USPTO Art Unit 3657 Prosecution Statistics

Art Unit Information

Art Unit: 3657
Group: 3650
Tech Center: 3600
Total Cases: 15,149
Last Active: October 2025

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
19355534SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF SENSOR DATA FUSIONOctober 2025February 2026Allow410NoNo
19353791HEAD AND NECK ASSEMBLY OF A HUMANOID ROBOTOctober 2025December 2025Allow200NoNo
19253351SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING FUEL CELL HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLE WITH SENSOR FAULT TOLERANCEJune 2025September 2025Allow300YesNo
19249743SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AIRCRAFT ENGINE THERMAL OPTIMIZATIONJune 2025September 2025Allow300NoNo
19220113WHEEL-WING DUAL-DRIVE HIGH-MOBILITY CLIMBING ROBOTMay 2025July 2025Allow200NoNo
19216692METHODS FOR MULTI-DIMENSIONAL SUPER-RESOLUTION TARGET SENSING BASED ON 5G AEROMACSMay 2025July 2025Allow200NoNo
19195955INSPECTION ROBOT WITH OFFSET SLED MOUNTS FOR INSPECTING THICK ASSETSMay 2025October 2025Allow610NoNo
19093263METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EXPLORING SUBSTANCE CONTOUR ON GROUND, AND CLEANING DEVICEMarch 2025June 2025Allow200NoNo
19081548System for Ensuring Safe DrivingMarch 2025November 2025Allow810NoNo
19063711Synthetic Robot Data Generation and Model Training with the Synthetic Robot DataFebruary 2025May 2025Allow200NoNo
19049379SELF-ADAPTIVE IDENTIFICATION METHOD FOR NONLINEAR DYNAMIC PARAMETERS OF REDUCERFebruary 2025May 2025Allow300NoNo
19035128Robotic Article Managing End Effector with Capture Device Having Discrete Compliant RodsJanuary 2025July 2025Allow500YesNo
19035685METHODS AND SYSTEMS OF GENERATING CAMERA MODELS FOR CAMERA CALIBRATIONJanuary 2025May 2025Allow310NoNo
19029343SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AIRCRAFT FUNCTION PRIORITIZATION AND ALLOCATIONJanuary 2025April 2025Allow300YesNo
19020332SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING SLIDE PICK BASKET OPERATIONSJanuary 2025July 2025Allow610NoNo
19009893SYSTEMS AND TECHNIQUES FOR VEHICLE INSPECTION AND CONDITION ANALYSISJanuary 2025May 2025Allow511NoNo
19008421CONTROLLING ROBOTS USING MULTI-MODAL LANGUAGE MODELSJanuary 2025November 2025Allow1020YesNo
19004554SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VOICE BASED CONTROLLING A TELE-ROBOT IN A MULTI-USER TELEPRESENCE SESSIONDecember 2024March 2026Allow1400NoNo
19004490INTELLIGENT SYSTEM FOR PHOTOVOLTAIC CLEANING ROBOTDecember 2024April 2025Allow300NoNo
18879338AUTOMATIC CONTROL METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR THE VIRTUAL CONFINEMENT OF A LAND VEHICLE WITHIN A TRACKDecember 2024July 2025Allow710NoNo
18879482ROBOT CONTROL DEVICEDecember 2024March 2026Allow1500NoNo
19001207STATIONARY SERVICE APPLIANCE FOR A POLY FUNCTIONAL ROAMING DEVICEDecember 2024October 2025Allow910NoNo
18978146METHOD FOR SCHEDULING CARS AT NARROW CURVE BASED ON PARKING SPACE FOR TEMPORARY AVOIDANCEDecember 2024February 2025Allow300NoNo
18967103VIRTUAL BARRIERS FOR REMOTELY OPERATED EQUIPMENTDecember 2024June 2025Allow610YesNo
18869498NONLINEAR ADAPTIVE CONTROL METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MECHANICAL ARM MOTION CONTROLNovember 2024February 2026Allow1500NoNo
18869299Affective Computing Method for Interactive Robot, and Related DeviceNovember 2024May 2025Allow510NoNo
18949785METHOD FOR SEARCHING TARGET WALL BY POOL CLEANING ROBOT AND DEVICENovember 2024December 2025Abandon1320NoNo
18946712INTER-OPERATIVE SWITCHING OF TOOLS IN A ROBOTIC SURGICAL SYSTEMNovember 2024February 2026Allow1500NoNo
18944954METHOD FOR MOVING A LIFTING DEVICENovember 2024April 2025Allow500NoNo
18864791METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A LOAD-HANDLING CRANE, AND LOAD-HANDLING CRANENovember 2024July 2025Allow810YesNo
18940732DUAL-EFFECT SCHEDULING METHOD FOR HETEROGENEOUS ROBOTS IN FLEXIBLE JOB SHOPNovember 2024February 2026Abandon1520NoNo
18863780SAFETY FUNCTIONS IN AN INDUSTRIAL ROBOTNovember 2024February 2025Allow300NoNo
