USPTO Art Unit 2681 Prosecution Statistics

Art Unit Information

Art Unit: 2681
Group: 2680
Tech Center: 2600
Total Cases: 3,304
Last Active: June 2025

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
19240934SUCTION ATTACHMENT ACCESSORY FOR PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICESJune 2025December 2025Allow610NoNo
19050842APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RESCAN WORKFLOW MANAGEMENT IN AUTOMATED SCANNING SYSTEMSFebruary 2025April 2025Allow200NoNo
19012274BRACKETJanuary 2025June 2025Allow510NoNo
18956287SUCTION ATTACHMENT ACCESSORY FOR PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICESNovember 2024April 2025Allow510NoNo
18935271Using a Custom Printer Driver to Automatically Electronically Create, Capture and Manage all Documents Utilized in a Transaction, with Automatic Upload and Verification of DocumentsNovember 2024March 2025Allow410NoNo
18903822IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM AND PRINTEROctober 2024February 2026Allow1710NoNo
18886611SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OBJECT DETECTION IN AN ENVIRONMENTSeptember 2024February 2026Allow1710NoNo
18822644IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUSSeptember 2024October 2025Allow1300YesNo
18774079IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING IMAGE FORMING APPARATUSJuly 2024August 2025Allow1310NoNo
18764548SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SELECTIVELY SENDING, DELIVERY AND RECEIVING OF FAXESJuly 2024March 2025Allow900NoNo
18760734SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EDITING AUDIOVISUAL DATA USING LATENT CODES FROM GENERATIVE NETWORKS AND MODELSJuly 2024July 2025Allow1310YesNo
18751624METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR OPERATING A PRINTING APPARATUSJune 2024August 2025Allow1410NoNo
18747618IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING A PLURALITY OF PORTS TO WHICH USB DEVICE IS ATTACHABLEJune 2024March 2025Allow900NoNo
18741665PRINTING SYSTEM, PRINTING SYSTEM CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUMJune 2024October 2025Allow1720NoNo
18738628PARAMETER UTILIZATION FOR LANGUAGE PRE-TRAININGJune 2024July 2025Allow1310YesNo
18673140STORAGE MEDIUM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUSMay 2024April 2025Allow1110NoNo
18670947IMPLEMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING IMPLEMENT STATEMay 2024December 2024Allow700YesNo
18671962DIALOGUE PROCESSING APPARATUS, LEARNING APPARATUS, DIALOGUE PROCESSING METHOD, LEARNING METHOD AND PROGRAMMay 2024November 2025Allow1810NoNo
18669295IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, OUTPUT SYSTEM, AND OUTPUT METHODMay 2024January 2025Allow800NoNo
18669202SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LARGE DOCUMENT TRANSFER AND DECENTRALIZED STORAGEMay 2024March 2025Allow1010NoNo
18667394SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPROVED PRINT RENDERING USING METALLIC OBJECT DETECTION TECHNIQUES ON INPUT IMAGESMay 2024February 2026Allow2120NoYes
18666564INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAMEMay 2024March 2025Allow1000NoNo
18659972METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PRINTING VERIFIED COPY OF A NON-FUNGIBLE TOKENMay 2024June 2025Allow1420NoNo
18659224Distilling to a Target Device Based on Observed Query PatternsMay 2024April 2025Allow1100NoNo
18656347INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND NONVOLATILE STORAGE MEDIUMMay 2024May 2025Allow1210NoNo
18656066METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ALIGNING IMAGES PRINTED WITH DIGITAL PRINTER AND ANALOG CYLINDERSMay 2024April 2025Allow1110NoNo
18655075IMAGE READING APPARATUSMay 2024November 2024Allow700NoNo
18646588READING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING READING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE READING SYSTEMApril 2024December 2024Allow800NoNo
