USPTO Art Unit 2688 Prosecution Statistics

Art Unit Information

Art Unit: 2688
Group: 2680
Tech Center: 2600
Total Cases: 12,292
Last Active: October 2024

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18925138RECORDING MEDIUM, METHOD FOR RECORDING INFORMATION, AND METHOD FOR READING INFORMATIONOctober 2024June 2025Allow700NoNo
18922977HEAT ASSISTED MAGNETIC RECORDING AND REPRODUCING DEVICE AND ADJUSTMENT METHOD OF THE SAMEOctober 2024July 2025Allow800NoNo
18884135NONCONTACT COMMUNICATION MEDIUM, MAGNETIC TAPE CARTRIDGE, NONCONTACT COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, OPERATION METHOD OF NONCONTACT COMMUNICATION MEDIUM, AND PROGRAMSeptember 2024May 2025Allow800NoNo
18798785APPLICATION SOFTWARE FOR OVERHEAD OBSTACLE DETECTION AND AVOIDANCE SYSTEM FOR VEHICLESAugust 2024November 2024Allow400NoNo
18768832METHOD AND MAGNETIC DISK APPARATUSJuly 2024March 2025Allow800NoNo
18768322SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE, MAGNETIC TAPE DRIVE, MAGNETIC TAPE, MAGNETIC TAPE CARTRIDGE, PROGRAM, SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, AND MAGNETIC TAPE MANUFACTURING METHODJuly 2024February 2025Allow700NoNo
18768256MAGNETIC HEAD, MAGNETIC TAPE, MAGNETIC TAPE CARTRIDGE, MAGNETIC TAPE DRIVE, AND MAGNETIC TAPE READING METHODJuly 2024May 2025Allow1010NoNo
18759188MAGNETIC TAPE, MAGNETIC TAPE CARTRIDGE, AND MAGNETIC TAPE APPARATUSJune 2024May 2025Allow1000NoNo
18758961MAGNETIC TAPE, MAGNETIC TAPE CARTRIDGE, AND MAGNETIC TAPE APPARATUSJune 2024May 2025Allow1000NoNo
18758432MAGNETIC TAPE, MAGNETIC TAPE CARTRIDGE, AND MAGNETIC TAPE APPARATUSJune 2024May 2025Allow1000NoNo
18758977MAGNETIC TAPE, MAGNETIC TAPE CARTRIDGE, AND MAGNETIC TAPE APPARATUSJune 2024May 2025Allow1100NoNo
18759114MAGNETIC TAPE, MAGNETIC TAPE CARTRIDGE, AND MAGNETIC TAPE APPARATUSJune 2024March 2025Allow900NoNo
18754466HARD DISK DRIVE INCLUDING ANNULAR SPACER WITH INCLINED REGION ON MAIN SURFACEJune 2024April 2025Allow1010NoNo
18749382METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR IDENTIFYING SUBSTRATES SUITABLE FOR MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIAJune 2024January 2025Allow700NoNo
18749450MAGNETIC DISK APPARATUS AND METHODJune 2024January 2025Allow700NoNo
18742161MEASURING NFT PROTRUSION IN A HEAT ASSISTED MAGNETIC RECORDING DRIVE USING BURST WRITING AND A CONSTANT LASER DIODE TEMPERATUREJune 2024January 2025Allow700NoNo
18734285REDUCTION OF HIGH TAPE CONTACT PRESSURE POINTS AGAINST HEAD ASSEMBLYJune 2024June 2025Allow1311YesNo
18733174SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING AND REMOVING ERRONEOUS TIRE PRESSURE VALUESJune 2024June 2025Allow1210NoNo
18731332METHOD, INTERNET OF THINGS SYSTEM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR GENERATING INSPECTION SCHEME BASED ON SMART GASJune 2024December 2024Allow700YesNo
18680013MAGNETIC TAPE APPARATUSMay 2024March 2025Allow900NoNo
18678645METHOD OF OPERATING HARD DISK DRIVES, CORRESPONDING CONTROL CIRCUIT, HARD DISK DRIVE AND PROCESSING DEVICEMay 2024February 2025Allow900NoNo
18678094Method and System for Ice DetectionMay 2024April 2025Allow1000YesNo
18672636HIGH-DENSITY ARCHIVAL STORAGE USING CONVENTIONAL HARD DISK DRIVE ARCHITECTUREMay 2024March 2025Allow1000NoNo
