USPTO Art Unit 2173 Prosecution Statistics

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
17051588ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND THE METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THEREOFJune 2022February 2024Allow4020NoNo
17139838ROBOTIC PROCESS AUTOMATION WITH RESILIENT PLAYBACK CAPABILITIESDecember 2020September 2022Abandon2020NoNo
17139530SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RENDERING A GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE (GUI) FOR GENERATING A REPORTDecember 2020November 2021Allow1100NoNo
17139318SCALABLE NEURAL NETWORK ACCELERATOR ARCHITECTUREDecember 2020May 2024Allow4010NoNo
17138158METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION BASED ON CONTEXT, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM THEREOFDecember 2020May 2023Allow2940YesNo
17138687Devices, Methods, and User Interfaces for Processing Touch EventsDecember 2020April 2023Allow2710YesNo
17256871LEARNING DATA COLLECTION DEVICE, LEARNING DATA COLLECTION SYSTEM, AND LEARNING DATA COLLECTION METHODDecember 2020December 2022Allow2410YesNo
17134998COLLABORATIVE DOCUMENT GRAPH-BASED USER INTERFACESDecember 2020September 2022Allow2110YesNo
17135140Systems And Methods For Predictive Drawbridge Operation For Vehicle NavigationDecember 2020March 2024Allow3910NoNo
17135559SECURE AUTHENTICATION FOR YOUNG LEARNERSDecember 2020October 2022Allow2110NoNo
17133289RESOURCE EXCHANGE SYSTEMDecember 2020July 2024Abandon4320NoNo
17133106CO-OPERATIVE RESOURCE POOLING SYSTEMDecember 2020April 2024Allow4020NoNo
17130232System and Method for Creating an AvatarDecember 2020September 2021Allow900YesNo
17130198METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SELECTING MEDIA GUIDANCE FUNCTIONS BASED ON TACTILE ATTRIBUTES OF A USER INPUTDecember 2020November 2022Abandon2320NoNo
17131563AUGMENT ORCHESTRATION IN AN ARTIFICIAL REALITY ENVIRONMENTDecember 2020April 2022Allow1610YesNo
17254980ATTRIBUTE-BASED RULES FOR DISPLAYING ADDITIONAL INFORMATIONDecember 2020April 2022Allow1610YesNo
17131697SYSTEM AND METHOD OF GENERATING BOUNDING POLYGONSDecember 2020September 2022Allow2110YesNo
17129129TECHNOLOGIES FOR TRANSFORMING A DATA DISPLAYDecember 2020September 2024Abandon4550NoNo
17126646Unified Ecosystem Experience for Managing Multiple Healthcare Applications from a Common InterfaceDecember 2020August 2021Allow810YesNo
17126669Unified Ecosystem Experience for Managing Multiple Healthcare Applications from a Common Interface with Trigger-Based Layout ControlDecember 2020August 2021Allow810YesNo
17125744USER INTERFACES FOR RETRIEVING CONTEXTUALLY RELEVANT MEDIA CONTENTDecember 2020October 2021Allow1000NoNo
17125459VERIFYING OR READING A CELL IN AN ANALOG NEURAL MEMORY IN A DEEP LEARNING ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORKDecember 2020March 2024Allow3910NoNo
17125462METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MULTI-PRECISION DISCRETE CONTROL OF A USER INTERFACE CONTROL ELEMENT OF A GESTURE-CONTROLLED DEVICEDecember 2020October 2023Allow3420NoNo
17125584SHARED INFORMATION FIELDS WITH HEAD MOUNTED DISPLAYSDecember 2020July 2022Allow1920NoNo
17124420TECHNIQUES FOR DETERMINING SIGN LANGUAGE GESTURE PARTIALLY SHOWN IN IMAGE(S)December 2020November 2022Allow2310YesNo
17122456INTEGRATION OF THIRD-PARTY ELECTRONIC TRANSACTION PROCESSINGDecember 2020February 2023Allow2620YesNo
17121236SYSTEM FOR ANALYZING AND PRESCRIBING CONTENT CHANGES TO ACHIEVE TARGET READABILITY LEVELDecember 2020May 2024Allow4130YesYes
