Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19006366 | REACTIVE METAL POWDERS IN-FLIGHT HEAT TREATMENT PROCESSES | December 2024 | May 2025 | Allow | 4 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18760070 | CERAMIC SUSCEPTOR | July 2024 | May 2025 | Allow | 10 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18723129 | SUBSTRATE ROTATING APPARATUS, PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND PROCESSING METHOD | June 2024 | May 2025 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18734315 | Multi-layered Sorbent Structure and a Method for Enhancing Oil Uptake Performance thereof | June 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18708915 | METHOD FOR DENSIFICATION BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR INFILTRATION | May 2024 | April 2025 | Allow | 11 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18655406 | METHODS FOR PRODUCING BINDER-COATED CONDUCTOR-SPECKLED ACTIVE BATTERY MATERIAL AGGLOMERATIONS FOR ELECTRODES | May 2024 | June 2025 | Allow | 14 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18653528 | METHOD AND CONTROL ARRANGEMENT FOR MONITORING COATING QUALITY OF SECONDARY CELLS | May 2024 | October 2024 | Allow | 5 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18644432 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PREPARING MAGNETIC BAMBOO WOOD | April 2024 | September 2024 | Allow | 5 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 18699311 | CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION DEVICE CAPABLE OF RECIPROCATING ROTATION AND LIFTING | April 2024 | November 2024 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18615477 | DOOR ASSEMBLY FOR A LAUNDRY TREATING APPLIANCE | March 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18692172 | APPARATUS FOR PLASMA SURFACE TREATMENT | March 2024 | April 2025 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18582668 | HYBRID MASK STICK AND MASK FRAME ASSEMBLY EMPLOYING THE SAME | February 2024 | January 2025 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18581154 | SYSTEM FOR BACKSIDE DEPOSITION OF A SUBSTRATE | February 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18292915 | PROCESS AND DEVICE FOR IMPROVEMENT TREATMENT OF POLYESTER CORD AND RUBBER ADHESIVE | January 2024 | July 2024 | Allow | 6 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18419569 | SEAWATER DESALINATION REVERSE OSMOSIS MEMBRANE WITH BOTH WATER FLUX AND BORON REMOVAL RATE AND ITS PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF | January 2024 | September 2024 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18291038 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING SILICON-CONTAINING OXIDE-COATED ALUMINUM NITRIDE PARTICLE | January 2024 | May 2025 | Abandon | 16 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18414914 | SUBSTRATE SUPPORTING PLATE, THIN FILM DEPOSITION APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME, AND THIN FILM DEPOSITION METHOD | January 2024 | December 2024 | Allow | 11 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 18402969 | SUBSTRATE RETAINING APPARATUS, SYSTEM INCLUDING THE APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF USING SAME | January 2024 | February 2025 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18402792 | ORGANIC VAPOR JET PRINTING SYSTEM | January 2024 | December 2024 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18401804 | POLYBENZOXAZINE AEROGEL FILM AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF | January 2024 | January 2025 | Abandon | 13 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18392630 | BULK DISPENSER FOR A LAUNDRY TREATING APPLIANCE | December 2023 | February 2025 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18392822 | MECHANICAL SUPPRESSION OF PARASITIC PLASMA IN SUBSTRATE PROCESSING CHAMBER | December 2023 | January 2025 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18389920 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VEHICLE WASH SYSTEMS | December 2023 | September 2024 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18542356 | EVAPORATION APPARATUS, VAPOR DEPOSITION APPARATUS, AND EVAPORATION METHOD | December 2023 | December 2024 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18524767 | FILM DEPOSITION APPARATUS FOR FINE PATTERN FORMING | November 2023 | December 2024 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18522645 | Agricultural Sprayer with Warm Water Rinse System | November 2023 | June 2025 | Abandon | 18 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18517239 | DEVICE MAINTENANCE IN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING ENVIRONMENT | November 2023 | November 2024 | Allow | 11 | 0 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18512039 | DENSE THICK ALLOY COATING WITHOUT LAYERED ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF | November 2023 | March 2025 | Abandon | 16 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 18510680 | PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS, CALCULATION METHOD, AND CALCULATION PROGRAM | November 2023 | January 2025 | Allow | 14 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18499589 | METHOD OF PROCESSING SUBSTRATE, SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM | November 2023 | February 2025 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18381534 | FACEPLATE HAVING A CURVED SURFACE | October 2023 | August 2024 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18381053 | Polymer Plastic Front Plate And Method For Manufacturing The Same | October 2023 | June 2024 | Allow | 8 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18481886 | ELECTROSTATIC CHUCK FOR USE IN SEMICONDUCTOR PROCESSING | October 2023 | May 2025 | Allow | 19 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18475300 | VACUUM CHAMBER AND ARRANGEMENT FOR ATOMIC LAYER DEPOSITION | September 2023 | September 2024 | Allow | 12 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18460172 | SOLUBLE CORROSION RESISTANT SOL-GEL | September 2023 | July 2024 | Allow | 11 | 0 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18240074 | LAUNDRY DRYING MACHINE | August 2023 | October 2024 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18240101 | LAUNDRY DRYING MACHINE | August 2023 | April 2024 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18239825 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM | August 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18456589 | APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING SUBSTRATE | August 2023 | June 2025 | Abandon | 22 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18237986 | ONE COMPONENT, UV-CURED PUTTY MATERIAL FOR REPAIRING SMALL SURFACE IMPERFECTIONS | August 2023 | April 2025 | Abandon | 20 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 18231183 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING WINDOW AND DISPLAY DEVICE | August 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18273952 | METHOD AND A DEVICE FOR APPLYING A METALLIC COATING TO A SURFACE | July 2023 | May 2025 | Abandon | 22 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 18224645 | Methods for Fabricating Surface-enhanced Raman Spectroscopy Substrates | July 2023 | June 2025 | Abandon | 23 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18356553 | COAXIAL LIFT DEVICE WITH DYNAMIC LEVELING | July 2023 | March 2025 | Abandon | 20 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18356579 | COAXIAL LIFT DEVICE WITH DYNAMIC LEVELING | July 2023 | April 2025 | Abandon | 23 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18256986 | METHOD FOR SELECTIVE DEPOSITION OF DIAMOND COATINGS | June 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 21 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18333185 | APPARATUS FOR TREATING SUBSTRATE AND METHOD FOR TREATING A SUBSTRATE | June 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 24 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18207322 | GAS DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM AND REACTOR SYSTEM INCLUDING SAME | June 2023 | March 2024 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18205690 | VERTICALLY ADJUSTABLE PLASMA SOURCE | June 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18204669 | IN SITU FOAM GENERATION WITHIN A TURBINE ENGINE | June 2023 | September 2024 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18318861 | APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING A WAVEFORM | May 2023 | April 2025 | Allow | 23 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 18316473 | Oxygen Interception for Air Plasma Spray Processes | May 2023 | October 2024 | Abandon | 17 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18195633 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR VEHICLE DIMENSIONING IN A CAR WASH | May 2023 | May 2025 | Allow | 24 | 5 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18313207 | IONIC LIQUID PEROVSKITE DEVICES | May 2023 | November 2024 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18251570 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING RECHARGEABLE BATTERY AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING DOPED ELECTRODE | May 2023 | June 2025 | Abandon | 25 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18142734 | METHODS FOR FORMING A BORON NITRIDE FILM BY A PLASMA ENHANCED ATOMIC LAYER DEPOSITION PROCESS | May 2023 | April 2025 | Allow | 24 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18139053 | METHOD OF SELECTIVELY FORMING COBALT METAL LAYER BY USING COBALT COMPOUND, AND METHOD OF FABRICATING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE BY USING COBALT COMPOUND | April 2023 | April 2025 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18250255 | UV-CURABLE COATING COMPOSITION COMPRISING AN UNSATURED POLY(ETHYLENE-ACRYLATE) COPOLYMER AND METHOD OF COATING SUBSTRATES | April 2023 | March 2025 | Abandon | 22 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 18137019 | HIGH-PERFORMANCE COMPOSITE COATING AND PREPARATION METHOD AND USE THEREOF | April 2023 | October 2024 | Abandon | 17 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 18137355 | SUBSTRATE SUPPORT ASSEMBLY, PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND PLASMA PROCESSING METHOD | April 2023 | December 2024 | Abandon | 20 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18137376 | SYSTEM FOR AUTONOMOUSLY APPLYING PAINT TO A TARGET SURFACE | April 2023 | May 2025 | Abandon | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18297989 | VACUUM-INTEGRATED HARDMASK PROCESSES AND APPARATUS | April 2023 | November 2024 | Abandon | 19 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 18030804 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING COIL | April 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18131255 | METHOD FOR FORMING SILICON-PHOSPHOROUS MATERIALS | April 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 23 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18130618 | CONTINUOUS AND SEMI-CONTINUOUS METHODS OF SEMI-SOLID ELECTRODE AND BATTERY MANUFACTURING | April 2023 | August 2024 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18129370 | MECHANICAL SUPPRESSION OF PARASITIC PLASMA IN SUBSTRATE PROCESSING CHAMBER | March 2023 | August 2023 | Allow | 5 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18128910 | METHODS OF PASSIVATION TO CONTROL OXYGEN CONTENT AND REACTIVITY OF SILICON-CARBON COMPOSITE MATERIALS | March 2023 | November 2024 | Abandon | 20 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 18029006 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR COATING A SURFACE | March 2023 | March 2025 | Abandon | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18190030 | SOLUTION AND PROCESS FOR THE ACTIVATION OF NONCONDUCTIVE AREA FOR ELECTROLESS PROCESS | March 2023 | January 2025 | Abandon | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18123153 | SUBSTRATE PEDESTAL INCLUDING BACKSIDE GAS-DELIVERY TUBE | March 2023 | April 2025 | Allow | 25 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18245390 | DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PLASMA-ENHANCED CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION | March 