USPTO Art Unit 3668 Prosecution Statistics

Art Unit Information

Art Unit: 3668
Group: 3660
Tech Center: 3600
Total Cases: 9,776
Last Active: October 2024

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18854454Series Hybrid Vehicle Control Method and Series Hybrid VehicleOctober 2024May 2025Allow710NoNo
18904250METHOD FOR DRIVING BEHAVIOR MODELING BASED ON SPATIO-TEMPORAL INFORMATION FUSIONOctober 2024January 2025Allow300NoNo
18844308Driving Assistance Method and Driving Assistance DeviceSeptember 2024June 2025Allow910YesNo
18810051SAFETY SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR ASSISTING SAFETY OF OBJECTS AROUND VEHICLEAugust 2024May 2025Allow910NoNo
18805371SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING OUTPUT OF CONTENT IN VEHICLEAugust 2024November 2024Allow300NoNo
18774510AUTOMATICALLY TRACKING DRIVING ACTIVITYJuly 2024June 2025Allow1110YesNo
18765848GLARE DETECTION SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATED VEHICULAR CONTROLJuly 2024March 2025Allow810NoNo
18763013METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A FORCE REPRESENTATIVE OF A PARKING BRAKING OF A VEHICLE AND SYSTEM THEREOFJuly 2024February 2025Allow800NoNo
18761408Vehicle Guidance SystemJuly 2024June 2025Allow1210NoNo
18754338Glare Reduction Device for a Sun VisorJune 2024February 2025Allow710NoNo
18753782Distributed Computing Network Comprised of Autonomous Vehicles Carrying Liquid Immersion Cooling PlatformsJune 2024June 2025Allow1200NoNo
18749246ELEVATION BASED MACHINE LOCALIZATIONJune 2024December 2024Allow600YesNo
18741989ADAPTIVE ACCELERATION FOR MATERIALS HANDLING VEHICLEJune 2024May 2025Allow1101YesNo
18670907METHOD OF MANAGING UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE PATROLSMay 2024December 2024Allow710NoNo
18712161Travel Assistance Method and Travel Assistance Device for VehicleMay 2024March 2025Allow1010YesNo
18666017MOTOR FOR MOVING INTEGRATION MODULE FOR ADVANCED DRIVER ASSISTANCE SYSTEMMay 2024May 2025Allow1210YesNo
18665991MOVING DEVICE FOR INTEGRATION MODULE FOR ADVANCED DRIVER ASSISTANCE SYSTEMMay 2024May 2025Allow1110NoNo
18661595CONTROL SYSTEMS AND PREDICTION METHODS FOR IT COOLING PERFORMANCE IN CONTAINMENTMay 2024June 2025Allow1310NoNo
18658088SELF-DRIVING VEHICLE DETERMINING ROUTE COMPLETABLE WITHIN TRAVEL TIME CALCULATED BASED ON REMAINING AMOUNT OF VEHICLE POWER AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM CONFIGURED TO STORE PROGRAM FOR THE VEHICLEMay 2024March 2025Allow1110YesNo
18653741SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CANCELLING A CONTINUALLY VARYING ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD IN A PASSENGER CABINMay 2024March 2025Allow1010NoNo
18644617ROBOT FOR GUIDING AN EVACUATION ROUTE FOR PERSONS IN THE SPACE IN THE EVENT OF EMERGENCY AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME CORRESPONDING OBJECT WITH REGARD TO THE SPACEApril 2024June 2025Allow1430NoNo
18622756SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR APPLYING A MOVABLE NOTCH FILTER IN FLIGHT CONTROL OF EVTOL AIRCRAFTMarch 2024September 2024Allow610NoNo
18613373SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR NAVIGATING LANE MERGES AND LANE SPLITSMarch 2024October 2024Allow710NoNo
18608435SYSTEM, APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR GROUND TRANSPORTATIONMarch 2024February 2025Allow1130YesNo
18602602VEHICLE DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE, VEHICLE DISPLAY SYSTEM, VEHICLE DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND VEHICLE DISPLAY CONTROL PROGRAMMarch 2024February 2025Allow1210YesNo
