USPTO Art Unit 2682 Prosecution Statistics

Art Unit Information

Art Unit: 2682
Group: 2680
Tech Center: 2600
Total Cases: 5,395
Last Active: May 2025

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
19205261ANTI-LEAK DIGITAL DOCUMENT MARKING SYSTEM AND METHOD USING DISTRIBUTED LEDGERMay 2025July 2025Allow200NoNo
19065861USE OF IMPERFECT PATTERNS TO ENCODE DATA ON SURFACESFebruary 2025April 2025Allow200NoNo
19022509Methods of Printing Document Markings with Enhanced Moiré Effects, and Documents that Exhibit Such EffectsJanuary 2025October 2025Allow921YesNo
18878078IMAGE READING DEVICEDecember 2024March 2025Allow300NoNo
18982610ANTI-LEAK DIGITAL DOCUMENT MARKING USING DISTRIBUTED LEDGER TO GENERATE A CODE UNIQUELY CORRESPONDING TO A UNIQUE VALUE FOR EACH DIGITAL DOCUMENTDecember 2024April 2025Allow410NoNo
18944702METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IDENTIFYING BACK ACUPUNCTURE POINTS, AND MOXIBUSTION ROBOTNovember 2024February 2025Allow300NoNo
18939402STRAIN CALCULATION METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PHASE-SENSITIVE OPTICAL COHERENCE ELASTOGRAPHYNovember 2024February 2025Allow300NoNo
18883016DATA PROCESSING METHOD FOR MANAGING FIRST IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND SECOND IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE USING SERVERSeptember 2024October 2025Allow1300NoNo
18883474ANTI-LEAK DIGITAL DOCUMENT MARKING SYSTEM AND METHOD USING DISTRIBUTED LEDGERSeptember 2024November 2024Allow210NoNo
18827279IN SITU CODE DESIGN METHODS FOR MINIMIZING OPTICAL CROWDINGSeptember 2024January 2025Allow400NoNo
18730652METHOD FOR DEVELOPING A PRINTING PLANJuly 2024March 2025Allow800YesNo
18777185SYSTEM LINKED ITEMJuly 2024September 2024Allow200NoNo
18763141PASSAGE TIMING CALCULATION DEVICE, PASSAGE TIMING CALCULATION METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM FOR RECORDING PROGRAMJuly 2024April 2025Allow910NoNo
18763763SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMPRESSING A CAPTURED IMAGEJuly 2024March 2025Allow800NoNo
18761172Image Analysis System for Testing in ManufacturingJuly 2024March 2025Allow910NoNo
18756011RECONFIGURABLE MULTI-BAND BASE STATION ANTENNAS HAVING SELF-CONTAINED SUB-MODULESJune 2024February 2025Allow710NoNo
18757202DIGITALLY WATERMARKING RESOURCES PRODUCED BY AN ONLINE SOFTWARE PLATFORM BASED ON APPLYING ONE OR MORE RESOURCE DIGITAL RULESJune 2024April 2025Allow1010YesNo
18752707Dynamic Network Configuration for PrintersJune 2024January 2025Allow700NoNo
18744316TABLE INFORMATION EXTRACTION AND MAPPING TO OTHER DOCUMENTSJune 2024May 2025Allow1110NoNo
18742033INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUMJune 2024January 2025Allow700NoNo
18742393Image Forming Apparatus Having Paper Type Identification Apparatus To Determine Type Of Sheet Based On Reading Results Of First Surface And Second Surface By Reading SensorJune 2024October 2025Allow1620NoNo
18739488SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RADIO CHANNEL PARAMETER OPTIMIZATION IN A WIRELESS NETWORKJune 2024January 2025Allow700NoNo
18738602STATISTICAL CLASSIFICATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISTINGUISHING CONTENT ITEMS FROM CONVEYOR BELTS IN AUTOMATED DETECTION ENVIRONMENTSJune 2024May 2025Allow1110NoNo
18737994IMAGE READING APPARATUSJune 2024July 2025Allow1310YesNo
18736113Systems and Methods for Analyzing Text Extracted from Images and Performing Appropriate Transformations on the Extracted TextJune 2024September 2025Allow1520YesNo
18731790A SUPPLY ITEM CHIP CONFIGURED FOR COMMUNICATION WITH A CONTROLLERJune 2024May 2025Allow1201NoNo
18731880KINEMATIC ASSESSMENT AND VERIFICATION OF PAPER DOCUMENTS FOR PROCESSING AND ANALYSIS THEREOFJune 2024July 2025Allow1310NoNo
18670508PASSIVE DISAMBIGUATION OF ASSISTANT COMMANDSMay 2024March 2025Allow1010YesNo
18659983IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS IS PERFORMING WIRELESS COMMUNICATION IN TWO MODES AND RECEIVING TRIGGER FRAME FROM ACCESS POINT, METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMMay 2024July 2025Allow1410NoNo
