USPTO Art Unit 2117 Prosecution Statistics

Art Unit Information

Art Unit: 2117
Group: 2110
Tech Center: 2100
Total Cases: 10,094
Last Active: March 2025

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
19074424METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND MEDIA FOR SAMPLING PRODUCT QUALITY BASED ON INDUSTRIAL INTERNET OF THINGS (IIOT)March 2025July 2025Allow400YesNo
19016609WAFER POSITIONING AND CORRECTION METHOD, SYSTEM, AND DEVICEJanuary 2025May 2025Allow410YesNo
19013130CAPACITY EXPANSION METHOD FOR HOUSEHOLD FOOD WASTE DISPOSERSJanuary 2025April 2025Allow310YesNo
18989373SMART CONTROLS FOR HYBRID REFRIGERATION CYCLESDecember 2024April 2025Allow410YesNo
18876828BLOCKCHAIN-BASED POWER DATA TRANSMISSION CONTROL METHOD AND DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUMDecember 2024June 2025Allow610NoNo
18860056Systems and Methods for Computer-Aided MachiningOctober 2024April 2025Allow510YesNo
18919212METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OPTIMIZING SYSTEM ENERGY EFFICIENCY BASED ON AN INTEGRATED ENERGY REQUIREMENT, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUMOctober 2024April 2025Allow610NoNo
18887096Method, Control Unit and Laser Cutting System for Combined Path and Laser Process Planning for Highly Dynamic Real-Time SystemsSeptember 2024March 2025Allow610YesNo
18821475Attachable Monitoring Device for Molding ToolsAugust 2024February 2025Allow610YesNo
18782016SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ORTHOPEDIC IMPLANTSJuly 2024February 2025Allow610YesNo
18766641SAFETY PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR POWER PLANTJuly 2024June 2025Allow1120NoNo
18765787PROCEDURE FOR DETERMINING REAL MOLDING FRONTS AND ALIGNING SIMULATIONSJuly 2024January 2025Allow600YesNo
18757446SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR BLOCKCHAIN-BASED VIRTUAL POWER PLANT MANAGEMENTJune 2024March 2025Allow910YesNo
18745811SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MODEL-PREDICTIVE-CONTROL-BASED MICRO-ASSEMBLY CONTROL WITH THE AID OF A DIGITAL COMPUTERJune 2024March 2025Allow910NoNo
18740704METHOD FOR MANAGING CROP IRRIGATION, AND SYSTEM USING SAMEJune 2024May 2025Allow1110YesNo
18736879METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATED TOOLPATH GENERATIONJune 2024May 2025Allow1100YesNo
18680737SEAMLESS WIRELESS CONNECTION DURING COMMISSIONING OF NETWORKED BUILDING CONTROLLERSMay 2024March 2025Allow1010NoNo
18666714METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OPTIMIZED SCHEDULING OF INTEGRATED ENERGY SYSTEM AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUSMay 2024March 2025Allow1020YesNo
18666408ASSET SIZING WITH UTILITY USE CONSTRAINTSMay 2024April 2025Allow1110YesNo
18666571CONFIGURING A SOLAR POWER SYSTEM FOR COMMUNICATIONSMay 2024June 2025Allow1320YesNo
18665429COMPUTING PLATFORM FOR BIOPROCESS DESIGN, EXECUTION, ANALYSIS, AND TECHNOLOGY TRANSFERMay 2024May 2025Allow1220YesNo
18661276OPTIMIZING SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING PROCESSES USING MACHINE LEARNINGMay 2024February 2025Allow911YesNo
18652162SHORT-CIRCUIT FAULT DETECTION METHOD FOR A POWER GRIDMay 2024November 2024Allow710NoNo
18648409PRECISION ROLL BENDING METHOD, SYSTEM, AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT FOR CYLINDER WITH VARIABLE CURVATURE SECTIONApril 2024September 2024Allow510NoNo
