USPTO Art Unit 2618 Prosecution Statistics

Art Unit Information

Art Unit: 2618
Group: 2610
Tech Center: 2600
Total Cases: 22,285
Last Active: November 2025

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
19395111SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RENDERING OPERATIVE GUIDANCE OVERLAYNovember 2025March 2026Allow400NoNo
18964232METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUXILIARY PLANNING FRACTURE REDUCTION PATH BASED ON AUGMENTED REALITY TECHNOLOGYNovember 2024November 2025Allow1100NoNo
18818277USING A VISUAL LANGUAGE MODEL AND A GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE MODEL TO EVALUATE AND CORRECT AN IMAGE OF A COLLECTION OF ITEMSAugust 2024March 2026Allow1800YesNo
18812428VECTORIZING DIGITAL IMAGES VIA IMAGE SEGMENTATION WITH GRADIENTSAugust 2024March 2026Allow1900NoNo
18730733IMAGE RENDERING METHOD, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUMJuly 2024February 2026Allow1900YesNo
18770027Systems and methods for recognising hand-drawn shapesJuly 2024January 2026Allow1830YesNo
18768282ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCER AND PARAMETRIC SPEAKER INCLUDING THE SAMEJuly 2024March 2026Allow2000NoNo
18763468RENDERING 3D CAPTIONS WITHIN REAL-WORLD ENVIRONMENTSJuly 2024June 2025Allow1110YesNo
18754831METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ENABLING EXPOSURE-GUIDED THREE-DIMENSIONAL RECONSTRUCTIONJune 2024March 2026Allow2000NoNo
18752350DEEP NEURAL NETWORK-BASED SYSTEM FOR DETECTION AND CLASSIFICATION OF CONSTRUCTION ELEMENTS IN CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING DRAWINGSJune 2024March 2026Allow2100NoNo
18751368VEHICLEJune 2024July 2025Allow1310YesNo
18748120HEAD-MOUNTED INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAY SYSTEMJune 2024June 2025Allow1210NoNo
18743666PATHOLOGICAL ANOMALY DETECTION IN DICOM IMAGES AND GENERATION OF A SUMMARY IMAGEJune 2024July 2025Allow1320NoNo
18732566Pickup and Drop-off Location Identification for Ridesharing and Delivery Via Augmented RealityJune 2024September 2025Abandon1620YesNo
18679323METHOD TO REGISTER FACIAL MARKERSMay 2024January 2026Allow2000YesNo
18673574ENTERTAINING MOBILE APPLICATION FOR ANIMATING A SINGLE IMAGE OF A HUMAN BODY AND APPLYING EFFECTSMay 2024October 2025Allow1710NoNo
18710837Hyper-Personalized Augmented ObjectsMay 2024January 2026Allow2000NoNo
18662337THREAD SCHEDULING OVER COMPUTE BLOCKS FOR POWER OPTIMIZATIONMay 2024March 2026Abandon2220NoNo
18658567CAPTURE AND DISPLAY OF POINT CLOUDS USING AUGMENTED REALITY DEVICEMay 2024November 2025Allow1800NoNo
18650583METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SELECTING A 3D OBJECT FOR DISPLAY IN AN EXTENDED REALITY ENVIRONMENTApril 2024June 2025Allow1410NoNo
18643549DYNAMIC SCALE FOR VECTOR GRAPHIC RENDERINGApril 2024March 2026Allow2310YesNo
18636760System and Method for Pre-Planning a ProcedureApril 2024August 2025Allow1610NoNo
18634533ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR OBTAINING IMAGE DATA RELATING TO HAND MOTION AND METHOD FOR OPERATING SAMEApril 2024November 2025Allow1900NoNo
18698835LCD Display Unit for Use in a Reflection Display System in a Motor Vehicle, and Reflection Display SystemApril 2024February 2026Allow2210NoNo
18623451AUGMENTED-REALITY SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GUIDED INSTALLATION OF MEDICAL DEVICESApril 2024November 2025Allow2000NoNo