18601359Dynamic Aircraft RoutingMarch 2024March 2025Allow1200YesNo
18597584SUPPLEMENTAL ELECTRIC DRIVE WITH PRIMARY ENGINE RECOGNITION FOR ELECTRIC DRIVE CONTROLLER ADAPTATIONMarch 2024December 2024Allow1010NoNo
18597367METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ROBOT, ROBOT, AND RECORDING MEDIUMMarch 2024January 2025Allow1010NoNo
18594129AUTONOMOUS ZERO-TURN MOWER KITMarch 2024August 2024Allow610NoNo
18591118VEHICLE DISPATCH SYSTEM, VEHICLE DISPATCH METHOD, SERVER, USER TERMINAL, AND STORAGE MEDIUMFebruary 2024March 2025Allow1310NoNo
18588769RISK MITIGATION IN SPEED PLANNINGFebruary 2024December 2024Allow900NoNo
18430913INTENTION PREDICTION IN SYMMETRIC SCENARIOSFebruary 2024May 2025Allow1600NoNo
18426462SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OFF-ROAD DRIVING ASSISTANCE FOR A VEHICLEJanuary 2024December 2024Allow1010NoNo
18418811VEHICLE DIAGNOSTICS WITH INTELLIGENT COMMUNICATION INTERFACEJanuary 2024August 2024Allow710NoNo
18580207VEHICLE DRIVING MODE SWITCHING CONTROL METHOD AND VEHICLE DRIVING MODE SWITCHING CONTROL DEVICEJanuary 2024September 2024Allow810NoNo
18411232SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING ERROR CORRECTION AND MANAGEMENT IN A MOBILE-BASED CROWDSOURCING PLATFORMJanuary 2024October 2024Allow910NoNo
18404659SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE INCIDENT MANAGEMENT AND RECERTIFICATIONJanuary 2024October 2024Allow1000NoNo
18403800VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE, VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND TRAFFIC INFORMATION SUPPLYING SYSTEMJanuary 2024February 2025Abandon1410NoNo
18403503NIGHTTIME COOPERATIVE POSITIONING METHOD BASED ON UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE GROUPJanuary 2024July 2024Allow610NoNo
18396745INTERVENTION-BASED SHARED CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS IN FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE SCENARIO OF AUTONOMOUS VEHICLEDecember 2023June 2024Allow610NoNo
18396135ROBOTIC PROCESS AUTOMATION FOR ACHIEVING AN OPTIMIZED MARGIN OF VEHICLE OPERATIONAL SAFETYDecember 2023August 2024Allow810YesNo
18395424ROBOTIC PROCESS AUTOMATION SYSTEM TRAINED TO UNDERTAKE ACTIONS WITH A VEHICLE BASED ON USER INTERACTIONS WITH A USER INTERFACE OF THE VEHICLEDecember 2023December 2024Allow1220NoNo
18545485Self-Driving Device Control SystemDecember 2023June 2025Allow1800NoNo
18545979PATH OPTIMIZATION METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MOBILE ROBOTDecember 2023June 2025Allow1800NoNo
18544039ELECTRIC UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE AND AN INTELLIGENT METHOD OF PROTECTING ELECTRICITY THEREOFDecember 2023October 2024Allow1010NoNo
18539247DECISION-MAKING AND PLANNING INTEGRATED METHOD FOR NONCONSERVATIVE INTELLIGENT VEHICLEDecember 2023August 2024Allow810NoNo
18539186UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE ASSISTED TASK OFFLOADING AND RESOURCE ALLOCATION METHOD BASED ON SERVICE CACHINGDecember 2023April 2024Allow410NoNo
18536923TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS WITH RIDER SATISFACTION OPTIMIZATION INCLUDING CLOSED LOOP REINFORCEMENTDecember 2023March 2025Abandon1520NoNo
18535184REMOTE OPERATIONS USING IMMERSIVE TELEPRESENCEDecember 2023March 2025Allow1500NoNo
18535018SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING AN OPTIMAL ROUTE FOR NETWORK PERFORMANCE TESTINGDecember 2023June 2025Allow1800NoNo
18531770ATMOSPHERIC POLARIZED LIGHT ORIENTATION METHOD USING A SOLAR AZIMUTH REGIONDecember 2023May 2025Allow1700NoNo
18527773STUDENT CUSTODY MONITORING AND TRACKING IN A FLEET ROUTING SYSTEMDecember 2023April 2024Allow510YesNo
