USPTO Examiner FENG VINCENT - Art Unit 3669

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18903441CONTROL SYSTEM FOR LIGHT TRANSMISSION SWITCHOctober 2024January 2026Allow1600NoNo
18796657INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICEAugust 2024February 2026Allow1810NoNo
18765809IN-VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICEJuly 2024March 2026Allow2010NoNo
18618097PROCESSOR AND PROCESSING METHODMarch 2024October 2025Allow1910NoNo
18535365METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR NAVIGATION WITH POINT MASS FILTERSDecember 2023March 2026Allow2710YesNo
18515772VEHICLE SYSTEMNovember 2023February 2026Allow2710NoNo
18385630DYNAMIC CONTROL OF AIR QUALITY IN A GEO-FENCING AREAOctober 2023February 2026Allow2710NoNo
18488443ROUTE SEARCH DEVICEOctober 2023October 2025Allow2410NoNo
18468940VEHICLE SITUATION ESTIMATION SYSTEM, VEHICLE SITUATION ESTIMATION METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUMSeptember 2023October 2025Allow2510NoNo
18238024DATA PROCESSING DEVICE AND DATA PROCESSING METHODAugust 2023October 2025Allow2510NoNo
18278440SYSTEM, METHOD, AND TIRE AGING MODEL FOR QUANTIFYING FIELD USAGE SEVERITY OF MOTOR VEHICLE TIRESAugust 2023October 2025Allow2610YesNo
18235412SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING THE CHARGING STATE OF AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE AND A METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE CHARGING STATE THEREOFAugust 2023February 2026Allow3010NoNo
18447359LOAD TRANSPORT SYSTEM AND TRANSPORTERAugust 2023July 2025Allow2310NoNo
18351608DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE ALERT MANAGEMENT SYSTEMJuly 2023October 2025Allow2710YesNo
18216400SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ACCESSORY MANAGEMENTJune 2023December 2025Abandon3010NoNo
18343992FORK COLLISION PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, ROBOT, DEVICE, MEDIUM, AND PRODUCTJune 2023September 2025Allow2710NoNo
18333543SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO IMPROVE TRANSPORTATION EFFICIENCIESJune 2023August 2025Allow2710NoNo
17997809LAYER-BASED SERVICE PROVISION DEVICE AND METHOD HAVING ENHANCED INFORMATION ACCESSIBILITYJune 2023October 2025Abandon3510NoNo
18250425Satellite Search Method and ApparatusApril 2023December 2025Allow3110NoNo
18192336Method and Apparatus for Providing Health Index of VehicleMarch 2023September 2025Allow3010NoNo
18119345DRIVING ASSISTANCE DEVICE, DRIVING ASSISTANCE METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUMMarch 2023August 2025Allow3010NoNo
18118360INDUSTRIAL VEHICLEMarch 2023August 2025Allow2910YesNo
18171174MOTION DETECTION METHOD FOR MANAGING RUGGED PLATFORM CONFIGURATIONSFebruary 2023February 2026Allow3610NoNo
18084858GENERATION OF RUNNING LOG FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLEDecember 2022August 2025Allow3210NoNo
18077035SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING A ROAD WORKS ZONEDecember 2022June 2025Allow3110NoNo
17992248APPARATUS OF DECREASING INTAKE AIR TEMPERATURE OF ENGINENovember 2022August 2025Abandon3210NoNo
17989865MACHINENovember 2022February 2025Abandon2710NoNo
17981069INFORMATION PROVIDING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROVIDING METHOD USING AN INFORMATION TERMINALNovember 2022July 2025Abandon3210NoNo
17981106INFORMATION PROVIDING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROVIDING METHOD BY INTERLINKING A USER TERMINAL WITH AN INFORMATION TERMINALNovember 2022July 2025Abandon3210NoNo
18050548ARTIFICIALLY INTELLIGENT PROVISION OF POST-VEHICULAR-COLLISION EVIDENCEOctober 2022March 2025Allow2910YesNo
17920239Shifting Device and BicycleOctober 2022August 2025Abandon3410NoNo
17959213VEHICLE CONTROL APPARATUSOctober 2022October 2024Allow2500NoNo
17952406MOBILE OBJECT CONTROL DEVICE, MOBILE OBJECT, LEARNING DEVICE, LEARNING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUMSeptember 2022February 2025Allow2810NoNo
17947879DISPLAY DEVICE, DISPLAY METHOD, AND VEHICLESeptember 2022July 2025Abandon3420NoNo
17946972PIXEL-BY-PIXEL SEGMENTATION OF AERIAL IMAGERY FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE CONTROLSeptember 2022January 2025Allow2810NoNo
17905584METHOD FOR STEERING A VEHICLESeptember 2022February 2025Allow3010NoNo
17893679ADAPTIVE CONTROLLER PERFORMANCE ANALYZER AND ALGORITHM OPTIMIZERAugust 2022September 2025Allow3730NoNo
17893345HIGH VOLTAGE HARNESS THERMAL MONITOR AND POWER MANAGEMENT SYSTEMAugust 2022January 2025Allow2910NoNo
17820479HARVERSTER SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATED AND SEMI-AUTOMATED FILLING OF BINS OF RECEIVING VEHICLESAugust 2022December 2024Allow2810NoNo
17819376AUTONOMOUSLY GUIDED INDUSTRIAL TRUCK HAVING A PAIR OF SCANNER UNITSAugust 2022November 2024Allow2710NoNo
17819583VANISHING POINT DETERMINATION, SYMMETRY-BASED BOUNDARY REFINEMENT, AND COMPONENT DETECTION FOR VEHICLE OBJECT DETECTION OR OTHER APPLICATIONSAugust 2022October 2024Allow2610NoNo
17759549TRANSPORTER AND METHOD FOR TRANSPORTING OBJECTJuly 2022August 2024Allow2510NoNo