18616919GLOBAL ILLUMINATION USING SHARED LIGHTING CONTRIBUTIONS FOR INTERACTIONS IN PATH TRACINGMarch 2024January 2026Allow2210NoNo
18613146METHOD AND IMAGE-PROCESSING DEVICE FOR DETECTING A REFLECTION OF AN IDENTIFIED OBJECT IN AN IMAGE FRAMEMarch 2024February 2026Allow2200NoNo
18611869CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND CONTENT MANAGEMENT METHODMarch 2024March 2026Allow2410YesNo
18612167Generation and Modification of Trait Based AvatarsMarch 2024February 2026Allow2310YesNo
18609101CROSS REALITY SYSTEM WITH MAP PROCESSING USING MULTI-RESOLUTION FRAME DESCRIPTORSMarch 2024October 2025Allow1920YesNo
18607842ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING CONTENTMarch 2024October 2025Allow1900NoNo
18606431IMAGE TRANSMISSION SYSTEM, IMAGE TRANSMISSION METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMMarch 2024February 2026Allow2310YesNo
18692158METHOD AND DEVICE FOR FACILITATING A PRIVACY-AWARE REPRESENTATION IN A SYSTEMMarch 2024February 2026Allow2310YesNo
18603966USER INTERFACE FOR ADJUSTING BOUNDING BOX DIMENSIONS IN CONTACTLESS MEASUREMENT DEVICEMarch 2024February 2026Allow2310NoNo
18599906Systems and methods for recognising hand-drawn shapesMarch 2024March 2026Allow2440NoNo
18599237BUFFERING A GRAPHICAL OVERLAY TO BE APPLIED TO AN IMAGEMarch 2024March 2026Allow2420NoNo
18590770ACCIDENT RE-CREATION USING AUGMENTED REALITYFebruary 2024June 2025Allow1520NoNo
18589098USING NEURAL RADIANCE FIELDS FOR LABEL EFFICIENT IMAGE PROCESSINGFebruary 2024December 2025Allow2110NoNo
18686587ROBUST FACIAL ANIMATION FROM VIDEO AND AUDIOFebruary 2024October 2025Allow1900YesNo
18587252IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD THEREOFFebruary 2024September 2025Allow1800NoNo
18585292SYSTEM FOR AND METHOD OF PROJECTING AUGMENTATION IMAGERY IN A HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAYFebruary 2024July 2024Allow510NoNo
18584864INTERACTION WITH A PROJECTED VIRTUAL CHARACTER USING TOUCH PANELFebruary 2024September 2024Allow700NoNo
18584537KERNEL OPTIMIZATION AND DELAYED EXECUTIONFebruary 2024June 2025Allow1620YesNo
18581698Systems and Methods for Motion-Controlled AnimationFebruary 2024January 2025Allow1110YesNo
18582311SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADAPTING EXECUTABLE OBJECT TO A PROCESSING UNITFebruary 2024September 2025Allow1930NoNo
18581251Display Tracking Systems and MethodsFebruary 2024March 2026Allow2540YesNo
18443335METHOD FOR ADJUSTING A SIZE OF A VIRTUAL SCENE COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF OBJECTSFebruary 2024September 2025Allow1900NoNo
18442998IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUMFebruary 2024December 2025Allow2220YesNo
18443092METHOD FOR MOVING AND ALIGNING 3D OBJECTS IN A PLANE WITHIN THE 2D ENVIRONMENTFebruary 2024October 2025Allow2010NoNo
18439182DISPLACEMENT-CENTRIC ACCELERATION FOR RAY TRACINGFebruary 2024December 2025Allow2310NoNo
18439585Animated Image File GenerationFebruary 2024March 2026Abandon2510NoNo
18436674METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ADAPTING A DIFFUSION MODELFebruary 2024December 2025Allow2210NoNo
18434319WAVE THROTTLING BASED ON A PARAMETER BUFFERFebruary 2024January 2026Allow2330YesNo
18433616Apparatus and Methods for Eye Tracking Based on Eye Imaging Via Light-Guide Optical ElementFebruary 2024September 2024Allow800NoNo
18432828APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING IMAGES UNTO LED PANELSFebruary 2024August 2025Allow1910NoNo
18293314OVERLAY ADAPTATION FOR VISUAL DISCRIMINATIONJanuary 2024January 2026Allow2410NoNo
