USPTO Art Unit 2172 Prosecution Statistics

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
19039370ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AGENTS FOR USER INTERFACE AUTOMATION TO APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACE AUTOMATION AND VICE VERSAJanuary 2025May 2025Allow400YesNo
19030831REDUCED SIZE USER INTERFACEJanuary 2025May 2025Allow400NoNo
19006516DIGITAL PROCESSING SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENHANCED DATA REPRESENTATIONDecember 2024April 2025Allow300NoNo
19004838DIGITAL PROCESSING SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENHANCED DATA REPRESENTATIONDecember 2024March 2025Allow300NoNo
18986252GESTURE-ENABLED INTERFACES, SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPLICATIONS FOR GENERATING DIGITAL CHORD AND LYRIC COMPOSITIONSDecember 2024March 2025Allow200NoNo
18957773METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR GENERATING A MODIFIED GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE USING AN OPTIMIZATION PROTOCOLNovember 2024February 2025Allow300NoNo
18957737APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING A COMMAND QUEUE AS A FUNCTION OF SENSOR DATA OF A TRANSPORTATION DEVICENovember 2024February 2025Allow200YesNo
18954074SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING CHECKLISTS TO A PILOTNovember 2024May 2025Allow510YesNo
18928174METHOD AND DEVICE FOR OUTPUTTING INSURANCE OUTBOUND CONVERSATION INFORMATION BASED ON GENERATIVE LARGE LANGUAGE MODELOctober 2024May 2025Allow720NoNo
18847094COLLABORATIVE TASK PROCESSING METHOD, DEVICE, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMSeptember 2024February 2025Allow600NoNo
18823540METHOD, APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR INTERACTIONSeptember 2024May 2025Allow820NoNo
18813523APPARATUS AND A METHOD FOR PROVIDING A CUSTOMIZABLE AND INTERACTIVE AMBIENT SOUND EXPERIENCEAugust 2024January 2025Allow510YesNo
18778317METHOD, APPARATUS, TERMINAL DEVICE AND MEDIUM FOR OBJECT PROCESSINGJuly 2024May 2025Allow1020NoNo
18759237INTERACTION METHOD AND APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTJune 2024March 2025Allow820NoNo
18649955METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IMPROVED ORDERING OF OUTPUT FROM SPREADSHEET ANALYTICAL FUNCTIONSApril 2024June 2025Allow1400YesNo
18643473SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING DIGITAL REALITY EXPERIENCES AND DECENTRALIZED TRANSACTIONS OF REAL ESTATE PROJECTSApril 2024July 2025Allow1400NoNo
18623229DIGITAL MODEL BASED PLANT OPERATION AND OPTIMIZATIONApril 2024November 2024Allow700YesNo
18622895APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MAINTAINING AN EVENT LISTING USING VOICE CONTROLMarch 2024February 2025Allow1010NoNo
18611216USER INTERFACES FOR MANAGING VISUAL CONTENT IN MEDIAMarch 2024May 2025Allow1400NoNo
18609364Systems and Methods for Communicating Notifications and Textual Data Associated with ApplicationsMarch 2024May 2025Allow1410YesNo
18594769DYNAMICALLY GENERATING SCENERY FOR A VIRTUAL REALITY DRIVING SESSION BASED ON ROUTE INFORMATIONMarch 2024March 2025Allow1200NoNo
18587064DETECTING DEVICEFebruary 2024December 2024Allow1000NoNo
18582806PROGRAMMING VERIFICATION RULESETS VISUALLYFebruary 2024January 2025Allow1100NoNo
18441454SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CROSS DOMAIN SERVICE COMPONENT INTERACTIONFebruary 2024January 2025Allow1110YesNo
18436421Mashing Mapping Content Displayed on Mobile DevicesFebruary 2024November 2024Allow910YesNo
18432752USER INTERFACE DISPLAY METHOD AND APPARATUS THEREFORFebruary 2024August 2024Allow700NoNo
18430806Finger Orientation Touch DetectionFebruary 2024March 2025Allow1410NoNo
18428927MECHANISM TO PROVIDE VISUAL FEEDBACK REGARDING COMPUTING SYSTEM COMMAND GESTURESJanuary 2024June 2025Allow1620YesNo
18421713Method and Apparatus for User Interface ModificationJanuary 2024February 2025Allow1310YesNo
18420598SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MULTIMEDIA PRESENTATIONJanuary 2024July 2025Allow1720NoNo
18412049MACHINE-LEARNING-BASED SOFTWARE APPLICATION AND TOOL MENUJanuary 2024August 2024Allow710YesNo
18397639Providing Biometric Achievement User Interface Screens Associated with Biometric GoalsDecember 2023November 2024Allow1100NoNo
18543863INTERFACE FOR RECORDING REAL-TIME INTERACTIONDecember 2023June 2025Allow1840NoNo
18543836SUBTITLE PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUSDecember 2023October 2024Allow1020NoNo
