USPTO Art Unit 2683 Prosecution Statistics

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18588754MACHINE-LEARNING SYSTEM AND PRINT-QUEUE BASED ESTIMATOR FOR PREDICTING WAIT TIMESFebruary 2024May 2024Allow310YesNo
18396889PRINTING DEVICE AND PRINT AMOUNT MANAGEMENT SYSTEMDecember 2023April 2024Allow400NoNo
18391476DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE, METHOD OF OPERATING DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE, AND PROGRAM FOR OPERATING DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICEDecember 2023June 2024Allow610YesNo
18528792IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM WITH DIGITAL FRONTEND THAT TRANSMITS PRINT DATA TO IMAGE FORMING APPARATUSDecember 2023July 2024Allow700NoNo
18522690COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAMNovember 2023April 2024Allow400NoNo
18514730AUTOMATED ASSISTANT FOR FACILITATING COMMUNICATIONS THROUGH DISSIMILAR MESSAGING FEATURES OF DIFFERENT APPLICATIONSNovember 2023June 2024Allow700NoNo
18511697METHOD FOR CONFIRMING CONNECTION TO CLOUD SERVICENovember 2023June 2024Allow710NoNo
18510492VOICE CONTROL DEVICE, PRINTING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHODS THEREOF, AND STORAGE MEDIUMNovember 2023June 2024Allow700NoNo
18505153IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, PRINTING SYSTEM, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAMNovember 2023February 2024Allow400NoNo
18386874METHOD OF SELECTING AND DISPLAYING A PRINT JOB ON A USER INTERFACENovember 2023February 2024Allow400NoNo
18494809PRINTED MATERIAL PRODUCTION SYSTEM, PRINTING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PRINTED MATERIAL PRODUCTION PROGRAMOctober 2023June 2024Allow810NoNo
18494479PRINTING DEVICEOctober 2023February 2024Allow300NoNo
18490128IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS THAT PERFORMS ADJUSTMENT FOR POST PROCESSING ON A PRINTED MATERIAL, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND STORAGE MEDIUMOctober 2023June 2024Allow800NoNo
18490035IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS CAPABLE OF PRINTING IMAGE APPROPRIATE TO SHEET TO BE FED, METHOD OF CONTROLLING IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUMOctober 2023April 2024Allow500NoNo
18378083COMBINING RESPONSES FROM MULTIPLE AUTOMATED ASSISTANTSOctober 2023May 2024Allow700NoNo
18483052IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUMOctober 2023May 2024Allow700NoNo
18482180USER AUTHENTICATION FOR IMAGE FORMING DEVICESOctober 2023June 2024Allow800NoNo
18376047INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS CONTROLLING A PRINTER CAPABLE OF TWO-SIDED PRINTING, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING CONTROL PROGRAM THEREFOROctober 2023May 2024Allow700NoNo
18478090INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAMSeptember 2023May 2024Allow710NoNo
18476319CHART MANUFACTURING APPARATUS, CHART MANUFACTURING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEMSeptember 2023August 2024Allow1010NoNo
18475832JOB EXECUTION DEVICESeptember 2023January 2024Allow400NoNo
18475464IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM THEREFORSeptember 2023March 2024Allow600NoNo
18372167INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISTRIBUTING PROFILE INFORMATION FOR PRINTINGSeptember 2023May 2024Allow810NoNo
18472304IMAGE FORMING SYSTEMSeptember 2023May 2024Allow810NoNo
18369437SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MULTIFUNCTION PERIPHERAL FLEET MANAGEMENTSeptember 2023February 2024Allow500NoNo
18468664IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUSSeptember 2023April 2024Allow700NoNo
18467216System and method for remote authentication based on computer-vision technologiesSeptember 2023March 2024Allow600NoNo
18466107INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUMSeptember 2023April 2024Allow700NoNo
18465282PRINTING DEVICE EXECUTING PRINTER JOB LANGUAGE COMMAND ON SPECIFIC CONDITIONSeptember 2023April 2024Allow800NoNo
18463239PRINTER INCLUDING MEMORY CONFIGURED TO STORE FIRST PRINT DATA AND SECOND PRINT DATA GENERATED BASED ON CODE INFORMATION IN MEMORYSeptember 2023April 2024Allow710NoNo
18242779SPEECH-TO-TEXT SYSTEMSeptember 2023April 2024Allow700NoNo
18460777DISPLAY SYSTEM, DISPLAY METHOD, AND DISPLAY PROGRAM FOR DISPLAYING A CONTENT OF ELECTRONIC DOCUMENTSeptember 2023May 2024Allow910YesNo
18241745DYNAMICALLY DELAYING EXECUTION OF AUTOMATED ASSISTANT ACTIONS AND/OR BACKGROUND APPLICATION REQUESTSSeptember 2023April 2024Allow800NoNo
18240582METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INTELLIGENT OPTIMIZATION OF DOCUMENT CONVERSION ENGINE SELECTIONAugust 2023May 2024Allow910YesNo
18456668FIRST COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM STORING COMPUTER-READABLE INSTRUCTIONS FOR FIRST COMMUNICATION DEVICEAugust 2023April 2024Allow800YesNo
18454829PRINTING SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFORAugust 2023December 2023Allow400NoNo
18453402SYSTEM 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 MEMORYAugust 2023January 2024Allow500NoNo
18452473SCANNING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUMAugust 2023June 2024Allow1010NoNo
