USPTO Art Unit 2676 Prosecution Statistics

Art Unit Information

Art Unit: 2676
Group: 2670
Tech Center: 2600
Total Cases: 5,021
Last Active: January 2025

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
19038127SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATED CHARACTERIZATION OF FILLERS IN POLYMER MEDIUMS USING ENERGY DISPERSIVE X-RAY SPECTROSCOPYJanuary 2025April 2025Allow300NoNo
19022045SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF SENSOR DATA FUSIONJanuary 2025March 2025Allow200NoNo
18973049APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR LABELING TIME-SERIES DATA USING MACHINE LEARNING MODELSDecember 2024April 2025Allow400YesNo
18863659ALIGNMENT SYSTEM, ALIGNMENT METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUMNovember 2024March 2025Allow400NoNo
18939635METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONVERTING TRAJECTORY COORDINATES OF MOVING OBJECTSNovember 2024January 2025Allow300NoNo
18935765SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CLASSIFYING FRACTURES AND BODY PARTS ON MUSCULOSKELETAL X-RAY IMAGENovember 2024January 2025Allow300NoNo
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
18846648HP SPHERICAL DEFORMATION DIAGNOSIS MODEL AND CONSTRUCTION METHOD THEREOFSeptember 2024February 2025Allow500YesNo
18882039GAZE TARGET DETECTION METHOD AND SYSTEMSeptember 2024November 2024Allow200NoNo
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
18755495SMALL CHROMA BLOCK SIZE RESTRICTION IN VIDEO CODINGJune 2024June 2025Allow1110NoNo
18754934METHODS OF ASSESSING LUNG DISEASE IN CHEST X-RAYSJune 2024March 2025Allow800YesNo
18724204PEDESTRIAN RE-IDENTIFICATION METHOD, SYSTEM AND DEVICE, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMJune 2024January 2025Allow710NoNo
18751166COMMON-SENSE BIAS DISCOVERY AND MITIGATION FOR MACHINE-LEARNING TASKSJune 2024December 2024Allow610NoNo
18737846Fiber Detection And Alignment SystemJune 2024December 2024Allow610YesNo
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
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
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
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
18423413Apparatus for Monitoring Treatment Side EffectsJanuary 2024June 2025Abandon1610NoNo
18410404MICROPHONE DETECTION USING HISTORICAL AND CACHE COORDINATE DATABASESJanuary 2024April 2025Allow1610NoNo
18400592Neural Network-Based Recognition of Trade Workers Present on Industrial SitesDecember 2023November 2024Allow1010NoNo
18395698IMAGE FORMING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OUTPUTTING SCREEN INFORMATION OF A SETTING SCREENDecember 2023September 2024Allow810NoNo
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
18538188IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR BRINGING UP JOB HISTORYDecember 2023August 2024Allow810NoNo
18529888System and Method for Dimensioning Target ObjectsDecember 2023February 2025Allow1410NoNo
18527037AUTONOMOUS CELL IMAGING AND MODELING SYSTEMDecember 2023July 2024Allow710YesNo
18520532USING MACHINE LEARNING TO DETECT WHICH PART OF THE SCREEN INCLUDES EMBEDDED FRAMES OF AN UPLOADED VIDEONovember 2023September 2024Allow1010NoNo
18514772AUTOMATED CATEGORIZATION AND PROCESSING OF DOCUMENT IMAGES OF VARYING DEGREES OF QUALITYNovember 2023April 2025Allow1710NoNo
18509502FACE REENACTMENTNovember 2023January 2025Allow1510NoNo
18508300PRINTING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND PRINTING SYSTEM FOR PREVENTING UNDESIRED CANCELLATION OF RECEIPT OF PRINT JOBNovember 2023August 2024Allow910NoNo
18502454INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAMNovember 2023December 2024Allow1300NoNo
18502390INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAMNovember 2023January 2025Allow1410NoNo
18502171COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING INFORMATION ABOUT SHEET CHARACTERISTICSNovember 2023July 2024Allow810NoNo
18498693FACE AUTHENTICATION ENVIRONMENT DETERMINATION METHOD, FACE AUTHENTICATION ENVIRONMENT DETERMINATION SYSTEM, FACE AUTHENTICATION ENVIRONMENT DETERMINATION APPARATUS, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUMOctober 2023June 2025Abandon2010NoNo
18497912SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR INFERRING THICKNESS OF OBJECT CLASSES OF INTEREST IN TWO-DIMENSIONAL MEDICAL IMAGES USING DEEP NEURAL NETWORKSOctober 2023March 2025Allow1610NoNo
18383148INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAMOctober 2023May 2024Allow700NoNo
18383183INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAMOctober 2023October 2024Allow1210NoNo
18492953INPUT DEVICE HAVING A NEAR-FIELD DETECTION SUBSTRATE POSITIONED RELATIVE TO A TOUCH PANELOctober 2023July 2024Allow910YesNo
18380281IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUSOctober 2023August 2024Allow1010NoNo
18486276PRINTING APPARATUS AND PRINTING SYSTEM FOR PREVENTING UNDESIRED CANCELLATION OF PRINTINGOctober 2023July 2024Allow910NoNo
18377509SAGITTAL ROTATION DETERMINATIONOctober 2023January 2025Allow1610NoNo
18473376IMAGE READING DEVICE WITH TAPPING MEMBER FOR TAPPING REAR END PORTION OF A MEDIUMSeptember 2023July 2024Allow910NoNo
