USPTO Art Unit 2422 Prosecution Statistics

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
19002860DISPLAY APPARATUSDecember 2024March 2025Allow300YesNo
18938201WAVEFRONT SENSORS WITH IRREGULAR APERTURE MASKS, DIFFUSERS, AND CAMERAS, AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THE SAMENovember 2024February 2025Allow410NoNo
18895919METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATIC TV ON/OFF DETECTIONSeptember 2024December 2024Allow300NoNo
18895131METHOD FOR SENDING GIFT IN LIVE STREAMING ROOM, METHOD FOR DISPLAYING GIFT IN LIVE STREAMING ROOM, AND RELATED DEVICESeptember 2024December 2024Allow300YesNo
18846430NEURAL NETWORKS FOR HIGH DYNAMIC RANGE VIDEO SUPER-RESOLUTIONSeptember 2024February 2025Allow500NoNo
18789914DISPLAY APPARATUSJuly 2024September 2024Allow200YesNo
18773230DEVICE, SYSTEM, MOVING BODY, AND SUBSTRATEJuly 2024May 2025Allow1001NoNo
18763673Remote Control Having Hotkeys with Dynamically Assigned FunctionsJuly 2024January 2025Allow700NoNo
18759018METHOD, SYSTEM, AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING OPTIMAL IMAGING SEQUENCE FOR PLURALITY OF SATELLITESJune 2024June 2025Allow1200NoNo
18752903IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAMJune 2024June 2025Allow1200YesNo
18752871Optical Systems and Methods for Eye Tracking Based on Redirecting Light from Eye Using an Optical Arrangement Associated with a Light-Guide Optical ElementJune 2024June 2025Allow1210NoNo
18748115METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PREPROCESSING OPTIMIZATION OF STREAMING VIDEO DATAJune 2024February 2025Allow710NoNo
18748623WARM WHITE LIGHT ILLUMINATION AND DIGITAL IMAGE PROCESSING OF DIGITAL IMAGES DURING MICROSURGERYJune 2024February 2025Allow810NoNo
18748273ENDOSCOPY SUPPORT APPARATUS, ENDOSCOPY SUPPORT METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUMJune 2024June 2025Allow1110NoNo
18748214ENDOSCOPY SUPPORT APPARATUS, ENDOSCOPY SUPPORT METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUMJune 2024June 2025Allow1210YesNo
18746632CONTENT-BASED USER-PREFERRED TRICK PLAYJune 2024April 2025Allow1010NoNo
18745720DATA PROCESSOR AND TRANSPORT OF USER CONTROL DATA TO AUDIO DECODERS AND RENDERERSJune 2024April 2025Allow1010NoNo
18745537CONTROL DEVICE, BROADCAST RECEIVER, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING BROADCAST RECEIVER, AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING SERVICEJune 2024February 2025Allow800NoNo
18743305SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING A WATCH SCHEDULE AND COMPRESSED CONTENT TO COMPLETE A SERIES BEFORE EXPIRATIONJune 2024March 2025Allow910NoNo
18739932APPARATUS FOR CONVERTING AND TRANSMITTING HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL VIDEOS BASED ON MACHINE LEARNINGJune 2024November 2024Allow510NoNo
18718348DYNAMIC AUTOCALIBRATION OF A VEHICLE CAMERA SYSTEM BEHIND A WINDSHIELDJune 2024June 2025Allow1200NoNo
18734678COMPOUNDING DEVICE SYSTEMJune 2024April 2025Allow1010NoNo
18674088SWIVEL SEARCH SYSTEMMay 2024December 2024Allow700NoNo
18669353HARVESTER WITH AUTOMATED TARGETING CAPABILITIESMay 2024June 2025Abandon1310NoNo
18669122BLINKLESS AND MARKERLESS BI-PHASE DISPLAY CALIBRATIONMay 2024April 2025Allow1110NoNo
18661478CONTINUOUSWAVE TIME OF FLIGHT SYSTEMMay 2024April 2025Allow1110NoNo
18658677PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION DEVICEMay 2024June 2025Allow1400NoNo
18652011PROJECTION DISPLAY DEVICE AND VIDEO CORRECTION METHODMay 2024June 2025Allow1300NoNo
18642940Hybrid Radio-Television ChannelApril 2024April 2025Allow1200NoNo
18640369SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATED OPTICAL ANALYTE MEASUREMENTS VIA WEARABLE SMART DEVICESApril 2024June 2025Allow1400NoNo
18640642VIDEO DEINTERLACER WITH INTRAFRAME AND INTERFRAME BLENDINGApril 2024March 2025Allow1110NoNo
18639464Topical Content SearchingApril 2024June 2025Allow1400YesNo
18638867IMAGING SYSTEM, IMAGING METHOD, CONTROL APPARATUS, COMPUTER PROGRAM AND RECORDING MEDIUMApril 2024February 2025Allow1010NoNo
18626813METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR RECOMMENDING CONTENT RESTRICTIONSApril 2024November 2024Allow800NoNo
18627222VIDEO PROCESSING DEVICE AND VIDEO PROCESSING SYSTEMApril 2024May 2025Abandon1310NoNo
18623481VIDEO TRANSMISSION DELAY MEASUREMENT METHOD AND DEVICE THEREOFApril 2024January 2025Allow1000NoNo
