USPTO Art Unit 3665 Prosecution Statistics

Art Unit Information

Art Unit: 3665
Group: 3660
Tech Center: 3600
Total Cases: 8,726
Last Active: September 2025

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
19321351AUTONOMOUS VESSELSeptember 2025October 2025Allow200NoNo
19261194SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING ODOMETER TAMPERING USING ON-BOARD VEHICLE DIAGNOSTIC DATAJuly 2025November 2025Allow401NoNo
19234384DRIVING PRIORITY ASSIGNMENT AND REFERENCE VELOCITY PLANNING METHOD FOR MULTI-VEHICLE COOPERATIONJune 2025December 2025Allow610NoNo
19174809AUTOMATED GUIDED FORKLIFT AND FORK CONTROL METHOD THEREFORApril 2025June 2025Allow200NoNo
19093359Unmanned aerial vehicle for measuring and mapping electromagnetic field strengthMarch 2025July 2025Allow410YesNo
19112082Seed Metering and Discharge System with Adjustable Gate ControlMarch 2025June 2025Allow300NoNo
19074312SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OPTIMIZING TRAFFIC FLOW BASED ON FUTURE ROADWAY CONDITIONSMarch 2025June 2025Allow410YesNo
19072231SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FLIGHT CONTROL OF AIRCRAFTMarch 2025September 2025Allow710NoNo
19063651METHOD AND SYSTEM OF CREATING PARKING MOTION FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLESFebruary 2025September 2025Allow610YesNo
19055086METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR GENERATING LOCAL- AND GLOBAL-WALKABLE PATHS FOR ROUTE GUIDANCEFebruary 2025August 2025Allow610NoNo
18998529METHOD FOR GENERATING WORKING MAP, OPERATION METHOD, CONTROL METHOD, AND RELATED APPARATUSESJanuary 2025June 2025Allow500NoNo
19015866METHOD, DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR ACTIVE MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL OF ROAD TRAFFIC SAFETYJanuary 2025December 2025Allow1110NoNo
19014678METHOD FOR ADAPTIVELY ROLE-SELECTION IN COORDINATED MULTI-ROBOT SEARCH TASK AND SYSTEM THEREOFJanuary 2025March 2025Allow200NoNo
19008766ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI)-BASED SYSTEM FOR AUTONOMOUS NAVIGATION OF ROBOTIC DEVICES IN DYNAMIC HUMAN-CENTRIC ENVIRONMENTS AND METHOD THEREOFJanuary 2025October 2025Allow1020YesNo
19007147METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONSTRUCTING PREDICTIVE VEHICLE DRIVING CONDITION, DEVICE AND MEDIUM THEREOFDecember 2024September 2025Allow820NoNo
19002590METHOD FOR PLACE RE-RECOGNITION OF MOBILE ROBOT BASED ON LIDAR ESTIMABLE POSEDecember 2024March 2026Allow1500NoNo
18991670SAMPLING METHOD FOR SURFACE SEDIMENTS IN INTERTIDAL ZONE BASED ON UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE PLATFORMDecember 2024February 2025Allow200NoNo
18990411REMOTE SUPPORT DEVICE, REMOTE SUPPORT METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUMDecember 2024March 2026Allow1500NoNo
18982386METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PREDICTING EXTERNAL AGENT BEHAVIORDecember 2024October 2025Allow1021YesNo
18965324TEST ROUTES PLANNING METHOD AND APPARATUS OF VEHICLE ON ACTUAL ROADS, MEDIUM AND DEVICE THEREOFDecember 2024March 2025Allow300YesNo
18943085SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATED PARCEL LOADING AND TRANSPORTNovember 2024February 2026Allow1600NoNo
18864585DIGITAL ROAD NETWORK TRAFFIC STATE RECKONING METHOD BASED ON MULTI-SCALE CALCULATIONNovember 2024October 2025Allow1110NoNo
