USPTO Art Unit 2649 Prosecution Statistics

Art Unit Information

Art Unit: 2649
Group: 2640
Tech Center: 2600
Total Cases: 15,659
Last Active: October 2025

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
19370507COMPLEX COMPUTING NETWORK FOR IMPROVING ESTABLISHMENT AND ACCESS OF COMMUNICATION AMONG COMPUTING DEVICESOctober 2025February 2026Allow300NoNo
19237077EDGE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SENSOR-ASSISTED BEAMFORMINGJune 2025August 2025Allow200NoNo
19237661APPLYING POWER MANAGEMENT FOR PHYSICAL RANDOM ACCESS CHANNEL (PRACH)June 2025October 2025Allow410NoNo
19198039CHIP-SCALE CONTROL OF RECONFIGURABLE RADIO FREQUENCY FILTERSMay 2025July 2025Allow200NoNo
19195241COMPLEX COMPUTING NETWORK FOR IMPROVING ESTABLISHMENT AND ACCESS OF COMMUNICATION AMONG COMPUTING DEVICESApril 2025June 2025Allow200NoNo
19187551ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOFApril 2025December 2025Allow811YesNo
19171996VECTOR DATA PROJECTION AND FEATURE MATCHING TO DETERMINE THREE-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTUREApril 2025December 2025Allow820NoNo
19064759PROTECTION APPARATUS FOR WIRELESS POSITIONING DEVICEFebruary 2025September 2025Allow610NoNo
19058628Listen Before Talk with Preamble RepetitionsFebruary 2025March 2026Allow1210NoNo
19047684EDGE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SENSOR-ASSISTED BEAMFORMINGFebruary 2025March 2025Allow200NoNo
19039257DIRECTION OF ARRIVAL ESTIMATION METHOD AND DEVICE BASED ON STEERING VECTOR MATRIX RECONSTRUCTIONJanuary 2025May 2025Allow400NoNo
19001426CASE FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND MAGNETIC ASSEMBLYDecember 2024November 2025Allow1110NoNo
18875562COMMUNICATION DEVICEDecember 2024June 2025Allow610NoNo
18926402UE Indication of Estimated MPR on UL Beam Pair for STXMPOctober 2024February 2025Allow410NoNo
18816871METHOD OF GEO-BASED INTERIOR INFORMATION SEARCH AND SOFTWARE SYSTEMOctober 2024January 2025Allow500NoNo
18903356EDGE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SENSOR-ASSISTED BEAMFORMINGOctober 2024November 2024Allow100YesNo
18829115MULTI-FUNCTIONAL MOBILE PHONE HOLDERSeptember 2024June 2025Allow920NoNo
18825578MIMO Transceiver Array for Multi-Band Millimeter-Wave 5G CommunicationSeptember 2024November 2024Allow200NoNo
18817979COMPLEX COMPUTING NETWORK FOR IMPROVING ESTABLISHMENT AND ACCESS OF COMMUNICATION AND CONFIGURABLE USER GROUPS AMONG COMPUTING DEVICESAugust 2024October 2024Allow100NoNo
18813047ADAPTIVE FREQUENCY SWEEPING METHOD AND ADAPTIVE FREQUENCY SWEEPING SYSTEM FOR FREQUENCY POINT SAMPLING, AND RELATED DEVICEAugust 2024February 2025Allow610NoNo
18802565MOBILE PHONE CASE WITH PRIVACY COVERSAugust 2024May 2025Allow910NoNo
18797968AUXILIARY SHOOTING DEVICE FOR MOBILE DEVICEAugust 2024September 2024Allow100NoNo
18766131CLAM-SHELL MOBILE DEVICE PROTECTORJuly 2024October 2025Allow1510YesNo
18764037RELATIVE LOCATION ANCHOR GROUP AND LOCAL COORDINATE SYSTEMJuly 2024April 2025Allow1010NoNo
18752990COMMUNICATION APPARATUS ESTABLISHING WIRELESS COMMUNICATION USING PUBLIC KEYJune 2024May 2025Allow1110YesNo
18721863System for coordinating a presentation on a group of mobile computing devicesJune 2024October 2025Abandon1510NoNo
18749101TAG WITH ADVANCED CLOCK EXTRACTIONJune 2024November 2024Allow510NoNo
18745715METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR OCULAR IMAGING, DIAGNOSIS AND PROGNOSISJune 2024July 2025Allow1310NoNo