18862678AUTONOMOUS DRIVING CONTROL SYSTEM AND AUTONOMOUS DRIVING CONTROL METHODNovember 2024March 2026Allow1600NoNo
18931445ROLLER TOOL FOR PART FORMINGOctober 2024March 2026Allow1700NoNo
18928872BATTERY ELECTRIC VEHICLEOctober 2024June 2025Allow710YesNo
18927001INTUITIVE VIRTUAL REALITY INTERFACE FOR CONTROLLING ROBOTSOctober 2024May 2025Allow610NoNo
18920980GENERATING TRAJECTORIES FROM IMPLICIT NEURAL MODELSOctober 2024March 2025Allow510NoNo
18919869ROBOTIC INTERACTION SIMULATION SYSTEM AND METHODOctober 2024February 2026Allow1600NoNo
18917756BATTERY ELECTRIC VEHICLEOctober 2024September 2025Allow1120NoNo
18914110MOBILE DEVICE FOR PERFORMING IN-HOME WIRELESS CONNECTION AND METHOD OF PERFORMING WIRELESS CONNECTIONOctober 2024March 2026Allow1700YesNo
18854777A METHOD FOR HANDLING OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS WHEN DRIVING BETWEEN TWO AREASOctober 2024January 2026Allow1600NoNo
18899255METHOD FOR DETECTING COLLECTION WORK, AND DUMPSTER FOR EXECUTING THE SAMESeptember 2024December 2024Allow300NoNo
18897059CHARGING CONTROL SYSTEM FOR IN-VEHICLE BATTERYSeptember 2024March 2026Allow1700NoNo
18893165TRANSFER ROBOT TEACHING SYSTEM AND TRANSFER ROBOT TEACHING METHODSeptember 2024January 2026Allow1600NoNo
18849193ROBOT GUIDANCE USING MULTIPLE FRAMESSeptember 2024March 2026Allow1800NoNo
18888702TECHNIQUES, MACHINE LEARNING, AND MECHANISMS FOR ENABLING SUPPLY OF ENERGY TO DEVICESSeptember 2024October 2025Allow1320YesNo
18885664METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND SERVERS FOR INDOOR OPERATION MONITORING OF CLEANING DEVICESSeptember 2024January 2026Allow1600NoNo
18845611ROBOTIC GROUTERSeptember 2024February 2026Allow1800NoNo
18844616ROBOT SYSTEM AND CARTSeptember 2024January 2026Allow1600NoNo
18822178Method for Precise, Intuitive Positioning of Robotic Welding MachineAugust 2024March 2026Allow1900NoNo
18842565SUBSTRATE TRANSFER METHOD AND SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING SYSTEMAugust 2024February 2026Allow1800NoNo
18819986SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SUPPORTING WOODEN MEMBERS DURING INSTALLATION OF NAIL PLATES IN WOODEN STRUCTURESAugust 2024December 2024Allow300NoNo
18841699ROBOT CALIBRATION METHOD BASED ON POSE CONSTRAINT AND FORCE SENSINGAugust 2024February 2025Allow500NoNo
18813435FAULT-TOLERANT MULTI-PROCESSOR SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AN AIRCRAFTAugust 2024November 2024Allow300NoNo
18810481INTERMEDIATE POLICY TRAINING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AGENTAugust 2024March 2026Allow1800NoNo
18808481DYNAMIC SCAN DIRECTION CONTROL OF AN AUTOMATED GUIDED VEHICLE BASED ON BARCODE INFORMATIONAugust 2024November 2025Allow1400NoNo
18838871Small Robot Arm Joint, and Robot Using SameAugust 2024May 2025Allow910NoNo
18804948Interaction Controlling RobotAugust 2024January 2025Allow510NoNo
18799009COMPUTER SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REAL-TIME AUTONOMOUS PATH PLANNING AND SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PLANNING MOTION OF A ROBOTIC DEVICE AND PARTS THEREOFAugust 2024February 2026Allow1910NoNo
18795222WELDING SYSTEM AND SPOT CHECK METHOD FOR WELDING SYSTEMAugust 2024January 2026Allow1710YesNo
18835619SYSTEM FOR THE REMOTE ACTUATION OF ARTICULATED MECHANISMSAugust 2024October 2025Allow1400NoNo
18835131CONTROL DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, PROGRAM, AND MOBILE BODYAugust 2024November 2025Allow1600NoNo
18834853WIRE-BODY FIXING MEMBER, WIRE-BODY-EXTENSION FIXING MEMBER, AND WIRE-BODY FITTING METHODJuly 2024January 2026Allow1800NoNo
18791188PROBABILISTIC COLLISION DETECTION SYSTEMJuly 2024March 2026Allow1910YesNo
18785706CONTINUUM ROBOT CONTROL SYSTEM AND CONTINUUM ROBOT CONTROL METHODJuly 2024March 2026Allow1910NoNo
18833104ROBOT AND ROBOT-CONTROLLING METHODJuly 2024January 2026Allow1810NoNo
18783977ROBOTIC SURGICAL SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING ROBOTIC SURGICAL SYSTEMJuly 2024January 2026Allow1800NoNo
