USPTO Art Unit 2197 Prosecution Statistics

Art Unit Information

Art Unit: 2197
Group: 2190
Tech Center: 2100
Total Cases: 4,020
Last Active: July 2025

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
19274076TRANSFORMING PROGRAM CONTROL FLOW DATA INTO SPACE-FILLING CURVES FOR ANOMALY DETECTIONJuly 2025November 2025Allow410NoNo
19250276FRAMEWORK FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE BLOCKCHAINSJune 2025December 2025Allow510YesNo
19234327System For Identifying Same Or Similar Instances Of Source CodeJune 2025January 2026Allow810YesNo
19234215Managed Design and Generation of Artificial Intelligence AgentsJune 2025August 2025Allow200YesNo
19211641INTEGRATED MULTI-PLATFORM TEST VALIDATORMay 2025October 2025Allow510YesNo
19207677SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES FOR ACCELERATING A CONSTRUCTION OF A DATA INTEGRATION FOR A NON-INTEGRATED TECHNOLOGY DATA SOURCEMay 2025December 2025Allow710YesNo
19090291AI-BASED APPLICATION BUILD AND DEPLOYMENT SUPPORT SYSTEM AND METHODMarch 2025May 2025Allow200NoNo
19041564DETECTION OF PHANTOM DEPENDENCIES WITHIN A CONSTRUCTED SOFTWARE APPLICATIONJanuary 2025March 2026Allow1321YesNo
19012062NOVEL METHOD OF MEASURING CONFIDENTIAL COMPUTING APPLICATION LAYER AND SYSTEM THEREOFJanuary 2025July 2025Allow610YesNo
18989920RUNTIME CREATION OF CONTAINER IMAGES FOR EVENT STREAM PROCESSINGDecember 2024March 2025Allow300YesNo
18989966SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENERGY-INTELLIGENT COMPUTING POWER ORCHESTRATIONDecember 2024October 2025Allow1020NoNo
18989893APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RESOURCE GUIDANCEDecember 2024June 2025Allow510NoNo
18970673COMPUTER CODE GENERATION FROM TASK DESCRIPTIONS USING NEURAL NETWORKSDecember 2024January 2026Allow1420YesNo
18871459RESOURCE ALLOCATION METHOD AND APPARATUS AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TRAINING SYSTEMDecember 2024June 2025Allow610NoNo
18963034EVENT-BASED RESOURCE ALLOCATION SYSTEMNovember 2024April 2025Allow510YesNo
18958961HIGH-THROUGHPUT CONFIDENTIAL COMPUTING METHOD AND SYSTEM BASED ON RISC-V ARCHITECTURENovember 2024August 2025Allow910YesNo
18956414CAMPAIGN WATCHERNovember 2024August 2025Allow910YesNo
18953574SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING LIBRARIES FOR APPLICATION RUNTIME ENVIRONMENTNovember 2024September 2025Allow1020YesNo
18861627DEBUGGING ASSISTANCE DEVICE, CONTROL SYSTEM, DEBUGGING ASSISTANCE METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUMOctober 2024February 2025Allow400YesNo
18926549REDUCED DOWNTIME MIGRATION OF VIRTUALIZED SOFTWARE SERVICESOctober 2024July 2025Allow910NoNo
18859208RESOURCE ALLOCATION METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERIPHERAL, SERVER, AND STORAGE MEDIUMOctober 2024February 2025Allow300NoNo
18923539GENERATING DEGREE OF DEVELOPMENT OF STRUCTURED PROCESSES USING AUTOMATICALLY CALIBRATED QUERIESOctober 2024January 2025Allow300NoNo
18914748CENTRAL DYNAMIC HELM CHART REPOSITORY FOR STANDARDIZED KUBERNETES RESOURCE MANAGEMENTOctober 2024March 2025Allow510NoNo
18903570DISTRIBUTED DATA PROCESSING AND MACHINE LEARNING WORKLOAD SCALINGOctober 2024December 2024Allow200NoNo
18893567DETERMINISTIC NETWORK ARCHITECTURE AND WORKING METHOD FOR INTELLIGENT APPLICATIONSSeptember 2024December 2025Abandon1520NoNo
18889946APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR INCREASING SECURITY OF A VIRTUAL MACHINESeptember 2024February 2025Allow510YesNo
18886790DATA PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND READABLE MEDIUM AND COMPUTING DEVICESeptember 2024August 2025Allow1130NoNo
