USPTO Art Unit 2114 Prosecution Statistics

Art Unit Information

Art Unit: 2114
Group: 2110
Tech Center: 2100
Total Cases: 11,606
Last Active: March 2025

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
19115729METHOD FOR CONTROLLING BASEBOARD MANAGEMENT CONTROLLER OF NODE SERVER AND SYSTEM THEREOFMarch 2025November 2025Allow800NoNo
19010970MANAGING INTEGRATED CIRCUIT MEMORY CONTROLLER INTERRUPTSJanuary 2025March 2026Allow1400NoNo
19006867CRC RAID RECOVERY FROM HARD FAILURE IN MEMORY SYSTEMSDecember 2024November 2025Allow1110NoNo
19002408RECOVERY MODE FOR MEMORY DEVICEDecember 2024February 2026Allow1400NoNo
19001152SAFETY MECHANISM CIRCUIT AND MOTHERBOARDDecember 2024March 2026Allow1500NoNo
18878027ABNORMALITY DETECTION METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM, AND HOST DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUMDecember 2024March 2025Allow300YesNo
18876314METADATA RECOVERY METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RAID CONTROLLER, DEVICE, AND NONVOLATILE READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMDecember 2024November 2025Allow1100NoNo
18961682DETECTING SYSTEMWIDE SERVICE ISSUES BY USING ANOMALY LOCALIZATIONNovember 2024February 2026Allow1400NoNo
18951131FAULT-TOLERANT COMPUTER SYSTEM WITH CONFIGURABLE COPROCESSOR COMPONENT AND METHODS THEREOFNovember 2024February 2025Allow310NoNo
18951469TECHNIQUES FOR REPLICATING STATE INFORMATION FOR HIGH AVAILABILITYNovember 2024January 2026Allow1400YesNo
18932332Systems and Methods for Improving Performance of Log BuffersOctober 2024October 2025Allow1200NoNo
18929092QUANTUM COMPUTING DEVICE FOR HYBRID ERROR MITIGATION BY RESTRICTED EVOLUTION AND METHOD THEREOFOctober 2024February 2026Allow1610NoNo
18926809Managing Parity Operations Using Controller-Specific Parity BitmapsOctober 2024November 2025Allow1200NoNo
18924727Corrective Database Connection ManagementOctober 2024March 2026Allow1620YesNo
18915433EXPLAINABILITY-DRIVEN CONTROL OF AN ALERT SUPPRESSION POLICYOctober 2024October 2025Allow1200NoNo
18913798SYSTEM, METHOD, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR PROVIDING MOBILE DEVICE SUPPORT SERVICESOctober 2024October 2025Allow1200NoNo
18907541PROCESSING INSTRUCTIONS AT A PROCESSING UNIT CONFIGURED TO PERFORM PARALLEL PROCESSINGOctober 2024January 2026Allow1600YesNo
18906477ACCELERATED TIMEOUT ERROR DETECTIONOctober 2024November 2025Allow1300YesNo
18903120Memory Error Recovery Using Write Instruction SignalingOctober 2024January 2026Allow1610YesNo
18902183COLLABORATIVE MULTILEVEL ERASURE CODING FOR MAXIMIZING DURABLITY AND PERFORMANCE OF STORAGE SYSTEMSSeptember 2024December 2024Allow300NoNo
18902899System and Methods for Diagnosing and Repairing a Smart Mobile Device by Disabling ComponentsSeptember 2024October 2025Allow1200YesNo
18894242CONTINUING TO TEST A HARDWARE COMPONENT AFTER OCCURRENCE OF A CHECKSTOPSeptember 2024September 2025Allow1200YesNo
18892709Non-Volatile Memory Switch with Host IsolationSeptember 2024February 2026Allow1610NoNo
18890128METHOD, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND APPARATUS FOR OUTPUTTING INFORMATION REGARDING PRINTING INTERRUPTIONSeptember 2024March 2026Allow1820NoNo
18890517DEVICE ERROR PRIORITY ASSIGNMENT GENERATION FOR SMART CART SYSTEMSSeptember 2024March 2026Allow1810NoNo
18888777SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROACTIVE SERVICE HEALTH DETECTIONSeptember 2024March 2026Allow1810YesNo
18884676Systems and Methods of Debugging Delivery of Content ItemsSeptember 2024December 2025Allow1500YesNo
18829593Flexible Bit Quantities for Error Correction Code (ECC) Values in a Memory EnvironmentSeptember 2024January 2026Allow1710YesNo
18828022METHOD AND APPARATUS WITH TEST RESULT RELIABILITY VERIFICATIONSeptember 2024September 2025Allow1200NoNo
18828808METHOD OF TESTING EXPANSION CARD, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND TESTING SYSTEMSeptember 2024February 2026Allow1710NoNo
18844900AUTOMATIC DETERMINATION OF A DIGITAL LIFESTYLE MEASUREMENT BY AGGREGATING A SET OF HETEROGENEOUS MEASUREMENTS FROM HETEROGENEOUS SOURCESSeptember 2024January 2026Allow1710NoNo
18824997Storage system and control method for data-type redundancy and non-volatile data managementSeptember 2024January 2026Allow1710YesNo
18824777OUTPUTTING LOGS FROM A LOGGING SYSTEMSeptember 2024October 2025Allow1400NoNo
