USPTO Art Unit 2639 Prosecution Statistics

Art Unit Information

Art Unit: 2639
Group: 2630
Tech Center: 2600
Total Cases: 1,742
Last Active: January 2025

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
19010050SLIM POP-OUT CAMERAS AND LENSES FOR SUCH CAMERASJanuary 2025June 2025Allow510NoNo
18721273DATA COLLECTION DEVICE, DATA COLLECTION SYSTEM, AND ELECTRONIC IMAGE STABILIZATION DEVICEOctober 2024June 2025Allow1210NoNo
18847256SLIM COMPACT LENS OPTICAL IMAGE STABILIZATIONSeptember 2024February 2025Allow500NoNo
18884667CAMERASeptember 2024January 2025Allow400YesNo
18774868IMAGING DEVICE AND CAMERA SYSTEMJuly 2024May 2025Allow1010NoNo
18772358DUAL APERTURE ZOOM DIGITAL CAMERAJuly 2024December 2024Allow510NoNo
18768244SLIM POP-OUT CAMERAS AND LENSES FOR SUCH CAMERASJuly 2024December 2024Allow510YesNo
18766024IMAGING DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICEJuly 2024January 2025Allow700NoNo
18758737Event Length Dependent Cool-Off for Camera Event Based RecordingsJune 2024April 2025Allow1010NoNo
18742821OBSERVATION SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD OF OBSERVATION SYSTEM, AND CONTROL PROGRAM OF OBSERVATION SYSTEMJune 2024February 2025Allow800YesNo
18741189DOOR ASSEMBLIES FOR IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICESJune 2024April 2025Allow1110YesNo
18741143IMAGE PICKUP ELEMENT AND IMAGE PICKUP DEVICEJune 2024June 2025Allow1210NoNo
18736520IMAGING DEVICE, FOCUSING CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM STORING A FOCUSING CONTROL PROGRAM CAPABLE OF REALIZING FOCUSING CONTROL AT HIGH SPEED WITH HIGH ACCURACYJune 2024March 2025Allow1110YesNo
18731977LENS STACK WITH REPLACEABLE OUTER LENSJune 2024March 2025Allow900YesNo
18678068AUTOMATED PORTRAIT, PHOTO POSE, AND SOFT BIOMETRICS CAPTURE SYSTEMMay 2024June 2025Allow1220NoNo
18678780ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR STABILIZING IMAGE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING SAMEMay 2024April 2025Allow1010NoNo
18677296VISUAL-INERTIAL TRACKING USING ROLLING SHUTTER CAMERASMay 2024March 2025Allow910NoNo
18673587METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DISPLAYING AND RECORDING MULTIPLE VIDEO FEEDS USING A SINGLE, UNIFIED WINDOWMay 2024May 2025Allow1210NoNo
18670698HIGH DYNAMIC RANGE CMOS IMAGE SENSOR PIXEL WITH REDUCED METAL-INSULATOR-METAL LATERAL OVERFLOW INTEGRATION CAPACITOR LAGMay 2024March 2025Allow1010NoNo
18668750PHOTODETECTION DEVICE, SEMICONDUCTOR PHOTODETECTION ELEMENT, AND METHOD FOR DRIVING SEMICONDUCTOR PHOTODETECTION ELEMENTMay 2024February 2025Allow900NoNo
18668879DISPLAY METHOD AND VIDEO RECORDING METHODMay 2024April 2025Allow1110YesNo
18668240IMAGING APPARATUS AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOFMay 2024March 2025Allow1010NoNo
18665967ENHANCED VIDEO STREAMING AND REFERENCE FRAME SYNCHRONIZATIONMay 2024December 2024Allow700NoNo
18659328IDENTIFYING SCANNING MOTIONS DURING CHECKOUT USING OVERHEAD CAMERASMay 2024January 2025Allow810NoNo
18658189METHOD AND DEVICE FOR FAST FOCUSING BY DIRECTLY DETECTING TARGET MOMENTSMay 2024July 2024Allow200NoNo
18656387TECHNIQUES FOR CAPTURING VIDEO IN LANDSCAPE MODE BY A HANDHELD DEVICEMay 2024December 2024Allow700NoNo
18654614IMAGING APPARATUS MOUNTED ON MOVING OBJECT AND MOVING OBJECT INCLUDING IMAGING APPARATUSMay 2024November 2024Allow700NoNo
