USPTO Art Unit 2637 Prosecution Statistics

Art Unit Information

Art Unit: 2637
Group: 2630
Tech Center: 2600
Total Cases: 8,588
Last Active: January 2025

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18994566CONTROL METHOD OF HIGH GAIN IMAGE SENSORJanuary 2025June 2025Allow500YesNo
18956245OPTICAL ELEMENT DRIVING DEVICENovember 2024January 2025Allow200NoNo
18858729TEST SYSTEMOctober 2024February 2025Allow400NoNo
18892973RECORDER WITH ADJUSTABLE FRONT LENSSeptember 2024April 2025Allow610NoNo
18787256IMAGE SENSOR EMPLOYING AVALANCHE DIODE AND SHARED OUTPUT CIRCUITJuly 2024April 2025Allow800NoNo
18777230DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR RECORDING AND READING AUGMENTED REALITY CONTENTJuly 2024October 2024Allow310YesNo
18762876High-speed CMOS pixel detectorJuly 2024October 2024Allow300NoNo
18756310PHOTOGRAPHING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND DEVICE, STORAGE MEDIUM AND PROGRAM PRODUCTJune 2024January 2025Allow710NoNo
18747498ANALOG OPERATION CIRCUIT FOR PROCESSING PIXEL DATA IN ANALOG PHASEJune 2024March 2025Allow910NoNo
18746094MOTION SENSOR OUTPUTTING DIFFERENT IMAGE FORMAT AND MOTION DETECTION SYSTEM USING THE SAMEJune 2024May 2025Allow1110NoNo
18745705IMAGE SENSOR WITH IMAGE RECEIVER AND AUTOMATIC IMAGE SWITCHINGJune 2024February 2025Allow800NoNo
18742377SOLID-STATE IMAGING ELEMENT, IMAGING DEVICE, AND CONTROL METHOD OF SOLID-STATE IMAGING ELEMENTJune 2024May 2025Allow1110NoNo
18738715IMAGE SENSOR FOR IMPROVED OPTICAL IMAGINGJune 2024January 2025Allow700NoNo
18734215LENS MOUNT CALIBRATION MECHANISM FOR LARGE CAMERAJune 2024March 2025Allow900NoNo
18677949IMAGE SENSOR WITH CONTROLLED SPAD AVALANCHEMay 2024December 2024Allow700NoNo
18673334SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR MANAGING IMAGE CAPTURING ILLUMINATION FOR A MOBILE DEVICEMay 2024June 2025Allow1210NoNo
18671131CAMERA MODULE AND OPTICAL DEVICE INCLUDING SAMEMay 2024July 2025Allow1310YesNo
18665914HYPER CAMERA WITH SHARED MIRRORMay 2024March 2025Allow1010YesNo
18663069Tabletop Panorama Photographic PlatformMay 2024September 2024Allow410NoNo
18709524DYNAMIC VISION SENSOR COLOR CAMERAMay 2024July 2024Allow300NoNo
18644869CAMERA ACTUATOR AND CAMERA MODULE COMPRISING SAMEApril 2024March 2025Allow1100NoNo
18645215SURVEILLANCE CAMERAApril 2024April 2025Allow1210NoNo
18636669CAMERA MODULE AND OPTICAL DEVICEApril 2024March 2025Allow1110NoNo
18631370SOLID-STATE IMAGING ELEMENT AND VIDEO RECORDING APPARATUSApril 2024June 2025Allow1410NoNo
18699933PHOTOSITE CIRCUIT USING SWITCHED OPERATIONAL PHASESApril 2024August 2024Allow400NoNo
18630848DIGITAL CAMERA WITH PRINTERApril 2024February 2025Allow1000NoNo
18615297GENERATE SUPER-RESOLUTION IMAGES FROM SPARSE COLOR INFORMATIONMarch 2024February 2025Allow1010NoNo
18610749WAVEFRONT CORRECTION SYSTEM BASED ON RUN OPTIMIZATION ALGORITHMMarch 2024May 2024Allow200NoNo
18610293AMBIENT LIGHT DETECTION AND HYPERLAPSE VIDEO GENERATIONMarch 2024March 2025Allow1210YesNo
18598501ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH CAMERA AND METHOD THEREOFMarch 2024February 2025Allow1110YesNo
18591980METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING OCCLUSION WITHIN A CAMERA FIELD OF VIEWFebruary 2024September 2024Allow700YesNo
