Examiner Ingram Thomas P

3668-INGRAM-THOMAS-P

Employment Information

Art Unit:3668 — 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
700 — Data processing: generic control systems or specific applications
705 — Data processing: financial, business practice, management, or cost/price determination
706 — Data processing: artificial intelligence
455 — Telecommunications
Phone:(571) 272-7864
Email:thomas.ingram@uspto.gov
Location:VA 22314
Title:Pat Examnr Mechl Engrg
Service:14 years
Grade:GS-14

Grant Rate and Difficulty Ranking

13
3-Year Grant rate: 92% over 343 cases
Difficulty: Very Easy
Difficulty Percentile: 13th

With Examiner Ingram, you have a 92% chance of getting an issued patent by 3 years after the first office action. Examiner Ingram is a very easy examiner and in the 13th percentile across all examiners (with 100th percentile most difficult).

Grant Rate

Grant Rate Timeline

Below is the grant rate timeline for Examiner Ingram, 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 3668

Examiner Ingram's grant rate is higher than that of Art Unit 3668 and higher than that of the USPTO.

Average Office Actions Per Grant
Examiner Ingram 1.1
Art Unit 3668 1.5

Interview Benefit

Grant Rate without Interview

Examiner Ingram has granted 267 of 291 cases without any applicant-requested interviews for a grant rate of 92%.

Grant Rate with Interview

Examiner Ingram has granted 50 of 52 cases with at least one applicant-requested interview for a grant rate of 96%.

Interview Benefit

With Examiner Ingram, conducting an interview increases your chance of getting a patent granted by 4%.

Recent Dispositions

Recent Dispositions

Number Title OA Rejections Status IFW
18738173 Map Generation System And Map Generation Method Rejection information available with a Premium Stats subscription. See our pricing. Patented View
18632489 Navigation Method And System Using Color Codes Patented View
18785876 Systems And Methods Of Providing Ride Control With A Power Machine Patented View
18571017 Robot Task Execution Method And Apparatus, Robot, And Storage Medium Patented View
18731317 Autonomous Mobile Device, Control Method And Apparatus For Autonomous Mobile Device, And Storage Medium Patented View
18745804 Systems And Methods For Adaptive Attitude Control For Foldable Quadrotors Patented View
18418954 Server Apparatus Patented View
18531028 Brake Cooling Control System Patented View
18773105 Modular Image Capture Systems Patented View
18548818 Method For Testing A Driver Assistance System Of A Vehicle Patented View
17911670 Snow Removal System And Snow Removal Method Patented View
18432319 Work Management System Patented View
18430678 Aerial Vehicle And Control Method And Apparatus Therefor, And Storage Medium Patented View
18432211 Machine Learning Based Unmanned Aerial Anti-Tampering Trigger System Design Apparatus And Method Patented View
17868565 Method Of Providing Guidance For Use Of Electric Power Of Electric Vehicle Patented View
18289231 Multi-Drone Beyond Visual Line Of Sight (Bvlos) Operation Abandoned View
17927812 Railway Point Managing System And Method Abandoned View
18476346 Sensor Module, And Marine Vessel Patented View
18268004 Method For Determining Field-Or Zone-Specific Seeding Rate, Depth, And Time For Planting A Crop In An Agricultural Field Based On Multiple Data Inputs Such As Crop, Field, Yield, Weather, And/or Soil Data Patented View
17842065 Systems And Methods For Planning Lane-Change Actions Considering Traffic Stability In Target Lane Patented View
18534461 Online Speed Override Of A Trajectory Patented View
18354629 Method For Updating A Configuration In A Braking Arrangement Patented View
18049898 System And Method For Managing A Vehicle Event Mode Patented View
18336681 Object Detection System Patented View
18539776 Method For Detecting A Defocusing Of A Lidar Sensor, And Lidar Sensor Patented View
18177906 System And Method For Detection And Reporting Of Events Patented View
18761408 Vehicle Guidance System Patented View
17555359 Machine-Learned Classifier For Lidar Split Returns Patented View
17921258 Battery Service Providing System And Method Patented View
18564377 Brake System For A Utility Vehicle, And Method For Testing The Functionality Of A Select-High Valve Of The Brake System Patented View
17964923 Marine Blockchain Contract And System Connecting A Vessel And Its Engine To Stakeholders Abandoned View
18545485 Self-Driving Device Control System Patented View
17998867 Stairlift Safety System Patented View
18240933 Lidar Sensor Denoising For Adverse Conditions And/or Nonsalient Objects Patented View
18332881 System For Diagnosing Battery Cell Provided In Electric Vehicle Patented View
18004614 Systems, Methods And Devices For Map-Based Object's Localization Deep Learning And Object's Motion Trajectories On Geospatial Maps Using Neural Network Patented View
18163769 Traffic Signal Recognition Device, Traffic Signal Recognition Method And Vehicle Control Device Patented View
17742655 Endpoint Approach And Localization For Autonomous Robotic Vehicles Patented View
17557427 Linear Movement For Control Point Detection Verification Patented View
18166121 Sensor Calibration For Autonomous Systems And Applications Patented View
18591118 Vehicle Dispatch System, Vehicle Dispatch Method, Server, User Terminal, And Storage Medium Patented View
18765848 Glare Detection Systems And Methods For Automated Vehicular Control Patented View
18228123 Multi-Axis Upset Recovery System Patented View
18231850 Vehicle Control Device, Vehicle Control Method, And Storage Medium Patented View
17675029 System And Method For Detecting Road Intersection On Point Cloud Height Map Patented View
18655918 Processor And Sensor Array For Autonomous Truck Patented View
18081071 Working Robot And Control Method Patented View
18535184 Remote Operations Using Immersive Telepresence Patented View
18008046 Intelligent Beam Prediction Method Abandoned View
18549257 Method For Determining A Motion Path On A Surface Patented View

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