USPTO Art Unit 2672 Prosecution Statistics

Art Unit Information

Art Unit: 2672
Group: 2670
Tech Center: 2600
Total Cases: 7,301
Last Active: August 2025

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
19292827OBJECT EVALUATION METHOD, OBJECT EVALUATION DEVICE, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTAugust 2025January 2026Allow510NoNo
19268388COMPUTING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EXTRACTING UNSTRUCTURED DOCUMENT DATAJuly 2025October 2025Allow310NoNo
19252678MULTIMEDIA FOCALIZATIONJune 2025September 2025Allow310YesNo
19249884METHOD, DEVICE, SYSTEM, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR IMAGE PROCESSINGJune 2025September 2025Allow300NoNo
19239991DEVICES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF REMOTE DETERMINATION OF PHYSIOLOGICAL INDICES FOR A REMOTE POLYGRAPH TESTJune 2025November 2025Allow510NoNo
19190916DETECTION OF PLANT DETRIMENTSApril 2025December 2025Allow810NoNo
19176112PLATFORM FOR DISTRIBUTED LANDCOVER FEATURE DATA REVIEWApril 2025May 2025Allow100NoNo
19171987MACHINE VISION-BASED METHOD FOR RAPIDLY DETECTING SCAR CONTOURApril 2025May 2025Allow200NoNo
19087060COMPUTE SYSTEM WITH IMAGE DIAGNOSTIC MECHANISM AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOFMarch 2025June 2025Allow300NoNo
19043194SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING AND TRACKING OBJECTS USING A COMPUTER VISION MODELJanuary 2025December 2025Allow1020YesNo
18955854SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING AND LABELING OBJECTS IN IMAGES USING AN INDEXNovember 2024April 2025Allow510YesNo
18952835LAYOUT EXTRACTION SYSTEM FOR REGIONAL ANNOTATION OF IMAGESNovember 2024April 2025Allow410YesNo
18909970HAND ACUPOINT POSITIONING METHOD, DEVICE, ACUPUNCTURE ROBOT AND STORAGE MEDIUMOctober 2024January 2025Allow300NoNo
18895382COMPUTATIONAL LOCALIZATION OF FIBRILLATION SOURCESSeptember 2024February 2025Allow410NoNo
18894638METHOD TO CALIBRATE, PREDICT, AND CONTROL STOCHASTIC DEFECTS IN EUV LITHOGRAPHYSeptember 2024August 2025Allow1110NoNo
18787196APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OBJECT POSE ESTIMATION IN A MEDICAL IMAGEJuly 2024April 2025Allow910YesNo
18772099CLASSIFICATION PARALLELIZATION ARCHITECTUREJuly 2024January 2025Allow700YesNo
18765325SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INSPECTING AND MAINTAINING THE EXTERIOR ELEVATED ELEMENTS OF BUILDING STRUCTURESJuly 2024January 2025Allow710NoNo
18764517SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CAPTURING IMAGES FOR TRAINING OF AN ITEM IDENTIFICATION MODELJuly 2024August 2025Allow1300NoNo
18743497IMPROVING DIGITAL IMAGE INPAINTING UTILIZING PLANE PANOPTIC SEGMENTATION AND PLANE GROUPINGJune 2024July 2025Allow1310YesNo
18674427Multi-Scale Autoencoders for Semiconductor Workpiece UnderstandingMay 2024March 2025Allow1010NoNo
18664051METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DETERMINING ALIGNMENT PARAMETERS OF A SURGICAL TARGET, SUCH AS A SPINEMay 2024June 2025Allow1310NoNo
18660939IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF GENERATING MODEL FOR IMAGE PROCESSINGMay 2024March 2026Allow2200YesNo
18652949METHOD FOR EXTRACTING OBSTRUCTING OBJECTS FROM AN IMAGE CAPTURED IN A MULTIPLE CAMERA SYSTEMMay 2024May 2025Allow1210NoNo
18651548ARTICULATED OBJECT DETERMINATIONApril 2024March 2025Allow1000YesNo
18642681SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTONOMOUSLY APPLYING PRECISION TREATEMENTS TO A GROUP OF PLANT OBJECTSApril 2024April 2025Allow1210NoNo