18823826SYSTEM FAILURE MONITORING DEVICE AND SYSTEM FAILURE MONITORING METHODSeptember 2024February 2026Allow1810YesNo
18818692METHOD FOR FAULT-TOLERANT OPERATION OF A PROCESSING UNIT AND OF A PROCESSING ARRANGEMENT, CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENT, AND COMPUTING UNITAugust 2024January 2026Allow1710NoNo
18816222SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTION OF PROXY SERVER KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS (KPI) DETERIORATION, ALERTING AND MITIGATIONAugust 2024February 2026Allow1810NoNo
18816304CONSOLIDATING ANOMALY DETECTION METHODS USING HYBRID ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCEAugust 2024January 2026Allow1710NoNo
18816080PREDICTIVE MONITORING OF SOFTWARE APPLICATION FRAMEWORKS USING MACHINE-LEARNING-BASED TECHNIQUESAugust 2024March 2026Allow1810NoNo
18815375MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND MANAGEMENT METHODAugust 2024December 2025Allow1510NoNo
18813125METHOD AND SYSTEM OF DETERMINING ANOMALIES IN A TARGET SYSTEM USING A LARGE LANGUAGE MODELAugust 2024January 2026Allow1710NoNo
18813785DATA PROTECTION AND RECOVERYAugust 2024March 2026Allow1820YesNo
18814264SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVED TESTING OF SYSTEM IMPLEMENTATION GIVEN PARTIALLY DEFINED INPUT VALUES AND EXPECTED OUTPUT VALUESAugust 2024January 2026Allow1710NoNo
18812673COMPUTER TASK MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHODAugust 2024March 2026Allow1910NoNo
18812329RECOVERING DATA IN CLOUD-BASED STORAGE ENVIRONMENTSAugust 2024February 2026Allow1810YesNo
18809965Recovering Missing Data in a Storage Network via Locally Decodable Redundancy DataAugust 2024August 2025Allow1200NoNo
18807296MEMORY SYSTEMS, HEAT DISSIPATION DEVICES, AND CONTROL METHODSAugust 2024January 2026Allow1710YesNo
18804236Machine Learning Model Training With Hardware Error SimulationAugust 2024October 2025Allow1400NoNo
18805012SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RECOVERY STRATEGY CREATION, EVALUATION, AND RECOMMENDATIONAugust 2024March 2026Allow1910YesNo
18798696FREEDOM FROM INTERFERENCE (FFI) IN ELECTRONICS SYSTEMSAugust 2024March 2026Allow1910NoNo
18797741MANAGING REFERENCE SNAPSHOTS ACROSS MULTIPLE SITES FOR EFFICIENT FAILOVER/FAILBACKAugust 2024November 2025Allow1510NoNo
18796584MACHINE LEARNING-BASED DETECTION OF THERMAL ANOMALIES IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE ENVIRONMENTSAugust 2024December 2025Allow1610YesNo
18796462System and method for maintaining and securing software codeAugust 2024February 2026Allow1810YesNo
18794144FRAMEWORK FOR FAILURE DETECTION, FORECASTING AND REMEDIATION COMBINING DOMAIN-SPECIFIC TELEMETRY AND CUSTOMIZED MACHINE LEARNING MODELSAugust 2024December 2025Allow1610NoNo
18789696OPPORTUNISTIC SETTING OF RELATIONSHIPS WHEN CLONING FILES ACROSS NAMESPACES IN A DEDUPLICATION FILESYSTEMJuly 2024January 2026Allow1810NoNo
18790481COMPUTER CONTROL ERROR RECOVERY SYSTEMSJuly 2024September 2025Allow1410NoNo
18790436MEMORY SYSTEMS AND OPERATING METHODS THEREOF, READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMSJuly 2024January 2026Allow1710YesNo
18790107SELF-HEALING LATENCY ISSUES IN A CLUSTER NETWORK USING GOLDEN SIGNAL TELEMETRY DATASETSJuly 2024February 2026Allow1810YesNo
18791265SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING EMBEDDING VECTOR FOR HETEROGENEOUS AND ASYNCHRONOUS IT OPERATIONS EVENT DATAJuly 2024February 2026Allow1810NoNo
18789425COMMUNICATION ERROR HANDLING IN A MEMORY SUB-SYSTEMJuly 2024August 2025Allow1200YesNo
18788460HANDLING PROGRAM FAILURE IN ZONE MEMORY SYSTEMJuly 2024August 2025Allow1300NoNo
18787138METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING MEMORY IN MEMORY DISAGGREGATION ENVIRONMENTJuly 2024February 2026Allow1910YesNo
18785263MANAGING USE OF CHANNEL CARDS WITH NON-STANDARD FUNCTIONS USING AN ERROR MESSAGE PARSERJuly 2024September 2025Allow1400YesNo
18783150SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ESTIMATING LIFELONG DATA TRAFFIC OF A MEMORY DEVICEJuly 2024October 2025Allow1500NoNo
18781592MEMORY SYSTEMS AND OPERATING METHODS THEREOFJuly 2024December 2025Allow1710YesNo
18781005ASYNCHRONOUS IMAGE CAPTURE, VERIFICATION, AND ERROR TRACKINGJuly 2024September 2025Allow1300NoNo
