USPTO Art Unit 2637 Prosecution Statistics

Art Unit Information

Art Unit: 2637
Group: 2630
Tech Center: 2600
Total Cases: 7,438
Last Active: September 2025

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
19343069RING LAMP SUPPORT FOR SHOOTING DEVICESeptember 2025March 2026Allow610NoNo
19243697SLIM POP-OUT WIDE CAMERA LENSESJune 2025November 2025Allow510NoNo
19209740INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHODMay 2025September 2025Allow410YesNo
18994566CONTROL METHOD OF HIGH GAIN IMAGE SENSORJanuary 2025June 2025Allow500YesNo
18970387IMAGE SENSORDecember 2024March 2026Allow1500NoNo
18970886SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DIGITAL MEDIA CREATION WITH AUTOMATED FILE MANAGEMENTDecember 2024July 2025Allow710NoNo
18962960FOLDED MODULE AND CAMERA MODULE INCLUDING THE SAMENovember 2024March 2026Allow1500NoNo
18956245OPTICAL ELEMENT DRIVING DEVICENovember 2024January 2025Allow200NoNo
18943384Video Monitoring Using a Hierarchical Combination of Camera SensorsNovember 2024February 2026Allow1600NoNo
18938080HYBRID IMAGE SENSORS WITH VIDEO FRAME INTERPOLATIONNovember 2024February 2026Allow1500NoNo
18927198IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, AND CONTROL METHODS FOR THOSE APPARATUSESOctober 2024February 2026Allow1500NoNo
18926701PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION DEVICE, PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION SYSTEM, AND MOVING BODYOctober 2024February 2026Allow1600NoNo
18858729TEST SYSTEMOctober 2024February 2025Allow400NoNo
18858513OPTICAL SENSING CIRCUIT AND METHOD FOR DRIVING OPTICAL SENSING CIRCUITOctober 2024February 2026Allow1600NoNo
18919214HYBRID IMAGE SENSORS WITH MULTIPLE OPERATING MODESOctober 2024February 2026Allow1600NoNo
18915354ZOOM DRIVING ACTUATOR AND POSITION CONTROL METHOD FOR ZOOM DRIVINGOctober 2024February 2026Allow1610NoNo
18910287SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICEOctober 2024February 2026Allow1600NoNo
18903270CREATIVE CAMERAOctober 2024February 2026Allow1600NoNo
18900994PHOTOSITE CIRCUIT USING SWITCHED OPERATIONAL PHASESSeptember 2024February 2026Allow1600YesNo
18900069RAMP SIGNAL GENERATOR AND IMAGE SENSOR AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAMESeptember 2024January 2026Allow1500NoNo
18898062PIXEL CIRCUIT SELECTING TO OUTPUT TIME DIFFERENCE DATA OR IMAGE DATASeptember 2024March 2026Allow1800NoNo
18894712IMAGING APPARATUSSeptember 2024December 2025Allow1500NoNo
18892973RECORDER WITH ADJUSTABLE FRONT LENSSeptember 2024April 2025Allow610NoNo
18829966IMAGE SENSING DEVICE AND IMAGING DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAMESeptember 2024January 2026Allow1600NoNo
18828137ROW DRIVERS, IMAGE SENSORS, AND IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEMS INCLUDING THE SAMESeptember 2024December 2025Allow1500NoNo
18828189A METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ESTIMATING AUTO-FOCUS DISPARITY IN A CMOS IMAGE SENSORSeptember 2024January 2026Allow1700NoNo
18821160Intelligent Focus Adjustment of a Variable Focus Imaging AssemblyAugust 2024March 2026Allow1800NoNo
18819069IMAGE SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE, ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM, IMAGE SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUMAugust 2024November 2025Allow1500NoNo
18811378ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONVERTING MEASUREMENT DATA OF MULTISPECTRAL IMAGE SENSOR INTO COLOR SPACE UNDER ARBITRARY CORRELATED COLOR TEMPERATUREAugust 2024February 2026Allow1800NoNo
18839960IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICEAugust 2024December 2025Allow1600NoNo
18839757PHOTOGRAPHING FRAME RATE CONTROL METHOD, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, CHIP SYSTEM, AND READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMAugust 2024November 2025Allow1500YesNo
18809533VARIABLE-RESOLUTION CAMERAS AND OPTICAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS COMPRISING VARIABLE-RESOLUTION CAMERASAugust 2024February 2026Allow1810NoNo
18810277PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION DEVICE, APPARATUS, AND SIGNAL PROCESSING METHODAugust 2024February 2026Allow1810NoNo