18641832DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUSApril 2024December 2024Allow800NoNo
18637567RECORDING MEDIUM, CONTROL METHOD AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS HAVING PRINT SETTING THAT SELECTIVELY REQUIRES A PASSWORDApril 2024May 2025Allow1310YesNo
18633723IMAGE READING APPARATUSApril 2024November 2025Allow1920YesNo
18634680SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRESERVING PRIVACY IN PRIVATE MAILApril 2024July 2025Allow1510NoNo
18631097INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEMApril 2024April 2025Allow1210NoNo
18631554NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM AND CONTROL DEVICE FOR CONDITIONAL NOTIFICATIONApril 2024November 2025Allow1920NoNo
18629485CONTENT PROVISION DEVICE, CONTENT PROVISION METHOD, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUMApril 2024June 2025Allow1410YesNo
18627017PRINTER FOR APPLYING TEMPORARY TATTOOSApril 2024November 2024Allow810NoNo
18626263DISPLAY DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, AND DISPLAY METHODApril 2024March 2026Allow2330NoNo
18625507INFORMATION PROVIDING METHODApril 2024August 2025Allow1710NoNo
18624907VALIDATING IMAGE CONTENT AND FORMAT USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCEApril 2024July 2024Allow300NoNo
18618698DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION OF FILES ON THE CLIENT SIDE BEFORE UPLOADMarch 2024August 2025Allow1710NoNo
18616290SYSTEM INCLUDING FIRST DEVICE COPYING SHORTCUT INFORMATION TO PORTABLE MEMORY, AND SECOND DEVICE PERFORMING SHORTCUT RELATED PROCESS BASED ON THE SHORTCUT INFORMATION STORED IN THE PORTABLE MEMORYMarch 2024July 2025Allow1620NoNo
18614810INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUMMarch 2024March 2025Allow1110YesNo
18614834PRINTING CONTROL DEVICE, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING PRINTING CONTROL DEVICE, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAMMarch 2024May 2025Allow1410NoNo
18615571ANTI-LEAK DIGITAL DOCUMENT MARKING SYSTEM AND METHOD USING DISTRIBUTED LEDGERMarch 2024July 2024Allow310NoNo
18612926Recipient Customized Generative Voice ModelingMarch 2024February 2025Allow1110YesNo
18607676IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS FOR CREATING IMAGE FORMING CONDITIONMarch 2024March 2026Allow2400NoNo
18608552SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RAPID NATURAL LANGUAGE BASED MESSAGE CATEGORIZATIONMarch 2024November 2024Allow810NoNo
18607062INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS WITH AUTOMATIC DETECTION AND INTERRUPTION OF DEFECTIVE IMAGE FORMING OPERATIONSMarch 2024March 2025Allow1210YesNo
18602729IMAGE READING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEMMarch 2024October 2024Allow700NoNo
18601005THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE SPACE TRANSFORMATIONMarch 2024March 2025Allow1220YesNo
18596901EDITING DEVICE EDITING PRINT DATA VIA DISPLAY DEVICE FOR CREATING COMPOSITE LABEL WITH PRINTING DEVICEMarch 2024March 2025Allow1210NoNo
18597209PRINTING APPARATUS CAPABLE OF COUNTING THE NUMBER OF TIMES OF PRINTING, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING PRINTING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUMMarch 2024September 2024Allow700NoNo
18596463INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR SETTING A REGION TO BE INSPECTED BY READING AN IMAGE ON A SHEETMarch 2024February 2026Allow2330YesNo
18593652IMAGE READING APPARATUS HAVING SENSOR FOR DETECTING SHAPE OF FED DOCUMENTS, CONTROL METHOD FOR CONTROLLING IMAGE READING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING STORED THEREIN CONTROL METHODMarch 2024September 2025Allow1820YesNo
18590995METHOD FOR CONVERTING ENDOSCOPE IMAGES TO NARROW BAND IMAGESFebruary 2024February 2026Allow2300NoNo
18589356MAINTENANCE SUPPORT SYSTEM AND MAINTENANCE SUPPORT METHODFebruary 2024December 2024Allow910NoNo
