USPTO Art Unit 2661 Prosecution Statistics

Art Unit Information

Art Unit: 2661
Group: 2660
Tech Center: 2600
Total Cases: 10,710
Last Active: January 2025

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
19035653NIGHTTIME UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE OBJECT TRACKING METHOD FUSING HYBRID ATTENTION MECHANISMJanuary 2025March 2025Allow200NoNo
19001558METHODS, SYSTEMS, APPARATUSES, AND DEVICES FOR PROVISIONING ASSISTANCE TO USERS IN PERFORMING ACTIVITIESDecember 2024April 2025Allow410NoNo
18991222SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING TISSUE MICROARRAY SAMPLING PROTOCOLSDecember 2024March 2025Allow200NoNo
18979033SCANNERS TO CHARACTERIZE AND DISTINGUISH ANOMALIES BASED ON MULTIPLE MODE SCANS AND SCAN TIME THRESHOLDSDecember 2024June 2025Allow610NoNo
18868168IMPERSONATION DETECTION SYSTEM AND IMPERSONATION DETECTION PROGRAMNovember 2024May 2025Allow610NoNo
18954618SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING LUNG ABNORMALITIES IN A MEDICAL IMAGENovember 2024April 2025Allow510NoNo
18942794AUTHENTICATION DEVICE, AUTHENTICATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMNovember 2024April 2025Allow500NoNo
18921601EFFICIENT BEHAVIOR PREDICTIONOctober 2024April 2025Allow611YesNo
18919504ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR ANALYZING ENDOSCOPIC IMAGES AND PROVIDING INFORMATION ABOUT A PLURALITY OF LESIONS, AND ENDOSCOPIC EXAMINATION SYSTEM INCLUDING THE ELECTRONIC DEVICEOctober 2024February 2025Allow410NoNo
18914038WIND TURBINE BLADE INSPECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD BASED ON UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLEOctober 2024January 2025Allow310NoNo
18852366LESION DETERMINATION METHOD AND DEVICESeptember 2024June 2025Allow910YesNo
18836947PATIENT MONITORING DURING A SCANAugust 2024June 2025Allow1010NoNo
18787453APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFICATION OF MEDICAL FEATURESJuly 2024February 2025Allow710NoNo
18767569SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MONITORING AND CONTROLLING INDUSTRIAL PROCESSESJuly 2024October 2024Allow300NoNo
18756740PERSONAL COMPUTING DEVICE CONTROL USING FACE DETECTION AND RECOGNITIONJune 2024June 2025Allow1120YesNo
18754945METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CODING/DECODING IMAGE USING INTRA PREDICTIONJune 2024June 2025Allow1210NoNo
18749092SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATED ANALYSIS OF AIRWAY IMAGINGJune 2024March 2025Allow920YesNo
18743210APPARATUS FOR ENHANCING IMAGE QUALITY AND METHOD FOR THE SAMEJune 2024May 2025Allow1110NoNo
18741694SYSTEM AND METHOD OF TRAINING AND OPERATING NEURAL NETWORK MODEL FOR ENHANCED FOLIAGE DETECTIONJune 2024May 2025Allow1110NoNo
18712731IMAGE-FILTER GENERATION SYSTEM, IMAGE-FILTER GENERATION DEVICE, LEARNING DEVICE, AND LEARNING METHODMay 2024August 2024Allow200NoNo
18659545SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRAINING VEHICLE COLLISION AND NEAR-MISS DETECTION MODELSMay 2024January 2025Allow920NoNo
18647411SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR DETECTING FERTILITY AND GENDER OF UNHATCHED EGGSApril 2024January 2025Allow900YesNo
18647179VIDEO TRANSMISSION METHOD, VIDEO RECEPTION METHOD, VIDEO TRANSMISSION APPARATUS, AND VIDEO RECEPTION APPARATUSApril 2024June 2025Allow1410NoNo
18644727COUNTERFACTUAL CONTEXT-AWARE TEXTURE LEARNING FOR CAMOUFLAGED OBJECT DETECTIONApril 2024July 2024Allow200NoNo
18635884SYSTEM FOR SPOT CLEANING BY A MOBILE ROBOTApril 2024March 2025Allow1110YesNo