18656312Altering an Image of an Item or Scene to be More Accurate or CongruentMay 2024March 2025Allow1010YesNo
18654399Self-Service Print KioskMay 2024January 2025Allow911NoNo
18650293IMAGE-READING DEVICE COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF OPTICAL COMPONENTS ARRANGED ALONG THE SCANNING DIRECTION BOARD COMPONENTS ARRANGED TO HAVE A SECOND CLEARANCE THEREBETWEEN AND BOARD COMPONENTS FIXED TO THE HOUSINGApril 2024April 2025Allow1210YesNo
18650243IMAGE-READING DEVICE COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF OPTICAL COMPONENTS ARRANGED ALONG THE SCANNING DIRECTION AND HOUSING COMPONENTS ARRANGED TO HAVE A FIRST CLEARANCE THEREBETWEEN, BOARD COMPONENTS ARRANGED TO HAVE A SECOND CLEARANCE THEREBETWEEN AND THE FIRST CLEARANCE AND THE SECOND CLEARANCE ARE ARRANGED TO BE STAGGERED IN THE SCANNING DIRECTIONApril 2024February 2025Allow1010NoNo
18649792IMAGE READING APPARATUS CAUSED TO READ A HOLDING MEMBER PLACED ON A READING AREA, THE HOLDING MEMBER HOLDING RECEIPTS AND EXTRACTING EDGES OF THE RECEIPTS FROM A SINGLE READ IMAGEApril 2024June 2025Allow1420YesNo
18649577COMBINING NEAR-INFRARED INFORMATION WITH COLORED IMAGES IN IMAGE-GUIDED SURGERYApril 2024June 2025Allow1310YesNo
18648064UTILIZING CONTEXT INFORMATION WITH AN ELECTRONIC DEVICEApril 2024February 2025Allow1010YesNo
18642502IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUMApril 2024November 2025Allow1800NoNo
18639988SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) ASSISTED ACTIVITY TRAININGApril 2024December 2024Allow800NoNo
18641189IMAGE FORMING APPARATUSApril 2024March 2025Allow1010NoNo
18703181METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTING OPTICAL DEFECTS WITHIN A GLASS WINDSHIELDApril 2024March 2026Allow2300NoNo
18701624TRAINING DEVICE, TRAINING METHOD, AND TRAINING PROGRAMApril 2024February 2026Allow2200NoNo
18635487PRINTER CONVERTING CHARACTER CODE INCLUDED IN PRINT DATA INTO CHARACTER CODE OF PRESCRIBED CHARACTER ENCODING SYSTEM TO GENERATE RASTER DATAApril 2024March 2026Allow2300NoNo
18636008PDF EMBEDDER FOR ARTWORK ELEMENTS WITH PDF FILESApril 2024March 2025Allow1110NoNo
18631585INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHODApril 2024December 2025Allow2130YesNo
18631924SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING PHYSICAL LOCATIONS OF ADDRESSESApril 2024November 2024Allow700NoNo
18630947METHODS AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS FOR HANDLING DATA DRIVEN MODELApril 2024January 2025Allow1000NoNo
18630320IMAGE READING APPARATUSApril 2024March 2026Allow2300NoNo
18629628INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING INFORMATION PROCESSING, AND STORAGE MEDIUMApril 2024March 2025Allow1100NoNo
18627274IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, FOR PERFORMING AN OPERATION FROM A RECEIVED CENSORSHIP RESULTApril 2024January 2025Allow1020NoNo
18620665IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING APPROPRIATE OBJECTS ON SCREENMarch 2024October 2024Allow700NoNo
18620365MANAGEMENT SERVER, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND MANAGEMENT SERVER SYSTEMMarch 2024February 2026Allow2300NoNo
18618201IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS FOR STORING LOG INFORMATION AND DELETING LOG IN RESPONSE TO A REQUEST FROM AN INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUSMarch 2024June 2025Allow1420NoNo
18617179MODULAR ENERGY SYSTEM FOR USE IN A SURGICAL ENVIRONMENTMarch 2024October 2024Allow700NoNo
18615245COMMUNICATION APPARATUS CAPABLE OF CARRYING OUT NEAR FIELD COMMUNICATION WITH A TARGET APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAMMarch 2024April 2025Allow1310NoNo
18614791PRINTING APPARATUS, READING METHOD, AND READING APPARATUSMarch 2024March 2026Allow2300NoNo
18615199INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUMMarch 2024October 2024Allow600NoNo
