Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19218466 | VIBRATORY BACKFILLING DEVICE FOR ON-RIDGE TRANSPLANT | May 2025 | July 2025 | Allow | 1 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 19190902 | LAWNMOWER WITH MAINTENANCE COUPLING | April 2025 | August 2025 | Allow | 4 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18957224 | STALK ROLL | November 2024 | January 2025 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18884409 | Resilient Elastomeric Single Piece Biasing Connector for Joining Two Lawn Rakes | September 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18839026 | UPSTANDING CLAMPING LONGITUDINAL CONVEYOR SYSTEM FOR WHOLE-STEM REED HARVESTING, METHOD, AND HARVESTER | August 2024 | July 2025 | Allow | 11 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18758355 | SYSTEMS, APPARATUS, AND RELATED METHODS FOR USE WITH MERGERS | June 2024 | January 2026 | Allow | 18 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18666209 | STALK ROLL WITH PROGRESSIVELY INCREASING ENGAGEMENT GAP | May 2024 | November 2024 | Allow | 6 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18666288 | STALK ROLL WITH WIDE ENGAGEMENT GAP | May 2024 | December 2024 | Allow | 7 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18618300 | ACCESS DOOR WITH INTEGRAL CROP DEFLECTOR FOR A COMBINE HARVESTER AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME | March 2024 | March 2026 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18614547 | ANABASIS APHYLLA FIELD PLANTING DEVICE AND PLANTING METHOD THEREOF | March 2024 | June 2024 | Allow | 3 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18600075 | SEEDING ASSEMBLY FOR DIRECT SEEDING | March 2024 | March 2026 | Allow | 24 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18441238 | Mulching Lawn Mower Blade | February 2024 | May 2024 | Allow | 4 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18432419 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR UTILIZING A LOWER PARALLEL PLANTING ARM | February 2024 | August 2025 | Allow | 18 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18402331 | LOW-NOISE ELECTRIC LAWNMOWERS WITH CURVED CUTTING BLADES | January 2024 | August 2024 | Allow | 7 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18390869 | SEED PLANTING MACHINE | December 2023 | January 2025 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18523242 | SOIL REGULATION AND CONTROL DEVICE FOR PREVENTING GRASSLAND SOIL DEGRADATION | November 2023 | May 2024 | Allow | 6 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18382000 | LAWN MOWER DECK CLEANING APPARATUS AND METHOD | October 2023 | January 2024 | Allow | 3 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18487824 | ADJUSTABLE SEED METER AND RELATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS | October 2023 | July 2025 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18374261 | APPARATUS FOR COMBINING PLANTING IMPLEMENTS | September 2023 | September 2024 | Allow | 12 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18474640 | ELECTRIC LAWNMOWERS WITH COOLING FEATURES INTEGRATED INTO MOWING-UNIT ENCLOSURES AND METHODS OF OPERATING THEREOF | September 2023 | November 2023 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18474646 | ELECTRIC LAWNMOWERS WITH INTERCHANGEABLE MOWING UNITS AND METHODS OF OPERATING THEREOF | September 2023 | February 2024 | Allow | 4 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18372674 | RIDING-TYPE MOWING APPARATUS | September 2023 | March 2026 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18238353 | Agricultural Operation Monitoring Apparatus, Systems, And Methods | August 2023 | February 2025 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18231827 | ORIENTATION-BASED MOWER CONTROL | August 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 22 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18358348 | CROSS VENTED RESIDUE DISPOSAL SYSTEM FOR AN ENCLOSED COMBINE BODY | July 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 20 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18345224 | Electric Motor and Blade Assembly for a Lawn Mower | June 2023 | June 2025 | Abandon | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18269267 | DETACHABLE DEPTH-GAUGE LEVELING WHEEL WITH STUBBLE SWEEPER | June 2023 | January 2024 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18320304 | RIDING LAWN MOWER, DISPLAY INTERFACE OF A POWER TOOL AND RIDING MACHINE | May 2023 | March 2024 | Allow | 10 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18310854 | Systems, Implements, and Methods for Seed Orientation with Adjustable Singulators During Planting | May 2023 | January 2025 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18307408 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUS FOR AGRICULTURAL LIQUID