USPTO Art Unit 2674 Prosecution Statistics

Art Unit Information

Art Unit: 2674
Group: 2670
Tech Center: 2600
Total Cases: 7,413
Last Active: September 2025

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
19343976Self-Supervised Multimodal Structured Illumination Microscopic Reconstruction Method and SystemSeptember 2025January 2026Allow300NoNo
19337380DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OBTAINING AN AUGMENTED PATIENT-SPECIFIC BONE/CARTILAGE MODEL OF A TARGET ANATOMICAL STRUCTURE OF A PATIENTSeptember 2025February 2026Allow500NoNo
19280527IMAGE DATA ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUSJuly 2025February 2026Allow700NoNo
19242011Activity-Based Person Identification Using Biometric DisentanglementJune 2025October 2025Allow401NoNo
19224711METHOD FOR CLASSIFYING GEOLOGICAL SECTION, STORAGE MEDIUM AND DEVICEMay 2025July 2025Allow200YesNo
19206128INTELLIGENT IDENTIFICATION METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CREEPING LANDSLIDE HAZARDS BASED ON WRAPPED INTERFEROGRAMSMay 2025October 2025Allow510NoNo
19185713IMAGE RECOGNITION METHOD, DEVICE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUMApril 2025August 2025Allow410NoNo
19093196REAL-TIME QUANTITATIVE CHARACTERIZATION METHOD, EQUIPMENT AND MEDIUM FOR ROCK MASS EVOLUTIONMarch 2025July 2025Allow300NoNo
19103653RELEVANCE FACTOR VARIATION AUTOENCODER ARCHITECTURE FOR ANALYZING COGNITIVE DRAWING TESTSFebruary 2025September 2025Allow710YesNo
19044857POST-PROCESSING UNIT FOR NEURAL PROCESSING UNITFebruary 2025February 2026Allow1220NoNo
19044329MEANS FOR USING MICROSTRUCTURE OF MATERIALS SURFACE AS A UNIQUE IDENTIFIERFebruary 2025June 2025Allow410NoNo
19029326IMAGE-BASED DETECTION OF OBJECT CONDITIONJanuary 2025July 2025Allow610NoNo
19029454IMAGE-BASED DETECTION OF INTERNAL OBJECTJanuary 2025July 2025Allow610NoNo
19029687PRESURGICAL PLANNINGJanuary 2025August 2025Allow710NoNo
19026895Personalized Target Selection Method for Non-invasive Neuromodulation TechnologyJanuary 2025April 2025Allow300NoNo
19026529INTELLIGENT FUSION AND PROCESSING METHOD FOR REMOTE SENSING PRODUCTS FOR WATER QUALITY MONITORING OF ESTUARIES AND BAYSJanuary 2025August 2025Allow710NoNo
19025418SMALL TARGET DETECTION METHOD BASED ON IMPROVED YOLOv8January 2025October 2025Allow920NoNo
18869374METHOD FOR AUTHENTICATING A BANKNOTE HAVING AT LEAST ONE PRINTED AREA ON THE SUBSTRATE THEREOFNovember 2024March 2025Allow400NoNo
18942327DYNAMIC DATA COLLECTION AND SYSTEMATIC PROCESSING SYSTEMNovember 2024April 2025Allow511NoNo
18939826Image rotationNovember 2024December 2025Allow1320YesNo
18862292ASYNCHRONOUSLY UPDATING OBJECT DETECTIONS WITHIN A VIDEO STREAMNovember 2024March 2025Allow500NoNo
18930226METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DATA PROCESSING, COMPUTER, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND PROGRAM PRODUCTOctober 2024January 2025Allow300NoNo
18929666OBJECT RECOGNITION MODEL TRAINING METHOD, OBJECT RECOGNITION METHOD AND OBJECT RECOGNITION DEVICEOctober 2024April 2025Allow610NoNo
18888670Microscopy System and Associated MethodsSeptember 2024May 2025Allow810NoNo
18809395ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF FOR MULTIMODAL TEMPORAL-AXIS FUSION ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE MODELSAugust 2024February 2025Allow600NoNo
18807484MEANS FOR USING MICROSTRUCTURE OF MATERIALS SURFACE AS A UNIQUE IDENTIFIERAugust 2024October 2024Allow200NoNo
18790367WILDFIRE DETECTION SYSTEMJuly 2024September 2024Allow200NoNo
18785841COMMODITY IMAGE INFORMATION ACQUISITION SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUSJuly 2024March 2025Allow710NoNo
