Examiner Thomas Ana D

3661-THOMAS-ANA-D

Employment Information

Art Unit:3661 — Data processing: vehicles, navigation, and relative location
Group:3660 — VCaR - Robot Control, Vehicle Navigation and Data Processing: Vehicles and Relative Location
Classes: 701 — Data processing: vehicles, navigation, and relative location
382 — Image analysis
180 — Motor vehicles
307 — Electrical transmission or interconnection systems
Phone:(571) 272-8549
Email:ana.thomas@uspto.gov
Location:VA 22314
Title:Pat Examnr Elctrl Engrg
Service:12 years
Grade:GS-12

Grant Rate and Difficulty Ranking

21
3-Year Grant rate: 89% over 225 cases
Difficulty: Easier
Difficulty Percentile: 21st

With Examiner Thomas, you have a 89% chance of getting an issued patent by 3 years after the first office action. Examiner Thomas is an easier examiner and in the 21st percentile across all examiners (with 100th percentile most difficult).

Grant Rate

Grant Rate Timeline

Below is the grant rate timeline for Examiner Thomas, where the timeline is relative to the date of the first office action. The three-year grant rate is the percentage of applications granted at three years after the first office action.

Comparison with Art Unit 3661

Examiner Thomas's grant rate is higher than that of Art Unit 3661 and higher than that of the USPTO.

Average Office Actions Per Grant
Examiner Thomas 1.4
Art Unit 3661 1.2

Interview Benefit

Grant Rate without Interview

Examiner Thomas has granted 141 of 161 cases without any applicant-requested interviews for a grant rate of 88%.

Grant Rate with Interview

Examiner Thomas has granted 60 of 64 cases with at least one applicant-requested interview for a grant rate of 94%.

Interview Benefit

With Examiner Thomas, conducting an interview increases your chance of getting a patent granted by 7%.

Recent Dispositions

Recent Dispositions

Number Title OA Rejections Status IFW
18619658 Obstacle Detection Controller Of Articulated Vehicle, Operation System Of Articulated Vehicle, And Obstacle Detection Method Of Articulated Vehicle Rejection information available with a Premium Stats subscription. See our pricing. Patented View
18124378 Drive Assist Apparatus For Vehicle And Drive Assist System For Vehicle Patented View
18523684 Conditional Object Position Prediction By A Machine Learned Model Patented View
18222686 System For Evaluating A Lane Change Operation Of An Autonomous Vehicle Patented View
17544256 Propel Limiting System And Method For Rear Collision Avoidance Patented View
18311794 Method For Controlling Autonomous Vehicle Patented View
19061771 Systems And Methods For Intelligently Transforming Data To Generate Improved Output Data Using A Probabilistic Multi-Application Network Patented View
18547072 Method For Activating An Obstacle Avoidance System For A Motor Vehicle Patented View
18547081 Method For Avoiding Obstacles Patented View
17941225 Method And System For Dynamically Updating An Environmental Representation Of An Autonomous Agent Patented View
18493258 Robotic Systems And Methods For Tank Seal Inspection Patented View
17947466 Devices And Methods Of Detecting Driving Conditions From A Rotating Wheel Patented View
18232359 Collision Prevention Device, Collision Prevention Method And Collision Prevention Program Patented View
18305500 Vehicle For Performing Minimum Risk Maneuver And Method Of Operating The Vehicle Patented View
18199525 Method Of Controlling Autonomous Vehicle, Electronic Device, And Storage Medium Patented View
18124805 Distribution System Patented View
18451529 Control Device, Control Method, And Storage Medium Patented View
18313486 Control Of A Hybrid Powertrain System Patented View
18398334 In-Vehicle Artificial Intelligence Assistant For Agent Misbehavior Accident Prevention And Related Method Patented View
18194243 Collision Aware Path Planning Systems And Methods Patented View
18096284 System And Method For Insight-Triggered Opportunistic Imaging In A Vehicle Patented View
18678079 Method And A System For An Identity Management Abandoned View
18541067 Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Airspace Reservation And Allocation System Patented View
17938065 Driving Support Device, Method, Storage Medium, And Vehicle Patented View
17878357 Vehicle Control System And Vehicle Driving Method Using The Vehicle Control System Patented View
18105635 Vehicle Integrated Controller And Vehicle Function Implementation Method Using The Same Patented View
18113630 Driving Assistance Device, Vehicle Control System, And Driving Assistance Method Patented View
17952942 Remote Moving Application Software And Remote Moving System Patented View
18168642 State Estimation Method And State Estimation System Patented View
18049335 Apparatus For Generating U-Turn Path Of Vehicle And Method Thereof Patented View
18097715 Using Radar For Vehicle-To-Vehicle (V2v) Communication Patented View
17679344 Human-Machine Interface Control System Patented View
17959667 Intelligent Vehicle Systems And Control Logic For Automated Thermal Event Mitigation In Enclosed Areas Patented View
18157338 Method For Preventing A Collision Of A Vehicle With Another Road User, Collision Warning System, And Vehicle Patented View
17667845 Method Of Damage Prediction For Electric Park Brake And Adaptation Thereof Patented View
17958228 Virtual Hazard Inference System Patented View
18449683 System And Method For Centralized Control Of Vehicle Testing Abandoned View
17855175 Trajectory Planning Method And Apparatus Patented View
18007074 Braking Control Device Patented View
17812372 Clunk And Shuffle Management In Multi-Motor, Multi-Axle Electrified Drivetrains Patented View
18525044 Mapping Application With Turn-By-Turn Navigation Mode For Output To Vehicle Display Patented View
17431988 Tank Seal Inspection Patented View
18178458 Driving Diagnostic Device, Driving Diagnostic Method, And Storage Medium Patented View
18439663 Automated Positive Train Control Event Data Extraction And Analysis Engine And Method Therefor Patented View
18107651 On-Board Autoencoder For Vehicles Patented View
18178733 Vehicle With Polarimetric Image Normalization Logic Patented View
17386810 System And Method For Performing Spraying Operations With An Agricultural Applicator Patented View
17960838 Vehicle Control Device, Vehicle Control Method, And Storage Medium Patented View
17695080 Vehicle Controller And Method For Controlling Vehicle Patented View
18745961 Systems And Methods For Intelligently Transforming Data To Generate Improved Output Data Using A Probabilistic Multi-Application Network Patented View

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