USPTO Art Unit 1712 Prosecution Statistics

Art Unit Information

Art Unit: 1712
Group: 1710
Tech Center: 1700
Total Cases: 13,487
Last Active: August 2025

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
19290642METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR COMPRESSING MATERIAL DURING ADDITIVE MANUFACTURINGAugust 2025December 2025Allow400YesNo
19235678METHOD FOR PREPARING SURFACE-MODIFIED LITHIUM/SODIUM MULTICOMPONENT CATHODE MATERIALSJune 2025September 2025Allow410NoNo
19213784FLUORINE-DOPED CARBON DOT (CD)-MODIFIED ENRICHMENT CHROMOGENIC MEMBRANE AND USE THEREOF IN DETECTION OF THREE PERFLUORINATED COMPOUNDS (PFCs)May 2025October 2025Allow501NoNo
19176128Organic Small Molecule Inhibitors and Application Method thereof in Thin Film DepositionApril 2025June 2025Allow300NoNo
19117465HIGH-PRESSURE AND MULTI-ATMOSPHERE ASSISTED SLM GRADIENT MATERIAL PREPARATION METHOD AND ALUMINUM-LITHIUM ALLOY COATINGApril 2025August 2025Allow401NoNo
19059174METHODS OF FORMING TRANSISTOR INTERCONNECTS ON TOP OF A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE SUBSTRATEFebruary 2025February 2026Abandon1220NoNo
18996539OXIDE FILM FORMATION METHODJanuary 2025June 2025Allow500NoNo
18999585DEVICE AND METHOD FOR TREATMENT OF AN ARTIFICIAL BONE IMPLANT WITH BLOODDecember 2024March 2026Allow1400YesNo
18870146AMORPHOUS ALLOY REINFORCED CU-BASED COMPOSITE COATING AND COMPOSITE BULK MATERIAL AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOFNovember 2024December 2025Allow1310NoNo
18956308METHOD FOR MAKING PROSTHETIC DEVICENovember 2024January 2025Allow200NoNo
18866864Method for Producing a Structuring Agent for Texturing an Embossable Material Surface, in Particular a Resin-Containing Laminate Surface, and Structuring Agent of this KindNovember 2024January 2026Allow1421YesNo
18945567FIELD-DEPLOYABLE ANTIMICROBIAL SURFACE PRODUCTS FOR GAS/AIR AND LIQUID/WATER PURIFICATION AND METHODS OF FABRICATION OF THE SAMENovember 2024April 2025Allow500NoNo
18944132SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHODNovember 2024February 2026Allow1510NoNo
18942000METHODS OF FORMING TRANSISTOR INTERCONNECTS ON TOP OF A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE SUBSTRATENovember 2024January 2025Allow230NoNo
18929027METHOD FOR RESTORATION PERFORMANCES OF AGED NICKEL-RICH NMC CATHODE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM-ION SECONDARY BATTERYOctober 2024October 2025Allow1200NoNo
18920357Thermal Evaporation-Growth of Halide Perovskites Through Phosphonic Acid AdditionOctober 2024February 2026Allow1611NoNo
18915929ASPHALT CONTAINING RECYCLED WASTE PLASTICOctober 2024January 2026Allow1510NoNo
18913040FILM-FORMING METHOD AND FILM-FORMING APPARATUSOctober 2024January 2026Allow1510NoNo
18913070SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHODOctober 2024October 2025Allow1200NoNo
18911816METHOD OF APPLYING NANO COATING TO STAINLESS STEELOctober 2024December 2024Allow200NoNo
18907164MAGNETIC-RESPONSIVE COMPOSITIONS FOR ROOFING MATERIALSOctober 2024September 2025Allow1101NoNo
18852504METHOD FOR ROLLER-COATING LIQUID MATERIALSeptember 2024August 2025Allow1010NoNo
18900427METHOD, SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR FORMING A METAL SULFIDE LAYERSeptember 2024March 2026Allow1710NoNo
18894743METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING AN ABRADABLE LAYERSeptember 2024July 2025Allow1000NoNo
18894138LAYERED BODY INCLUDING INORGANIC SUBSTRATE AND POLYAMIC ACID CURED PRODUCTSeptember 2024August 2025Abandon1000NoNo
18847934METHODS OF PRODUCING CONSTRUCTION ELEMENTS, CONSTRUCTION ELEMENTS PRODUCED THEREBY, AND STRUCTURES PRODUCED THEREFROMSeptember 2024March 2026Allow1820NoNo
18826771GLUE COATING EQUIPMENT, BATTERY PRODUCTION LINE AND GLUE COATING METHODSeptember 2024February 2026Allow1710NoNo
18823533SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FORMING LARGE-AREA ELECTRONIC-GRADE METAL CHALCOGEN THIN FILMSSeptember 2024December 2025Allow1521YesNo
18821197LOW INDEX POROUS SILICON OXIDE AND SILICON NITRIDE CO-DEPOSITION METHODAugust 2024December 2025Abandon1621NoNo
18818298VAPOR DEPOSITION PROCESSESAugust 2024March 2026Allow1910NoNo
188174013D GRAPHENEAugust 2024March 2026Allow1820NoNo