18883746SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A GAMING SYSTEM OVER A SOFTWARE APPLICATION EXTENSIONSeptember 2024November 2024Allow200NoNo
18882056AUTOMATING SOFTWARE APPLICATION INFRASTRUCTURE DEPLOYMENT IN A CLOUD COMPUTING ENVIRONMENTSeptember 2024March 2025Allow610NoNo
18804618ENTITY RELATIONSHIPS AND VERSIONINGAugust 2024March 2025Allow710NoNo
18789134AUTOMATED COMPUTER CODE GENERATIONJuly 2024September 2025Abandon1420YesNo
18781985SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING REQUIRED RULE ENGINE UPDATED USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE MODELSJuly 2024December 2024Allow510NoNo
18781965SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING REQUIRED RULE ENGINE UPDATES USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE MODELSJuly 2024December 2024Allow410YesNo
18781977SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING REQUIRED RULE ENGINE UPDATED USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE MODELSJuly 2024December 2024Allow510NoNo
18760152CLOUD RESOURCES FOR SMARTPHONE APPLICATIONSJuly 2024May 2025Allow1010NoNo
18760590METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE MODEL INSTALLED AND OPERATING IN TERMINAL ENVIRONMENTJuly 2024March 2025Allow810NoNo
18758418AUTOMATED SOFTWARE CONTAINER REHYDRATION AND DEPLOYMENTJune 2024August 2024Allow200NoNo
18724351CODE UPDATING METHOD AND APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND NON-VOLATILE COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMJune 2024January 2025Allow700YesNo
18752865SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING COMPUTERIZED NODES IN COMPUTER CLUSTER ENVIRONMENTSJune 2024November 2024Allow510NoNo
18748889Parallel Processing Of DataJune 2024June 2025Allow1110NoNo
18749020METHOD OF RESOURCE ADJUSTMENT FOR SERVICE CLUSTER, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUMJune 2024August 2024Allow200NoNo
18749419RESOURCE ALLOCATION OPTIMIZATION USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCEJune 2024December 2024Allow610YesNo
18749222SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES FOR ACCELERATING A CONSTRUCTION OF A DATA INTEGRATION FOR A NON-INTEGRATED TECHNOLOGY DATA SOURCEJune 2024February 2025Allow810YesNo
18745895VIRTUAL MACHINE OPERATION CONTROLLING METHOD, APPARATUS, DEVICE AND MEDIUMJune 2024July 2025Allow1320YesNo
18744947VIRTUALIZATION EXTENSION MODULESJune 2024March 2025Allow910YesNo
18740240DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM WITH LINK-BASED RESOURCE ALLOCATION FOR RECONFIGURABLE PROCESSORSJune 2024June 2025Allow1210NoNo
18738221SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OPTIMIZED EXECUTION OF PROGRAM OPERATIONS ON CLOUD-BASED SERVICES BASED ON PROCESSING CONSTRAINTSJune 2024June 2025Allow1210NoNo
18738246SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OPTIMIZED EXECUTION OF PROGRAM OPERATIONS ON CLOUD-BASED SERVICESJune 2024May 2025Allow1110NoNo
18737810DATABASE-BASED DATA PROCESSING METHOD, DEVICE, MEDIUM AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUSJune 2024August 2024Allow200NoNo
18737939METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DENOISING TEST DATA, STORAGE MEDIUM AND COMPUTER DEVICEJune 2024October 2025Abandon1620NoNo
18734363INTERACTIONS WITH A GENERATIVE RESPONSE ENGINE DURING A LONG RUNNING TASKJune 2024February 2025Allow920YesNo
18733926METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RECORDING TEST CASE, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND COMPUTER DEVICEJune 2024October 2025Abandon1620NoNo
18672425SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TREATMENT SELECTIONMay 2024April 2025Allow1110YesNo
