Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18998221 | METHOD OF ELECTROLYSING HYDROGEN BROMIDE AFTER H2SO4 SYNTHESIS | January 2025 | June 2025 | Allow | 5 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 19014165 | DYNAMIC VACUUM SEAL SYSTEM FOR PHYSICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION SPUTTER APPLICATIONS | January 2025 | March 2025 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18870256 | ELECTRODE FOR NITRATE REDUCTION | November 2024 | June 2025 | Allow | 6 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 18959790 | ELECTROCATALYTIC WATER SPLITTING USING a-Ag2WO4@Mn3O4 NANOCOMPOSITES | November 2024 | January 2025 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18945649 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS | November 2024 | June 2025 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18864297 | A CO2RR-OOR ELECTROLYSER SYSTEM AND RELATED PROCESS FOR FACILITATING THE CAPTURE AND CONVERSION OF CO2 IN GAS MIXTURE STREAMS | November 2024 | February 2025 | Allow | 3 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18923813 | PVD TARGET AND USE THEREOF | October 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 5 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18915728 | SYSTEM FOR STERILIZING EQUIPMENT, ASSOCIATED METHOD, AND CHLORINE DIOXIDE GAS GENERATING DEVICE FOR USE WITH SAME | October 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 5 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18819484 | Compressible Flow Distribution System for Electrolyzer Plates | August 2024 | February 2025 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18811486 | P-TYPE GALLIUM OXIDE FILM, AND PREPARATION METHOD AND APPLICATION THEREOF | August 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18833935 | LOW-FRICTION LONG-LIFE ULTRA-LATTICE COMPOSITE COATING AS WELL AS PREPARATION METHOD AND USE THEREOF | July 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18778577 | HYBRID ELECTROCATALYST LAYERS FOR MEMBRANE-BASED ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICES AND PROCESSES FOR MAKING THE SAME | July 2024 | February 2025 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18774819 | ACTIVELY COOLED ANODE FOR SPUTTERING PROCESSES | July 2024 | July 2025 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18723935 | ELECTROCHEMICAL CARBON OXIDES REDUCTION TO ETHYLENE | June 2024 | November 2024 | Allow | 4 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18723895 | METHOD FOR DIRECTLY PREPARING TRIVALENT CHROMIUM COMPOUND BY ELECTROCHEMICAL OXIDATION OF FERROCHROME | June 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 8 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18723891 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PREPARING TRIVALENT CHROMIUM SALT BY ELECTROCHEMICAL OXIDATION OF FERROCHROME IN ACIDIC SYSTEM | June 2024 | April 2025 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18752780 | PVD APPARATUS AND METHOD | June 2024 | June 2025 | Allow | 12 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18722727 | Method for Producing a Substoichiometric Layer of Titanium, Vanadium, Tungsten or Molybdenum Oxide | June 2024 | June 2025 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18750807 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR EXTRACTING METALS FROM MATERIALS | June 2024 | May 2025 | Allow | 11 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 18720108 | An Alkaline Electrolyzer Arrangement | June 2024 | February 2025 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18673987 | MOLTEN OXIDE ELECTROLYSIS METHODS AND RELATED SYSTEMS | May 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18711644 | SYSTEM, ELECTRODE AND METHOD FOR EFFICIENT HYDROGEN GENERATION FROM WATER | May 2024 | January 2025 | Allow | 8 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18662476 | Advanced Beneficiation Process for Beneficiation, Mobilization, Extraction, Separation, and Concentration of Mineralogical Resources | May 2024 | June 2025 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18658455 | WAFER PROCESSING APPARATUS AND WAFER PROCESSING METHOD | May 2024 | June 2025 | Allow | 13 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18654771 | SOLID OXIDE ELECTROLYZER SYSTEM INCLUDING AIR BYPASS | May 2024 | November 2024 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 18642828 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SPINAL CAGE FOR IMPROVING BONE UNION RATE | April 2024 | January 2025 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18704041 | Treatment of Metal Ores | April 2024 | November 2024 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18701701 | An Oxygen Evolution Reaction Electrode Catalyst Assembly Comprising Dendritic Nickel Foam, Its Use and a Method to Produce Said Assembly | April 2024 | February 2025 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18634733 | MANUFACTURING METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ELECTRONIC COMPONENT | April 2024 | April 2025 | Allow | 12 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 18629457 | SPUTTERING APPARATUS | April 2024 | November 2024 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18698353 | SPUTTERING TARGET, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SPUTTERING FILM USING SPUTTERING TARGET | April 2024 | June 2025 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18623692 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING METAL CARBIDE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING HYDROCARBON, AND METAL CARBIDE COMPOSITION | April 2024 | May 2025 | Allow | 14 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18617573 | PVD SYSTEM AND COLLIMATOR | March 2024 | May 2025 | Allow | 14 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18615905 | ANIONIC ELECTROCHEMICAL COMPRESSOR AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEM EMPLOYING SAME | March 2024 | May 2025 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18612641 | FILM FORMING APPARATUS | March 2024 | May 2025 | Allow | 13 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18611678 | PREPARATION METHOD FOR