18780000VERSION ROLLBACK FOR CLOUD-BASED APPLICATIONSJuly 2024October 2025Allow1500NoNo
18779567ORCHESTRATOR FOR ORCHESTRATING OPERATIONS BETWEEN A COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT HOSTING VIRTUAL MACHINES AND A STORAGE ENVIRONMENTJuly 2024October 2025Allow1500NoNo
18778641LOCKED RAID WITH COMPRESSION FOR MEMORY INTERCONNECT APPLICATIONS HAVING A SHARED CACHE LINEJuly 2024October 2025Allow1520NoNo
18778087TECHNIQUES FOR EFFICIENTLY TRANSITIONING OBJECT GROUPS TO LOW RPO REPLICATION MODEJuly 2024January 2026Allow1810NoNo
18777453ROW MAPPING IN A MEMORY CONTROLLERJuly 2024December 2025Allow1710YesNo
18776633SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ADAPTIVE ALLOCATION AND MANAGEMENT OF PROCESSING RESOURCES IN DATA CENTERS USING DYNAMIC ATTENTION-BASED GRAPH NEURAL NETWORKSJuly 2024January 2026Allow1810YesNo
18729861GATEWAY DEVICE, ANALYSIS SYSTEM, AND ANALYSIS METHODJuly 2024March 2026Allow2010NoNo
18773714METHOD AND COMPUTING DEVICE FOR RESPONDING TO MEMORY FAILJuly 2024November 2025Allow1600NoNo
18772970SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE-BASED REMEDIATION OF COMPUTING INFRASTRUCTURE ISSUES USING FEDERATED AND REINFORCEMENT LEARNINGJuly 2024January 2026Allow1810NoNo
18769134Testing a metaverse application for rendering errors across multiple devicesJuly 2024November 2025Allow1610NoNo
18766613MEDIATOR ASSISTED SWITCHOVER BETWEEN CLUSTERSJuly 2024January 2026Allow1910NoNo
18766190SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DATA INTEGRATION AND PREDICTIVE ANALYTICS USING TOKENIZED ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AGENTSJuly 2024December 2025Allow1710NoNo
18763753INGEST HEALTH MONITORING WITH FAILURE INDICATORJuly 2024April 2025Allow1010NoNo
18764059Cluster Node Selection with Off-Band MetricsJuly 2024September 2025Allow1500NoNo
18762887CONTENT INDEXING OF FILES IN VIRTUAL DISK BLOCK-LEVEL BACKUP COPIESJuly 2024April 2025Allow1000NoNo
18726315DYNAMIC STORAGE RESILIENCYJuly 2024July 2025Allow1300NoNo
18762217SNAPSHOT BASED MEMORY CHECKPOINT COPYJuly 2024August 2025Allow1400NoNo
18760818MESSAGE ERROR RECOVERY SYSTEMJuly 2024June 2025Allow1200NoNo
18760941COMPUTER CLUSTER DOMAIN SPECIFIC OSI L2 DATA SOURCE INTEGRATIONJuly 2024September 2025Allow1500NoNo
18760339INFORMATION TRANSMISSION METHODJuly 2024January 2026Allow1910NoNo
18759740SERVICE MANAGEMENT USING DYNAMICALLY CALCULATED REQUESTS PER SECOND THRESHOLDSJune 2024January 2026Allow1910YesNo
18758774REMOTE TERMINAL UNIT (RTU) FOR SUPERVISORY CONTROL AND DATA ACQUISITION (SCADA) SYSTEMJune 2024January 2026Allow1810NoNo
18756723COMPUTER-BASED SYSTEMS CONFIGURED FOR DYNAMIC PERFORMANCE SCORING OF SOFTWARE AGENTS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOFJune 2024September 2025Allow1520NoNo
18756166CONDITIONAL HIGH AVAILABILITY PEERING IN AN ALL-ACTIVE NEXT GENERATION FIREWALL (NGFW) CLUSTERJune 2024March 2026Allow2120NoNo
18753841HARDWARE FAULT DETECTION FOR FEEDBACK CONTROL SYSTEMS IN AUTONOMOUS MACHINE APPLICATIONSJune 2024May 2025Allow1110YesNo
18724067ENCODING METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RAID6 DISK ARRAY, DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RAID6 DISK ARRAY, AND MEDIUMJune 2024January 2026Abandon1920YesNo
18751818Container Layer Storage ManagementJune 2024January 2026Allow1910NoNo
18750507DCF-ASSISTED EARLY WARNING SYSTEM FOR EDGE DEVICESJune 2024December 2025Allow1810NoNo
18750880DATA STORAGE MANAGEMENT BASED ON USER CALENDAR EVENTSJune 2024October 2025Allow1610YesNo
18749944REDUNDANT DATA STORAGE USING INCREMENTAL ERROR DETECTION WITH NON-ZERO SEEDSJune 2024March 2026Allow2110YesNo
18747821CHANNEL WARNINGS ON DEVICE INSERTION ISSUESJune 2024January 2026Allow1910YesNo
18747957COMPLEX DEVICE FAULT DIAGNOSIS METHOD AND SYSTEM BASED ON MULTI-DIMENSIONAL FEATURESJune 2024March 2025Allow920NoNo
18746723Systems and Methods for Connection Switch AutomationJune 2024March 2025Allow910NoNo
18747234DATA PROTECTION WITH TIME-VARYING IN-SITU DATA REFRESHJune 2024November 2025Allow1700NoNo
18743732WORKLOAD RESOURCE DEVICE SLA FAILURE REMEDIATION SYSTEMJune 2024August 2025Allow1410NoNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for art-unit 2114.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
194
Examiner Affirmed
150
(77.3%)
Examiner Reversed
44
(22.7%)
Reversal Percentile
9.8%
Lower than average

