USPTO Art Unit 2186 Prosecution Statistics

Art Unit Information

Art Unit: 2186
Group: 2180
Tech Center: 2100
Total Cases: 8,261
Last Active: June 2025

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
19240574DRILLING DECISION SYSTEM AND METHOD OF MULTIMODAL LITHOFACIES PREDICTION AND DECISION-MAKINGJune 2025November 2025Allow510NoNo
19230262SYSTEM FOR FABRICATING WATCH PROTECTION FILMS BASED ON WATCH MODEL PROFILE DATAJune 2025November 2025Allow510NoNo
19212732METHOD FOR PREPARING SMALL-SCALE MODEL OF BUCKLING-CONTROLLED BRACE DEVICE WITH ROTATIONALLY SYMMETRIC CROSS SECTIONMay 2025October 2025Allow510NoNo
19174940SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY RECONSTRUCTION METHOD AND SYSTEM INTEGRATING MACHINE LEARNING AND SPATIAL FREQUENCY ANALYSISApril 2025September 2025Allow610NoNo
19170852Associativity and Resolution of Computer-Based Models and DataApril 2025November 2025Allow720YesNo
19070470METHOD FOR MATCHING GUIDE VANE AND OUTLET PASSAGE OF LOW-LIFT PUMP STATIONMarch 2025December 2025Abandon910NoNo
19066172DECISION-MAKING METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR RESIDENTIAL OUTDOOR ENVIRONMENT BASED ON LANDSCAPE APPROACH MOTIVATIONFebruary 2025November 2025Allow910YesNo
19064936METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING LIMIT SCOURING STATE OF RIVERBED IN DOWNSTREAM RIVER CHANNEL OF RESERVOIR GROUPFebruary 2025January 2026Abandon1120NoNo
18853472DEVICE AND METHOD FOR BLADE MODELINGFebruary 2025August 2025Allow1010NoNo
19021366METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PRECISELY DESIGNING INTEGRATED DIE-CASTING STRUCTURESJanuary 2025February 2026Abandon1320NoNo
19021615METHOD, DEVICE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM FOR AUTOMATIC STONE ARRANGEMENTJanuary 2025September 2025Allow810NoNo
19019795DESIGN METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CUTTING STRUCTURE OF PDC DRILL BIT WITH SPIRAL BLADESJanuary 2025September 2025Allow820NoNo
19007644METHOD FOR INKJET PRINTING A SPECTACLE LENSJanuary 2025October 2025Allow1020YesNo
18955880METHOD FOR DESIGNING SUPERCRITICAL HEAT EXCHANGER BASED ON PSEUDO-PHASE TRANSITION PARTITIONNovember 2024December 2025Abandon1320NoNo
18830489METHOD FOR CONSTRUCTING A QUALITY EVALUATION DATA UPDATING MODEL BASED ON A CONVOLUTIONAL NEURAL NETWORKSSeptember 2024December 2025Abandon1520NoNo
18826639COMPREHENSIVE MODELING PLATFORM FOR MANUFACTURING EQUIPMENTSeptember 2024August 2025Allow1210YesNo
18662714METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING SOLAR ACCESS OF A STRUCTUREMay 2024October 2025Allow1700NoNo
18687397DETERMINING CARBON EMISSIONS AT A WELLBOREFebruary 2024January 2026Abandon2240YesNo
18441505AUDIT OF COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN DOCUMENTSFebruary 2024October 2025Allow2030NoNo
18438062CREATION OF A DIGITAL TWIN FOR AUTO-DISCOVERY OF HIERARCHY IN POWER MONITORINGFebruary 2024June 2024Allow510NoNo
18418341OVERALL HYDRAULIC PERFORMANCE PREDICTION METHOD FOR SINK-TYPE DISHWASHERJanuary 2024January 2026Allow2310NoNo
18412440COMPUTER VISION AND SPEECH ALGORITHM DESIGN SERVICEJanuary 2024October 2025Allow2220YesNo
18389783COMMUNICATION METHOD FOR MULTI-CHIP NEURAL NETWORK ALGORITHM BASED ON FPGA MAIN CONTROLDecember 2023March 2024Allow300NoNo
18545014SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TOPOLOGY AND SHAPE OPTIMIZATION FOR MODELING OF A PHYSICAL OBJECTDecember 2023July 2025Allow1910NoNo
18538647SELECTIVE CONFIGURATION OF FILE SYSTEM MANAGEMENT FOR PROCESSING RESOURCES OF A DATABASE SYSTEMDecember 2023September 2024Allow910NoNo
18510144TECHNIQUES FOR PROVIDING CLOUD SERVICES ON DEMANDNovember 2023August 2024Allow910NoNo
18508479STORAGE DEVICE AND STORAGE SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAMENovember 2023June 2024Allow700NoNo
18389176STRUCTURAL INSULATED PANEL FRAMING SYSTEMNovember 2023January 2026Allow2611NoNo
18378385HETEROGENEOUS COMPUTE DOMAINS WITH AN EMBEDDED OPERATING SYSTEM IN AN INFORMATION HANDLING SYSTEMOctober 2023July 2024Allow900YesNo
18376174Computer Vision Systems and Methods for Identifying Anomalies in Building ModelsOctober 2023July 2025Allow6020YesNo
18373968CHIP HAVING DUAL-MODE DEVICE THAT SWITCHES BETWEEN ROOT COMPLEX MODE AND ENDPOINT MODE IN DIFFERENT SYSTEM STAGES AND ASSOCIATED COMPUTER SYSTEMSeptember 2023July 2024Allow1010NoNo