18833386PASSIVE HUMAN DETECTION METHOD AND APPARATUS, DEVICE, AND MEDIUMJuly 2024January 2025Allow500NoNo
18770154Cross-Modal Contrastive Learning for Text-to-Image Generation based on Machine Learning ModelsJuly 2024October 2025Allow1510NoNo
18759907FUNCTIONAL PROTEIN CLASSIFICATION FOR PANDEMIC RESEARCHJune 2024August 2025Abandon1310NoNo
18755829THREE DIMENSIONAL (3D) OBJECT DETECTIONJune 2024May 2025Allow1110NoNo
18754014AUTOMATED CLASSIFICATION BASED ON PHOTO-REALISTIC IMAGE/MODEL MAPPINGSJune 2024April 2025Allow1010NoNo
18753187SOLID-STATE IMAGE CAPTURING SYSTEM, SOLID-STATE IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHODJune 2024August 2025Allow1420NoNo
18748479SPATIALLY CO-REGISTERED GENOMIC AND IMAGING (SCORGI) DATA ELEMENTS FOR FINGERPRINTING MICRODOMAINSJune 2024December 2025Allow1810NoNo
18743824MULTI-TASK MACHINE LEARNING MODEL FOR EVENT DETECTIONJune 2024January 2025Allow710YesNo
18744440MACHINE-LEARNING-BASED DETECTION OF FAKE VIDEOSJune 2024May 2025Allow1120YesNo
18743022SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATIC DETECTION OF ADJUSTABLE ITEM DIMENSION BASED ON SENSOR DISTANCE AND STORED FIXED DIMENSIONSJune 2024July 2025Allow1310NoNo
18741370METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DATA STRUCTURING OF TEXTJune 2024April 2025Allow1010NoNo
18714928DIFFERENCE DESCRIPTION STATEMENT GENERATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, DEVICE AND MEDIUMMay 2024August 2024Allow300NoNo
18678894SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING ENCODED REPRESENTATIONS FOR MULTIPLE MAGNIFICATIONS OF IMAGE DATAMay 2024September 2025Allow1510NoNo
18679200GATED ATTENTION NEURAL NETWORKSMay 2024March 2025Allow910NoNo
18674711SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND DEVICES FOR IMAGE-BASED PLAQUE ANALYSIS AND RISK DETERMINATIONMay 2024April 2025Allow1120NoNo
18667352Material Detection in X-Ray Security ScreeningMay 2024December 2024Allow700NoNo
18711367MULTI-TASK PANOPTIC DRIVING PERCEPTION METHOD AND SYSTEM BASED ON IMPROVED YOU ONLY LOOK ONCE VERSION 5 (YOLOv5)May 2024March 2026Allow2200NoNo
18659800SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AI GENERATION OF IMAGE CAPTIONS ENRICHED WITH MULTIPLE AI MODALITIESMay 2024July 2024Allow200NoNo
18655505METHOD FOR DETERMINING CORRECT SCANNING DISTANCE USING AUGMENTED REALITY AND MACHINE LEARNING MODELSMay 2024July 2025Allow1420YesNo
18653718MACHINE LEARNING-BASED SELECTION OF A REPRESENTATIVE VIDEO FRAME WITHIN A MESSAGING APPLICATIONMay 2024March 2025Allow1010NoNo
18653271VISION SENSORS, IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICES INCLUDING THE VISION SENSORS, AND OPERATING METHODS OF THE VISION SENSORSMay 2024November 2024Allow600NoNo
18653425SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SIGNAL DIGITIZATIONMay 2024March 2025Allow1010NoNo
18646460VISUAL ODOMETRY AND SEMANTIC SEGMENTATION IN HIGH-SPEED DETECTION OF ANOMALIES IN MEDICAL SCOPESApril 2024March 2026Allow2300NoNo
18643515LENS MOVING APPARATUS, CAMERA MODULE AND OPTICAL APPLIANCE INCLUDING THE SAMEApril 2024February 2025Allow1010NoNo
18639695BEHAVIOR RECOGNITION METHOD AND DEVICE USING DEEP LEARNINGApril 2024November 2025Allow1900NoNo
18637722Computer-Implemented Method for Operating an Imaging Facility, Imaging Facility, Computer Program and Electronically Readable Data CarrierApril 2024July 2024Allow200NoNo
18636073SYSTEM FOR GENERATING A BLUETAPE SCOPE FOR REPAIRING A DAMAGED REAL PROPERTY STRUCTUREApril 2024June 2025Allow1410YesNo
18636195PINPOINTING SINGLE MOLECULE POSITIONS WITH IN SITU POINT SPREAD FUNCTION RETRIEVAL FOR THREE DIMENSIONAL NANOSCOPY OF WHOLE CELLS AND TISSUESApril 2024December 2024Allow800NoNo