18744375WEARABLE ARTICLE WITH MULTI-FREQUENCY WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONJune 2024July 2025Allow1320NoNo
18742545VEHICLE TRACKING SYSTEM USING SMART-PHONE AS ACTIVE TRANSPONDERJune 2024July 2025Allow1410NoNo
18739302DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING A METAL PATTERNJune 2024April 2025Allow1110YesNo
18678772Power control for wireless communicationsMay 2024April 2025Allow1110NoNo
18677714EDGE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SENSOR-ASSISTED BEAMFORMINGMay 2024August 2024Allow200NoNo
18675663Wireless deviceMay 2024March 2025Allow1010NoNo
18675548DYNAMIC POWER REDUCTION REQUESTS FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONSMay 2024May 2025Allow1110NoNo
18672041CASE FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND MAGNETIC ASSEMBLYMay 2024October 2025Allow1620NoNo
18669883IMAGING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUSMay 2024October 2025Abandon1610NoNo
18669374METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR V2X COMMUNICATION IN NEXT GENERATION MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMMay 2024January 2026Allow2001NoNo
18669328UPLINK POWER CONTROLMay 2024December 2024Allow700NoNo
18711121Uplink power controlMay 2024January 2025Allow810NoNo
18665454COEFFICIENT DETERMINATION DEVICE, PIGMENT CONCENTRATION CALCULATION DEVICE, COEFFICIENT DETERMINATION METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAMMay 2024May 2025Allow1200NoNo
18657151Latency-free intercellular transfer management for a multiple-attachment mobile terminalMay 2024April 2025Allow1110YesNo
18653811MEDICAL IMAGE ANALYSIS METHOD, MEDICAL IMAGE ANALYSIS DEVICE, AND MEDICAL IMAGE ANALYSIS SYSTEMMay 2024June 2025Allow1300NoNo
18649847Do Not Disturb Feature for Audio NotificationsApril 2024June 2025Allow1310NoNo
18647004IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, TRAINING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, TRAINING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUMApril 2024April 2025Allow1110NoNo
18646328CONTROL OF TERMINAL-REQUESTED POWER REDUCTIONApril 2024March 2025Allow1110NoNo
18644986METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SWITCHING BETWEEN SERVICE PROVIDER NETWORKSApril 2024May 2025Allow1210NoNo
18642293DYNAMIC ACTIVATION OF NETWORK HARDWARE BASED ON REAL-TIME CONDITIONSApril 2024December 2024Allow800NoNo
18640744EDITABLE CLOCK POSITIONS IN LOCAL CLOCK INCORPORATING NATIONAL CONTENTApril 2024October 2025Allow1810NoNo
18637424RADIO FREQUENCY HIGH-SPEED SWITCHING CONTROL CIRCUIT AND DEVICEApril 2024June 2024Allow200NoNo
18631376METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR LOCATING INTERFERENCE SOURCES VIA ANGLE OF ARRIVAL (AoA)April 2024January 2025Allow920NoNo
18629923METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR OPERATION IN 6 GHz AND COEXISTENCE WITH INCUMBENTSApril 2024March 2026Allow2310NoNo
18626114SYSTEM, APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING REMOTE TUNER OPTIONS IN A VEHICLE ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEMApril 2024February 2025Allow1010NoNo
18625982OCCLUSION DETECTION SYSTEMApril 2024April 2025Allow1210NoNo
18621844USER APPROVAL OPTIONS TO ALLOW OR REJECT NEAR-FIELD ACCESS FOR TECHNICIAN TO CONNECT TO THE SYSTEMMarch 2024March 2026Allow2300NoNo
18617046METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IMAGE BATCH PROCESSING RECOGNITIONMarch 2024July 2024Allow410NoNo
