Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19300691 | INTELLIGENT SINGING BOWL | August 2025 | November 2025 | Allow | 3 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 19286362 | MULTI-POSITION TURN SIGNAL SYSTEM FOR VEHICLES | July 2025 | January 2026 | Allow | 5 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 19259446 | Systems, Methods, and Devices for Automatic Signal Detection based on Power Distribution by Frequency over Time | July 2025 | October 2025 | Allow | 4 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 19232972 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR BIOMETRIC ACCESS CONTROL | June 2025 | January 2026 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 19187398 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SHIPMENT MONITORING AND TRACKING USING INTELLIGENT BOXES | April 2025 | January 2026 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 19176749 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING ROLL MAP AND MANUFACTURING BATTERY USING ROLL MAP | April 2025 | December 2025 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 19172551 | AUTOMATIC NOTIFICATION SYSTEM | April 2025 | June 2025 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 19089408 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REVEALING UNLOCK CODES FOR LOCKS | March 2025 | November 2025 | Abandon | 8 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 19085139 | FACIAL RECOGNITION TECHNOLOGY FOR IMPROVING DRIVER SAFETY | March 2025 | August 2025 | Allow | 5 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 19080660 | WEARABLE COMPUTING DEVICE | March 2025 | October 2025 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 19076353 | ACCIDENT WARNING LIGHT | March 2025 | July 2025 | Allow | 4 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 19071252 | Systems, Methods, and Devices for Automatic Signal Detection based on Power Distribution by Frequency over Time | March 2025 | June 2025 | Allow | 4 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 19068469 | SOBRIETY MONITORING SYSTEM WITH IDENTIFICATION INDICIA | March 2025 | March 2026 | Abandon | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 19102028 | DETECTING PASSING RFID TAGS IN A SPORTS EVENT | February 2025 | October 2025 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 19037685 | Systems, Methods, and Devices for Automatic Signal Detection based on Power Distribution by Frequency over Time | January 2025 | July 2025 | Allow | 6 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 19027473 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RESPIRATORY PROTECTION DEVICE, AND RESPIRATORY PROTECTION SYSTEM | January 2025 | August 2025 | Allow | 7 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 19025704 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VEHICLE TRAFFIC SIGNALING | January 2025 | March 2025 | Allow | 2 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 19020339 | ACCESS CONTROL METHOD FOR SOLVING FRONT-TO-BACK AMBIGUITY AND DEVICE USING THE SAME | January 2025 | August 2025 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 19011045 | System, Method and Device for Age Authenticated Vaping | January 2025 | October 2025 | Allow | 9 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 19004814 | TRAIN CROSSING WARNING SYSTEM, APPARATUSES AND METHODS THEREFOR | December 2024 | June 2025 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18858350 | CRO-INTENTFORMER-BASED METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PREDICTING SURROUNDING VEHICLE TRAJECTORIES BY INTEGRATING DRIVING INTENTIONS | December 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 5 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18990632 | VEHICLE ANTI-THEFT SYSTEM | December 2024 | May 2025 | Allow | 5 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 18991106 | KEYLESS PUCK LOCK APPARATUS AND SYSTEM | December 2024 | October 2025 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18986986 | CONTROLLED ACCESS SYSTEM, DEVICE AND METHOD | December 2024 | June 2025 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18874087 | CONTROL DEVICE AND CONTROL SYSTEM | December 2024 | January 2026 | Allow | 14 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18977303 | MULTI-FUNCTION DEVICE FOR IMPROVING SLEEP AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF | December 2024 | March 2026 | Allow | 15 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18970950 | MONITORING AND EARLY WARNING DEVICE FOR PREVENTING FALLING DURING GETTING UP OF OLD PEOPLE | December 2024 | April 2025 | Allow | 4 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18970177 | Systems, Methods, and Devices for Automatic Signal Detection based on Power Distribution by Frequency over Time | December 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 3 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18968428 | APPARATUS FOR TISSUE TRANSPORT AND PRESERVATION | December 2024 | February 2025 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18967645 | WIRELESS OPENING METER, VALVE MAINTENANCE SUPPORT SYSTEM AND SUPPORT METHOD | December 2024 | March 2026 | Allow | 15 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18870277 | CHEMICAL MATERIAL LEAKAGE ALARM-PROVIDING SYSTEM AND CHEMICAL MATERIAL LEAKAGE ALARM-PROVIDING METHOD | November 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 4 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18949116 | Method of Managing User Movement in an Area | November 2024 | May 2025 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18949418 | HEATING SYSTEM | November 2024 | February 2026 | Allow | 15 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18940530 | WAKEFULNESS AND SLEEP STAGE DETECTION USING RESPIRATION EFFORT VARIABILITY | November 2024 | February 2026 | Allow | 15 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18928755 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SECURE PACKAGE DELIVERY, STORAGE, AND PICKUP | October 2024 | July 2025 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18924393 | Personal Monitoring Apparatus | October 2024 | November 2025 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18920864 | METHOD FOR AUTHENTICATING A WIRELESS REMOTE CONTROL AS A TEMPORARY PART OF A CONTROL DEVICE OF A ROCK MODIFICATION APPARATUS | October 2024 | March 2026 | Allow | 16 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18915817 | Sealing Device, System, and Methods | October 2024 | April 2025 | Allow | 6 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18912425 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DIGITAL ALERTING OF VEHICLES BASED ON A CHARACTERISTIC OF A ROAD AND AT LEAST ONE FACTOR CORRESPONDING TO AN OBJECT | October 2024 | January 2025 | Allow | 4 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18908681 | AUTOMATIC NOTIFICATION SYSTEM | October 2024 | April 2025 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18908666 | AUTOMATIC NOTIFICATION SYSTEM | October 2024 | February 2026 | Allow | 16 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 18906583 | ADAPTING AN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE'S NAVIGATION BASED ON FEEDBACK FROM A COOLING SYSTEM | October 2024 | February 2026 | Allow | 16 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18905723 | Roadside Assistance System and Method | October 2024 | February 2026 | Abandon | 16 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 18904788 | Systems, Methods, and Devices for Automatic Signal Detection based on Power Distribution by Frequency over Time | October 2024 | January 2025 | Allow | 4 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18853147 | AUTHORIZABLE INDUSTRIAL CONTROL HANDLE WITH OPERATOR FEEDBACK FEATURE | October 2024 | February 2026 | Allow | 17 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18900899 | INDICATOR APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE | September 2024 | January 2026 | Allow | 15 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18899495 | Enhanced Onboard Equipment | September 2024 | January 2026 | Allow | 15 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18897338 | ASSET TRACKER, METHOD OF TRACKING AN ASSET AND SECURITY SERVER FOR LOCATING THE ASSET | September 2024 | January 2026 | Allow | 16 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 18896367 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING PHYSICAL LOCKS WITH SINGLE RESET OR OVERRIDE DEVICE | September 2024 | February 2025 | Allow | 5 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 18896409 | DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING UNLOCK CODES VIA DISPLAY AUGMENTATION | September 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 5 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18891886 | DRIVING ASSISTANCE DEVICE, METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE NON-VOLATILE STORAGE MEDIUM | September 2024 | February 2026 | Allow | 17 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18827983 | Method of Transmitting Digital Information from a Smart Phone to a Control Device | September 2024 | December 2025 | Allow | 16 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18827577 | C-V2X MOBILE EDGE COMPUTING INTERFACE FOR MOBILE SERVICES | September 2024 | December 2025 | Allow | 15 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18826412 | MOTION STATE MONITORING SYSTEM, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM | September 2024 | December 2025 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18825334 | TRANSMITTER WITH A WAVE SHAPE MEASUREMENT STAGE | September 2024 | October 2025 | Allow | 13 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18843960 | DRIVING ASSISTANCE DEVICE | September 2024 | February 2026 | Allow | 17 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18822419 | A CARD PACKAGE ACCESSORY WITH AN ANTI-LOST FUNCTION | September 2024 | May 2025 | Abandon | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18817535 | AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF | August 2024 | February 2026 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18815235 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TOWING AVOIDANCE | August 2024 | January 2026 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18815485 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF TRIGGERING, ACQUIRING AND COMMUNICATING BOREHOLE DATA FOR A MWD SYSTEM | August 2024 | January 2026 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18841033 | ENTRY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, ENTRY MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM | August 2024 | February 2026 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18806518 | MULTI-SENSOR MOTION DETECTION | August 2024 | March 2026 | Allow | 19 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18804138 | INITIATING UWB COMMUNICATION BETWEEN VEHICLE SYSTEM AND PORTABLE IDENTIFIER | August 2024 | January 2026 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18837895 | OPENING AND CLOSING COVER ASSEMBLY FOR OPENING PORTION OF AUTOMOBILE BODY | August 2024 | March 2026 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18801504 | Multi-Factor Authentication System for Property Management | August 2024 | January 2026 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18800425 | CONTROL APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE | August 2024 | February 2026 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18799175 | GESTURE INTERFACE CONTROL OF A MOBILE STORAGE SYSTEM | August 2024 | February 2026 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18837422 | CENTRAL MONITORING OF A PLURALITY OF ENTRANCE SYSTEM INSTALLATIONS FOR COMPUTERIZED FAILURE PREDICTION | August 2024 | February 2026 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18796622 | INATTENTION WARNING SYSTEM | August 2024 | September 2025 | Allow | 14 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18795179 | INTERACTIVE ELECTRONIC TREATMENT ASSISTANCE FOR BENIGN PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA AND ADVANCED PROSTATE CANCER | August 2024 | October 2025 | Allow | 14 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18794065 | SMART DEFECATION DETECTION DEVICE AND HEALTHCARE SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME | August 2024 | February 2025 | Allow | 6 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18835329 | BEIDOU SATELLITE-BASED INITIAL TRAIN POSITIONING CALCULATION METHOD AND POSITIONING SYSTEM | August 2024 | March 2026 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18834313 | COMMUNICATION LAMP FOR VEHICLE | July 2024 | February 2026 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18785815 | AUTHENTICATION DEVICE, METHOD, NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM, AND VEHICLE | July 2024 | December 2025 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18785638 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR TRACKING A PRESUMED TARGET IN A SURVEILLANCE ENVIRONMENT USING AN AERIAL-MOUNTED SCOPE TO SUPPLEMENT A PLURALITY OF GROUND-BASED SCOPES | July 2024 | October 2025 | Allow | 15 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18783582 | SECURITY SYSTEM FOR A MOVEABLE BARRIER OPERATOR | July 2024 | January 2026 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18783165 | FACIAL RECOGNITION TECHNOLOGY FOR IMPROVING DRIVER SAFETY | July 2024 | September 2024 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18782887 | APPARATUS FOR TISSUE TRANSPORT AND PRESERVATION | July 2024 | September 2024 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18780709 | GATE SYSTEM, GATE APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND PROGRAM | July 2024 | March 2026 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18781615 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING A MEMORY PARKING ASSIST PATH | July 2024 | January 2026 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18781497 | Systems, Methods, and Devices for Automatic Signal Detection based on Power Distribution by Frequency over Time | July 2024 | December 2024 | Allow | 4 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18781398 | Systems, Methods, and Devices for Automatic Signal Detection based on Power Distribution by Frequency over Time | July 2024 | September 2024 | Allow | 2 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18780272 | LOCATION OF INTEREST ALTITUDE AND DETERMINING CALIBRATION POINTS | July 2024 | January 2026 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18730704 | DATA CAPTURE METHOD FOR ANIMAL MOVEMENT AND PREDICTION | July 2024 | June 2025 | Allow | 11 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18730258 | Wear Pad for a Telehandler, Wear Pad Arrangement, Telehandler and Method | July 2024 | February 2026 | Allow | 19 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18776786 | RETROFIT REMOTE CONTROL DEVICE | July 2024 | December 2025 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18776484 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ACQUIRING AND SENDING STATION INFORMATION, AND SIGNAL TRANSCEIVING SYSTEM | July 2024 | February 2026 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18776194 | AMBIENT FALL DETECTION WITH MICROPHONES | July 2024 | February 2026 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18776002 | TIRE PRESSURE DETECTOR WITH MUTLTIPLE FREQUENCIES | July 2024 | February 2026 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18772308 | WEARABLE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING INTOXICATION | July 2024 | November 2025 | Allow | 16 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18770515 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING AN ENVIRONMENT EXTERNAL TO A PERSONAL MOBILE VEHICLE IN A FLEET MANAGEMENT SYSTEM | July 2024 | September 2025 | Allow | 14 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18769831 | METHOD OF PROGRAMMING A LOAD CONTROL DEVICE | July 2024 | January 2025 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18728293 | VEHICULAR LIGHT SYSTEM | July 2024 | January 2026 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18727729 | TREATMENT DEVICE, TREATMENT METHOD, AND EXHAUST GAS TREATMENT SYSTEM | July 2024 | January 2026 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18767951 | Automatic Retractable Center Console System for an Aircraft | July 2024 | September 2025 | Allow | 15 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18766446 | ULTRA WIDE BAND (UWB) BASED AUTOMATIC TRUNK ADJUSTMENT | July 2024 | January 2026 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18766457 | ULTRA WIDE BAND (UWB) BASED AUTOMATIC MOVEABLE CLOSURE ADJUSTMENT | July 2024 | December 2025 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18289802 | OBJECT DETECTION DEVICE AND OBJECT DETECTION METHOD | July 2024 | January 2026 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18765565 | IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS OF VEHICLE, SERVER, USER TERMINAL APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING PARKING LOT GUIDANCE SERVICE USING THEM | July 2024 | January 2026 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18765658 | TECHNOLOGY FOR ASSESSING ACCIDENT EVENTS | July 2024 | June 2025 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for art-unit 2686.
With a 27.0% 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.
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, 32.4% 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.
⚠ 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 2686 is part of Group 2680 in Technology Center 2600. This art unit has examined 7,767 patent applications in our dataset, with an overall allowance rate of 83.4%. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 19 months.
Art Unit 2686's allowance rate of 83.4% places it in the 76% percentile among all USPTO art units. This art unit has a significantly higher allowance rate than most art units at the USPTO.
Applications in Art Unit 2686 receive an average of 1.42 office actions before reaching final disposition (in the 17% percentile). The median prosecution time is 19 months (in the 95% percentile).
When prosecuting applications in this art unit, consider the following:
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