18937361METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR GENERATING LOCAL- AND GLOBAL-WALKABLE PATHS FOR ROUTE GUIDANCENovember 2024December 2024Allow200NoNo
18935882Apparatus for Controlling Vehicle and Method ThereofNovember 2024March 2026Allow1600YesNo
18859796AUXILIARY DATA FOR CONTROLLING A SATELLITEOctober 2024June 2025Allow810NoNo
18925595SEAT CONTROLLING APPARATUS AND METHODOctober 2024March 2026Allow1700YesNo
18924833Geophysical Field Sensing-based NavigationOctober 2024January 2026Allow1500NoNo
18923277MANUAL CONTROL RE-ENGAGEMENT IN AN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLEOctober 2024February 2026Allow1600NoNo
18917439System and Method for Establishing Virtual Boundaries for Robotic DevicesOctober 2024February 2026Allow1610NoNo
18912014TECHNIQUES FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE ACCIDENT MITIGATIONOctober 2024August 2025Allow1120YesNo
18910100METHODS AND MOBILITY APPARATUS FOR PREDICTING AGENT BEHAVIOR FOR AUTONOMOUS DRIVINGOctober 2024March 2026Allow1700NoNo
18908453ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TECHNIQUES FOR AUTONOMOUS OPERATION OF PASSENGER BOARDING BRIDGESOctober 2024December 2024Allow200NoNo
18903642BATTERY ELECTRIC VEHICLEOctober 2024February 2026Allow1700NoNo
18887216HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLESeptember 2024January 2026Allow1600NoNo
18886910SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR THERMAL MANAGEMENT OF HIGH VOLTAGE WIRING IN AN AIRCRAFTSeptember 2024March 2025Allow610YesNo
18886699METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR COLLABORATIVE HEAVE COMPENSATION CONTROL OF A DUAL SHIP-MOUNTED HOISTING ARM SYSTEMSeptember 2024March 2025Allow600YesNo
18845039REMOTE OPERATION SYSTEMSeptember 2024January 2026Allow1700NoNo
18845201Vehicle Travel Control Method and Vehicle Travel Control DeviceSeptember 2024February 2025Allow520NoNo
18828435SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INFLUENCING STEERING CHARACTERISTICSSeptember 2024February 2026Allow1800NoNo
18845205Driving Assistance Method and Driving Assistance Device for Performing a Lane ChangeSeptember 2024April 2025Allow710NoNo
18824262FLEET METRICS ANALYTICS REPORTING SYSTEMSeptember 2024October 2025Allow1300NoNo
18823026SNOWMOBILE DISPLAY ASSEMBLYSeptember 2024January 2026Allow1700YesNo
18819741AIRPLANE FUEL CONTAMINANT DETECTION SYSTEMAugust 2024October 2025Allow1320YesNo
18814802METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR GENERATING LOCAL- AND GLOBAL-WALKABLE PATHS FOR ROUTE GUIDANCEAugust 2024October 2024Allow200NoNo
18813883AUTONOMOUS DRIVING SYSTEMAugust 2024January 2026Allow1610NoNo
18810722System and Method for Real-Time Crop ManagementAugust 2024October 2024Allow200NoNo
18810681INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICEAugust 2024March 2026Allow1910NoNo
18809801ADAPTIVE ENERGY MANAGEMENT CONTROLS FOR HYBRID POWERTRAINAugust 2024January 2026Allow1700NoNo
18838443METHOD FOR OPTIMISING THE ENERGY CONSUMPTION OF A MOTOR VEHICLEAugust 2024March 2026Allow1910YesNo
18838419METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AT LEAST ONE DEVICE OF A MOTOR VEHICLE, AND ASSOCIATED MOTOR VEHICLEAugust 2024December 2025Allow1600NoNo
18838264OUTPUT SPEED MONITORING FOR AN ELECTRIC DRIVE TRAINAugust 2024July 2025Allow1110NoNo
18804217ROUTE PLANNING FOR A GROUND VEHICLE THROUGH UNFAMILIAR TERRAINAugust 2024December 2025Allow1610NoNo