18799036IMAGE SENSOR AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAMEAugust 2024January 2026Allow1710NoNo
18798983Interpolation Based On CrosstalkAugust 2024June 2025Abandon1020NoNo
18836762IMAGING DEVICE, OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING AN IMAGING DEVICEAugust 2024November 2025Allow1500YesNo
18797687IMAGE SENSORAugust 2024December 2025Allow1600NoNo
18834781OPTICAL ELEMENT AND OPTICAL DEVICEJuly 2024November 2025Allow1500NoNo
18787256IMAGE SENSOR EMPLOYING AVALANCHE DIODE AND SHARED OUTPUT CIRCUITJuly 2024April 2025Allow800NoNo
18784578EMBEDDED ROM-BASED MULTl-BIT, MULTl-KERNEL, MULTl- CHANNEL WEIGHTS IN INDIVIDUAL PIXELS FOR IN-PIXEL COMPUTINGJuly 2024March 2026Allow2010NoNo
18779817ELECTRONIC DEVICE COMPRISING CAMERA MODULEJuly 2024December 2025Allow1600NoNo
18779072EXPOSURE CONTROL DEVICE, IMAGING APPARATUS, EXPOSURE CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM OF PREVENTING INAPPROPRIATE VARIATION IN BRIGHTNESSJuly 2024March 2026Allow2010NoNo
18778614CAMERA COLLABORATION CONFIGURATIONJuly 2024February 2026Allow1900NoNo
18777230DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR RECORDING AND READING AUGMENTED REALITY CONTENTJuly 2024October 2024Allow310YesNo
18773794IMAGING DEVICE FOR PERFORMING FOCUS ADJUSTMENT OF OPTICAL SYSTEMJuly 2024October 2025Allow1510NoNo
18729055AUTOMATIC WHITE BALANCING (AWB) IN VARIABLE APERTURE (VA) CAMERA SYSTEMSJuly 2024November 2025Allow1600NoNo
18769709SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTUREJuly 2024February 2026Allow1910NoNo
18768885SENSOR DRIVING APPARATUS AND CAMERA MODULEJuly 2024October 2025Allow1500NoNo
18763898IMAGE CAPTURING METHOD AND DISPLAY METHOD FOR RECOGNIZING A RELATIONSHIP AMONG A PLURALITY OF IMAGES DISPLAYED ON A DISPLAY SCREENJuly 2024November 2025Allow1600YesNo
18762876High-speed CMOS pixel detectorJuly 2024October 2024Allow300NoNo
18763829IMAGE CAPTURING MODULE FOR REDUCING OVERALL THICKNESS AND PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR USING THE SAMEJuly 2024February 2026Allow2010NoNo
18761708IMAGING ELEMENT, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUMJuly 2024January 2026Allow1810NoNo
18759615PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION APPARATUS, PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION SYSTEM, AND MOVABLE OBJECTJune 2024March 2026Allow2010NoNo
18725621ZOOM LENS AND IMAGING APPARATUSJune 2024October 2025Allow1500NoNo
18725086IMAGING ELEMENT AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUSJune 2024October 2025Allow1500NoNo
18756310PHOTOGRAPHING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND DEVICE, STORAGE MEDIUM AND PROGRAM PRODUCTJune 2024January 2025Allow710NoNo
18756260Display Device and Electronic DeviceJune 2024January 2026Abandon1920NoNo
18754171MOTION DETECTION DEVICE AND DETECTING METHOD THEREOFJune 2024October 2025Allow1600NoNo
18752862IMAGING SYSTEM, MOVABLE UNIT, AND IMAGING METHODJune 2024February 2026Allow1910NoNo
18753479IMAGING APPARATUS CONFIGURED TO GENERATE RAW IMAGE, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUMJune 2024February 2026Allow1910NoNo
18751526HALLUCINATING COLOUR FILTER ARRAY ON IMAGE SENSOR CHIPJune 2024February 2026Allow2000NoNo
18752045DETECTION DEVICEJune 2024February 2026Allow2010NoNo
18751491TIME-OF-FLIGHT WAKE ON ATTENTIONJune 2024October 2025Allow1600NoNo
18723159CAMERA MODULEJune 2024October 2025Allow1600YesNo
18747509OPTICAL SENSOR OUTPUTTING PARTIAL IMAGE DATA OF PIXEL ARRAYJune 2024November 2025Allow1720NoNo
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
18742464IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND STORAGE MEDIUMJune 2024January 2026Allow1910NoNo
18742616IMAGING APPARATUS WITH LOCALIZED EXPOSURE COMPENSATIONJune 2024January 2026Allow1910YesNo
18741222IMAGE SENSOR AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAMEJune 2024September 2025Allow1600NoNo
18741497DYNAMIC INPUT/OUTPUT CHARACTERISTIC CONTROL APPARATUS FOR IMAGING SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUMJune 2024February 2026Allow2010NoNo