18631216SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SYNTHESIZING LOW-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DATA FROM HIGH-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DATA USING AN OBJECT GRID ENHANCEMENTApril 2024October 2024Allow600NoNo
18631002METHOD FOR INPAINTING HIGHLIGHT REGION OF VEGETATION IMAGE CAPTURED BY UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE, DEVICE, MEDIUM, AND PRODUCTApril 2024August 2024Allow410NoNo
18697418MULTI-MODAL MODEL TRAINING METHOD AND APPARATUS, IMAGE RECOGNITION METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICEMarch 2024December 2024Allow810NoNo
18620486SYSTEMS FOR DETERMINING AND REPORTING VEHICLE FOLLOWING DISTANCEMarch 2024July 2024Allow300NoNo
18614316TISSUE IDENTIFICATION AND CLASSIFICATION BASED ON VIBRATIONAL SIGNATURESMarch 2024February 2025Allow1110YesNo
18602661APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING IMAGEMarch 2024October 2024Allow710NoNo
18600782MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICEMarch 2024June 2025Allow1520YesNo
18600258SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MONITORING AND CONTROLLING INDUSTRIAL PROCESSESMarch 2024April 2025Allow1320YesNo
18600272SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MONITORING AND CONTROLLING INDUSTRIAL PROCESSESMarch 2024September 2024Allow610NoNo
18598535VASCULAR SELECTION FROM IMAGESMarch 2024May 2025Allow1420NoNo
18594331GUIDED VEHICLE CAPTURE FOR VIRTUAL MODE GENERATIONMarch 2024January 2025Allow1010NoNo
18589222ARTWORK AUTHENTICITY SYSTEMS AND METHODSFebruary 2024May 2024Allow200NoNo
18587454TRAILER TRACKING APPARATUS, TRAILER TRACKING SYSTEM, AND TRAILER TRACKING METHODFebruary 2024May 2025Allow1400NoNo
18433736METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CREATING HIGH-FIDELITY, SYNTHETIC DATA FOR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE MODEL TRAINING AND INFERENCEFebruary 2024March 2025Allow1310NoNo
18431571SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MONITORING AND CONTROLLING INDUSTRIAL PROCESSESFebruary 2024June 2024Allow510NoNo
18431881AUTOMATED VISUAL REPORTING TECHNIQUE FOR MEDICAL IMAGING PROCESSING SYSTEMFebruary 2024May 2025Abandon1510NoNo
18428385METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND DEVICES FOR DESIGNING AND MANUFACTURING A SPINAL RODJanuary 2024November 2024Allow1010NoNo
18425094SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PREDICTING FORMATION IN SPORTSJanuary 2024May 2025Allow1520YesNo
18423874COMPUTE SYSTEM WITH IMAGE BASED SKIN CANCER DETECTION MECHANISM AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOFJanuary 2024August 2024Allow610YesNo
18424459OPPORTUNISTIC DETECTION OF PATIENT CONDITIONSJanuary 2024September 2024Allow711YesNo
18424620AUTOMATIC IMAGE SEGMENTATION METHODS AND ANALYSISJanuary 2024August 2024Allow700NoNo
18418312EAR INSERT SHAPE DETERMINATIONJanuary 2024February 2025Abandon1310NoNo
18416982OBJECT DETECTION DEVICE, OBJECT DETECTION METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUMJanuary 2024December 2024Allow1010NoNo
18401066CAMERA APPARATUS AND METHOD OF TRAINING AND OPERATING NEURAL NETWORK MODEL FOR ENHANCED FOLIAGE DETECTIONDecember 2023March 2024Allow200NoNo
18394050COMPUTER VISION SYSTEMDecember 2023July 2024Allow740NoNo
18394170COMPUTER VISION SYSTEMDecember 2023July 2024Allow740NoNo
18535338SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRANSPARENT OBJECT SEGMENTATION USING POLARIZATION CUESDecember 2023April 2025Allow1610NoNo