18635145PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC CONTROLLER-BASED SYSTEM AND USER INTERFACE FOR AIR SAMPLING IN CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENTSApril 2024May 2025Allow1310NoNo
18627284COORDINATION AND CONTROL OF CONTROLLABLE ENERGY RESOURCES IN AN ELECTRIC NETWORK TO MAINTAIN CONTINUOUS SUPPLY AND DEMAND BALANCEApril 2024April 2025Abandon1320YesNo
18625416ACTUATION SYSTEM IN AN EXOSKELETONApril 2024March 2025Allow1110NoNo
18614129METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING ENERGY DEVICE AND SYSTEM STATUSMarch 2024April 2025Allow1310NoNo
18608754INDEXER, INDEXER RETROFIT KIT AND METHOD OF USE THEREOFMarch 2024June 2025Allow1501NoNo
18608645COOPERATIVE OPERATION OPTIMIZATION CONTROL METHOD FOR WIND TURBINE GROUPSMarch 2024March 2025Abandon1220NoNo
18608806INTELLIGENT MOTION CONTROL THROUGH SURFACE SCAN COMPARISON AND FEATURE RECOGNITIONMarch 2024March 2025Abandon1210NoNo
18587956METHODS AND SMART GAS INTERNET OF THINGS SYSTEMS FOR AUTOMATIC CONTROL OF INDUSTRIAL GAS FLOWSFebruary 2024September 2024Allow710NoNo
18585868Scent Schedule Based on Relatedness of Scent Delivery Devices in a Scent Delivery SystemFebruary 2024May 2024Allow200YesNo
18582975MACHINE LEARNING DEVICE FOR CROP WATER OPTIMIZATIONFebruary 2024April 2025Abandon1420NoNo
18439574CONDENSER FAN ROTATION RESTRICTION SYSTEMFebruary 2024March 2025Allow1310NoNo
18437845SENSING AND CONTROL OF VEHICLE WASH COMPONENTS AND SYSTEMS AND METHODS THEREOFFebruary 2024December 2024Allow1010NoNo
18430513LINEAR MOTOR MOTION CONTROL METHOD, DEVICE, EQUIPMENT AND STORAGE MEDIUMFebruary 2024August 2024Allow610YesNo
18426106HVAC SYSTEM WITH DATA DRIVEN USER INTERFACE FOR EQUIPMENT COMMISSIONING AND OPERATIONJanuary 2024January 2025Allow1110YesNo
18411927GENERATING FAN CONTROL SIGNAL FOR COMPUTING DEVICEJanuary 2024June 2025Allow1700YesNo
18409762INDUSTRIAL INTERNET OF THINGS SYSTEM FOR MANAGING PRODUCTION TASK AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOFJanuary 2024May 2025Allow1610NoNo
18397384AIR MATTRESSDecember 2023April 2025Allow1620NoNo
18396628METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR REGULATING PIPELINE NETWORK MAINTENANCE BASED ON A SMART GAS INTERNET OF THINGS (IOT)December 2023March 2025Allow1420YesNo
18392649DETECTING AND UTILIZING WATER VIBRATIONS IN SUMP PUMP SYSTEM CONTROLDecember 2023October 2024Allow1010NoNo
18544722CAPACITY CONTROL FOR HVAC SYSTEMDecember 2023January 2025Allow1320NoNo
18537489SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR STABILIZING FREQUENCY OF THE POWER GRIDDecember 2023March 2024Allow300YesNo
18534164Process-Aware AI-Based Energy Edge Platform, Systems, and MethodsDecember 2023June 2025Allow1820YesNo
18519130Method of Processing By-Product Water for Optimal Beneficial UseNovember 2023January 2025Allow1420NoNo
18512437DETERMINING CAUSAL MODELS FOR CONTROLLING ENVIRONMENTSNovember 2023April 2025Allow1710NoNo
18512996ENERGY STORAGE MODELING AND CONTROLNovember 2023February 2025Abandon1510NoNo
18508237SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PERFORMING A TASK ON A MATERIAL, OR LOCATING THE POSITION OF A DEVICE RELATIVE TO THE SURFACE OF THE MATERIALNovember 2023June 2025Allow1900NoNo
18507239Method for Calibrating an Irradiation Device for an Apparatus for Additively Manufacturing Three-Dimensional ObjectsNovember 2023March 2025Allow1610NoNo
18507405WELDING ASSET TRACKING WITH HEARTBEAT MONITORINGNovember 2023June 2025Allow2010NoNo
18506103LASER CUTTINGNovember 2023April 2025Allow1710NoNo