18623733Audio Video SynchronizationApril 2024May 2025Allow1310NoNo
18618249IMMERSIVE MEDIA DATA COMPLEXITY ANALYZER FOR TRANSFORMATION OF ASSET FORMATSMarch 2024January 2025Allow900NoNo
18614393SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MEDICAL IMAGINGMarch 2024May 2025Allow1410NoNo
18610443PROJECTORMarch 2024May 2025Allow1400NoNo
18608955SIMULTANEOUS PROVISION OF MULTIPLE HIGHLY RANKED MOVING IMAGESMarch 2024May 2025Allow1400NoNo
18692866CRIME PREVENTION SYSTEM AND CRIME PREVENTION METHODMarch 2024May 2025Allow1400NoNo
18603558DISPLAY DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFORMarch 2024May 2025Allow1420NoNo
18599778METHODS FOR DETERMINING IF TELEOPERATION SHOULD BE DISENGAGED BASED ON THE USER'S GAZEMarch 2024October 2024Allow700NoNo
18688819METHOD FOR ALIGNMENT OF OPTICAL COMPONENTS OF A PROJECTORMarch 2024May 2025Allow1400NoNo
18595343DARK PLACE JUDGMENT DEVICE, DARK PLACE JUDGMENT METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUMMarch 2024June 2025Allow1500NoNo
18587667IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, COMPUTER DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUMFebruary 2024February 2025Allow1200NoNo
18586686APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SLOW MOTION VIDEOFebruary 2024February 2025Allow1210NoNo
18583975IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUSFebruary 2024June 2025Allow1600NoNo
18581377DATA TRANSMISSION DEVICE AND DATA TRANSMISSION METHODFebruary 2024December 2024Allow1000NoNo
18581042Localized Window Contaminant DetectionFebruary 2024June 2025Allow1620YesNo
18443212APPARATUS, COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM, AND METHOD FOR CHANNEL CHANGE DETECTION-BASED SHORT CONTENT IDENTIFICATIONFebruary 2024November 2024Allow910NoNo
18441936COMPOUNDING DEVICE SYSTEMFebruary 2024February 2025Allow1210NoNo
18440131REMOTE STORAGE DIGITAL VIDEO RECORDER AND CONTENT DELIVERY NETWORK FUNCTIONALITY USING SHARED NETWORK BANDWIDTHFebruary 2024February 2025Allow1210NoNo
18439833UNIVERSAL CAMERA MOUNT ASSEMBLY FOR A MOTOR VEHICLEFebruary 2024April 2025Allow1400NoNo
18440313TELEVISION UPGRADEFebruary 2024May 2025Allow1510NoNo
18682922METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MONITORING THE STATE OF A COMPONENTFebruary 2024June 2025Allow1710NoNo
18436997REAL-TIME VIDEO COMMUNICATION INTERFACE WITH HAPTIC FEEDBACK RESPONSEFebruary 2024September 2024Allow700YesNo
18434304POINT- OF-CARE- COMPUTATIONAL MICROSCOPY BASED-SYSTEMS AND METHODSFebruary 2024October 2024Allow800NoNo
18293795APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DEPICTING A MONITORED STREAM OF DATA PACKETSJanuary 2024July 2025Allow1710NoNo
18428359DETERMINING WATCH TIME LOSS REGIONS IN MEDIA CONTENT ITEMSJanuary 2024September 2024Allow810NoNo
18429158IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUMJanuary 2024April 2025Allow1500NoNo
18425744VIDEO PROCESSING FOR EMBEDDED INFORMATION CARD LOCALIZATION AND CONTENT EXTRACTIONJanuary 2024February 2025Allow1210YesNo
18421355Secure Television Distribution Over Heterogeneous NetworksJanuary 2024April 2025Allow1400NoNo
18420976SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR SYNCHRONIZING DATA FROM ASYNCHRONOUS SOURCESJanuary 2024December 2024Allow1100NoNo
18421612VIDEO STREAMING SYSTEM PRELOADING OF VIDEO CONTENTJanuary 2024August 2024Allow700YesNo
18420124Altering Functionality Of A Video Conference ComponentJanuary 2024February 2025Allow1320YesNo
18418280IMAGE PROJECTOR WITH LASER SCANNING OVER SPATIAL LIGHT MODULATORJanuary 2024November 2024Allow1010NoNo
18417071METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR LIVE STREAMING RECOMMENDED CONTENTJanuary 2024September 2024Allow810NoNo
18411180DISPLAY DEVICE AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOFJanuary 2024March 2025Allow1400NoNo
18411326VEHICULAR VISION SYSTEM USING IMAGE DATA TRANSMISSION AND POWER SUPPLY VIA A COAXIAL CABLEJanuary 2024October 2024Allow910NoNo
18411985DYNAMIC TONE MAPPINGJanuary 2024November 2024Allow1010NoNo
18409186SMART REMOTE CONTROL FOR AUDIO RESPONSIVE MEDIA DEVICEJanuary 2024November 2024Allow1010NoNo
18406432PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION DEVICE, PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION SYSTEM, AND MOVING BODYJanuary 2024January 2025Allow1310NoNo
