USPTO Art Unit 2188 Prosecution Statistics

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18895372FRACTURE PLUGGING SIMULATION EXPERIMENTAL DEVICE AND EXPERIMENTAL METHOD THEREOFSeptember 2024April 2025Allow720NoNo
18819134Interactive Tool for Specifying Factor Relationships in Design StructureAugust 2024July 2025Allow1020YesNo
18666735METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CORRELATING HYDRO-TURBINE GOVERNING SYSTEM CONTROL PARAMETERS AND OSCILLATION CHARACTERISTICSMay 2024December 2024Allow720YesNo
18653659MACHINE LEARNING ALGORITHM-BASED INTERIOR DESIGN PLANMay 2024June 2025Abandon1420YesNo
18619562MODEL OBJECT FOR VISUALLY INDICATING OVER AND UNDER REMOVALS OF MATERIAL DURING A PROCEDUREMarch 2024April 2025Abandon1310NoNo
18617696PROJECTION-BASED EMBEDDED DISCRETE FRACTURE MODEL USING HYBRID OF TWO-POINT FLUX APPROXIMATION AND MIMETIC FINITE DIFFERENCE (TPFA-MFD) METHODMarch 2024September 2024Allow610NoNo
18600344TECHNIQUES FOR UTILITY STRUCTURE MODELING AND SIMULATIONMarch 2024June 2025Allow1520YesNo
18588156INTEGRAL REINFORCEMENT DESIGN METHOD FOR EXTERNAL FRAME-BRACE BASED ON RANDOM CAPABILITY SPECTRUMFebruary 2024March 2025Allow1220NoNo
18406875Systems and Methods for Identifying Two or More Charges into Reservoir Using Downhole Fluid AnalysisJanuary 2024April 2025Abandon1510YesNo
18544262METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DESIGNING MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING PERMANENT MAGNET, DEVICE, AND MEDIUMDecember 2023April 2025Allow1610NoNo
18520237AUTOMATIC GENERATION OF INCREMENTAL LOAD DESIGNNovember 2023December 2024Allow1210NoNo
18563404METHOD FOR DESIGNING CYLINDRICAL SKIVING TOOL WITHOUT GEOMETRIC RELIEF ANGLENovember 2023May 2025Abandon1810NoNo
18510588PRIORITIZATION OF THREE DIMENSIONAL DENTAL ELEMENTSNovember 2023March 2025Allow1610NoNo
18481254METHOD, DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR EVALUATING WIND ENERGY RESOURCES IN COMPLEX TERRAINOctober 2023November 2024Abandon1320NoNo
18369802DISTRIBUTED-MEMORY PARALLEL PROCESSING OF FINITE ELEMENTS BASED ON CONTACT PAIR SPLITTINGSeptember 2023August 2024Allow1110NoNo
18462866SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HYBRID MODEL HYDRAULIC FRACTURE PRESSURE FORECASTINGSeptember 2023March 2025Allow1830YesNo
18236522METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CROP LAND EVALUATION AND CROP GROWTH MANAGEMENTAugust 2023August 2024Allow1210YesNo
18446952SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR GENERATING MULTI-DIMENSIONAL MODELS AND REPORTSAugust 2023February 2025Abandon1820NoNo
18224660METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SIMULATING WATER-INDUCED ROCK STRENGTH DETERIORATION BASED ON DISCRETE ELEMENT METHODJuly 2023May 2025Abandon2230YesNo
18349841GENERATING CUSTOMIZED AVATARS BASED ON LOCATION INFORMATIONJuly 2023July 2024Allow1210NoNo
18328869INTEGRATED WELL COMPLETIONSJune 2023May 2025Abandon2340YesNo
18128665APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR BATTERY MODEL GENERATIONMarch 2023December 2024Abandon2040YesNo
18128023PREDICTING DEVICE, AND PREDICTING METHODMarch 2023February 2025Abandon2230NoNo
18159788CONVERSATION CONTROL DEVICE, CONVERSATION SYSTEM, AND CONVERSATION CONTROL METHODJanuary 2023October 2024Allow2010NoNo
18153018EVALUATION METHOD FOR ACID FRACTURING EFFECT BASED ON THE THEORY OF ACID-FRAC "STIMULATED ZONE"January 2023April 2025Abandon2740NoNo
17968150GENERATING SIMULATED WELD PATHS FOR A WELDING ROBOTOctober 2022February 2025Allow2860YesNo
17933059SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING A PANEL INFILL GEOMETRY OF A SANDWICH PANELSeptember 2022June 2025Allow3331YesNo
