USPTO Art Unit 2176 Prosecution Statistics

Art Unit Information

Art Unit: 2176
Group: 2170
Tech Center: 2100
Total Cases: 7,489
Last Active: October 2025

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
19352880INTENT-BASED INTERACTIONS IN SOFTWARE PLATFORMSOctober 2025January 2026Allow400NoNo
19130316SYSTEM, METHOD, APPARATUS AND DEVICE FOR MEASURING POWER CONSUMPTION OF SERVER, AND STORAGE MEDIUMMay 2025March 2026Allow1000YesNo
19186154PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH EMERGENCY MODE FOR LOW BATTERY USAGE AND METHOD FOR USING THE SAMEApril 2025September 2025Allow510YesNo
19077813SYSTEM AND PROCESS FOR ELIMINATING THE RISK IN MONOLITHIC APPLICATION DEPLOYMENTMarch 2025December 2025Allow910NoNo
19100846TRACK PLAN TO IMPROVE CLOCK SKEWFebruary 2025September 2025Allow710YesNo
18878995ASYNCHRONOUS FIFO READ/WRITE CONTROL METHOD AND SYSTEM, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICEDecember 2024June 2025Allow510NoNo
18878821POWER CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HETEROGENEIOUS COMPUTING, DEVICE, AND NON-TRANSITORY READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMDecember 2024April 2025Allow300NoNo
18878641METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IDENTIFYING PERIPHERAL CONFIGURATION OF SERVER, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LAYING OUT PERIPHERAL SILKSCREEN, AND SERVERDecember 2024June 2025Allow510NoNo
18870940MAINBOARD PROTECTION SYSTEM AND METHODDecember 2024May 2025Allow500NoNo
18869446CONTROL RIGHT HANDOVER METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR POWER MANAGEMENT, DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUMNovember 2024April 2025Allow400NoNo
18958193SOFTWARE CONFIGURATION METHOD, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICENovember 2024June 2025Allow610NoNo
18866178OPTIMIZING ENCRYPTED COMPUTATION PARAMETERSNovember 2024March 2025Allow400NoNo
18865128ARM SERVER AND STARTING METHOD AND APPARATUS THEREFOR, AND READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMNovember 2024February 2025Allow300NoNo
18915484OPTIMIZING CONFIGURATION RULES OVER MULTIPLE MANAGEMENT DOMAINSOctober 2024January 2025Allow300NoNo
18912357CONFIGURATION FILE GENERATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, MEDIUM AND PROGRAM PRODUCTOctober 2024January 2025Allow300NoNo
18909389BI-DIRECTIONAL ELECTRICAL MICROGRID OF NETWORKED PROCESSING-ON-DEMAND SYSTEMSOctober 2024December 2024Allow200YesNo
18853966Reset Using a Shared Reset Signal and a Retention MechanismOctober 2024February 2026Allow1600YesNo
18899243Charging System for Prioritized Power Distribution and Dynamic Power AdjustmentSeptember 2024September 2025Allow1220YesNo
18887675POWER-SAVING HARDWARE POLLING PERIPHERALSeptember 2024August 2025Allow1100NoNo
18847334SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE OPERATING MODES MANAGEMENTSeptember 2024February 2026Allow1700NoNo
18845240A NOVEL CONTROL METHOD FOR SWITCHED-MODE POWER SUPPLIESSeptember 2024March 2026Allow1800YesNo
18820783STORAGE DEVICE THAT BACKS UP DATA TO PAGE BUFFER IN LOW POWER MODE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE SAMEAugust 2024March 2026Allow1800NoNo
18816666TECHNIQUES FOR MANAGING CHARGING OF BATTERIESAugust 2024March 2026Allow1900NoNo
18813217SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING ELECTRIC POWER TO AN ELECTRONIC DEVICEAugust 2024March 2026Allow1800NoNo