18468591ROBOTIC SYSTEM WITH AUTOMATED OBJECT DETECTION MECHANISM AND METHODS OF OPERATING THE SAMESeptember 2023January 2025Allow1620NoNo
18282141ULTRASONIC COMPUTATION HARDWARE FOR CONVOLUTIONAL NEURAL NETWORK COMPUTING AND OTHER COMPUTATION APPLICATIONSSeptember 2023June 2024Allow900YesNo
18465603IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE WHICH GENERATE REPRINT IMAGE DATA IN CORRESPONDENCE WITH PLUTRALITY OF IMAGE REGIONS OF RECORDED PRINT AND FUTHER BASED ON IMAGE DATA THEREOF, AS WELL AS PRINTING METHOD AND PRINT OUTPUT SYSTEM WHICH OUTPUT REPRINT IN WHICH OPTIMUM IMAGE IS RECORDED BASED ON REPRINT IMAGE DATASeptember 2023August 2024Allow1110NoNo
18465953IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS FOR ACQUIRING IMAGE DATA OF REPRINT IMAGE HAVING HIGH COLOR REPRODUCIBILITY FROM PRINT IMAGESeptember 2023August 2024Allow1110NoNo
18244337METHOD AND IMAGE-PROCESSING DEVICE FOR DETERMINING A PROBABILITY VALUE INDICATING THAT AN OBJECT CAPTURED IN A STREAM OF IMAGE FRAMES BELONGS TO AN OBJECT TYPESeptember 2023October 2024Allow1300NoNo
18460922METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING IMAGESeptember 2023August 2024Allow1110NoNo
18242016PERSONALIZED VIDEOSSeptember 2023August 2024Allow1110NoNo
18459954GENERATING GROUND TRUTH FOR MACHINE LEARNING FROM TIME SERIES ELEMENTSSeptember 2023October 2024Allow1310YesNo
18239867UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE WITH BIOMETRIC VERIFICATIONAugust 2023September 2024Allow1300YesNo
18456129MACHINE LEARNING IN AGRICULTURAL PLANTING, GROWING, AND HARVESTING CONTEXTSAugust 2023January 2025Allow1700NoNo
18235598JOB PROCESSING APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING SCREEN ACCORDING TO JOB EXECUTION STATUS AND DISPLAY METHOD THEREOFAugust 2023August 2024Allow1220NoNo
18449576METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR VERIFYING IMAGE IDENTIFICATIONAugust 2023May 2025Allow2120YesNo
18232952FACE AUTHENTICATION APPARATUSAugust 2023December 2024Allow1610NoNo
18230560Circuit For Combined Down Sampling And Correction Of Image DataAugust 2023March 2025Allow2010YesNo
18363461METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CORRECTING PHASE OF IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION SIGNALAugust 2023April 2025Allow2000NoNo
18226174INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMJuly 2023June 2025Abandon2220NoNo
18225513INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMJuly 2023July 2024Allow1110NoNo
18225610INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMJuly 2023October 2024Allow1510NoNo
18225616INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMJuly 2023November 2024Allow1510NoNo
18355817INDIVIDUAL IDENTIFICATION AND TRACKING VIA COMBINED VIDEO AND LIDAR SYSTEMSJuly 2023November 2024Allow1610NoNo
18348838IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS FOR DESIGNATING A TALK ROOM OF A CHAT SERVICE TO SHARE IMAGE DATA GENERATED BY A SCANNERJuly 2023July 2024Allow1210NoNo
18218028TEXT AND AUDIO-BASED REAL-TIME FACE REENACTMENTJuly 2023January 2025Allow1920YesNo
18216327OBJECT MODELING USING LIGHT PROJECTIONJune 2023July 2024Allow1210NoNo
18213641Machine Learning Techniques for Differentiability Scoring of Digital ImagesJune 2023July 2024Allow1310YesNo
18340448Detecting Facial Expressions in Digital ImagesJune 2023July 2024Allow1310NoNo
18337637METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SCENE IMAGE MODIFICATIONJune 2023November 2024Allow1710NoNo
18210760METHODS, DEVICES, AND SYSTEMS FOR DETERMINING A SUBSET FOR AUTONOMOUS SHARING OF DIGITAL MEDIAJune 2023August 2024Allow1410NoNo
18332230IMAGE CLASSIFICATION AND LABELINGJune 2023February 2025Allow2020NoNo
18330270PRECISION LUXMETER METHODS FOR DIGITAL CAMERAS TO QUANTIFY COLORS IN UNCONTROLLED LIGHTING ENVIRONMENTSJune 2023May 2025Abandon2320NoNo
18328971OBSTACLE AVOIDANCE DURING TARGET TRACKINGJune 2023December 2024Allow1820YesNo
18200693MEDICAL IMAGE ABNORMALITY DETECTION SYSTEM AND ABNORMALITY DETECTION METHODMay 2023June 2025Allow2500YesNo
18199989TEMPLATE-BASED GENERATION OF PERSONALIZED VIDEOSMay 2023June 2024Allow1310NoNo
18199176METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR IDENTIFYING USERMay 2023June 2025Allow2500NoNo

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
63
Examiner Affirmed
51
(81.0%)
Examiner Reversed
12
(19.0%)
Reversal Percentile
2.9%
Lower than average

What This Means

With a 19.0% 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
190
Allowed After Appeal Filing
66
(34.7%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
124
(65.3%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
59.6%
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, 34.7% 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 5,021 patent applications in our dataset, with an overall allowance rate of 82.0%. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 27 months.

Comparative Analysis

Art Unit 2676's allowance rate of 82.0% 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 1.80 office actions before reaching final disposition (in the 48% percentile). The median prosecution time is 27 months (in the 63% 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.