USPTO Art Unit 1742 Prosecution Statistics

Art Unit Information

Art Unit: 1742
Group: 1740
Tech Center: 1700
Total Cases: 16,968
Last Active: August 2025

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
19325054POLYMER NANOCOMPOSITE FLEXIBLE FILMS FOR ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERFERENCE SHIELDINGSeptember 2025December 2025Allow300NoNo
19317688SYSTEM AND METHOD OF INJECTING ACCURATE QUANTITIES OF FOAM INTO CAVITIES WITHOUT POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT FLOW METERS OR FLOW RATE CONTROL APPARATUSSeptember 2025January 2026Allow401YesNo
19314359NEAR NET SHAPE ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING APPARATUSAugust 2025March 2026Allow710YesNo
19314839SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRINTING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECTAugust 2025January 2026Allow401YesNo
19275791METHOD OF 3D PRINTING A SHOE PART AND RESULTING SHOE PARTJuly 2025January 2026Allow610YesNo
19275787METHOD FOR DESIGNING AND 3D PRINTING A SHOE WITH A PLURALITY OF OUTER SURFACE AREASJuly 2025October 2025Allow310NoNo
19265915TRUSSED STRUCTURES FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING AND METHODS OF FORMATION THEREOFJuly 2025December 2025Allow510NoNo
19259049PREPARATION METHOD OF A HIP JOINT BONE CEMENT PLACEHOLDERJuly 2025September 2025Allow200NoNo
19133716METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANIPULATING CURING RADIATION IN THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRINTINGMay 2025February 2026Allow900NoNo
19216832ACOUSTIC FLUID-MEDIATED BOTTOM-UP BIOPRINTING DEVICE FOR FUNCTIONAL ORGANS WITH ULTRAHIGH CELL DENSITY AND PRINTING METHOD THEREFORMay 2025December 2025Allow711NoNo
19131452FIBROUS BLANK WITH AT LEAST ONE DISCONNECTION HAVING AN ALTERNATION OF WEAVINGMay 2025February 2026Allow900NoNo
19205823SUPPORT FOR CONSERVING SAMPLES OF BIOLOGICAL MATERIAL AND METHOD OF PRODUCTION THEREOFMay 2025July 2025Allow200YesNo
19199710A 3D PRINTED CONSTRUCTION ELEMENTMay 2025December 2025Allow720NoNo
19196047CONTAINER AND METHOD OF MANUFACTUREMay 2025November 2025Allow620NoNo
19178039Biobased, Biodegradable Compositions for Making ArticlesApril 2025October 2025Allow610YesNo
19114243MOLD, MOLDING MACHINE AND METHOD FOR MOLDING BY EXTRUSION BLOW MOLDINGMarch 2025March 2026Allow1210NoNo
19064009LOW PROFILE PRODUCT EXTRACTOR FOR THERMOFORMED PRODUCTSFebruary 2025July 2025Allow510NoNo
19062719APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A DENTAL MILLING BLOCK WITH A GRADUATED COLOR AND/OR TRANSLUCENCY PROFILEFebruary 2025October 2025Allow811NoNo
19058270METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTINUOUS COMPOSITE THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRINTINGFebruary 2025April 2025Allow210NoNo
19043816CUSHIONING SHEETFebruary 2025July 2025Allow510NoNo
19035103MACHINE-DIRECTION ORIENTED POLYMERIC FILM AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAMEJanuary 2025October 2025Allow911NoNo
18997487MULTIFUNCTIONAL DEPOSITION NOZZLE FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURINGJanuary 2025November 2025Allow1010NoNo
19032965CONTINUOUS ROLL MOLDING SYSTEM AND METHOD; FRANGIBLE CAP STRIP AND METHOD OF MAKING USING CONTINUOUS ROLL MOLDINGJanuary 2025July 2025Allow610NoNo
19029030NEAR NET SHAPE ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMJanuary 2025March 2025Allow200NoNo
19029056NEAR NET SHAPE ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMJanuary 2025March 2025Allow200NoNo
19029101NEAR NET SHAPE ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMJanuary 2025March 2025Allow200NoNo
19025732SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING OF A GOLF CLUBJanuary 2025August 2025Allow710NoNo