18632691APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR THE OPTIMAL STITCH ZONE CALCULATION OF A GENERATED PROJECTION OF A SPHERICAL IMAGEApril 2024October 2024Allow600NoNo
18633009FRAME SELECTION FOR HIGH DYNAMIC RANGE SNAPSHOTApril 2024February 2026Allow2300NoNo
18627562USING CONTEXT TO UPDATE PRODUCT MODELSApril 2024January 2025Allow910NoNo
18626076AUTOMATICALLY IDENTIFYING FAULTY SIGNATURES FOR AUTONOMOUS DRIVING APPLICATIONSApril 2024July 2024Allow400NoNo
18624038SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR LOW-LIGHT IMAGE ENHANCEMENT UTILIZING DENOISING PREPROCESSING WITH WAVELET DECOMPOSITIONApril 2024August 2024Allow400NoNo
18614525OPTICAL DISPLAY DEVICEMarch 2024February 2026Allow2300NoNo
18610864VISUAL SUPPORT FOR SPINAL CURVATURE THERAPYMarch 2024March 2026Allow2300NoNo
18608267INTRAORAL SCANNING WITH SURFACE DIFFERENTIATIONMarch 2024March 2025Allow1210NoNo
18608746MULTI-MODAL ENSEMBLE DEEP LEARNING FOR START PAGE CLASSIFICATION OF DOCUMENT IMAGE FILE INCLUDING MULTIPLE DIFFERENT DOCUMENTSMarch 2024September 2024Allow610NoNo
18607267IMAGE ANALYSIS TECHNOLOGIES FOR ASSESSING SAFETY OF VEHICLE OPERATIONMarch 2024September 2025Allow1820YesNo
18605847METHOD FOR IN-SITU MONITORING OF FULL CYCLE OF SPATTER FORMATION, EJECTION, AND FALLING IN LASER ADDITIVE MANUFACTURINGMarch 2024November 2024Allow820NoNo
18605307ENTROPY FIELD DECOMPOSITION FOR ANALYSIS IN A DYNAMIC SYSTEMMarch 2024May 2025Allow1410NoNo
18604194INTENSITY EXTRACTION FOR FEATURE VALUES IN BASE CALLINGMarch 2024March 2025Allow1210YesNo
18601971Image rotationMarch 2024August 2025Allow1720YesNo
18600222METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING USER'S REAL HAND AND WEARABLE DEVICE THEREFORMarch 2024January 2025Allow1010YesNo
18594568SECURING COMPOSITE OBJECTS USING DIGITAL FINGERPRINTSMarch 2024May 2025Allow1410NoNo
18595213METHOD FOR GENERATING A 3D PHYSICAL MODEL OF A PATIENT SPECIFIC ANATOMIC FEATURE FROM 2D MEDICAL IMAGESMarch 2024December 2024Allow910NoNo
18595099APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR EDGE TUNINGMarch 2024November 2024Allow810YesNo
18592552METHOD FOR IMPLEMENTING BRUSH STROKE OF ELECTRONIC WHITEBOARD MARKER, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND ELECTRONIC WHITEBOARDMarch 2024February 2026Allow2400NoNo
18590759SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EFFICIENT HARDWARE-ACCELERATED NEURAL NETWORK CONVOLUTIONFebruary 2024February 2026Allow2310NoNo
18585908FAST SELF-SUPERVISED SINGLE IMAGE TO CATEGORICAL 3D OBJECTS MACHINE LEARNING MODEL TRAININGFebruary 2024January 2026Allow2300NoNo
18582294ACCELERATED EMBEDDING LAYER COMPUTATIONSFebruary 2024December 2024Allow1010NoNo
18444143METHOD AND DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING EXPLANATORY RADIOMICS-RELATED INFORMATIONFebruary 2024January 2025Allow1120YesNo
18442028SYNCHRONIZED MULTIPLE-RADIO ANTENNA SYSTEMS AND METHODSFebruary 2024February 2025Allow1210NoNo
18438595METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRAINING IMAGE RECOGNITION MODEL, AND IMAGE RECOGNITION METHOD AND APPARATUSFebruary 2024October 2024Allow800NoNo
18437357MEDICAL IMAGE SEGMENTATION METHOD, IMAGE SEGMENTATION METHOD, AND RELATED APPARATUS AND SYSTEMFebruary 2024December 2024Allow1010NoNo
18437122AN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SYSTEM WITH AUGMENTED DOCUMENT CAPTURE AND PROCESSING SYSTEMS AND METHODSFebruary 2024February 2025Allow1310YesNo
18431521METHOD AND APPARATUS TO QUANTIZE IN MULTIPLE SUB-MESHESFebruary 2024December 2025Allow2300NoNo
