Examiner Willis Brandon Z

3665-WILLIS-BRANDON-Z

Employment Information

Art Unit:3665 — 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
356 — Optics: measuring and testing
700 — Data processing: generic control systems or specific applications
280 — Land vehicles
434 — Education and demonstration
Phone:(571) 272-5427
Email:brandon.willis@uspto.gov
Location:VA 22314
Title:Pat Examnr Mechl Engrg
Service:6 years
Grade:GS-13

Grant Rate and Difficulty Ranking

78
3-Year Grant rate: 53% over 102 cases
Difficulty: Harder
Difficulty Percentile: 78th

With Examiner Willis, you have a 53% chance of getting an issued patent by 3 years after the first office action. Examiner Willis is a harder examiner and in the 78th percentile across all examiners (with 100th percentile most difficult).

Grant Rate

Grant Rate Timeline

Below is the grant rate timeline for Examiner Willis, 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 3665

Examiner Willis's grant rate is lower than that of Art Unit 3665 and lower than that of the USPTO.

Average Office Actions Per Grant
Examiner Willis 1.8
Art Unit 3665 1.4

Interview Benefit

Grant Rate without Interview

Examiner Willis has granted 21 of 56 cases without any applicant-requested interviews for a grant rate of 38%.

Grant Rate with Interview

Examiner Willis has granted 33 of 46 cases with at least one applicant-requested interview for a grant rate of 72%.

Interview Benefit

With Examiner Willis, conducting an interview increases your chance of getting a patent granted by 89%.

Recent Dispositions

Recent Dispositions

Number Title OA Rejections Status IFW
18428037 Systems And Methods For Generating A Driving Trajectory Rejection information available with a Premium Stats subscription. See our pricing. Patented View
18311180 Conversion Of Driving Logs To Simulations For Autonomous Vehicle Testing And Validation Patented View
18435207 Autonomous Vehicle Control Based On Hand Signal Intent Detection Abandoned View
18250290 Driving Control System Abandoned View
18187509 Dynamically Weighting Training Data Using Kinematic Comparison Patented View
18416573 Transport Dangerous Situation Consensus Patented View
18380008 Method For Controlling Center Following Of Traveling Vehicle By Applying Lane Weight, And Apparatus Thereof Patented View
18351955 Method, Electronic Device And Medium For Target State Estimation Patented View
18356905 Sensor Configuration For Autonomous Vehicles Abandoned View
18475694 System For Reducing Incomplete Diagnostic Test Cycles Patented View
18031182 Vehicle Control System And Method For Operating A Driving Function According To A Preceding Vehicle Patented View
18207238 Adaptive Image Compression For Connected Vehicles Patented View
18334092 Localization Algorithm Patented View
18060849 V2x For Sensor Cross Checks And Diagnosis Patented View
18253312 Control System And Method Adjusted To Perception Patented View
18259663 Method For Controlling A Driving Behavior Of An Autonomously Driving Vehicle, Processing Device For Performing The Method, Data Storage Medium And Vehicle Patented View
18500193 System And Method For Determining A Length Of A Vehicle Patented View
18509875 Autonomous Driving Device And Driving Control Method Thereof Patented View
18335322 Method To Handle Intersections With Heavy Traffic In Autonomous Vehicles Abandoned View
18590988 Control Device Patented View
18535705 Autonomous Vehicle Driving Path Selection In The Presence Of Emergency Vehicle Sounds Patented View
18136618 System For Driver Assistance And Method For Driver Assistance Patented View
18128006 Vehicle, Method For Vehicle, And System For Vehicle Patented View
18023455 Hauling Vehicle And Vehicle Control System Patented View
18355032 Brake Light Activation Determining Device, Storage Medium Storing Computer Program For Determining Brake Light Activation, And Method For Determining Brake Light Activation Patented View
18545379 System For Avoiding Blind Spot Of Vehicle Using Accident History Information And Method Thereof Patented View
17708885 Apparatus For Determining A Traffic Light, System Having The Same And Method Thereof Patented View
17894074 Assertive Vehicle Detection Model Generation Patented View
18016241 Systems, Devices And Methods For Operating A Vehicle With Sensors Monitoring Parameters Abandoned View
17853995 Method And Technology For Detecting And Releasing Iced-Up Brake Linings Of An Electric Parking Brake Patented View
18158183 Multimodal Trajectory Predictions Based On Geometric Anchoring Abandoned View
17894812 Motion Planning Constraints For Autonomous Vehicles Patented View
18423136 Agent Trajectory Prediction Using Target Locations Patented View
18464638 Vehicle Patented View
17962888 Techniques For Location Access Management In A Movable Object Environment Patented View
18319280 System For Automatically Operable Vehicles For The Perception Of Road Damages Abandoned View
18319315 Traveling Support Device Patented View
18081656 Automatic Run Method, Work Vehicle, And Automatic Run System Patented View
17445198 Vehicular Control System With Traffic Jam Assist Patented View
18016337 Predictive Maintenance Method And System Abandoned View
18200493 Collision Monitoring Using Statistic Models Patented View
18149281 Vehicle Driving Assist Device Patented View
18076995 Vehicle Charge Port Defroster Patented View
17948042 Methods And Systems For Operating A Peripheral Device Of A Vehicle Patented View
17892245 Automotive Propulsion System And Automobile Abandoned View
18085148 System For Generating Autonomous Driving Path Using Harsh Environment Information Of High Definition Map And Method Thereof Patented View
17920760 Compensation Method For Shortfall Of Engine Torque Patented View
17449284 Information Processing Apparatus, Information Processing Method, Recording Medium, And Work Machine Patented View
17982262 Navigation Processing Method And Apparatus, Service Side Device, Intelligent Terminal, And Storage Medium Patented View
18043366 Controller And Control Method Patented View

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