18841870METHOD FOR FORMING INSULATING FILM, AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING SYSTEMAugust 2024February 2026Allow1710NoNo
18813448METHOD OF FORMING FILM, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, FILM FORMING APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUMAugust 2024March 2026Allow1810NoNo
18840798COATING APPARATUS AND COATING METHODAugust 2024April 2025Allow810NoNo
18840625CONTROL SYSTEM FOR HEAVY METALLIC COATING WEIGHTAugust 2024February 2026Allow1810YesNo
18810691METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ELECTRODE, CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM, AND, ELECTRODE MATERIALAugust 2024January 2026Allow1700NoNo
18810240NOVEL COMPOSITION, PRECURSOR COMPOSITION INCLUDING SAME, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THIN FILM USING SAME PRECURSOR COMPOSITIONAugust 2024January 2026Allow1710NoNo
18808308SEQUENTIAL PRESSURIZATION TREATMENT METHOD TO FORM A SILVER-SILICALITE COATED SUBSTRATEAugust 2024July 2025Allow1110NoNo
18807440VACUUM DEPOSITION FACILITY AND METHOD FOR COATING A SUBSTRATEAugust 2024October 2025Allow1400NoNo
18838634PLASMA COATING METHOD AND PLASMA COATING SYSTEMAugust 2024September 2025Allow1300NoNo
18838062PROCESS FOR PRODUCING AN AQUEOUS POLYMER DISPERSION FROM A VINYL AROMATIC COMPOUND AND A CONJUGATED ALIPHATIC DIENEAugust 2024January 2026Allow1710NoNo
18837192METHOD OF SURFACE FRICTION TREATMENT OF CERAMIC-REINFORCED ALUMINUM MATRIX COMPOSITE BRAKE DISCAugust 2024January 2026Allow1801YesNo
18835005SiC FORMED BODY AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SiC FORMED BODYJuly 2024January 2026Allow1810NoNo
18834283Method for Producing Trichlorosilane and Method for Producing Polycrystalline Silicon RodJuly 2024August 2025Allow1300NoNo
18833817HALIDE-FUNCTIONALIZED CYCLOTRISILAZANES AS PRECURSORS FOR DEPOSITION OF SILICON-CONTAINING FILMSJuly 2024January 2026Allow1810NoNo
18785339SURFACE MODIFIED SUBSTRATES AND RELATED METHODSJuly 2024December 2025Allow1710NoNo
18786266METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND PATTERN FORMATION METHODJuly 2024December 2025Allow1710NoNo
18833197PLASMA IRRADIATION APPARATUS AND PLASMA-TREATED LIQUID PRODUCTION METHODJuly 2024December 2025Allow1710NoNo
18782270METHOD FOR THE THREE-DIMENSIONAL DECORATION OF A SUBSTRATE TO PRODUCE AN EXTERNAL PARTJuly 2024October 2025Allow1500YesNo
18782180DECORATIVE RADOME AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAMEJuly 2024January 2026Allow1810YesNo
18779178METHODS FOR COLD SPRAYING NICKEL PARTICLES ON A SUBSTRATEJuly 2024October 2025Allow1500NoNo
18729645METAL CARBONYL COMPLEXES WITH PHOSPHORUS-BASED LIGANDS FOR CVD AND ALD APPLICATIONSJuly 2024February 2026Abandon1910NoNo
18729469GRAPHENE COPPER COMPOSITE MATERIAL PREPARATION METHOD BASED ON COMBINATION OF HOT PRESSING SINTERING AND CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITIONJuly 2024March 2026Allow2020NoNo
18774128MEDICAL DEVICES AND INSTRUMENTS WITH NON-COATED SUPERHYDROPHOBIC OR SUPEROLEOPHOBIC SURFACESJuly 2024December 2025Allow1710NoNo
18772676Additive Manufacturing Methods for Golf Club ComponentsJuly 2024July 2025Allow1210NoNo
18771485RECYCLED GRAPHITE SURFACE REPAIR AND CONDUCTIVE CARBON SEPARATIONJuly 2024October 2025Allow1500YesNo
18728556PRINTING PRIMER COMPOSITION FOR ADJUSTING A SUBSTRATEJuly 2024March 2026Allow2010NoNo
18770718LASER-ASSISTED DEPOSITION WITH IMPROVED COATINGJuly 2024February 2026Abandon1901NoNo
18770498CATALYST INK FOR PLATING AND ELECTROLESS PLATING METHOD USING SAMEJuly 2024December 2025Allow1720NoNo
18769816PROCESSES FOR MAKING A SUPER-INSULATING CORE FOR A VACUUM INSULATING STRUCTUREJuly 2024August 2025Allow1400NoNo
18726771CERAMIC PLATE HAVING ANTI-COUNTERFEITING VISUAL EFFECT AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFORJuly 2024January 2026Allow1900NoNo
18726210Magnetism Alignment Apparatus for Negative Electrodes and Method for Manufacturing Negative Electrodes Using SameJuly 2024March 2026Allow2010YesNo
18755271FUNCTION SCREEN PRINTING ON UPPERJune 2024January 2026Allow1910NoNo
18724138Metal-Coated Zirconia ArticlesJune 2024March 2026Allow2020NoNo