18673115TECHNIQUES FOR BALANCING WORKLOADS WHEN PARALLELIZING MULTIPLY-ACCUMULATE COMPUTATIONSMay 2024November 2025Allow1830NoNo
18671948SERVICE CREATION AND MANAGEMENTMay 2024October 2025Allow1720NoNo
18669909Merging Streams For Call Enhancement In Virtual Desktop InfrastructureMay 2024December 2025Allow1920YesNo
18668245Library Upgrade Method, Apparatus, and SystemMay 2024April 2025Allow1110NoNo
18669421SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MODIFYING DECISION ENGINES DURING SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT USING VARIABLE DEPLOYMENT CRITERIAMay 2024October 2024Allow510YesNo
18667648HYPERVISOR HIBERNATIONMay 2024December 2024Allow700NoNo
18667008FRAMEWORK FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE BLOCKCHAINSMay 2024March 2025Allow1010YesNo
18710850SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE AND DISPLAY APPARATUS FOR VEHICLES INCLUDING THE SAMEMay 2024March 2025Allow1010NoNo
18709801ISCSI SERVICE LOAD BALANCING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND DEVICE AND MEDIUMMay 2024December 2025Abandon1920YesNo
18656174SHELF LABEL COMMUNICATION METHOD BASED ON SYNCHRONOUS NETWORK, SHELF LABEL SYSTEM AND COMPUTER DEVICEMay 2024July 2024Allow200NoNo
18651009Custom Patching Automation with Machine Learning IntegrationApril 2024March 2025Allow1010NoNo
18649616VIRTUAL MACHINE PROVISIONING AND DIRECTORY SERVICE MANAGEMENTApril 2024February 2025Allow1010NoNo
18648391Computer system with a plurality of work environments where each work environment affords one or more workspacesApril 2024April 2025Allow1210NoNo
18642668CLIENT-CONFIGURABLE RETENTION PERIODS FOR MACHINE LEARNING SERVICE-MANAGED RESOURCESApril 2024November 2024Allow700NoNo
18641999METHOD FOR PROCESSING MULTIPLE TRANSACTIONS CONVERTED FROM SINGLE TRANSACTION IN PROCESSOR, AND PROCESSOR FOR PERFORMING SAMEApril 2024October 2024Allow510YesNo
18638296Orchestration for Robotic Process AutomationApril 2024February 2025Allow1010YesNo
18700181MEMORY MANAGEMENT METHOD FOR DEVICE, MEMORY MANAGEMENT DEVICE, AND COMPUTING SYSTEMApril 2024July 2024Allow400NoNo
18628102SCHEDULING OF A PLURALITY OF GRAPHIC PROCESSING UNITSApril 2024October 2025Allow1910NoNo
18623708METHODS AND A SYSTEM FOR INTERFACE EXTENSIONSApril 2024July 2025Allow1620NoNo
18615344SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING DATA OF ANY EXTERNAL SERVICES THROUGH API CONTROLLED UNIVERSAL COMPUTING ELEMENTSMarch 2024January 2026Allow2200YesNo
18693960CLOUD COMPUTING SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAMMarch 2024May 2025Allow1400YesNo
18611587SYSTEM FOR MODULATING AN NAVIGATION GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE DURING MOVEMENT OF A VEHICLEMarch 2024April 2025Abandon1310NoNo
18608424INTRA-AORTIC PRESSURE FORECASTINGMarch 2024June 2025Allow1510YesNo
18608244MEMORY ALLOCATION FOR 3-D GRAPHICS RENDERINGMarch 2024May 2025Allow1420NoNo
18595073ACTIVATING NEW DEVICE BASED ON CONTAINER IN VEHICLEMarch 2024April 2025Allow1310NoNo
18594526Autonomous Warehouse-Scale ComputersMarch 2024March 2025Allow1220YesNo
18589529MANAGING A CLOUD SERVICEFebruary 2024December 2025Allow2210NoNo
18588464SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MACHINE PROGRAM ANALYSISFebruary 2024February 2025Allow1210YesNo
18587278TEST CASE REDUCTION FOR CODE REGRESSION TESTINGFebruary 2024March 2025Allow1320NoNo
18584494Managing Multi-Single-Tenant SaaS ServicesFebruary 2024March 2026Abandon2540YesNo
18583195Multiprocessor Programming Toolkit for Design ReuseFebruary 2024December 2025Allow2220NoNo
18582373Virtual Non-Uniform Memory Access (NUMA) Locality Table for NUMA SystemsFebruary 2024February 2025Allow1210NoNo
