USPTO Art Unit 1715 Prosecution Statistics

Art Unit Information

Art Unit: 1715
Group: 1710
Tech Center: 1700
Total Cases: 10,427
Last Active: January 2025

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
19028875METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING AND DISPENSING MATERIAL DURING ADDITIVE MANUFACTURINGJanuary 2025April 2025Allow310NoNo
18935678METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING MYCELIUM MAT INTO LEATHER BY USING PH-CONTROLLED TANNIC ACIDNovember 2024June 2025Allow711NoNo
18913440METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR COMPRESSING MATERIAL DURING ADDITIVE MANUFACTURINGOctober 2024May 2025Allow711YesNo
18838765CHEMICAL VAPOR INFILTRATION DENSIFICATION METHOD USING SINGLE-PILE PLATES FOR A SEMI-FORCED FLOWAugust 2024February 2025Allow600YesNo
18747315SYSTEM FOR AUTONOMOUSLY APPLYING PAINT TO A TARGET SURFACEJune 2024January 2025Allow700NoNo
18675284METHOD FOR IN-SITU ETCHING DIAMONDMay 2024March 2025Abandon1020NoNo
18675046Carbene-Functionalized Composite MaterialsMay 2024June 2025Allow1300NoNo
18655570METHOD OF MASKING A DENTAL SUPPORT STRUCTURE OF A DENTAL PROSTHESIS MADE OF HIGHLY TRANSLUCENT CERAMIC MATERIALMay 2024December 2024Allow700NoNo
18633942SILICON CARBIDE THIN FILMS AND VAPOR DEPOSITION METHODS THEREOFApril 2024April 2025Allow1210YesNo
18631760PROTECTIVE COATING METHOD FOR REINFORCED CONCRETE BUILDINGS AND INFRASTRUCTUREApril 2024June 2025Allow1400NoNo
18630688APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR SEMICONDUCTOR PROCESSINGApril 2024October 2024Allow610NoNo
18623880HARDWARE AND MANUFACTURING METHODS TO COAT ELECTRODE MATERIALS TO SUBSTRATES IN SECONDARY IONIC BATTERY MANUFACTURING PROCESSApril 2024March 2025Allow1221YesNo
18605107CORROSION RESISTANT COATING SYSTEMSMarch 2024June 2025Allow1511YesNo
18599423Method of Producing Electrode and Electrode Production ApparatusMarch 2024March 2025Allow1310YesNo
18581322ANTI-THROMBOGENIC MEDICAL DEVICES AND METHODSFebruary 2024December 2024Allow1010NoNo
18442898SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SPRAY-ON APPLICATION OF A WIRE PULLING LUBRICANTFebruary 2024February 2025Allow1210NoNo
18431925SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SPRAY-ON APPLICATION OF A WIRE PULLING LUBRICANTFebruary 2024February 2025Allow1210NoNo
18420870METHOD FOR SPRAY DYEING USING INFRARED IRRADIATIONJanuary 2024December 2024Allow1110YesNo
18419914Low Pressure Plural Component Spray System and Foams Generated TherefromJanuary 2024January 2025Allow1210YesNo
18418657AZIMUTHALLY MODULATED SCATTERING DEVICEJanuary 2024December 2024Allow1120YesNo
18419036METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR COMPRESSING MATERIAL DURING ADDITIVE MANUFACTURINGJanuary 2024July 2024Allow510YesNo
18413237CORROSION RESISTANT WHEELS, ANTICORROSION LAYERS ASSOCIATED WITH WHEELS, AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAMEJanuary 2024July 2025Allow1710NoNo
18411315SILICONE SEPTUM COATINGJanuary 2024August 2024Allow700NoNo
18407679COATING METHOD AND CORRESPONDING COATING INSTALLATIONJanuary 2024November 2024Allow1000YesNo
18407552SURFACE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SUBCUTANEOUS DEVICEJanuary 2024April 2025Allow1510NoNo
18406431MANUFACTURING METHOD OF DISPLAY DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING DEVICE OF DISPLAY DEVICEJanuary 2024June 2025Allow1801YesNo
