USPTO Art Unit 2166 Prosecution Statistics

Art Unit Information

Art Unit: 2166
Group: 2160
Tech Center: 2100
Total Cases: 8,141
Last Active: February 2025

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
19061848QUERYING DATA USING SPECIALIZED AND GENERALIZED ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE MODELSFebruary 2025April 2025Allow200NoNo
18978862ATTRIBUTE EXTRACTION FROM TEXT SOURCESDecember 2024March 2025Allow300NoNo
18961148METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INTENT-BASED ACTION RECOMMENDATIONS AND/OR FULFILLMENT IN A MESSAGING PLATFORMNovember 2024March 2025Allow310NoNo
18958789DATA PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COLUMNAR STORAGE DATA WAREHOUSENovember 2024April 2025Allow510NoNo
18920411CONTROLLING EXECUTION OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE PIPELINES FOR DATA RETRIEVAL THROUGH CLIENT APPLICATIONSOctober 2024January 2025Allow300NoNo
18900996MULTI-SERVICE BUSINESS PLATFORM SYSTEM HAVING EVENT SYSTEMS AND METHODSSeptember 2024May 2025Allow800YesNo
18901718NETWORK SLINGHOP VIA TAPESTRY SLINGSHOTSeptember 2024December 2024Allow200NoNo
18901629METHOD, SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING MASSIVE DATA AT HIGH SPEED, AND STORAGE MEDIUMSeptember 2024January 2025Allow300YesNo
18891642LOW-LATENCY DATABASE SYSTEMSeptember 2024May 2025Allow800NoNo
18830618METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CLUSTERING DOCUMENTS BASED ON SEMANTIC SIMILARITYSeptember 2024March 2025Allow610NoNo
18797294GENERATIVE MACHINE LEARNING WITH RETRIEVER HAVING RECONFIGURABLE SEQUENCE OF RANKERSAugust 2024December 2024Allow410NoNo
18791544Data Reconstruction in a Storage Network and Methods for Use TherewithAugust 2024May 2025Allow1000YesNo
18790620METHOD, APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR INTERACTIONJuly 2024November 2024Allow300NoNo
18775077INTELLIGENT DATA REPAIR FOR MOVING SOURCEJuly 2024March 2025Allow800NoNo
18764519Conditional Bloom Filters Representing Field AliasingJuly 2024January 2025Allow610YesNo
18754643Data Scan Sampling Control For Data Discovery And Posture ManagementJune 2024February 2025Allow810YesNo
18724095SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ACCESSING LEDGER INFORMATION BY USING COMMON KEYSET INFORMATIONJune 2024May 2025Allow1110NoNo
18750132METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR GENERATING COMMUNICATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH OPTIMIZATION CODESJune 2024November 2024Allow510NoNo
18748116CONTAINERIZED DATA CLASSIFICATION AND AUTOMATED METADATA PUBLISHING SYSTEMJune 2024August 2024Allow200NoNo
18743224World Knowledge TriggersJune 2024April 2025Allow1010NoNo
18738529MULTIMODAL QUERY PREDICTIONJune 2024February 2025Allow800NoNo
18737543Systems and Methods for Intelligent Database Report GenerationJune 2024April 2025Allow1110NoNo
18736429SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING ETHNICITY SUBREGIONSJune 2024February 2025Allow800NoNo
18736278SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF PROCESSING QUERIES USING MULTI-TOOL AGENTS AND MODULAR WORKFLOWSJune 2024February 2025Allow900NoNo
18733650FEATURING ENGINEERING BASED ON SEMANTIC TYPESJune 2024June 2025Allow1210NoNo
18680948Generating and Assigning MetadataMay 2024August 2024Allow300NoNo
18676081CHANGING NODES FOR CONJOINED TREE DATA STRUCTUREMay 2024March 2025Allow1010NoNo
18674387HYBRID IN-MEMORY/PAGEABLE SPATIAL COLUMN DATAMay 2024January 2025Allow700NoNo
18673280Applying a Visual Analytics Intent Language to Generate Data VisualizationsMay 2024May 2025Allow1110YesNo
