USPTO Art Unit 3667 Prosecution Statistics

Art Unit Information

Art Unit: 3667
Group: 3660
Tech Center: 3600
Total Cases: 12,778
Last Active: September 2025

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
19331433SAFETY COMPLIANCE, IDENTIFICATION, AND SECURITY MONITORING SYSTEMSeptember 2025January 2026Allow410NoNo
19300868SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING DOWNTIMEAugust 2025February 2026Allow610NoNo
19255063SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROL AND INTRUSION DETECTION IN UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLESJune 2025November 2025Allow500NoNo
19246174SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING AND COUNTING ROAD ANOMALIESJune 2025August 2025Allow200NoNo
19214448POOL AUTOMATIC CLEANING DEVICE, AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOFMay 2025November 2025Allow520YesNo
19213966SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICULAR DEVELOPMENT AND OPERATIONMay 2025July 2025Allow200NoNo
19124910System and Method of Estimating Energy Flow To An Occupant From A Heating Element Of A Vehicle SeatApril 2025January 2026Allow800NoNo
19178024AUTONOMOUS MOBILE DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD APPLIED TO AUTONOMOUS MOBILE DEVICE, AND CONTROLLERApril 2025October 2025Allow610NoNo
19170998AI-Assisted Vehicle Communication and Safety System for Tailgating DetectionApril 2025October 2025Allow610NoNo
19171106METHOD FOR SCHEDULING TASK, AUTONOMOUS MOBILE MACHINE AND CONTROLLERApril 2025October 2025Allow610NoNo
19086092INTELLIGENT MANAGEMENT METHOD AND MANAGEMENT SYSTEM OF NATURAL PASTURE USING MULTI-MACHINE COLLABORATION OF UAVSMarch 2025January 2026Allow1010NoNo
19078269VISUAL GUIDANCE METHOD FOR IMPROVING AUTONOMOUS NAVIGATION WITH ROW FOLLOWING CORRECTIONS IN STEREO CAMERA SYSTEMSMarch 2025November 2025Allow820NoNo
19073804SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EXTREME TEMPERATURE AUTONOMOUS DRONESMarch 2025August 2025Allow610YesNo
19040304SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING VEHICLE COLLISIONSJanuary 2025July 2025Allow610NoNo
19037337TRAJECTORY TRACKING CONTROL METHOD FOR UNMANNED HELICOPTERS BASED ON FILTER OBSERVERJanuary 2025March 2026Abandon1310NoNo
19017245AUTONOMOUS ENVIRONMENTAL PERCEPTION, PATH PLANNING AND DYNAMIC LANDING METHOD AND SYSTEM OF UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLEJanuary 2025July 2025Allow710NoNo
18974251METHOD, DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING A FLIGHT TASKDecember 2024March 2026Allow1500YesNo
18971260SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING UNINTERRUPTED MEDIA CONTENT DURING VEHICLE NAVIGATIONDecember 2024March 2026Allow1500NoNo
18959697System and Method for Constructing Underground Multi-Robot Collaborative Digital Twin Scene ModelNovember 2024January 2026Abandon1420NoNo
18955500VEHICLENovember 2024January 2026Allow1400NoNo
18935601AUTONOMOUS MOBILE DEVICE, OPERATING METHOD FOR AUTONOMOUS MOBILE DEVICE, SYSTEM AND STORAGE MEDIUMNovember 2024February 2026Allow1500YesNo
18928430RADIO CONTROLLED AIRCRAFT, REMOTE CONTROLLER AND METHODS FOR USE THEREWITHOctober 2024February 2026Allow1600NoNo
18924728PARKING ASSISTANCE METHOD AND PARKING ASSISTANCE DEVICEOctober 2024February 2026Allow1600NoNo
18916294BARRIER TRANSFER MACHINE TELEMATIC DEVICEOctober 2024February 2026Allow1600YesNo
18914890Synchronized Pipeline Flight ControllerOctober 2024January 2026Allow1500NoNo
18914750OPERATIONS OF ARTICULATING BOOM ASSEMBLIESOctober 2024March 2025Allow510NoNo