18371702System Modelling Using Fluid Transfer and StorageSeptember 2023November 2025Allow2640YesNo
18471844SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICESeptember 2023June 2024Allow900NoNo
18236732SYNCHRONIZING SYSTEMS ON A CHIP USING A SHARED CLOCKAugust 2023May 2024Allow910NoNo
18447263ERGONOMIC AND HIGH-PERFORMANCE POWER SUPPLIES FOR COMPUTERSAugust 2023January 2024Allow510NoNo
18446714HYBRID APPARATUSES FOR MINING CRYPTOCURRENCY AND METHODS OF OPERATING THE SAMEAugust 2023March 2024Allow710NoNo
18230466PROVIDING ENERGY INFORMATION TO MEMORYAugust 2023July 2024Allow1110YesNo
18362483TIME CALIBRATION FOR A MULTI-SOCKET COMPUTING SYSTEMJuly 2023June 2024Allow1010NoNo
17666420Dynamic Voltage and Frequency Scaling (DVFS) within Processor ClustersJuly 2023June 2023Allow1610NoNo
18222808LOW-POWER SOURCE-SYNCHRONOUS SIGNALINGJuly 2023June 2024Allow1110YesNo
18352053CREATION OF A DIGITAL TWIN FOR AUTO-DISCOVERY OF HIERARCHY IN POWER MONITORINGJuly 2023October 2023Allow300NoNo
18220120VIRTUAL MACHINE BOOT DATA PREDICTIONJuly 2023May 2024Allow1110NoNo
18216987PROGRAMMABLE MESSAGE INSPECTION ENGINE IMPLEMENTED IN HARDWARE THAT GENERATES AN OUTPUT MESSAGE USING A CONTENT MODIFICATION PLAN AND A DESTINATION CONTROL PLANJune 2023November 2023Allow410NoNo
18343725Power over Ethernet (PoE) Power Supplying via Two Sets of Cable PairsJune 2023June 2024Allow1110NoNo
18212866CREDIT SYNCHRONIZATION BY SENDING A VALUE FOR A LOCAL CREDIT IN A MESSAGE SENDER FROM A MESSAGE RECEIVER TO THE MESSAGE SENDER IN RESPONSE TO A SYNCHRONIZATION TRIGGERJune 2023October 2023Allow410NoNo
18212972ARTICLE, DEVICE, AND TECHNIQUES FOR SERVERLESS MESSAGE STREAM PROCESSINGJune 2023April 2024Allow1010NoNo
18337449POWER MANAGEMENT CIRCUIT, SYSTEM-ON-CHIP DEVICE, AND METHOD OF POWER MANAGEMENTJune 2023April 2024Allow1010NoNo
18208175APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR STRUCTURED PART QUOTINGJune 2023September 2025Allow2850YesNo
18207437TIMING GENERATOR AS MASTER CLOCK FOR AN ELECTRONIC CIRCUITJune 2023August 2023Allow200NoNo
18207297POWER CONTROL SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MACHINE LEARNING COMPUTING RESOURCESJune 2023May 2024Allow1110NoNo
18329492CONFIGURATION OF BASE CLOCK FREQUENCY OF PROCESSOR BASED ON USAGE PARAMETERSJune 2023April 2024Allow1010NoNo
18326506METHOD FOR TROUBLESHOOTING ABNORMAL SENSOR IN ENERGY-STORAGE APPARATUS, TERMINAL DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUMMay 2023August 2023Allow200YesNo
18326378DYNAMIC COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT CHANNEL ENABLEMENTMay 2023September 2024Allow1600NoNo
18039482METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONFIGURING MMIOH BASE ADDRESS OF SERVER SYSTEMMay 2023September 2023Allow300NoNo
18202889MEMORY, MEMORY CONTROLLING METHOD AND SYSTEMMay 2023April 2024Allow1010YesNo
18324412TECHNIQUES FOR RELEASE ASSISTANCE INDICATION ASSERTIONMay 2023March 2024Allow1010NoNo
18322183SIGNAL BRIDGING USING AN UNPOPULATED PROCESSOR INTERCONNECTMay 2023January 2024Allow800NoNo
18320676OPERATION-SPECIFIC DEVICE CONFIGURATIONMay 2023January 2024Allow820YesNo
18320384CIRCUIT AND METHOD TO SET DELAY BETWEEN TWO PERIODIC SIGNALS WITH UNKNOWN PHASE RELATIONSHIPMay 2023April 2024Allow1110YesNo
18197536NETWORKS ON CHIP (NOC) FOR MANY-CORE NEURAL NETWORK ACCELERATORMay 2023June 2024Allow1310NoNo
18317043FAST BOOT SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC DEVICESMay 2023May 2024Allow1210YesNo
18315032ADVANCED BUS PROTOCOL FOR DYNAMIC LIGHTINGMay 2023September 2024Allow1610NoNo
18313625Powered Device Electrical Data Modeling And IntelligenceMay 2023June 2024Allow1300YesNo
18143782DATA CENTER INFRASTRUCTURE FUNGIBILITY AND BOOTSTRAPPINGMay 2023March 2024Allow1100YesNo
18309103SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMMUNICATION BETWEEN A COMMANDER DEVICE AND A RESPONDER DEVICEApril 2023April 2024Allow1110YesNo
18250948Protection System and Method for Abnormal Power Down of Child Node in Rack-Scale Server, and ApparatusApril 2023February 2024Allow1010NoNo
18308029Just-in-Time ContainersApril 2023July 2024Allow1410YesNo
18307469SYNCING SETTINGS ACROSS INCOMPATIBLE OPERATING SYSTEMSApril 2023March 2024Allow1110YesNo
