USPTO Art Unit 2496 Prosecution Statistics

Art Unit Information

Art Unit: 2496
Group: 2490
Tech Center: 2400
Total Cases: 2,851
Last Active: August 2025

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
19303307SYSTEM FOR BI-DIRECTIONAL MESSAGE SCORING USING FEATURE EXTRACTION, CONTEXTUAL REFINEMENT, AND SYNTHESISAugust 2025October 2025Allow200NoNo
19181210RESYNCHRONIZING ENCRYPTED NETWORK TRAFFICApril 2025October 2025Allow610NoNo
19108933METHOD OF UTILIZING PHYSICAL OBJECTS IN A BLOCKCHAINMarch 2025January 2026Allow1010YesNo
18983922METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING NETWORK ASSISTANCE SECURITY ESTABLISHMENT IN UE-TO-UE RELAY IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMDecember 2024March 2025Allow300NoNo
18842708MUTABLE DIGITAL ASSET STORAGE UNITS FOR VERIFYING OTHER STORAGE UNITS IN A DECENTRALISED PEER-TO-PEER STORAGE NETWORKAugust 2024January 2026Allow1610NoNo
18727367EMBEDDED DEVICE AND DISPLAY SYSTEMJuly 2024September 2025Allow1500NoNo
18764792METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND DEVICES FOR VERIFYING A LOCATION OF A COMMUNICATION DEVICEJuly 2024February 2025Allow700YesNo
18757419SECURE, ROBUST, AND EFFICIENT BLOCKCHAIN MANAGEMENT USING LARGE CODEWORD MODELSJune 2024July 2025Allow1330YesNo
18752226Systems and methods for probability-based inline rule inspectionJune 2024January 2026Allow1910NoNo
18752532PROTECTING NON-HTTP AND TCP/UDP APPLICATIONS IN A ZTNA/WEBVPN ENVIRONMENTJune 2024February 2025Allow800YesNo
18750725METHOD AND A SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING AN ENCRYPTED FILE TO AN AUTHORIZED ENTITYJune 2024April 2025Allow1010NoNo
18748821ACCESS CONTROL LISTS RULES REDUCTIONJune 2024June 2025Allow1210YesNo
18747969Identification of Command Injection AttacksJune 2024June 2025Allow1210YesNo
18680661SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AKMA APPLICATION KEYS FOR ROAMING MOBILE DEVICESMay 2024March 2026Allow2220NoNo
18676116AUTHENTICATION APPARATUS AND IMAGE-FORMING APPARATUSMay 2024October 2025Allow1600YesNo
18672251SECRETS MANAGER WITH EPHEMERAL TOKEN AND MULTI-USE TOKENMay 2024February 2026Allow2110YesNo
18673003DATA ENCRYPTION FOR DATA TRANSFERS BETWEEN SEMICONDUCTOR DIES USING A KEYSTREAM GENERATORMay 2024March 2026Allow2210NoNo
18673057SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ANALYZING VULNERABILITY IN SOFTWARE INSTALLED ON IOT DEVICEMay 2024November 2024Allow610NoNo
18673066SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ANLAYZING VULNERABILITY IN IOT DEVICES THROUGH PREPROCESSING IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION OF CONTAMINATION PATHSMay 2024January 2026Allow2010NoNo
18673062SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ANALYZING CONTAMINATION PATHS TO ANALYZE VULNERABILITIES IN IOT DEVICESMay 2024January 2026Allow2010NoNo
18671799SECURITY AND CONTROL PLATFORM FOR INTERCEPTING, INSPECTING, AND SELECTIVELY ALLOWING INTERACTION WITH THIRD PARTY ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SERVICE PROVIDERSMay 2024March 2026Abandon2210NoNo
18661534ENHANCED SECURITY FEATURES FOR CONTROLLING ACCESS TO SHARED CONTENT AND PRIVATE CONTENT OF A SHARED DOCUMENTMay 2024March 2025Allow1000YesNo
18655735SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING AN EXECUTION WEBPAGE WITH DYNAMICALLY UPDATED CUSTOMIZED OPTIONSMay 2024January 2025Allow810YesNo
18656449FULL PATH INTEGRITY CORRECTION IN A RECONFIGURABLE INTELLIGENT SURFACE BASED ON COMPROMISED PATH DETECTIONMay 2024December 2025Allow1910NoNo
18635566DECISION TREE DATA STRUCTURE BASED PROCESSING SYSTEMApril 2024October 2025Allow1820YesNo