18535146IMAGE-BASED AUTOMATED ERGONOMIC RISK ROOT CAUSE AND SOLUTION IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM AND METHODDecember 2023April 2024Allow410YesNo
18567372METHOD, AND DEVICE FOR LOCALIZING AND LATERALIZING BRAIN FUNCTIONAL REGION, APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUMDecember 2023October 2024Allow1110NoNo
18529554ORAL CARE BASED DIGITAL IMAGING SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ANALYZING ATTRIBUTES OF A FACIAL IMAGE PORTIONDecember 2023March 2025Allow1620NoNo
18526377METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CODING/DECODING IMAGE USING INTRA PREDICTIONDecember 2023October 2024Allow1110NoNo
18521457SERVER, VEHICLE DETECTION SYSTEM, AND VEHICLE DETECTION METHODNovember 2023January 2025Allow1410YesNo
185221313D SEGMENTATION OF LESIONS IN CT IMAGES USING SELF-SUPERVISED PRETRAINING WITH AUGMENTATIONNovember 2023August 2024Allow800NoNo
18520418SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENHANCING BIOMETRIC MATCHING ACCURACYNovember 2023February 2025Allow1510NoNo
18520083Vector-Quantized Image ModelingNovember 2023February 2025Abandon1520NoNo
18516531ROBUST STATE ESTIMATIONNovember 2023October 2024Allow1110YesNo
18514497INCREASING A FALSE POSITIVE IDENTIFICATION RATE OF A FACE RECOGNITION ALGORITHM BY ALTERING A VALUE OF AN IMAGE CLASSIFICATION FEATURE ASSOCIATED WITH THE FACE RECOGNITION ALGORITHMNovember 2023March 2025Allow1610NoNo
18511362Using projected spots to determine facial micromovementsNovember 2023May 2024Allow610NoNo
18388209ADAPTIVE ULTRASOUND SCANNINGNovember 2023September 2024Allow1010NoNo
18505368INTERPRETING WORDS PRIOR TO VOCALIZATIONNovember 2023January 2024Allow300NoNo
18503787BURST IMAGE CAPTURENovember 2023July 2024Allow910NoNo
18502983COLLABORATIVE TRACKINGNovember 2023December 2024Allow1320YesNo
18386801QUALITY INDICATORS FOR COLLECTION OF AND AUTOMATED MEASUREMENT ON ULTRASOUND IMAGESNovember 2023November 2024Allow1210NoNo
18499586METHOD OF REPAIRING A COMBUSTOR LINER OF A GAS TURBINE ENGINENovember 2023November 2024Allow1310NoNo
18385699RATIONAL POLYNOMIAL COEFFICIENT BASED METADATA VERIFICATIONOctober 2023May 2025Abandon1910NoNo
18385409AUTOMATIC VIDEO PRODUCTION DEVICE, AUTOMATIC VIDEO PRODUCTION METHOD, AND VIDEO RECORDING MEDIUM USED THEREFOROctober 2023January 2025Allow1410NoNo
18384731METHOD FOR GENERATING OBJECT DETECTOR BASED ON DEEP LEARNING CAPABLE OF DETECTING EXTENDED OBJECT CLASS AND DETECTOR GENERATION DEVICE USING THE SAMEOctober 2023January 2024Allow300NoNo
18493833VISUAL ENHANCEMENT METHOD AND SYSTEM BASED ON FUSION OF SPATIALLY ALIGNED FEATURES OF MULTIPLE NETWORKED VEHICLESOctober 2023July 2024Allow910NoNo
18488131Physical Object Boundary Detection Techniques and SystemsOctober 2023February 2025Allow1630YesNo
18488760THERMAL IMAGE-BASED HYBRID OBJECT DETECTION METHOD USING YOLO MODEL AND OBJECT TRACKING TECHNIQUEOctober 2023April 2024Allow610NoNo
18380242METHOD FOR SEX SORTING OF MOSQUITOES AND APPARATUS THEREFOROctober 2023May 2025Allow1920NoNo
18486947DETERMINING VISUAL OVERLAP OF IMAGES BY USING BOX EMBEDDINGSOctober 2023April 2024Allow600NoNo
18484340MACHINE-LEARNING-BASED VISUAL-HAPTIC SYSTEM FOR ROBOTIC SURGICAL PLATFORMSOctober 2023June 2024Allow800YesNo
18480024ARTWORK AUTHENTICITY SYSTEMS AND METHODSOctober 2023December 2023Allow200NoNo
18479933SAFE MOTION PLANNING FOR MACHINERY OPERATIONOctober 2023May 2024Allow700YesNo
18477280METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR IDENTIFYING VIDEO-DERIVED DATASeptember 2023April 2024Allow601NoNo
