USPTO Art Unit 2187 Prosecution Statistics

Art Unit Information

Art Unit: 2187
Group: 2180
Tech Center: 2100
Total Cases: 8,390
Last Active: June 2025

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
19236336SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ESTIMATING COMPONENT DEGRADATION IN AN INVERTERJune 2025November 2025Allow510NoNo
19236772META-LEARNING STRATEGY BASED METHOD FOR EARLY WARNING OF ATTENUATION OF BEARING CAPACITY OF SOFT SOIL PILE FOUNDATIONJune 2025August 2025Allow200NoNo
19196735Safety and stability analysis method for new energy power system based on Lyapunov functionMay 2025March 2026Abandon1120YesNo
19182575METHODS FOR OPTIMIZING MULTI-CYCLE PRESSURE-SEPARATED WATER INJECTION IN OILFIELDS BASED ON IMPROVED BUTTERFLY ALGORITHMSApril 2025September 2025Allow510NoNo
19067753TEST METHOD FOR ALGORITHM APPLIED TO HANDLING EQUIPMENT, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMFebruary 2025August 2025Allow510NoNo
19066395WELL PATTERN OPTIMIZATION METHOD BASED ON CO2 INCOMPLETE MISCIBLE DISPLACEMENT CHARACTERISTICSFebruary 2025December 2025Allow1010NoNo
19045371OPTIMIZATION OF PHOTOVOLTAIC SOILING MODEL PARAMETERSFebruary 2025October 2025Allow920YesNo
19027621ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI)-BASED METHOD FOR NON-CONTACT MEASUREMENT OF SHEET RESISTANCE OF A CONDUCTIVE FILM MATERIALJanuary 2025March 2025Allow200NoNo
19026495PLP OPTIMIZED PLACEMENT METHOD FOR A WIND FARM OF PLATEAU-MOUNTAIN REGIONJanuary 2025May 2025Allow400NoNo
19012820EFFICIENT METHOD FOR SOLVING ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD OF RADIATION SOURCE LAYER IN LAYERED LOSSY MEDIUMJanuary 2025March 2026Abandon1420NoNo
19007347AUTOMATIC DESIGN METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MODULAR COLD- FORMED THIN-WALLED STEEL STRUCTUREDecember 2024January 2026Abandon1320NoNo
19003932DETECTION OF CANDIDATE WATER INTAKE LOCATIONS IN WASTEWATER SYSTEMDecember 2024July 2025Allow610YesNo
18984832AI-Based 3-D Computer-Aided Design MergingDecember 2024November 2025Allow1130YesNo
18963954COMPREHENSIVE CHARACTERIZATION METHOD OF CUTTABILITY OF HYDRAULIC FRACTURING HARD ROCKNovember 2024December 2025Abandon1320NoNo
18945595RISK ASSESSMENT AND CONTROL METHOD FOR RADIAL CRACKING AND CRACK PROPAGATION AND TRANSFIXION OF CEMENT SHEATH IN FRACTURING WELLSNovember 2024October 2025Abandon1120NoNo
18941019FULL-DECAY INDUCED POLARIZATION DETECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR WATER INRUSH IN TUNNELSNovember 2024June 2025Allow710NoNo
18932923SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES FOR ADAPTIVE DESIGN EXPLORATION AND MODEL MANAGEMENTOctober 2024June 2025Allow710YesNo
18927627COGNOLOGY AND COGNOMETRICS SYSTEM AND METHODOctober 2024May 2025Allow610YesNo
18889288APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR EVALUATING SOFTWARE PERFORMANCESeptember 2024March 2025Allow610YesNo
18820162COGNOLOGY AND COGNOMETRICS SYSTEM AND METHODAugust 2024November 2024Allow300YesNo
18796867INTELLIGENT OPERATIONAL OPTIMIZATION METHOD IN MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE INCINERATION PROCESSAugust 2024February 2025Allow610NoNo
18786644METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PREDICTING FLOATING TIMES OF INCLUDSIONS DURING REFININEMENTS OF MOLTEN STEELJuly 2024August 2025Abandon1220NoNo
18765781FAULT INTERPRETATION AND FEATURE LEARNING ON FULL AZIMUTH STACKSJuly 2024January 2026Allow1810YesNo
18751496METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PREDICTING SERVICE LIFE OF STEEL BOX GIRDER, DEVICE, AND MEDIUMJune 2024June 2025Abandon1220NoNo
18743799METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR EFFICIENT HARDWARE MAPPING OF GENERATIVE GIANT ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE MODELJune 2024April 2025Allow1010NoNo
18718605SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EXCESS GAS UTILIZATIONJune 2024November 2025Allow1740YesNo
18738994CONTAINERS FOR STORING AND TRANSMITTING REPRESENTATIONS OF CUSTOMIZABLE PRODUCTSJune 2024September 2025Allow1500YesNo
18737287SYSTEMS AND METHODS CONFIGURED FOR SIMULATING SPACE-BASED IMAGING OF RESIDENT SPACE OBJECTSJune 2024March 2025Allow1030YesNo
18716942TWO-STAGE SEISMIC DESIGN METHOD FOR REPLACEABLE ENERGY DISSIPATION STEEL FRAME JOINTJune 2024October 2025Abandon1720YesNo
18736442MULTISCALE ANALYSIS METHOD, SYSTEM, MEDIA AND DEVICE FOR THERMAL-MECHANICAL COUPLING PERFORMANCE OF HEAT EXCHANGERJune 2024June 2025Abandon1220NoNo