18498580SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND MACHINE LEARNING TO GENERATE TREATMENT PLANS HAVING DYNAMICALLY TAILORED CARDIAC PROTOCOLS FOR USERS TO MANAGE A STATE OF AN ELECTROMECHANICAL MACHINEOctober 2023March 2025Allow1720NoNo
18498856DYNAMIC VENTILATION CONTROL FOR A BUILDINGOctober 2023February 2025Allow1610NoNo
18499140HVAC MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL SYSTEMOctober 2023July 2025Allow2040YesNo
18385495Controlling power distribution serving an aggregate of electrical loads behind a meterOctober 2023October 2024Allow1110NoNo
18492742CLOUD CONTROLLED LASER FABRICATIONOctober 2023February 2025Allow1610YesNo
18492215Method For Controlling Air Conditioning Device Based On Delayed RewardOctober 2023October 2024Allow1220YesNo
18381859REMOTE CONTROL OF WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMSOctober 2023July 2024Allow910YesNo
18487303LOAD CONTROL WITH INTEGRAL CONTROL INTERFACEOctober 2023April 2025Allow1820YesNo
18484945Facilities Grid Micro Demand Response SystemOctober 2023September 2024Allow1110NoNo
18484258Failure Detection and Compensation in Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) EquipmentOctober 2023May 2024Allow810NoNo
18378089FEEDBACK WARNING SYSTEM USING INDUCER PULSE WIDTH MODULATION SIGNALOctober 2023December 2024Allow1410NoNo
18377312REEL EDITOR FOR PRE-PRINT PAPER, SHEET, AND BOX MANUFACTURING SYSTEMSOctober 2023March 2025Abandon1710NoNo
18482001SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REDUCING RISK OF PATHOGEN EXPOSURE WITHIN A SPACEOctober 2023December 2024Allow1410NoNo
18375692APPLIANCE EQUIPPED WITH A SENSOR AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAMEOctober 2023September 2024Allow1110YesNo
18477757LOAD CONTROL SYSTEM HAVING AUDIO OUTPUT DEVICESSeptember 2023April 2025Allow1920NoNo
18374130VISUALIZATION SYSTEM FOR TARGET AREA OF AIR CONDITIONERSeptember 2023April 2024Allow710YesNo
18374057Virtual Assistant Factory Computing PlatformSeptember 2023February 2025Allow1710NoNo
18370741IRRIGATION CONTROLLER WITH RELAYSSeptember 2023September 2024Allow1210NoNo
18369611SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OPERATING AN HVAC SYSTEMSeptember 2023August 2024Allow1100YesNo
18467627CONTROL SEQUENCE GENERATION SYSTEM AND METHODSSeptember 2023March 2025Allow1820NoNo
18368106Modulating Butterfly Valve ControlSeptember 2023October 2024Allow1310NoNo
18244489SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HUMIDIFICATION TEMPERATURE COMPENSATIONSeptember 2023October 2024Allow1310YesNo
18463148AUTOMATIC STAGING OF MULTIPLE HVAC SYSTEMS DURING A PEAK DEMAND RESPONSESeptember 2023November 2024Allow1410NoNo
18242281METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING DESIGN AND MANUFACTURE OF SELF-SUPPORTING STRUCTURE BASED ON MULTI-AXIS 3D PRINTINGSeptember 2023November 2024Abandon1420NoNo
18460175SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PERIODIC-ELECTRODE-BASED REAL-TIME MICRO-OBJECT POSITION CONTROL WITH THE AID OF A DIGITAL COMPUTERSeptember 2023October 2024Abandon1310NoNo
18455392MANAGING EMISSIONS DEMAND RESPONSE EVENT GENERATIONAugust 2023December 2024Allow1510NoNo
18452506METHODS AND SYSTEMS OF FAST OPTIMIZATION AND COMPENSATION FOR VOLUMETRIC POSITIONING ERRORS OF ROTARY AXES OF FIVE-AXIS CNC MACHINE TOOLSAugust 2023February 2024Allow610NoNo
18447524Load Control Device Having Internet ConnectivityAugust 2023July 2024Allow1110NoNo