17118929COHORT EXPERIENCE ORCHESTRATORDecember 2020June 2022Allow1800NoNo
17119595COMBINED SECURITY AND SERVER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND RELATED APPLICATIONDecember 2020June 2024Abandon4240NoNo
17118653Systems, Methods and Computer Program Products for Managing Remote Execution of Transaction DocumentsDecember 2020April 2024Abandon4030YesNo
17118561EYE-BASED ACTIVATION AND TOOL SELECTION SYSTEMS AND METHODSDecember 2020June 2023Abandon3040YesNo
17117733DISPLAY DEVICE PERFORMING SCREEN MIRRORING AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOFDecember 2020September 2021Allow910NoNo
17117961INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUSDecember 2020May 2024Abandon4110NoNo
17251091Predicting Rates of Hypoglycemia by a Machine Learning SystemDecember 2020April 2024Allow4010YesNo
17116184REVERSAL-POINT-BASED DETECTION AND RANKINGDecember 2020June 2024Allow4210YesNo
17115268APPLICATION CONTROL USING A GESTURE BASED TRIGGERDecember 2020July 2021Allow700YesNo
17115230GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE TO SPECIFY AN INTENT-BASED DATA MANAGEMENT PLANDecember 2020November 2022Allow2320YesNo
17115022APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANAGING OPERATIONS OF ACCESSORIESDecember 2020April 2022Allow1610NoNo
17115781Graphical User Interface and Operator Console Management System for Distributed Terminal NetworkDecember 2020July 2022Abandon2020NoYes
17113417CONFIGURATION OF APPLICATION EXECUTION SPACES AND SUB-SPACES FOR SHARING DATA ON A MOBILE TOUCH SCREEN DEVICEDecember 2020July 2021Allow700YesNo
16972987CONDENSED SPOKEN UTTERANCES FOR AUTOMATED ASSISTANT CONTROL OF AN INTRICATE APPLICATION GUIDecember 2020May 2022Allow1710YesNo
17111098SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SELECTING AND SHARING AUDIO PRESETSDecember 2020December 2023Abandon3630YesNo
17110430INTEGRATING DOCUMENTATION KNOWLEDGE WITH LOG MINING FOR SYSTEM DIAGNOSISDecember 2020April 2024Allow4000NoNo
17110483DEVICES AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING CARD TRANSACTION FEEDBACK FOR HEARING OR VISUAL IMPAIREDDecember 2020November 2021Allow1200NoNo
17247168GENERATING DIGITAL BUILDING REPRESENTATIONS AND MAPPING TO DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENTSDecember 2020July 2024Allow4320YesNo
17107575USER-CONFIGURABLE DELIVERY OF INFORMATIONAL EVENTSNovember 2020March 2022Abandon1610YesNo
17106830HOLISTIC VISUAL IMAGE INTERACTIVITY ENGINENovember 2020November 2021Allow1210YesNo
17106146POP-UP FREE PROTECTED OPERATIONSNovember 2020March 2021Allow410NoNo
17105670APPARATUS, METHOD, COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, AND SMARTPHONE FOR CAUSING SCROLLING OF CONTENT IN RESPONSE TO TOUCH OPERATIONSNovember 2020June 2021Allow700YesNo
17104553GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES FOR OPTIMIZATIONSNovember 2020July 2022Allow2000YesNo
17104750USER INTERFACES FOR ACCESSING AN ACCOUNTNovember 2020December 2022Allow2420YesNo
17104538OVERVIEW USER INTERFACE OF EMERGENCY CALL DATA OF A LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCYNovember 2020August 2021Allow900YesNo
17103734Interaction Engine for Creating a Realistic Experience in Virtual Reality/Augmented Reality EnvironmentsNovember 2020September 2021Allow1000YesNo
17103899Devices, Methods, and Graphical User Interfaces for Manipulating User Interface Objects with Visual and/or Haptic FeedbackNovember 2020August 2023Allow4340YesNo