18733583Method of Quantifying Polynucleotide Analytes from Dried SamplesJune 2024August 2024Allow300YesNo
18676131AUTOMATED TESTING OF MOBILE DEVICES USING VISUAL ANALYSISMay 2024June 2025Allow1310NoNo
18674633SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FACILITATING VIRTUAL VEHICLE OPERATION BASED ON REAL-WORLD VEHICLE OPERATION DATAMay 2024October 2025Allow1720YesNo
18667801Associativity and Resolution of Computer-Based Models and DataMay 2024December 2024Allow720YesNo
18662259METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DATA-DRIVEN FRACTURE-CAVITY RESERVOIR DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION, AND STORAGE MEDIUMMay 2024August 2025Allow1500YesNo
18662273NEURAL NETWORK BASED VEHICLE DYNAMICS MODELMay 2024June 2025Abandon1310NoNo
18708745SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INSPECTING AND MANAGING ROADSMay 2024July 2025Allow1420NoNo
18705768A METHOD FOR OBTAINING AN IMPROVED TRANSFORMER DESIGN FOR A POWER PLANTApril 2024August 2024Allow400NoNo
18636164METHOD FOR ASSESSING THE EFFICACY OF AN AEROSOL FOR PULMONARY DRUG DELIVERY AS WELL AS INHALER DEVICE, ORALLY INHALED AND/OR NASAL DRUG PRODUCT AND DRUG/DEVICE COMBINATION PRODUCTApril 2024April 2025Allow1210YesNo
18620257METHOD FOR IMPROVING UNCONVENTIONAL HYDROGEN DEVELOPMENTMarch 2024March 2025Allow1210YesNo
18609468METHOD FOR EVALUATING STABILITY OF TUNNEL SURROUNDING ROCK CONSIDERING CREEP CHARACTERISTICS OF STRUCTURAL PLANEMarch 2024May 2024Allow220NoNo
18609711APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DYNAMIC RECONFIGURATION OF PROCESS PARAMETERMarch 2024June 2024Allow200NoNo
18692643TRAINING METHOD FOR PARAMETER CONFIGURATION MODEL, PARAMETER CONFIGURATION METHOD, AND PARAMETER CONFIGURATION DEVICEMarch 2024June 2024Allow300NoNo
18593859METHODS OF MAKING STRUCTURAL FRAMING MEMBERS AND ASSEMBLIES WITH SEALING INTERFACE STRIPSMarch 2024September 2024Allow700YesNo
18592215WATERFLOOD FRONT IMAGING USING SEGMENTALLY INSULATED WELL LINERS AS ON-DEMAND ELECTRODESFebruary 2024May 2025Allow1400NoNo
18586152System and Method for Performing Quality Control of Manufactured ModelsFebruary 2024March 2025Allow1310YesNo
18584265GPU-ON-DEMAND SYSTEM POWERED BY SELF CONTAINED ENERGY SOURCEFebruary 2024July 2024Allow510YesNo
18441887PATTERN CHANGE DISCOVERY BETWEEN HIGH DIMENSIONAL DATA SETSFebruary 2024August 2025Allow1820NoNo
18438739ADAPTIVE DISTRIBUTED ANALYTICS SYSTEMFebruary 2024September 2024Allow700YesNo
18438401Site Planning for Wind Turbines Using Sensor NetworksFebruary 2024June 2025Abandon1620NoNo
18436783METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OPTIMALLY CONFIGURING CAPACITY OF HIGH-PROPORTION NEW ENERGY SYSTEM, DEVICE, AND MEDIUMFebruary 2024January 2025Abandon1120YesNo
18432047HYDRODYNAMIC FREE-SURFACE LATTICE BOLTZMANN SIMULATION METHOD AND SYSTEM, AND STORAGE MEDIUMFebruary 2024April 2025Abandon1410NoNo
18427858CONSTRUCTION METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR HYDRODYNAMIC JOINT COMPUTATION MODEL, DEVICE, AND MEDIUMJanuary 2024October 2024Allow910NoNo
18426715STATION DEVICE FOR OUTPUTTING OPTIMAL ACTION TO PERSONS IN SEPARATE SPACE BASED SHOOTING SOUND DETECTION AND SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAMEJanuary 2024November 2025Abandon2220NoNo
18426270SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTION OF REFRIGERANT LEAKSJanuary 2024May 2025Allow1620NoNo
18422437FIELD-DEPLOYABLE HARDWARE APPARATUSJanuary 2024July 2024Allow610YesNo
18397716APPARATUS AND METHOD OF PERFORMING MATRIX MULTIPLICATION OPERATION OF NEURAL NETWORKDecember 2023September 2025Allow2110NoNo
18396579METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FATIGUE ANALYSIS ON OFFSHORE DEEPWATER DRILLING CONDUCTOR OR SURFACE CASINGDecember 2023April 2025Abandon1520NoNo
18544316Using Barycenter Compact Model to Determine IR Drop for Circuit NetworkDecember 2023July 2024Allow700YesNo
18540459VIRTUAL REVIEW SYSTEM FOR LAND DEVELOPMENTDecember 2023October 2025Allow2200YesNo
18538742METHODS FOR DESIGNING, MANUFACTURING, INSTALLING, AND/OR MAINTENANCE OF ROOFING ACCESSORIES AND SYSTEMS OF USE THEREOFDecember 2023August 2024Allow810NoNo
18567586SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING AHB BUS DATA TRANSMISSION PERFORMANCE AND SERVERDecember 2023June 2024Allow600NoNo
18514187Sealed Enclosure Power Control SystemNovember 2023July 2024Allow800NoNo
18512185INTERACTIVE DESIGN TOOL FOR REAL-TIME ARCHITECTURAL ADAPTATIONNovember 2023July 2025Abandon2020NoNo
18511927PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SECURE BOOTING THEREOFNovember 2023February 2024Allow300NoNo
