Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19012623 | THRESHING AND SEPARATION METHOD TO SEPARATE GRAINS FROM MATERIAL OTHER THAN GRAIN VIA THRESHING AND SEPARATING APPARATUSES | January 2025 | April 2025 | Allow | 3 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 19012144 | SYSTEMS FOR REGULATING THE FLOW OF MATERIAL OTHER THAN GRAIN THROUGH COMMON CONCAVES WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY EQUALIZING THE FLOW OF GRAIN THROUGH COMMON CONCAVES | January 2025 | June 2025 | Allow | 5 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 19012532 | OVER-CENTER LATCH WITH MOUNT, BASE PLATE, LEVER, AND CENTER PIN FOR COMBINE CONCAVES | January 2025 | April 2025 | Allow | 4 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18826702 | SIEVE CHUTES FOR A LOWER SIEVE OF AN AGRICULTURAL COMBINE | September 2024 | February 2025 | Allow | 5 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18808925 | COMBINE WITH THRESHING CHAMBER DEFINED BY DISTINCT SEQUENCES OF CONCAVES | August 2024 | October 2024 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18805694 | STARTER ROLLER AND BLOCKING BAR FOR A CONVEYING SYSTEM OF AN AGRICULTURAL HARVESTER | August 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18728997 | BAND FOR BRUSH CUTTER AND BRUSH CUTTER SET | July 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18680838 | WALK REEL MOWER WITH ADJUSTABLE HANDLE ASSEMBLY | May 2024 | December 2024 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18676197 | OVER-CENTER LATCH WITH MOUNT, BASE PLATE, LEVER, AND CENTER PIN FOR COMBINE CONCAVES | May 2024 | November 2024 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18666139 | CONCAVE WITH ADJUSTABLE OPENINGS | May 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18637116 | Parking Brake Control for Ride-On Zero-Turn Work Machines | April 2024 | August 2024 | Allow | 4 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18623687 | SIEVE CHUTES FOR A LOWER SIEVE OF AN AGRICULTURAL COMBINE | April 2024 | July 2024 | Allow | 4 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18593183 | Elevator Assembly for an Agricultural Harvester with a Storage Hopper having a Conveyor Therein | March 2024 | May 2025 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18591362 | WEED SEED DESTRUCTION | February 2024 | January 2025 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18432461 | Riding Lawn Mower with a USB Interface | February 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18412766 | THRESHING BEDS AND CONCAVE FOR AN AGRICULTURAL COMBINE FORMED THEREWITH | January 2024 | April 2025 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18390222 | THRESHING ELEMENT SEPARATING GRATE WITH UPWARDLY ANGLED DEFLECTING SURFACE | December 2023 | June 2025 | Abandon | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18545908 | ACTUATED STRIPPER PLATE MECHANISM FOR A HARVESTER | December 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18541113 | AGRICULTURAL HEADER WITH ONE OR MORE MOVABLE WING SECTIONS | December 2023 | June 2025 | Abandon | 18 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 18531420 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR THRESHING/SEPARATING GRAINS AND LEGUMES UTILIZING CONCAVES | December 2023 | May 2024 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18528663 | Turf Aerator with Covered Tine Assembly | December 2023 | May 2025 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18520943 | ASSEMBLY FOR CONCAVE FITTED WITH MATERIAL OTHER THAN GRAIN (MOG) LIMITING DEVICES | November 2023 | April 2025 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18517729 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF STACKING DETACHERS | November 2023 | November 2024 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18508625 | LAWNMOWER DISCHARGE ACCESSORIES | November 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 16 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18559799 | RATOONING RICE HARVESTING HEADER AND HARVESTER INCLUDING THE SAME | November 2023 | June 2024 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18387359 | OUTDOOR POWER EQUIPMENT SUSPENSION SYSTEM | November 2023 | April 2025 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18376638 | OFFSET CONCAVE THRESHING BARS | October 2023 | May 2024 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18480179 | Elevator Assembly for an Agricultural Harvester with a Storage Hopper having a Conveyor Therein | October 2023 | July 2024 | Allow | 10 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18480395 | Combine Crop Trash Removal System | October 2023 | April 2025 | Abandon | 18 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18207835 | ADJUSTABLE HANDLE ASSEMBLY FOR A WALK-BEHIND MOWER | June 2023 | May 2024 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18200498 | BALER CONNECTABLE TO A TRACTOR FOR PROVIDING ROUND BALES AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING ROUND BALES | May 2023 | May 2024 