18405445ELECTRONIC DEVICE, METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIA FOR DISPLAYING OTHER VIDEO CORRESPONDING TO VIDEO DISPLAYED ON EXTERNAL ELECTRONIC DEVICEJanuary 2024April 2025Allow1500NoNo
18401745OPTICAL SENSOR HAVING OPAQUE LAYERJanuary 2024February 2025Allow1310NoNo
18575783ILLUMINATION FIELD NON-UNIFORMITY DETECTION SYSTEM, DETECTION METHOD, CORRECTION METHOD, AND DEVICEDecember 2023February 2025Allow1410NoNo
18574496A/V RECEPTION APPARATUS AND WIRELESS DISPLAY SYSTEMDecember 2023May 2025Allow1600NoNo
18398103METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CALIBRATING A CAMERA MOUNTED ON A VEHICLEDecember 2023April 2025Allow1600NoNo
18396486ANTENNA METER APPDecember 2023January 2025Allow1310NoNo
18394492PROOF OF PLAY FOR IMAGES DISPLAYED AT ELECTRONIC DISPLAYSDecember 2023April 2025Allow1630NoNo
18394932OPTIMIZING DRIVE SCHEMES FOR MULTIPLE PROJECTOR SYSTEMSDecember 2023June 2025Allow1820NoNo
18391951INTERIOR REARVIEW MIRROR ASSEMBLY WITH FULL SCREEN VIDEO DISPLAYDecember 2023January 2025Allow1310NoNo
18391974LIGHT CONDITIONING OF DIRECT VIEW DISPLAY FOR CINEMADecember 2023April 2025Allow1610YesNo
18389799PROJECTION APPARATUSDecember 2023January 2025Allow1300NoNo
18572643PATIENT SUPPORT APPARATUS SYSTEMS WITH TELEVISION DETECTIONDecember 2023December 2024Allow1200NoNo
18543026VEHICULAR VISION SYSTEMDecember 2023July 2024Allow700NoNo
18542446METHOD FOR REDUCING IMAGE ARTIFACTS IN A DISPLAY OF THE SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT OF A VEHICLE, COMPUTER PROGRAM, COMPUTING DEVICE, AND VEHICLEDecember 2023April 2025Allow1600NoNo
18541528Multi-Panel, Multi-Communication Video Wall and System and Method for Seamlessly Isolating One or More Panels for Individual User InteractionDecember 2023April 2025Allow1610NoNo
18538286DISPLAY DEVICE AND DISPLAY DEVICE CONTROL METHODDecember 2023January 2025Allow1300NoNo
18538874PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION DEVICEDecember 2023June 2025Allow1810NoNo
18535019ELECTRONIC DEVICE, METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIA FOR DISPLAYING MEDIA CONTENT BASED ON USER'S LOCATIONDecember 2023February 2025Allow1400NoNo
18568331INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND PROGRAMDecember 2023April 2025Allow1600NoNo
18533393SELECTIVE READING AND SKIPPING IN COLOUR FILTER ARRAYSDecember 2023March 2025Allow1600NoNo
18532937SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MATCHING AUDIO TO VIDEO PUNCHOUTDecember 2023November 2024Allow1210NoNo
18529955DYNAMIC DIGITAL OBJECT PLACEMENT IN VIDEO STREAMDecember 2023July 2024Allow700NoNo
18529983CAMERA WINCH CONTROL FOR DYNAMIC MONITORINGDecember 2023March 2025Allow1510NoNo
18527741SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FACILITATING VOICE INTERACTION WITH CONTENT RECEIVERSDecember 2023May 2025Allow1830YesNo
18528135DIFFRACTION-LIMITED OPTICAL TARGET SYSTEM WITH CONTINUOUSLY-VARIABLE VIRTUAL DISTANCEDecember 2023February 2024Allow200NoNo
18524316SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONFIGURING INPUT ELEMENTS OF A CONTROLLING DEVICENovember 2023September 2024Allow1010NoNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for art-unit 2422.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
167
Examiner Affirmed
104
(62.3%)
Examiner Reversed
63
(37.7%)
Reversal Percentile
73.5%
Higher than average

What This Means

With a 37.7% 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
518
Allowed After Appeal Filing
188
(36.3%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
330
(63.7%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
68.7%
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, 36.3% 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 2422 - Prosecution Statistics Summary

Executive Summary

Art Unit 2422 is part of Group 2420 in Technology Center 2400. This art unit has examined 10,338 patent applications in our dataset, with an overall allowance rate of 80.0%. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 23 months.

Comparative Analysis

Art Unit 2422's allowance rate of 80.0% places it in the 58% 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 2422 receive an average of 1.73 office actions before reaching final disposition (in the 41% percentile). The median prosecution time is 23 months (in the 82% 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 shorter 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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