18430480SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MACHINE LEARNING MODELS FOR PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENTFebruary 2024March 2025Allow1310YesNo
18429536DEMOSAICING CIRCUIT FOR DEMOSAICING QUAD BAYER RAW IMAGE DATAFebruary 2024April 2025Allow1500NoNo
18423572SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING CELL CLUSTERS WITHIN IMAGES OF STAINED BIOLOGICAL SAMPLESJanuary 2024July 2025Allow1720YesNo
18423609ANTERIOR SEGMENT ANALYSIS APPARATUS, ANTERIOR SEGMENT ANALYSIS METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMJanuary 2024December 2025Allow2300NoNo
18422651SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING BACKFINNED LOINSJanuary 2024October 2024Allow911NoNo
18422887OPEN-VOCABULARY OBJECT DETECTION IN IMAGESJanuary 2024October 2024Allow800NoNo
18421484SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING DATA PROCESSING ACTIVITIES BASED ON DATA DISCOVERY RESULTSJanuary 2024December 2024Allow1110NoNo
18421369SPATIAL SPARSITY EXPLOITATION IN NEURAL NETWORK PROCESSINGJanuary 2024January 2026Allow2300NoNo
18421825DETECTING AND MONITORING UNAUTHORIZED USES OF VISUAL CONTENTJanuary 2024December 2024Allow1020YesNo
18420444SIMULATED HANDWRITING IMAGE GENERATORJanuary 2024December 2024Allow1100NoNo
18411445IMAGE RESTORATION FOR THROUGH-DISPLAY IMAGINGJanuary 2024July 2024Allow700NoNo
18409697BRAIN IMAGE CLASSIFICATION METHOD BASED ON DISCRETIZED DATAJanuary 2024December 2025Allow2300NoNo
18405358GENERATION METHOD AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUSJanuary 2024March 2026Allow2600NoNo
18405922NEURAL NETWORK FOR IMAGE REGISTRATION AND IMAGE SEGMENTATION TRAINED USING A REGISTRATION SIMULATORJanuary 2024March 2026Allow2610NoNo
18445731Online handwriting document layout analysis systemJanuary 2024December 2025Allow2300NoNo
18576706SUBJECT EXTRACTION DEVICE, SUBJECT EXTRACTION METHOD, AND PROGRAMJanuary 2024December 2025Allow2300NoNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for art-unit 2674.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
141
Examiner Affirmed
87
(61.7%)
Examiner Reversed
54
(38.3%)
Reversal Percentile
75.6%
Higher than average

What This Means

With a 38.3% reversal rate, the PTAB reverses the examiner's rejections in a meaningful percentage of cases. This reversal rate is in the top 25% across the USPTO, indicating that appeals are more successful here than in most other areas.

Strategic Value of Filing an Appeal

Total Appeal Filings
296
Allowed After Appeal Filing
107
(36.1%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
189
(63.9%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
71.7%
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, 36.1% 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 show good success rates. If you have a strong case on the merits, consider fully prosecuting the appeal to a Board decision.

✓ Filing a Notice of Appeal is strategically valuable. The act of filing often prompts favorable reconsideration during the mandatory appeal conference.

Art Unit 2674 - Prosecution Statistics Summary

Executive Summary

Art Unit 2674 is part of Group 2670 in Technology Center 2600. This art unit has examined 7,413 patent applications in our dataset, with an overall allowance rate of 78.6%. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 25 months.

Comparative Analysis

Art Unit 2674's allowance rate of 78.6% places it in the 56% 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 2674 receive an average of 1.89 office actions before reaching final disposition (in the 50% percentile). The median prosecution time is 25 months (in the 78% 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.