18475588SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INTERACTING WITH A MULTIMODAL MACHINE LEARNING MODELSeptember 2023March 2024Allow610YesNo
18474750EVALUATING FACE RECOGNITION ALGORITHMS IN VIEW OF IMAGE CLASSIFICATION FEATURES AFFECTED BY SMART MAKEUPSeptember 2023October 2023Allow100NoNo
18474931NON-INVASIVE REMOTE SYSTEM AND METHOD TO DETERMINE THE PROBABILITY OF DECEIT BASED ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCESeptember 2023April 2024Allow710NoNo
18472994NEURAL NETWORK BASED PHYSICAL CONDITION EVALUATION OF ELECTRONIC DEVICES, AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODSSeptember 2023November 2024Allow1310NoNo
18472192DEVICES, METHODS, AND SYSTEMS FOR OCCUPANCY DETECTIONSeptember 2023November 2024Allow1410NoNo
18465702DEEP LEARNING TECHNIQUES FOR SUPPRESSING ARTEFACTS IN MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGESSeptember 2023June 2025Abandon2120NoNo
18241271URBAN DATA PREDICTION METHOD BASED ON A GENERATIVE CAUSAL INTERPRETATION MODELSeptember 2023November 2023Allow200NoNo
18460057MODEL-BASED IMAGE CHANGE QUANTIFICATIONSeptember 2023September 2024Allow1210NoNo
18460106METHOD AND COMPUTING SYSTEM FOR OBJECT IDENTIFICATIONSeptember 2023December 2024Allow1520YesNo
18241706SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DIGITAL FINGERPRINTING OF MEDIA CONTENTSeptember 2023May 2024Allow800NoNo
18279479LUNG VOLUME ESTIMATION FROM RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGESAugust 2023May 2024Allow810NoNo
18458035METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR EVALUATION OF IMMUNE CELL INFILTRATE IN TUMOR SAMPLESAugust 2023July 2024Allow1110NoNo
18458014AUTOMATED CATEGORIZATION AND ASSEMBLY OF LOW-QUALITY IMAGES INTO ELECTRONIC DOCUMENTSAugust 2023April 2024Allow810NoNo
18456845FACE AUGMENTATION IN VIDEOAugust 2023September 2024Allow1320YesNo
18236785INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICEAugust 2023December 2024Allow1610NoNo
18236005INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICEAugust 2023September 2024Allow1300NoNo
18235758INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICEAugust 2023February 2025Allow1820YesNo
18235759INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICEAugust 2023March 2024Allow700NoNo
18235025Methods And Systems to Predict Activity In A Sequence Of ImagesAugust 2023November 2024Allow1520NoNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for art-unit 2661.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
76
Examiner Affirmed
61
(80.3%)
Examiner Reversed
15
(19.7%)
Reversal Percentile
3.5%
Lower than average

What This Means

With a 19.7% 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
201
Allowed After Appeal Filing
66
(32.8%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
135
(67.2%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
50.8%
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, 32.8% 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 2661 - Prosecution Statistics Summary

Executive Summary

Art Unit 2661 is part of Group 2660 in Technology Center 2600. This art unit has examined 10,710 patent applications in our dataset, with an overall allowance rate of 86.4%. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 24 months.

Comparative Analysis

Art Unit 2661's allowance rate of 86.4% places it in the 82% 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 2661 receive an average of 1.45 office actions before reaching final disposition (in the 21% percentile). The median prosecution time is 24 months (in the 77% 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.