USPTO Art Unit 2676 Prosecution Statistics

Art Unit Information

Art Unit: 2676
Group: 2670
Tech Center: 2600
Total Cases: 4,747
Last Active: August 2025

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
19307170SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CALIBRATING VEHICLE FOLLOWING DISTANCE DETERMINATIONAugust 2025March 2026Allow610NoNo
19299931SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF SENSOR DATA FUSIONAugust 2025February 2026Allow610NoNo
19297846PARKINSON DISEASE PREDICTION USING MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING (MRI) BASED ON A CONVOLUTIONAL BLOCK ATTENTION MODULE AND EXPLAINABLE AI ARCHITECTURE (C3BAM-XAI) ARCHITECTUREAugust 2025October 2025Allow200NoNo
19243464METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING THREE-DIMENSIONAL REPRESENTATIONS OF SERIAL SECTIONSJune 2025September 2025Allow300NoNo
19214033OPHTHALMIC MEDICAL IMAGE SEGMENTATION METHOD AND SYSTEM AND STORAGE MEDIUMMay 2025December 2025Allow710NoNo
19176358METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SIMULATING TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT (TMJ) SURGERY BASED ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) TECHNOLOGYApril 2025June 2025Allow200NoNo
19097799COMPUTER VISION-DRIVEN INTERACTIVE FULL-BODY MOTION TRACKINGApril 2025September 2025Allow610YesNo
19088701Use of artificial intelligence ("AI") to detect the expression of Cytokeratin 17 in urothelial cells from patients' voided urineMarch 2025January 2026Allow1011NoNo
19085111CORRELATED VECTOR METRICS FOR IMAGE EMBEDDING PROCESSINGMarch 2025September 2025Allow610YesNo
19081672SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF SENSOR DATA FUSIONMarch 2025August 2025Allow510YesNo
19052320INCREMENTAL LEARNING METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LARGE VISION-LANGUAGE MODEL FOR AUTONOMOUS DRIVINGFebruary 2025May 2025Allow410NoNo
19103232METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATIC DETERMINATION OF REGISTRATION ACCURACYFebruary 2025February 2026Allow1220YesNo
19045582MACHINE LEARNING BASED SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OPTIMIZING INDUSTRIAL PROCESSES BY ANALYZING LAYOUTS OF ENVIRONMENTSFebruary 2025June 2025Allow510NoNo
19038127SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATED CHARACTERIZATION OF FILLERS IN POLYMER MEDIUMS USING ENERGY DISPERSIVE X-RAY SPECTROSCOPYJanuary 2025April 2025Allow300NoNo
19025673REAL-TIME VIDEO EVENT DETECTION USING EDGE AND CLOUD AIJanuary 2025March 2025Allow200YesNo
19022045SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF SENSOR DATA FUSIONJanuary 2025March 2025Allow200NoNo
19005689SMALL-SIZE VEHICLE DETECTION DEEP LEARNING MODEL BASED ON FEATURE FUSION OF MULTI-SCALE MODULESDecember 2024June 2025Allow610NoNo
18981835METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING INTRACRANIAL LARGE VESSEL IMAGE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND MEDIUMDecember 2024March 2025Allow300YesNo
18973049APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR LABELING TIME-SERIES DATA USING MACHINE LEARNING MODELSDecember 2024April 2025Allow400YesNo
18972720AUTONOMOUS CELL IMAGING AND MODELING SYSTEMDecember 2024July 2025Allow810NoNo
18959064Video Content Generation Utilizing Metadata and Lidar DataNovember 2024February 2026Allow1530NoNo
18939635METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONVERTING TRAJECTORY COORDINATES OF MOVING OBJECTSNovember 2024January 2025Allow300NoNo
18863659ALIGNMENT SYSTEM, ALIGNMENT METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUMNovember 2024March 2025Allow400NoNo
