USPTO Art Unit 2457 Prosecution Statistics

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
19369537Distributed Command Execution In Multi-Location Studio EnvironmentsOctober 2025January 2026Allow310NoNo
19250446Distributed Command Execution In Multi-Location Studio EnvironmentsJune 2025September 2025Allow310NoNo
19228195SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING NETWORK IDENTIFIERS IN DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING SYSTEMSJune 2025August 2025Allow300NoNo
19218295SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SERVER BASED CONTROLMay 2025January 2026Allow710NoNo
19132746PEER-TO-PEER MODULAR AUTOMATION SCHEMEMay 2025February 2026Allow900NoNo
19201954SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SERVER BASED CONTROLMay 2025July 2025Allow210NoNo
19201951SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SERVER BASED CONTROLMay 2025July 2025Allow200NoNo
19115850FILE-SHARING METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUMMarch 2025June 2025Allow300NoNo
19085065DOMAIN NAME RESOLUTION, METHOD, SYSTEM, APPARATUS, DEVICE AND MEDIUM FOR EDGE COMPUTINGMarch 2025September 2025Allow610NoNo
19064807Distributed Command Execution in Multi-Location Studio EnvironmentsFebruary 2025May 2025Allow210NoNo
19056257OPEN APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACE SPECIFICATION BASED APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACE PROXYFebruary 2025May 2025Allow210NoNo
19056385OPEN APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACE SPECIFICATION BASED APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACE PROXYFebruary 2025April 2025Allow210NoNo
19049583TECHNOLOGIES FOR ENABLING RULE ENGINES TO GUIDE USERS IN COMPLETING TRANSACTIONS BASED ON PAYLOADSFebruary 2025May 2025Allow400YesNo
19041818SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISCOVERING AND CONTROLLING ELECTRONIC DEVICESJanuary 2025August 2025Allow710YesNo
19008514SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATICALLY SUMMARIZING ACTIONS PERFORMED ON AN ELECTRONIC DEVICEJanuary 2025January 2026Abandon1320NoNo
19006208PROGRAMMABLE SWITCHING DEVICE FOR NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURESDecember 2024December 2025Allow1120YesNo
18999165MESSAGING CLIENT, DATA BROKER AND METHODSDecember 2024July 2025Allow710YesNo
18960035DISTRIBUTED COMMAND EXECUTION IN MULTI-LOCATION STUDIO ENVIRONMENTSNovember 2024January 2025Allow210NoNo
18938996MULTI-PARTY COLLABORATION METHODS AND SYSTEMSNovember 2024March 2025Allow400YesNo
18862889METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING FEDERATED LEARNING IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMNovember 2024February 2026Allow1600YesNo
18918521THIRD-PARTY ACCESS-CONTROL SUPPORT USING ROLE HISTORY ANALYSISOctober 2024March 2026Allow1700NoNo
18918566Techniques For Supporting Communication Between Different Browsing ContextsOctober 2024March 2025Allow510YesNo
18916694METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND STORAGE MEDIA FOR INFORMATION SERVICE OF INDUSTRIAL INTERNET OF THINGS (IIOT) BASED ON CLOUD PLATFORMSOctober 2024March 2025Allow500NoNo
18909072NAT ROUTE DISTRIBUTION BASED ON TAG INFORMATION IN AN SDWAN OVERLAY NETWORKOctober 2024March 2026Allow1710NoNo
18905065SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REAL-TIME REPOSITORY MANAGEMENT FOR UNIVERSAL SERVICE DEPLOYMENTOctober 2024February 2026Allow1600YesNo
18896714Automatic Speculation Configuration ManagementSeptember 2024August 2025Allow1120NoYes