18666430AUTOMATIC DETERMINATION OF INDOOR OR OUTDOOR ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS OF A DEVICEMay 2024April 2025Allow1100NoNo
18658225Light-Transmissive Data Storage SandwichMay 2024March 2025Allow1000NoNo
18658688Suspension DampingMay 2024April 2025Allow1111NoNo
18652966VINYL RECORD PLAYER AUTOMATIC STOP AND LIFT TONEARM STRUCTUREMay 2024February 2025Allow900NoNo
18652260Wedge Repeatable Runout Correction for Interleaved Servo Patterns in a Data Storage DeviceMay 2024March 2025Allow1110NoNo
18651507HEAD HEALTH MONITOR TRIGGERED DATA FIELD INTEGRITY CHECKApril 2024March 2025Allow1100NoNo
18649412MAGNETIC TAPE CARTRIDGE AND MAGNETIC RECORDING AND REPRODUCING DEVICEApril 2024June 2025Allow1310NoNo
18648811SPECULATIVE READ REGULATION IN HARD DISK DRIVES HAVING READ RELIABILITY BUDGETSApril 2024March 2025Allow1010NoNo
18646539Systems and Methods for Managing Vehicle DataApril 2024June 2025Allow1410NoNo
18645788ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING A CIRCUIT STORING A SIGNALApril 2024May 2025Allow1310NoNo
18640280HEAD DRIVING DEVICEApril 2024May 2025Allow1200NoNo
18637904Multilayer Structures For Magnetic Recording Devices To Facilitate Targeted Magnetic Switching and Low CoercivityApril 2024May 2025Allow1310YesNo
18637324Near Field Transducer With Template Layer For Improved ReliabilityApril 2024January 2025Allow900NoNo
18636662FERROELECTRIC STORAGE APPARATUS AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF CONDUCTIVE PROBEApril 2024February 2025Allow1011NoNo
18636249OPTICAL DATA TRANSFERApril 2024November 2024Allow700NoNo
18634025MAGNETIC HEAD WITH A MULTILAYER BETWEEN A MAIN POLE AND AN AUXILIARY POLE AND MAGNETIC RECORDING/REPRODUCING DEVICEApril 2024June 2025Abandon1410NoNo
18630195MAGNETIC DISK DEVICE WITH RECORDING CURRENT ARRANGEMENTApril 2024December 2024Allow800NoNo
18625025Electroplating Of High Damping Material For Trailing Shield In A Perpendicular Magnetic Recording WriterApril 2024June 2025Allow1510YesNo
18617546Reader Bias Based Locking Technique Enabling High Read Concurrency For Read-Mostly WorkloadsMarch 2024November 2024Allow700NoNo
18615310IDENTIFYING HEAT ASSISTED RECORDING LASER STABILITY USING RAMPED TEMPERATURE CALIBRATIONMarch 2024January 2025Allow1000NoNo
18610540WRITE SIGNAL INTERFERENCE CANCELLATION ACROSS DATA/SERVO CLOCK BOUNDARYMarch 2024November 2024Allow810NoNo
18605096METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICEMarch 2024March 2025Abandon1210NoNo
18602085REPOSITIONING OPERATION ON A TAPE MEDIUM BASED ON DATASET INFORMATIONMarch 2024May 2025Allow1410YesNo
18602205Multi-Format Data Retrieval From Legacy TapesMarch 2024February 2025Allow1100NoNo
18600876MAGNETIC DISK DEVICEMarch 2024December 2024Allow900NoNo
18601698METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MULTI-STAGE EQUALIZATION FOR READING DATA FROM STORAGE MEDIAMarch 2024November 2024Allow900NoNo
18600867MAGNETIC DISK DEVICEMarch 2024December 2024Allow900NoNo
18599062MAGNETIC TAPE, MAGNETIC TAPE CARTRIDGE, SERVO PATTERN RECORDING DEVICE, MAGNETIC TAPE DRIVE, MAGNETIC TAPE SYSTEM, DETECTION DEVICE, INSPECTION DEVICE, SERVO PATTERN RECORDING METHOD, MANUFACTURING METHOD OF MAGNETIC TAPE, DETECTION METHOD, AND INSPECTION METHODMarch 2024May 2025Allow1410NoNo