18307341ASYMMETRIC DATA TRANSMISSION USING ENERGY-EFFICIENT ETHERNETApril 2023January 2024Allow910NoNo
18307508Power Management UnitApril 2023December 2023Allow700NoNo
18138580SCALABLE LIFE-CYCLE MAINTENANCE OF HARDWAREApril 2023May 2024Allow1310NoNo
18305624SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ACTIVITY-BASED DESIGN PROCESS FRAMEWORK FOR DISCRETE EVENT SYSTEMS CHIPApril 2023August 2023Allow410YesNo
18305661SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CLOCK-FREQUENCY-BASED DESIGN PROCESS FRAMEWORK FOR DISCRETE EVENT SYSTEMS CHIPApril 2023August 2023Allow410NoNo
18304849DEVICE AND METHOD FOR EFFICIENT TRANSITIONING TO AND FROM REDUCED POWER STATEApril 2023June 2024Allow1310YesNo
18298587ENHANCED LOW-PRIORITY ARBITRATIONApril 2023March 2024Allow1110YesNo
18132828SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DEVICE INTEROPERABILITY AND SYNCHRONIZATIONApril 2023June 2024Allow1410YesNo
18297313TOUCH SENSING INTEGRATED CIRCUIT SYSTEM, TOUCH SENSING SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR WRITING FIRMWAREApril 2023June 2024Allow1510YesNo
18297388Systems and Methods for Providing Back-Up Power to a Processor Using an Un-Interruptible Power SupplyApril 2023June 2024Allow1510NoNo
18297590THREE-DIMENSIONAL TOOTH MODELING USING AN ESTIMATION OF AN IMAGING PROCESS OF AN X-RAY IMAGING DEVICEApril 2023July 2025Allow2830YesNo
18296402WIRE FAULT AND ELECTRICAL IMBALANCE DETECTION FOR POWER OVER COMMUNICATIONS CABLINGApril 2023April 2024Allow1210NoNo
18129959Low-Latency Low-Power Consumption Peripheral Device for ConferencingApril 2023April 2024Allow1310NoNo
18192300SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING OPERATION INFORMATION TO CONFIGURABLE DEVICESMarch 2023August 2024Allow1700NoNo
18185421MODULAR EMBEDDED COMPUTE APPLIANCE DOCKING BOARD, AND METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR THE SAMEMarch 2023January 2024Allow1010NoNo
18026672DEVICE SYNCHRONOUS CALIBRATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, DEVICES, AND STORAGE MEDIUMMarch 2023July 2024Allow1600NoNo
18184363PRODUCT DISPLAY DESIGN AND MANUFACTURING USING A PRODUCT DISPLAY DESIGN MODELMarch 2023August 2025Allow2930YesNo
18121392SYNCHRONIZATION OF A TRANSFER OF DATA SIGNALS BETWEEN CIRCUITS WHEN A CLOCK IN A DESTINATION CIRCUIT IS OFFMarch 2023September 2024Allow1801NoNo
18026014DELAY SYNCHRONIZATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE INCLUDING SAMEMarch 2023August 2024Allow1700YesNo
18180219NETWORK-BASED POWER SUPPLY SYSTEMMarch 2023June 2024Allow1600NoNo
18179675METHOD FOR REDUCING UPS COMPONENT STRESSES DURING TRANSITION FROM INVERTER TO GREEN/BYPASS OPERATIONMarch 2023November 2023Allow910NoNo
18043422SAFETY CONTROL METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AI SERVERFebruary 2023July 2023Allow500YesNo
18176473BOOTSTRAPPING A MICROSERVICES REGISTRYFebruary 2023April 2024Allow1400NoNo
18043432PECI SIGNAL INTERCONNECTION METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SERVER, DEVICE, AND MEDIUMFebruary 2023December 2023Allow910NoNo
18114617STATUS CHECK USING SIGNALING FROM A MEMORY DEVICEFebruary 2023February 2024Allow1110NoNo
18113637TRANSMITTER OF A WIRELESS POWER TRANSFER SYSTEMFebruary 2023July 2023Allow510YesNo
18173656AUTONOMOUS DRIVING CONTROLLER PARALLEL PROCESSOR BOOT ORDERFebruary 2023December 2023Allow1010YesNo
18111925CLOCK SYNCHRONIZING METHOD OF A MULTIPLE CLOCK DOMAIN MEMORY DEVICEFebruary 2023March 2024Allow1300YesNo
18172057SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING SETTINGS BASED UPON INFORMATION HANDLING SYSTEM (IHS) MOTION USING HETEROGENEOUS COMPUTING PLATFORMSFebruary 2023August 2024Allow1810NoNo
18171225INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUSFebruary 2023June 2024Allow1500NoNo
18171150PROVIDING SYSTEM INVENTORY DATA FROM A FIRMWARE TO A BASEBOARD MANAGEMENT CONTROLLER USING AN OEM-DEFINED UNIFORM RESOURCE IDENTIFIERFebruary 2023June 2024Allow1600NoNo
18110667SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OVER THE AIR (OTA) RECOVERY OF BASIC INPUT/OUTPUT SYSTEM (BIOS) FIRMWAREFebruary 2023May 2024Allow1500NoNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for art-unit 2186.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
174
Examiner Affirmed
112
(64.4%)
Examiner Reversed
62
(35.6%)
Reversal Percentile
65.6%
Higher than average