18782567METHOD FOR DETERMINING POINT OF INTEREST FOR USER, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUMJuly 2024February 2026Allow1910NoNo
18832308DRIVE DEVICE, MANIPULATOR, PUPPET OPERATING DEVICE, AND MOVABLE BASEJuly 2024October 2025Allow1500NoNo
18775055WASTE DISPOSAL AUTOMATION ROBOT SYSTEMJuly 2024January 2026Allow1810NoNo
18775000ROBOT CONTROL SYSTEM, ROBOT CONTROL METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUMJuly 2024October 2025Allow1500NoNo
18775056Systems and Methods for Vehicle Diagnostics Based on Measured VibrationsJuly 2024January 2025Allow610NoNo
18774671System and Method for Protection Against Vortex Ring StateJuly 2024October 2025Allow1500NoNo
18774457Connector for Modular ComponentsJuly 2024October 2025Abandon1512NoNo
18769309KINEMATICS MODELING METHOD, APPARATUS AND DEVICE FOR MULTI-DEGREE-OF-FREEDOM MECHANISM AND STORAGE MEDIUMJuly 2024September 2024Allow200NoNo
18767399Skateboard SystemJuly 2024February 2026Allow1910NoNo
18765427SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING CONTROL POINTS DURING REACTIVE MOTIONJuly 2024May 2025Allow1010NoNo
18766242APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ADAPTIVE HANDLING OF SLIDES USING A ROBOTIC ARMJuly 2024September 2024Allow300NoNo
18763317IMAGING PROCESS FOR DETECTING FAILURE MODESJuly 2024April 2025Allow1010YesNo
18758037SELF PROPELLED TRAILER SYSTEMSJune 2024December 2025Allow1800NoNo
18757505DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT, AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEMJune 2024April 2025Allow910YesNo
18752424ROBOTIC BEES AND MANTIS AND INSECT-LIKE ROBOTS WITH EMBODIED ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCEJune 2024January 2026Allow1900NoNo
18751576TRAJECTORY OPTIMIZATION USING NEURAL NETWORKSJune 2024March 2025Allow910NoNo
18750591DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLED MOTION OF A TOOLJune 2024October 2025Allow1600NoNo
18750432SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO ADJUST VEHICLE PARAMETERS IN A GEOFENCED AREAJune 2024March 2026Allow2120NoNo
18749641CONTROL METHOD FOR AUTOMOTIVE SEATJune 2024February 2026Allow2010YesNo
18750785SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VIBRATION ATTENUATION IN FLIGHT CONTROL OF AN AIRCRAFTJune 2024February 2025Allow710YesNo
18750351ROBOTIC SURGICAL SYSTEM WITH GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACEJune 2024June 2025Allow1210YesNo
18751081ROBOTIC SYSTEM WITH COORDINATION MECHANISM AND METHODS OF OPERATING THE SAMEJune 2024August 2025Abandon1410NoNo
18748634ROBOTIC LAUNDRY SORTING DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS OF USEJune 2024May 2025Allow1110NoNo
18747669TRAINING METHOD FOR MAP-GENERATION LARGE MODEL AND MAP GENERATION METHODJune 2024January 2026Allow1910NoNo
18746382ROBOT CONTROL DEVICE AND ROBOT CONTROL METHODJune 2024January 2026Allow1900NoNo
18745008USER INTERFACE AND RELATED FLOW FOR CONTROLLING A ROBOTIC ARMJune 2024March 2026Allow2120NoNo
18720639METHOD FOR GENERATING A RESOURCE-EFFICIENT DRIVING ROUTE FOR THE VEHICLE IN OPERATIONJune 2024February 2026Allow2010NoNo
18720360SURFACE MARKING ROBOTS AND OBSTACLESJune 2024March 2026Allow2110YesNo
18740522WORKPLACE MONITORING AND SEMANTIC ENTITY IDENTIFICATION FOR SAFE MACHINE OPERATIONJune 2024February 2026Allow2010NoNo
18741535NEURAL NETWORKS TO IDENTIFY OBJECTS WITH STRUCTURED IDENTIFIERSJune 2024February 2026Allow2010YesNo
18718612ROBOT PROGRAMMING ASSISTANCE APPARATUS, ROBOT PROGRAMMING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, AND ROBOT PROGRAMMING ASSISTANCE METHODJune 2024March 2026Allow2110NoNo
18738682VEHICLEJune 2024January 2026Allow1910NoNo
18733309REMOTE CENTER OF MOTION CONTROL FOR A SURGICAL ROBOTJune 2024January 2026Allow1930YesNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for art-unit 3657.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
426
Examiner Affirmed
248
(58.2%)
Examiner Reversed
178
(41.8%)
Reversal Percentile
84.4%
Higher than average