18994415ORTHOPEDIC PUR FOAM PLASTIC SHOE INSOLE BLANKJanuary 2025December 2025Allow1111NoNo
18875750BINDER COMPOSITION, COMPRISING BASIC SUBSTANCES, FOR PRODUCING A LIGNOCELLULOSIC COMPOSITE, RESPECTIVE PROCESS, USE AND PRODUCTSDecember 2024December 2025Allow1211NoNo
18982794METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A HUMIDITY ALARM DEVICE BASED ON LASER-INDUCED GRAPHENEDecember 2024March 2025Allow200NoNo
18978910Methods of Manufacturing Synthetic BalesDecember 2024May 2025Allow611NoNo
18977242CONTAINER AND METHOD OF MANUFACTUREDecember 2024May 2025Allow510NoNo
18977560CONTAINER AND METHOD OF MANUFACTUREDecember 2024May 2025Allow510NoNo
18873742METHOD OF PREPARING ANTIBACTERIAL ANTI-YELLOWING ZNO ANTIMONY-FREE POLYESTER FIBERDecember 2024April 2025Allow400NoNo
18974878DEVICE FOR MAINTAINING THE SHAPE OF CROSS-SECTIONAL PROFILE OF AN ELONGATED ELEMENT INCLUDING COMPOSITE MATERIAL, AND A DEVICE FOR BENDING THEREOFDecember 2024June 2025Allow611YesNo
18971257METHOD FOR PREPARING DIRECT MELT-SPUN HIGH-VISCOSITY PBAT/LOW-VISCOSITY PET TWO-COMPONENT ELASTIC FIBER AND HIGH-VISCOSITY PBAT POLYMERIZATION REACTORDecember 2024April 2025Allow410YesNo
18871815METHOD OF PREPARING HIGH-PERFORMANCE GREEN BUILDING MATERIAL BASED ON COMBUSTION FLUE GAS CARBON DIOXIDE MINERALIZATIONDecember 2024August 2025Allow820YesNo
18967223LASER-INDUCED CARBON NANOSTRUCTURESDecember 2024July 2025Allow810NoNo
18967204LASER-INDUCED CARBON NANOSTRUCTURESDecember 2024April 2025Allow410NoNo
18967044LASER-INDUCED CARBON NANOSTRUCTURESDecember 2024December 2025Allow1321NoNo
18966865LASER-INDUCED CARBON NANOSTRUCTURESDecember 2024January 2026Allow1421NoNo
18967073LASER-INDUCED CARBON NANOSTRUCTURESDecember 2024March 2026Allow1531NoNo
18940623INSULATED WALL PANELNovember 2024May 2025Allow710NoNo
18934109ONE-TIME MOLDED FALSE EYELASH AND PREPARATION AND WEARING METHODS THEREOFOctober 2024November 2025Abandon1211NoNo
18924238SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING LOAD-BEARING HEMP SHIV CONCRETE BLOCKSOctober 2024June 2025Allow811YesNo
18858119METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING A VEHICLE INTERIOR COMPONENTOctober 2024January 2026Allow1511NoNo
18858237METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN RPET PLASTIC MATERIAL FOR USE IN A THIN-WALL INJECTION MOLDING METHOD AND CONTAINERS, SUCH AS CUPS, BOWLS, TRAYS OR MULTI-COMPARTMENT PACKAGINGS PRODUCED BY THE THIN-WALL INJECTION MOLDING METHODOctober 2024May 2025Allow610NoNo
18918019FALSE EYELASH MANUFACTURING PROCESS AND PROCESSING DEVICEOctober 2024May 2025Allow711NoNo
18915778ICE BRANDING/STAMPING MACHINEOctober 2024December 2024Allow200YesNo
18853890SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY SETTING PARAMETERS FOR FOAM PRODUCTIONOctober 2024February 2025Allow400NoNo
18900715Light-Guide Sunroof AssemblySeptember 2024February 2026Allow1600NoNo
18849567Device for Feeding Plastic Material in the Form of Filaments During Material-Adding Manufacturing of Three-Dimensional ObjectsSeptember 2024January 2026Allow1600NoNo
18846861SCREW FOR DIRECT MOLDING, INJECTION MOLDING APPARATUS, AND KNEADING PIECESeptember 2024January 2026Allow1600YesNo
18826112DENTAL SYSTEM INCLUDING A CERAMIC BLOCK HOLDING ASSEMBLY AND A CERAMIC BLOCK COUPLEABLE WITH THE CERAMIC BLOCK HOLDING ASSEMBLY, AND A METHOD OF USING THE DENTAL SYSTEMSeptember 2024October 2025Allow1321NoNo
18825148POWDER FEEDING DEVICESeptember 2024January 2026Allow1700YesNo
18825790APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING ZIPPER FOR BAG AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ZIPPER FOR BAGSeptember 2024January 2026Allow1700YesNo