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18304959 | POWER CAPACITY INDICATOR FOR A RIDING LAWN MOWER | April 2023 | November 2024 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18026938 | FEEDER CONVEYOR VARIABLE TENSIONER | March 2023 | July 2023 | Allow | 4 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18153808 | HAY RAKE TOOTH ASSEMBLY | January 2023 | December 2023 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17926509 | HEADER HEIGHT CONTROL FOR COMBINE HARVESTER | November 2022 | July 2023 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17972239 | AGRICULTURAL HEADER WITH ONE OR MORE MOVABLE WING SECTIONS | October 2022 | November 2023 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17954902 | CONCAVE WITH ADJUSTABLE OPENINGS | September 2022 | February 2024 | Allow | 17 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17949625 | ROAD TRAVEL SYSTEM FOR AN AGRICULTURAL VEHICLE | September 2022 | February 2024 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17899240 | THRESHING GRAINS AND LEGUMES UTILIZING CONCAVES WITH ADJUSTABLE OPENINGS | August 2022 | September 2023 | Allow | 12 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17891417 | HARVESTER REEL HAVING ADJUSTABLE TINE BARS AND METHOD FOR RESETTING SAME | August 2022 | June 2025 | Allow | 34 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17885385 | LAWNMOWER DISCHARGE ACCESSORIES | August 2022 | August 2023 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17881538 | CROP DIVIDER STRUCTURE FOR CUTTING SYSTEM | August 2022 | October 2024 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17829409 | ADJUSTABLE HANDLE ASSEMBLY FOR A WALK-BEHIND MOWER | June 2022 | March 2023 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17780460 | Seed Harvester and Related Methods | May 2022 | June 2024 | Allow | 24 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 17824085 | INFEED BELT CONVEYOR AT COMBINE FEEDER | May 2022 | October 2023 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17748251 | SIEVE FOR AN AGRICULTURAL HARVESTER INCLUDING EXTRUDED SIDES WITH POLYMERIC STRIPS | May 2022 | June 2025 | Allow | 37 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17743200 | CHOPPER ARRANGEMENT FOR AN AGRICULTURAL HARVESTER | May 2022 | October 2022 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17721755 | Round Baler with Starter Roll and Elastically Deflectable Deflector Element | April 2022 | May 2025 | Allow | 37 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17714319 | ELEVATOR SPREADER CONVEYOR SYSTEM | April 2022 | June 2025 | Allow | 38 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17709967 | FEEDER DEVICE FOR A DRAPER HEADER | March 2022 | March 2024 | Abandon | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17710339 | BELT DRIVE FOR DRIVING THE HEADER OF A COMBINE HARVESTER | March 2022 | July 2022 | Allow | 3 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17656271 | CHOPPER SYSTEM WITH WEAR INDICATOR | March 2022 | May 2025 | Allow | 37 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17686189 | SUSPENSION COMPLIANCE TO REDUCE FRAME LOADING | March 2022 | April 2024 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17635343 | Feederhouse Tilt Frame For An Agricultural Harvester | February 2022 | April 2025 | Allow | 38 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17649947 | DRAPER PICKUP WITH CROP DISTRIBUTION FOR AGRICULTURAL BALER | February 2022 | January 2025 | Allow | 36 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17589448 | REPOSITIONABLE WINDGUARD ASSEMBLY FOR AGRICULTURAL BALER FEEDER SYSTEM | January 2022 | May 2025 | Allow | 39 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17589387 | REPOSITIONABLE WINDGUARD ASSEMBLY FOR AGRICULTURAL BALER FEEDER SYSTEM | January 2022 | May 2025 | Allow | 39 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17631384 | Threshing Device | January 2022 | June 2025 | Abandon | 40 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 17627340 | BALE WRAPPING SYSTEM | January 2022 | June 2025 | Allow | 41 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17565774 | VARIABLE CROSS-SECTION VANE FOR TRANSITION CONE IN COMBINE HARVESTER | December 2021 | March 2025 | Allow | 39 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17564796 | KNIFE INSERT AND RETRACT WITH INDEPENDENT KNIFE PROTECTION OF AGRICULTURAL BALER | December 2021 | February 2025 | Allow | 38 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17564644 | AGRICULTURAL BALER WITH GRASPING BALE RELEASE RAMP | December 2021 | March 2025 | Allow | 38 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17623012 | AGRICULTURAL MACHINE AND METHOD FOR HARVESTING FIBRE CROPS | December 2021 | June 2025 | Abandon | 41 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17622346 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR HARVESTING TEXTILE HEMP | December 2021 | March 2025 | Allow | 38 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17645795 | FORAGE HARVESTER