18889453DATA MODIFICATION DETECTIONSeptember 2024December 2025Allow1500NoNo
18887467VIRTUAL REALITY HEADSET AUDIO SYNCHRONISATION SYSTEMSeptember 2024January 2026Allow1600NoNo
18886410SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENHANCED WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN ANALYTE SENSOR SYSTEMS AND DISPLAY DEVICESSeptember 2024February 2026Allow1700NoNo
18886399DATA PROCESSING METHOD AND RELATED APPARATUSSeptember 2024March 2026Allow1800NoNo
18886040COMPUTER SYSTEM, VIRTUAL SPACE CONTROL SYSTEM, AND VIRTUAL SPACE CONTROL METHODSeptember 2024March 2026Allow1800NoNo
18884719SELF-DESCRIBING PROTOCOL TRANSLATION DEVICESeptember 2024February 2026Allow1710YesNo
18847047Upgrading Legacy Devices to MatterSeptember 2024February 2026Allow1700NoNo
18882979Egress and private router detection in Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPV6)September 2024February 2026Allow1700NoNo
18882954Time-Based Server Management System for Networked EndpointsSeptember 2024November 2024Allow200YesNo
18882888Time-Based Server Management System for Networked EndpointsSeptember 2024November 2024Allow200YesNo
18830560METHOD AND INTERNET OF THINGS (IOT) SYSTEM FOR MANAGING GAS DATASeptember 2024October 2025Allow1300YesNo
18828403SUPPLEMENTAL DNAT FOR COMMUNICATION WITHIN OVERLAPPING IP ADDRESS SPACE IN A PRIVATE NETWORKSeptember 2024December 2025Allow1500NoNo
18827594AI AGENT INTERFACES AND CONTROLS FOR EMAIL AND OTHER ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONSSeptember 2024January 2026Allow1600NoNo
18844501PERFORMANCE ISSUE MONITORINGSeptember 2024December 2025Allow1600NoNo
18824054OPEN APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACE SPECIFICATION BASED APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACE PROXYSeptember 2024December 2024Allow300NoNo
18823346Containers-Based Forensics for Persistent and Stateless ContainersSeptember 2024January 2026Allow1610NoNo
18818730SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DATA TRANSFER, INCLUDING PROTOCOLS FOR USE IN DATA TRANSFER IN A CONTENT MANAGEMENT ENVIRONMENTAugust 2024March 2026Allow1910NoNo
18819101PROGRAMMABLE SWITCHING DEVICE FOR NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURESAugust 2024November 2024Allow200YesNo
18810631Controlling Access to a Motor VehicleAugust 2024January 2026Allow1700YesNo
18809089USER INTERFACES FOR CLOUD LIFECYCLE MANAGEMENTAugust 2024January 2026Allow1710NoNo
18808229SECURITY FRAMEWORK FOR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SYSTEMSAugust 2024October 2025Allow1400NoNo
18805776SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUGMENTED AND VIRTUAL REALITYAugust 2024March 2026Allow1910NoNo
18805804SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMPUTING INFRASTRUCTURE AND OPERATIONAL RESTORAL THROUGH AUTOMATED DEPENDENCY MAPPINGAugust 2024October 2025Allow1400NoNo
18796714IMPROVED CONGESTION NOTIFICATIONSAugust 2024October 2025Allow1400NoNo
18795768SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DECENTRALIZED DETECTION OF SOFTWARE PLATFORMS OPERATING ON WEBSITE PAGESAugust 2024February 2026Allow1910NoNo
18793140MEASURING AND ENFORCING API USAGE IN A MULTI-TENANT COMPUTING ENVIRONMENTAugust 2024February 2026Allow1801NoNo
18790611HARDWARE BASED EVALUATION OF UNFORMATTED DATAJuly 2024February 2026Allow1810NoNo
18787470DYNAMIC MODEL-BASED ACCESS RIGHT PREDICTIONSJuly 2024March 2026Allow1900NoNo