18824626SYSTEMS AND PROCESSES FOR FINISHING A SURFACE UTILIZING AN UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLESeptember 2024February 2026Abandon1720NoNo
188205963D PRINTING APPARATUS AND 3D PRINTING METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A WORKPIECEAugust 2024January 2025Allow510NoNo
18817192PRODUCING METHOD OF FOAM SHEET FOR SHOE WITH RECYCLED PU SCRAP POWDERAugust 2024July 2025Allow1111NoNo
18813399NEAR NET SHAPE ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING APPARATUSAugust 2024June 2025Allow911YesNo
18841134LATE-STAGE CATALYSIS OF FAST ROOM-TEMPERATURE POLYMERIZATIONSAugust 2024June 2025Allow910NoNo
18812287SINGLE-CYCLE RAPID DENSIFICATION OF CARBON/CARBON COMPONENTS FOR AIR AND SPACE APPLICATIONSAugust 2024January 2026Allow1700YesNo
18840487MANUFACTURING METHOD OF RECYCLED POLYESTER YARN USING WASTE FABRICAugust 2024January 2026Allow1711NoNo
18809555SEALING ELEMENT AND ASSEMBLYAugust 2024January 2026Allow1700NoNo
18808830SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING OF A GOLF CLUBAugust 2024October 2024Allow200YesNo
18807602YARN-OUT STATE DETECTION METHOD AND APPARATUS, DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUMAugust 2024March 2026Allow1901NoNo
18806270INSULATED WALL PANELAugust 2024May 2025Allow911NoNo
18838783TOOLING OF MULTI-PILE PLATES FOR SEMI-FORCED FLOWAugust 2024April 2025Allow810NoNo
18838292SHAPING METHOD AND SHAPING DEVICEAugust 2024February 2026Allow1801NoNo
18801876Methods for Fabricating Thermoplastic-based Composite Spokes and Spoke AssembliesAugust 2024March 2025Allow710YesNo
188005793D PRINTED CONSTRUCTION ELEMENT AND A SYSTEM, A METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE 3D PRINTED CONSTRUCTION ELEMENTAugust 2024April 2025Allow811NoNo
18800070MULTI-CAVITY MOULD, A HEATING ELEMENT FOR FORMING A SMOOTH PERIPHERY FOR THERMOFORMED THIN-GAUGE PLASTIC PRODUCTS AND METHOD FOR FORMING SUCH A PERIPHERYAugust 2024November 2024Allow310YesNo
18836442METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING AN INTER-BLADE PLATFORM WITH SACRIFICIAL EDGESAugust 2024September 2025Allow1320YesNo
18836019MATERIAL LAYUP APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING WIND TURBINE BLADES USING FIBER PLIESAugust 2024January 2026Allow1700YesNo
18835289DEVICE AND METHOD FOR RECYCLING POST-CONSUMER PLASTIC WASTE SHREDDED TO FLAKES AND WASHEDAugust 2024January 2026Allow1800NoNo
18834285PRODUCTION DEVICE AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING AN INTRAOCULAR LENS BLANK, INTRAOCULAR LENS BLANKJuly 2024June 2025Allow1010NoNo
18786242THERMOFORM WINDSHIELD STACK WITH INTEGRATED FORMABLE MOLDJuly 2024June 2025Allow1021NoNo
18783284EXTRUSION HEAD FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING, ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING SYSTEM AND METHODJuly 2024October 2025Allow1510NoNo
18780831APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR FABRICATING COMPONENTSJuly 2024May 2025Allow1011YesNo
18779654DEVICES AND METHODS FOR NANOFIBER-BASED MEMBRANE FABRICATIONJuly 2024December 2024Allow500NoNo
18775137FABRICATION AND COMPONENT FUSION PROCESS UTILIZING HEATING AND COMPACTION OF COMPONENTS IN A GRANULAR SUPPORT MEDIUMJuly 2024February 2026Allow1910NoNo
18774762HOLLOW, COMPOSITE DOWEL BAR ASSEMBLIES, ASSOCIATED FABRICATION METHODOLOGY, AND APPARATUSJuly 2024February 2026Abandon1901NoNo
18773364ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHODJuly 2024September 2025Allow1400YesNo
18773176METHOD TO MANUFACTURE NANO RIDGES IN HARD CERAMIC COATINGSJuly 2024September 2025Allow1420NoNo
18772009Systems, Methods, And Assemblies For a Three-Dimensional PrinterJuly 2024December 2025Allow1700YesNo