REPLACEABLE WEAR PLATE | December 2021 | April 2025 | Allow | 39 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17557199 | PICKUP BELT HEADER FINGER GUIDE RAMP | December 2021 | February 2025 | Allow | 38 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17553220 | CROP UNLOADER DRIVE WITH TENSIONER | December 2021 | October 2024 | Allow | 34 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17551254 | SOD HARVESTING SYSTEMS WITH SLAB LENGTH ADJUSTABILITY | December 2021 | February 2025 | Allow | 38 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17550360 | Harvesting Device with Guide Element Adopting Different Positions | December 2021 | February 2025 | Allow | 38 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17613895 | High Efficiency Lawn Mower Blade | November 2021 | January 2025 | Allow | 38 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17612592 | CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A POSITION OF A HEADER OF AN AGRICULTURAL HARVESTER | November 2021 | October 2022 | Allow | 11 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17529478 | WIDTH ADJUSTABLE HARVESTING APPARATUS AND MACHINE | November 2021 | March 2025 | Allow | 40 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17595462 | A MOVEABLE DEVICE FOR PICKING UP A PRODUCT FROM THE LAND | November 2021 | February 2025 | Allow | 39 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17525038 | ROBOTIC WORK TOOL WITH HEIGHT ADJUSTABLE CUTTING DISK AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A ROBOTIC WORK TOOL | November 2021 | November 2024 | Allow | 36 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17525416 | Soft Robotic Gripper for Berry Harvesting | November 2021 | December 2024 | Allow | 37 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17609568 | Threshing Apparatus With Return Amount Detector | November 2021 | January 2025 | Allow | 39 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17520047 | RIDING GRASS MOWER WITH ROTARY BLADE DRIVE SELECTION UNIT | November 2021 | November 2024 | Allow | 36 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17518841 | CONTROLLED FLOAT ON AN AGRICULTURAL HARVESTER FOR HEADER LEVELING | November 2021 | February 2024 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17518842 | HYBRID MOWER WITH ELECTRIC BLADE CONTROL SYSTEM | November 2021 | June 2023 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17594983 | FOLIAGE-PROCESSING DEVICE MOVABLE OVER LAND IN A DIRECTION OF TRAVEL AS WELL AS HARVESTER COMPRISING A FOLIAGE-PROCESSING DEVICE | November 2021 | March 2025 | Abandon | 40 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17608498 | DEVICE SUITABLE FOR AUTOMATICALLY HARVESTING SOILLESS CULTURE SPROUTS | November 2021 | March 2025 | Abandon | 40 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17451390 | SUGARCANE HARVESTER EXTRACTOR WITH LEAF SHREDDER | October 2021 | February 2025 | Abandon | 40 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17599530 | STRAW WALKER LOAD MONITORING | September 2021 | March 2025 | Abandon | 42 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17598706 | PROTECTIVE MEMBER, BLADE ASSEMBLY, AND LAWNMOWER | September 2021 | February 2025 | Abandon | 41 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17598865 | PULLEY ASSEMBLY FOR AN AGRICULTURAL HARVESTER | September 2021 | March 2022 | Allow | 5 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17484056 | AGRICULTURAL HEADER WITH ONE OR MORE MOVABLE WING SECTIONS | September 2021 | December 2023 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17478232 | CUTTING ELEMENT WITH SELF-RESHARPENING CUTTING EDGE | September 2021 | March 2025 | Allow | 41 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17473288 | Feed Train Assemblies with Skewed Feeder Roller Pairs for a Sugarcane Harvester | September 2021 | November 2024 | Allow | 38 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17438285 | Agricultural Vehicle with Adjustable Lift Height Based on Header Identification | September 2021 | May 2022 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17447111 | MULCH GATE CONTROL LEVER | September 2021 | January 2025 | Allow | 41 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17468535 | HARVESTING SYSTEM FOR ROW-BY-ROW CONTROL OF A HARVESTER | September 2021 | January 2025 | Allow | 40 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17466226 | CONTROL OF RESIDUE SPREAD PATTERN BY CONTINUOUSLY VARYING DISTRIBUTION FREQUENCY | September 2021 | October 2024 | Allow | 38 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17466222 | ACTIVE LOSS MONITOR FOR A HARVESTER | September 2021 | October 2024 | Allow | 37 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17462923 | FEEDER HOUSING WITH INDEPENDENTLY DRIVEN ROCK BEATER | August 2021 | January 2025 | Abandon | 40 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17435001 | COTTON TOPPING UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE HAVING CUTTER DISCS AND FRONT GRAIN LIFTING