18586871IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, CONTROL APPARATUS, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAMFebruary 2024August 2025Allow1810NoNo
18586734METHODS AND PRINTING SYSTEM FOR PEER-TO-PEER OUTPUT MANAGEMENTFebruary 2024May 2025Allow1520YesNo
18585918INSTANT TICKET REDUNDANCY VIA MULTI-CHROMATIC INDICIA WITH PHOTORECEPTOR SENSITIVITY TO DIFFERENT WAVELENGTHS OF LIGHTFebruary 2024September 2024Allow600NoNo
18584155PRINTING CONTROL APPARATUS, PRINTING CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUMFebruary 2024April 2025Allow1320NoNo
18584289DRUG INSPECTION APPARATUS AND DRUG INSPECTION METHODFebruary 2024December 2025Allow2200NoNo
18581440SCANNING SYSTEM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM FOR OUTPUTTING PRECEDING AND SUBSEQUENT IMAGE DATA FROM PRECEDING AND SUBSEQUENT DOCUMENTSFebruary 2024September 2025Allow1920NoNo
18581180Unibody Endoskeletal Transtibial Prosthetic Devices and Digital Fabrication WorkflowFebruary 2024October 2024Allow700NoNo
18443794IMAGE FORMING DEVICE, IMAGE READING DEVICE, NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM STORING COMPUTER-READABLE PROGRAM, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICEFebruary 2024March 2025Allow1310NoNo
18443029CONFIGURABLE PAGING SCHEMES FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONSFebruary 2024February 2026Allow2400NoNo
18440822IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD OF IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUMFebruary 2024March 2025Allow1300NoNo
18438007NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING COMPUTER-EXECUTABLE INSTRUCTIONS FOR INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICEFebruary 2024November 2024Allow900NoNo
18682749COLOR PROFILE MODIFICATION BASED ON USER-SPECIFIC COLOR RECOGNITION CHARACTERISTICSFebruary 2024July 2025Allow1710YesNo
18435783IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUSFebruary 2024April 2025Allow1410NoNo
18432484CONTROL DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM INVOLVING DISPLAYING, IN A SLIDE BUTTON, A NUMBER OF COPIES TO BE PRINTEDFebruary 2024January 2026Abandon2330YesNo
18681303METHOD AND PRODUCT FOR SYNTHESISING PRINT DATA AND FOR PROVIDING THE DATA TO A PRINTERFebruary 2024December 2025Allow2300NoNo
18431952IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHODFebruary 2024January 2025Allow1210NoNo
18431613IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING IMAGE FORMING APPARATUSFebruary 2024January 2025Allow1110NoNo
18431892METHODS, APPARATUSES, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR VERIFYING PRINTED INDICIAFebruary 2024September 2024Allow800NoNo
18431565INTERLEAVED PROCESSING OF TEMPLATE DATA AND SEARCH DATA ACCORDING TO A SEARCH WINDOWFebruary 2024January 2026Allow2300NoNo
18429819IMAGE INSPECTION DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING DEVICE, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING A PROGRAMFebruary 2024January 2025Allow1100YesNo
18428554IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUMJanuary 2024January 2025Allow1110NoNo
18427578COMMUNICATION APPARATUSJanuary 2024December 2025Allow2300NoNo
18426921PRINTING SYSTEM AND METHODJanuary 2024May 2025Abandon1610NoNo
184259643-DIMENSIONAL REPRESENTATIONS OF POST-CONTRAST ENHANCED BRAIN LESIONSJanuary 2024August 2024Allow700YesNo
18424760WATERMARKING METHOD FOR HIGH-DEFINITION MAP BASED ON INVISIBLE CHARACTERSJanuary 2024April 2024Allow200NoNo
18423780METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR MEDICAL IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION USING MACHINE LEARNING BASED PROCESSESJanuary 2024January 2026Allow2400NoNo
18423760INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS WITH ADAPTIVE DIAGNOSTIC IMAGE LAYOUT BASED ON RECORDING MEDIUM SIZEJanuary 2024August 2025Allow1910NoNo