18654548IMAGE SENSOR WITH BOOSTING DRIVERMay 2024November 2024Allow700NoNo
18652027CAMERA ACTUATORMay 2024May 2025Allow1310NoNo
18650801LIGHT-EMITTING MODULE AND CAMERA MODULEApril 2024March 2025Allow1010NoNo
18643823TRUSTED MEDIA DEVICE AND PROCESS FOR AUTHENTICATION OF DIGITAL MEDIAApril 2024September 2024Allow410NoNo
18643275IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PHOTOGRAPHING DEVICEApril 2024July 2024Allow300NoNo
18641054Systems and Methods for Providing Feedback for Artificial Intelligence-Based Image Capture DevicesApril 2024June 2025Allow1410NoNo
18640218SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR POWER EFFICIENT IMAGE ACQUISITION USING SINGLE PHOTON AVALANCHE DIODES (SPADS)April 2024January 2025Allow910NoNo
18637543FOLDABLE ELECTRONIC APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING SENSOR DATA ON BASIS OF CHANGE IN ANGLE, AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOFApril 2024November 2024Allow700NoNo
18636426DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD FOR USER ENGAGEMENTApril 2024April 2025Allow1210NoNo
18635126ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CHANGING MAGNIFICATION OF IMAGE USING MULTIPLE CAMERASApril 2024February 2025Allow1010NoNo
18627900OVERLAY MEASUREMENT DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING FOCUS MOVEMENT AND PROGRAM STORAGE MEDIUM THEREFORApril 2024November 2024Allow800NoNo
18628021USER INTERFACE FOR CAMERA EFFECTSApril 2024June 2024Allow200YesNo
18628471AUTOMATIC CROPPING OF VIDEO CONTENTApril 2024June 2025Allow1520YesNo
18626705MANAGING REMOTE ACCESS TO IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICESApril 2024March 2025Allow1220YesNo
18623454PORTABLE INFORMATION DEVICE HAVING REAL-TIME DISPLAY WITH RELEVANT INFORMATIONApril 2024February 2025Allow1110NoNo
18616975USING AN IMAGE SENSOR FOR ALWAYS-ON APPLICATION WITHIN A MOBILE DEVICEMarch 2024June 2025Allow1410NoNo
18601954ELECTRONIC DEVICE COMPRISING MULTI-CAMERA, AND PHOTOGRAPHING METHODMarch 2024February 2025Allow1110YesNo
18611233DIGITAL IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICES INCLUDING LENS MODULES WITH INTEGRATED SENSOR-LENS ASSEMBLIESMarch 2024April 2025Allow1310NoNo
18608091AUTOMATIC GUIDED IMAGE CAPTURING AND PRESENTATION OF IMAGESMarch 2024March 2025Allow1210YesNo
18602787DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING SPECTRUM DATA OF IMAGE SENSORMarch 2024September 2024Allow700NoNo
18594896APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR PRE-PROCESSING AND STABILIZATION OF CAPTURED IMAGE DATAMarch 2024November 2024Allow910NoNo
18585219MOBILE TERMINAL HAVING A LIGHT SOURCE AND AN APPLICATION TO EXTRACT EMBEDDED INFORMATION FROM AN ILLUMINATED PRINTED IMAGE AND METHODFebruary 2024April 2025Allow1420NoNo
18422181SOLID-STATE IMAGING ELEMENT AND IMAGING DEVICE THAT DETECT ADDRESS EVENTJanuary 2024January 2025Allow1110NoNo
18420435TRIMMING VIDEO IN ASSOCIATION WITH MULTI-VIDEO CLIP CAPTUREJanuary 2024January 2025Allow1210NoNo
18417031CAMERA SYSTEMJanuary 2024February 2025Allow1310NoNo
18415279Methods and Apparatus for Metadata-Based Processing of Media ContentJanuary 2024November 2024Allow1010YesNo
18414192DETERMINING A CAMERA CONTROL POINT FOR VIRTUAL PRODUCTIONJanuary 2024October 2024Allow910NoNo
18414248CAMERA ACTUATOR, CAMERA MODULE, AND CAMERA DEVICE INCLUDING SAMEJanuary 2024July 2025Allow1720NoNo