18404983METHOD OF FORMING A VANADIUM NITRIDE-CONTAINING LAYERJanuary 2024June 2025Allow1810NoNo
18402832COATING DEVICE AND CORRESPONDING COATING PROCESSJanuary 2024April 2025Allow1510NoNo
18402355METHODS OF PRODUCING SINGLE-LAYER TRANSITION METAL SELENIDEJanuary 2024March 2025Allow1500YesNo
18390061TRANSITION METAL DEPOSITION PROCESSES AND DEPOSITION ASSEMBLYDecember 2023June 2025Allow1801YesNo
18390807FOOTWEAR ASSEMBLY METHOD WITH 3D PRINTINGDecember 2023October 2024Allow900NoNo
18543266FORMULATIONS AND PROCESSES TO GENERATE REPELLENT SURFACES ON MEDICAL DEVICESDecember 2023December 2024Allow1210NoNo
18541166TRANSITION METAL DEPOSITION METHODDecember 2023May 2025Allow1710NoNo
18539977CONFORMAL DEPOSITION OF SILICON CARBIDE FILMSDecember 2023November 2024Allow1110NoNo
18540854SEMICONDUCTOR PROCESSING APPARATUS AND MIXING INLET DEVICEDecember 2023January 2025Allow1410NoNo
18569348METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING PROCESSED PLASTIC FILMDecember 2023March 2025Abandon1500NoNo
18535440METHOD OF FORMING A LAYER COMPRISING MAGNESIUM, ALUMINUM, AND ZINC, AND RELATED SOLIDS AND SYSTEMSDecember 2023June 2025Allow1801YesNo
18530653TRANSITION METAL NITRIDE DEPOSITION METHODDecember 2023June 2025Allow1810NoNo
18529991METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING AND DISPENSING MATERIAL DURING ADDITIVE MANUFACTURINGDecember 2023May 2024Allow510NoNo
18528476FILM STRESS CONTROL FOR PLASMA ENHANCED CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITIONDecember 2023March 2025Allow1600YesNo
18524495Methods for Making and Using a Structural Hydrogel Polymer DeviceNovember 2023September 2024Allow910NoNo
18522574Method of Making Anterior Dental Restorations from Sintered PreformsNovember 2023July 2024Allow700NoNo
18517351MANUFACTURE OF MICROSTRUCTURESNovember 2023March 2025Abandon1501NoNo
18515426SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING SYSTEMNovember 2023May 2025Allow1800NoNo
18515508METHODS FOR MAKING ELECTRODES AND PROVIDING ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS IN SENSORSNovember 2023December 2024Allow1310NoNo
18389157ANTIMICROBIAL LAMINATES AND COATINGS INDICATING EFFICACYNovember 2023July 2024Allow800YesNo
18503292COATING DIE, COATING DEVICE, COATING METHOD, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SECONDARY CELLNovember 2023February 2025Allow1510NoNo
18502295METHOD OF PROCESSING SUBSTRATE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE BY FORMING FILMNovember 2023December 2024Allow1311NoNo
18501579Methods for the Manufacture of MasonryNovember 2023July 2024Abandon801NoNo
18501395DOPED OR UNDOPED SILICON CARBIDE DEPOSITION AND REMOTE HYDROGEN PLASMA EXPOSURE FOR GAPFILLNovember 2023January 2025Allow1410YesNo
18498803INTRAVASCULAR DEVICESOctober 2023September 2024Allow1110NoNo
18496614OIL-TREATED PLASTIC FOR CONCRETEOctober 2023May 2024Allow700NoNo
18288517TOILET PAPER ROLL MANUFACTURING METHODOctober 2023May 2025Allow1900NoNo
18288534HIGH RELIABILITY SHEATHED TRANSPORT PATH FOR AEROSOL JET DEVICESOctober 2023August 2024Allow1000NoNo
18445576Process for powder coating of objectsOctober 2023January 2025Abandon1410NoNo
18555974METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING OPTICAL FIBEROctober 2023March 2025Allow1700YesNo
18381485YTTRIUM-BASED SPRAYED COATING AND MAKING METHODOctober 2023March 2025Allow1710NoNo
