Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19112271 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AN ELECTRIC DRIVETRAIN OF A WORK MACHINE, AND CORRESPONDING CONTROL DEVICE | March 2025 | June 2025 | Allow | 3 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 19112082 | Seed Metering and Discharge System with Adjustable Gate Control | March 2025 | June 2025 | Allow | 3 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 19077613 | LOADER WITH IMPROVED ARM PATH | March 2025 | April 2025 | Allow | 1 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 19061771 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INTELLIGENTLY TRANSFORMING DATA TO GENERATE IMPROVED OUTPUT DATA USING A PROBABILISTIC MULTI-APPLICATION NETWORK | February 2025 | June 2025 | Allow | 3 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 19052793 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE CYCLES | February 2025 | April 2025 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 19039647 | AUTOMATIC CONTROL OF A REFUSE FRONT END LOADER | January 2025 | April 2025 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18998529 | METHOD FOR GENERATING WORKING MAP, OPERATION METHOD, CONTROL METHOD, AND RELATED APPARATUSES | January 2025 | June 2025 | Allow | 5 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 19014678 | METHOD FOR ADAPTIVELY ROLE-SELECTION IN COORDINATED MULTI-ROBOT SEARCH TASK AND SYSTEM THEREOF | January 2025 | March 2025 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18992211 | METHOD FOR OPERATING AN ELECTRIFIED DRIVE TRAIN FOR A WORKING MACHINE, ELECTRIFIED DRIVE TRAIN FOR A WORKING MACHINE AND WORKING MACHINE | January 2025 | June 2025 | Allow | 5 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 19004185 | NAVIGATION METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CATERPILLAR-TYPE AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY DURING LOSS OF NAVIGATION REAL-TIME KINEMATIC SIGNAL | December 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 19004061 | TRACKING FOR TRAFFIC LIGHTS | December 2024 | February 2025 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 19001462 | WHEEL ACTION-BASED ACTIVE SUSPENSION DAMPING ADJUSTMENT APPARATUS AND METHOD | December 2024 | February 2025 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18991670 | SAMPLING METHOD FOR SURFACE SEDIMENTS IN INTERTIDAL ZONE BASED ON UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE PLATFORM | December 2024 | February 2025 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18988045 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING DISEASES AMONG PLANTS | December 2024 | February 2025 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18984500 | SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING THRUSTER EFFECT ON A VESSEL | December 2024 | May 2025 | Allow | 5 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18977384 | CAN-BUS-BASED ELECTRICAL CONTROL SYSTEM FOR ELECTRIC MOWER | December 2024 | February 2025 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18970747 | Aircraft attitude tracking control method, system and computer equipment | December 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 3 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18970468 | System and Method to Predict Clearance When Transporting Equipment on Railway | December 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 3 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18969332 | ADAPTIVE CONTROL METHOD AND SYSTEM BASED ON TRAIN OPERATING CONDITION IDENTIFICATION | December 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 4 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18965324 | TEST ROUTES PLANNING METHOD AND APPARATUS OF VEHICLE ON ACTUAL ROADS, MEDIUM AND DEVICE THEREOF | December 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 3 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18963525 | System and Method for Airborne Sunlight management films | November 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 4 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18959498 | MULTI-MODAL ROBOT SYSTEM CAPABLE OF REALIZING AUTONOMOUS SUBMARINE DOCKING AND RECONSTRUCTION | November 2024 | February 2025 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18955876 | METHOD AND ROBOT FOR SETTING AUTOMATIC ARRIVAL LOCATION ON MAP AND OPTIMIZING ROUTE BASED ON DATA | November 2024 | May 2025 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18943586 | ROBOTIC-THROTTLE CONTROL OF A FISHING VESSEL | November 2024 | February 2025 | Allow | 4 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18938792 | Aftermarket Hybrid Conversion System for Vehicles | November 2024 | February 2025 | Allow | 3 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18937361 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR GENERATING LOCAL- AND GLOBAL-WALKABLE PATHS FOR ROUTE GUIDANCE | November 2024 | December 2024 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18933635 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OPERATING FLEET MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS | October 2024 | February 2025 | Allow | 3 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18931091 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CALCULATING THE COLLISON RISK OF A SHIP | October 2024 | April 2025 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18927994 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING AN INTEGRATED ELECTRONIC CHART FOR ROUTE SETTING | October 2024 | July 2025 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18859796 | AUXILIARY DATA FOR CONTROLLING A SATELLITE | October 2024 | June 2025 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18857030 | ARRANGEMENT FOR TRAIN PROTECTION | October 2024 | May 2025 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18857090 | Control Method for Vehicle and Vehicle | October 2024 | February 2025 | Allow | 4 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18913956 | AUTOMATED ON-WHEEL THERMOGRAPHY FOR SAFETY AND PREVENTION | October 2024 | January 2025 | Allow | 3 