17933054SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING AN INFILL GEOMETRY OF A BODYSeptember 2022May 2025Allow3230YesNo
17823778PRESENTING TIME-LIMITED VIDEO FEED WITHIN VIRTUAL WORKING ENVIRONMENTAugust 2022July 2024Allow2330NoNo
17887628FUTURE PROOFING AND PROTOTYPING AN INTERNET OF THINGS NETWORKAugust 2022November 2024Abandon2830NoNo
17874246METHOD FOR PREPARING ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING PROGRAM, METHOD FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING, AND ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING APPARATUSJuly 2022April 2025Allow3321YesNo
17787597METHOD FOR COUPLING HYDRAULIC FRACTURE NETWORK EXTENSION AND PRODUCTION PERFORMANCE OF HORIZONTAL WELL IN UNCONVENTIONAL OIL AND GAS RESERVOIRJune 2022December 2024Abandon3030YesNo
17841718DYNAMIC GROWTH MODEL CONSTRUCTION METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CROP CANOPY STRUCTURE, AND STORABLE MEDIUMJune 2022November 2024Abandon2920NoNo
17752770Methods and System for Incremental Exploration of Design Changes in Large Computer-Aided Design ModelsMay 2022January 2025Allow3240YesYes
17738247AUTOMATED FAULT SEGMENT GENERATIONMay 2022January 2025Allow3340YesNo
17701545PROCESS FOR DETERMINING REAL TIME RISK, RELIABILITY AND LOSS MITIGATION POTENTIAL FOR ULTRA DEEPWATER WELL CONTROL EQUIPMENT USED FOR OFFSHORE DRILLING OPERATIONSMarch 2022March 2025Abandon3610NoNo
17587810GENERATING AND PRESENTING CUSTOMIZED INFORMATION CARDSJanuary 2022August 2024Allow3010NoNo
17545478METHOD AND AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR PERFORMING PLAYBACK OF STREAMED MEDIA INCLUDING RELATED MEDIA CONTENTDecember 2021September 2024Allow3320YesNo
17497541METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND MEDIA FOR GENERATIVE URBAN DESIGN WITH USER-GUIDED OPTIMIZATION FEATURESOctober 2021June 2025Abandon4510NoNo
174904033D RESERVOIR MODELLING BASED ON DYNAMIC PRODUCTION LOGGING TECHNOLOGIESSeptember 2021February 2025Abandon4010NoNo
17485557INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAMSeptember 2021May 2025Abandon4410NoNo
17593767SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ACTOR BASED SIMULATION OF COMPLEX SYSTEM USING REINFORCEMENT LEARNINGSeptember 2021April 2025Allow4210YesNo
17480080MODEL OBJECT FOR VISUALLY INDICATING OVER AND UNDER REMOVALS OF MATERIAL DURING A PROCEDURESeptember 2021April 2025Abandon4310NoNo
17440093ITERATIVE ALGORITHM FOR AERO-ENGINE MODEL BASED ON HYBRID ADAPTIVE DIFFERENTIAL EVOLUTIONSeptember 2021February 2025Abandon4110NoNo
17471175METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PREDICTING POWER CONSUMPTION OF AN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT BY ADJUSTING OPERATING VOLTAGE AND TEMPERATURE CORNERSeptember 2021January 2025Abandon4010NoNo
17434498DIGITAL TWIN MODELING AND SIMULATION METHOD, DEVICE, AND SYSTEMAugust 2021January 2025Abandon4110NoNo
17408013METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MODELLING SURFACE-BASED CONSTRAINTS IN FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS MODELAugust 2021March 2025Allow4210NoNo
17405259Methods and Systems for Comparing Resultant Status of Autonomous Vehicle SimulationsAugust 2021February 2025Abandon4210NoNo
17405420PROCESSOR CORE SIMULATOR INCLUDING TRACE-BASED COHERENT CACHE DRIVEN MEMORY TRAFFIC GENERATORAugust 2021March 2025Allow4300NoNo
17400084THERMAL STRUCTURE COUPLING ANAYSIS METHOD OF A SOLID ROCKET MOTOR NOZZLE CONSIDERING THE STRCTURAL GAPSAugust 2021December 2024Abandon4010NoNo
17394437COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR LOW-LATENCY GENERATION AND INPUT OF SENSOR DATA INTO A CONTROL UNIT OR INTO CONTROL UNIT NETWORKSAugust 2021June 2025Allow4720YesNo