18702143SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EVALUATING A PULMONARY VENTILATION AND PERFUSION GRADIENTApril 2024March 2026Allow2300NoNo
18633176SYSTEMS, DEVICES AND METHODS FOR NON-INVASIVE HEMATOLOGICAL MEASUREMENTSApril 2024March 2025Allow1210NoNo
18629358MACHINE-LEARNED OBSTRUCTION DETECTION IN A FARMING MACHINEApril 2024July 2025Allow1600YesNo
18621081HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAY AND METHOD FOR DEPTH PREDICTIONMarch 2024March 2026Allow2300NoNo
18696169WEEDING ROBOT AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PLANNING WEEDING PATH THEREOF, AND MEDIUMMarch 2024September 2024Allow610NoNo
18613855IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHODMarch 2024February 2025Allow1110NoNo
18612094IMAGE DENOISING METHODMarch 2024February 2026Allow2300NoNo
18606543METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING THAT A DETECTED OBJECT BELONGS TO A SPECIFIC CLASSMarch 2024February 2025Allow1100YesNo
18606902COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHODMarch 2024March 2026Allow2400YesNo
18601595Enhanced Vehicle Navigation Using Non-Destructive Inspection One-Dimensional Sensor ArraysMarch 2024April 2025Allow1310NoNo
18599106SYSTEM FOR ONLINE COURSE CREATIONMarch 2024February 2026Allow2300NoNo
18689191ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT AND VISIBLE LIGHT FUSION METHOD FOR DETECTING POWER DEVICEMarch 2024February 2026Allow2300NoNo
18593037ACCELERATOR CIRCUITRY FOR ACCELERATION OF NON-MAXIMUM SUPPRESSION FOR OBJECT DETECTIONMarch 2024February 2026Allow2300NoNo
18688020Method and Apparatus for Image Rectification and StitchingFebruary 2024February 2026Allow2300NoNo
18588266AUTO SEGMENTATION USING 2-D IMAGES TAKEN DURING 3-D IMAGING SPINFebruary 2024January 2025Allow1110NoNo
18587450MACHINE LEARNING MODEL INFERENCE USING USER-CREATED MACHINE LEARNING MODELS WHILE MAINTAINING USER PRIVACYFebruary 2024April 2024Allow200YesNo
18686863AUTONOMOUS UAS DATA ACQUISITION WITH CONTEXT AWARENESSFebruary 2024February 2026Allow2300NoNo
18586622PROCESSOR FOR LIFETIME-BASED UNMIXING IN FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPYFebruary 2024February 2026Allow2300NoNo
18685227DEEP VIDEO LINKAGE FEATURE-BASED BEHAVIOR RECOGNITION METHODFebruary 2024February 2026Allow2400NoNo
18444682SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INSPECTING AND MAINTAINING THE EXTERIOR ELEVATED ELEMENTS OF BUILDING STRUCTURESFebruary 2024May 2024Allow300NoNo
18444524Sliding Window for Image Keypoint Detection and Descriptor GenerationFebruary 2024August 2025Allow1820YesNo
18435214DIAGNOSIS OF A DISEASE CONDITION USING AN AUTOMATED DIAGNOSTIC MODELFebruary 2024March 2025Allow1310NoNo
18435386SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATED AND INTERACTIVE ANALYSIS OF BONE SCAN IMAGES FOR DETECTION OF METASTASESFebruary 2024January 2025Allow1110NoNo
18435807IMAGE DATA ENCAPSULATIONFebruary 2024June 2025Allow1610NoNo
18435796SUBSTRATE INSPECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USE THEREOFFebruary 2024January 2025Allow1110NoNo
18433689SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ANATOMICAL FEATURES TRANSPLANTATION FOR DATA VARIETY AUGMENTATION ON MEDICAL IMAGESFebruary 2024January 2026Allow2400NoNo
18431895IMAGE ANALYSIS DEVICE, METHOD, AND PROGRAMFebruary 2024February 2026Allow2400NoNo
18430668IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHODFebruary 2024September 2024Allow800NoNo
18292188Automatic Alignment of Two PullbacksJanuary 2024February 2026Allow2400NoNo
18419170Neural Network Architectures with Multiple Normalization Layers for Machine VisionJanuary 2024February 2026Allow2400YesNo