18787145DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MERGING DATA FRAMES FOR VEHICLE NETWORK SYSTEM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING INSTRUCTIONS TO PERFORM METHOD FOR MERGING DATA FRAMESJuly 2024March 2026Allow1900NoNo
18787107DISTRIBUTED COMMAND EXECUTION IN MULTI-LOCATION STUDIO ENVIRONMENTSJuly 2024October 2024Allow310NoNo
18785228Image Sharing Method and Electronic DeviceJuly 2024November 2025Allow1600YesNo
18781248USING AUTOMATIC HOMOMORPHIC ENCRYPTION IN A MULTI-CLOUD ENVIRONMENT TO SUPPORT TRANSLYTICAL DATA COMPUTATION USING AN ELASTIC HYBRID MEMORY CUBEJuly 2024January 2026Allow1800NoNo
18777096SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATED VERIFICATION AND RECONFIGURATION OF DISCONNECTED NETWORK DEVICESJuly 2024March 2025Allow810NoNo
18777229SERVICE-AWARE QUANTIZATION OF EXTENDED-REALITY HAPTIC CONTROL INFORMATIONJuly 2024January 2026Allow1800NoNo
18777212DYNAMIC COMPRESSION OF EXTENDED-REALITY HAPTIC TRAFFICJuly 2024January 2026Allow1800NoNo
18729676ITERATIVE INITIALIZATION OF MACHINE-LEARNING AGENT PARAMETERS IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKJuly 2024November 2025Allow1600NoNo
18774009WIRELESS TRANSMIT/RECEIVE UNIT (WTRU) DRIVEN EDGE SERVICE DISCOVERY AND SELECTIONJuly 2024January 2025Allow610YesNo
18774158FACILITATING INTER-SYSTEM DATA TRANSFER WITH SERIALIZED DATA OBJECTSJuly 2024May 2025Allow1010NoNo
18774865DETECTING AN ALGORITHMIC ATTACK AGAINST A HOSTED AI SYSTEM BASED ON INPUTS AND OUTPUTS OF THE HOSTED AI SYSTEMJuly 2024March 2025Allow800NoNo
18772494SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PERSON IDENTIFICATION USING WIRELESS SIGNALSJuly 2024January 2026Allow1810NoNo
18769872SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING CYBERSECURITY BY GENERATING ACTIVITY REPORTS USING MACHINE-LEARNING MODELSJuly 2024September 2024Allow200NoNo
18767303TRACKED VEHICLE, MONITORING AND/OR CONTROL AND/OR MANAGEMENT SYSTEM OF TRACKED VEHICLE AND RELATED METHODJuly 2024February 2026Allow1900YesNo
18766922Dynamic Cloud Resource Allocation Using Machine LearningJuly 2024February 2026Allow1900NoNo
18763638LEVERAGING OUT-OF-BAND COMMUNICATION CHANNELS BETWEEN PROCESS AUTOMATION NODESJuly 2024June 2025Allow1210YesNo
18760746INSERTING AND REPLACING PLACEHOLDERS IN RESOURCE CODEJuly 2024May 2025Allow3810NoNo
18759269MULTIMEDIA CONTENT PUSHING METHOD AND APPARATUS, COMPUTER DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUMJune 2024October 2025Allow1500YesNo
18758936INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUMJune 2024February 2026Allow1910YesNo
18759162Leveraging Question and Answer Pair Extraction from Linked Documents to Improve Permissions-Aware Automated ResponsesJune 2024March 2025Allow900NoNo
18756592SECURE ACCESS SERVICE EDGE FOR MOBILE NETWORKSJune 2024March 2026Allow2010YesNo
18725102COMMUNICATION METHOD AND RELATED COMPONENTSJune 2024November 2024Allow500NoNo
18756910SEGMENT LADDER TRANSITIONING IN ADAPTIVE STREAMINGJune 2024October 2025Allow1610NoNo
18755152AGGREGATED DATA LINK FLOW CONTROLJune 2024February 2026Allow1900NoNo
18753793METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR FAST ACCOUNT SETUPJune 2024November 2025Allow1720YesNo
18723544METHODS, EDGE COMPUTING CONTROL NODE, EDGE COMPUTING ASSISTANT NODE AND EDGE COMPUTING TERMINAL DEVICE FOR HANDLING INFORMATION IN A COMMUNICATION NETWORKJune 2024January 2026Allow1910YesNo
18750873Network Address ResolutionJune 2024November 2025Allow1620YesNo
18750452NFV INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEM BASED ON EXTENDED CONTAINER INFRASTRUCTUREJune 2024November 2025Allow1700NoNo