17427543METHOD FOR DETERMINING HYDROCARBON PRODUCTION OF A RESERVOIRJuly 2021January 2025Abandon4210NoNo
17388771SELF-INTERSECTING LATTICE INCARNATIONJuly 2021June 2025Allow4720YesNo
17388515YOUNG�S MODULUS AND POISSON�S RATIO DETERMINATION IN OBJECTS OF ARBITRARY GEOMETRY SYSTEMS AND METHODSJuly 2021December 2024Abandon4120YesNo
17261260THE METHOD OF DETERMINING A PRODUCTION WELL FLOW PROFILE, INCLUDING DETERMINATION OF HYDRODYNAMIC CHARACTERISTICS OF RESERVOIR PAY ZONEJuly 2021December 2024Abandon4710NoNo
17385828SUB-DISPLAY DESIGNATION FOR REMOTE CONTENT SOURCE DEVICEJuly 2021August 2024Allow3720NoNo
17381708METHOD FOR DETECTING ANOMALIESJuly 2021February 2025Abandon4310NoNo
17424252COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN (CAD) BASED SENSOR DESIGN AND ANALYSISJuly 2021May 2025Abandon4520NoNo
17376838SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OPTIMIZING PARAMETERS OF ORTHOPAEDIC PROCEDURESJuly 2021September 2024Allow3830YesNo
17374562INDUSTRIAL PLANT ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITION MAP USING LUMINAIRESJuly 2021December 2024Abandon4110YesNo
17374054ESTIMATION OF PROBABILITY OF COLLISION WITH INCREASING SEVERITY LEVEL FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLESJuly 2021March 2025Abandon4420NoNo
17420975OPTIMIZATION APPARATUS, OPTIMIZATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUMJuly 2021April 2025Abandon4520YesNo
17362137INTEGRATED REMOTE SENSING TOOLS FOR TIMELY PREDICTIONS OF CROP QUALITY AND YIELDJune 2021May 2025Abandon4610NoNo
17356510METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROVISIONING A VIRTUAL EXPERIENCE OF A BUILDING ON A USER DEVICE WITH LIMITED RESOURCESJune 2021May 2025Abandon4710NoNo
17347300GENERATING A DYNAMIC THREE-DIMENSIONAL OCCLUSOGRAMJune 2021March 2025Allow4520YesNo
17413444SOFT TISSUE STRUCTURE DETERMINATION FROM CT IMAGESJune 2021May 2025Allow4720NoNo
17342512GARMENT DESIGN PROCESSES WITH 3D CAD TOOLSJune 2021June 2025Abandon4810NoNo
17332682POWER SYSTEM DISPATCHING METHOD CONSIDERING VOLTAGE SENSITIVE LOAD RESERVEMay 2021April 2025Abandon4720YesNo
17324125Optimization method for high-efficiently placing proppants in hydraulic fracturing treatmentMay 2021May 2025Abandon4820NoNo
17315277ROBUST OPTIMIZATION DESIGN METHOD FOR MECHANICAL ARM BASED ON HYBRID INTERVAL AND BOUNDED PROBABILISTIC UNCERTAINTIESMay 2021April 2025Abandon4820NoNo
17243109METHOD FOR DATA CENTER STORAGE EVALUATION FRAMEWORK SIMULATIONApril 2021April 2025Abandon4820YesNo
17239783METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATICALLY HOSTING, INDEXING, SEARCHING AND DISTRIBUTING CONSTRUCTION DETAILSApril 2021December 2024Allow4410YesNo
17287699INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHODApril 2021February 2025Abandon4620NoNo
17236917COMPUTER AIDED GENERATIVE DESIGN WITH MODAL ANALYSIS DRIVEN SHAPE MODIFICATION PROCESSApril 2021December 2024Allow4320YesNo
17235494PROPERLY FUNCTIONING 3D PART ASSEMBLY DETERMINATIONSApril 2021April 2025Abandon4820NoNo
172348982D FLOORPLAN PIPELINE AND REFINEMENTApril 2021February 2025Allow4520YesNo
17286686FRAMEWORK DATASET FOR AN ESCALATOR OR A MOVING WALKWAYApril 2021August 2024Allow4010YesNo
17231131FINE IDENTIFICATION METHOD OF TIGHT RESERVOIR FRACTURE BASED ON CONVENTIONAL LOGGING DATAApril 2021May 2025Abandon4930YesNo
17220496Monitoring Deposition in Fluid Flowlines that Convey Fluids During Wellbore OperationsApril 2021November 2024Abandon4420YesNo
17258129INDIVIDUAL IMPEDANCE-BASED RADIO-FREQUENCY HEATING TEMPERATURE FIELD PREDICTION METHOD AND SYSTEMApril 2021September 2024Allow4520YesNo
17218641METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OBTAINING DESIGN SCHEME OF COLLABORATIVELY OPTIMIZED INTEGRATED ENERGY SYSTEMMarch 2021May 2025Abandon4920NoNo
