USPTO Art Unit 2176 Prosecution Statistics

Art Unit Information

Art Unit: 2176
Group: 2170
Tech Center: 2100
Total Cases: 7,798
Last Active: December 2024

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
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
18807849CHIPLET SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMMUNICATING BETWEEN CHIPLETS IN CHIPLET SYSTEMAugust 2024May 2025Allow910NoNo
18764639SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SETTING THE SAMEJuly 2024February 2025Allow810NoNo
18723042DEPLOYMENT METHOD FOR BOOTING SEQUENCE OF MULTIPLE OPERATING SYSTEMS AND RELATED APPARATUSJune 2024January 2025Allow710YesNo
18743371FAST BOOT SYSTEMJune 2024March 2025Allow910YesNo
18718156APPARATUS, METHOD, DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR POWER TRANSMISSION BASED ON POWER MANAGEMENT, AND MEDIUMJune 2024June 2025Allow1220YesNo
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
18656121CRYPTOCURRENCY MINER WITH MULTIPLE POWER DOMAINSMay 2024July 2025Allow1410NoNo
18654413BI-DIRECTIONAL ELECTRICAL MICROGRID OF NETWORKED GPU-ON-DEMAND SYSTEMSMay 2024October 2024Allow510YesNo
18651030Configuration of End User DevicesApril 2024August 2024Allow300NoNo
18638245HARDWARE RESET MANAGEMENT FOR UNIVERSAL FLASH STORAGEApril 2024March 2025Allow1110NoNo
18637173POWER-EFFICIENT DYNAMIC APPLICATION CONTENT DISPLAY FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICESApril 2024April 2025Allow1210NoNo
18629138MEMORY SYSTEM USING ASYMMETRIC SOURCE-SYNCHRONOUS CLOCKINGApril 2024November 2024Allow700NoNo
18623217INTEGRATED CIRCUITS (IC) CHIPS INCLUDING THROTTLE REQUEST ACCUMULATE CIRCUITS FOR CONTROLLING POWER CONSUMED IN PROCESSING CIRCUITS AND RELATED METHODSApril 2024February 2025Allow1110NoNo
18697441METHOD, CIRCUIT AND APPARATUS FOR PROTECTING POWER SUPPLY OF PCIE CARD, AND MEDIUMMarch 2024December 2024Allow910NoNo
18612806NEURAL PROCESSOR, NEURAL PROCESSING DEVICE AND CLOCK GATING METHOD THEREOFMarch 2024May 2025Allow1410NoNo
18611064ACTIVITY SMOOTHENER CIRCUIT CONTROLLING RATES OF CHANGE OF LOCALIZED PROCESSING ACTIVITY IN AN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT (IC), AND RELATED METHODSMarch 2024June 2025Allow1510YesNo
18601081VOLTAGE REGULATOR FOR COMPUTING DEVICEMarch 2024September 2024Allow700YesNo
18598382DATA SHUFFLE OFFLOADMarch 2024October 2024Allow710NoNo
18592374DYNAMIC VEHICLE DATA LOGGER CONFIGURATIONFebruary 2024May 2025Allow1530YesNo
18582482DISCRETE TIME LOOP BASED THERMAL CONTROLFebruary 2024February 2025Allow1210NoNo
18439189System and Method For Global Synchronization of Time in a Distributed Processing EnvironmentFebruary 2024November 2024Allow900NoNo
18439593Clock Disciplining and SynchronizingFebruary 2024November 2024Allow910NoNo
18437542Low-Power Wakeup Pattern Detection of Multiple Data StreamsFebruary 2024January 2025Allow1110NoNo
18433744Power management for network device line modulesFebruary 2024November 2024Allow910YesNo
18434332COMPUTERIZED SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MODIFIED HOST-CLIENT DEVICE CONFIGURATIONS AND CONNECTIONSFebruary 2024June 2025Allow1700NoNo
18434429MEMORY SYSTEM AND OPERATIONS OF THE SAMEFebruary 2024January 2025Allow1210NoNo
18432958CLOCK SYNCHRONIZATION APPARATUS AND METHOD, QUANTUM MEASUREMENT AND CONTROL SYSTEM, AND QUANTUM COMPUTERFebruary 2024June 2025Allow1600NoNo
18432059SYNCHRONIZATION SIGNAL GENERATION CIRCUIT AND SYNCHRONIZATION METHOD BETWEEN MULTIPLE DEVICESFebruary 2024June 2025Allow1700NoNo
18432977MICROCONTROLLER AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAMEFebruary 2024June 2025Allow1600NoNo
18428874DEVICE, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING POWER FROM A USB-C PD CONNECTIONJanuary 2024October 2024Allow920NoNo
18424644METHODS FOR PRESENTING AND SHARING CONTENT IN AN ENVIRONMENTJanuary 2024June 2025Allow1610YesNo