18911224Single side wheel anti-lock braking method and system based on dual-microcontroller unit (MCU) electronic parking brake (EPB) systemOctober 2024July 2025Allow900NoNo
18854447Travel Assistance Method and Travel Assistance DeviceOctober 2024June 2025Allow810NoNo
18901743OFF-BOARD PERCEPTION BASED ON SEQUENCE TO SEQUENCE SENSOR DATA GENERATIONSeptember 2024November 2025Allow1330YesNo
18898845Method and Driver Assistance Device for Assistance in the Performance of a Return Driving ManeuverSeptember 2024July 2025Allow1010YesNo
18850733TRAILER ASSESSMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODSSeptember 2024March 2025Allow510YesNo
18885077Machine to Machine Targeting Maintaining Positive IdentificationSeptember 2024March 2026Allow1810NoNo
18883299Automatic Annotation of Object Trajectories in Multiple DimensionsSeptember 2024February 2026Allow1700NoNo
18829597WIRELESS BASED PICK-UP AND IN POOL NAVIGATIONSeptember 2024May 2025Allow810NoNo
18845021MONITORING SYSTEM, MONITORING METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUMSeptember 2024March 2026Allow1810YesNo
18827843ANTI-COLLISION LONGITUDINAL SELF-ADAPTIVE ADJUSTING SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOFSeptember 2024March 2026Allow1800NoNo
18827458SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PET RECREATION AND EXERCISE EMPLOYING AN AUTONOMOUS AERIAL VEHICLESeptember 2024December 2024Allow410YesNo
18816467EMULATING HANDLING CHARACTERISTICS WITH AN ELECTRIC VEHICLEAugust 2024November 2025Allow1500NoNo
18842007Driving Assistance Method and Driving Assistance DeviceAugust 2024January 2026Allow1700NoNo
18814811Cloud Service Access Permission Setting Method for Enclave Instance and Cloud Management PlatformAugust 2024December 2025Allow3900YesNo
18813907AUTOMATED DRIVING SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD FOR AUTOMATED DRIVING SYSTEMAugust 2024March 2026Allow1910YesNo
18810288MULTI-COMPUTER SYSTEM FOR DYNAMICALLY DETECTING AND IDENTIFYING HAZARDSAugust 2024March 2026Allow1910NoNo
18838289METHOD FOR THE ELECTRONIC DIAGNOSIS OF AN ELECTRIC DRIVETRAIN FOR A MOTOR VEHICLEAugust 2024March 2026Allow1910NoNo
18838278METHOD FOR ADAPTIVELY DETERMINING A SHIFTING POINT OF A MULTI-GEAR POWERSHIFT TRANSMISSION OF A WORKING MACHINE, CONTROL UNIT, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT AND WORKING MACHINEAugust 2024February 2025Allow600YesNo
18800213METHOD AND MOBILITY DEVICE USING THE METHOD FOR PATH PREDICTION THROUGH INTERACTION ANALYSIS BETWEEN OBJECTS USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCEAugust 2024October 2025Allow1500NoNo
18795697SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PREDICTING MATERIAL DYNAMICSAugust 2024January 2026Allow1700YesNo
18789922GEOLOCATION SYSTEM AND METHODJuly 2024November 2024Allow300NoNo
18787000MULTICOMPUTER PROCESSING OF USER DATA WITH CENTRALIZED EVENT CONTROLJuly 2024November 2025Allow1600NoNo
18787927Motor Vehicle Theft Protection and Disablement SystemJuly 2024October 2024Allow200NoNo
18786712VEHICULAR OCCUPANT HEALTH MONITORING SYSTEMJuly 2024January 2026Allow1700YesNo
18784933VEHICLE DISPLAY DEVICE AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHODJuly 2024October 2025Allow1500YesNo
18833056VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICEJuly 2024March 2026Allow2010NoNo
18782795DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHODJuly 2024February 2026Allow1910NoNo
18782759LAYOUT CONTROL SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE MODEJuly 2024October 2025Allow1500YesNo