18630322SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ACTIONS DEPENDING ON MULTIPLE VALIDATIONSApril 2024March 2025Allow1120YesNo
18612618TECHNIQUES FOR AGGREGATING MITIGATION ACTIONSMarch 2024May 2024Allow200YesNo
18611178METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING COMPROMISED HOSTMarch 2024January 2026Allow2210NoNo
18611383USING A BLOCKCHAIN TO DETERMINE TRUSTWORTHINESS OF MESSAGES BETWEEN VEHICLES OVER A TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORKMarch 2024December 2025Abandon2020YesNo
18602359TECHNIQUES FOR SECURELY EXECUTING ATTESTED CODE IN A COLLABORATIVE ENVIRONMENTMarch 2024November 2025Allow2010NoNo
18590041PROXY AUTONOMOUS PROTOCOL FOR BLOCKCHAIN ACCESS CONTROLFebruary 2024June 2025Allow1520NoNo
18687532METHOD FOR IMPLEMENTING AND USING CRYPTOGRAPHIC MATERIAL IN AT LEAST ONE SYSTEM COMPONENT OF AN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMFebruary 2024August 2025Allow1700NoNo
18582138SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MERGING SKETCHES VIA KEY OBFUSCATION AND APPLICATIONS THEREOFFebruary 2024February 2026Allow2420NoNo
18442457CRYPTOGRAPHIC DATA PROCESSING USING A DMA ENGINEFebruary 2024April 2025Allow1410NoNo
18443232COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED DECISION MAKING SYSTEM AND METHODFebruary 2024February 2025Allow1210NoNo
18439138SYSTEM TO MANAGE PRIVACY PREFERENCESFebruary 2024March 2026Allow2520YesNo
18438017SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PHYSICAL ASSET VERIFICATIONFebruary 2024February 2026Abandon2410NoNo
18421779SECURED POSITION AWARE CONTINUOUS AUTHENTICATION MESH NETWORKJanuary 2024November 2025Allow2210YesNo
18418082MOBILE USER IDENTITY AND/OR SIM-BASED IOT IDENTITY AND APPLICATION IDENTITY BASED SECURITY ENFORCEMENT IN SERVICE PROVIDER NETWORKSJanuary 2024March 2025Allow1410YesNo
18579848SECURITY AUTHENTICATION METHOD, SYSTEM AND DEVICE FOR IOV COMMUNICATION BASED ON NATIONAL CRYPTOGRAPHIC ALGORITHMJanuary 2024June 2025Allow1700NoNo
18413650METHOD FOR MANAGING DATA ACCORDING TO ONE OR MORE PRIVACY PROTECTION RULESJanuary 2024June 2025Allow1700NoNo
18412344METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR NOISE INJECTION FOR PUF GENERATOR CHARACTERIZATIONJanuary 2024September 2024Allow800YesNo
18578345VEHICLE-TO-X-BASED DATA PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND VEHICLE-TO-X-BASED CERTIFICATE APPLICATION METHOD AND APPARATUSJanuary 2024July 2025Allow1800NoNo
18405804MOBILE DEVICE INTERFACEJanuary 2024June 2025Allow1810NoNo
18404058CHECKPOINT IDENTITY VERIFICATION USING MOBILE IDENTIFICATION CREDENTIALJanuary 2024October 2024Allow900YesNo
18403436SLICE-BASED SECURITY PROTOCOL SELECTION FOR INTERNET PROTOCOL MULTIMEDIA SUBSYSTEM (IMS)January 2024October 2025Allow2110NoNo
18575811BLOCKCHAIN CONSENSUS METHOD, APPARATUS, AND DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUMDecember 2023October 2024Allow1010YesNo
18400919METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING PROVISIONING DATA FOR AN INSTALLED ELECTRONIC DEVICEDecember 2023July 2025Allow1800NoNo
18544742FAST PRE-SORTED SECURITY LOGGING FOR OPEN-RADIO ACCESS NETWORKS (O-RANS)December 2023August 2025Allow2000NoNo
18545459SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ROUTING-BASED INTERNET SECURITYDecember 2023October 2025Allow2220NoNo
18543902AUTOMATIC SIGN-IN UPON ACCOUNT SIGNUPDecember 2023December 2024Allow1210NoNo
18540108METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR FRAUD CONTAINMENTDecember 2023July 2024Allow700YesNo