17814497PATH GENERATION BASED ON PREDICTED ACTIONSJuly 2022January 2025Allow3010YesNo
17793289VEHICLE LAMPJuly 2022September 2024Allow2610NoNo
17864006Vehicle Diagnostic System and Method having Specialized DataJuly 2022February 2025Allow3110NoNo
17811622METHOD FOR ASSISTING A COUPLING PROCEDURE TO BE PERFORMED AT AN AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT INTERFACEJuly 2022November 2024Allow2810NoNo
17789976MOTOR CONTROL SYSTEM AND VEHICLE WITH SAMEJune 2022August 2024Allow2610NoNo
17851114AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE, CONTROL SYSTEM FOR REMOTELY CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND METHOD THEREOFJune 2022September 2024Allow2710NoNo
17788706MACHINE LEARNING ARCHITECTURES FOR CAMERA-BASED DETECTION AND AVOIDANCE ON AIRCRAFTSJune 2022December 2024Abandon3010NoNo
17782894METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CLASSIFYING AN ACCIDENT EVENT INVOLVING A TWO-WHEELED VEHICLEJune 2022November 2024Allow2910NoNo
17804029BATTERY CONSUMPTION SIMULATION OF A MACHINE BASED ON FUEL BURN DATA OF THE MACHINEMay 2022August 2024Allow2710YesNo
17804039AUTONOMOUS TRANSPORT VEHICLE WITH POWER MANAGEMENTMay 2022October 2024Allow2810NoNo
17642162Vehicle Control Device, Vehicle Control Method, Vehicle Motion Control System, and Lane Estimation DeviceMarch 2022August 2024Allow2910NoNo
17653652SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING UNLOADING OF AGRICULTURAL MATERIALMarch 2022January 2026Abandon4640NoNo
17653247SMART KEY REMOTE CONTROLLER AND LOW POWER OPERATING METHOD OF THE SAMEMarch 2022August 2024Allow2910NoNo
17650301POWER SAVINGS FOR REMOTE CONTROL DEVICEFebruary 2022February 2025Allow3620NoNo
17561020REMOTE DRIVING SYSTEMDecember 2021October 2024Abandon3310NoNo
17558062User Interface Techniques for Recommending Remote Assistance ActionsDecember 2021July 2024Allow3110YesNo
17554413LOCAL ASSISTANCE FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE-ENABLED RIDESHARE SERVICEDecember 2021August 2024Allow3210NoNo
17550324LOCAL ASSISTANCE FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE-ENABLED RIDESHARE SERVICEDecember 2021June 2024Allow3010NoNo
17523980SYSTEM FOR AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING WATERCRAFTNovember 2021July 2024Allow3210NoNo
17511158VEHICLE TRAJECTORY PLANNING METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICEOctober 2021August 2024Abandon3310NoNo
17451571AUTONOMOUS DRIVING NETWORK VEHICLE ALERTINGOctober 2021November 2024Allow3720NoNo
17491297TIMING OR ZONE ALERT DETERMINATION FROM VEHICLE EVENTS AND/OR AN ACCIDENT DATABASESeptember 2021September 2024Allow3620YesNo
17486606TREND DATA FOR AIRCRAFT DISPLAYSSeptember 2021May 2024Allow3110NoNo
17484599DRIVING SUPPORT APPARATUSSeptember 2021April 2024Allow3110NoNo
17480749REFLECTOR-BASED SURVEYING FOR AUTOMATED GUIDED VEHICLESSeptember 2021May 2024Allow3210NoNo
17446708METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ESTIMATING A REMAINING USEFUL LIFE OF AN ASSETSeptember 2021September 2024Allow3620NoNo
17412855AUTONOMOUS HEADERAugust 2021December 2024Abandon4010NoNo
17411559REAR LATERAL BLIND-SPOT WARNING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VEHICLEAugust 2021September 2024Allow3620NoNo
17392542MONITORING SYSTEM FOR MONITORING STATUS OF WHEELS AND MONITORING METHOD USING SAMEAugust 2021June 2024Allow3420NoNo
17359951REMOTE PARKING CONTROL FOR VEHICLES COUPLED IN A TOWED RECHARGING ARRANGEMENTJune 2021June 2024Allow3620NoNo

Appeals Overview

No appeal data available for this record. This may indicate that no appeals have been filed or decided for applications in this dataset.

Examiner FENG, VINCENT - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner FENG, VINCENT works in Art Unit 3669 and has examined 16 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 81.2%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 33 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner FENG, VINCENT's allowance rate of 81.2% places them in the 52% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by FENG, VINCENT receive 1.38 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 21% 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 FENG, VINCENT 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 +21.4% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by FENG, VINCENT. This interview benefit is in the 66% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews provide an above-average benefit with this examiner and are worth considering.

Request for Continued Examination (RCE) Effectiveness

When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 50.0% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 98% 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 100.0% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 100% 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.

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 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.

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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