18781288VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEMS INCLUDING NEURAL NETWORK CONTROL POLICIES WITH NON-LINEAR H-INFINITY ROBUSTNESSJuly 2024October 2025Allow1500NoNo
18779253INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICEJuly 2024January 2026Allow1810NoNo
18780188SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING AERODYNAMIC LIFT FROM WIND SHEAR AT A SYSTEMJuly 2024November 2025Allow1600NoNo
18774122IN-VEHICLE APPARATUSJuly 2024October 2025Allow1500NoNo
18773986METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ASSISTING DRIVER DURING LANE SPLITTINGJuly 2024March 2026Allow2010YesNo
18774837SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EXECUTING SEARCH WARRANT BY AERIAL VEHICLEJuly 2024October 2024Allow310YesNo
18773680DETECTING COLLISIONS IN A ROBOTIC SURGICAL SYSTEMJuly 2024December 2025Allow1710NoNo
18767258AUTONOMOUS OPERATION BY EARTH-MOVING VEHICLE BASED ON TRIGGERING CONDITIONSJuly 2024May 2025Allow1010YesNo
18767570METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RECONFIGURING INTERNAL POWER LOAD IMPEDANCE ELEMENTS OF AN ELECTRICAL NETWORK ASSOCIATED WITH A VEHICLEJuly 2024February 2025Allow800NoNo
18765557VEHICULAR CONTROL SYSTEMJuly 2024February 2025Allow810NoNo
18762761METHOD AND A DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING AN ADAS BASED ON THE LOAD AND THE SLOPE OF A DRIVING VEHICLEJuly 2024December 2025Allow1810NoNo
18763726VEHICLE COLLISION ALERT SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING DRIVING HAZARDSJuly 2024October 2025Allow1500NoNo
18763754MULTI-DIMENSIONAL ORDER MERGING METHODJuly 2024May 2025Allow1020NoNo
18760169VEHICLE HMI ACTUATIONJuly 2024October 2025Allow1500NoNo
18758272AUTONOMOUS DRIVING CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOFJune 2024February 2026Allow2010NoNo
18758681VEHICLE DRIVER PERFORMANCE BASED ON CONTEXTUAL CHANGES AND DRIVER RESPONSEJune 2024January 2026Allow1910NoNo
18757025Operator Instigated False Positive Muting for Autonomous VehiclesJune 2024October 2025Allow1620YesNo
18755353SERVICE VEHICLE WITH DRONE BASESJune 2024October 2025Allow1620NoNo
18754802SENTIMENT-BASED NAVIGATIONJune 2024January 2026Allow1810NoNo
18754356COMPUTER SYSTEM AND A METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AN ELECTRIC PROPULSION SYSTEM OF AN AUTONOMOUS WORKING MACHINEJune 2024February 2026Allow2010NoNo
18748919DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, TERMINAL DEVICE AND DATA INPUT METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING TASK TEMPLATES TO ONE OF A PLURALITY OF TERMINAL DEVICES FOR DISPLAY OF SELECTED TASK TEMPLATESJune 2024September 2025Allow1510NoNo
18749158MAP GENERATION AND CONTROL SYSTEMJune 2024October 2025Allow1610YesNo
18746682SELECTIVELY IMPLEMENTING AUTOMATED CLEANING ROUTINES DURING UNLOADING CYCLES FOR TRANSPORT VEHICLESJune 2024April 2025Allow1010YesNo
18746708DYNAMIC GEOLOCATION OPTIMIZATION OF PICKUP LOCATIONS USING LOCATION SCORESJune 2024September 2025Allow1500YesNo
18744762AGRICULTURAL MACHINE AND GESTURE RECOGNITION SYSTEM FOR AGRICULTURAL MACHINEJune 2024January 2026Allow1910NoNo
18744774EXCHANGE FOR TRADING RADIO FREQUENCY USAGE RIGHTSJune 2024October 2025Allow1620YesNo
18743165STEERING CONTROL DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD CAPABLE OF CONTROLLING TURNING ANGLE OF PROPULSION DEVICE IN CONTROL OF STEERING MODE, AND MARINE VESSELJune 2024March 2026Allow2110NoNo
18739345VEHICLE AND COMPUTER PROGRAMJune 2024November 2025Allow1710NoNo
18739722VEHICULAR SENSING SYSTEM WITH OCCLUSION ESTIMATION FOR USE IN CONTROL OF VEHICLEJune 2024January 2026Allow1910NoNo
18740204CONTEXT AWARE NAVIGATION VOICE ASSISTANTJune 2024January 2025Allow700YesNo