18667024COLLABORATIVE INDEXING OF CONTENT-ADDRESSABLE DATAMay 2024November 2024Allow600NoNo
18665106SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING USER INTERFACES FOR CONFIGURATION OF A FLOW FOR EXTRACTING INFORMATION FROM DOCUMENTS VIA A LARGE LANGUAGE MODELMay 2024May 2025Allow1210NoNo
18663788METHODS OF DATA SHARING ACROSS CLOUD REGIONS AND CLOUD PLATFORMS OF CLOUD-BASED DATA WAREHOUSING SYSTEMSMay 2024January 2025Allow800YesNo
18658081Automated Selection of Foundation Models for Client-Specific Generative Artificial Intelligence NeedsMay 2024April 2025Allow1110YesNo
18657447CONTEXTUAL ESTIMATION OF LINK INFORMATION GAINMay 2024February 2025Allow910NoNo
18657272CONSTRUCTION OF A USER QUESTIONS REPOSITORY FOR STRUCTURED DATA QUERIES FROM NATURAL LANGUAGE QUESTIONS USING A LARGE LANGUAGE MODELMay 2024April 2025Allow1100NoNo
18655558MIGRATING DATA BETWEEN DATA STORAGE SYSTEMS INTEGRATED WITH APPLICATION ORCHESTRATORSMay 2024April 2025Allow1110NoNo
18653915METHOD FOR PERFORMING GARBAGE COLLECTION MANAGEMENT OF MEMORY DEVICE WITH AID OF BLOCK CLASSIFICATION, MEMORY CONTROLLER, MEMORY DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICEMay 2024May 2025Allow1210NoNo
18651248USER INTERFACES FOR PRESENTING MEDIA ITEMSApril 2024September 2024Allow410YesNo
18649537OPTIMIZED VALIDATION OF CACHED QUERY PLANSApril 2024January 2025Allow900NoNo
18649360Method and System for Generating Podcast Metadata to Facilitate Searching and RecommendationApril 2024January 2025Allow900NoNo
18648241ADAPTIVE THROTTLING IN A UNIVERSAL BACKUP HOSTApril 2024March 2025Allow1110NoNo
18647003SYSTEMS FOR NUCLEIC ACID-BASED DATA STORAGEApril 2024December 2024Allow800NoNo
18644776GRAPH-BASED NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING (NLP) FOR QUERYING, ANALYZING, AND VISUALIZING COMPLEX DATA STRUCTURESApril 2024October 2024Allow610NoNo
18642464FINE-GRAINED PERMISSION MODELS FOR ONTOLOGY DATAApril 2024April 2025Allow1110YesNo
18642419Active Data ExecutableApril 2024January 2025Allow800YesNo
18702608THESIS MAP CREATION METHOD AND THESIS MAP CREATION DEVICEApril 2024September 2024Allow510NoNo
18632167CROSS-CHAIN TRANSACTION METHOD AND APPARATUSApril 2024December 2024Allow800YesNo
18631460Multi-Tenant Database Resource UtilizationApril 2024June 2025Allow1410YesNo
18628753Natural Language Data Analysis, Visualization and Editing SystemApril 2024July 2024Allow310NoNo
18627097Efficient content extraction from unstructured dialog textApril 2024May 2025Allow1300NoNo
18626658DATABASE SYSTEM WITH REPLICATION BASED STORAGE AND REDUNDANCY CODING BASED STORAGEApril 2024March 2025Allow1110YesNo
18615911IMMUTABLE STORAGE OF SNAPSHOT DATA IN A PUBLIC CLOUD ENVIRONMENTMarch 2024January 2025Allow1000NoNo
18614408DATABASE INDEX AND DATABASE QUERY PROCESSING METHOD, APPARATUS, AND DEVICEMarch 2024April 2025Allow1310NoNo
18608935HANDLING CONFIGURATION DRIFT IN BACKUP STORAGE SYSTEMSMarch 2024March 2025Allow1210NoNo
18606652SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AGGREGATING EVENT-RELATED ARTIFACTS AND MAKING ARTIFACTS ACCESSIBLEMarch 2024May 2025Abandon1410NoNo
18602253SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PARTITIONING SEARCH INDEXES FOR IMPROVED EFFICIENCY IN IDENTIFYING MEDIA SEGMENTSMarch 2024March 2025Allow1210NoNo
18600949Internet Search Results Annotation, Filtering, and Advertising with respect to Search Term ElementsMarch 2024November 2024Allow800YesNo
18600357METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING A CANDIDATE, NAMELY A GENE LOCATION AND/OR A SEQUENCE VARIANT, INDICATIVE FOR AT LEAST ONE (PHENOTYPIC) TRAITMarch 2024June 2025Allow1610NoNo