TUNGSTEN SULFIDE SOLID LUBRICATING FILM BASED ON HIGH POWER IMPULSE MAGNETRON SPUTTERING | March 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18598841 | ELECTROCHEMICAL HYDROGEN PUMP | March 2024 | November 2024 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18592870 | SEAWATER ELECTROLYSIS ENABLES MG(OH)2 PRODUCTION AND CO2 MINERALIZATION | March 2024 | April 2025 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18686596 | MITIGATION OF ELECTRIC SHORT CIRCUIT IN A POLYMER ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANE WATER ELECTROLYZER | February 2024 | November 2024 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18584503 | DIRECT AIR CAPTURE OF CARBON DIOXIDE | February 2024 | September 2024 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18582903 | Coated Electroneutral Porous Separators for Oxocarbon Electrolyzers | February 2024 | December 2024 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18682253 | A METHOD FOR PATTERNING A SUBSTRATE, A METHOD FOR FORMING A MICROSTRUCTURE ON A SUBSTRATE, AND A METHOD FOR FABRICATING A FLUIDIC DEVICE | February 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18435175 | CALIBRATION JIG AND CALIBRATION METHOD | February 2024 | October 2024 | Allow | 8 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18430398 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING MODULE AND METHOD OF MOVING A WORKPIECE | February 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18429054 | OXYGEN-SELECTIVE ANODES | January 2024 | January 2025 | Allow | 12 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 18414020 | AQUEOUS ELECTROPLATING BATH | January 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18411478 | CHLORINE DIOXIDE GAS GENERATING DEVICE AND ASSOCIATED DISPENSING CONTAINER | January 2024 | July 2024 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18579234 | ELECTROCHEMICAL FLUIDIC VALVE AND DEVICES CONTAINING THE SAME | January 2024 | December 2024 | Allow | 11 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18410527 | METHOD FOR MINING RARE EARTH ORE BY ELECTRIFICATION AND LEACHING AGENT FOR MINING RARE EARTH ORE BY ELECTRIFICATION | January 2024 | October 2024 | Allow | 9 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 18395422 | CHEMICAL REACTION DEVICES INVOLVING ACID AND/OR BASE, AND RELATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS | December 2023 | November 2024 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18395403 | CHEMICAL REACTION DEVICES INVOLVING ACID AND/OR BASE, AND RELATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS | December 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18543181 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FORMING NITROGEN-BASED COMPOUNDS | December 2023 | April 2025 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18536612 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION (PVD) DIELECTRIC DEPOSITION | December 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 18 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18536959 | MATERIAL COMPONENTS PROTECTION AGAINST THE CORROSIVE ACTION CRYOLITE MELTS IN ALUMINIUM REDUCTION CELLS | December 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18535774 | CYLINDRICAL CATHODE AND CHAMBER USING SAME FOR SPUTTERING | December 2023 | February 2025 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18532655 | SYSTEM FOR MANAGING FUEL GENERATION | December 2023 | April 2025 | Abandon | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18519586 | FILM FORMATION METHOD AND FILM FORMATION APPARATUS | November 2023 | May 2025 | Allow | 17 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18518525 | GENERATION OF STRUCTURALLY ALTERED GAS MOLECULES FROM WATER AND APPLICATION THEREOF | November 2023 | May 2024 | Allow | 5 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18517216 | ELECTROPLATING SOLUTION FOR INDIUM-BISMUTH ALLOY FOR LOW-TEMPERATURE SOLDER WITH IMPROVED BISMUTH SUBSTITUTION PREVENTION PERFORMANCE | November 2023 | April 2024 | Allow | 5 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18516724 | ENERGY RECLAMATION AND CARBON-NEUTRAL SYSTEM FOR ULTRA-EFFICIENT EV BATTERY RECYCLING | November 2023 | June 2024 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18513313 | PERMEANCE MAGNETIC ASSEMBLY | November 2023 | September 2024 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18502409 | CONTROLLING PLATING ELECTROLYTE CONCENTRATION ON AN ELECTROCHEMICAL PLATING APPARATUS | November 2023 | April 2025 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18496161 | METAL PART FOR PROCESS CHAMBER AND METHOD OF FORMING THIN FILM LAYER OF METAL PART FOR PROCESS CHAMBER | October 2023 | June 2025 | Abandon | 20 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18384430 | POTASSIUM SODIUM NIOBATE SPUTTERING TARGET AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF | October 2023 | October 2024 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18492514 | ACID MIST SUPPRESSION IN COPPER ELECTROWINNING | October 2023 | June 2024 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18491096 | Durable, Optically Transparent, and Superhydrophobic Coating | October 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 17 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18287318 | MAGNETRON SPUTTER DEVICE | October 2023 | December 2024 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18555415 | Carbon Dioxide Gas-Phase Reduction Device And Carbon Dioxide Gas-Phase Reduction Method | October 2023 | February 2025 | Allow | 16 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18484808 | DEPOSITION APPARATUS | October 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 17 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18554754 | SPUTTERING APPARATUS FOR COATING OF 3D-OBJECTS | October 2023 | December 2024 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18376783 | ELECTRICAL POWER GENERATION USING STRUCTURALLY ALTERED GAS MOLECULES | October 2023 | March 2024 | Allow | 5 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18376790 | GENERATION OF STRUCTURALLY ALTERED GAS MOLECULES FROM WATER AND APPLICATION