18451185PROVIDING SYSTEM, PROVIDING METHOD, AND MANAGEMENT DEVICEAugust 2023February 2024Allow600NoNo
18232851IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, RECORDING MEDIUM WITH IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM RECORDED THEREON, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHODAugust 2023March 2024Allow710NoNo
18366172AUTOMATED ASSISTANT PERFORMANCE OF A NON-ASSISTANT APPLICATION OPERATION(S) IN RESPONSE TO A USER INPUT THAT CAN BE LIMITED TO A PARAMETER(S)August 2023February 2024Allow700NoNo
18231135REDUCING THE NEED FOR MANUAL START/END-POINTING AND TRIGGER PHRASESAugust 2023June 2024Allow1010NoNo
18366193INFRARED CROPPING OPTICAL MODULE AND SCANNER USING THE SAMEAugust 2023June 2024Allow1010NoNo
18231205CONTROL DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING CONTROL PROGRAMAugust 2023June 2024Allow1010NoNo
18230987MACHINE-LEARNING SYSTEM AND PRINT-QUEUE-BASED ESTIMATOR FOR PREDICTING WAIT TIMESAugust 2023November 2023Allow410YesNo
18364854IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUMAugust 2023May 2024Allow910NoNo
18363212INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS HAVING CHAT FUNCTION, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, CONTROL METHODS THEREFOR, AND STORAGE MEDIA STORING CONTROL PROGRAMS THEREFORAugust 2023May 2024Allow910NoNo
18363577INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, SCANNING APPARATUS, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIA FOR TRANSMITTING IMAGE DATA IN A VIRTUAL SPACEAugust 2023June 2024Allow1000NoNo
18363010IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CAPABLE OF PERFORMING MEMORY RECEPTION OF FACSIMILE DATA, METHODS OF CONTROLLING IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUMAugust 2023March 2024Allow800NoNo
18227155METHOD AND AN APPARATUS FOR INLINE IMAGE SCAN ENRICHMENTJuly 2023January 2024Allow610YesNo
18358652INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND NOTIFICATION METHOD CAPABLE OF SUPPRESSING INCREASE IN NUMBER OF ACTIVATIONS OF STORAGE PORTIONJuly 2023May 2024Allow1010NoNo
18357971METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PRINTING VARIABLE COPIES OF A PLURALITY OF PAGES IN A DOCUMENTJuly 2023March 2024Allow710NoNo
18355658COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING NOTIFICATION ABOUT PARTICULAR PROCESSINGJuly 2023January 2024Allow600NoNo
18354811IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND PRINTING APPARATUS DISPLAYING RANGE OF COLORS TARGETED FOR COLOR CALIBRATION SET FOR SPECIFIED COLORJuly 2023December 2023Allow500NoNo
18354534INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAMEJuly 2023February 2024Allow700NoNo
18222820IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM AND IMAGE FORMING METHODJuly 2023May 2024Allow1010NoNo
18352687SERVER, TRANSFER METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM THEREFORJuly 2023May 2024Allow1110NoNo
18221483INFORMATION PROVIDING METHODJuly 2023February 2024Allow700NoNo
18350959IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUMJuly 2023February 2024Allow710NoNo
18350495METHOD OF PERFORMING AN AUTHENTICATION METHOD AND A PAIRING OF A PERIPHERAL DEVICE TO A COMPANION DEVICEJuly 2023March 2024Allow800NoNo
18219454METHODS AND PRINTING SYSTEM FOR INTELLIGENT OFFLINE INK ESTIMATIONJuly 2023April 2024Allow910NoNo
18271214PRINTING DEVICE CONSUMABLE ITEM END OF LIFE PREDICTIONJuly 2023May 2024Allow1010NoNo
18348283PRINTER AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM FOR PERFORMING A PRINTING PROCESS WITHOUT RECEIVING A PRINT INSTRUCTIONJuly 2023April 2024Allow910NoNo
18348290PRINTERJuly 2023March 2024Allow810NoNo
18346934MEDIUM TRANSPORT DEVICE AND IMAGE READING APPARATUSJuly 2023November 2023Allow400NoNo
18342502SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING AND COMMUNICATING ENHANCED PORTABLE DOCUMENT FORMAT FILESJune 2023January 2024Allow700NoNo
18213071CROSS IN-DATABASE MACHINE LEARNINGJune 2023January 2024Allow700YesNo
18258725PRINTING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICEJune 2023May 2024Allow1110NoNo
18337464CARRYING DEVICEJune 2023February 2024Allow800NoNo
18336917NETWORK CONNECTION CONFIGURATION METHOD, NETWORK CONNECTION CONFIGURATION APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS,AND STORAGE MEDIUMJune 2023December 2023Allow600NoNo
18209957IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR DISPLAYING INFORMATION ON A HOME SCREENJune 2023April 2024Allow1110NoNo
18333868METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR OPERATING A PRINTING APPARATUSJune 2023March 2024Allow910YesNo
18256929INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAMJune 2023February 2024Allow810NoNo
18208290MIRRORED HOT FOLDER FOR PRINTINGJune 2023March 2024Allow900NoNo
18331224IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM ENABLING EASY CHECKING OF OCR ERROR IMAGE DATA, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, METHOD OF CONTROLLING IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUMJune 2023May 2024Allow1210YesNo
18330667PRINTING APPARATUS AND BATCH ADJUSTMENT METHOD THEREFORJune 2023May 2024Allow1110NoNo