18935765SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CLASSIFYING FRACTURES AND BODY PARTS ON MUSCULOSKELETAL X-RAY IMAGENovember 2024January 2025Allow300NoNo
18929566EDGE COMPUTING-BASED ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING REAL-TIME MONITORING METHOD AND SYSTEMOctober 2024July 2025Allow900NoNo
18926325LOW LIGHT IMAGE ENHANCEMENT METHOD FOR ON-LINE VISUAL MONITORING IN METAL ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING PROCESSOctober 2024November 2025Allow1300YesNo
18923682SYSTEM LINKED ITEM INCLUDING READABLE CODEOctober 2024April 2025Allow610NoNo
18857046SELF-SUPERVISED ANOMALY DETECTION FRAMEWORK FOR VISUAL QUALITY INSPECTION IN MANUFACTRUINGOctober 2024February 2025Allow400NoNo
18900912METHOD FOR PREDICTING REMOTE SENSING IMAGE TIME SERIES BASED ON RESERVOIR COMPUTINGSeptember 2024March 2025Allow510NoNo
18902546Multi-Axis Vision TransformerSeptember 2024August 2025Allow1020NoNo
18846648HP SPHERICAL DEFORMATION DIAGNOSIS MODEL AND CONSTRUCTION METHOD THEREOFSeptember 2024February 2025Allow500YesNo
18883934COMPUTE SYSTEM WITH EXPLAINABLE AI FOR SKIN LESIONS ANALYSIS MECHANISM AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOFSeptember 2024October 2025Allow1340YesNo
18882039GAZE TARGET DETECTION METHOD AND SYSTEMSeptember 2024November 2024Allow200NoNo
18846264ALLERGENIC SPECIES BROADCASTING METHOD AND SYSTEM AND READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMSeptember 2024August 2025Allow1220NoNo
18824213METHOD FOR ASSISTING GOLF TRAINING AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTSeptember 2024January 2025Allow410NoNo
18804475DEVICE FOR IMAGE RECOGNITION BASED ON FULL-ANALOG PHOTONIC NEURAL NETWORK AND METHOD THEREOFAugust 2024December 2024Allow400NoNo
18796239SYSTEM FOR PREDICTING DISEASE WITH GRAPH CONVOLUTIONAL NEURAL NETWORK BASED ON MULTIMODAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGINGAugust 2024November 2024Allow300NoNo
18780297METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTING AND REPAIRING SUN GLINT IN UAV OPTICAL RGB OCEAN IMAGESJuly 2024December 2024Allow410YesNo
18759250ESTIMATION APPARATUS, ESTIMATION SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER-READABLE NON-TRANSITORY MEDIUM STORING ESTIMATION PROGRAMJune 2024February 2025Allow810YesNo
18759626IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, READABLE MEDIUM AND ELECTRONIC DEVICEJune 2024September 2024Allow300YesNo
18755709AUTONOMOUS CROP MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHODJune 2024August 2025Abandon1410NoNo
18757484Systems and methods for performing inpaintingJune 2024July 2025Allow1330YesNo
18755495SMALL CHROMA BLOCK SIZE RESTRICTION IN VIDEO CODINGJune 2024June 2025Allow1110NoNo
18724204PEDESTRIAN RE-IDENTIFICATION METHOD, SYSTEM AND DEVICE, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMJune 2024January 2025Allow710NoNo
18754934METHODS OF ASSESSING LUNG DISEASE IN CHEST X-RAYSJune 2024March 2025Allow800YesNo
18751166COMMON-SENSE BIAS DISCOVERY AND MITIGATION FOR MACHINE-LEARNING TASKSJune 2024December 2024Allow610NoNo
18737846Fiber Detection And Alignment SystemJune 2024December 2024Allow610YesNo
18736739METHOD, APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, COMPUTER PROGRAM, AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM FOR MEASURING INTER-VEHICLE DISTANCE BASED ON VEHICLE IMAGEJune 2024August 2025Allow1510NoNo
18671250SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CORRELATING OBJECTS OF INTERESTMay 2024January 2025Allow710YesNo
18668586IMAGING DEVICE, IMAGING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICEMay 2024March 2025Allow1010NoNo
