Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19097274 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF SENSOR DATA FUSION | April 2025 | May 2025 | Allow | 1 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 19016229 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF SENSOR DATA FUSION | January 2025 | March 2025 | Allow | 3 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 19000555 | METALLIC THERMAL INTERFACE MATERIALS AND ASSOCIATED DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS | December 2024 | June 2025 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18951219 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD ADAPTED TO ENABLE AUTOMATED WIRE OR CABLE CODE READING AND MANUFACTURE OF WIRE HARNESSES AND CABLE ASSEMBLIES | November 2024 | December 2024 | Allow | 1 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18949993 | APPARATUS FOR THERMAL PERFORMANCE MONITORING AND SAFE OPERATION OF A NUCLEAR POWER PLANT | November 2024 | May 2025 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18824829 | WIRELESS ACCESSIBILITY FINGERNAIL AND TOENAIL TRIMMER | September 2024 | January 2025 | Allow | 4 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18804271 | AUTONOMOUS DRIVING ROBOT CAPABLE OF OBSTACLE AVOIDANCE MOVEMENT | August 2024 | October 2024 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18799963 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROL OF CELL PROCESSING SYSTEM | August 2024 | June 2025 | Allow | 11 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18763057 | APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING DRIVE UNIT ACCORDING TO POSITION OF SHUTTLE LEVER OF AGRICULTURAL MACHINE SUPPORTING AUTONOMOUS DRIVING | July 2024 | April 2025 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18755832 | COLLABORATIVE-MANIPULATION ROBOTIC ARM FOR KITCHEN WASTE AND WORKING METHOD THEREOF | June 2024 | January 2025 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18648547 | ELECTRIC VEHICLE HAVING A SIMULATED MANUAL TRANSMISSION | April 2024 | February 2025 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18633191 | Learned Validation Metric for Evaluating Autonomous Vehicle Motion Planning Performance | April 2024 | July 2024 | Allow | 3 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18622640 | Autonomous Robot Double Drive Assembly | March 2024 | September 2024 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18601018 | COMPUTER SYSTEM NETWORKING DEVICES AND ASSEMBLIES | March 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18599371 | CAMERA ROADWAY MONITORING METHOD AND SYSTEM | March 2024 | September 2024 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18593813 | EHC WARMUP NOTIFICATION | March 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18592260 | NEURAL NET OPTIMIZATION OF CONTINUOUSLY VARIABLE POWERTRAIN | February 2024 | September 2024 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18589243 | AUTOMATED AIRCRAFT RECOVERY SYSTEM | February 2024 | October 2024 | Allow | 8 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18588174 | INTEGRATED DRAWING SYSTEM AND METHOD | February 2024 | July 2024 | Allow | 5 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18586204 | DIRECTING MULTIPLE TARGETS WITHOUT INTERFERENCE | February 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 12 | 3 | 0 | Yes | Yes |
| 18444473 | METHOD FOR THERMAL PERFORMANCE MONITORING OF A NUCLEAR POWER PLANT USING THE NCV METHOD | February 2024 | October 2024 | Allow | 8 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18681735 | ROTARY-LINEAR MOTION CONVERTER AND SHIFT ACTUATOR | February 2024 | May 2024 | Allow | 4 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18292008 | LINEAR ACTUATOR | January 2024 | May 2024 | Allow | 4 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18422260 | METHODS AND INTERNET OF THINGS (IOT) SYSTEMS FOR SMART GAS PIPELINE MAINTENANCE BASED ON HUMAN-MACHINE LINKAGE | January 2024 | July 2024 | Allow | 6 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18420203 | SYSTEMS, APPARATUSES, AND METHODS FOR ROBOTIC LEARNING AND EXECUTION OF SKILLS INCLUDING NAVIGATION AND MANIPULATION FUNCTIONS | January 2024 | October 2024 | Allow | 8 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18415556 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ROUTING DECISIONS BASED ON DOOR USAGE DATA | January 2024 | November 2024 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18414352 | Robotic Article Handling End Effector with Capture Device Having a Compliant Diaphragm | January 2024 | August 2024 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 18405041 | SYSTEM TO MOVE OBJECTS IN A CIRCLE | January 2024 | April 2024 | Allow | 3 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18403849 | Using Context Based Machine Learning for Generation of Customized Driving Outputs | January 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18402917 | AUTONOMOUS MOVING OBJECT | January 2024 | April 2025 | Allow | 15 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18401931 | BALANCING COMPUTE FOR ROBOTIC OPERATIONS | January 2024 | October 2024 | Allow | 9 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18400660 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING BRAKING FUNCTIONS IN AN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE | December 2023 | January 2025 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18396329 | VEHICLE SYSTEM AND VEHICLE | December 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18396038 | VEHICLE DYNAMICS CONTROL USING DEEP LEARNING TO UPDATE AN OPERATIONAL PARAMETER OF A VEHICLE DRIVE TRAIN | December 2023 | December 2024 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18394175 | TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM TO OPTIMIZE