Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18969332 | ADAPTIVE CONTROL METHOD AND SYSTEM BASED ON TRAIN OPERATING CONDITION IDENTIFICATION | December 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 4 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18943586 | ROBOTIC-THROTTLE CONTROL OF A FISHING VESSEL | November 2024 | February 2025 | Allow | 4 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18813033 | HIERARCHICAL CONTROL METHOD OF TORQUE DISTRIBUTION FOR WHEEL HUB MOTOR-DRIVEN ELECTRIC VEHICLES | August 2024 | November 2024 | Allow | 3 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18808069 | Motion Planning for Autonomous Vehicle Driving Using Vehicle-to-Infrastructure Communication | August 2024 | May 2025 | Allow | 9 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18798755 | Autonomous Vehicle Formation System and Method for Herding Animals | August 2024 | October 2024 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18774235 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING POWER BATTERY OF A VEHICLE, STORAGE MEDIUM AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | July 2024 | October 2024 | Allow | 3 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18763097 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PREDICTING POTENTIAL ACCIDENT OF AGRICULTURAL MACHINE THAT PERFORMS AUTONOMOUS DRIVING AND OPERATES PTO, AND CONTROLLING OPERATION TO AVOID POTENTIAL ACCIDENT, IN COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | July 2024 | September 2024 | Allow | 3 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18751556 | REFUSE VEHICLE WITH RANGE EXTENSION | June 2024 | April 2025 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18745367 | MAP UPDATING METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM RECORDED ON RECORDING MEDIUM TO EXECUTE THE SAME | June 2024 | November 2024 | Allow | 5 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18736201 | REFUSE VEHICLE WITH INDEPENDENTLY OPERATIONAL ACCESSORY SYSTEM | June 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18677273 | REMOTE CONTROL DEVICE | May 2024 | February 2025 | Allow | 8 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18677810 | METHOD AND INTERNET OF THINGS SYSTEM FOR SAFETY INSPECTION BASED ON SMART GAS GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM | May 2024 | June 2025 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18673551 | PRIORITIZED POWER DELIVERY FOR FACILITATING TRANSPORT CLIMATE CONTROL | May 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18672747 | MULTI-OBJECTIVE SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OPTIMALLY ASSIGNING TRAIN BLOCKS AT A RAILROAD MERCHANDISE YARD | May 2024 | September 2024 | Allow | 4 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18712930 | CONTROL METHOD FOR VEHICLE AND CONTROL DEVICE FOR VEHICLE | May 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18667918 | VEHICLE TO VEHICLE COMMUNICATION | May 2024 | June 2025 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18642679 | CONTROL OF ACCELERATOR LIFT-PEDAL DECELERATION IN AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE | April 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18635830 | MAXIMUM TAKEOFF WEIGHT DETERMINATION FOR AIRCRAFT | April 2024 | February 2025 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18631890 | SUSPENSION SYSTEM | April 2024 | May 2025 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18628010 | Device and Method for Asset Platform Determination for an Asset with a Multi-interface Port | April 2024 | August 2024 | Allow | 4 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18621687 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ACCIDENT DETECTION USING CONTEXTUAL DATA | March 2024 | January 2025 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18620223 | PROVIDING SYSTEM OF SHIP PROPULSIVE PERFORMANCE IN ACTUAL SEAS | March 2024 | October 2024 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18608136 | AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR DETECTING STRAYS AND MANAGING HERDS | March 2024 | August 2024 | Allow | 5 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18693059 | Driving Control Method and Driving Control Device | March 2024 | August 2024 | Allow | 5 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18603018 | Methods and Systems Using Digital Map Data | March 2024 | July 2025 | Allow | 16 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18690875 | Vehicle Management System | March 2024 | May 2025 | Allow | 14 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18594636 | Systems and Methods for Control of a Remotely Controllable Material Handling Vehicle | March 2024 | June 2025 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18590649 | Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Controller | February 2024 | June 2025 | Allow | 15 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18588504 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PUMP-ASSISTED BLOOD CIRCULATION | February 2024 | September 2024 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18586803 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR AUTONOMOUSLY CONTROLLING VEHICLES AT A SPECIFIED LOCATION | February 2024 | February 2025 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18587347 | GLOBAL ENERGY MANAGEMENT OPTIMIZATION METHOD IN MULTI-TASK CROSS-CORE DEPLOYMENT FOR HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLES | February 2024 | January 2025 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18586809 | Module Active Response System | February 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18438712 | Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Beyond Visual Line of Sight Control | February 2024 | April 2025 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18438247 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INTELLIGENTLY IMPLEMENTING AN AUTONOMOUS ELECTRIC-POWERED TRAILER DURING A TOWING OPERATION | February 2024 | August 2024 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18437629 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A PILOT GUIDANCE DISPLAY OF AN AIRCRAFT | February 2024 | January 2025 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18681882 