18440814Dispatch-Based Responder Camera ActivationFebruary 2024September 2024Allow700NoNo
18438928METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CORRECTING BLUR IN ALL OR PART OF A DIGITAL VIDEOFebruary 2024September 2024Allow700YesNo
18437345CURVED CANTILEVER DESIGN TO REDUCE STRESS IN MEMS ACTUATORFebruary 2024August 2024Allow600NoNo
18434151IDENTIFYING A VIDEO CAMERA FOR AN OBJECTFebruary 2024December 2024Allow1010YesNo
18433593PROCESSOR OF IMAGING APPARATUS, IMAGING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD OF IMAGING APPARATUS, AND CONTROL PROGRAM OF IMAGING APPARATUSFebruary 2024August 2024Allow700YesNo
18432083IMAGE SENSING DEVICE WHICH OUTPUTS PLURAL CLOCK SIGNALS THROUGH RESPECTIVE PLURAL OUTPUT TERMINALSFebruary 2024April 2025Allow1420NoNo
18432889PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION DEVICE AND PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION SYSTEMFebruary 2024March 2025Allow1310NoNo
18432944CONTROLLING A TWO-DIMENSIONAL MIRROR GIMBAL FOR PURPOSES OF IRIS SCANNINGFebruary 2024August 2024Allow700YesNo
18292506AN IMAGE SENSING SYSTEMJanuary 2024June 2025Allow1700NoNo
18422142RING LAMP SUPPORT FOR SHOOTING DEVICEJanuary 2024December 2024Allow1020NoNo
18422082CAMERA MODULEJanuary 2024August 2024Allow700YesNo
18416674DISPLAY DEVICE CONFIGURED AS AN ILLUMINATION SOURCEJanuary 2024November 2024Allow1010NoNo
18415993PIXEL ARRAY INCLUDING DARK PIXEL SENSORSJanuary 2024April 2025Allow1520YesNo
18416392IMAGE SENSOR AND IMAGE-CAPTURING DEVICE INCLUDING ADJUSTMENT UNIT FOR REDUCING CAPACITANCEJanuary 2024August 2024Allow700NoNo
18414266IMAGE SIGNAL PROCESSING PIPELINES FOR HIGH DYNAMIC RANGE SENSORSJanuary 2024December 2024Allow1110NoNo
18413647Methods and Systems for Presenting Image Content to a Subject in a Deformable Electronic DeviceJanuary 2024November 2024Allow1010YesNo
18413646IMAGING SYSTEM AND MOVING BODY PROVIDED WITH SAMEJanuary 2024June 2025Allow1700NoNo
18412914Wide Field of View Five Element Lens SystemJanuary 2024September 2024Allow800NoNo
18408797DRIVING METHOD OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICEJanuary 2024May 2025Allow1620NoNo
18408616OPTICAL SENSOR WITH SHARING TRANSISTORS IN ADJACENT PIXELSJanuary 2024September 2024Allow910NoNo
18404763MEDIA CAPTURE AND MERCHANDISE PRODUCTION SYSTEM AND METHODJanuary 2024March 2025Abandon1510NoNo
18402192SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CORRECTING RADIAL COLOR DISTORTION IN AN IMAGE CAPTURED BY AN IMAGE SENSOR THROUGH A TRANSFLECTIVE COATINGJanuary 2024June 2025Allow1800NoNo
18398918METHOD, CONTROL APPARATUS AND CONTROL SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING AN IMAGE CAPTURE OF MOVABLE DEVICEDecember 2023February 2025Allow1420YesNo
18398150COUNTER, ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTER, AND METHOD FOR READING OUT IMAGE SIGNALSDecember 2023June 2025Allow1700NoNo
18394687APPARATUS AND METHOD OF ACQUIRING IMAGE BY EMPLOYING COLOR SEPARATION LENS ARRAYDecember 2023September 2024Allow900YesNo
18394861ADAPTIVE DATA SELECTION FOR DCG / DAGDecember 2023May 2025Allow1700NoNo
18395396ANAMORPHIC PHOTOGRAPHY AND SQUEEZE RATIOS FOR DIGITAL IMAGERSDecember 2023August 2024Allow800YesNo
18392833FLARE COMPENSATIONDecember 2023June 2025Allow1800NoNo