What This Means

With a 41.8% reversal rate, the PTAB reverses the examiner's rejections in a meaningful percentage of cases. This reversal rate is in the top 25% across the USPTO, indicating that appeals are more successful here than in most other areas.

Strategic Value of Filing an Appeal

Total Appeal Filings
1022
Allowed After Appeal Filing
330
(32.3%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
692
(67.7%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
50.2%
Higher 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, 32.3% of applications that filed an appeal were subsequently allowed. This appeal filing benefit rate is above the USPTO average, suggesting that filing an appeal can be an effective strategy for prompting reconsideration.

Strategic Recommendations

✓ 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.

Art Unit 3657 - Prosecution Statistics Summary

Executive Summary

Art Unit 3657 is part of Group 3650 in Technology Center 3600. This art unit has examined 15,149 patent applications in our dataset, with an overall allowance rate of 71.4%. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 30 months.

Comparative Analysis

Art Unit 3657's allowance rate of 71.4% places it in the 35% percentile among all USPTO art units. This art unit has a below-average allowance rate compared to other art units.

Prosecution Patterns

Applications in Art Unit 3657 receive an average of 1.99 office actions before reaching final disposition (in the 58% percentile). The median prosecution time is 30 months (in the 57% percentile).

Strategic Considerations

When prosecuting applications in this art unit, consider the following:

  • The art unit's allowance rate suggests a more challenging examination environment compared to the USPTO average.
  • With more office actions than average, plan for relatively streamlined prosecution.
  • The median prosecution time is shorter than average and should be factored into your continuation and client communication strategies.
  • Review individual examiner statistics within this art unit to identify examiners with particularly favorable or challenging prosecution patterns.

Important Disclaimer

Not Legal Advice: The information provided in this report is for informational purposes only and does not constitute legal advice. You should consult with a qualified patent attorney or agent for advice specific to your situation.

No Guarantees: We do not provide any guarantees as to the accuracy, completeness, or timeliness of the statistics presented above. Patent prosecution statistics are derived from publicly available USPTO data and are subject to data quality limitations, processing errors, and changes in USPTO practices over time.

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Use at Your Own Risk: While we strive to provide accurate and useful prosecution statistics, you should independently verify any information that is material to your prosecution strategy and use your professional judgment in all patent prosecution matters.