18502198ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ASSISTED PRODUCTION ADVISORY SYSTEM AND METHODNovember 2023April 2025Allow1820YesNo
18502963SLEEP SIGNALING HANDSHAKE FOR ETHERNETNovember 2023May 2024Allow700YesNo
18498191DIGITAL AVATAR PLATFORMOctober 2023February 2025Allow1620YesNo
18498932BIM COMPONENT CREATING METHOD, DIGITAL DESIGN RESOURCE LIBRARY APPLICATION METHOD AND DEVICEOctober 2023February 2025Abandon1521NoNo
18381723BONE RECONSTRUCTION AND ORTHOPEDIC IMPLANTSOctober 2023October 2025Abandon2410NoNo
18487769SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR UPDATING HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR PARAMETERSOctober 2023April 2025Allow1800NoNo
18555176WET ETCHING PROCESS-BASED MODELING METHOD AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHODOctober 2023October 2025Abandon2420NoNo
18484014Petro-Technical Global Fluid Identity RepositoryOctober 2023December 2025Allow2600NoNo
18478025NEURAL NETWORK CONTROL VARIATESSeptember 2023May 2025Allow1920NoNo
18373215COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN SYSTEM FOR AIRBORNE CONTAMINANT FLOWSSeptember 2023September 2024Allow1200YesNo
18473567Printed Circuits with Embedded Resistive Thermal DevicesSeptember 2023June 2024Allow900NoNo
18473746SOC FOR OPERATING PLURAL NPUS ACCORDING TO PLURAL CLOCK SIGNALS HAVING MULTI-PHASESSeptember 2023August 2024Allow1020YesNo
18371530LOWER EXTREMITIES LEG LENGTH CALCULATION METHODSeptember 2023March 2025Allow1720YesNo
18471111Frozen Boundary Multi-Domain Parallel Mesh GenerationSeptember 2023August 2024Allow1110YesNo
18467626DYNAMIC ASSET MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR GENERATING INTERACTIVE SIMULATIONS REPRESENTING ASSETS BASED ON AUTOMATICALLY GENERATED ASSET RECORDSSeptember 2023August 2024Allow1100YesNo
18460344MULTI-PHASE SIGNAL GENERATIONSeptember 2023June 2024Allow910NoNo
18240834SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING WELDING SYSTEMSAugust 2023September 2024Allow1210NoNo
18240052SYNCHRONIZATION OF A CLOCK GENERATOR DIVIDER SETTING AND MULTIPLE INDEPENDENT COMPONENT CLOCK DIVIDER SETTINGSAugust 2023March 2024Allow700NoNo
18239284Systems, Methods, and Software for Identification and Application of Physical Mitigations in Planning and Operating an Electrical Power GridAugust 2023November 2024Allow1410NoNo
18237623OPERATING DEVICE OF CROSS-POWER DOMAIN MULTIPROCESSOR AND COMMUNICATION METHOD THEREOFAugust 2023December 2023Allow400YesNo
18455101PHASE ALIGNING AND CALIBRATING CLOCKS FROM ONE PHASE LOCK LOOP (PLL) FOR A TWO-CHIP DIE MODULEAugust 2023August 2024Allow1110NoNo
18454151Managing Power in an Integrated Circuit for High-Speed ActivationAugust 2023July 2024Allow1110YesNo
18449890SYSTEM, APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DYNAMICALLY ADJUSTING PLATFORM POWER AND PERFORMANCE BASED ON TASK CHARACTERISTICSAugust 2023June 2024Allow1010NoNo
18232522COGNOLOGY AND COGNOMETRICS SYSTEM AND METHODAugust 2023May 2024Allow910YesNo
18446670STORAGE DEVICE ADJUSTING DATA RATE AND STORAGE SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAMEAugust 2023March 2024Allow700NoNo
18361882NETWORK-COUPLED MODELING METHOD FOR FIRE SPREAD OF LITHIUM-ION BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMJuly 2023February 2025Abandon1920NoNo
18358623ASYNCHRONOUS ASICJuly 2023June 2024Allow1110NoNo
18347534SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EVALUATING MODELS FOR PREDICTIVE FAILURE OF RENEWABLE ENERGY ASSETSJuly 2023December 2024Allow1720NoNo
18218426SEMI-PROGRAMMABLE AND RECONFIGURABLE CO-ACCELERATOR FOR A DEEP NEURAL NETWORK WITH NORMALIZATION OR NON-LINEARITYJuly 2023June 2024Allow1110NoNo
18216439FLASH MEMORY DEVICE HAVING A CALIBRATION MODEJune 2023April 2024Allow1010NoNo
18340547FIRMWARE UPDATE MECHANISM OF A POWER DISTRIBUTION BOARDJune 2023May 2024Allow1110NoNo
18269512METHOD FOR PREDICTING AND MANAGING TEMPERATURE OF ELECTRONIC CIRCUITJune 2023March 2024Allow910NoNo
18339963APPLICATION PROFILING FOR POWER-PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENTJune 2023May 2024Allow1110NoNo
18329062DYNAMICALLY-CONFIGURABLE BASEBOARD MANAGEMENT CONTROLLERJune 2023June 2024Allow1210NoNo
18326497CLOCK SYNCHRONISATIONMay 2023July 2024Allow1330YesNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for art-unit 2187.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
97
Examiner Affirmed
70
(72.2%)
Examiner Reversed
27
(27.8%)
Reversal Percentile
26.4%
Lower than average