18738108PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, MOVABLE APPARATUS, PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR GENERATING A MAPPING PARAMETERJune 2024October 2025Allow1710NoNo
18738715IMAGE SENSOR FOR IMPROVED OPTICAL IMAGINGJune 2024January 2025Allow700NoNo
18738558ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR PERFORMING IMAGE STABILIZATION AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOFJune 2024March 2026Allow2110YesNo
18735553OPTICAL SYSTEMJune 2024February 2026Allow2010NoNo
18734215LENS MOUNT CALIBRATION MECHANISM FOR LARGE CAMERAJune 2024March 2025Allow900NoNo
18735170DRIVE APPARATUS FOR DRIVING AN OBJECT TO A TARGET POSITION IN A STEPWISE MANNER THROUGH VIA POINTS SEQUENTIALLYJune 2024July 2025Allow1410NoNo
18733159LENS DRIVING UNIT, AND CAMERA MODULE AND OPTICAL APPARATUS INCLUDING SAMEJune 2024October 2025Allow1610NoNo
18716338SOLID-STATE IMAGING ELEMENT AND ELECTRONIC DEVICEJune 2024September 2025Allow1600NoNo
18732917SMART IMAGER FOR REAL-TIME INTENSIVE IMAGE ANALYSISJune 2024October 2025Allow1600NoNo
18678073IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUMMay 2024September 2025Allow1600NoNo
18677949IMAGE SENSOR WITH CONTROLLED SPAD AVALANCHEMay 2024December 2024Allow700NoNo
18677785METHOD FOR ADAPTING THE QUALITY AND/OR FRAME RATE OF A LIVE VIDEO STREAM BASED UPON POSEMay 2024November 2025Allow1810NoNo
18675123DEVICE AND FILTER ARRAY USED IN SYSTEM FOR GENERATING SPECTRAL IMAGES CORRESPONDING TO N WAVELENGTH BANDS WHERE N IS AN INTEGER GREATER THAN OR EQUAL TO FOURMay 2024February 2026Allow2110YesNo
18713282INSPECTION-TARGET-IMAGE TRANSMISSION SYSTEM, INSPECTION-TARGET-IMAGE TRANSMISSION METHOD, AND PROGRAMMay 2024February 2026Allow2010NoNo
18673334SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR MANAGING IMAGE CAPTURING ILLUMINATION FOR A MOBILE DEVICEMay 2024June 2025Allow1210NoNo
18671131CAMERA MODULE AND OPTICAL DEVICE INCLUDING SAMEMay 2024July 2025Allow1310YesNo
18712261ADJUSTMENT DEVICE AND OPERATION METHOD OF ADJUSTMENT DEVICEMay 2024September 2025Allow1600NoNo
18671811SENSING CIRCUIT COMPENSATIONMay 2024March 2026Allow2210NoNo
18670673METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR RE-STABILIZING VIDEO IN POST-PROCESSINGMay 2024July 2025Allow1410YesNo
18711253CLOCK TRANSMISSION CIRCUIT, IMAGING ELEMENT, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING CLOCK TRANSMISSION CIRCUITMay 2024December 2025Allow1910NoNo
18665914HYPER CAMERA WITH SHARED MIRRORMay 2024March 2025Allow1010YesNo
18666158DEVICE AND METHOD FOR EXTENDED DEPTH OF FIELD IMAGINGMay 2024January 2026Allow2010YesNo
18664343IMAGING ELEMENT CONTROL METHOD AND CAMERA SYSTEM HAVING LOW POWER CONSUMPTION MODEMay 2024September 2025Allow1600NoNo
18710313IMAGING DEVICEMay 2024February 2026Allow2110NoNo
18663069Tabletop Panorama Photographic PlatformMay 2024September 2024Allow410NoNo
18709524DYNAMIC VISION SENSOR COLOR CAMERAMay 2024July 2024Allow300NoNo
18660253SEE-THROUGH IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM AND METHODMay 2024October 2025Allow1710NoNo

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
103
Examiner Affirmed
73
(70.9%)
Examiner Reversed
30
(29.1%)
Reversal Percentile
33.3%
Lower than average

What This Means

With a 29.1% 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
251
Allowed After Appeal Filing
73
(29.1%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
178
(70.9%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
30.9%
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 7,438 patent applications in our dataset, with an overall allowance rate of 88.4%. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 20 months.

Comparative Analysis

Art Unit 2637's allowance rate of 88.4% places it in the 87% 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 1.37 office actions before reaching final disposition (in the 14% percentile). The median prosecution time is 20 months (in the 94% 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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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.