18424699SOFTWARE VSYNC FILTERINGJanuary 2024September 2024Allow800NoNo
18292099DATA COMPRESSION EQUIPMENT, DATA COMPRESSION METHODS, AND PROGRAMSJanuary 2024October 2025Allow2110NoNo
18422504Controlling Hallucinations in Generated ImagesJanuary 2024January 2026Allow2410YesNo
18422692TEXT-GUIDED IMAGE EDITING BY LEARNING GUIDANCE SCALES VIA REINFORCEMENT LEARNINGJanuary 2024January 2026Allow2410YesNo
18421528CAMERA MAPPING IN A VIRTUAL EXPERIENCEJanuary 2024January 2026Allow2310NoNo
18419985POSITION DETECTION SYSTEM AND TOUCH SENSORJanuary 2024August 2024Allow700NoNo
18417548SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HIGH-QUALITY RENDERINGS OF SYNTHETIC VIEWS OF CUSTOM PRODUCTSJanuary 2024January 2026Allow2410NoNo
18412251Systems, Methods, and Graphical User Interfaces for Adding Effects in Augmented Reality EnvironmentsJanuary 2024June 2025Allow1720YesNo
18406945ATTENTION REDIRECTION WITHIN AR/XR IMMERSIVE ENVIRONMENTSJanuary 2024September 2024Allow800NoNo
18402689SMART DEVICE FOR REDUCING SOUND LEAKAGE, METHOD, AND SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER DEVICEJanuary 2024February 2026Allow2510NoNo
18401095IMAGE GENERATING DEVICE, SHIP INFORMATION DISPLAYING METHOD AND A NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUMDecember 2023November 2025Allow2210NoNo
18395828DISPLAY SUBSTRATE AND DISPLAY DEVICEDecember 2023July 2024Allow700NoNo
18395195SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OPERATING A DISPLAY SYSTEM BASED ON USER PERCEPTIBILITYDecember 2023October 2025Allow2220YesNo
18394062MESH SEGMENTATIONDecember 2023March 2026Allow2720YesNo
18391816METHOD FOR EDITING THREE-DIMENSIONAL VOLUMETRIC DATADecember 2023August 2025Allow2000NoNo
18393581OBJECT PROCESSING METHOD HAVING CUSTOMIZATION OPTIONS AND APPARATUS THEREOFDecember 2023June 2024Allow610NoNo
18572340METHOD, APPARATUS, DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR IMAGE GENERATIONDecember 2023January 2026Allow2510NoNo
18389791MULTI-LAYER DISPLAY MODULEDecember 2023September 2024Allow900NoNo
18545576CONTENT ITEM VIDEO GENERATION TEMPLATEDecember 2023February 2026Allow2610YesNo
18539662METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING AUGMENTED REALITY OBJECT BASED ON IDENTIFICATION CODEDecember 2023February 2026Abandon2610NoNo
18537388Hardware Acceleration for Motion Blur with Ray TracingDecember 2023June 2025Allow1800NoNo
18535992LOSSLESS REMOVAL OF REDUNDANT CONTROL POINTS OR SEGMENTSDecember 2023December 2025Allow2510YesNo
18533705OFFLOADING SLAM PROCESSING TO A REMOTE DEVICEDecember 2023January 2026Allow2510NoNo
18534214TOUCH SENSOR DEVICE AND DISPLAY DEVICE WITH A TOUCH SENSORDecember 2023September 2024Allow1010NoNo
18531931Display Panel, Display Device, Input/Output Device, and Data Processing DeviceDecember 2023July 2024Allow800NoNo
18532801THREE-DIMENSIONAL VOLUMETRIC SCENE COMPLETION FOR MULTI-CAMERA SYSTEMSDecember 2023February 2026Allow2620YesNo
18567655TOUCH-SENSITIVE APPARATUS AND METHODDecember 2023September 2024Allow900NoNo
18526855GENERATING TILE-ABLE PATTERNS FROM TEXTDecember 2023December 2025Allow2410YesNo
18527183INTEGRATION CACHE FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) RECONSTRUCTIONDecember 2023December 2025Allow2510YesNo
18527058Single image deblurring method via horizontal and vertical decomposition and network system thereforDecember 2023February 2026Allow2620YesNo