18418327DISPLAY METHOD AND DISPLAY SYSTEM FOR PLANT DISEASE DIAGNOSIS INFORMATION, AND READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMJanuary 2024July 2024Allow510YesNo
18415942METHOD AND APPARATUS OF DETERMINING DISPENSING POSITION, DISPENSING SYSTEM FOR BATTERIES, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND MEDIUMJanuary 2024February 2026Allow2500NoNo
18412377PATTERN-TRIGGERED OBJECT MODIFICATION IN AUGMENTED REALITY SYSTEMJanuary 2024June 2025Allow1810YesNo
18577618SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIA FOR CHARACTERIZING MICROSPHERIC MATERIALJanuary 2024December 2025Allow2400NoNo
18406764MACHINE LEARNING BASED CYCLE TIME TRACKING AND REPORTING FOR VEHICLESJanuary 2024February 2026Allow2500NoNo
18405599METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING A PATTERN DEVIATION VALUE OF A VISIBLE SURFACE OF A PANELJanuary 2024February 2026Allow2500NoNo
17919407METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRAINING OPERATION DETERMINATION MODEL FOR MEDICAL INSTRUMENT CONTROL DEVICEJanuary 2024March 2026Allow4100NoNo
18403766DISPLAY DEVICE, DISPLAY METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMJanuary 2024January 2026Allow2400NoNo
18403340VISUAL PROSTHETIC AND ORTHODONTIC TREATMENT PLANNINGJanuary 2024February 2025Allow1410YesNo
18400957SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR 3D IMAGING RECONSTRUCTION USING DUAL-DOMAIN NEURAL NETWORKDecember 2023February 2026Allow2500NoNo
18398733CHARACTER RECOGNITION DEVICE, CHARACTER RECOGNITION METHOD, CHARACTER RECOGNITION SYSTEMDecember 2023July 2024Allow710YesNo
18393046ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) MODELS TO IMPROVE IMAGE PROCESSING RELATED TO PRE AND POST ITEM DELIVERIESDecember 2023March 2025Allow1510YesNo
18543278Computer Vision Systems and Methods for Detecting and Aligning Land Property Boundaries on Aerial ImageryDecember 2023July 2024Allow700YesNo
18544074SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CLASSIFICATION OF BIOLOGICAL PARTICLESDecember 2023December 2025Allow2420NoNo
18542709A SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SPATIAL ANALYSIS OF LEAF IMAGESDecember 2023February 2026Allow2600NoNo
18542592HOLE FILLING FOR 3D DENTAL MODELSDecember 2023January 2026Allow2520YesNo
18533383CROSS-MODAL IMAGE-WATERMARK JOINT GENERATION AND DETECTION DEVICE AND METHOD THEREOFDecember 2023July 2024Allow700YesNo
18534243DIVERSITY-PRESERVED DOMAIN ADAPTATION USING TEXT-TO-IMAGE DIFFUSION FOR 3D GENERATIVE MODELDecember 2023February 2026Allow2600NoNo
18531036Systems, Apparatus, and Methods for Enhanced Image CaptureDecember 2023January 2026Allow2630NoYes
18530033SUBSTRATE INSPECTION SYSTEM AND A METHOD OF USE THEREOFDecember 2023October 2024Allow1010NoNo
18526972SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CAMERA CALIBRATION USING AN EPIPOLAR CONSTRAINTDecember 2023July 2024Allow810NoNo
18526837System and Methods for Automatically Detecting Objects of Interest and Determining Their Geographic PositionsDecember 2023July 2025Allow2010NoNo
18525694Localization of lens focus parameter estimation and subsequent camera calibrationNovember 2023October 2024Allow1000NoNo
18525258Method of Locating and Tracking Each Person in a Gunshot EventNovember 2023March 2026Allow2810NoNo
18520601CORRECTION APPARATUS, METHOD AND PROGRAM FOR CORRECTING ARTIFACTSNovember 2023February 2026Allow2700YesNo
18520796Method and System for Deblurring Non-Uniformly Blurred ImagesNovember 2023January 2026Allow2600NoNo