18723748TIN-CONTAINING PRECURSORS FOR DEPOSITION OF TIN-CONTAINING THIN FILMS AND THEIR CORRESPONDING DEPOSITION PROCESSESJune 2024November 2025Allow1710NoNo
18746799PROCESSES FOR DEPOSITING SIB FILMSJune 2024August 2025Allow1410NoNo
18746292Method for preparing sintered anode aluminum foil and sintered anode aluminum foilJune 2024March 2026Allow2110YesNo
18745208CONSTRUCTION OF STRUCTURAL MATERIALS FROM LUMBER USING A CARBONATE OR OXYGEN PRE-TREATMENT AND DENSIFICATIONJune 2024November 2025Abandon1710NoNo
18742551METHOD OF PROCESSING SUBSTRATE, SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUMJune 2024October 2025Allow1710NoNo
18742924Porous PTFE Article with Hydrophilic CoatingJune 2024March 2026Abandon2110NoNo
18741522MANUFACTURING METHOD OF STATORJune 2024November 2025Allow1710YesNo
18718558SLOT-TYPE SPRAY NOZZLE, COATING DEVICE, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF FILM-COATED MEMBERJune 2024October 2025Allow1600NoNo
18737855MODULATED ATOMIC LAYER DEPOSITIONJune 2024June 2025Allow1310NoNo
18717972LARGE GRAIN TUNGSTEN GROWTH IN FEATURESJune 2024January 2026Abandon1910NoNo
18734133SOLVENT-FREE ELECTRODE AND SOLID-STATE ELECTROLYTE MANUFACTURING PROCESSJune 2024July 2025Abandon1321YesNo
18716241METHODS OF MAKING HONEYCOMB BODIES HAVING INORGANIC FILTRATION DEPOSITSJune 2024January 2026Allow2010NoNo
18731466METHOD FOR PRODUCING ELECTRODEJune 2024January 2026Allow2010NoNo
18680975METHODS FOR DEPOSITING SILICON FILMS BY ATOMIC LAYER DEPOSITIONMay 2024December 2025Allow1910NoNo
18714740PROCESSES FOR FORMING METAL OXIDE THIN FILMS ON ELECTRODE INTERPHASE CONTROLMay 2024August 2025Allow1400YesNo
18714641DEPOSITION OF NOBLE METAL ISLETS OR THIN FILMS FOR ITS USE FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL CATALYSTS WITH IMPROVED CATALYTIC ACTIVITYMay 2024December 2025Allow1910NoNo
18714638SOAKING AND ESC CLAMPING SEQUENCE FOR HIGH BOW SUBSTRATESMay 2024November 2025Allow1800NoNo
18714908A Lubricating ShuttleMay 2024December 2025Allow1810NoNo
18678649THROUGH THICKNESS REINFORCEMENTMay 2024April 2025Allow1010NoNo
18677637TECHNIQUES FOR THERMAL TREATMENT OF ELECTRONIC DEVICESMay 2024November 2025Allow1810NoNo
18677384WHITE LIGHT-EMITTING ASPHALTENE-BASED COMPOSITES FOR SELF-ILLUMINATING PAVEMENTSMay 2024July 2025Allow1300NoNo
18712370A METHOD FOR PREPARING A VETERINARY MEDICAMENT DOSAGE WITH INKS AND A VETERINARY MEDICAMENT DOSAGE OBTAINABLE BY THE METHODMay 2024January 2026Allow2010NoNo
18665876METHOD FOR PREPARING A CATHODE OF A SECONDARY BATTERY AND A PURIFIED N-METHYL PYRROLIDONE, AND PURIFYING A WASTE N-METHYL PYRROLIDONE USING AN INHIBITORMay 2024September 2025Allow1600NoNo
18662778METHOD OF FORMING SURFACE TREATMENT FILMMay 2024February 2026Allow2120YesNo
18654703ATOMIC LAYER DEPOSITION OF MOLYBDENUM SILICIDE THIN FILMSMay 2024November 2025Allow1910NoNo
18654700METHOD FOR AREAL SELECTIVE FORMING OF THIN FILMMay 2024June 2025Allow1300NoNo
18707196PROCESS FOR DIRECT DEPOSITION OF GRAPHENE OR GRAPHENE OXIDE ONTO A SUBSTRATE OF INTERESTMay 2024October 2025Allow1710NoNo
18652608GROWTH OF THIN OXIDE LAYER WITH SILICON NITRIDE AND CONVERSIONMay 2024September 2025Allow1700NoNo
18650014PECVD OF SIBN THIN FILMS WITH LOW LEAKAGE CURRENTApril 2024July 2025Allow1510YesNo
18649735METHOD OF APPLYING A COATING COMPOSITION TO A SUBSTRATE UTILIZING A HIGH TRANSFER EFFICIENCY APPLICATORApril 2024October 2025Allow1810YesNo
18642848PREPARATION METHOD OF GLOVE HAVING SOFT COATING WITH HIGH WEAR RESISTANCE AND HIGH ANTI-SLIP PERFORMANCEApril 2024March 2025Allow1010YesNo
18703285ELECTROACTIVE MATERIALS FOR METAL-ION BATTERIESApril 2024September 2025Allow1711NoNo
18640565PATTERNED ELECTRODESApril 2024July 2025Allow1500NoNo
18638844BUILDING MATERIALS COMPRISING AGGLOMERATED PARTICLESApril 2024December 2024Allow810NoNo
18634054SILICON-BASED THIN FILMS FROM N-ALKYL SUBSTITUTED PERHYDRIDOCYCLOTRISILAZANESApril 2024February 2025Allow1000NoNo
18633071METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DEPOSITING THIN FILM ON SUBSTRATEApril 2024April 2025Allow1221YesNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for art-unit 1712.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
483
Examiner Affirmed
336
(69.6%)
Examiner Reversed
147
(30.4%)
Reversal Percentile
39.6%
Lower than average