What This Means

With a 22.7% 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.

Strategic Value of Filing an Appeal

Total Appeal Filings
568
Allowed After Appeal Filing
253
(44.5%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
315
(55.5%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
93.5%
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, 44.5% of applications that filed an appeal were subsequently allowed. This appeal filing benefit rate is in the top 25% across the USPTO, indicating that filing appeals is particularly effective here. The act of filing often prompts favorable reconsideration during the mandatory appeal conference.

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 2114 - Prosecution Statistics Summary

Executive Summary

Art Unit 2114 is part of Group 2110 in Technology Center 2100. This art unit has examined 11,606 patent applications in our dataset, with an overall allowance rate of 88.3%. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 29 months.

Comparative Analysis

Art Unit 2114's allowance rate of 88.3% places it in the 86% percentile among all USPTO art units. This art unit has a significantly higher allowance rate than most art units at the USPTO.

Prosecution Patterns

Applications in Art Unit 2114 receive an average of 1.56 office actions before reaching final disposition (in the 25% percentile). The median prosecution time is 29 months (in the 59% percentile).

Strategic Considerations

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

  • The art unit's allowance rate suggests a more favorable examination environment compared to the USPTO average.
  • With fewer office actions than average, plan for relatively streamlined prosecution.
  • The median prosecution time is shorter 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.