AN OPERATING PARAMETER OF A VEHICLE BASED ON AN EMOTIONAL STATE OF AN OCCUPANT OF THE VEHICLE DETERMINED FROM A SENSOR TO DETECT A PHYSIOLOGICAL CONDITION OF THE OCCUPANT | December 2023 | October 2024 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18544749 | DRIVER ASSISTANCE SYSTEM AND DRIVER ASSISTANCE METHOD | December 2023 | December 2024 | Allow | 12 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18543889 | FLIGHT PATH DETERMINATION | December 2023 | January 2025 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18541673 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PLANNING REMOTE ROBOTIC SURGERY | December 2023 | June 2024 | Allow | 6 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18538173 | VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM AND VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD FOR LIMITING SPEED OF VEHICLE BASED ON TIRE CODES | December 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18538744 | Control Method, Electronic Device and Storage Medium | December 2023 | June 2024 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18389249 | VIDEO DISPLAY DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD | November 2023 | November 2024 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18560584 | Vehicle Control Device and Vehicle Control System | November 2023 | February 2025 | Allow | 15 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18506914 | DUAL-JOINT MULTI-DEGREE-OF-FREEDOM MECHANICAL ARM AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF | November 2023 | February 2024 | Allow | 3 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18505347 | ELECTRIC VEHICLE MULTI-SPEED TRANSMISSION WITH INTEGRATED FIXED REDUCER GEAR SET | November 2023 | January 2024 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18386238 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COLLABORATIVE CALIBRATION VIA LANDMARK | November 2023 | May 2025 | Allow | 19 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18385503 | DRIVER ASSISTANCE DEVICE AND DRIVER ASSISTANCE METHOD | October 2023 | November 2024 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18385850 | Real-time Traffic Condition Warning System | October 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 19 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18494084 | SELECTIVE EARLY CHARGE TERMINATION | October 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 20 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18488385 | DRIVE UNIT | October 2023 | August 2024 | Allow | 10 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18554952 | CIRCUMFERENTIAL LEVER BOOSTER AND TRANSMISSION MEANS THEREOF | October 2023 | July 2024 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18554820 | ROBOT SYSTEM | October 2023 | May 2025 | Allow | 19 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18482367 | ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM | October 2023 | July 2024 | Allow | 10 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18481704 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND COMPUTING SYSTEM INCLUDING SAME | October 2023 | October 2024 | Allow | 12 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18476344 | ROBOTIC DEVICE FOR DISTRIBUTING DESIGNATED ITEMS | September 2023 | February 2025 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18474893 | ROBOTIC TRANSPORT SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREFOR | September 2023 | August 2024 | Allow | 11 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18372721 | Robotic Surgical System With A Mounting Assembly For Attaching An End Effector To A Robotic Arm | September 2023 | May 2024 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18470095 | AUTOMATIC WAFER CENTERING METHOD AND APPARATUS | September 2023 | October 2024 | Allow | 13 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18469831 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CAPTURING NON-COOPERATIVE TARGET USING SPACE ROBOTIC ARM, AND NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM | September 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 20 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18469140 | INSTRUMENT SHAPE DETERMINATION | September 2023 | May 2025 | Allow | 20 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18243041 | APPARATUS AND KIT FOR FORD VEHICLE STEERING RACK AND PINION | September 2023 | February 2024 | Allow | 5 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18458530 | ROTARY SHIFTER | August 2023 | July 2024 | Allow | 10 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18239516 | POWER SUPPLY CONTROL APPARATUS | August 2023 | May 2025 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 14152887 | Floater | August 2023 | October 2016 | Abandon | 33 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18456119 | REMOTE CONTROL SYSTEM, REMOTE CONTROL METHOD, AND CONTROL PROGRAM | August 2023 | April 2025 | Allow | 20 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18455118 | DRIVER ATTENTION DETECTION | August 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18455119 | BELT TERMINATION AND TENSIONING IN A PULLEY ARRANGEMENT FOR A ROBOTIC ARM | August 2023 | July 2024 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18236963 | VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE, VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | August 2023 | April 2025 | Allow | 19 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18278484 | INTELLIGENT TASK OFFLOADING | August 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 22 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18235378 | HARMONIC PIN-RING GEAR SYSTEM | August 2023 | March 2024 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18264979 | BIN-PICKING STATION WITH INTERNAL STORE | August 2023 | April 2025 | Allow | 21 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18264788 | A CABLE-DRIVEN ROBOT | August 2023 | June 2024 | Allow | 10 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18230946 | COLLISION AVOIDANCE SUPPORT APPARATUS | August 2023 | October 2024 | Allow | 15 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18230631 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SINGLE PIPE INSTANT WARM WATER SUPPLY IN BUILDINGS | August 2023 | October 2024 | Allow | 15 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18365903 | Clutched Joint Modules Having a Quasi-Passive Elastic Actuator for a Robotic Assembly | August 2023 | October 2023 | Allow | 3 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18362428 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A PLURALITY OF ROBOTS FOR ENVIRONMENT MAINTENANCE | July 2023 | January 2025 | Allow | 17 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18274910 | POWER GENERATION SYSTEM AND CONTROLLER FOR POWER GENERATION SYSTEM | July 2023 | April 2025 | Allow | 21 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18358193 | COMPLIANCE CORRECTION IN A ROBOTIC SYSTEM | July 2023 | January 2025 | Allow | 17 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18274194 | Robot Control Device, Robot Control Method, and Robot Control Program | July 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 23 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18225357 | SPLIT BUS ELECTRICAL PANEL FOR MICROGRID APPLICATIONS | July 2023 | September 2024 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18262378 | STRAIN WAVE GEAR DEVICE | July 2023 | February 2024 | Allow | 6 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18354176 | BATTERY PACK POWER TRANSFER ADAPTOR | July 2023 | April 2025 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18352782 | CONTROLLER FOR A VEHICLE AND METHOD | July 2023 | October 2024 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18352787 | AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE HAVING A THERMAL INFRARED CAMERA WITH REPLACEABLE FILTER | July 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18220453 | TWO-LAYER THREE-RAIL PLANAR ROBOT WITH PARALLELOGRAM | July 2023 | April 2024 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18220305 | SINGLE-LAYER THREE-SECTION RAIL-TYPE PLANAR ROBOT CONTAINING A DOUBLE PARALLELOGRAM | July 2023 | March 2024 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18349127 | Robot for Solar Farms | July 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 21 | 0 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18348457 | MAINTENANCE BASE STATION AND CLEANING ROBOT SYSTEM | July 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18348274 | GEOFENCED AI CONTROLLED VEHICLE DYNAMICS | July 2023 | January 2025 | Allow | 19 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18348160 | MECHANICAL ACTUATOR | July 2023 | September 2024 | Abandon | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18344975 | SEGMENTING MULTI-FINGERED SOFT GRIPPER PORTION BASED ON OPTICAL FLOW | June 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 24 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18030012 | BALL SCREW DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME | June 2023 | September 2023 | Allow | 6 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18216243 | BATTERY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM | June 2023 | April 2025 | Allow | 21 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18214819 | UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE DELIVERY SYSTEM FOR DELIVERY OF MEDICAL OR EMERGENCY SUPPLIES | June 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 20 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18269795 | DELIVERY SERVICE SYSTEM AND METHOD USING AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES | June 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18341068 | ELECTRONIC SHIFT CONTROL APPARATUS | June 2023 | April 2024 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18339367 | AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE SIMULATED MILEAGE DATA COLLECTION-GUIDED OPERATIONAL DESIGN DOMAIN TESTING AND TEST GENERATION | June 2023 | December 2024 | Allow | 18 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18212780 | SHIFT-BY-WIRE SYSTEM | June 2023 | April 2024 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18337700 | CONTROL APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE | June 2023 | June 2024 | Allow | 12 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18337609 | ACTUATOR ASSEMBLY | June 2023 | February 2024 | Allow | 8 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18335016 | DISCRETIZED VALVE STATE CONTROL FOR MULTI-LEVEL HYDRAULIC SYSTEMS | June 2023 | October 2024 | Allow | 16 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for art-unit 3658.
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.
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, 48.4% 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.
Art Unit 3658 is part of Group 3650 in Technology Center 3600. This art unit has examined 9,463 patent applications in our dataset, with an overall allowance rate of 76.7%. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 29 months.
Art Unit 3658's allowance rate of 76.7% places it in the 45% percentile among all USPTO art units. This art unit has a below-average allowance rate compared to other art units.
Applications in Art Unit 3658 receive an average of 1.50 office actions before reaching final disposition (in the 25% percentile). The median prosecution time is 29 months (in the 52% percentile).
When prosecuting applications in this art unit, consider the following:
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