18662991SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SIMULTANEOUS MULTI-SLICE MULTITASKING IMAGINGMay 2024June 2025Allow1310NoNo
18654287Methods and Systems for Scoreboard Text Region DetectionMay 2024February 2025Allow910NoNo
18651195Primitive Testing for Ray Intersection at Multiple PrecisionsApril 2024September 2025Allow1710YesNo
18645091DISCOVERY PLATFORMApril 2024August 2024Allow300NoNo
18645100DISCOVERY PLATFORMApril 2024November 2024Allow710YesNo
18643164LANE DEPARTURE MONITORINGApril 2024August 2024Allow400NoNo
18642299IMPROVEMENTS IN IMAGE ACQUISITION PLANNING SYSTEMS AND METHODS USED TO GENERATE INFORMATION FOR STRUCTURES OF INTERESTApril 2024June 2025Abandon1410NoNo
18635737IMAGE STITCHING WITH ELECTRONIC ROLLING SHUTTER CORRECTIONApril 2024August 2025Allow1610NoNo
18633302DEPTH COMPLETION USING ATTENTION-BASED REFINEMENT OF FEATURESApril 2024February 2026Allow2200NoNo
18627223DATA PROCESSING APPARATUSES, METHODS, COMPUTER PROGRAMS AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIAApril 2024June 2025Allow1510NoNo
18625784SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CHARACTERIZING CELLULAR PHENOTYPIC DIVERSITY FROM MULTI-PARAMETER CELLULAR, AND SUB-CELLULAR IMAGING DATAApril 2024November 2024Allow800NoNo
18626293COMPUTER LEARNING ASSISTED BLOOD FLOW IMAGINGApril 2024June 2024Allow300NoNo
18618536SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING VIDEO PRESENTATION AND VIDEO ANALYTICS FOR LIVE SPORTING EVENTSMarch 2024January 2025Allow1010NoNo
18617762SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO LABEL STRUCTURES OF INTEREST IN TISSUE SLIDE IMAGESMarch 2024October 2024Allow700YesNo
18615813TEXT LAYOUT INTERPRETATION USING EYE GAZE DATAMarch 2024May 2025Abandon1310NoNo
18614676DEPTH ESTIMATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRAINING DEPTH ESTIMATION MODEL, AND SYSTEMMarch 2024March 2026Allow2300YesNo
18614361SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DIAGNOSING PROSTATE CANCERMarch 2024June 2025Allow1530NoNo
18613313APPARATUS AND A METHOD FOR THE IDENTIFICATION OF SOURCE IMAGES ASSOCIATED WITH AN OBJECTMarch 2024July 2024Allow410YesNo
18604765IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, COMPUTING DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUMMarch 2024December 2024Allow910NoNo
18601882FOREGROUND DATA GENERATION METHOD AND METHOD FOR APPLYING SAME, RELATED APPARATUS, AND SYSTEMMarch 2024December 2024Allow910NoNo
18585951OUT-OF-VIEW CT SCAN DETECTIONFebruary 2024April 2025Allow1410NoNo
18583675SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COLLECTION OF FIT DATA RELATED TO A SELECTED MASKFebruary 2024March 2025Allow1210NoNo
18682444COMPUTER VISION SYSTEM, COMPUTER VISION METHOD AND COMPUTER VISION PROGRAMFebruary 2024March 2026Allow2500NoNo
18423413Apparatus for Monitoring Treatment Side EffectsJanuary 2024June 2025Abandon1610NoNo
18421940AUTO-NORMALIZATION FOR MACHINE LEARNINGJanuary 2024April 2025Allow1410NoNo
18420346SYSTEM FOR ALIGNING SENSOR DATA WITH MAPS COMPRISING COVARIANCESJanuary 2024July 2025Allow1710YesNo
18290700FACE REGION DETECTION AND LOCAL RESHAPING ENHANCEMENTJanuary 2024January 2026Allow2300YesNo
18410404MICROPHONE DETECTION USING HISTORICAL AND CACHE COORDINATE DATABASESJanuary 2024April 2025Allow1610NoNo
18404696VIDEO CODEC ASSISTED REAL-TIME VIDEO ENHANCEMENT USING DEEP LEARNINGJanuary 2024December 2025Allow2310NoNo
18400592Neural Network-Based Recognition of Trade Workers Present on Industrial SitesDecember 2023November 2024Allow1010NoNo
18575402APPARATUS FOR LESION DIAGNOSIS AND METHOD THEREOFDecember 2023March 2026Allow2610NoNo