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18912274 | TECHNIQUES FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE EVENT MITIGATION | October 2024 | June 2025 | Allow | 9 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18912574 | Steering Lateral Precision Control Combining Infrastructure and Vehicle Intelligence | October 2024 | April 2025 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18908453 | ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TECHNIQUES FOR AUTONOMOUS OPERATION OF PASSENGER BOARDING BRIDGES | October 2024 | December 2024 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18854447 | Travel Assistance Method and Travel Assistance Device | October 2024 | June 2025 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18854454 | Series Hybrid Vehicle Control Method and Series Hybrid Vehicle | October 2024 | May 2025 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18904250 | METHOD FOR DRIVING BEHAVIOR MODELING BASED ON SPATIO-TEMPORAL INFORMATION FUSION | October 2024 | January 2025 | Allow | 3 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18903832 | REMOTE FEATURE ACTIVATION IN POWER MACHINES | October 2024 | January 2025 | Allow | 3 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18899290 | WASTE COLLECTION VEHICLE FOR UNMANNED SELF COLLECTION OF DUMPSTER AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY ALIGNING WASTE COLLECTION VEHICLE | September 2024 | December 2024 | Allow | 3 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18850962 | VEHICLE DATA ANALYSIS METHOD AND DEVICE | September 2024 | May 2025 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18850733 | TRAILER ASSESSMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS | September 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 5 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18850150 | Method and Device for Controlling Starting of Power Generation System | September 2024 | February 2025 | Allow | 5 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18892365 | HYDRAULIC SAFETY MOTORCYCLE SYSTEM THAT IS CONNECTED TO THE HYDRAULIC BRAKE SYSTEM OF A MOTORCYCLE | September 2024 | January 2025 | Allow | 4 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18886910 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR THERMAL MANAGEMENT OF HIGH VOLTAGE WIRING IN AN AIRCRAFT | September 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18886699 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR COLLABORATIVE HEAVE COMPENSATION CONTROL OF A DUAL SHIP-MOUNTED HOISTING ARM SYSTEM | September 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 6 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18885152 | LOADER WITH IMPROVED ARM PATH | September 2024 | November 2024 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18829597 | WIRELESS BASED PICK-UP AND IN POOL NAVIGATION | September 2024 | May 2025 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18829216 | APPARATUSES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR MONITORING MOVING VEHICLES | September 2024 | December 2024 | Allow | 3 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18828229 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR VEHICLE | September 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 6 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18845201 | Vehicle Travel Control Method and Vehicle Travel Control Device | September 2024 | February 2025 | Allow | 5 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18845205 | Driving Assistance Method and Driving Assistance Device for Performing a Lane Change | September 2024 | April 2025 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18827458 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PET RECREATION AND EXERCISE EMPLOYING AN AUTONOMOUS AERIAL VEHICLE | September 2024 | December 2024 | Allow | 4 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18844308 | Driving Assistance Method and Driving Assistance Device | September 2024 | June 2025 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18824261 | System and Method for Detecting Rotary Transformer Performance Based on Data Analysis | September 2024 | February 2025 | Allow | 5 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18821761 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF FORCE BALANCING FOR ACTUATORS OF A POWER MACHINE | August 2024 | December 2024 | Allow | 3 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18841458 | ARRANGEMENT FOR THE TRANSMISSION OF PROCESS DATA | August 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18815371 | SYSTEMS FOR DETERMINING FUEL LEVEL | August 2024 | February 2025 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18814802 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR GENERATING LOCAL- AND GLOBAL-WALKABLE PATHS FOR ROUTE GUIDANCE | August 2024 | October 2024 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18813592 | AUTONOMOUS AGRICULTURAL VEHICLE SYSTEMS AND METHODS | August 2024 | November 2024 | Allow | 3 | 1 | 0 | Yes | 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 |
| 18840332 | LAWN MOWER CONTROL METHOD AND DEVICE, LAWN MOWER, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | August 2024 | February 2025 | Allow | 5 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18810722 | System and Method for Real-Time Crop Management | August 2024 | October 2024 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18809670 | Methods and Systems for Securely Accessing Operational Data | August 2024 | February 2025 | Allow | 6 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18810051 | SAFETY SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR ASSISTING SAFETY OF OBJECTS AROUND VEHICLE | August 2024 | May 2025 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18808657 | METHOD, SYSTEM, AND DEVICE FOR GLOBAL PATH PLANNING FOR UNMANNED VEHICLE IN OFF-ROAD ENVIRONMENT | August 2024 | January 2025 | Allow | 5 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18808066 | Automatic Event Capturing for Autonomous Vehicle Driving | August 2024 | April 2025 | Allow | 8 