18331059IMAGE READING APPARATUSJune 2023January 2024Allow700NoNo
18329839USING A NATURAL LANGUAGE MODEL TO INTERFACE WITH A CLOSED DOMAIN SYSTEMJune 2023March 2024Allow1000YesNo
18205836JIG DETERMINATION METHOD, PRODUCTION BASE SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEMJune 2023February 2024Allow910NoNo
18328647SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SELECTIVELY SENDING, DELIVERY AND RECEIVING OF FAXESJune 2023April 2024Allow1010NoNo
18328008INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUSJune 2023March 2024Allow1010YesNo
18204435IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING IMAGE FORMING SYSTEMJune 2023February 2024Allow800NoNo
18327770INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD OF INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUMJune 2023May 2024Allow1210NoNo
18325634PRINTING DEVICE, PRINTING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM FOR DISPLAYING PREVIEW IMAGES CORRESPONDING TO RESULTS OF GAMUT MAPPING PROCESSESMay 2023October 2023Allow400NoNo
18325235PROCESSING METHOD FOR TRANSFERRING JOB TO EXECUTE IMAGE PROCESS BY CHANGING SUBJECT OF AGREEMENT FROM FIRST IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE TO SECOND IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICEMay 2023April 2024Allow1010YesNo
18325251PRINTING SYSTEMMay 2023April 2024Allow1010NoNo
18324361IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS CONFIGURED TO COMMUNICATE WITH NETWORK AND CAPABLE OF MANAGING NUMBER OF PRINT PAGESMay 2023January 2024Allow800NoNo
18322463COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUMMay 2023April 2024Allow1110NoNo
18322430INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAMMay 2023February 2024Allow910NoNo
18321128IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM FOR INSPECTING AN IMAGE FORMED ON A SHEET BASED ON AN IMAGE EDITING PROCESS INTENSITYMay 2023September 2023Allow400NoNo
18321533METHODS, APPARATUSES, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR VERIFYING PRINTED INDICIAMay 2023October 2023Allow500NoNo
18321046IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUMMay 2023April 2024Allow1110NoNo
18321022INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, PRINT SYSTEM, PRINT CONTROL METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PRINT CONTROL PROGRAMMay 2023March 2024Allow910NoNo
18198846PRINT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, PRINT MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-EXECUTABLE MEDIUMMay 2023May 2024Allow1210YesNo
18319289LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUSMay 2023May 2024Allow1210NoNo
18196582RECORDING MATERIAL DETERMINATION DEVICE, RECORDING MATERIAL DETERMINATION METHOD, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUSMay 2023April 2024Abandon1210NoNo
18314290DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUSMay 2023January 2024Allow810NoNo
18312761IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE DATA GENERATING APPARATUS, AND PROGRAMMay 2023April 2024Allow1220YesNo
18143957IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM AND IMAGE FORMING METHODMay 2023March 2024Abandon1010NoNo
18143951CONTROL METHOD, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, TERMINAL DEVICE, AND PROGRAMMay 2023January 2024Allow810NoNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for art-unit 2683.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
240
Examiner Affirmed
183
(76.2%)
Examiner Reversed
57
(23.8%)
Reversal Percentile
11.6%
Lower than average

What This Means

With a 23.8% 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
457
Allowed After Appeal Filing
125
(27.4%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
332
(72.6%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
22.3%
Lower 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, 27.4% of applications that filed an appeal were subsequently allowed. This appeal filing benefit rate is in the bottom 25% across the USPTO, indicating that filing appeals is less effective here than in most other areas.

Strategic Recommendations

Appeals to PTAB face challenges. Ensure your case has strong merit before committing to full Board review.

Filing a Notice of Appeal shows limited benefit. Consider other strategies like interviews or amendments before appealing.

Art Unit 2683 - Prosecution Statistics Summary

Executive Summary

Art Unit 2683 is part of Group 2680 in Technology Center 2600. This art unit has examined 8,422 patent applications in our dataset, with an overall allowance rate of 74.9%. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 24 months.

Comparative Analysis

Art Unit 2683's allowance rate of 74.9% places it in the 40% percentile among all USPTO art units. This art unit has a below-average allowance rate compared to other art units.

Prosecution Patterns

Applications in Art Unit 2683 receive an average of 1.66 office actions before reaching final disposition (in the 34% percentile). The median prosecution time is 24 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 challenging 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

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