18230763Real-time AI-based quality assurance for semiconductor production machinesAugust 2023June 2025Allow2210YesNo
18230538SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENABLING AND DISABLING OPERATION OF MANUFACTURING MACHINESAugust 2023April 2024Allow810NoNo
18264270HEATING INSTALLATIONS, METHODS AND SYSTEMSAugust 2023December 2024Allow1610NoNo
18229905ENVIRONMENT CONTROLLER AND METHOD FOR INFERRING ONE OR MORE COMMANDS FOR CONTROLLING AN APPLIANCE TAKING INTO ACCOUNT ROOM CHARACTERISTICSAugust 2023November 2024Allow1610NoNo
18364605PREVENTING IMAGE OR VIDEO CAPTURE OF INPUT DATA PROVIDED TO A TRANSACTION DEVICEAugust 2023February 2025Allow1920YesNo
18363245DYNAMIC CONTROL FOR FAN SPEED DURING SYSTEM BOOT AND REBOOT IN HOT AND COLD ENVIRONMENTSAugust 2023August 2024Allow1310YesNo
18362037SEMICONDUCTOR WAFER COOLINGJuly 2023December 2024Allow1610YesNo
18227238SYSTEMS AND METHOD FOR STABILIZER CONTROLJuly 2023October 2024Allow1510YesNo
18359261MODULAR HEAT TRANSFER SYSTEMJuly 2023August 2024Allow1310YesNo
18222718SIMPLIFIED TRANSIENT MODEL OF DFIG WIND TURBINE FOR POWER SYSTEM FREQUENCY DYNAMICS ANALYSISJuly 2023November 2023Allow400NoNo
18222089REDUCING IMPACT OF DISPATCHER INITIALIZATION ON DISPATCHING SYSTEM PERFORMANCEJuly 2023April 2025Allow2110YesNo
18350945Circuit for a Power Device and Graphical User InterfaceJuly 2023May 2024Allow1010NoNo
18217369SMART AIR PANEL FOR SMART THERMOSTATSJune 2023July 2024Allow1300YesNo
18215130SUSTAINABLE RESIDENTIAL YARD FLOOD IRRIGATION VALVE SYSTEM WITH CONTROLLERJune 2023July 2024Allow1321YesNo
18341956METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR IMPROVING GRID STABILITYJune 2023January 2024Allow710YesNo
18214383MODULATING REHEAT FUNCTIONALITY FOR HVAC SYSTEMJune 2023July 2024Allow1310NoNo
18340146SYSTEM FOR ENHANCING OPERATION OF POWER TOOLSJune 2023January 2025Abandon1910NoNo
18339114TECHNIQUES FOR ORCHESTRATED LOAD SHEDDINGJune 2023August 2024Allow1420YesNo
18338695TECHNIQUES FOR ORCHESTRATED LOAD SHEDDINGJune 2023June 2025Allow2331YesNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for art-unit 2117.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
142
Examiner Affirmed
103
(72.5%)
Examiner Reversed
39
(27.5%)
Reversal Percentile
24.3%
Lower than average

What This Means

With a 27.5% 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
453
Allowed After Appeal Filing
162
(35.8%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
291
(64.2%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
64.9%
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, 35.8% 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 2117 - Prosecution Statistics Summary

Executive Summary

Art Unit 2117 is part of Group 2110 in Technology Center 2100. This art unit has examined 10,094 patent applications in our dataset, with an overall allowance rate of 83.4%. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 27 months.

Comparative Analysis

Art Unit 2117's allowance rate of 83.4% places it in the 73% percentile among all USPTO art units. This art unit has an above-average allowance rate compared to other art units.

Prosecution Patterns

Applications in Art Unit 2117 receive an average of 1.60 office actions before reaching final disposition (in the 31% percentile). The median prosecution time is 27 months (in the 60% 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

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