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18808069 | Motion Planning for Autonomous Vehicle Driving Using Vehicle-to-Infrastructure Communication | August 2024 | May 2025 | Allow | 9 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18838278 | METHOD FOR ADAPTIVELY DETERMINING A SHIFTING POINT OF A MULTI-GEAR POWERSHIFT TRANSMISSION OF A WORKING MACHINE, CONTROL UNIT, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT AND WORKING MACHINE | August 2024 | February 2025 | Allow | 6 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18805371 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING OUTPUT OF CONTENT IN VEHICLE | August 2024 | November 2024 | Allow | 3 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18801759 | AN AERIAL DRONE NAVIGATION SYSTEM WITH LIDAR MAPPING | August 2024 | April 2025 | Allow | 8 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18801110 | LOCATION CLUSTERING AND ROUTING FOR 5G DRIVE TESTING | August 2024 | February 2025 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18837502 | COUPLING METHOD FOR REDUNDANT SERVO DEVICES OF AN ACTUATOR CONTROL SYSTEM, ASSOCIATED SYSTEM AND DEVICE | August 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18837080 | Lane Recognition Method and Lane Recognition Device | August 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18798755 | Autonomous Vehicle Formation System and Method for Herding Animals | August 2024 | October 2024 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18795701 | ACTIVE VEHICLE SUSPENSION SYSTEM | August 2024 | February 2025 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18789922 | GEOLOCATION SYSTEM AND METHOD | July 2024 | November 2024 | Allow | 3 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18787927 | Motor Vehicle Theft Protection and Disablement System | July 2024 | October 2024 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18776069 | REMOTE RAIL MONITORING SYSTEM AND/OR METHOD | July 2024 | December 2024 | Allow | 5 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 18774837 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EXECUTING SEARCH WARRANT BY AERIAL VEHICLE | July 2024 | October 2024 | Allow | 3 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18774510 | AUTOMATICALLY TRACKING DRIVING ACTIVITY | July 2024 | June 2025 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | Yes | 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 |
| 18773376 | Hybrid Modular Storage Fetching System | July 2024 | May 2025 | Allow | 10 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18772203 | Vehicle Localization by Artificial Intelligence and 5G/6G Messaging | July 2024 | September 2024 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18771299 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD | July 2024 | May 2025 | Allow | 10 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18771516 | REFUSE CONTAINER IDENTIFICATION USING PARCEL DATA | July 2024 | February 2025 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18770858 | MATERIALS HANDLING VEHICLE TECHNOLOGY MONITOR | July 2024 | June 2025 | Allow | 11 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18728243 | METHOD FOR ACTIVATING A VEHICLE FUNCTION AND ASSOCIATED ACTIVATION DEVICE | July 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18769075 | VEHICLES WITH BRAIN-COMPUTER INTERFACES FOR EMOTIONAL STATES OF RIDERS | July 2024 | September 2024 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18767492 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RELATIVE POSE DETERMINATION AND FIELD ENFORCEMENT OF MATERIALS HANDLING VEHICLES USING ULTRA-WIDEBAND RADIO TECHNOLOGY | July 2024 | April 2025 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18727600 | Control Method for Electric Vehicle and Control Device for Electric Vehicle | July 2024 | January 2025 | Allow | 6 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18767284 | AUTOMATICALLY DETERMINING OPTIMAL TRANSPORT SERVICE LOCATIONS FOR POINTS OF INTEREST FROM NOISY MULTIMODAL DATA | July 2024 | February 2025 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18766734 | EXCEPTION HANDLING FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES | July 2024 | May 2025 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18767258 | AUTONOMOUS OPERATION BY EARTH-MOVING VEHICLE BASED ON TRIGGERING CONDITIONS | July 2024 | May 2025 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18767570 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RECONFIGURING INTERNAL POWER LOAD IMPEDANCE ELEMENTS OF AN ELECTRICAL NETWORK ASSOCIATED WITH A VEHICLE | July 2024 | February 2025 | Allow | 8 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18765557 | VEHICULAR CONTROL SYSTEM | July 2024 | February 2025 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18765848 | GLARE DETECTION SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATED VEHICULAR CONTROL | July 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18764391 | Multi-Factor Authentication System for Self-Service Energy Replenishing and Method Thereof | July 2024 | February 2025 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18763086 | METHOD FOR PRESETTING COMPENSATION ANGLE FOR STEERING CLEARANCE AND AUTONOMOUS AGRICULTURAL MACHINE USING COMPENSATION ANGLE | July 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for group 3660.
With a 43.0% 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, 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.
✓ 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.
Group 3660 is part of Technology Center 3600. This group has examined 122,755 patent applications in our dataset, with an overall allowance rate of 81.8%. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 27 months.
Applications in Group 3660 receive an average of 1.61 office actions before reaching final disposition. The median prosecution time is 27 months.
This group-level data aggregates statistics across multiple art units. For more targeted prosecution strategies, review the individual art unit and examiner statistics within this group.
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