18613665SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REMOTELY PRINTING DIGITAL IMAGES FOR PICKUP AT A RETAIL STOREMarch 2024June 2025Allow1510NoNo
18610209MACHINE-LEARNING TECHNIQUES FOR DETECTING ARTIFACT PIXELS IN IMAGESMarch 2024February 2026Allow2300NoNo
18607821METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM, AND APPARATUS FOR ADAPTING AN ESTIMATOR FOR USE IN A MICROSCOPEMarch 2024November 2024Allow800NoNo
18602279IMAGE READING APPARATUS, IMAGE READING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUMMarch 2024January 2025Allow1000NoNo
18601237ANTENNA AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING SAMEMarch 2024November 2024Allow800NoNo
186018033D VISUALIZATION ENHANCEMENT FOR DEPTH PERCEPTION AND COLLISION AVOIDANCEMarch 2024August 2025Allow1720YesNo
18595713INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS PROVIDING PREDETERMINED LINK INFORMATION AND IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION, METHOD, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM, AND SYSTEMMarch 2024February 2026Allow2300NoNo
18595209Dynamic Upload and Automated Workflows for Hosted Images and VideosMarch 2024January 2025Allow1000NoNo
18593815CELLULAR NETWORK AUTHENTICATION USING A MEMORY SECURITY TOKENMarch 2024October 2024Allow800NoNo
18593608SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MEASURING DOCUMENT LEGIBILITYMarch 2024October 2024Allow800NoNo
18590148IMAGE-FORMING SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUSFebruary 2024January 2026Allow2300NoNo
18588317FORMING, AUTHENTICATING AND SECURING NON-FUNGIBLE ITEMSFebruary 2024March 2025Allow1210YesNo
18587505IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, CONTROL APPARATUS, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAMFebruary 2024January 2026Allow2300NoNo
18585969IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS ESTABLISHES RECONNECTION WITH TERMINAL DEVICE USING IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION SO THAT COMMUNICATION WITH THE TERMINAL DEVICE IS RESUMEDFebruary 2024November 2024Allow810NoNo
18583899IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHODFebruary 2024January 2026Allow2300YesNo
18584120METHODS AND PRINTING SYSTEM FOR PEER-TO-PEER OUTPUT MANAGEMENTFebruary 2024February 2026Allow2430YesNo
18582531IDENTIFYING DOCUMENTS THAT CONTAIN POTENTIAL CODE WORDS USING A MACHINE LEARNING MODELFebruary 2024February 2025Allow1210NoNo
18581711STORAGE MEDIUM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND CONTROL METHOD FOR INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUSFebruary 2024June 2025Allow1610NoNo
18582006ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND CONTROLLING METHOD FOR INSTALLING NEURAL NETWORK MODELS SUITABLE FOR HARDWARE OF THE ELECTRONIC DEVICEFebruary 2024January 2025Allow1110NoNo
18581795COMMUNICATION APPARATUS HAVING FIRST AND SECOND SETTING INFORMATION, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR STORING PROGRAMFebruary 2024September 2024Allow700NoNo
18444058APPARATUS AND METHOD OF ACQUIRING IMAGE BY EMPLOYING COLOR SEPARATION LENS ARRAYFebruary 2024February 2025Allow1210NoNo
18444489SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PROVIDING UNIVERSAL MOBILE INTERNET PROXY PRINTINGFebruary 2024September 2024Allow700NoNo
18442341PRINT CONTROL DEVICE FOR UPDATING EXECUTION ORDER BY ADDING JOB RECEIVING DURING EXECUTION OF JOB BASED ON FIXATION TEMPERATURE IN UNEXECUTED JOBFebruary 2024February 2025Allow1200NoNo
18442080INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM INCLUDING A DISPLAY THAT DISPLAYS PLURALTY OF CONTROL SCREENSFebruary 2024December 2024Allow1010NoNo
18438935SYSTEM, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SERVER APPARATUS, AND NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUMFebruary 2024October 2025Allow2010NoNo
18439365IMAGE READING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD OF IMAGE READING APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING OUTPUT MODES AND IMAGE READING SPEEDFebruary 2024December 2024Allow1000NoNo