What This Means

With a 35.6% 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
589
Allowed After Appeal Filing
222
(37.7%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
367
(62.3%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
79.4%
Higher 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, 37.7% of applications that filed an appeal were subsequently allowed. This appeal filing benefit rate is in the top 25% across the USPTO, indicating that filing appeals is particularly effective here. The act of filing often prompts favorable reconsideration during the mandatory appeal conference.

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 is strategically valuable. The act of filing often prompts favorable reconsideration during the mandatory appeal conference.

Art Unit 2186 - Prosecution Statistics Summary

Executive Summary

Art Unit 2186 is part of Group 2180 in Technology Center 2100. This art unit has examined 8,261 patent applications in our dataset, with an overall allowance rate of 81.2%. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 32 months.

Comparative Analysis

Art Unit 2186's allowance rate of 81.2% places it in the 68% percentile among all USPTO art units. This art unit has an above-average allowance rate compared to other art units.

Prosecution Patterns

Applications in Art Unit 2186 receive an average of 1.94 office actions before reaching final disposition (in the 54% percentile). The median prosecution time is 32 months (in the 42% percentile).

Strategic Considerations

When prosecuting applications in this art unit, consider the following:

  • The art unit's allowance rate suggests a more favorable examination environment compared to the USPTO average.
  • With more office actions than average, plan for relatively streamlined 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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