APPLICATION | April 2023 | September 2025 | Allow | 29 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18132088 | Apparatus, Systems And Methods For Eliminating Cross-Track Error | April 2023 | October 2025 | Allow | 30 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18113933 | ROBOTIC LAWN MOWER INCLUDING REMOVABLE RECHARGEABLE BATTERY MODULE | February 2023 | December 2024 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18111135 | BATTERY LATCHING MECHANISM FOR POWER EQUIPMENT, AND LAWNMOWER | February 2023 | February 2026 | Allow | 36 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18101640 | Lawnmower Blade Lock | January 2023 | June 2023 | Allow | 4 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18159722 | SYSTEMS AND APPARATUSES FOR SOIL AND SEED MONITORING | January 2023 | February 2025 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18017844 | Independent Front Platform for Agricultural Machines and Agricultural Harvester | January 2023 | January 2026 | Allow | 36 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18012657 | HARVESTING AND SOWING INTEGRATED COMPOUND OPERATION MACHINE | December 2022 | June 2023 | Allow | 5 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18087100 | TOOL CARRIER UNIT FOR ATTACHMENT TO AN AGRICULTURAL VEHICLE AND AN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE FOR PERFORMING AN AGRICULTURE TASK INCLUDING THE TOOL CARRIER UNIT | December 2022 | January 2026 | Abandon | 37 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18086006 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR UTILIZING A LOWER PARALLEL PLANTING ARM | December 2022 | September 2023 | Allow | 9 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18067546 | PLANTING UNIT FOR A SEEDING MACHINE HAVING A SEED METER AND SEED DELIVERY SYSTEM | December 2022 | September 2025 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18081600 | CLOSING WHEEL SYSTEM FOR A SEEDER UNIT | December 2022 | June 2025 | Allow | 30 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18081432 | SEED TUBE GUARD AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF USE | December 2022 | February 2026 | Allow | 38 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18065362 | CONTROLLING A MACHINE BASED ON CRACKED KERNEL DETECTION | December 2022 | September 2024 | Allow | 21 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18072046 | FLEXIBLE ROTARY CUTTING DEVICE AND METHOD | November 2022 | January 2025 | Abandon | 25 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18059610 | IMPLEMENTS & APPLICATION UNITS HAVING AT LEAST ONE APPLICATION MEMBER FOR PLACEMENT OF APPLICATIONS WITH RESPECT TO AGRICULTURAL PLANTS OF AGRICULTURAL FIELDS | November 2022 | April 2025 | Allow | 28 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17988483 | SNOW TOOTH FOR A SNOW TILLER AND SAID SNOW TILLER FOR THE PREPARATION OF THE SNOW COVER OF THE SKI SLOPES | November 2022 | September 2025 | Allow | 34 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18055571 | SEED METER | November 2022 | September 2025 | Abandon | 34 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18052991 | SEED DISPENSING DEVICE FOR SOWING MACHINES | November 2022 | December 2025 | Abandon | 38 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17997858 | REVERSIBLE SEED TRENCH APPURTENANCE ASSEMBLY | November 2022 | October 2025 | Allow | 35 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17933717 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUS FOR AGRICULTURAL MATERIAL APPLICATION | September 2022 | November 2024 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17947748 | FRUIT PICKER | September 2022 | September 2024 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17912756 | SEED COULTER FOR DIRECT SEED DRILL, SEEDING UNIT COMPRISING SAID SEED COULTER AND SOWING MACHINE COMPRISING SEVERAL SEEDING UNITS | September 2022 | December 2025 | Allow | 39 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17821520 | Multi-Use Configurable Raking System | August 2022 | October 2022 | Allow | 2 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17798793 | SEED PLANTING MACHINE | August 2022 | September 2023 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17884194 | SINGLE HEIGHT ADJUSTMENT AND CONTROL ASSEMBLY FOR WALK-BEHIND OUTDOOR POWER EQUIPMENT | August 2022 | May 2025 | Allow | 33 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17818035 | AGRICULTURAL TRENCH DEPTH SENSING SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUS | August 2022 | November 2024 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17818032 | AGRICULTURAL TRENCH DEPTH SENSING SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUS | August 2022 | December 2024 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17818039 | AGRICULTURAL TRENCH DEPTH SENSING SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUS | August 2022 | March 2025 | Allow | 31 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17818037 | AGRICULTURAL TRENCH DEPTH SENSING SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUS | August 2022 | July 2024 | Allow | 23 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17817258 | AIR SEEDER PRESS WHEEL AND CLOSING WHEEL FORCE CONTROL | August 2022 | August 2025 | Abandon | 37 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17817265 | AIR SEEDER PRESS WHEEL AND CLOSING WHEEL FORCE CONTROL | August 2022 | August 2025 | Abandon | 37 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17815935 | IMPLEMENTS AND APPLICATION UNITS FOR PLACEMENT OF APPLICATIONS WITH RESPECT TO AGRICULTURAL PLANTS OF AGRICULTURAL FIELDS | July 2022 | August 2025 | Allow | 37 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 17871096 | ZERO TURN RADIUS MOWER WITH CUTTING BLADE CONTROL | July 2022 | March 2025 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17864918 | WORK MACHINE WITH A ROTARY MEMBER AND TORQUE CONTROL THEREFOR | July 2022 | November 2024 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17858132 | REMOTELY CONTROLLED ELECTRIC LAWNMOWER SYSTEM | July 2022 | January 2026 | Abandon | 42 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17849633 | Interchangeable and Dual-Functional Robot | June 2022 | December 2025 | Abandon | 42 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17849601 | Systems for Robotic Harvesting | June 2022 | March 2025 | Abandon | 33 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17835063 | FERTILIZER BLOCKAGE CLEANING SYSTEM FOR AN AGRICULTURAL FERTILIZER SPREADER | June 2022 | March 2026 | Allow | 45 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17833673 | AGRICULTURAL PLANTER INCLUDING ADJUSTABLE ROW CLEANERS | June 2022 | January 2025 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17756289 | RESIDUE SPREADER FOR A COMBINE HARVESTER | May 2022 | March 2023 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17660588 | SYSTEMS, IMPLEMENTS, AND METHODS FOR SEED ORIENTATION WITHIN AGRICULTURAL FIELDS | April 2022 | August 2024 | Allow | 27 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17727155 | ROW UNIT FOR A SEED-PLANTING IMPLEMENT HAVING A FURROW DEPTH ADJUSTMENT SYSTEM | April 2022 | September 2025 | Allow | 41 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17727169 | ROW UNIT FOR A SEED-PLANTING IMPLEMENT HAVING A FURROW DEPTH ADJUSTMENT SYSTEM | April 2022 | October 2025 | Allow | 42 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17727140 | ROW UNIT FOR A SEED-PLANTING IMPLEMENT HAVING A FURROW DEPTH ADJUSTMENT SYSTEM | April 2022 | April 2025 | Allow | 35 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17725833 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ROW CLEANER POSITIONING ON A SEED-PLANTING IMPLEMENT | April 2022 | October 2025 | Allow | 42 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17769412 | AGRICULTURAL MACHINE FOR SYNCHRONIZED SEED AND GRANULATE APPLICATION | April 2022 | January 2023 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17767830 | Electric Motor and Blade Assembly for a Lawn Mower | April 2022 | November 2023 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17763324 | Furrow Opener, Row Unit and Agricultural Implement, and Method of Manufacturing and Assembly Thereof | March 2022 | November 2025 | Allow | 44 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17641053 | CENTRAL FILLING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AN AGRICULTURAL APPLICATION IMPLEMENT | March 2022 | July 2025 | Allow | 40 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17665689 | END EFFECTOR FOR ROBOTIC HARVESTING | February 2022 | October 2025 | Abandon | 44 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17665099 | MULCH DIVERTING APPARATUS FOR A LAWNMOWER | February 2022 | July 2022 | Allow | 5 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17578228 | MOWER WITH CUTTING PROTECTION MECHANISM | January 2022 | July 2025 | Allow | 42 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17574143 | GRASS MOWER WITH TWO MOWING HEIGHTS | January 2022 | February 2025 | Allow | 38 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17622680 | AGRICULTURAL SOWING MACHINE WITH A CONVEYOR LINE WITH A VARIABLE LENGTH | December 2021 | June 2025 | Abandon | 42 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17550514 | METHOD AND MEANS FOR MOWING LAWNS | December 2021 | June 2024 | Allow | 30 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17617227 | AUTONOMOUS OPERATING APPARATUS | December 2021 | May 2025 | Allow | 41 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17541488 | RAKE WHEELS FOR GATHERING CROP MATERIAL | December 2021 | March 2025 | Allow | 39 