18798444SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RESTRICTING OPERATION OF A LIFT DEVICEAugust 2024February 2026Allow1800NoNo
18837080Lane Recognition Method and Lane Recognition DeviceAugust 2024March 2025Allow700NoNo
18790592SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MAINTAINING VEHICLE STATE INFORMATIONJuly 2024February 2026Allow1910NoNo
18787456SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING, MAPPING, AND ROUTE PLANNING AROUND CLIFFS FOR ROBOTIC DEVICESJuly 2024October 2025Allow1400NoNo
18785262POSITIONING AND ORIENTATION METHOD, APPARATUS, AND DEVICEJuly 2024November 2025Allow1600NoNo
18782304INTELLIGENT BOOM CONTROL WITH END EFFECTOR LEVELING FOR A FELLER BUNCHERJuly 2024November 2025Allow1600YesNo
18780076VARIABLE DENSITY IN BIRDS-EYE-VIEW BACKWARD MAPPINGJuly 2024October 2025Allow1500NoNo
18778787MINIMAL STATE AUGMENTATION ALGORITHM FOR STEREO-VISION-BASED NAVIGATIONJuly 2024December 2025Allow1700NoNo
18778284METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR IDENTIFYING POTENTIAL VEHICLE DEFECTSJuly 2024February 2026Allow1900NoNo
18776545Track Following SystemJuly 2024September 2025Allow1400NoNo
18777484UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE ASSISTED POSITIONINGJuly 2024February 2026Allow1910NoNo
18776069REMOTE RAIL MONITORING SYSTEM AND/OR METHODJuly 2024December 2024Allow501NoNo
18774466SYSTEM AND METHOD TO MINIMIZE AN AIRCRAFT GROUND TURN RADIUSJuly 2024January 2026Allow1810NoNo
18772255POSITION IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM, TRANSPORT VEHICLE, POSITION IDENTIFICATION METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUMJuly 2024October 2025Allow1500NoNo
18771516REFUSE CONTAINER IDENTIFICATION USING PARCEL DATAJuly 2024February 2025Allow700NoNo
18771984METHODS AND APPARATUS TO CENTER A STEERING WHEEL AND MOVE ROAD WHEELS TO A STRAIGHTLY FORWARD POSITIONJuly 2024October 2025Allow1500NoNo
18770321Detecting and Fixing Map ArtifactsJuly 2024April 2025Allow910YesNo
18769075VEHICLES WITH BRAIN-COMPUTER INTERFACES FOR EMOTIONAL STATES OF RIDERSJuly 2024September 2024Allow200NoNo
18727600Control Method for Electric Vehicle and Control Device for Electric VehicleJuly 2024January 2025Allow600NoNo
18727378VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE AND VEHICLEJuly 2024February 2026Allow2010YesNo
18767042Detecting General Road Weather ConditionsJuly 2024February 2026Allow2010YesNo
18767328Vehicle Management System For Controlling At Least One Function Of A VehicleJuly 2024October 2025Allow1500NoNo
18767284AUTOMATICALLY DETERMINING OPTIMAL TRANSPORT SERVICE LOCATIONS FOR POINTS OF INTEREST FROM NOISY MULTIMODAL DATAJuly 2024February 2025Allow700NoNo
18767711Vehicle Operation Modification based on Weather Sensing SensorsJuly 2024January 2026Allow1820NoNo
18766734EXCEPTION HANDLING FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLESJuly 2024May 2025Allow1010YesNo
18765735PROBABILISTIC PARKING ROUTESJuly 2024October 2025Allow1610NoNo
18766247REAL-TIME ADAPTIVE FACILITY DEPLOYMENTJuly 2024December 2025Allow1710NoNo
18763217METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ESTIMATING THE POSITION OF A RAILWAY VEHICLE TRAVELLING ALONG A RAILWAY LINE, AND RAILWAY VEHICLE COMPRISING SUCH SYSTEMJuly 2024March 2026Allow2010YesNo
18762995DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLESJuly 2024December 2025Allow1810NoNo
18761990THIRD-PARTY VEHICLE OPERATOR SIGN-INJuly 2024October 2025Abandon1510NoNo