18438706SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR THE APPLICATION OF ADAPTIVE VIDEO WATERMARKSFebruary 2024September 2024Allow700NoNo
18438201CONTROL METHOD FOR EXECUTING APPLICATION STORED IN INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND PROVIDING PRINT SETTING SCREEN TO DISPLAY AN OBTAINED ICON IMAGEFebruary 2024April 2025Allow1400YesNo
18437125PRINTING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUMFebruary 2024March 2025Allow1300NoNo
18436066IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, PRINTING SYSYTEM, AND IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAMFebruary 2024February 2026Allow2400NoNo
18436406IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING DENSITY OF IMAGE TO BE FORMED AND DETECTED, CONTROLLER FOR WHETHER FIRST AND SECOND CALIBRATIONS ARE EXECUTED BASED ON PREDICTED DENSITY AND ENVIRONMENT CONDITIONFebruary 2024February 2026Allow2400NoNo
18435274IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUMFebruary 2024May 2025Allow1510NoNo
18435072IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS CONFIGURED TO TRANSMIT PRINT INFORMATION TO EXTERNAL DEVICE WHEN CONSUMABLE ATTACHED THERETO IS SPECIAL CONSUMABLE AND WHEN PRINTING IS PERFORMEDFebruary 2024June 2025Allow1611NoNo
18434829IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE FOR DISPLAYING DEVICE INFORMATION AND EXECUTING JOBS BASED ON RECEIVED SETTING INFORMATIONFebruary 2024November 2024Allow900NoNo
18435249INSPECTION SYSTEMS AND ASSOCIATED METHODS FOR GAS TURBINE ENGINE COMPONENTSFebruary 2024January 2026Allow2300YesNo
18433356Data Aggregation and Analytics for Digital ManufacturingFebruary 2024January 2026Abandon2310NoNo
18431930APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING THE PRINTING ON CABLEFebruary 2024September 2024Allow700NoNo
18431381PRINTING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR PERFORMING PRINTING USING A CLOUD PRINT SERVICEFebruary 2024September 2024Allow810YesNo
18429881IMAGE READING APPARATUS AND IMAGE READING METHODFebruary 2024April 2025Allow1510NoNo
18428154INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEMJanuary 2024May 2025Allow1510NoNo
18428448INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUMJanuary 2024December 2024Allow1100NoNo
18428042METHOD AND DEVICE WITH SURROUNDING INFORMATION GENERATIONJanuary 2024February 2026Allow2510YesNo
18426559APPARATUS FOR APPLYING COATING TO NAILSJanuary 2024November 2025Allow2100NoNo
18423404IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS INCLUDING PREDETERMINED FUNCTIONS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUMJanuary 2024December 2024Allow1010NoNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for art-unit 2682.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
150
Examiner Affirmed
115
(76.7%)
Examiner Reversed
35
(23.3%)
Reversal Percentile
10.9%
Lower than average

What This Means

With a 23.3% 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
330
Allowed After Appeal Filing
111
(33.6%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
219
(66.4%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
57.0%
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, 33.6% 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 2682 - Prosecution Statistics Summary

Executive Summary

Art Unit 2682 is part of Group 2680 in Technology Center 2600. This art unit has examined 5,395 patent applications in our dataset, with an overall allowance rate of 78.4%. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 31 months.

Comparative Analysis

Art Unit 2682's allowance rate of 78.4% places it in the 55% 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 2682 receive an average of 1.69 office actions before reaching final disposition (in the 33% percentile). The median prosecution time is 31 months (in the 51% 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.