18524513EMERGENCY INCIDENT DETECTION, RESPONSE, AND MITIGATION USING AUTONOMOUS DRONESNovember 2023March 2025Allow1520NoNo
18522311AIR-GROUND JOINT TRAJECTORY PLANNING AND OFFLOADING SCHEDULING METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DISTRIBUTED MULTIPLE OBJECTIVESNovember 2023February 2024Allow200NoNo
18520266SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING FOR MANUAL DRIVING OF A VEHICLENovember 2023June 2025Allow1900NoNo
18519976Systems and Methods for Latent Distribution Modeling for Scene-Consistent Motion ForecastingNovember 2023April 2025Allow1720NoNo
18513119Sparse Convolutional Neural NetworksNovember 2023September 2024Allow1010NoNo
18513041EVENT-BASED CONNECTED VEHICLE CONTROL AND RESPONSE SYSTEMSNovember 2023October 2024Allow1110YesNo
18507169PROVIDING WAIT TIMES FOR PICKUPS OF PASSENGERS INVOLVING AUTONOMOUS VEHICLESNovember 2023May 2025Allow1800NoNo
18504486VEHICLE GATEWAY DEVICE AND INTERACTIVE GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES ASSOCIATED THEREWITHNovember 2023May 2024Allow620YesNo
18505068AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE REMOTE CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD BASED ON HETEROGENEOUS NETWORKSNovember 2023August 2024Allow1010NoNo
18387747DATABASE SYSTEM TO ORGANIZE SELECTABLE ITEMS FOR USERS RELATED TO ROUTE PLANNINGNovember 2023January 2025Allow1410YesNo
18504030LIGHTING APPARATUS FOR REMOTE CONTROLLED DEVICENovember 2023March 2025Allow1610NoNo
18386377SUPERVISORY SAFETY SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING AND LIMITING UNMANNED AERIAL SYSTEM (UAS) OPERATIONSNovember 2023August 2024Allow1010NoNo
18500174METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROVIDING DEPTH MAPS WITH CONFIDENCE ESTIMATESNovember 2023December 2024Allow1310NoNo
18497965CONTROL APPARATUS FOR VEHICLEOctober 2023June 2025Allow2000NoNo
18496506Pedal Unit for a VehicleOctober 2023June 2025Allow1900NoNo
18494191Determining The Stationary State Of Detected VehiclesOctober 2023February 2025Allow1610YesNo
18490940Autonomous Vehicle Safe StopOctober 2023November 2024Allow1310YesNo
18491394VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM AND VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLEOctober 2023January 2025Allow1520NoNo
18382144SUBMERSIBLE REMOTE OPERATED VEHICLE VISION ASSISTANCE AND CONTROLOctober 2023November 2024Allow1310NoNo
18556267ASCERTAINING THE STATE OF HEALTH OF A VEHICLE BATTERYOctober 2023May 2025Allow1900NoNo
18380504POSITION ESTIMATION SYSTEM, FORKLIFT, POSITION ESTIMATION METHOD, AND PROGRAMOctober 2023June 2025Allow2000NoNo
18380369DRIVING CONTROL DEVICE, METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUMOctober 2023March 2025Allow1700NoNo
18485242AUTOMATED, SELF-MOVING TRASH OR RECYCLING BINOctober 2023March 2024Allow500YesNo
18554652TARGET PATH GENERATION SYSTEMOctober 2023June 2025Allow2000NoNo
18482897VEHICLE RIDER SATISFACTION PROMOTING SYSTEMS BASED ON ADJUSTING OPERATING PARAMETERS OF THE VEHICLEOctober 2023March 2025Allow1720YesNo
18377438Diagnostic Protocol Search With Improved EfficiencyOctober 2023May 2025Allow1900NoNo
18285785Driving Control Method of Vehicle and Driving Control DeviceOctober 2023August 2024Allow1010NoNo
18480248SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MULTIPLE ALGORITHM SELECTIONOctober 2023December 2024Allow1420NoNo
18479032DYNAMIC ROUTE INFORMATION INTERFACESeptember 2023August 2024Allow1110NoNo
18553481METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING OPERATING PERFORMANCE PARAMETERS OF A DEVICESeptember 2023May 2024Allow710NoNo
