USPTO Art Unit 2455 Prosecution Statistics

Art Unit Information

Art Unit: 2455
Group: 2450
Tech Center: 2400
Total Cases: 7,463
Last Active: June 2025

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
19226438DETERMINING NETWORK TOPOLOGYJune 2025March 2026Allow920NoNo
19114553Network Configuration Method And ApparatusMarch 2025September 2025Allow610NoNo
19080574SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADAPTIVE GENERIC RECEIVE OFFLOADMarch 2025October 2025Allow710YesNo
19079214SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADAPTIVE GENERIC RECEIVE OFFLOADMarch 2025July 2025Allow510NoNo
19058836SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CYBERSECURITY ALERT DEDUPLICATION, GROUPING, AND PRIORITIZATIONFebruary 2025January 2026Allow1120NoNo
19029240COMMISSIONING AND CONTROLLING LOAD CONTROL DEVICESJanuary 2025October 2025Allow900NoNo
18989505METHOD OF MANAGING MESSAGESDecember 2024June 2025Allow610YesNo
18964834Correlating Compromised Home Internet of Things Devices With Distributed Denial of Service AttacksDecember 2024March 2026Allow1510NoNo
18946876CLIENT APPLICATION FOR DYNAMIC CONTEXTUAL ROUTING TO ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE MODELSNovember 2024March 2025Allow400NoNo
18929223METHODS, SYSTEMS, APPARATUSES, AND DEVICES FOR FACILITATING MANAGING BUDGETS FOR CLOUD ACCOUNTSOctober 2024July 2025Allow910NoNo
18925852SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VIEWING-SESSION CONTINUITYOctober 2024January 2026Allow1520NoNo
18917410CYBER ATTRIBUTION OF SOFTWARE CONTAINERSOctober 2024April 2025Allow610YesNo
18910557METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR AUTOMATIC INSTALLATION OF SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS FOR ONLINE STORESOctober 2024August 2025Allow1010YesNo
18895603CONFIGURATION AND OPERATIONAL NETWORK OBSERVABILITY USING SLIDING WINDOW FOR APPEND-ONLY TELEMETRY LOGSeptember 2024January 2026Allow1610YesNo
18849595Method and System for Granting Access Rights to Control Applications of an Industrial Automation SystemSeptember 2024May 2025Allow810NoNo
18883470SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ELECTRONIC MESSAGE DATA ANALYSIS AND NEUTRALIZATION VIA MACHINE LEARNINGSeptember 2024March 2026Allow1810NoNo
18827858SPLIT INFERENCE METHOD AND APPARATUSSeptember 2024February 2026Allow1700NoNo
18815107SYSTEM AND METHOD OF MANAGING AN ONLINE COMMUNICATION GROUPAugust 2024July 2025Allow1020NoNo
18814132NETWORK ARCHITECTURE, CORRESPONDING VEHICLE AND METHODAugust 2024March 2026Allow1910NoNo
18812934WORKLOAD ELASTICITYAugust 2024February 2026Allow1700YesNo
18806352SYSTEM, METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM OF DISTRIBUTED EDGE COMPUTING FOR COOPERATIVE AUGMENTED REALITY WITH MOBILE SENSING CAPABILITYAugust 2024November 2025Allow1500NoNo
18806441SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ANOMALY DETECTION IN TIME SERIES DATA USING DYNAMIC PAIRINGAugust 2024November 2025Allow1500NoNo
18795005NETWORK SEGMENTATION IN MULTI-SITE COMPUTER NETWORKSAugust 2024November 2025Allow1600NoNo
18789190Variable Buffer Size in Communication NetworksJuly 2024October 2025Allow1540NoNo
18785974ELECTRONIC CONFERENCE SUPPORT SYSTEM, ELECTRONIC CONFERENCE SUPPORT METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUMJuly 2024March 2026Allow1910YesNo
18783333RESOURCE PREHEATING METHOD, SYSTEM, APPARATUS AND MEDIUM BASED ON CONTENT DELIVERY NETWORKJuly 2024January 2025Allow610YesNo