18423503ELECTRONIC DEVICEJanuary 2024November 2025Allow2200NoNo
18423105METHODS, APPARATUSES, AND SYSTEMS FOR DETECTING PRINTING DEFECTS AND CONTAMINATED COMPONENTS OF A PRINTERJanuary 2024April 2025Allow1410YesNo
18423276Automated Data HandlingJanuary 2024December 2025Allow2300NoNo
18421749SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION TO PROPERLY MAINTAIN AN IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUSJanuary 2024June 2025Allow1710NoNo
18291578NEURAL NETWORKS FOR DYNAMIC RANGE CONVERSION AND DISPLAY MANAGEMENT OF IMAGESJanuary 2024March 2026Allow2610NoNo
18291639POSITIONING METHOD, POSITIONING DEVICE, POSITIONING APPARATUS AND COMPUTER STORAGE MEDIUMJanuary 2024February 2026Allow2500NoNo
18419861Image Processing Apparatus, Image Processing System, Control Method, and Non-Transitory Computer-Readable Recording MediumJanuary 2024April 2025Allow1510NoNo
18418794METHOD FOR RESOLUTION ERROR DETECTION IN PRINT DEVICE USING ITERATIVE TRANSFORMJanuary 2024October 2025Allow2110NoNo
18291009SETTING PRINTING DATA TYPEJanuary 2024December 2025Allow2310YesNo
18418245IDENTIFYING PRINT JOBS FOR PRE-PROCESSINGJanuary 2024January 2025Allow1210NoNo
18418244PRE-RENDERING AND STORING FOR PUSH PRINTINGJanuary 2024March 2025Allow1410NoNo
18418041SERVICE PROVIDING SYSTEM, SERVICE PROVIDING DEVICE, PRINTING APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SERVICE PROVIDING SYSTEMJanuary 2024January 2026Allow2410NoNo
18417104INSPECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM THAT DETERMINE WHETHER A CONTINUOUS IMAGE DEFECT HAS OCCURREDJanuary 2024February 2026Allow2510NoNo
18418128IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUMJanuary 2024August 2024Allow800NoNo
18418209AUTOMATIC CALIBRATION OF INTRAORAL 3D SCANNERJanuary 2024June 2024Allow510NoNo
18414591INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAMJanuary 2024July 2025Allow1810NoNo
18413098PRINT CONTROL APPARATUS, METHOD FOR PRODUCING PRINTED OBJECT, AND PRINT CONTROL PROGRAMJanuary 2024June 2025Allow1710NoNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for art-unit 2681.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
42
Examiner Affirmed
28
(66.7%)
Examiner Reversed
14
(33.3%)
Reversal Percentile
55.5%
Higher than average

What This Means

With a 33.3% reversal rate, the PTAB reverses the examiner's rejections in a meaningful percentage of cases. This reversal rate is above the USPTO average, indicating that appeals have better success here than typical.

Strategic Value of Filing an Appeal

Total Appeal Filings
111
Allowed After Appeal Filing
45
(40.5%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
66
(59.5%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
88.6%
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, 40.5% of applications that filed an appeal were subsequently allowed. This appeal filing benefit rate is in the top 25% across the USPTO, indicating that filing appeals is particularly effective here. The act of filing often prompts favorable reconsideration during the mandatory appeal conference.

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 2681 - Prosecution Statistics Summary

Executive Summary

Art Unit 2681 is part of Group 2680 in Technology Center 2600. This art unit has examined 3,304 patent applications in our dataset, with an overall allowance rate of 77.5%. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 32 months.

Comparative Analysis

Art Unit 2681's allowance rate of 77.5% places it in the 53% 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 2681 receive an average of 1.58 office actions before reaching final disposition (in the 26% percentile). The median prosecution time is 32 months (in the 44% 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 longer 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.