18740129METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AN ADJUSTABLE DAMPERJune 2024March 2025Allow901YesNo
18738995SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING MULTIVARIATE OPTIMIZATIONS BASED ON LOCATION DATAJune 2024March 2026Allow2110YesNo
18737008STRADDLE VEHICLE AND VEHICLE CONTROL METHODJune 2024February 2026Allow2110NoNo
18737914SHIP CONTROL DEVICE, A SHIP CONTROL METHOD, AND A SHIP CONTROL PROGRAMJune 2024February 2026Allow2010YesNo
18737717INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, MOVABLE APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUMJune 2024March 2026Allow2110YesNo
18737373HIGH VOLTAGE BATTERY ARCHITECTUREJune 2024March 2025Allow1020YesNo
18737726SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AIRCRAFT LOAD ALLEVIATIONJune 2024January 2025Allow810YesNo
18737259COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CLASSIFYING A TRAFFIC SITUATIONJune 2024February 2026Allow2110YesNo
18735478Vehicle With at Least One FlapJune 2024September 2025Allow1500NoNo
18735270AGRICULTURAL MACHINEJune 2024March 2026Allow2110NoNo
18716452Method for Operating a Motor Vehicle, and Motor VehicleJune 2024January 2026Allow2010NoNo
18732249METHOD TO ADDRESS ENGINE FAILURE DURING TAKEOFFJune 2024February 2026Allow2110NoNo
18678244INFORMATION PROCESSING METHODMay 2024January 2026Allow2010YesNo
18677354AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE TRAJECTORY GENERATION AND OPTIMIZATIONMay 2024July 2025Allow1410YesNo
18714119METHOD AND DEVICE FOR THE LONGITUDINAL CONTROL OF A VEHICLEMay 2024April 2025Allow1010NoNo
18677569METHOD OF MANAGING A DEPARTURE OF AN AUTOMATED GUIDED VEHICLE AND A DEPARTURE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM OF AN AUTOMATED GUIDED VEHICLE PERFORMING THE SAMEMay 2024March 2026Allow2110NoNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for art-unit 3667.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
156
Examiner Affirmed
74
(47.4%)
Examiner Reversed
82
(52.6%)
Reversal Percentile
95.1%
Higher than average

What This Means

With a 52.6% reversal rate, the PTAB has reversed the examiner's rejections more often than affirming them. 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
526
Allowed After Appeal Filing
244
(46.4%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
282
(53.6%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
94.6%
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, 46.4% 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.

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 3667 - Prosecution Statistics Summary

Executive Summary

Art Unit 3667 is part of Group 3660 in Technology Center 3600. This art unit has examined 12,778 patent applications in our dataset, with an overall allowance rate of 83.6%. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 24 months.

Comparative Analysis

Art Unit 3667's allowance rate of 83.6% places it in the 76% percentile among all USPTO art units. This art unit has a significantly higher allowance rate than most art units at the USPTO.

Prosecution Patterns

Applications in Art Unit 3667 receive an average of 1.59 office actions before reaching final disposition (in the 27% percentile). The median prosecution time is 24 months (in the 85% percentile).

Strategic Considerations

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

  • The art unit's allowance rate suggests a more favorable examination environment compared to the USPTO average.
  • With fewer 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.