18778966Quality-of-Service (QoS)-Based Dynamic Bandwidth Allocation Methods and Systems for Cable and Optical Data NetworksJuly 2024October 2025Allow1500NoNo
18776865TRAFFIC-BASED DATA COMPRESSIONJuly 2024February 2026Allow1910YesNo
18771967Packet Routing in Disaggregated Scheduled FabricsJuly 2024January 2026Allow1810YesNo
18770473INTEGRATION FRAMEWORK AND USER INTERFACE FOR EMBEDDING TRANSFER SERVICES INTO APPLICATIONSJuly 2024September 2025Allow1410YesNo
18770079INTERNET TRAFFIC DETECTING AND PRIORITIZINGJuly 2024February 2026Allow1910YesNo
18768509SYSTEM AND A METHOD FOR MULTISESSION ANALYSIJuly 2024January 2026Abandon1850NoNo
18767064Network Congestion Control Method and Related ApparatusJuly 2024November 2025Allow1600YesNo
18764067Graph Embeddings for Drift IdentificationJuly 2024October 2025Allow1600NoNo
18725279VIRTUAL CONFERENCE MEETING SERVER COMPUTING USER RELEVANCE SCORES BASED ON CONTENT OF MEDIA STREAMS FROM AI AGENT MONITORED MEETINGSJune 2024March 2026Allow2010YesNo
18758568METHOD FOR SHARING A RECORDING STATUS INSIDE A MISSION CRITICAL VIDEO GROUP CALLJune 2024January 2026Allow1910NoNo
18754882Access Object Authentication Method and Apparatus, and SystemJune 2024March 2026Allow2010NoNo
18753497INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUMJune 2024January 2026Allow1910NoNo
18723089INTELLIGENT SEAL MOLD DEVICE HAVING MULTIFUNCTIONAL AREAS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING IMAGE OF SEAL MOLD HAVING MULTIFUNCTIONAL AREASJune 2024September 2025Allow1500YesNo
18749345System and Method for Asynchronous User-Centric Context-Based Shared Viewing of MultimediaJune 2024April 2025Allow1010NoNo
18744266SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUSES FOR CAPTIONS DATA CONVERSIONJune 2024February 2026Allow2010NoNo
18720480TECHNIQUES FOR TRACING OPERATIONS IN A NETWORKJune 2024February 2026Allow2010NoNo
18743113METHOD TO PREVENT DATA THEFT FROM A STORAGE DEVICEJune 2024March 2026Allow2110YesNo
18741253SOFTWARE ENGINE VIRTUALIZATION AND DYNAMIC RESOURCE AND TASK DISTRIBUTION ACROSS EDGE AND CLOUDJune 2024April 2025Allow1010NoNo
18739520Uplink Control Multiplexing of a PUCCH RepetitionJune 2024May 2025Allow1110YesNo
18740153RELATIONSHIP QUALITY EVALUATION AND REPORTING SYSTEM AND METHODJune 2024July 2025Allow1310NoNo
18738075System and Method for Improving Internet Communication by Using Intermediate NodesJune 2024October 2025Allow1610NoNo
18737475AUTONOMOUS KEY MANAGEMENT FOR DATA, DIGITAL AND COMPUTATIVE DEVICES AND METHOD THEREFORJune 2024October 2025Allow1600YesNo
18735045SMART NETWORK SWITCHING SYSTEMS AND RELATED METHODSJune 2024May 2025Allow1110NoNo
18731658LOCAL CONTROLLER FOR LOCAL API AUTHORIZATION METHOD AND APPARATUSJune 2024April 2025Allow1110NoNo
18732409WEBTIER AS A SERVICEJune 2024April 2025Allow1110YesNo
18680616SERVICE DELIVERY WITH JOINT NETWORK AND CLOUD RESOURCE MANAGEMENTMay 2024February 2025Allow900YesNo
18680714USER PRESENCE INDICATION DATA MANAGEMENTMay 2024September 2024Allow400YesNo
18678089Cloud-Based File Integrity MonitoringMay 2024March 2026Allow2110YesNo
18714170DETERMINISTIC FLOW TRANSMISSION METHODS AND SYSTEMS, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICESMay 2024August 2025Allow1400NoNo
18714521METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR EDGE ENABLER CLIENT (EEC) TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO APPLICATION CLIENT (AC)May 2024February 2026Allow2110YesNo