16953986SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GUIDING A USER IN UTILIZING FUNCTIONS AND FEATURES OF A COMPUTER-BASED DEVICENovember 2020June 2022Abandon1910NoNo
16953380EDITING DEVICE, EDITING METHOD, EDITING PROGRAM STORING MEDIUM, AND EDITING SYSTEMNovember 2020March 2023Abandon2820YesNo
16953862RESOURCE ALLOCATION FOR AN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE TRANSPORTATION SERVICENovember 2020May 2024Allow4200NoNo
17100512INTERPRETING INPUTS FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL VIRTUAL SPACES FROM TOUCHSCREEN INTERFACE GESTURES TO IMPROVE USER INTERFACE FUNCTIONALITYNovember 2020April 2023Allow2930YesNo
16950582ANNOTATION HISTOGRAMNovember 2020February 2022Allow1510NoNo
17055915ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH MULTI-TAB MENU ITEM DISPLAYNovember 2020March 2023Allow2820YesNo
17055418SETTING DEVICE, SETTING METHOD, AND SETTING PROGRAMNovember 2020December 2021Allow1320YesNo
17097233STRUCTURED TEXT FOR ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONSNovember 2020April 2024Allow4150NoNo
17096120EMBEDDED PLUG-IN PRESENTATION AND CONTROL OF TIME-BASED MEDIA DOCUMENTSNovember 2020May 2024Allow4250YesNo
17096062MACHINE LEARNING TECHNIQUES FOR PREDICTIVE PRIORITIZATIONNovember 2020December 2023Allow3700NoNo
17095937METHOD FOR CO-DESIGN OF HARDWARE AND NEURAL NETWORK ARCHITECTURES USING COARSE-TO-FINE SEARCH, TWO-PHASED BLOCK DISTILLATION AND NEURAL HARDWARE PREDICTORNovember 2020June 2024Allow4310YesNo
17095166COMPUTERIZED SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING AND DYNAMICALLY UPDATING A DASHBOARD OF MULTIPLE PROCESSES AND OPERATIONS ACROSS PLATFORMSNovember 2020September 2022Allow2210YesNo
17094805APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MATCHING GROUPS TO USERS FOR ONLINE COMMUNITIES AND COMPUTER SIMULATIONSNovember 2020November 2021Allow1210NoNo
17093219SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC ORCHESTRATION AND SCHEDULING OF TASK PROCESSINGNovember 2020January 2023Allow6010YesNo
17093490SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF FREE-SPACE GESTURAL INTERACTIONNovember 2020September 2022Allow2320YesNo
17092241Distributed Terminals Network Management, Systems, Interfaces and WorkflowsNovember 2020September 2021Abandon1020NoNo
17052672TRAINING OR USING SETS OF EXPLAINABLE MACHINE-LEARNING MODELING ALGORITHMS FOR PREDICTING TIMING OF EVENTSNovember 2020July 2024Allow4410YesNo
17087845CONTEXT-SPECIFIC USER INTERFACESNovember 2020October 2021Allow1200NoNo
17087014ICON DISPLAY METHOD, DEVICE, AND TERMINALNovember 2020February 2022Allow1520YesNo
17087034CONTEXTUAL INTELLIGENCE FOR VIRTUAL WORKSPACES PRODUCED ACROSS INFORMATION HANDLING SYSTEMS (IHSs)November 2020December 2023Allow3750YesNo
17086995ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR FACILITATING USER INTERACTIONS WITH GRAPHICAL OBJECTS ON A DISPLAYNovember 2020March 2022Allow1610NoNo
17086419Method for Controlling Edit User Interface of Moving Picture for Detail Adjustment Control and Apparatus for the SameNovember 2020August 2022Allow2230NoNo
17086093CUSTOMIZATION TOOL FOR DASHBOARDSOctober 2020June 2021Allow810NoNo
17085579ARTIFICIAL REALITY COLLABORATIVE WORKING ENVIRONMENTSOctober 2020September 2022Allow2210NoNo
16949422GENERATING AND SHARING CONTEXTUAL CONTENT ITEMS BASED ON PERMISSIONSOctober 2020March 2022Allow1600YesNo
17051734ANALYSIS DEVICE, METHOD, AND PROGRAM FOR ANALYZING NEURAL NETWORK STRUCTUREOctober 2020March 2024Allow4010NoNo