18615171METHOD FOR CONTROLLING COMMUNICATION CONNECTION IN WIRELESS POWER TRANSMISSION SYSTEM, AND APPARATUS THEREFORMarch 2024October 2024Allow700NoNo
18609158TRANSMISSION OF FEEDBACK TO EDGE TRANSCEIVER VIA IN-BAND ON-CHANNEL (IBOC) MESH NETWORKMarch 2024November 2024Allow800NoNo
18608692SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING RADIO FREQUENCY SPECTRUM IN GROUND TO AERIAL VEHICLE COMMUNICATIONSMarch 2024October 2024Allow700NoNo
18602311Doppler Shift Estimate Reporting with Pre-CompensationMarch 2024February 2026Allow2320NoNo
18599653WIRELESS DEVICE AND POWER CONTROL METHODMarch 2024June 2025Allow1510NoNo
18596061IMAGE CODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS THEREFORMarch 2024April 2025Allow1400NoNo
18596267PHASED ARRAY CONTROL CIRCUIT FOR CONTROLLING DIRECTIVITY OF A BEAM-FORMED SIGNALMarch 2024January 2025Allow1110NoNo
18596594Retractable Grip Element for Cell PhonesMarch 2024January 2025Allow1120NoNo
18595083SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING THE EMISSIONS OF A REPEATERMarch 2024January 2026Allow2220NoNo
18594152SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MICROLOCATION SENSOR COMMUNICATIONMarch 2024June 2025Allow1610NoNo
18587246ELECTRONIC-DEVICE PROTECTIVE SHELLFebruary 2024July 2024Allow510NoNo
18587944PROTECTIVE CASES FOR MOBILE DEVICESFebruary 2024August 2025Abandon1820NoNo
18585547REAL-TIME VIDEO DIMENSIONAL TRANSFORMATIONS OF VIDEO FOR PRESENTATION IN MIXED REALITY-BASED VIRTUAL SPACESFebruary 2024February 2025Allow1200NoNo
18585656ARCHITECTURE, PROTOCOL, AND SIGNALING FLOW FOR SIDELINK POSITIONING AND RANGINGFebruary 2024March 2026Allow2400NoNo
18583651METHODS AND SYSTEMS OF USING REMOTE SUBSCRIBER IDENTIFICATION MODULES AT A DEVICEFebruary 2024October 2024Allow810NoNo
18581236SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF CONFIGURING A SPECTRAL MASKFebruary 2024May 2025Abandon1510NoNo
18443666METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SUBJECT IDENTIFICATIONFebruary 2024August 2025Allow1800NoNo
18442446Wearable Personal Wireless Media StationFebruary 2024July 2025Abandon1710NoNo
18442155PROXIMITY-BASED CONNECTION FOR BLUETOOTH DEVICESFebruary 2024July 2025Allow1710YesNo
18441401SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HANDOVER FROM NON-STANDALONE COVERAGE TO STANDALONE COVERAGE WHILE MAINTAINING SESSION CONTINUITYFebruary 2024February 2026Allow2400NoNo
18440936CHANNEL INDICATION METHODS AND APPARATUSESFebruary 2024January 2025Allow1110NoNo
18438848METHODS, COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE AND INFRASTRUCTURE EQUIPMENTFebruary 2024May 2025Allow1520NoNo
18438601Uplink Transmission Power based on a Pathloss Reference Identified by a Pathloss IndexFebruary 2024March 2025Allow1310NoNo
18439279VOICE-ACTIVATED CALL PICK-UP FOR MOBILE DEVICEFebruary 2024January 2025Allow1110NoNo
18437679ANTENNA SYSTEM FOR VEHICLESFebruary 2024April 2025Allow1420NoNo
18435818TRACKING SYSTEM AND METHOD EMPLOYING AN ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK FOR TRACKING TOOLS IN AND NEARBY A TRANSPORTATION VEHICLEFebruary 2024February 2025Allow1210NoNo
18433704PREDICTING ATRIAL FIBRILLATION RECURRENCE AFTER PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION USING SIMULATIONS OF PATIENT-SPECIFIC MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING MODELS AND MACHINE LEARNINGFebruary 2024December 2024Allow1010NoNo