What This Means

With a 30.4% reversal rate, the PTAB reverses the examiner's rejections in a meaningful percentage of cases. This reversal rate is below the USPTO average, indicating that appeals face more challenges here than typical.

Strategic Value of Filing an Appeal

Total Appeal Filings
1225
Allowed After Appeal Filing
375
(30.6%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
850
(69.4%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
41.2%
Lower than average

Understanding Appeal Filing Strategy

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, 30.6% of applications that filed an appeal were subsequently allowed. This appeal filing benefit rate is below the USPTO average, suggesting that filing an appeal has limited effectiveness in prompting favorable reconsideration.

Strategic Recommendations

⚠ Appeals to PTAB face challenges. Ensure your case has strong merit before committing to full Board review.

⚠ Filing a Notice of Appeal shows limited benefit. Consider other strategies like interviews or amendments before appealing.

Art Unit 1712 - Prosecution Statistics Summary

Executive Summary

Art Unit 1712 is part of Group 1710 in Technology Center 1700. This art unit has examined 13,487 patent applications in our dataset, with an overall allowance rate of 60.5%. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 33 months.

Comparative Analysis

Art Unit 1712's allowance rate of 60.5% places it in the 15% percentile among all USPTO art units. This art unit has a significantly lower allowance rate than most art units at the USPTO.

Prosecution Patterns

Applications in Art Unit 1712 receive an average of 2.21 office actions before reaching final disposition (in the 74% percentile). The median prosecution time is 33 months (in the 35% percentile).

Strategic Considerations

When prosecuting applications in this art unit, consider the following:

  • The art unit's allowance rate suggests a more challenging examination environment compared to the USPTO average.
  • With more office actions than average, plan for relatively streamlined prosecution.
  • The median prosecution time is longer than average and should be factored into your continuation and client communication strategies.
  • Review individual examiner statistics within this art unit to identify examiners with particularly favorable or challenging prosecution patterns.

Important Disclaimer

Not Legal Advice: The information provided in this report is for informational purposes only and does not constitute legal advice. You should consult with a qualified patent attorney or agent for advice specific to your situation.

No Guarantees: We do not provide any guarantees as to the accuracy, completeness, or timeliness of the statistics presented above. Patent prosecution statistics are derived from publicly available USPTO data and are subject to data quality limitations, processing errors, and changes in USPTO practices over time.

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Use at Your Own Risk: While we strive to provide accurate and useful prosecution statistics, you should independently verify any information that is material to your prosecution strategy and use your professional judgment in all patent prosecution matters.