18395698IMAGE FORMING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OUTPUTTING SCREEN INFORMATION OF A SETTING SCREENDecember 2023September 2024Allow810NoNo
18573871METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OBTAINING HUMAN BODY SIZE INFORMATION FROM IMAGE DATADecember 2023February 2026Allow2600YesNo
18572953ELECTRODE SURFACE INSPECTION DEVICEDecember 2023March 2026Allow2710NoNo
18572844PLANE ESTIMATION METHODS AND APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICES, AND STORAGE MEDIADecember 2023December 2025Allow2400NoNo
18390472METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ESTIMATING TEMPORALLY CONSISTENT 3D HUMAN SHAPE AND MOTION FROM MONOCULAR VIDEODecember 2023December 2025Allow2300NoNo
18391105IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD USING IMAGE FORMING DATA FILEDecember 2023September 2024Allow910NoNo
18545885SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMAGE BASED CONTENT CAPTURE AND EXTRACTION UTILIZING DEEP LEARNING NEURAL NETWORK AND BOUNDING BOX DETECTION TRAINING TECHNIQUESDecember 2023November 2024Allow1100YesNo
18541153IMAGE ANALYSISDecember 2023February 2025Allow1410NoNo
18539157NEURAL IMPLICIT SCATTERING FUNCTIONS FOR INVERSE PARAMETER ESTIMATION AND DYNAMICS MODELING OF MULTI-OBJECT INTERACTIONSDecember 2023November 2025Allow2300NoNo
18537951INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHODDecember 2023December 2025Allow2400NoNo
18538188IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR BRINGING UP JOB HISTORYDecember 2023August 2024Allow810NoNo
18537238DEEP LEARNING SYSTEMDecember 2023November 2025Allow2300NoNo
18529888System and Method for Dimensioning Target ObjectsDecember 2023February 2025Allow1410NoNo
18528155QUANTUM CONVOLUTIONAL NEURAL NETWORK CIRCUITDecember 2023December 2025Allow2400YesNo
18527037AUTONOMOUS CELL IMAGING AND MODELING SYSTEMDecember 2023July 2024Allow710YesNo
18526629SEPARATION OF OBJECTS IN IMAGES FROM THREE-DIMENSIONAL CAMERASDecember 2023March 2026Allow2730YesNo
18565729NON-CONTACT LIVE DETECTION APPARATUS AND LIVE DETECTION METHODNovember 2023March 2026Allow2700YesNo
18520532USING MACHINE LEARNING TO DETECT WHICH PART OF THE SCREEN INCLUDES EMBEDDED FRAMES OF AN UPLOADED VIDEONovember 2023September 2024Allow1010NoNo
18518959MONOCULAR IMAGE DEPTH ESTIMATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER DEVICENovember 2023March 2026Allow2810NoNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for art-unit 2676.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
73
Examiner Affirmed
60
(82.2%)
Examiner Reversed
13
(17.8%)
Reversal Percentile
1.6%
Lower than average

What This Means

With a 17.8% 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
205
Allowed After Appeal Filing
68
(33.2%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
137
(66.8%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
54.9%
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, 33.2% 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 2676 - Prosecution Statistics Summary

Executive Summary

Art Unit 2676 is part of Group 2670 in Technology Center 2600. This art unit has examined 4,747 patent applications in our dataset, with an overall allowance rate of 81.2%. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 26 months.

Comparative Analysis

Art Unit 2676's allowance rate of 81.2% places it in the 68% 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 2676 receive an average of 1.88 office actions before reaching final disposition (in the 47% percentile). The median prosecution time is 26 months (in the 74% 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.

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