18538359PROVIDING RELEVANT DATA ITEMS BASED ON CONTEXTDecember 2023September 2024Allow910YesNo
18534053WEARABLE DEVICES IN A CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENTDecember 2023December 2024Allow1310NoNo
18530603CONTROLLING A USER INTERFACEDecember 2023September 2024Allow1000NoNo
18526089USER-SPECIFIC MEDIA PLAYLISTSDecember 2023March 2025Allow1610YesNo
18526333FACILITATING CUSTOMIZATION AND PROLIFERATION OF STATE MODELSDecember 2023August 2024Allow900YesNo
18522734MODELING COMMUNICATION DATA STREAMS FOR MULTI-PARTY CONVERSATIONS INVOLVING A HUMANOIDNovember 2023April 2025Allow1710NoNo
18519732INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHODNovember 2023March 2025Allow1510NoNo
18511339TABLE DATA DISPLAY METHOD AND APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUMNovember 2023September 2024Allow1020YesNo
18507429APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING NOTIFICATION IN ELECTRONIC DEVICENovember 2023October 2024Allow1110YesNo
18503712CONTEXTUAL MESSAGING IN VIDEO CONFERENCENovember 2023June 2025Allow1910YesNo
18499903AUDIO SHARING METHOD AND APPARATUS, DEVICE AND MEDIUMNovember 2023December 2024Allow1330NoNo
18498381METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SECURE AUTHENTICATION IN A VIRTUAL OR AUGMENTED REALITY ENVIRONMENT USING AN INTERACTIVE ICONOctober 2023January 2025Allow1500YesNo
18492910SEARCHABLE TABLE EXTRACTIONOctober 2023October 2024Allow1210YesNo
18493394IN-FLIGHT VIRTUAL EXPERIENCES CORRESPONDING TO REAL-LIFE EXPERIENCES ENCOUNTERED ALONG PASSENGER JOURNEYSOctober 2023June 2025Allow1900NoNo
18492768Mobile Viewer Object StatusingOctober 2023June 2025Allow1900YesNo
18490285SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING A DIGITAL IMAGE COLLAGEOctober 2023June 2025Allow2010YesNo
18380184PORTABLE DEVICE WITH ADJUSTABLE STOPWATCH FEATUREOctober 2023April 2025Abandon1810NoNo
18483410Bulk Associating Values with Data RecordsOctober 2023January 2025Allow1500NoNo
18482529CROSS-NETWORK DIFFERENTIAL DETERMINATIONOctober 2023June 2025Allow2020YesNo
18480282VISUAL ANALYSIS FOR DOCUMENT IMPORTOctober 2023June 2025Allow2000YesNo
18479167Method and System for Automatically Managing and Displaying a Visual Representation of Workflow InformationOctober 2023August 2024Allow1000NoNo
18374606DEVICES, METHODS, AND GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES FOR USER AUTHENTICATION AND DEVICE MANAGEMENTSeptember 2023June 2025Allow2000NoNo
18474471SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING AND PRESENTING A GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE INCLUDING TEMPLATE METRICSSeptember 2023December 2024Allow1510YesNo
184710563D PAINTING ON AN EYEWEAR DEVICESeptember 2023June 2025Allow2030YesNo
18467505CONTEXTUAL NAVIGATION MENUSeptember 2023December 2024Allow1520NoNo
18367826DEVICES, METHODS, AND SYSTEMS FOR PERFORMING CONTENT MANIPULATION OPERATIONSSeptember 2023January 2025Allow1610YesNo
18244875DECLARATIVELY DEFINED USER INTERFACE TIMELINE VIEWSSeptember 2023November 2024Allow1410NoNo
18461360SEMANTIC CLUSTERING OF MESSAGESSeptember 2023January 2025Allow1610NoNo
18461468SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COMMUNICATION ACROSS MULTIPLE BROWSER PAGES FOR AN APPLICATIONSeptember 2023June 2025Allow2200YesNo
18240472DISPLAY APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING FUNCTION OF USER SELECTED MENU ITEM ON A USER INTERFACE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING DISPLAY APPARATUSAugust 2023August 2024Allow1110NoNo
18458084INTEGRATION OF AUDIO INTO A MULTI-VIEW INTERACTIVE DIGITAL MEDIA REPRESENTATIONAugust 2023September 2024Allow1310YesNo
18456442USER INTERFACES FOR MESSAGESAugust 2023March 2025Allow1900NoNo
18238428USER INTERFACE FOR SEARCHING CONTENT OF A COMMUNICATION PLATFORM USING REACTION ICONSAugust 2023January 2025Allow1720YesNo
18237614Arterial Imaging And Assessment Systems And Methods And Related User Interface Based-WorkflowsAugust 2023April 2025Allow2010YesNo
18451610SCREEN RECORDING METHOD, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUMAugust 2023June 2025Allow2210NoNo
18233841Devices, Methods, and Graphical User Interfaces for Improving Accessibility of Interactions with Three-Dimensional EnvironmentsAugust 2023May 2025Allow2100NoNo
18448416VIDEO CONFERENCE APPARATUS, VIDEO CONFERENCE METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM USING A SPATIAL VIRTUAL REALITY ENVIRONMENTAugust 2023February 2025Allow1820YesNo
18448695DATABASE MODEL WHICH PROVIDES MANAGEMENT OF CUSTOM FIELDS AND METHODS AND APPARATUS THERFORAugust 2023October 2024Allow1400YesNo
