Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18926633 | STRAW RETURNING METHOD THROUGH THAWING AND WET PUDDLING FOR SALINE-SODIC PADDY FIELDS AND APPLICATION THEREOF | October 2024 | June 2025 | Allow | 8 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17968914 | BELT DRIVE FOR A WEED SEED DESTRUCTOR OF A COMBINE HARVESTER | October 2022 | July 2025 | Abandon | 33 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17841102 | AGRICULTURAL HEADER WITH A DRAPER BELT INCLUDING A SEED SAVER DISPOSED BEHIND ONE OR MORE CROP RAMPS | June 2022 | January 2026 | Allow | 43 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17715601 | MODULAR AGRICULTURAL PLANTER | April 2022 | September 2024 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17754105 | CUTTING TOOL MOUNTED ON DIVIDER OF A HARVESTING HEADER | March 2022 | September 2025 | Allow | 42 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17693661 | COMBINE HARVESTER RESIDUE SPREADER FIN SHAPED TO INCREASE SPREADING ACTION | March 2022 | March 2024 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17692097 | Trimmer Attachment for Lawnmower | March 2022 | January 2025 | Abandon | 34 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17652040 | COMBINE CONCAVE | February 2022 | April 2024 | Abandon | 26 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17590956 | CONDITIONER ASSEMBLY WITH REMOTE ADJUSTABLE ROLL GAP | February 2022 | October 2025 | Allow | 44 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17586133 | Utility Vehicle Hay Fork Attachment Device | January 2022 | January 2026 | Allow | 47 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17561965 | Systems and Methods for Improved Bucker Insertion | December 2021 | March 2024 | Allow | 26 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17645952 | SKID PLATE FOR SENSOR INTEGRATION | December 2021 | March 2024 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17645881 | FORAGE HARVESTER | December 2021 | March 2024 | Allow | 26 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17552777 | DAMPER ELEMENT FOR AGRICULTURAL EQUIPMENT DISC SUPPORT, AGRICULTURAL EQUIPMENT DISC SUPPORT, AND AGRICULTURAL EQUIPMENT | December 2021 | April 2025 | Abandon | 40 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17618271 | A COMBINE HARVESTER AND A METHOD FOR THRESHING HARVESTED CROP MATERIAL | December 2021 | April 2025 | Abandon | 40 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17545380 | ROTARY FRAME AND GRADER WITH SAME | December 2021 | September 2025 | Allow | 45 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17457828 | WRAP DETECTION AND MOISTURE SENSING CONTROL SYSTEM OF AGRICULTURAL BALER | December 2021 | May 2025 | Allow | 41 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17534984 | Mower Having a Mower Unit With a Wind-Around Power Transmission Mechanism | November 2021 | November 2025 | Abandon | 48 | 4 | 0 | No | No |
| 17531675 | VEGETATION EDGER WITH LASER AND METHOD | November 2021 | March 2025 | Abandon | 40 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17529023 | RESIDUE CHOPPER WITH COUNTERBLADES AND FINS | November 2021 | July 2025 | Allow | 44 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17512779 | LAWN MOWER CUTTER HEIGHT ADJUSTMENT | October 2021 | August 2024 | Allow | 33 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17606865 | WORK VECHICLE WITH QUALITY DETERMINATION DEVICE FOR GRASS | October 2021 | September 2025 | Allow | 47 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17594701 | SEEDING ROBOT | October 2021 | September 2025 | Allow | 47 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17509978 | HYDRAULIC SYSTEMS FOR GRADING MACHINES | October 2021 | August 2025 | Allow | 46 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17450618 | UNIFORM BALE FORMATION SYSTEM | October 2021 | July 2025 | Allow | 45 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17496982 | RADIO-CONTROLLED VEHICLE FOR PERFORMING GROUND WORK | October 2021 | March 2025 | Allow | 41 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17497500 | Height Adjustment Device and Robotic Mower Comprising a Height Adjustment Device | October 2021 | October 2024 | Allow | 37 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17494366 | CRAWLER DOZER BLADE CORNER VISIBILITY | October 2021 | April 2025 | Allow | 43 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17491722 | PIVOTABLE WINDROW CHUTE FOR COMBINE HARVESTER | October 2021 | February 2024 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17449460 | MOWER CUTTING UNIT LIFT SYSTEM WITH FLEXIBLE LINK | September 2021 | July 2025 | Allow | 45 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17483169 | COMMON DRIVE MEMBER FOR WEED SEED MILL OF COMBINE HARVESTER | September 2021 | December 2023 | Allow | 26 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17476146 | STALK ROLLER ASSEMBLY FOR AN AGRICULTURAL SYSTEM | September 2021 | April 2024 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17471269 | MOVABLE HARVESTING APPARATUS AND HARVESTING UNIT | September 2021 | July 2024 | Allow | 34 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17470398 | BUBBLE UP AUGER FOR COMBINE HARVESTER | September 2021 | March 2025 | Allow | 42 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16325643 | MOWER FOLDING-TYPE CHASSIS | September 2021 | April 2025 | Abandon | 60 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17436217 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR STRIPPING LEAVES AND OR FLOWERS FROM A STALK | September 2021 | September 2024 | Allow | 36 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17462657 | INTERNAL DRIVE SYSTEM FOR WEED SEED MILL OF COMBINE HARVESTER | August 2021 | February 2024 | Allow | 29 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17434769 | PRUNING DEVICE | August 2021 | February 2025 | Abandon | 42 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17408635 | APPARATUS FOR ATTACHMENT TO A TRACTOR | August 2021 | February 2025 | Abandon | 42 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17432301 | ELECTRIC WORK MACHINE WITH CUTTING BLADE | August 2021 | January 2025 | Abandon | 41 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17386885 | Belt Drive for a Weed Seed Destructor of a Combine Harvester | July 2021 | June 2025 | Abandon | 47 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17381428 | INTEGRATED WEED SEED MILL AND CHOPPER FOR COMBINE HARVESTER | July 2021 | June 2024 | Allow | 35 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17381302 | COMBINE HARVESTERS HAVING AIR CHANNEL ASSEMBLIES, AND RELATED METHODS | July 2021 | September 2024 | Allow | 37 