18540242METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROTECTING SENSITIVE USER PLANE TRAFFICDecember 2023October 2024Allow1010NoNo
18537619DYNAMICALLY APPLIED PROCESSES FOR MITIGATING ADVERSARIAL JAMMING ATTACK EVENTSDecember 2023October 2025Allow2210YesNo
18535512SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PRIVACY-AWARE INTER-CHANNEL COMMUNICATION BETWEEN A BUSINESS ENTITY AND A PERSONDecember 2023August 2025Allow2000NoNo
18533531ID-BASED CONTROL UNIT-KEY FOB PAIRINGDecember 2023March 2026Abandon2710NoNo
18530553METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SECURE AGGREGATION PROTOCOL FOR PROTECTING PRIVACY OF INDIVIDUAL DATA SETSDecember 2023June 2025Allow1800NoNo
18529558Issuing Delegate Credentials for Accessing Target ResourcesDecember 2023March 2026Allow2710YesNo
18527493CROSS-CHAIN RESOURCE TRANSFER USING RESOURCE TRANSFER CERTIFICATEDecember 2023August 2025Allow2000NoNo
18528172APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR VALIDATING DATADecember 2023July 2025Allow1900NoNo
18527167WIRELESS CHANNEL POWER PROFILE FALSE BASE STATION DETECTIONDecember 2023August 2024Allow900NoNo
18525698SECURE EXCHANGE OF CRYPTOGRAPHICALLY SIGNED RECORDSNovember 2023July 2024Allow800YesNo
18524741COMBINED REAL-TIME AND BATCH THREAT DETECTIONNovember 2023August 2025Allow2110YesNo
18520806User Device Agent Event Detection and RecoveryNovember 2023June 2024Allow600YesNo
18563875WIRELESS INTRUSION PREVENTION SYSTEM USING OUI AND MACNovember 2023September 2025Allow2210NoNo
18517130A SYSTEM THAT MANAGES ACCESS POINT MULTI-LINK DEVICE WITH MULTIPLE STATIONSNovember 2023May 2025Allow1810YesNo
18518003SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CREATING FINGERPRINTS OF ENCRYPTION DEVICESNovember 2023August 2024Allow900NoNo
18514698IDENTITY BREACH NOTIFICATION AND REMEDIATIONNovember 2023January 2026Allow2620YesNo
18513923TOKENIZING SENSITIVE DATANovember 2023August 2025Allow2130NoNo
18513539SYSTEM AND METHODS DIRECTED TO SIDE-CHANNEL POWER RESISTANCE FOR ENCRYPTION ALGORITHMS USING DYNAMIC PARTIAL RECONFIGURATIONNovember 2023March 2026Abandon2830NoNo
18510462SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENCRYPTED MULTIFACTOR AUTHENTICATION USING IMAGING DEVICES AND IMAGE ENHANCEMENTNovember 2023October 2025Allow2310YesNo
18510331DETERMINING ANOMALOUS TOOL INVOCATIONS BY APPLICATIONS USING LARGE GENERATIVE MODELSNovember 2023June 2025Allow1900NoNo
18510023CRYPTOGRAPHIC PROCESSNovember 2023July 2025Allow2010YesNo
18508865NATIVE APPLICATION INTEGRATION IN DATA SYSTEMNovember 2023October 2025Allow2310NoNo
18560668DETECTING AND MITIGATING BLUETOOTH BASED ATTACKSNovember 2023October 2025Allow2401NoNo
18507282SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VIRTUAL PERSONAL WI-FI NETWORKNovember 2023August 2024Allow900YesNo
18389026Methods and Systems for Efficient Encrypted SNI Filtering for Cybersecurity ApplicationsNovember 2023November 2024Allow1210NoNo
18389175METHOD FOR SECURELY COMMUNICATING EMAIL CONTENT BETWEEN A SENDER AND A RECIPIENTNovember 2023May 2025Allow1820NoNo
18388818PROCESSING A CONTINGENT ACTION TOKEN SECURELYNovember 2023August 2025Allow2210NoNo
18504995Detecting and Responding to Malicious Acts Directed Towards Machine Learning ModelsNovember 2023January 2024Allow300YesNo
18558317Network Supported AuthenticationOctober 2023November 2025Allow2410NoNo
18494287SECURITY LIFECYCLE MANAGEMENT OF DEVICES IN A COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKOctober 2023August 2024Allow1010NoNo
18492314System for Improving Data SecurityOctober 2023February 2025Allow1620NoNo