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 27 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 18180405 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS | March 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 28 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18179393 | ROTATING ELECTRIC MACHINE STATOR MANUFACTURING METHOD | March 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18022035 | CONDUCTIVE CARBON, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME, METHOD FOR PRODUCING CONDUCTIVE CARBON MIXTURE CONTAINING SAID CONDUCTIVE CARBON, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING ELECTRODE USING SAID CONDUCTIVE CARBON OR CONDUCTIVE CARBON MIXTURE | February 2023 | May 2025 | Abandon | 27 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18109069 | CLEANING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND MONITORING THEREOF | February 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 26 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18041517 | CATHODE MATERIALS | February 2023 | January 2025 | Abandon | 23 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 18105963 | Process for Manufacturing a Coated Metal Strip of Improved Appearance | February 2023 | August 2024 | Abandon | 18 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18101403 | LAUNDRY TREATING APPLIANCE WITH A FILTER | January 2023 | December 2023 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18100660 | SUBSTRATE LIFT MECHANISM AND REACTOR INCLUDING SAME | January 2023 | May 2024 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18157954 | Systems and methods for cleaning food product forming and dispensing devices | January 2023 | January 2025 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18158276 | CLEANING LIQUID NOZZLE, CLEANING APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE USING THE SAME | January 2023 | March 2025 | Abandon | 25 | 4 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18096347 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE PATTERNING METHODS | January 2023 | April 2024 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18096104 | ABATEMENT AND STRIP PROCESS CHAMBER IN A LOAD LOCK CONFIGURATION | January 2023 | July 2024 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18152750 | TREATMENT DEVICE, TREATMENT METHOD, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING METAL PIPE MATERIAL, AND METAL PIPE MATERIAL | January 2023 | May 2025 | Abandon | 28 | 2 | 2 | No | No |
| 18092730 | ULTRA-FAST CHARGING HIGH-CAPACITY PHOSPHORENE COMPOSITE ACTIVATED CARBON MATERIAL FOR BATTERY APPLICATION | January 2023 | June 2024 | Abandon | 17 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 18090231 | Spraying System for Footwear | December 2022 | May 2025 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18088365 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SYNTHESIS OF GRAPHENE QUANTUM DOTS | December 2022 | April 2025 | Abandon | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18145191 | CONDITIONING TREATMENT FOR ALD PRODUCTIVITY | December 2022 | November 2024 | Allow | 23 | 4 | 1 | No | No |
| 18085935 | COATING METHOD | December 2022 | May 2025 | Abandon | 29 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18085583 | PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS | December 2022 | May 2025 | Allow | 29 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18011737 | Methods Of Forming Ruthenium-Containing Films Without A Co-Reactant | December 2022 | June 2025 | Abandon | 30 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18085540 | PROCESS FOR GRAPHENE-LIKE CARBON COATING ON SUBSTRATES | December 2022 | January 2025 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18002590 | NOBLE METAL COMPLEXES COMPRISING DIOLEFIN AND C6-C18 MONOCARBOXYLATE LIGANDS FOR SURFACE COATING | December 2022 | January 2025 | Abandon | 25 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 18011010 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A PRODUCT PROVIDED WITH A CAVITY, PRODUCT AND SYSTEM FOR THE MANUFACTURE THEREOF | December 2022 | May 2025 | Abandon | 28 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18067378 | ALD PROCESS WITH PLASMA TREATMENT | December 2022 | April 2025 | Allow | 28 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18083173 | FACEPLATE HAVING A CURVED SURFACE | December 2022 | August 2023 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18009748 | BOARD EDGE CASTING PROCESS AND APPLICATION THEREOF | December 2022 | January 2025 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18001346 | ELECTROLESS NICKEL OR COBALT PLATING SOLUTION | December 2022 | January 2025 | Abandon | 26 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18001235 | METHOD FOR FORMING FILM ON END-SURFACE OF LASER DIODE BAR | December 2022 | March 2025 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18076427 | NOVEL SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HIGH YIELD AND HIGH THROUGHPUT PRODUCTION OF GRAPHENE | December 2022 | April 2025 | Abandon | 28 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for art-unit 1718.
With a 30.1% 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.
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, 29.5% 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.
⚠ 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 1718 is part of Group 1710 in Technology Center 1700. This art unit has examined 4,347 patent applications in our dataset, with an overall allowance rate of 41.4%. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 39 months.
Art Unit 1718's allowance rate of 41.4% places it in the 3% percentile among all USPTO art units. This art unit has a significantly lower allowance rate than most art units at the USPTO.
Applications in Art Unit 1718 receive an average of 2.92 office actions before reaching final disposition (in the 99% percentile). The median prosecution time is 39 months (in the 8% percentile).
When prosecuting applications in this art unit, consider the following:
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