently reconsiders rejections during the appeal process. Filing a Notice of Appeal may prompt favorable reconsideration during the mandatory appeal conference.

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

Important Disclaimer

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