18726499EXTRUSION DEVICEJuly 2024March 2026Allow2110NoNo
18762258ROTARY DRUM SYSTEM FOR FORMATION OF A GEL INFUSED PLIANT FOAM BODYJuly 2024January 2025Allow620YesNo
18725853USE OF POLYMER COMPOSITION ON MAKING SOFT NONWOVEN FABRICSJuly 2024March 2026Allow2110NoNo
18759993INJECTION MOLDING MACHINE AND VISCOSITY MEASUREMENT METHODJune 2024December 2025Allow1700NoNo
18759806PRODUCTION PROCESS OF QUANTUM DOT LIGHT DIFFUSION PLATE CAPABLE OF BLOCKING HARMFUL BLUE LIGHTJune 2024March 2025Allow920NoNo
18753120CERAMICS PRODUCT MANUFACTURING METHOD AND CERAMICS PRODUCTJune 2024July 2025Allow1210NoNo
18751866LASER-INDUCED CARBON NANOSTRUCTURESJune 2024March 2025Allow901NoNo
18747925JACKET MARKING AND SCORING SYSTEM AND METHODJune 2024December 2025Allow1700YesNo
18746522Integrated Additive Manufacturing and Laser Processing Systems and Methods for Ceramic, Glass, and Silicon Carbide ApplicationsJune 2024February 2026Allow2010NoNo
18746952PULP FIBROUS ACCUMULATED SHEET AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING PULP FIBROUS ACCUMULATED SHEETJune 2024January 2025Allow700NoNo
18746026METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING GLASS PLATE EQUIPPED WITH VEHICLE WINDOW-TYPE RESIN FRAMEJune 2024March 2026Allow2110NoNo
18745306WARP COMPENSATION FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURINGJune 2024February 2026Allow2000NoNo
18744948APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING INSERTION OF A MEMBRANE CHANNEL INTO A MEMBRANEJune 2024September 2025Allow1510NoNo
18741984Method for manufacturing three-dimensional products from a fiber-containing material using at least one forming tool and forming toolJune 2024February 2026Allow2010YesNo
18717634MOLDING ASSEMBLYJune 2024October 2024Allow500NoNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for art-unit 1742.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
322
Examiner Affirmed
217
(67.4%)
Examiner Reversed
105
(32.6%)
Reversal Percentile
50.5%
Higher than average

What This Means

With a 32.6% reversal rate, the PTAB reverses the examiner's rejections in a meaningful percentage of cases. This reversal rate is above the USPTO average, indicating that appeals have better success here than typical.

Strategic Value of Filing an Appeal

Total Appeal Filings
1148
Allowed After Appeal Filing
357
(31.1%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
791
(68.9%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
44.2%
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, 31.1% 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 show good success rates. If you have a strong case on the merits, consider fully prosecuting the appeal to a Board decision.

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

Art Unit 1742 - Prosecution Statistics Summary

Executive Summary

Art Unit 1742 is part of Group 1740 in Technology Center 1700. This art unit has examined 16,968 patent applications in our dataset, with an overall allowance rate of 69.1%. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 33 months.

Comparative Analysis

Art Unit 1742's allowance rate of 69.1% places it in the 29% percentile among all USPTO art units. This art unit has a below-average allowance rate compared to other art units.

Prosecution Patterns

Applications in Art Unit 1742 receive an average of 1.90 office actions before reaching final disposition (in the 50% percentile). The median prosecution time is 33 months (in the 36% 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 fewer 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.

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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.