18393135METHOD AND APPARATUS TO EFFICIENTLY READ SUPER-BINNED ARRAY OUT FROM SENSOR OF HIGHER RESOLUTIONDecember 2023June 2025Allow1800NoNo
18390809VIDEO SHOOTING METHOD AND APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUMDecember 2023December 2024Allow1210NoNo
18541787LENS DRIVING DEVICE, AND CAMERA MODULE AND OPTICAL DEVICE INCLUDING SAMEDecember 2023August 2024Allow800NoNo
18570713SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICEDecember 2023June 2025Allow1800NoNo
18541324DIFFERENTIAL COMPARATOR CIRCUITDecember 2023May 2025Allow1700NoNo
18539952GLOBAL TONE MAPPINGDecember 2023December 2024Allow1210NoNo
18540381EVENT SENSOR PIXEL WITH SENSITIVITY AND DYNAMIC RANGE OPTIMIZATIONDecember 2023May 2025Allow1700YesNo
18539310IMAGING SUPPORT DEVICE THAT PERFORMS REGISTRATION CONTROL FOR SETTING A DETECTED SUBJECT IMAGE POSITION, IMAGING SUPPORT SYSTEM, IMAGING SYSTEM, IMAGING SUPPORT METHOD, AND PROGRAMDecember 2023October 2024Allow1110NoNo
18539291IMAGING ELEMENT, IMAGING APPARATUS, OPERATION METHOD OF IMAGING ELEMENT, AND PROGRAMDecember 2023April 2025Allow1610NoNo
18530363Pixel Collection Circuit and Image SensorDecember 2023June 2025Allow1800NoNo
18520781ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOFNovember 2023April 2025Allow1630NoNo
18521098LENS ASSEMBLY AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE COMPRISING SAMENovember 2023May 2025Allow1800NoNo
18518649IMAGING MODULE, CAMERA AND ELECTRONIC DEVICENovember 2023May 2025Allow1800NoNo
18518572TEMPORAL RECONSTRUCTION USING RAW IMAGE DATA AND PREVIOUS IMAGESNovember 2023May 2025Allow1800NoNo
18518216MULTI-MODE SENSOR ASSEMBLY FOR LIGHT DETECTIONNovember 2023May 2025Allow1800NoNo
18516655BUFFERED VIDEO RECORDINGNovember 2023May 2025Allow1800NoNo
18389329IMAGE PICKUP UNIT AND ENDOSCOPE APPLYING THE SAMENovember 2023May 2025Allow1800NoNo
18504828IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE AND METHOD OF TRACKING SUBJECT THEREOFNovember 2023December 2024Allow1310NoNo
18503407RING LAMP SUPPORT FOR SHOOTING TERMINALNovember 2023June 2025Allow2040NoNo
18502916ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOFNovember 2023February 2025Allow1510NoNo
18387150IMAGE SENSORNovember 2023April 2025Allow1720NoNo
18502980SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING DEPTH INFORMATION FROM LOW-RESOLUTION IMAGESNovember 2023May 2025Allow1810YesNo
18500141IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGE CAPTURE APPARATUSNovember 2023May 2025Allow1900NoNo
18497638IMAGING DEVICEOctober 2023March 2025Allow1710NoNo
18557685INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAMOctober 2023May 2025Allow1800YesNo
18495076IMAGING APPARATUS AND IMAGING METHOD, CAMERA MODULE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS CAPABLE OF DETECTING A FAILURE IN A STRUCTURE IN WHICH SUBSTRATES ARE STACKEDOctober 2023November 2024Allow1210NoNo
18384143CAMERA BODY FOR RECEIVING FIRST AND SECOND IMAGE PLANE TRANSFER COEFFICIENTSOctober 2023December 2024Abandon1410NoNo
18494592IMAGE SENSING PIXEL CONFIGURATIONS FOR REDUCED SENSOR NOISEOctober 2023January 2025Allow1520YesNo
18383852METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SIGNAL SAMPLING USING SPATIAL DISPERSION AND PHOTONICS ASSISTANCEOctober 2023May 2025Allow1800NoNo