18380803METHODS OF SELECTIVE ATOMIC LAYER DEPOSITIONOctober 2023March 2025Allow1710NoNo
18554540PREPARATION METHOD AND PHOTOELECTRIC DEVICE OF TIN-BASED PEROVSKITE THIN FILM EMPLOYING STRESS CONTROLOctober 2023September 2024Abandon1110NoNo
18482807ELECTRICAL ENHANCEMENT OF BILAYER FORMATIONOctober 2023August 2024Allow1010NoNo
18554126METHOD FOR DEPOSITING VANADIUM-CONTAINING FILMSOctober 2023June 2025Allow2111YesNo
18377154Secondary Containment Panels and Process for Making and Installing SameOctober 2023December 2024Abandon1410NoNo
18553862PROCESS FOR TREATING FIBRES OF VEGETABLE ORIGIN AND USE OF THE TREATED VEGETABLE FIBRES OBTAINED BY SAID PROCESSOctober 2023March 2025Allow1710NoNo
18481205GAS PHASE DIFFUSION ELECTRODE, PREPARATION METHOD, AND APPLICATION FOR ELECTROCATALYZING CO2 TO REDUCE AND PRODUCE FORMIC ACIDOctober 2023June 2025Allow2111NoNo
18285421METHOD FOR PRODUCING SOLID ELECTROLYTE POWDER, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING ALL SOLID STATE BATTERYOctober 2023May 2025Allow2001YesNo
18375212METHOD OF COATING HIGH ATOMIC NUMBER METALS ONTO OXYGEN OR HYDROXYL RICH SURFACESSeptember 2023June 2024Allow900NoNo
18476804METHOD FOR FORMING FILM ON SUBSTRATE SURFACE HAVING CONVEX PORTIONSeptember 2023April 2025Allow1811YesNo
18475316LOADING DEVICE, ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD FOR LOADING A REACTION CHAMBERSeptember 2023September 2024Allow1221YesNo
18475338GAS FEEDING CUP AND A GAS MANIFOLD ASSEMBLYSeptember 2023June 2024Allow920YesNo
18475291ATOMIC LAYER DEPOSITION REACTOR ARRANGEMENT AND A METHOD FOR OPERATING AN ATOMIC LAYER DEPOSITION REACTOR ARRANGEMENTSeptember 2023June 2024Allow811YesNo
18284176STATOR FOR AN ELECTRIC ROTARY MACHINESeptember 2023February 2024Allow500NoNo
18283074Masking Jig, Film Formation Method, and Film Formation DeviceSeptember 2023June 2025Abandon2110NoNo
18370033Tungsten Film-Forming Method, Film-Forming System and Storage MediumSeptember 2023June 2025Abandon2020NoNo
18281990PICKLE FOR POLYAMIDESeptember 2023November 2024Allow1400NoNo
18550643SUBSTRATE PROCESSING WITH POLYMER-CONTAINING LIQUIDSeptember 2023May 2025Allow2011YesNo
18466953COATING THICKNESS OPTIMIZATION AND PROGRAMMING METHOD FOR A COATING SYSTEM AND CORRESPONDING COATING SYSTEMSeptember 2023May 2024Allow800NoNo
18282025SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHODSeptember 2023May 2025Allow2000NoNo
18368472TRUNCATING THE DISTRIBUTION OF MODULUS PROPERTIES IN NATURAL POPULATIONS OF WOODSeptember 2023August 2024Allow1111YesNo
18367480Gapfill methods and processing assembliesSeptember 2023February 2025Allow1710NoNo
18550190REDUCING LINE BENDING DURING METAL FILL PROCESSSeptember 2023June 2025Allow2110YesNo
18244532LIQUID RAW MATERIAL SUPPLYING METHOD AND GAS SUPPLY APPARATUSSeptember 2023March 2025Allow1811YesNo
18243982THREE-DIMENSIONAL NANOSTRUCTURE USING NANOPARTICLES AND METHOD FOR PREPARING SAMESeptember 2023June 2025Allow2110NoNo
18242798DEPOSITING COATINGS ON AND WITHIN HOUSINGS, APPARATUS, OR TOOLS UTILIZING PRESSURIZED CELLSSeptember 2023August 2024Allow1110YesNo
18242790DEPOSITING COATINGS ON AND WITHIN HOUSINGS, APPARATUS, OR TOOLS UTILIZING COUNTER CURRENT FLOW OF REACTANTSSeptember 2023August 2024Allow1110YesNo
18460860SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR APPLYING MATERIALS TO MEDICAL DEVICESSeptember 2023April 2025Abandon1911NoNo