18750553DEVICE TASKS ON A CONTEXT-AWARE DEVICE CHARGERJune 2024March 2026Allow2010NoNo
18748183RISK MITIGATION IN SERVICE LEVEL AGREEMENTSJune 2024March 2025Allow910YesNo
18748326SOCIAL PRODUCT PROMOTIONJune 2024October 2025Allow1620NoNo
18748390METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING INTEROPERABILITY ARCHITECTURE FOR CROSS-PLATFORM METAVERSEJune 2024October 2025Allow1600NoNo
18721545Handling Discovery Requests in a NetworkJune 2024February 2026Allow2000YesNo
18745873METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DATA PROCESSING BASED ON A CLOUD DOCUMENT COMPONENTJune 2024December 2024Allow610NoNo
18744331MULTI REQUEST ASYNCHRONOUS DELEGATION FOR ENHANCED PERFORMANCEJune 2024May 2025Allow1110NoNo
18743476Combined Cryptographic Key Management Services for Access Control and Proof of SpaceJune 2024January 2025Allow700NoNo
18744034CONFIGURATION OF COMPUTING DEVICES BASED ON GEOGRAPHIC PATTERN DETECTIONJune 2024February 2026Allow2010NoNo
18742943FILE SHARING USING SMBJune 2024February 2026Allow2010NoNo
18742613COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND SYSTEMJune 2024May 2025Allow1110NoNo
18742132DEVICE CONFIGURATION PARAMETER DETERMINATIONJune 2024September 2025Allow1510YesNo
18717795METHOD TO SUBDIVIDE, DISTRIBUTE AND STORE DATA ASSOCIATED WITH A SUBJECT IN A PLURALITY OF DISTRIBUTED MEMORIES OF A TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK AND RELATED ELECTRONIC SYSTEM FOR THE SUBDIVISION, DISTRIBUTION AND STORAGE OF THE DATAJune 2024August 2025Allow1400YesNo
18717994METHOD FOR ALLOCATING GROUP ID FOR GROUP TRANSMISSION OF PFCP SESSION CONTEXTS, AND APPARATUS THEREFORJune 2024October 2025Allow1600NoNo
18736191SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SCHEDULING TRANSITORY DATA TRANSMISSIONS IN AN INTERACTIVE ENVIRONMENTJune 2024October 2025Allow1600NoNo
18734890DISCOVERING COMPUTING ENTITIES COMMUNICATING WITH A NETWORK COMMUNICATION PROTOCOLJune 2024May 2025Allow1110YesNo
18733239ADJUSTING ATTRIBUTES FOR AN ON-DEMAND SERVICE SYSTEM BASED ON REAL-TIME INFORMATIONJune 2024March 2026Allow2110NoNo
18733602METHOD, DEVICE, AND PRODUCT FOR DATA TRANSMISSIONJune 2024December 2025Allow1900YesNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for art-unit 2457.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
322
Examiner Affirmed
204
(63.4%)
Examiner Reversed
118
(36.6%)
Reversal Percentile
68.9%
Higher than average

What This Means

With a 36.6% 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
1182
Allowed After Appeal Filing
426
(36.0%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
756
(64.0%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
70.4%
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, 36.0% 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 2457 - Prosecution Statistics Summary

Executive Summary

Art Unit 2457 is part of Group 2450 in Technology Center 2400. This art unit has examined 12,001 patent applications in our dataset, with an overall allowance rate of 80.9%. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 31 months.

Comparative Analysis

Art Unit 2457's allowance rate of 80.9% places it in the 66% 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 2457 receive an average of 2.20 office actions before reaching final disposition (in the 73% percentile). The median prosecution time is 31 months (in the 50% 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 more 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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