18762171TAG LAYOUT FOR INDUSTRIAL VEHICLE OPERATIONJuly 2024July 2025Allow1310YesNo
18760229CLEARANCE ENVELOPE MANAGEMENT FOR REGULATING VEHICLE MOVEMENTJuly 2024March 2026Allow2010YesNo
18759625SENSOR ANOMALY DETECTION USING MACHINE-LEARNED ATTENTION OVER SPATIOTEMPORALLY ENCODED SENSOR DATAJune 2024October 2025Allow1500NoNo
18758845INFORMATION OUTPUT DEVICE AND INFORMATION OUTPUT METHODJune 2024July 2025Allow1210NoNo
18759555METHOD AND SYSTEM OF CREATING PARKING MOTION FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLESJune 2024April 2025Abandon910NoNo
18756850EVENT-BASED IMAGE CAPTURING FOR A REFUSE VEHICLEJune 2024August 2025Allow1410NoNo
18753136ACTIVE DAMPING CONTROL WITHIN A SUPERVISORY CONTROL STRUCTUREJune 2024December 2025Allow1800NoNo
18752907METHODS FOR COOPERATIVE DECISION-MAKING ON LANE-CHANGING BEHAVIORS OF AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES BASED ON BAYESIAN GAMEJune 2024August 2024Allow200NoNo
18753200COMPUTING SYSTEM IMPLEMENTING A DRIVER SELECTION PROCESS BASED ON DEVICE LOCATIONJune 2024January 2026Allow1910NoNo
18750659LATERAL AVOIDANCE TRAJECTORIESJune 2024November 2025Allow1700NoNo
18746463SYSTEM AND METHODJune 2024November 2025Allow1700NoNo
18746720METHOD, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR GENERATION OF A ROUTE INCLUDING MULTIPLE WAYPOINTSJune 2024July 2025Abandon1310NoNo
18721486ELECTRIC VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD AND ELECTRIC VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICEJune 2024October 2024Allow400NoNo
18745012REPOSITIONING ROOFTOP SENSORS FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLESJune 2024January 2026Allow1900NoNo
18720815WORK AREA DETERMINATION DEVICE, LAWN MOWING SYSTEM, AND WORK AREA DETERMINATION METHODJune 2024September 2025Allow1500NoNo
18744525VEHICLE DIAGNOSTIC DATAJune 2024July 2025Abandon1310NoNo
18743102DRIVER ASSISTANCE DEVICE AND DRIVER ASSISTANCE METHOD FOR VEHICLEJune 2024March 2026Allow2110NoNo
18741932PASSIVE SAFETY DEVICE FOR A MOTORCYCLEJune 2024October 2025Allow1600NoNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for art-unit 3665.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
251
Examiner Affirmed
147
(58.6%)
Examiner Reversed
104
(41.4%)
Reversal Percentile
83.5%
Higher than average

What This Means

With a 41.4% 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
728
Allowed After Appeal Filing
306
(42.0%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
422
(58.0%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
91.0%
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, 42.0% 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.

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 3665 - Prosecution Statistics Summary

Executive Summary

Art Unit 3665 is part of Group 3660 in Technology Center 3600. This art unit has examined 8,726 patent applications in our dataset, with an overall allowance rate of 75.1%. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 31 months.

Comparative Analysis

Art Unit 3665's allowance rate of 75.1% places it in the 44% 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 3665 receive an average of 1.99 office actions before reaching final disposition (in the 58% percentile). The median prosecution time is 31 months (in the 52% 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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