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17424556 | HARVESTING HEADER HAVING A HYDRAULIC FLUID LOOP AND RELATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS | July 2021 | October 2024 | Allow | 39 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17380503 | Cutting Device | July 2021 | July 2024 | Allow | 36 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17424121 | BAFFLE SYSTEM FOR LAWN MOWER CUTTING DECK | July 2021 | January 2025 | Abandon | 42 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17422821 | REEL ASSEMBLY OF AN AGRICULTURAL HEADER | July 2021 | April 2024 | Allow | 33 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17375056 | LAND PLANE ATTACHMENT WITH MECHANICAL RIPPER | July 2021 | August 2024 | Allow | 37 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17421485 | Swath Lifter | July 2021 | July 2025 | Allow | 48 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17355805 | AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT SYSTEM WITH A CONTROLLER FOR DETECTING AND MITIGATING PLUG CONDITIONS | June 2021 | March 2024 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17347781 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR STEERING A HARVESTING IMPLEMENT OF AN AGRICULTURAL HARVESTER | June 2021 | October 2024 | Abandon | 40 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17347752 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING THE POSITION OF A HARVESTING IMPLEMENT OF AN AGRICULTURAL HARVESTER | June 2021 | September 2025 | Allow | 51 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 17344124 | A MOWING DEVICE WITH A ROTARY FAN AND RELATED FEATURES | June 2021 | June 2025 | Allow | 48 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17324571 | AGRICULTURAL HEADER REEL POSITION CONTROL BASED ON HEADER WING POSITION | May 2021 | July 2024 | Allow | 38 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17293952 | HARVESTER HEADER HAVING A SEGMENT CONTROL SYSTEM | May 2021 | April 2025 | Allow | 47 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17294259 | HEADER WITH MODULAR RIGID FRAME | May 2021 | February 2025 | Abandon | 45 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17293713 | HARVESTER HEADER WITH LATERAL BELT ROLLER MOUNT | May 2021 | September 2025 | Allow | 52 | 2 | 0 | No | Yes |
| 17292332 | LOCKING MECHANISM FOR AN AGRICULTURAL HEADER | May 2021 | April 2024 | Allow | 36 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17245260 | ELECTRONICALLY CONTROLLED VISCOUS COUPLER FOR COMBINE HARVESTER | April 2021 | July 2024 | Allow | 39 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17242489 | Conveying and Collecting Device with a Drivable Conveying and Collecting Unit and Agricultural Crop Press with the Conveying and Collecting Device | April 2021 | July 2024 | Allow | 39 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17226002 | Apparatus, Systems And Methods For Stalk Sensing | April 2021 | August 2024 | Allow | 40 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17225586 | Method for warning of a shelled ear event | April 2021 | September 2024 | Allow | 41 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17282995 | AUTONOMOUS CROP HARVESTER | April 2021 | April 2024 | Allow | 36 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17250816 | CROP DUST SEPARATION SYSTEM | March 2021 | May 2024 | Allow | 39 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17177340 | WORKING MACHINE HAVING MULTIPLE MODES OF OPERATION | February 2021 | March 2024 | Allow | 37 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17266536 | AGRICULTURAL WORKING APPARATUS | February 2021 | March 2025 | Abandon | 50 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17141651 | MOWER-CONDITIONER MACHINE FOR SENSING MOISTURE CONTENT OF CROP MATERIAL | January 2021 | March 2024 | Allow | 38 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17056865 | IMPROVED METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATICALLY PICKING A FRUIT | November 2020 | April 2025 | Allow | 53 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17051547 | MULTI-POSITION LOCKING MECHANISM FOR A RIDING LAWN CARE VEHICLE | October 2020 | June 2024 | Allow | 43 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17013037 | Apparatus, Systems And Methods For Stalk Sensing | September 2020 | February 2026 | Allow | 60 | 4 | 0 | No | No |
| 16947352 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING WEEDS | July 2020 | April 2024 | Allow | 44 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner KAERCHER, ASHLEY ANGELINE.
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, 100.0% 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.
✓ Filing a Notice of Appeal is strategically valuable. The act of filing often prompts favorable reconsideration during the mandatory appeal conference.
Examiner KAERCHER, ASHLEY ANGELINE works in Art Unit 3671 and has examined 61 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 78.7%, this examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 40 months.
Examiner KAERCHER, ASHLEY ANGELINE's allowance rate of 78.7% places them in the 47% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications.
On average, applications examined by KAERCHER, ASHLEY ANGELINE receive 1.43 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 23% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues significantly fewer office actions than most examiners.
The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by KAERCHER, ASHLEY ANGELINE is 40 months. This places the examiner in the 25% percentile for prosecution speed. Applications take longer to reach final disposition with this examiner compared to most others.
Conducting an examiner interview provides a +23.6% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by KAERCHER, ASHLEY ANGELINE. This interview benefit is in the 70% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews provide an above-average benefit with this examiner and are worth considering.
When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 34.6% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 77% 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 58.8% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 84% 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.
This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 100.0% of appeals filed. This is in the 98% percentile among all examiners. 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.
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 4.2% of allowed cases (in the 78% 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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