18600421TEXT ANALYSIS AND VERIFICATION METHODS AND SYSTEMSMarch 2024February 2025Allow1110NoNo
18598122ADAPTIVELY OVERLAPPING THE WRITING OF REDO LOG RECORDSMarch 2024November 2024Allow800NoNo
18596085FEDERATING MULTIDIMENSIONAL OLAP DATA FROM DIFFERENT SOURCESMarch 2024December 2024Allow900NoNo
18594912MULTI-PROGRAM APPLICANT REVIEW SYSTEM WITH ADJUSTABLE PARAMETERSMarch 2024February 2025Allow1110NoNo
18594180CENTRALIZED DATA BACKUP PLATFORM SUPPORTING MULTIPLE DATA ENVIRONMENTSMarch 2024November 2024Allow810NoNo
18591553METHODS AND TECHNIQUES FOR ADAPTIVE SEARCHFebruary 2024April 2025Allow1310YesNo
18587716UTILIZING REGULAR EXPRESSION EMBEDDINGS FOR NAMED ENTITY RECOGNITION SYSTEMSFebruary 2024June 2025Allow1610NoNo
18584934BOOK SEARCH APPARATUS, BOOK SEARCH DATABASE GENERATION APPARATUS, BOOK SEARCH METHOD, BOOK SEARCH DATABASE GENERATION METHOD, AND PROGRAMFebruary 2024February 2025Allow1210YesNo
18584916BOOK SEARCH APPARATUS, BOOK SEARCH DATABASE GENERATION APPARATUS, BOOK SEARCH METHOD, BOOK SEARCH DATABASE GENERATION METHOD, AND PROGRAMFebruary 2024February 2025Allow1210YesNo
18584949BOOK SEARCH APPARATUS, BOOK SEARCH DATABASE GENERATION APPARATUS, BOOK SEARCH METHOD, BOOK SEARCH DATABASE GENERATION METHOD, AND PROGRAMFebruary 2024February 2025Allow1210YesNo
18581771Navigation Goal Identification Using ClusteringFebruary 2024April 2025Allow1420NoNo
18581303INTELLIGENT PERSONAL MICRO-LOCATION SEARCH AND ENHANCED COMMUNICATION AGENTSFebruary 2024October 2024Allow700YesNo
18443458DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DATA LINEAGE TRACKING, REPORTING AND DATABASE UPDATINGFebruary 2024June 2025Abandon1610NoNo
18443939Generic Data Staging and Loading Using Enhanced Metadata and Associated MethodFebruary 2024October 2024Allow810NoNo
18442727METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SELF-AGGREGATION OF PERSONAL DATA AND CONTROL THEREOFFebruary 2024January 2025Allow1110NoNo
18440269METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MIGRATING DATABASE CONTENT ONTO NEW DATABASE INFRASTRUCTUREFebruary 2024November 2024Allow900NoNo
18439481AUTOMATED ENHANCEMENT OF METADATA IN MEDIA PROGRAM DATABASEFebruary 2024March 2025Allow1310NoNo
18433607METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IMPLEMENTING DATA ASSOCIATIONSFebruary 2024August 2024Allow700NoNo
18434508DIRECTED ACYCLIC GRAPH FRAMEWORK FOR EXECUTING SEARCH FUNCTION OPERATIONSFebruary 2024March 2025Allow1410YesNo
18428402CENTRALIZED ACCESS CONTROL FOR CLOUD RELATIONAL DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM RESOURCESJanuary 2024November 2024Allow910NoNo
18426552DATA MANAGEMENT IN A LARGE SCALE DISTRIBUTED CLOUD SERVICEJanuary 2024April 2025Allow1400NoNo
18425415DISTRIBUTED LEDGER BASED FEATURE SET TRACKINGJanuary 2024November 2024Allow900NoNo
18426165OPERATING A DISTRIBUTED SEARCH INDEX IN A CONTENT DELIVERY NETWORKJanuary 2024April 2025Allow1510YesNo
18424440SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DUPLICATING AN APPLICATION STATEJanuary 2024May 2025Allow1620YesNo
18419625Token Based Dynamic Data Indexing With Integrated SecurityJanuary 2024October 2024Allow800NoNo
18419923BLOCKCHAIN SOLUTION FOR HARMONIZED STORAGE OF CLINICAL AND GENETIC DATAJanuary 2024February 2025Allow1210YesNo
18419905XBUNDLE: A HIERARCHICAL HYPERGRAPH DATABASE DESIGNED FOR DISTRIBUTED PROCESSINGJanuary 2024September 2024Allow810NoNo
18418809ADVERSARIAL PERTURBATION FILTERS FOR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCEJanuary 2024November 2024Allow1000NoNo
18416756SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INTELLIGENT, SCALABLE, AND COST-EFFECTIVE DATA CATEGORIZATIONJanuary 2024August 2024Allow610NoNo