17219105SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CREATING EYEWEAR WITH MULTI-FOCAL LENSESMarch 2021March 2025Abandon4720YesNo
17219370Lidar Atmospheric Effects in SimulationMarch 2021February 2025Abandon4720NoNo
17201875MODELING DEVICE, CALCULATION METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM FOR DISTORTION COMPENSATION OF AMPLIFERMarch 2021October 2024Allow4310NoNo
17199538SIMULATION THROUGH A SEQUENCE OF MACROS USING ONE OR MORE REDUCED ORDER MODELSMarch 2021December 2024Allow4520YesNo
17195755Geomechanics Informed Machine IntelligenceMarch 2021January 2025Allow4710YesNo
17193826INSTANTIATING OBJECTS IN A SIMULATED ENVIRONMENT BASED ON LOG DATAMarch 2021June 2025Allow5130YesNo
17191091DEVICE AND METHOD FOR TRAINING A CONTROL STRATEGY FOR A CONTROL DEVICE OVER SEVERAL ITERATIONSMarch 2021March 2025Allow4820NoNo
17189312INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM FOR STORING PROGRAMMarch 2021March 2025Abandon4820NoNo
17270448MASK ESTIMATION DEVICE, MASK ESTIMATION METHOD, AND MASK ESTIMATION PROGRAMFebruary 2021January 2025Allow4640YesNo
17180415ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INTERIOR DESIGNFebruary 2021May 2025Abandon5020NoNo
17168405PERFORMANCE IMPACT DETECTION USING QUEUING CURVE ANALYSISFebruary 2021June 2025Allow5230YesNo
17167999SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTONOMOUS MULTI-BIN PARCEL LOADING SYSTEMFebruary 2021March 2025Allow4920YesNo
17263495CAD MODEL COMPRESSION VIA AUTOMATED BLOCK GENERATIONJanuary 2021December 2024Allow4720YesNo
17262289IDENTIFYING CORRECTIVE ACTIONS BASED ON TELEMETRY DATAJanuary 2021October 2023Allow3330YesNo
17261227METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ASSESSING A CORONARY STENOSISJanuary 2021May 2025Abandon5220NoNo
16976337METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN OF A TECHNICAL SYSTEMJanuary 2021October 2024Allow4920NoNo
17138706DETERMINISTIC SAMPLING OF AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE SIMULATION VARIABLES AT RUNTIMEDecember 2020June 2025Allow5430YesNo
17126147METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DEFINING MISSION PROFILES FOR A NEW ENGINEDecember 2020March 2025Abandon5120NoNo
17252738QUANTUM COMPUTING METHOD FOR EXPRESSWAY TRAFFIC FLOW DISTRIBUTION SIMULATION CONSIDERING DESTINATION SELECTIONDecember 2020December 2024Abandon4810NoNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for art-unit 2188.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
73
Examiner Affirmed
47
(64.4%)
Examiner Reversed
26
(35.6%)
Reversal Percentile
65.2%
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
288
Allowed After Appeal Filing
104
(36.1%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
184
(63.9%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
67.3%
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, 36.1% 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 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 2188 - Prosecution Statistics Summary

Executive Summary

Art Unit 2188 is part of Group 2180 in Technology Center 2100. This art unit has examined 4,456 patent applications in our dataset, with an overall allowance rate of 85.5%. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 32 months.

Comparative Analysis

Art Unit 2188's allowance rate of 85.5% places it in the 80% 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 2188 receive an average of 1.70 office actions before reaching final disposition (in the 38% percentile). The median prosecution time is 32 months (in the 33% 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

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.

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