18677759FILTERING BROADCAST PACKETS IN DISTRIBUTED COMMUNICATION SYSTEMSMay 2024February 2026Allow2110YesNo
18677720SOFTWARE DEFINED ACCESS FABRIC WITHOUT SUBNET RESTRICTION TO A VIRTUAL NETWORKMay 2024August 2024Allow310NoNo
18675918Engagement Analysis Between Groups Of ParticipantsMay 2024August 2025Allow1520YesNo
18675004SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTHENTICATING INTERACTIONS WITH DYNAMICALLY VARYING DIGITAL RESOURCES LINKED TO RESOURCE DISTRIBUTION DEVICESMay 2024May 2025Allow1110NoNo
18674257SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATED INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICES MANAGEMENTMay 2024January 2026Allow1910YesNo
18674419MAINTAINING A MESSAGE THREAD WITH OPT-IN PERMANENCE FOR ENTRIESMay 2024September 2024Allow400YesNo
18672211PROGRAMMABLE MODEL-DRIVEN LICENSE MANAGEMENT AND ENFORCEMENT IN A MULTI-TENANT SYSTEMMay 2024March 2025Allow1010YesNo
18671590Method for Resolving Delivery Path UnavailabilityMay 2024February 2025Allow900YesNo
18670117ENDPOINT-LEVEL SLA EVALUATION IN MANAGED NETWORKSMay 2024March 2026Allow2110NoNo
18670513ROUTING APPLICATION CONTROL AND DATA-PLANE TRAFFIC IN SUPPORT OF CLOUD-NATIVE APPLICATIONSMay 2024May 2025Allow1220YesNo
18666998BIO-MESH NETWORK LEVERAGING NATURAL SELECTION OPTIMIZATION FOR INTELLIGENT AUTO-HEALINGMay 2024March 2025Allow1010NoNo
18666412METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING COMMUNICATION INQUIRIESMay 2024January 2025Allow800YesNo
18666424Methods, Systems, and Devices for an Evaluation PlatformMay 2024December 2025Allow1910YesNo
18666601INTELLIGENT EDGE COMPUTING PLATFORM WITH MACHINE LEARNING CAPABILITYMay 2024April 2025Allow1120YesNo
18665304COMMISSIONING DEVICES TO PROCESS AUTOMATION SYSTEMS USING PORTABLE SETUP DEVICESMay 2024June 2025Allow1310NoNo
18663965LAYERED NETWORKMay 2024December 2025Allow1920NoNo
18663920ASSURANCE OF USER BEHAVIORAL PATTERNS IN SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS WITH QUASI-SUPERVISED CLUSTERINGMay 2024October 2025Allow1700NoNo
18662904COOPERATIVE COMMUNICATION METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEMMay 2024December 2025Allow1920NoNo
18659937SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRIORITY-AWARE NETWORK FUNCTION RESTORATION IN A WIRELESS NETWORKMay 2024October 2025Allow1710NoNo
18659380TIMING DETERMINATION APAPRATUSMay 2024October 2025Allow1710YesNo
18708778ADAPTABLE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM FOR A VESSELMay 2024January 2026Allow2010NoNo
18659880TOW AND EMERGENCY ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE LOCATING AND TRACKING MOBILE APPLICATIONMay 2024October 2025Allow1700YesNo
18658018BLOCKCHAIN-BASED DATA PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUSMay 2024March 2026Allow2210YesNo
18657347METHODS, SYSTEMS, APPARATUSES, AND DEVICES FOR FACILITATING MANAGING BUDGETS FOR CLOUD ACCOUNTSMay 2024October 2024Allow510YesNo
18656939SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATICALLY IDENTIFYING SPAM IN SOCIAL MEDIA COMMENTS BASED ON CONTEXTMay 2024July 2025Allow1420YesNo
18656305MULTICAST DATA STREAM WITH IMPROVED USER EXPERIENCEMay 2024January 2026Allow2010YesNo
18656207SENSITIVE INFORMATION PROTECTION DURING SCREEN SHARING ON REMOTE DESKTOPSMay 2024March 2026Allow2210YesNo
18656258METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SHARING VEHICLE LOCATION THROUGH MOBILE TEXT MESSAGE PARSINGMay 2024March 2026Allow2220NoNo