18475718HYBRID DRIVE SYSTEM WITH OPTIMIZED OPERATIONAL MODESSeptember 2023April 2025Abandon1930YesNo
18551977SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING WORK MACHINE, METHOD, AND WORK MACHINESeptember 2023May 2025Allow1900NoNo
18368185MOBILE ROBOT, MOBILE ROBOT CONTROL SYSTEM, AND MOBILE ROBOT CONTROL METHODSeptember 2023June 2024Allow910NoNo
18367236NAVIGATION SYSTEM AND ROUTE SEARCH METHOD THEREOFSeptember 2023August 2024Allow1110NoNo
18033832Driving Mode Switching Control Method and Driving Mode Switching Control DeviceSeptember 2023August 2024Allow1610NoNo
18549257METHOD FOR DETERMINING A MOTION PATH ON A SURFACESeptember 2023March 2025Allow1810NoNo
18242244VEHICLESeptember 2023April 2025Allow1900NoNo
18460668CHAMELEON-EYES GIMBAL SYSTEM (CAMEO GIMBAL SYSTEM) AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING AND USING THE SAMESeptember 2023June 2024Allow1020NoNo
18459502METHOD FOR CONTROLLING VEHICLE POWERTRAIN BASED ON OBSTACLE DETECTIONSeptember 2023May 2025Allow2000NoNo
18240933LIDAR SENSOR DENOISING FOR ADVERSE CONDITIONS AND/OR NONSALIENT OBJECTSAugust 2023April 2025Allow2000NoNo
18458784EVENT-BASED DATA AGGREGATION SYSTEMS AND METHODSAugust 2023August 2024Allow1110YesNo
18458311SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR THIRD-PARTY INTEROPERABILITY IN SECURE NETWORK TRANSACTIONS USING TOKENIZED DATAAugust 2023March 2024Allow700NoNo
18279097APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OPERATING ELECTRONIC DETONATOR BLASTER WITH INTEGRATED FLIGHT FUNCTIONAugust 2023March 2025Allow1910NoNo
18456725Systems and Methods for Vehicle Tuning and CalibrationAugust 2023March 2024Allow720NoNo
18455331METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SYNCHRONIZING A FLIGHT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM WITH AN EXTERNAL DEVICEAugust 2023April 2024Allow800NoNo
18454664MACHINE DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM AND METHOD BASED ON EXPECTED CONTROLLERS IDENTIFICATION AND COMMUNICATIONAugust 2023April 2025Allow2000NoNo
18236140CONTROL DEVICE FOR VEHICLEAugust 2023April 2025Allow2000NoNo
18451413MOBILE BODY AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SAMEAugust 2023June 2025Allow2200YesNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for art-unit 3668.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
185
Examiner Affirmed
101
(54.6%)
Examiner Reversed
84
(45.4%)
Reversal Percentile
90.1%
Higher than average

What This Means

With a 45.4% 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
451
Allowed After Appeal Filing
199
(44.1%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
252
(55.9%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
91.6%
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, 44.1% 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 3668 - Prosecution Statistics Summary

Executive Summary

Art Unit 3668 is part of Group 3660 in Technology Center 3600. This art unit has examined 9,776 patent applications in our dataset, with an overall allowance rate of 81.9%. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 27 months.

Comparative Analysis

Art Unit 3668's allowance rate of 81.9% places it in the 67% percentile among all USPTO art units. This art unit has an above-average allowance rate compared to other art units.

Prosecution Patterns

Applications in Art Unit 3668 receive an average of 1.74 office actions before reaching final disposition (in the 42% percentile). The median prosecution time is 27 months (in the 65% 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

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