18523942DISPLAY PANELS AND DRIVING METHODS THEREOFNovember 2023August 2024Allow900NoNo
18519317SYSTEM AND METHOD OF MODULATING ANIMATION CURVESNovember 2023November 2025Allow2410YesNo
18519997OBJECT SYNCHRONIZATION APPARATUS AND METHODNovember 2023August 2025Allow2100NoNo
18563997RAY TRACING CHANNEL MODELING METHOD FOR RECONFIGURABLE INTELLIGENT SURFACE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONNovember 2023October 2025Allow2200YesNo
18562756HYBRID CLOUD AND LOCAL RENDERINGNovember 2023March 2026Allow2720YesNo
18513071MULTI-ATTRIBUTE INVERSION FOR TEXT-TO-IMAGE SYNTHESISNovember 2023November 2025Allow2410YesNo
18511778INTERACTING WITH AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE THROUGH PHYSICAL MOVEMENTNovember 2023September 2024Allow1000NoNo
18511516DIGITAL WINDOW STICKERNovember 2023October 2024Allow1110NoNo
18511230IMAGE INPAINTING USING LOCAL CONTENT PRESERVATIONNovember 2023March 2026Allow2820YesNo
18510098CONTROLLER CONFIGURED TO GENERATE DISPLAY AREA INFORMATION AND DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAMENovember 2023September 2024Allow1000NoNo
18510109CONTROLLER CONFIGURED TO GENERATE DISPLAY AREA INFORMATION AND DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAMENovember 2023August 2024Allow900NoNo
18508809INTER PREDICTION FOR PREDICTIVE GEOMETRY CODINGNovember 2023March 2026Allow2810NoNo
18388976SYSTEM FOR AND METHOD OF PROJECTING AUGMENTATION IMAGERY IN A HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAYNovember 2023February 2024Allow310NoNo
18506952OPTICAL SYSTEM FOR A VIRTUAL RETINA DISPLAY AND A GESTURE DETECTION OF A USER OF THE VIRTUAL RETINA DISPLAYNovember 2023August 2024Allow900NoNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for art-unit 2618.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
298
Examiner Affirmed
214
(71.8%)
Examiner Reversed
84
(28.2%)
Reversal Percentile
27.5%
Lower than average

What This Means

With a 28.2% 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
1663
Allowed After Appeal Filing
456
(27.4%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
1207
(72.6%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
24.4%
Lower 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, 27.4% of applications that filed an appeal were subsequently allowed. This appeal filing benefit rate is in the bottom 25% across the USPTO, indicating that filing appeals is less effective here than in most other areas.

Strategic Recommendations

⚠ Appeals to PTAB face challenges. Ensure your case has strong merit before committing to full Board review.

⚠ Filing a Notice of Appeal shows limited benefit. Consider other strategies like interviews or amendments before appealing.

Art Unit 2618 - Prosecution Statistics Summary

Executive Summary

Art Unit 2618 is part of Group 2610 in Technology Center 2600. This art unit has examined 22,285 patent applications in our dataset, with an overall allowance rate of 73.3%. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 39 months.

Comparative Analysis

Art Unit 2618's allowance rate of 73.3% places it in the 40% 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 2618 receive an average of 1.97 office actions before reaching final disposition (in the 56% percentile). The median prosecution time is 39 months (in the 17% 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 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.

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.