18812855ADAPTIVE SELECTION OF PROCESSOR IDLE GOVERNORSAugust 2024March 2026Allow1800NoNo
18810237MULTI-NODE SERVER WITH POWER SCALINGAugust 2024January 2026Allow1600YesNo
18808471SIMULATION SYSTEM FOR AUXILIARY POWER SUPPLY IN STORAGE DEVICESAugust 2024February 2026Allow1800NoNo
18807618ADAPTIVE MULTI-CHANNEL SEQUENCER FOR POWER MANAGEMENT INTEGRATED CIRCUITAugust 2024March 2026Allow1900NoNo
18807646DYNAMIC POWER MANAGEMENT FOR DATA PLANE APPLICATIONS IN USER SPACEAugust 2024February 2026Allow1800NoNo
18807849CHIPLET SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMMUNICATING BETWEEN CHIPLETS IN CHIPLET SYSTEMAugust 2024May 2025Allow910NoNo
18799394Sleep/Wake-Up Method, System, and ApparatusAugust 2024February 2026Allow1800NoNo
18796788COMPUTER DEVICEAugust 2024February 2026Allow1900NoNo
18795716Secure MPSoC FPGA With Embedded Hard Core Processor System and MethodAugust 2024February 2026Allow1800NoNo
18791848TIMEOUT PERIOD GENERATIONAugust 2024February 2026Allow1900NoNo
18834234METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IMPROVING PEAK PERFORMANCE OF PROCESSORJuly 2024February 2026Allow1900NoNo
18788257SECURE MOTHERBOARD REPLACEMENT SYSTEM AND METHODJuly 2024January 2026Allow1800NoNo
18786986FAST POWER CONTROL MECHANISM FOR MULTI USERSJuly 2024January 2026Allow1800NoNo
18786440Exception Context Aware Hybrid Compute Zone Preventing Premature System ShutdownJuly 2024February 2026Allow1910YesNo
18785283SECURE BOOTING OF CHANNEL CARDS USING A MANAGEMENT CONTROLLER OF A DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMJuly 2024March 2026Allow1900NoNo
18785631Guardrail System for Software Delivery and Infrastructure ReconfigurationJuly 2024March 2026Allow1910NoNo
18782550PEAK POWER CONTROL OF A MEMORY SYSTEMJuly 2024January 2026Allow1800NoNo
18782678ELECTRONIC DEVICE OPERATING EXTERNAL DEVICE IN LOW-POWER MODE USING PATTERN INFORMATION AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOFJuly 2024February 2026Allow1900NoNo
18782554POWER ENVELOPE MODIFICATION FOR MEMORY SYSTEMS BASED ON TIME TO THERMAL THROTTLEJuly 2024February 2026Allow1800NoNo
18782612MECHANISM FOR POWER SHARING AND ALLOCATION AMONG DEVICE COMPONENTSJuly 2024February 2026Allow1800NoNo
18782139CONTROL METHOD FOR DETECTING SYSTEM, DETECTING SYSTEM AND VEHICLEJuly 2024January 2026Allow1800NoNo
18781781USING A BACKUP CAPACITOR AS AN ALTERNATE ENERGY SOURCE VIA DYNAMIC APL BUDGETINGJuly 2024February 2026Allow1800NoNo
18772760COMPUTER HOST AND POWER CONTROL METHOD THEREOFJuly 2024January 2026Allow1800NoNo
18771502HYBRID NETWORK-ON-CHIP (NOC) FOR THREAD SYNCHRONIZATION IN MANY-CORE NEURAL NETWORK ACCELERATORSJuly 2024March 2026Allow2000YesNo
18766337Network Identification of Portable Electronic Devices While Changing Power StatesJuly 2024December 2025Allow1800NoNo
18764639SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SETTING THE SAMEJuly 2024February 2025Allow810NoNo
18762482BANK CONFIGURABLE POWER MODESJuly 2024November 2025Allow1720NoNo
18758022POWER MANAGEMENT FOR A DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMJune 2024March 2026Allow2110NoNo
18759782MOBILE CONNECTIVITY DEVICE WAKE DETECTION AND DIAGNOSISJune 2024February 2026Allow1900NoNo
18723042DEPLOYMENT METHOD FOR BOOTING SEQUENCE OF MULTIPLE OPERATING SYSTEMS AND RELATED APPARATUSJune 2024January 2025Allow710YesNo