16949406STATEFUL WIDGET CONTAINER MANAGEMENT FOR INTERACTIVE DESIGNSOctober 2020May 2023Allow3030YesNo
17083151PERSISTENT NETWORK RESOURCE AND VIRTUAL AREA ASSOCIATIONS FOR REALTIME COLLABORATIONOctober 2020December 2021Allow1310NoNo
17081958VISUALLY DISPLAYING DATA HAVING COMPLEX RELATIONSHIPSOctober 2020April 2022Allow1710NoNo
16949360CONTEXTUAL INFORMATION IN CHATOctober 2020January 2022Allow1510NoNo
17050903PU Classification Device, PU Classification Method, and Recording MediumOctober 2020September 2024Abandon4720NoNo
17078442VERIFICATION MODULE AND VERIFICATION METHOD FOR 5G NEW RADIO APPLICATIONSOctober 2020July 2023Allow3330NoNo
17078297ONLINE SITUATIONAL AWARENESS AND VIDEO SURVEY SYSTEMOctober 2020May 2021Allow710NoNo
17078293ACCESSIBILITY VERIFICATION AND CORRECTION FOR DIGITAL CONTENTOctober 2020April 2023Allow3010YesNo
17079203METHOD OF MANAGING PROCESSING PROGRESS OF A MESSAGE IN A GROUP COMMUNICATION INTERFACE AND TERMINALOctober 2020September 2022Allow2330YesNo
17077324REFRESHABLE TACTILE DISPLAYOctober 2020September 2023Abandon3530YesNo
17077184ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOFOctober 2020May 2023Allow3130NoNo
17076694USER INTERFACES FOR MANAGING SECURE OPERATIONSOctober 2020March 2023Allow2810YesNo
17075665ITEM RECOMMENDATION BASED ON COMPUTED SIMILARITY BETWEEN AUTOMATICALLY GENERATED ITEM AND REQUEST PROFILESOctober 2020July 2022Allow2110YesNo
16949205AUGMENTED REALITY ASSISTED PHYSICAL FORM COMPLETIONOctober 2020December 2021Allow1420YesNo
17075527BAYESIAN NEURAL NETWORK AND METHODS AND APPARATUS TO OPERATE THE SAMEOctober 2020June 2024Allow4410YesNo
17073981INTUITIVE GUI FOR CREATING AND MANAGING HOSTS AND VIRTUAL MACHINESOctober 2020May 2022Allow1910YesNo
17048395INTERACTION TRACKING CONTROLSOctober 2020April 2024Allow4230NoNo
17070615TARGETED PASSWORD LIST GENERATIONOctober 2020October 2022Abandon2410NoNo
17069637INTELLIGENTLY SENSING DIGITAL USER CONTEXT TO GENERATE RECOMMENDATIONS ACROSS CLIENT DEVICE APPLICATIONSOctober 2020June 2022Allow2000NoNo
17069644SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRANSFORMING AUTHORED HAPTIC DATA TO FIT INTO HAPTIC BANDWIDTHOctober 2020February 2023Allow2810NoNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for art-unit 2173.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
364
Examiner Affirmed
269
(73.9%)
Examiner Reversed
95
(26.1%)
Reversal Percentile
19.3%
Lower than average

What This Means

With a 26.1% 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
708
Allowed After Appeal Filing
173
(24.4%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
535
(75.6%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
14.8%
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, 24.4% 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.

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 2173 - Prosecution Statistics Summary

Executive Summary

Art Unit 2173 is part of Group 2170 in Technology Center 2100. This art unit has examined 6,413 patent applications in our dataset, with an overall allowance rate of 56.6%. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 42 months.

Comparative Analysis

Art Unit 2173's allowance rate of 56.6% places it in the 12% 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 2173 receive an average of 2.64 office actions before reaching final disposition (in the 90% percentile). The median prosecution time is 42 months (in the 8% 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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