What This Means

With a 27.8% reversal rate, the PTAB affirms the examiner's rejections in the vast majority of cases. This reversal rate is below the USPTO average, indicating that appeals face more challenges here than typical.

Strategic Value of Filing an Appeal

Total Appeal Filings
389
Allowed After Appeal Filing
128
(32.9%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
261
(67.1%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
53.4%
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, 32.9% of applications that filed an appeal were subsequently allowed. This appeal filing benefit rate is above the USPTO average, suggesting that filing an appeal can be an effective strategy for prompting reconsideration.

Strategic Recommendations

⚠ Appeals to PTAB face challenges. Ensure your case has strong merit before committing to full Board review.

✓ Filing a Notice of Appeal is strategically valuable. The act of filing often prompts favorable reconsideration during the mandatory appeal conference.

Art Unit 2187 - Prosecution Statistics Summary

Executive Summary

Art Unit 2187 is part of Group 2180 in Technology Center 2100. This art unit has examined 8,390 patent applications in our dataset, with an overall allowance rate of 84.0%. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 31 months.

Comparative Analysis

Art Unit 2187's allowance rate of 84.0% places it in the 78% percentile among all USPTO art units. This art unit has a significantly higher allowance rate than most art units at the USPTO.

Prosecution Patterns

Applications in Art Unit 2187 receive an average of 1.78 office actions before reaching final disposition (in the 41% percentile). The median prosecution time is 31 months (in the 49% 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 fewer 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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