18419710MULTI-CLOCK SYNCHRONIZATION IN POWER GRIDSJanuary 2024September 2024Allow800NoNo
18418914SENSOR AND ASSOCIATED METHODJanuary 2024May 2025Allow1600NoNo
18416156POWER OPTIMIZATION IN AN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE PROCESSORJanuary 2024March 2025Allow1410NoNo
18414920ON-CHIP INTEGRATED CIRCUIT, DATA PROCESSING DEVICE, AND DATA PROCESSING METHODJanuary 2024April 2025Allow1520NoNo
18412195ADAPTIVE WAKE-UP FOR POWER CONSERVATION IN A PROCESSORJanuary 2024December 2024Allow1210NoNo
18410780MULTIPLE INFUSION CHANNEL DATA GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACEJanuary 2024July 2024Allow610NoNo
18408548ADAPTIVE CLOCK SIGNAL FREQUENCY SCALINGJanuary 2024April 2025Allow1610NoNo
18406027BUDGETING TOOL FOR SMART DEVICESJanuary 2024February 2025Allow1410YesNo
18401772REMOTE GENERATION OF A DOCUMENTJanuary 2024September 2024Allow900YesNo
18399978SYSTEM AND A METHOD FOR NETWORK-ON-CHIP POWER MANAGEMENTDecember 2023May 2025Allow1700NoNo
18393843TRANSFER OF OWNERSHIP OF A COMPUTING DEVICE VIA A SECURITY PROCESSORDecember 2023September 2024Allow900NoNo
18391994AI-Assisted Remote Guidance Using Augmented RealityDecember 2023April 2024Allow300YesNo
18544096EFFICIENT SYSTEM ON CHIP POWER DELIVERY WITH ADAPTIVE VOLTAGE HEADROOM CONTROLDecember 2023November 2024Allow1110YesNo
18542035SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF DISTRIBUTED PROCESSINGDecember 2023December 2024Allow1300NoNo
18538787MECHANISM TO UPDATE ATTESTED FIRMWARE ON A PLATFORMDecember 2023October 2024Allow1000YesNo
18538705APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING ANNOTATIONS FOR ELECTRONIC RECORDSDecember 2023April 2024Allow400YesNo
18535953DYNAMICALLY CHANGING DATA ACCESS BANDWIDTH BY SELECTIVELY ENABLING AND DISABLING DATA LINKSDecember 2023November 2024Allow1110NoNo
18528409SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CENTRALIZED CONFIGURATION OF DISTRIBUTED AND HETEROGENEOUS APPLICATIONSDecember 2023January 2025Allow1410NoNo
18527227METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FINE TUNING AND OPTIMIZING NVME-OF SSDSDecember 2023December 2024Allow1220YesNo
18525443MAPPING HARDWARE COMPONENTS TO A SERIES OF CALCULATIONSNovember 2023April 2025Allow1700YesNo
18563982CONTROL METHOD, CONTROL DEVICE AND STARTUP SWITCHING DEVICE FOR INTELLIGENT TERMINAL STARTUPNovember 2023October 2024Allow1110NoNo
18518760Systems and methods for processing designsNovember 2023March 2024Allow300NoNo
18517207DESKEW AND CLOCK DOMAIN CROSSING FOR MULTILANE LINKNovember 2023May 2025Allow1800NoNo
18516899POWER-AWARE SCHEDULING IN DATA CENTERSNovember 2023April 2025Allow1710YesNo
18515131OPERATING VOLTAGE ADJUSTMENT FOR AGING CIRCUITSNovember 2023February 2025Allow1510NoNo
18514807FREQUENCY OVERSHOOT AND VOLTAGE DROOP MITIGATION APPARATUS AND METHODNovember 2023February 2025Allow1410NoNo
18514479WIRELINE TRANSCEIVER WITH INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL CLOCK GENERATIONNovember 2023January 2025Allow1420YesNo
18511801CXL FABRIC EXTENSIONSNovember 2023April 2025Allow1710YesNo
18510372DYNAMIC PRECISION TIME MESSAGE RATE SUPPORTNovember 2023April 2025Allow1700NoNo
18508959FIRMWARE POLICY ENFORCEMENT VIA A SECURITY PROCESSORNovember 2023July 2025Allow2010YesNo
18507198MODULAR POWER CONTROLLERNovember 2023September 2024Allow1010YesNo
18508208MEASURED RESTART OF MICROCONTROLLERSNovember 2023July 2024Allow800NoNo
18388543Voltage control oscillating apparatus and operation method thereof having gain calibration mechanismNovember 2023April 2025Allow1700NoNo
18506917CONNECTION HUB WITH INTEGRATED SWITCH FOR PRIVATE AND NON-PRIVATE MODESNovember 2023December 2024Abandon1410YesNo
18505270USER-CONFIGURABLE PERSON DETECTION SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUSNovember 2023September 2024Allow1010NoNo