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17540701 | WHEEL ASSEMBLY WITH INTEGRATED SENSOR FOR AN AGRICULUTRAL IMPLEMENT | December 2021 | July 2025 | Allow | 44 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17532166 | DYNAMICALLY OPERATED CONCAVE THRESHING BAR | November 2021 | October 2024 | Allow | 35 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17529992 | Stand-On Mower Folding Platform System | November 2021 | December 2024 | Allow | 37 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17455336 | SYSTEMS AND APPARATUSES FOR SOIL AND SEED MONITORING | November 2021 | March 2025 | Allow | 40 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17526285 | ROBOTIC LAWNMOWER WITH PASSIVE CLEANING ASSEMBLY | November 2021 | October 2022 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17526947 | AGRICULTURAL HIGH SPEED ROW UNIT | November 2021 | July 2025 | Allow | 44 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17526267 | SEEDING ROW UNIT HAVING A PRIMARY ACTUATOR TO ADJUST DEPTH AND TO RAISE AND LOWER THE SEEDING ROW UNIT | November 2021 | February 2026 | Allow | 51 | 3 | 1 | No | No |
| 17609266 | SMALL HAND-GUIDED SELF-PROPELLED GARLIC PLANTER | November 2021 | November 2024 | Allow | 36 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17506454 | REMOVABLY ATTACHABLE ADJUSTABLE CUTTING APPARATUS AND METHOD | October 2021 | April 2022 | Allow | 5 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17448484 | TRENCH CLOSING ASSEMBLY | September 2021 | June 2025 | Allow | 45 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17437086 | SEED DISTRIBUTOR USED FOR AGRICULTURAL MACHINES | September 2021 | May 2025 | Allow | 44 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17459247 | DYNAMICALLY ADJUSTABLE CROP PLANTER WHEEL | August 2021 | January 2024 | Allow | 29 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17401580 | PORTABLE OPERATOR-ENGAGEABLE NATIVE SEED HARVESTER | August 2021 | October 2023 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner TORRES, ALICIA M.
With a 37.8% 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, 22.2% of applications that filed an appeal were subsequently allowed. This appeal filing benefit rate is below the USPTO average, suggesting that filing an appeal has limited effectiveness in prompting favorable 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 shows limited benefit. Consider other strategies like interviews or amendments before appealing.
Examiner TORRES, ALICIA M works in Art Unit 3671 and has examined 1,426 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 71.5%, this examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 28 months.
Examiner TORRES, ALICIA M's allowance rate of 71.5% places them in the 34% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications.
On average, applications examined by TORRES, ALICIA M receive 2.14 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 58% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues a slightly above-average number of office actions.
The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by TORRES, ALICIA M is 28 months. This places the examiner in the 70% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly faster than average with this examiner.
Conducting an examiner interview provides a +16.2% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by TORRES, ALICIA M. This interview benefit is in the 57% 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, 25.0% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 38% 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 41.1% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 63% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: This examiner shows above-average receptiveness to after-final amendments. If your amendments clearly overcome the rejections and do not raise new issues, consider filing after-final amendments before resorting to an RCE.
When applicants request a pre-appeal conference (PAC) with this examiner, 85.7% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 66% 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 60.2% of appeals filed. This is in the 37% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 41.1% 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, 52.3% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 52% 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 7.9% of allowed cases (in the 91% 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 1.0% of allowed cases (in the 61% percentile). This examiner issues Quayle actions more often than average when claims are allowable but formal matters remain (MPEP § 714.14).
Based on the statistical analysis of this examiner's prosecution patterns, here are tailored strategic recommendations:
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