18434587Creating Diversity in Artificial Intelligence and Machine LearningFebruary 2024August 2024Allow700NoNo
18434802Emergency ServiceFebruary 2024December 2024Abandon1010YesNo
18681658WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORKFebruary 2024September 2024Allow810NoNo
18433179TIME-AVERAGED RADIO FREQUENCY (RF) EXPOSURE PER ANTENNA GROUPFebruary 2024January 2025Allow1210NoNo
18681242ONBOARDING AND REMOTE PROVISING FOR STANDALONE NON-PUBLIC NETWORK (SNPN)February 2024February 2026Allow2400NoNo
18432115RADIO FREQUENCY CIRCUIT, COMMUNICATION DEVICE, AND POWER AMPLIFICATION METHOD FOR RADIO FREQUENCY CIRCUITFebruary 2024February 2026Allow2400NoNo
18294877METHOD FOR PERFORMING FEDERATED LEARNING IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND APPARATUS THEREFORFebruary 2024March 2026Allow2500NoNo
18430809METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OPTIMIZING RAN POWER CONSUMPTIONFebruary 2024October 2024Allow810NoNo
18430059SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRANSMITTING RADIO FREQUENCY SIGNALS IN MULTIPLE FREQUENCY BANDSFebruary 2024March 2026Allow2500NoNo
18430591SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REDUCING FALSE RADAR DETECTIONFebruary 2024May 2025Allow1520YesNo
18427868SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TIME-FREQUENCY SEPARATION OF MULTIPLE RADIO SIGNALSJanuary 2024November 2024Allow910YesNo
18293200METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR POWER EFFICIENT PAGING PROCEDURES FOR MULTIPLE SUBSCRIBER IDENTITY MODULES WTRUSJanuary 2024February 2026Allow2400NoNo
18426120PATHLOSS REFERENCE SIGNAL UPDATE FOR MULTIPLE BEAMSJanuary 2024December 2024Allow1010NoNo
18426050DYNAMIC SWITCHING OF USER EQUIPMENT POWER CLASSJanuary 2024November 2024Allow910NoNo
18424969CONVERTIBLE STRAND AND POLE SMALL CELL MOUNTS AND ASSEMBLIESJanuary 2024November 2024Allow1001NoNo
18424685METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTENT AWARE DYNAMIC IMAGE FRAMINGJanuary 2024February 2025Allow1310NoNo
18422429FLOORPLAN GENERATION BASED ON ROOM SCANNINGJanuary 2024March 2026Allow2530YesNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for art-unit 2649.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
376
Examiner Affirmed
272
(72.3%)
Examiner Reversed
104
(27.7%)
Reversal Percentile
24.9%
Lower than average

What This Means

With a 27.7% 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
1106
Allowed After Appeal Filing
336
(30.4%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
770
(69.6%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
39.2%
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, 30.4% 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 2649 - Prosecution Statistics Summary

Executive Summary

Art Unit 2649 is part of Group 2640 in Technology Center 2600. This art unit has examined 15,659 patent applications in our dataset, with an overall allowance rate of 83.6%. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 23 months.

Comparative Analysis

Art Unit 2649's allowance rate of 83.6% places it in the 76% 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 2649 receive an average of 1.78 office actions before reaching final disposition (in the 41% percentile). The median prosecution time is 23 months (in the 88% 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.