18503319PEAK POWER MANAGEMENT EXTENSIONS TO APPLICATION-SPECIFIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITSNovember 2023June 2025Allow2010YesNo
18501678ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR APPLYING SECURE BOOTING TO ELECTRONIC DEVICENovember 2023June 2025Allow2000NoNo
18498757SPLIT RAIL POWER SUPPLY ARCHITECTUREOctober 2023April 2025Allow1800NoNo
18384180CONTROLLING OPERATING VOLTAGE OF A PROCESSOROctober 2023February 2025Allow1620NoNo
18495150SECURE TIME SYNCHRONIZATION WITH AN EDGE ORCHESTRATOROctober 2023April 2025Allow1700NoNo
18493975SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO ABSTRACT HARDWARE ACCESS IN BASEBOARD MANAGEMENT CONTROLLERS (BMCS)October 2023June 2025Allow2000NoNo
18494606SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REDUCING POWER CONSUMPTION BY MONITORING NETWORK TRAFFICOctober 2023June 2025Allow2010NoNo
18492053MANAGING POWER DELIVERY AT AN INFORMATION HANDLING SYSTEMOctober 2023May 2025Allow1800NoNo
18492673SCALABLE SPECIFICATION AND SELF-GOVERNANCE FOR AUTONOMOUS DATABASES, CLUSTER DATABASES AND MULTI-TENANT DATABASES IN CLOUD AND ON-PREM ENVIRONMENTOctober 2023October 2024Allow1210NoNo
18492010POWER MANAGEMENT CIRCUIT, CHIP AND UPGRADE METHOD THEREFOR, AND SERVEROctober 2023March 2025Allow1610YesNo
18490378ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING POWER SUPPLYING APPARATUS, AND COMPUTING SYSTEMOctober 2023June 2025Allow2010NoNo
18488089MEMORY SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING A MEMORY CHIPOctober 2023August 2024Allow1010NoNo
18555667SYNTHETIC TIMESTAMP COMPENSATING FOR SKEW BETWEEN SYSTEM CLOCK AND SENSOR CLOCKOctober 2023March 2025Allow1700NoNo
18485562INTEGRATED CIRCUIT FOR CLOCK GENERATIONOctober 2023March 2025Allow1700NoNo
18286394VOLTAGE ADJUSTMENT METHOD AND APPARATUS, COMPUTER DEVICE AND READABLE MEDIUMOctober 2023April 2025Allow1810NoNo
18379055OPTIMIZING CONTAINER STARTUP PERFORMANCE USING BLOCK LAYER STORAGEOctober 2023March 2025Allow1700NoNo
18554720TRUE LOAD DISCONNECT RESET OF COMPUTING DEVICESOctober 2023June 2025Allow2010YesNo
18483619SELF-MANAGED CONFIGURATION OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ASSETS IN AN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ENVIRONMENTOctober 2023May 2025Allow1900NoNo
18482613APPARATUS, METHOD, AND SYSTEM FOR POWER CONSUMPTION MANAGEMENT OF SYSTEM-ON-CHIPOctober 2023September 2024Allow1210YesNo
18481155MANAGING MULTIPLE ENERGY STORAGE DEVICES IN AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE BASED ON ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONSOctober 2023March 2025Allow1800NoNo
18480116PROCESSING WAKEUP REQUESTS IN A PROCESSING SYSTEM HAVING POWER MANAGEMENT CIRCUITRY AND A PROCESSING CIRCUITRYOctober 2023April 2025Allow1800NoNo
18479412DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR COLLECTING DOWNHOLE MEASUREMENTSOctober 2023May 2025Allow2010NoNo

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
386
Examiner Affirmed
253
(65.5%)
Examiner Reversed
133
(34.5%)
Reversal Percentile
59.3%
Higher than average

What This Means

With a 34.5% 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
830
Allowed After Appeal Filing
228
(27.5%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
602
(72.5%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
23.2%
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, 27.5% 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 7,798 patent applications in our dataset, with an overall allowance rate of 62.2%. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 38 months.

Comparative Analysis

Art Unit 2176's allowance rate of 62.2% places it in the 16% 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 2.52 office actions before reaching final disposition (in the 92% percentile). The median prosecution time is 38 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.

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.