18751062PREEMPTIVE STOPPAGE OF DESIGN CLOCKS FOR PROCESSING BLOCKING DIRECT PROGRAMMING INTERFACE CALLSJune 2024October 2025Allow1600NoNo
18749130HIGHLY SCALABLE ACCELERATORJune 2024March 2026Allow2110NoNo
18721710REPLACEMENT DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICEJune 2024December 2025Allow1800YesNo
18747843SIMPLIFIED CLOCKING AND INPUT/OUTPUT TIMING USING SINGLE DATA RATE LINK FOR MULTIPLE SYSTEM-ON-CHIP DEVICEJune 2024January 2026Allow1900NoNo
18746983CLOCK-TO-DATA SYNCHRONIZATIONJune 2024March 2026Allow2110YesNo
18746422BMC DEVICE COMPONENT IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION RETRIEVAL/PROVISIONING SYSTEMJune 2024December 2025Allow1800NoNo
18744613POWER AWARENESS FOR ENERGY HARVESTINGJune 2024November 2025Allow1700NoNo
18743371FAST BOOT SYSTEMJune 2024March 2025Allow910YesNo
18743854DYNAMIC PCI EXPRESS OUTPUT SWING VOLTAGE TUNINGJune 2024November 2025Allow1700NoNo
18743511Optimizing Model Accuracy, Battery Power Consumed and Data Storage Space Used on a Portable Electronic DeviceJune 2024January 2026Allow2010NoNo
18741589IDENTIFICATION AND MANAGEMENT OF REMOTE BOOT OPERATING SYSTEMSJune 2024December 2025Allow1800NoNo
18718156APPARATUS, METHOD, DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR POWER TRANSMISSION BASED ON POWER MANAGEMENT, AND MEDIUMJune 2024June 2025Allow1220YesNo
18738175HETEROGENEOUS PROCESSOR-BASED SYSTEM FOR DYNAMICALLY COUPLING POWER AND CLOCK TO A LAST LEVEL CACHEJune 2024February 2026Allow2010YesNo
18735314PROCESSOR PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT FOR PRE-BOOT APPLICATIONSJune 2024March 2026Allow2110YesNo
18735660METHOD AND SYSTEM TO EXTEND CMOS BATTERY LIFEJune 2024January 2026Allow2010YesNo
18734935SPLASH SCREEN MANAGEMENT IN PREBOOT ENVIRONMENTSJune 2024February 2026Allow2010NoNo
18715212MEASUREMENT ERROR REDUCTION IN A PROCESS BUS SYSTEMMay 2024February 2026Allow2100NoNo
18680258MANAGING OUT-OF-BOX EXPERIENCE (OOBE) CONFIGURATION AT A CLIENT INFORMATION HANDLING SYSTEMMay 2024January 2026Allow1910YesNo
18680156DATA CENTER RESOURCE ORCHESTRATION USING SERVERLESS APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACESMay 2024February 2026Allow2110YesNo
18676855HIGH-BANDWIDTH POWER ESTIMATORMay 2024November 2025Allow1800NoNo
18676210Precise Time Management Using Local Time BaseMay 2024February 2026Allow2010NoNo
18674829System and Method for Generating and Sharing Pairs of Random NumbersMay 2024January 2025Allow800NoNo
18673443DEVICE, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING POWER FROM A USB-C PD CONNECTIONMay 2024October 2024Allow510NoNo
18671438RACK CONTROLMay 2024October 2025Allow1700NoNo
18670083METHOD FOR MANAGING HIBERNATION OF AN EMBEDDED SYSTEMMay 2024December 2025Allow1900NoNo
18670526POWER STATE MANAGEMENT FOR SYSTEM-ON-CHIPMay 2024March 2026Allow2210NoNo
18669930MANAGING CONNECTION CONFIGURATIONS OF COMPUTING COMPONENTS OF INFORMATION HANDLING SYSTEMSMay 2024October 2025Allow1700NoNo
18711154POWER CONSUMPTION CONTROL METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICEMay 2024January 2026Allow2010NoNo
18667840MULTI-PHASE CLOCK CALIBRATION IN A RECEIVERMay 2024October 2025Allow1700NoNo
18667851REGION BUILD TESTING TECHNIQUESMay 2024January 2026Allow2000NoNo
18666595RE-CHARGING NETWORKED DEVICESMay 2024December 2025Allow1910NoNo
18664409DYNAMIC QUICK-RESPONSE CODES (QR CODES) FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE (EV) CHARGERS THAT ARE USED FOR CONFIGURATION/COMMISSIONING OR OPERATION AT DIFFERENT POINTS IN TIMEMay 2024October 2025Allow1700NoNo