18519890METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CUSTOMIZING USER EXPERIENCENovember 2023October 2025Allow2330YesNo
18518987PORT DISTRICT SEA LINE MULTIPLE VESSEL MONITORING SYSTEM AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOFNovember 2023February 2026Allow2710YesNo
18517382METHODS FOR FEATURELESS GAZE TRACKING IN ECOLOGICALLY VALID CONDITIONSNovember 2023January 2026Allow2600YesNo
18516124MULTI-MODAL METHOD FOR CLASSIFYING THYROID NODULE BASED ON ULTRASOUND AND INFRARED THERMAL IMAGESNovember 2023October 2025Allow2300NoNo
18513422SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CELL SORTING AND CELL EXTRACTIONNovember 2023June 2025Abandon1920NoNo
18389076SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EXTRACTING INFORMATION ABOUT OBJECTS FROM SCENE INFORMATIONNovember 2023March 2025Abandon1610NoNo
18506880BIOMETRIC CHARACTERISTIC APPLICATION USING AUDIO/VIDEO ANALYSISNovember 2023April 2025Allow1720YesNo
18388773OBJECT DETECTION WITH CROSS-DOMAIN MIXINGNovember 2023October 2025Allow2300NoNo
18505442System and Method for Navigating and Illustrating a ProcedureNovember 2023August 2025Allow2110NoNo
18387859EFFICIENT K-NEAREST NEIGHBOR (KNN) METHOD FOR SINGLE-FRAME POINT CLOUD OF LIDAR, AND APPLICATION THEREOFNovember 2023March 2026Allow2810YesNo
18503695SEVERITY ESTIMATION SYSTEM FOR OCCUPANTS IN A VEHICLENovember 2023February 2026Allow2710YesNo
18501208AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE SENSOR SECURITY, AUTHENTICATION AND SAFETYNovember 2023February 2025Allow1510YesNo
18501972TECHNIQUES FOR GENERATING GAIN MAPS BASED ON ACQUIRED IMAGESNovember 2023September 2025Allow2300NoNo
18498466HIGH-SPEED OPTICAL TRACKING WITH COMPRESSION AND/OR CMOS WINDOWINGOctober 2023February 2025Allow1510NoNo
18497674MEASURING VEHICLE SPEEDS WITH AN UNCALIBRATED CAMERAOctober 2023January 2025Allow1510NoNo
18493687SYSTEM, METHOD AND KIT FOR 3D BODY IMAGINGOctober 2023July 2025Allow2110NoNo
18491241Systems, Methods and Devices for Forming Respiratory-Gated Point Cloud for Four Dimensional Soft Tissue NavigationOctober 2023September 2025Allow2200NoNo
18490175IMAGE-BASED DOCUMENT SEARCH USING MACHINE LEARNINGOctober 2023August 2024Allow1010YesNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for art-unit 2672.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
100
Examiner Affirmed
71
(71.0%)
Examiner Reversed
29
(29.0%)
Reversal Percentile
32.5%
Lower than average

What This Means

With a 29.0% 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
255
Allowed After Appeal Filing
72
(28.2%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
183
(71.8%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
27.6%
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, 28.2% 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 2672 - Prosecution Statistics Summary

Executive Summary

Art Unit 2672 is part of Group 2670 in Technology Center 2600. This art unit has examined 7,301 patent applications in our dataset, with an overall allowance rate of 82.8%. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 22 months.

Comparative Analysis

Art Unit 2672's allowance rate of 82.8% places it in the 74% percentile among all USPTO art units. This art unit has an above-average allowance rate compared to other art units.

Prosecution Patterns

Applications in Art Unit 2672 receive an average of 1.61 office actions before reaching final disposition (in the 28% percentile). The median prosecution time is 22 months (in the 90% 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.