18238794Platinum Nanoparticle Deposition on a Series of UiO Metal-Organic FrameworksAugust 2023November 2024Allow1500YesNo
18456936Method and System of Applying A Viscous Fluid Material To A Roofing SurfaceAugust 2023March 2024Allow700NoNo
18238426METHOD FOR PLASMA-ASSISTED AND MULTI-STEP CONTINUOUS PREPARATION OF DIFFUSION LAYER/AMORPHOUS CARBON FILM COMPOSITE COATING AND USE THEREOFAugust 2023May 2025Allow2011NoNo
18455640QUALITY INSPECTION SYSTEM FOR ENTIRE INKJET PRINTING MANUFACTURING PROCESS FOR DISPLAY DEVICEAugust 2023June 2024Allow1010YesNo
18278669METHOD FOR PRODUCING COATED MEDICAL DEVICEAugust 2023May 2025Allow2020NoNo
18454986COVER GLASS AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAMEAugust 2023October 2024Allow1410NoNo
18237354Application of Antimicrobial Agents to Medical DevicesAugust 2023July 2025Allow2240NoNo
18235348METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING STRETCHABLE ELECTROCHROMIC DEVICE, AND STRETCHABLE ELECTROCHROMIC DEVICE MANUFACTURED THEREBYAugust 2023December 2024Allow1600NoNo
18235607PROCESS FOR MAKING LAMINATE SUBSTRATE WITH SINTERED COMPONENTSAugust 2023February 2025Allow1800YesNo
18450854FLUORIDES IN NANOPOROUS, ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE SCAFFOLDING MATRIX FOR METAL AND METAL-ION BATTERIESAugust 2023December 2024Allow1600NoNo
18277497MINERAL WOOL BINDERAugust 2023June 2025Abandon2210NoNo
18233582Deposition Apparatus and MethodsAugust 2023October 2024Allow1410NoNo
18546393Slot Insulation System for an Electrical Rotating Machine, Method for Producing a Slot Insulation SystemAugust 2023March 2025Allow1911YesNo
18277096METHOD FOR FORMING FILM, FILM-FORMING APPARATUS, AND LAMINATEAugust 2023June 2025Allow2201NoNo
18264702METHOD OF COATING ONTO FABRIC SUBSTRATES BY MEANS OF PLASMAAugust 2023December 2024Allow1610YesNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for art-unit 1715.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
299
Examiner Affirmed
205
(68.6%)
Examiner Reversed
94
(31.4%)
Reversal Percentile
45.9%
Lower than average

What This Means

With a 31.4% 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
757
Allowed After Appeal Filing
251
(33.2%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
506
(66.8%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
51.9%
Higher 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, 33.2% of applications that filed an appeal were subsequently allowed. This appeal filing benefit rate is above the USPTO average, suggesting that filing an appeal can be an effective strategy for prompting 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 is strategically valuable. The act of filing often prompts favorable reconsideration during the mandatory appeal conference.

Art Unit 1715 - Prosecution Statistics Summary

Executive Summary

Art Unit 1715 is part of Group 1710 in Technology Center 1700. This art unit has examined 10,427 patent applications in our dataset, with an overall allowance rate of 67.4%. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 32 months.

Comparative Analysis

Art Unit 1715's allowance rate of 67.4% places it in the 23% 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 1715 receive an average of 1.96 office actions before reaching final disposition (in the 63% percentile). The median prosecution time is 32 months (in the 32% 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.