18663763OPERATING MODE CONTROL MANAGEMENTMay 2024October 2025Allow1700NoNo
18662939Method And System For Unloading Configuration Data In A Reconfigurable Processor ArrayMay 2024March 2026Allow2210NoNo
18662459STORAGE SIDE IDENTIFICATION OF STORAGE AREA NETWORK BOOT LOGICAL UNIT NUMBERSMay 2024March 2026Allow2210YesNo
18662359Secure Boot Partition For Cloud Compute NodesMay 2024March 2026Allow2210YesNo
18659401PRODUCING RESOURCES ACCORDING TO HANDLING SETTINGS FOR SELECTIVELY ADDING RESOURCES PRODUCED BY ONLINE SOFTWARE PLATFORM (OSP)May 2024September 2025Allow1600NoNo
18656696COLLECTING TELEMETRY DATA OF A DOCKING STATIONMay 2024November 2025Allow1800NoNo
18656121CRYPTOCURRENCY MINER WITH MULTIPLE POWER DOMAINSMay 2024July 2025Allow1410NoNo
18655220SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PERFORMING IN-FLIGHT COMPUTATIONSMay 2024August 2025Allow1510NoNo
18654413BI-DIRECTIONAL ELECTRICAL MICROGRID OF NETWORKED GPU-ON-DEMAND SYSTEMSMay 2024October 2024Allow510YesNo
18653533Configurable-Aggregation Retimer With Lane-Dedicated ControllersMay 2024September 2025Allow1700NoNo
18651030Configuration of End User DevicesApril 2024August 2024Allow300NoNo
18648800SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF PULL-BASED ORCHESTRATION OF NODES IN A BLOCKCHAIN NETWORKApril 2024January 2026Allow2100NoNo
18648031Device Energy Monitoring and ManagementApril 2024February 2026Allow2210NoNo
18647965DEVICE ENHANCEMENTS FOR SOFTWARE DEFINED SILICON IMPLEMENTATIONSApril 2024January 2026Allow2110NoNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for art-unit 2176.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
404
Examiner Affirmed
267
(66.1%)
Examiner Reversed
137
(33.9%)
Reversal Percentile
57.8%
Higher than average

What This Means

With a 33.9% reversal rate, the PTAB reverses the examiner's rejections in a meaningful percentage of cases. This reversal rate is above the USPTO average, indicating that appeals have better success here than typical.

Strategic Value of Filing an Appeal

Total Appeal Filings
887
Allowed After Appeal Filing
239
(26.9%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
648
(73.1%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
22.0%
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, 26.9% 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 show good success rates. If you have a strong case on the merits, consider fully prosecuting the appeal to a Board decision.

⚠ Filing a Notice of Appeal shows limited benefit. Consider other strategies like interviews or amendments before appealing.

Art Unit 2176 - Prosecution Statistics Summary

Executive Summary

Art Unit 2176 is part of Group 2170 in Technology Center 2100. This art unit has examined 7,489 patent applications in our dataset, with an overall allowance rate of 59.2%. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 41 months.

Comparative Analysis

Art Unit 2176's allowance rate of 59.2% places it in the 14% 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 2176 receive an average of 2.66 office actions before reaching final disposition (in the 90% percentile). The median prosecution time is 41 months (in the 12% 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.

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