18383399IMAGE SENSOR WITH IMAGE RECEIVER AND AUTOMATIC IMAGE SWITCHINGOctober 2023May 2024Allow700NoNo
18493408RECORDING DEVICE, IMAGE-CAPTURING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND RECORDING SYSTEMOctober 2023April 2025Allow1800YesNo
18382868METHOD AND SYSTEM OF ADAPTABLY DETECTING DIRT, OCCLUSION AND SMUDGE ON CAMERA LENS AND IMAGE SENSOROctober 2023June 2025Allow2010NoNo
18381697MULTIPLEXED MULTI-VIEW SCANNING AERIAL CAMERASOctober 2023April 2024Allow600NoNo
18381244IMAGE SENSOR AND IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEMOctober 2023April 2025Allow1800YesNo
18488444Acoustic Eavesdropping Using A Smartphone CameraOctober 2023June 2025Allow2010YesNo
18486464Camera Time-Based Motion Trails And Motion Heat-Maps For Periodic Captured ImagesOctober 2023April 2025Allow1800NoNo
18554342IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC DEVICEOctober 2023June 2025Allow2100NoNo
18481066Video Monitoring Using a Hierarchical Combination of Camera SensorsOctober 2023August 2024Allow1010YesNo
18376280METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING ARRAY IMAGEOctober 2023April 2025Allow1900NoNo
18376126IMAGING DEVICE PERFORMING ENLARGMENT PROCESSING BASED ON SPECIFIED AREA OF OBJECT IMAGE, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND METHOD OF DISPLAYING OBJECT IMAGEOctober 2023April 2024Allow700YesNo
18479264IMAGING ELEMENT, IMAGING APPARATUS, OPERATION METHOD OF IMAGING ELEMENT, AND PROGRAMOctober 2023August 2024Allow1010NoNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for art-unit 2637.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
97
Examiner Affirmed
69
(71.1%)
Examiner Reversed
28
(28.9%)
Reversal Percentile
31.3%
Lower than average

What This Means

With a 28.9% 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
244
Allowed After Appeal Filing
71
(29.1%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
173
(70.9%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
29.3%
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, 29.1% of applications that filed an appeal were subsequently allowed. This appeal filing benefit rate is below the USPTO average, suggesting that filing an appeal has limited effectiveness in prompting favorable 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 shows limited benefit. Consider other strategies like interviews or amendments before appealing.

Art Unit 2637 - Prosecution Statistics Summary

Executive Summary

Art Unit 2637 is part of Group 2630 in Technology Center 2600. This art unit has examined 8,588 patent applications in our dataset, with an overall allowance rate of 89.3%. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 20 months.

Comparative Analysis

Art Unit 2637's allowance rate of 89.3% places it in the 89% percentile among all USPTO art units. This art unit has a significantly higher allowance rate than most art units at the USPTO.

Prosecution Patterns

Applications in Art Unit 2637 receive an average of 1.30 office actions before reaching final disposition (in the 12% percentile). The median prosecution time is 20 months (in the 93% 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.

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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