18655291METADATA EXTRACTION BASED ON RESOURCE ATTRIBUTES AND USER-DEFINED POLICY AND TOPOLOGYMay 2024April 2025Allow1110NoNo
18655296WATER HEATER WITH WIRELESS COMMUNICATION PARTMay 2024January 2026Allow2000NoNo
18652785INTENT PREDICTION FOR DIALOGUE GENERATIONMay 2024September 2025Allow1730YesNo
18652349CONSENSUS METHOD, COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICEMay 2024February 2026Allow2210YesNo
18650869MANAGEMENT DEVICE AND SLAVE DEVICE IN NETWORK SYSTEM AND METHOD PERFORMED BY THE SAMEApril 2024September 2025Allow1630NoNo
18651237METHODS, SYSTEMS, APPARATUSES, AND DEVICES FOR FACILITATING MANAGING CLOUD STORAGE FOR OPERATIONSApril 2024September 2024Allow410NoNo
18649854DEVICE DISCOVERY FOR SOCIAL PLAYBACKApril 2024December 2024Allow800NoNo
18649704911 Outage Detection And Notification System For A Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP)April 2024September 2025Allow1700NoNo
18705339DATA COLLECTION POLICY MANAGEMENT FOR VEHICLE SENSOR DATAApril 2024March 2026Allow2210YesNo
18647893Managing Resource Constraints In A Cloud EnvironmentApril 2024September 2025Allow1700NoNo
18646169System and Method for Improving Internet Communication by Using Intermediate NodesApril 2024March 2025Allow1110NoNo
18646211System and Method for Improving Internet Communication by Using Intermediate NodesApril 2024May 2025Allow1310NoNo
18646153System and Method for Improving Internet Communication by Using Intermediate NodesApril 2024July 2025Allow1510NoNo
18646190System and Method for Improving Internet Communication by Using Intermediate NodesApril 2024August 2025Allow1510NoNo
18704314DETECTION APPARATUS, DETECTION METHOD, AND DETECTION PROGRAMApril 2024February 2026Allow2110YesNo
18644225Methods to Determine a Unique Audience for Internet-based Media Subject to Aggregate- and Event-Level Privacy ProtectionApril 2024October 2025Allow1700NoNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for art-unit 2455.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
220
Examiner Affirmed
159
(72.3%)
Examiner Reversed
61
(27.7%)
Reversal Percentile
25.5%
Lower than average

What This Means

With a 27.7% 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
808
Allowed After Appeal Filing
304
(37.6%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
504
(62.4%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
78.9%
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, 37.6% 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 2455 - Prosecution Statistics Summary

Executive Summary

Art Unit 2455 is part of Group 2450 in Technology Center 2400. This art unit has examined 7,463 patent applications in our dataset, with an overall allowance rate of 76.1%. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 36 months.

Comparative Analysis

Art Unit 2455's allowance rate of 76.1% places it in the 49% 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 2455 receive an average of 2.33 office actions before reaching final disposition (in the 79% percentile). The median prosecution time is 36 months (in the 27% 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.

Limitation of Liability: Under no circumstances will IronCrow AI be liable for any outcome, decision, or action resulting from your reliance on the statistics, analysis, or recommendations presented in this report. Past prosecution patterns do not guarantee future results.

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.