18415253MODEL OBJECT MANAGEMENT AND STORAGE SYSTEMJanuary 2024August 2024Allow700NoNo
18413707EDGE COMPUTING STORAGE NODES BASED ON LOCATION AND ACTIVITIES FOR USER DATA SEPARATE FROM CLOUD COMPUTING ENVIRONMENTSJanuary 2024January 2025Allow1210YesNo
18409945DATA REDUCTION IN A CLOUD-BASED STORAGE SYSTEMJanuary 2024June 2025Allow1710YesNo
18410354INTELLIGENT DIGITAL ASSISTANT THAT PROVIDES END-USER WITH INFORMATION FROM FIRM DATABASES TO ASSIST END-USER IN PERFORMING JOB FUNCTIONSJanuary 2024December 2024Allow1210NoNo
18409358DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM FOR DATA SEARCH AND RETRIEVAL AUGMENTATION AND ENHANCED DATA STORAGEJanuary 2024November 2024Allow1010NoNo
18409289ENSURING DATA INTEGRITY OF EXECUTED TRANSACTIONSJanuary 2024August 2024Allow700YesNo
18408937METHODS AND APPARATUSES TO RANK MULTIPLE RESULTS FROM MULTIPLE SEARCH ENGINES USING A FULLY CONNECTED NEURAL NETWORKJanuary 2024March 2025Allow1400NoNo
18404091SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR CATEGORIZING CAPTURED DATAJanuary 2024November 2024Allow1110NoNo
18403567ONLINE SOFTWARE PLATFORM (OSP) CHECKING DOMAIN FOR PRIOR ACTIONS OF DELIVERING DATA TO DOMAIN ON BEHALF OF PRIMARY ENTITY, TO PREVENT INADVERTENT DUPLICATION OF SUCH DELIVERING ACTIONJanuary 2024November 2024Allow1000NoNo
18398963AGGREGATE QUERY OPTIMIZATIONDecember 2023September 2024Allow810NoNo
18397877METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING TABLE OF DOCUMENT, AND DEVICE AND MEDIUMDecember 2023March 2024Allow300NoNo
18390524Efficient Embedding Table Storage and LookupDecember 2023October 2024Allow900NoNo
18572606INFORMATION SEGMENTATION METHODS, APPARATUSES, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICESDecember 2023April 2025Allow1510NoNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for art-unit 2166.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
478
Examiner Affirmed
330
(69.0%)
Examiner Reversed
148
(31.0%)
Reversal Percentile
43.6%
Lower than average

What This Means

With a 31.0% 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.

Strategic Value of Filing an Appeal

Total Appeal Filings
1179
Allowed After Appeal Filing
335
(28.4%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
844
(71.6%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
26.9%
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, 28.4% 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 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 2166 - Prosecution Statistics Summary

Executive Summary

Art Unit 2166 is part of Group 2160 in Technology Center 2100. This art unit has examined 8,141 patent applications in our dataset, with an overall allowance rate of 72.6%. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 38 months.

Comparative Analysis

Art Unit 2166's allowance rate of 72.6% places it in the 34% 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 2166 receive an average of 2.64 office actions before reaching final disposition (in the 94% percentile). The median prosecution time is 38 months (in the 11% 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 more office actions than average, plan for multiple rounds of 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.

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.

Limitation of Liability: Under no circumstances will IronCrow AI be liable for any outcome, decision, or action resulting from your reliance on the statistics, analysis, or recommendations presented in this report. Past prosecution patterns do not guarantee future results.

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.