18443743SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR APP DISCOVERY, INSTALLATION, AND USAGEFebruary 2024September 2024Allow700NoNo
18444188System and Method for Phased Software Update DeploymentFebruary 2024January 2025Allow1110NoNo
18442603SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MAINTAINING DEPENDENCIES IN A PARALLEL PROCESSFebruary 2024September 2024Allow700NoNo
18437392MEDICAL IMAGING DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM AND DEVICEFebruary 2024September 2024Allow800NoNo
18434192METHOD FOR PROVIDING DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT BASED ON REMOTE EXECUTIONFebruary 2024February 2025Abandon1310NoNo
18433235CONFIGURABLE DEPLOYMENT OF DATA SCIENCE ENVIRONMENTSFebruary 2024October 2024Allow800YesNo
18424954MATCHING BINARY CODE TO INTERMEDIATE REPRESENTATION CODEJanuary 2024April 2025Allow1500YesNo
18425985SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REQUEST ISOLATIONJanuary 2024April 2025Allow1410YesNo
18422068HARDWARE APPARATUS FOR ISOLATED VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTSJanuary 2024December 2025Allow2230YesNo
18420858SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES FOR GENERATING A COMPUTER-EXECUTABLE USABILITY STUDY APPLICATIONJanuary 2024October 2025Allow2140YesNo
18416960METHOD, SYSTEM AND DEVICE FOR GENERATING TEST CASE FOR AUTOMOTIVE CYBERSECURITY DETECTIONJanuary 2024November 2025Allow2210NoNo
18414903SOFTWARE RELEASE VERIFICATIONJanuary 2024December 2024Allow1110NoNo
18412656ON-DEMAND WEB-SERVER EXECUTION INSTANCE FOR WEBSITE HOSTING WITH CUSTOM BACK-END FUNCTIONALITYJanuary 2024February 2025Allow1310NoNo
18408426PREPOPULATED CONTAINER IMAGES REPOSITORIES FOR CI/CD ENVIRONMENTSJanuary 2024February 2026Allow2530NoNo
18406036DEBUGGING OF ACCELERATOR CIRCUIT FOR MATHEMATICAL OPERATIONS USING PACKET LIMIT BREAKPOINTJanuary 2024April 2025Allow1520YesNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for art-unit 2197.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
163
Examiner Affirmed
124
(76.1%)
Examiner Reversed
39
(23.9%)
Reversal Percentile
12.2%
Lower than average

What This Means

With a 23.9% reversal rate, the PTAB affirms the examiner's rejections in the vast majority of cases. This reversal rate is in the bottom 25% across the USPTO, indicating that appeals face significant challenges here.

Strategic Value of Filing an Appeal

Total Appeal Filings
447
Allowed After Appeal Filing
176
(39.4%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
271
(60.6%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
85.9%
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, 39.4% 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 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 2197 - Prosecution Statistics Summary

Executive Summary

Art Unit 2197 is part of Group 2190 in Technology Center 2100. This art unit has examined 4,020 patent applications in our dataset, with an overall allowance rate of 75.7%. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 37 months.

Comparative Analysis

Art Unit 2197's allowance rate of 75.7% places it in the 47% percentile among all USPTO art units. This art unit has a below-average allowance rate compared to other art units.

Prosecution Patterns

Applications in Art Unit 2197 receive an average of 2.35 office actions before reaching final disposition (in the 81% percentile). The median prosecution time is 37 months (in the 24% 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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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.