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING VEHICLE AND VEHICLE | February 2024 | August 2024 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18433322 | DRONE TO DRONE COMMUNICATION AND TASK ASSIGNMENT | February 2024 | December 2024 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18431866 | ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND CONTENT DELIVERY DURING CHARGING | February 2024 | September 2024 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18425197 | VEHICLE-ROAD COOPERATION PRECISE POSITIONING METHOD BASED ON ELECTRIFIED HIGHWAY | January 2024 | September 2024 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18418236 | TRASH ROUTING SYSTEM | January 2024 | March 2024 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18414602 | DETERMINING CHANGES IN A DRIVING ENVIRONMENT BASED ON VEHICLE BEHAVIOR | January 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18406797 | Use of Relationship Between Activities of Different Traffic Signals in a Network to Improve Traffic Signal State Estimation | January 2024 | February 2025 | Allow | 13 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18405488 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MOTOR TORQUE CONTROL FOR UNIVERSAL JOINT CORRECTION | January 2024 | July 2025 | Allow | 18 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18576534 | TRAVEL CONTROL DEVICE FOR HYBRID VEHICLE | January 2024 | June 2025 | Allow | 18 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18400606 | VEHICLE MEDICAL DEVICE INTERFACE SYSTEM | December 2023 | May 2024 | Allow | 5 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18396512 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETECTING A FAULT IN A MECHANICAL SYSTEM COMPRISING AT LEAST ONE ROTATING MEMBER | December 2023 | July 2025 | Allow | 18 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18391771 | Patient Transport Apparatus With Crash Detection | December 2023 | July 2024 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18389702 | SUPPLEMENTING REGENERATIVE BRAKING | December 2023 | April 2025 | Allow | 16 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18543859 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RECALIBRATION OF AN UNCALIBRATED SENSOR | December 2023 | February 2025 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18570169 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A VEHICLE IN AN AUTOMATED DRIVING OPERATION | December 2023 | September 2024 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18536876 | AUTOMATED SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MODELING THE BEHAVIOR OF VEHICLES AND OTHER AGENTS | December 2023 | October 2024 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18535579 | AERIAL VEHICLE POWERING OFF METHOD AND DEVICE, AND AERIAL VEHICLE | December 2023 | January 2025 | Allow | 13 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18525077 | MOTORCYCLE WITH HAPTIC BRAKING HAZARD ALERT | November 2023 | October 2024 | Allow | 10 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18516828 | Systems and Methods for Utilizing Machine-Assisted Vehicle Inspection to Identify Insurance Buildup or Fraud | November 2023 | October 2024 | Allow | 11 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18515238 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GESTURE-BASED CONTROL | November 2023 | October 2024 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18502896 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING ABNORMALLY MOUNTED PROPELLER IN UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE (UAV) | November 2023 | October 2024 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18502777 | PHOTO-DETECTION APPARATUS AND PHOTO-DETECTION SYSTEM | November 2023 | October 2024 | Allow | 11 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18498653 | CONTROL SYSTEM FOR STRADDLED ELECTRIC VEHICLE AND STRADDLED ELECTRIC VEHICLE | October 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 20 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18497277 | RESPONDING TO EMERGENCY VEHICLES FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES | October 2023 | November 2024 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18558028 | METHOD FOR AUTOMATED COUPLING A DEVICE TO A WATER SUPPLY, DEVICE AND SYSTEM | October 2023 | August 2024 | Allow | 10 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18384726 | ELECTRIFIED VEHICLE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME | October 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 20 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18493684 | FLEET AND ASSET MANAGEMENT AND INTERFACES THEREOF ASSOCIATED WITH EDGE COMPUTING DEPLOYMENTS | October 2023 | January 2024 | Allow | 3 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18380821 | VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE, VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM | October 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 20 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18381065 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING TORQUE OF DRIVE SYSTEM OF ELECTRIC VEHICLE | October 2023 | May 2025 | Allow | 19 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18487679 | IMAGE-BASED NAVIGATION | October 2023 | May 2025 | Allow | 18 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18485806 | INDUSTRIAL VEHICLE FLEET RECOMMENDER | October 2023 | June 2024 | Allow | 8 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18483414 | HEALTH BASED ACTUATOR ALLOCATION | October 2023 | June 2024 | Allow | 8 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18483206 | TRANSMISSION SYSTEM AND SHIFTING METHOD | October 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 21 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18482610 | METHOD AND A SYSTEM FOR TRAVEL ROUTE OPTIMIZATION | October 2023 | June 2025 | Abandon | 20 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18481683 | Fault-Tolerant Control of an Autonomous Vehicle with Multiple Control Lanes | October 2023 | March 2024 | Allow | 5 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18477297 | FIELD CALIBRATION OF AN AUGMENTED REALITY DEVICE | September 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18372708 | LONGITUDINAL AND LATERAL VEHICLE MOTION COOPERATIVE CONTROL METHOD BASED ON FAST SOLVING ALGORITHM | September 2023 | January 2024 | Allow | 4 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18283640 | Method for Predicting Behavior of Other Vehicle, Device for Predicting Behavior of Other Vehicle, and Driving Assistance Method | September 2023 | July 2024 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18471416 | TECHNOLOGIES FOR USING IMAGE ANALYSIS TO FACILITATE ADJUSTMENTS OF VEHICLE COMPONENTS | September 2023 | February 2025 | Allow | 17 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18469466 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DYNAMIC PREDICTIVE CONTROL OF AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES | September 2023 | August 2024 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18368953 | OPTIMIZATIONS FOR AN ELECTRIC UTILITY VEHICLE | September 2023 | October 2024 | Allow | 13 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18368463 | COOPERATIVE CONTROL METHOD FOR ELECTRO-HYDRAULIC HYBRID BRAKING OF MIDDLE-LOW SPEED MAGLEV TRAIN | September 2023 | January 2024 | Allow | 5 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18282140 | Travel Control Method and Travel Control Device for Vehicle | September 2023 | August 2024 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18367399 | METHOD OF IMPLEMENTING VIRTUAL JET PROPULSION MODE IN ELECTRIC VEHICLE | September 2023 | May 2025 | Allow | 20 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18462297 | ELECTRIC SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE | September 2023 | November 2024 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18461758 | ROUTE DEVIATION QUANTIFICATION AND VEHICULAR ROUTE LEARNING BASED THEREON | September 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18279125 | METHOD OF ATTENUATING LONGITUDINAL ACCELERATION OSCILLATIONS OF A VEHICLE BODY | August 2023 | May 2025 | Allow | 20 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18455628 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM | August 2023 | April 2025 | Allow | 20 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18237275 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING TORQUE OF DRIVE SYSTEM OF ELECTRIC VEHICLE | August 2023 | April 2025 | Allow | 20 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18236555 | MAP TILE OPTIMIZATION BASED ON TILE CONNECTIVITY | August 2023 | August 2024 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18235613 | System and Method for Location-Based Transactions | August 2023 | October 2023 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18451290 | METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING THE DRIVING STRATEGY OF A RAIL VEHICLE, DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT, COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM, AND A RAIL VEHICLE HAVING AN ENERGY-STORAGE DEVICE, ENERGY-GENERATING DEVICE, AND DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS | August 2023 | May 2025 | Allow | 21 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18546587 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING THE RELIABILITY OF A LOW-DEFINITION MAP | August 2023 | October 2024 | Abandon | 14 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18449340 | VERIFICATION MODULE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MOTION-BASED LANE DETECTION WITH MULTIPLE SENSORS | August 2023 | December 2024 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18233327 | Operating Modes of Magnetic Navigation Devices | August 2023 | May 2024 | Abandon | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18447860 | VARIABLE MULTIPLEXER FOR VEHICLE COMMUNICATION BUS COMPATIBILITY | August 2023 | June 2024 | Allow | 10 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18446768 | RULE-BASED ADAPTIVE CRUISE CONTROL SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE | August 2023 | April 2025 | Allow | 20 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18446471 | VEHICLE CONTROLLER FOR REDUCTION OF POWER CONSUMPTION WHILE TOWING | August 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18364491 | CPR APR BASED SECURITY FOR ITS | August 2023 | April 2025 | Allow | 21 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18363202 | MODEL PREDICTIVE BATTERY POWER LIMIT ESTIMATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS | August 2023 | July 2024 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18228113 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SECONDARY COLLISION AVOIDANCE OF VEHICLE | July 2023 | April 2025 | Allow | 20 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18362334 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND RELATED DEVICE OF IMPLEMENTING VEHICLE AUTOMATIC INSPECTION AND REPAIR | July 2023 | May 2024 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18362552 | LOCALIZATION OF USER(S) IN ENVIRONMENT(S) | July 2023 | February 2024 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18228140 | FIXED DRONE VISUALIZATION IN SECURITY SYSTEMS | July 2023 | June 2024 | Allow | 11 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18361342 | HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLE AND POWER SYSTEM THEREOF | July 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 23 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for art-unit 3669.
With a 37.2% reversal rate, the PTAB reverses the examiner's rejections in a meaningful percentage of cases. This reversal rate is above the USPTO average, indicating that appeals have better success here than typical.
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, 39.9% 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 3669 is part of Group 3660 in Technology Center 3600. This art unit has examined 8,329 patent applications in our dataset, with an overall allowance rate of 76.6%. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 29 months.
Art Unit 3669's allowance rate of 76.6% 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 3669 receive an average of 1.94 office actions before reaching final disposition (in the 61% 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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