18491593METHOD FOR AGGREGATING SECURITY ALERTS TO REDUCE ALERT FATIGUE AND TO HELP ALERT TRIAGINGOctober 2023November 2025Abandon2510NoNo
18491643SECURE ZERO TOUCH PROVISIONING OF NETWORK DEVICES USING BLUETOOTH APPLICATIONOctober 2023January 2026Allow2720YesNo
18555227MAGNETIC PORT COVERS FOR COMPUTING DEVICESOctober 2023February 2026Abandon2810NoNo
18379328CIPHERTEXT CONVERSION SYSTEM, CONVERSION KEY GENERATION METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUMOctober 2023November 2025Allow2520YesNo
18376630SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ACCELERATED REMEDIATIONS OF CYBERSECURITY ALERTS AND CYBERSECURITY EVENTS IN A CYBERSECURITY EVENT DETECTION AND RESPONSE PLATFORMOctober 2023November 2023Allow200YesNo
18479475WIRELESS DATA SERVICE USING CONTENT-ADDRESSINGOctober 2023May 2025Allow1900NoNo
18375851HIGHLY SCALABLE PERMISSIONED BLOCK CHAINSOctober 2023October 2025Abandon2420YesNo
18477711COMMUNICATION DEVICE, AND A TERMINAL DEVICE FOR ESTABLISHING A WI-FI CONNECTION WITH A TARGET ACCESS POINTSeptember 2023October 2025Allow2510YesNo
18033065DISTRIBUTED MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND MANAGEMENT METHOD FOR SMART CARD MANAGEMENT APPARATUSESSeptember 2023October 2025Allow3001NoNo
18552877SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF PROTECTING SECRETS IN USE WITH CONTAINERIZED APPLICATIONSSeptember 2023December 2025Allow2610YesNo
18373465METHODS FOR GENERATING AN ACTION BASED ON TLS PARAMETERS AND DEVICES THEREOFSeptember 2023February 2026Allow2920NoNo
18551861CONFIGURATION METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TERMINAL DEVICE, AND COMMUNICATION DEVICESeptember 2023September 2025Allow2401NoNo
18470518AUTHENTICATING DEVICES VIA TOKENS AND VERIFICATION COMPUTING DEVICESSeptember 2023July 2024Allow1000YesNo
18282690MULTI-FINGER SENSORSeptember 2023November 2025Abandon2610NoNo
18368997OPPORTUNISTIC RELAY AMONG MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICESSeptember 2023April 2025Allow1900NoNo
18369070VIRTUALIZING SECURE VAULT OF DATA PROCESSING UNIT FOR SECURE HARDWARE SECURITY MODULE FOR HOSTSSeptember 2023October 2025Allow2510NoNo
18550665REGISTRATION AUTHENTICATION BASED ON A TYPE OF AUTHENTICATION PROCEDURE AND A CAPABILITYSeptember 2023February 2026Allow2920YesNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for art-unit 2496.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
60
Examiner Affirmed
45
(75.0%)
Examiner Reversed
15
(25.0%)
Reversal Percentile
15.6%
Lower than average

What This Means

With a 25.0% 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
194
Allowed After Appeal Filing
66
(34.0%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
128
(66.0%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
58.8%
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, 34.0% 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 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 2496 - Prosecution Statistics Summary

Executive Summary

Art Unit 2496 is part of Group 2490 in Technology Center 2400. This art unit has examined 2,851 patent applications in our dataset, with an overall allowance rate of 79.7%. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 31 months.

Comparative Analysis

Art Unit 2496's allowance rate of 79.7% places it in the 61% 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 2496 receive an average of 2.13 office actions before reaching final disposition (in the 69% 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 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.

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.