18411743CAMERA MODULE ACTUATOR FOR OPTICAL IMAGE STABILIZATION WITH MOVABLE IMAGE SENSORJanuary 2024March 2025Allow1410NoNo
18411570CAMERA MODULEJanuary 2024January 2025Allow1210NoNo
18411566IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS THAT CAPTURES IMAGE OF MOVING OBJECT, IMAGE CAPTURING SYSTEM, METHOD OF CONTROLLING IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUMJanuary 2024June 2025Allow1800NoNo
18411223BACKSIDE ILLUMINATION IMAGE SENSOR, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF AND IMAGE-CAPTURING DEVICEJanuary 2024March 2025Abandon1410NoNo
18412219CAMERA MODULE AND CAMERA DEVICE COMPRISING SAMEJanuary 2024January 2025Allow1220NoNo
18405413INTEGRATED INTERNAL AND REMOVABLE BATTERY POWER MANAGEMENT FOR IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICEJanuary 2024August 2024Allow700NoNo
18406006HALLUCINATING DETAILS FOR OVER-EXPOSED PIXELS IN VIDEOS USING LEARNED REFERENCE FRAME SELECTIONJanuary 2024June 2025Allow1700NoNo
18403711ELECTRONIC DEVICE, PHOTOGRAPHING METHOD, AND PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS WITH SLIDABLE ARC-SHAPED SURFACESJanuary 2024January 2025Allow1210NoNo
18402134CAMERA MODULEJanuary 2024June 2025Allow1800NoNo
18399753IMAGING METHOD AND PROGRAMDecember 2023June 2025Allow1800NoNo
18398845DEBLURRING MOTION-BLURRED IMAGES USING MAP ESTIMATE AND ADAPTIVE PRIORSDecember 2023June 2025Allow1700NoNo
18393590LENS DRIVING DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICEDecember 2023June 2025Allow1700NoNo
18391737IMAGING DEVICEDecember 2023June 2025Allow1800NoNo
18390630INTEGRATED IMAGE SENSOR AND LENS ASSEMBLYDecember 2023May 2025Allow1710YesNo
18544519CAMERA MODULE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICEDecember 2023June 2025Allow1800NoNo
18544884PHOTOGRAPHING CONTROL METHOD, APPARATUS, AND CONTROL DEVICEDecember 2023November 2024Allow1100NoNo
18542122LIGHTWEIGHT CROSS REALITY DEVICE WITH PASSIVE DEPTH EXTRACTIONDecember 2023April 2025Allow1610NoNo
18541977CAMERA DEVICE, DUAL CAMERA DEVICE AND TRIPLE CAMERA DEVICEDecember 2023April 2025Allow1610NoNo
18540676CAMERA-EQUIPPED PORTABLE INFORMATION TERMINALDecember 2023May 2025Allow1710NoNo
18540788METHOD, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR CAPTURING A SUBJECT BASED ON A POSTURE TEMPLATE AND CAPTURING PROMPT INFORMATIONDecember 2023June 2024Allow620YesNo
18537311Light-Emitting Device And CameraDecember 2023March 2025Allow1530NoNo
18535959CAMERA MODULE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICEDecember 2023May 2025Allow1700NoNo
18533417ADAPTIVE ILLUMINATION FOR A TIME-OF-FLIGHT CAMERA ON A VEHICLEDecember 2023November 2024Allow1110NoNo
18534020AUTO FOCUS (AF) METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ELECTRO-HYDRAULIC (EH) LENS WITH ADJUSTABLE FOCUS, AND AN ELECTRONIC DEVICEDecember 2023May 2025Allow1700NoNo
18531208SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, METHOD FOR DRIVING THE SAME, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR IMPROVED AUTO-FOCUSING ACCURACYDecember 2023August 2024Allow910NoNo
18529416LENSLESS NEAR-CONTACT IMAGING SYSTEM FOR MICRO ASSEMBLYDecember 2023May 2025Allow1700NoNo
18528158Delay Equalization in Event-Based Vision SensorsDecember 2023April 2025Allow1620NoNo
18526609ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOFDecember 2023May 2025Allow1800NoNo