THEREOF | October 2023 | March 2024 | Allow | 6 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18376316 | SULFUR DIOXIDE DEPOLARIZED ELECTROLYSIS AND ELECTROLYZER THEREFORE | October 2023 | June 2025 | Abandon | 20 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 18375116 | ENVIRONMENT CONTROL SYSTEM UTILIZING AN ELECTROCHEMICAL CELL | September 2023 | August 2024 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18477060 | FILM FORMING APPARATUS AND FILM FORMING METHOD | September 2023 | April 2025 | Allow | 19 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 18475237 | NON-ENZYMATIC ELECTROCHEMICAL SENSOR FOR MEASURING ANALYTES | September 2023 | October 2024 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18372302 | GOLD ELECTROPLATING SOLUTION | September 2023 | August 2024 | Allow | 11 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18473674 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PLASMA SYNTHESIS OF GRAPHITIC PRODUCTS INCLUDING GRAPHENE | September 2023 | November 2024 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18283593 | ELECTRODE AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE ELECTRODE | September 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18472556 | DEPOSITION APPARATUS, DEPOSITION TARGET STRUCTURE, AND METHOD | September 2023 | October 2024 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18370625 | LI RECOVERY PROCESSES AND ONSITE CHEMICAL PRODUCTION FOR LI RECOVERY PROCESSES | September 2023 | April 2025 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18470075 | ELECTROCHEMICAL-DEPOSITION SYSTEM, APPARATUS, AND METHOD USING OPTICALLY-CONTROLLED DEPOSITION ELECTRODES | September 2023 | November 2024 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18469876 | ELECTROCHEMICAL REACTION DEVICE | September 2023 | December 2024 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18282661 | COVERS FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICES | September 2023 | July 2024 | Allow | 10 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18550784 | Platinum Electrolyte | September 2023 | February 2025 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18550629 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CO2 CAPTURE AND ELECTROREGENERATION AND SYNCHRONOUS CONVERSION | September 2023 | April 2024 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18550400 | ELECTRODE MATERIAL, MEMBRANE ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY, CO2 ELECTROLYSIS DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING CO2 ELECTROLYSIS PRODUCT | September 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 21 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18466391 | NICKEL ELECTROPLATING COMPOSITIONS FOR ROUGH NICKEL | September 2023 | May 2025 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18463776 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FEEDING SOLID MATERIAL AND A GAS INTO AN ELECTROLYTIC CELL | September 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 18 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18463495 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RECOVERY OF SUBSTANCES FROM MOLTEN SALT ELECTROLYSIS | September 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 19 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18280784 | DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM FOR A PROCESS FLUID FOR CHEMICAL AND/OR ELECTROLYTIC SURFACE TREATMENT OF A SUBSTRATE | September 2023 | April 2025 | Allow | 19 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18459506 | BI-PHASE (SCOTT-T) TRANSFORMER DOUBLE VOLTED AC ELECTROSTATIC COALESCER | September 2023 | January 2025 | Allow | 17 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18460186 | PERFORATED MEMBRANES FOR THE EFFICIENT CONVERSION OF CARBON MONOXIDE TO ORGANIC COMPOUNDS | September 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18459966 | METAL-COATED ARTICLES COMPRISING A TRANSITION METAL REGION AND A PLATINUM-GROUP METAL REGION AND RELATED METHODS | September 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18460317 | ELECTROLYSER AND ENERGY SYSTEM | September 2023 | May 2025 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18241167 | METHOD FOR ALKALIATING ELECTRODES | August 2023 | December 2024 | Abandon | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18279611 | Electrochemical Conversion Of Organic Waste | August 2023 | August 2024 | Allow | 11 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18548418 | DEPOSITION OF NON-STOICHIOMETRIC METAL COMPOUND LAYER | August 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 19 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18548404 | TUNGSTEN SUBOXIDE CERAMIC TARGET | August 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 19 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18458190 | Sugar Formation from CO2 Electroreduction | August 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for art-unit 1794.
With a 22.4% reversal rate, the PTAB affirms the examiner's rejections in the vast majority of cases. This reversal rate is in the bottom 25% across the USPTO, indicating that appeals face significant challenges here.
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, 16.4% of applications that filed an appeal were subsequently allowed. This appeal filing benefit rate is in the bottom 25% across the USPTO, indicating that filing appeals is less effective here than in most other areas.
⚠ 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 1794 is part of Group 1790 in Technology Center 1700. This art unit has examined 14,319 patent applications in our dataset, with an overall allowance rate of 50.2%. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 37 months.
Art Unit 1794's allowance rate of 50.2% places it in the 7% 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 1794 receive an average of 2.38 office actions before reaching final disposition (in the 88% percentile). The median prosecution time is 37 months (in the 14% percentile).
When prosecuting applications in this art unit, consider the following:
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