18447777OPTIMIZING A RESERVATION USER INTERFACEAugust 2023March 2025Allow2030YesNo
18365056INPUT METHOD, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUMAugust 2023August 2024Allow1210NoNo
18230104SMART TABLE ASSISTED FINANCIAL HEALTHAugust 2023October 2024Allow1410YesNo
18362785ACTIVE AGREEMENT COMPONENTSJuly 2023January 2025Allow1810YesNo
18360953TRAJECTORY PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUSJuly 2023May 2025Allow2140YesNo
18357907APPLICATION DATA DISPLAYED THROUGH A SELECTABLE APPLICATION ICONJuly 2023September 2024Allow1410YesNo
18357973SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ONLINE GLOBAL COMMERCEJuly 2023December 2024Abandon1610NoNo
18356795DYNAMICALLY CONFIGURED QUICK ACTIONS IN A SIDEBARJuly 2023October 2024Allow1410YesNo
18223429DIGITALLY AWARE NEURAL DICTATION INTERFACEJuly 2023May 2025Abandon2220YesNo
18220176USER INPUT INTERFACESJuly 2023June 2025Allow2310YesNo
18348859POSITION MARKING METHOD, APPARATUS, AND DEVICE IN VIRTUAL SCENE, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND PROGRAM PRODUCTJuly 2023July 2024Allow1310YesNo
18347374ENCODING/DECODING USER INTERFACE INTERACTIONSJuly 2023October 2024Allow1510YesNo
18346727TECHNICAL ARCHITECTURES FOR MEDIA CONTENT EDITING USING MACHINE LEARNINGJuly 2023March 2025Allow2020YesNo
18216741AUTOMATED CONTENT CREATION AND CONTENT SERVICES FOR COLLABORATION PLATFORMSJune 2023October 2024Allow1500NoNo
18216618Visual Image AuthenticationJune 2023June 2025Allow2410YesNo
18215318METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PRESENTING A SYNTHESIZED REALITY USER INTERFACEJune 2023February 2025Allow2000NoNo
18270101DISPLAY APPARATUSJune 2023June 2025Allow2410NoNo
18342391FUEL DISPENSER REMOTE CONTENT PROVISIONJune 2023July 2024Allow1310YesNo
18341221INTERACTIVE FORM EDITOR WITH CONCURRENT AUTOMATIC CREATION OF SCHEMA FILESJune 2023June 2025Allow2440YesNo
18340701GAZE-INITIATED COMMUNICATIONSJune 2023August 2024Allow1410YesNo
18339275EVALUATING THE QUALITY OF DOCUMENT CHANGESJune 2023April 2025Abandon2230YesNo
18211935Industrial Automation Control Code Change Management and Multiple Edit IntegrationJune 2023March 2025Allow2130YesNo
18338252SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES FOR DIGITALLY RECREATING DISPLAY STATES OF DIAGNOSTIC TEST RESULTSJune 2023April 2025Abandon2210NoNo
18212077DESIGN GENERATION FOR EARTH-MOVING OPERATIONSJune 2023June 2025Allow2300NoNo
18336692MANAGEMENT OF USER INTERFACE ELEMENTS BASED ON HISTORICAL CONFIGURATION DATAJune 2023December 2024Allow1810YesNo
18211150REDUCED SIZE USER INTERFACEJune 2023January 2025Allow1930YesYes
18210888SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND MEDIA FOR CAUSING AN ACTION TO BE PERFORMED ON A USER DEVICEJune 2023February 2024Allow820YesNo
18330782METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR COLLECTING AND RELEASING VIRTUAL OBJECTS BETWEEN DISPARATE AUGMENTED REALITY ENVIRONMENTSJune 2023February 2025Allow2120YesNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for art-unit 2172.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
235
Examiner Affirmed
171
(72.8%)
Examiner Reversed
64
(27.2%)
Reversal Percentile
22.8%
Lower than average

What This Means

With a 27.2% 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
501
Allowed After Appeal Filing
127
(25.3%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
374
(74.7%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
16.8%
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, 25.3% 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.

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 2172 - Prosecution Statistics Summary

Executive Summary

Art Unit 2172 is part of Group 2170 in Technology Center 2100. This art unit has examined 3,580 patent applications in our dataset, with an overall allowance rate of 62.7%. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 41 months.

Comparative Analysis

Art Unit 2172's allowance rate of 62.7% places it in the 17% percentile among all USPTO art units. This art unit has a significantly lower allowance rate than most art units at the USPTO.

Prosecution Patterns

Applications in Art Unit 2172 receive an average of 2.87 office actions before reaching final disposition (in the 99% percentile). The median prosecution time is 41 months (in the 5% 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

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