18526611SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE WITH REDUNDANT AD CONVERSION CIRCUITS AND SELECTIVE EXCLUSIONDecember 2023June 2025Allow1800NoNo
18526903SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OPERATING AN IMAGING DEVICEDecember 2023July 2024Allow800NoNo
18526482SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE, SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, SIGNAL PROCESSING PROGRAM, IMAGING APPARATUS AND LENS APPARATUSDecember 2023September 2024Allow910NoNo
18524085LENS DRIVING MECHANISM, CAMERA MODULE, AND OPTICAL DEVICENovember 2023April 2025Allow1710NoNo
18523529RECOMMENDATIONS FOR IMAGE CAPTURENovember 2023June 2025Allow1810NoNo
18519657SHOOTING DEVICE WITH SLIDING RAILSNovember 2023February 2024Allow300NoNo
18518815ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, REPRODUCTION DEVICE, REPRODUCTION METHOD, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND RECORDING METHODNovember 2023June 2025Abandon1910NoNo
18518906USER-LINKED FEATURES FOR IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICENovember 2023January 2025Allow1310NoNo
18563888IMAGING PIXEL TO MITIGATE CROSS-TALK EFFECTSNovember 2023June 2025Allow1800NoNo
18517591IMAGE FRAME SELECTION FOR MULTI-FRAME FUSIONNovember 2023January 2025Allow1410NoNo
18515643LARGE DEPTH OF FIELD CAMERA WITH ADJUSTABLE IMAGE SENSOR ARRAYNovember 2023June 2025Allow1900NoNo
18512442ELECTRONIC DEVICE, IMAGING APPARATUS, AND MOBILE BODYNovember 2023October 2024Allow1110YesNo
18511462SYSTEMS AND METHODS REGION-OF-INTEREST AUTOMATIC GAIN OR EXPOSURE CONTROLNovember 2023October 2024Allow1110YesNo
18560723IMAGING DEVICENovember 2023May 2025Allow1800NoNo
18508699IMAGE SENSING DEVICENovember 2023February 2025Allow1510NoNo
18507136METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR EXTERNAL FISH PARASITE MONITORING IN AQUACULTURENovember 2023March 2025Allow1610NoNo
18389123METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM PROVIDING AN IMAGER WITH PIXELS HAVING EXTENDED DYNAMIC RANGENovember 2023October 2024Allow1110NoNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for art-unit 2639.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
3
Examiner Affirmed
3
(100.0%)
Examiner Reversed
0
(0.0%)
Reversal Percentile
0.4%
Lower than average

What This Means

With a 0.0% 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
14
Allowed After Appeal Filing
5
(35.7%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
9
(64.3%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
64.5%
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, 35.7% 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 2639 - Prosecution Statistics Summary

Executive Summary

Art Unit 2639 is part of Group 2630 in Technology Center 2600. This art unit has examined 1,742 patent applications in our dataset, with an overall allowance rate of 91.6%. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 23 months.

Comparative Analysis

Art Unit 2639's allowance rate of 91.6% places it in the 93% 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 2639 receive an average of 1.28 office actions before reaching final disposition (in the 11% percentile). The median prosecution time is 23 months (in the 83% 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.

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.