BAFFLE PLATES | August 2021 | May 2024 | Allow | 32 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17412647 | HINGED AGRICULTURAL EQUIPMENT | August 2021 | October 2024 | Allow | 37 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17430183 | APPARATUS INCLUDING AN AUTONOMOUS ROBOT APPARATUS FOR MOWING GRASS | August 2021 | November 2024 | Allow | 39 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17395755 | APPARATUS FOR CUTTING VEGETATION | August 2021 | October 2024 | Allow | 38 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17395635 | CLEANING FAN AIRFLOW CONTROL SYSTEM | August 2021 | November 2024 | Allow | 39 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17393591 | Agricultural Weed Removal System | August 2021 | October 2024 | Allow | 38 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner FABIAN-KOVACS, ARPAD.
With a 64.3% reversal rate, the PTAB has reversed the examiner's rejections more often than affirming them. This reversal rate is in the top 25% across the USPTO, indicating that appeals are more successful here than in most other areas.
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, 51.7% of applications that filed an appeal were subsequently allowed. This appeal filing benefit rate is in the top 25% across the USPTO, indicating that filing appeals is particularly effective here. The act of filing often prompts favorable reconsideration during the mandatory appeal conference.
✓ 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 FABIAN-KOVACS, ARPAD works in Art Unit 3671 and has examined 2,478 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 85.3%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 21 months.
Examiner FABIAN-KOVACS, ARPAD's allowance rate of 85.3% places them in the 57% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications.
On average, applications examined by FABIAN-KOVACS, ARPAD receive 1.34 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 27% 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 FABIAN-KOVACS, ARPAD is 21 months. This places the examiner in the 87% percentile for prosecution speed. Applications move through prosecution relatively quickly with this examiner.
Conducting an examiner interview provides a +5.1% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by FABIAN-KOVACS, ARPAD. This interview benefit is in the 30% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews provide a below-average benefit with this examiner.
When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 36.9% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 80% 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.
This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 36.9% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 48% 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, 95.2% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 67% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: Pre-appeal conferences show above-average effectiveness with this examiner. If you have strong arguments, a PAC request may result in favorable reconsideration.
This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 82.5% of appeals filed. This is in the 73% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 42.4% occur early in the appeal process (after Notice of Appeal but before Appeal Brief). Strategic Insight: This examiner shows above-average willingness to reconsider rejections during appeals. The mandatory appeal conference (MPEP § 1207.01) provides an opportunity for reconsideration.
When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 56.1% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 71% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Note: Petitions show above-average success regarding this examiner's actions. Petitionable matters include restriction requirements (MPEP § 1002.02(c)(2)) and various procedural issues.
Examiner's Amendments: This examiner makes examiner's amendments in 5.3% of allowed cases (in the 90% percentile). Per MPEP § 1302.04, examiner's amendments are used to place applications in condition for allowance when only minor changes are needed. This examiner frequently uses this tool compared to other examiners, indicating a cooperative approach to getting applications allowed. Strategic Insight: If you are close to allowance but minor claim amendments are needed, this examiner may be willing to make an examiner's amendment rather than requiring another round of prosecution.
Quayle Actions: This examiner issues Ex Parte Quayle actions in 6.5% of allowed cases (in the 82% percentile). Per MPEP § 714.14, a Quayle action indicates that all claims are allowable but formal matters remain. This examiner frequently uses Quayle actions compared to other examiners, which is a positive indicator that once substantive issues are resolved, allowance follows quickly.
Based on the statistical analysis of this examiner's prosecution patterns, here are tailored strategic recommendations:
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