18597484METHOD OF OPERATING HARD DISK DRIVES, CORRESPONDING HARD DISK DRIVE AND PROCESSING DEVICEMarch 2024April 2025Allow1310NoNo
18689358SERVO PATTERN RECORDING APPARATUS, METHOD OF PRODUCING A SERVO PATTERN RECORDING METHOD, AND MAGNETIC TAPEMarch 2024February 2025Allow1110NoNo
18596334MAGNETIC DISK DEVICEMarch 2024December 2024Allow900NoNo
18596225SERVO-WRITE FOR MAGNETIC DISK MEDIA ARCHIVAL DATA STORAGE SYSTEMMarch 2024February 2025Allow1110NoNo
18594478MAGNETIC RECORDING AND REPRODUCING DEVICE AND ADJUSTMENT METHOD OF THE SAMEMarch 2024December 2024Allow900NoNo
18594142ROTATION FILTER FOR DIGITAL TIMING RECOVERY IN HARD DISK DRIVE READ CHANNELMarch 2024November 2024Allow900NoNo
18594089WRITE DATA MANAGEMENTMarch 2024September 2024Allow700NoNo
18594752RFID Medical Article Tracking System and MethodMarch 2024March 2025Allow1210NoNo
18592111DUAL LAYER GRADED CURIE TEMPERATURE HAMR MEDIAFebruary 2024November 2024Allow800NoNo
18590664DISK DEVICEFebruary 2024June 2025Allow1600NoNo
18590756DISK DEVICE WITH COVER DAMPING CONFIGURATIONFebruary 2024March 2025Allow1300NoNo
18590156SYSTEM FOR PREVENTING DRUNK DRIVING AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAMEFebruary 2024January 2025Allow1110NoNo
18588064ILLUMINATION DEVICE FOR VEHICLE AND ILLUMINATION DEVICEFebruary 2024June 2025Allow1500NoNo
18588861MAGNETIC DISK APPARATUS AND METHODFebruary 2024September 2024Allow700NoNo
18585362DIGITAL TIMING RECOVERY IN HARD DISK DRIVE READ CHANNEL FOR PREAMBLE REDUCTIONFebruary 2024November 2024Allow900NoNo
18586288MONITORING SYSTEM, MONITORING METHOD, AND PROGRAMFebruary 2024February 2025Allow1210NoNo
18582927DATA STORAGE DEVICE WITH COMMAND SELECTION THAT MINIMIZES FREQUENCY OF PRE-HEATINGFebruary 2024February 2025Allow1200NoNo
18444792FLEXURE AND DISK DRIVE SUSPENSIONFebruary 2024April 2025Allow1401NoNo
18442489MAGNETIC DISK DEVICE AND METHODFebruary 2024October 2024Allow800NoNo
18442275MAGNETIC DISK APPARATUS AND METHODFebruary 2024September 2024Allow700NoNo
18442024MAGNETIC TAPE CARTRIDGE AND LABEL FOR MAGNETIC TAPE CARTRIDGE IDENTIFICATIONFebruary 2024March 2025Allow1320NoNo
18441286AUTO-NOTIFICATION SENSOR FOR ADJUSTING OF A WEARABLE DEVICEFebruary 2024January 2025Allow1100YesNo
18440606MAGNETIC DISK DEVICEFebruary 2024September 2024Allow700NoNo
18440247MAGNETIC DEVICE, MAGNETIC HEAD, AND MAGNETIC RECORDING DEVICEFebruary 2024April 2025Allow1410NoNo
18436581Tape Drive Having Independently Controlled Tilting Tandem Tape HeadsFebruary 2024October 2024Allow800NoNo
18435966ADJUSTABLE SUB-REGIONS FOR SHINGLED MAGNETIC RECORDINGFebruary 2024February 2025Allow1200NoNo
18434091DISK DEVICE HAVING AN ELECTRONIC COMPONENT ON A FLEXIBLE PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDFebruary 2024February 2025Allow1311YesNo
18432776CIRCUIT FOR CONTROLLING A RESISTIVE CIRCUITFebruary 2024March 2025Allow1301NoNo
18428274MAGNETIC DISK DEVICE AND METHODJanuary 2024September 2024Allow800NoNo
18428988DISK DEVICE WITH FILTERS ARRANGED IN FILTER UNIT CONFIGURATIONSJanuary 2024July 2025Allow1710NoNo
18426985MAGNETIC DISK DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD OF THE SAMEJanuary 2024February 2025Allow1210NoNo
18425544MAGNETIC RECORDING DEVICE WITH MAGNETIC ELEMENT CONFIGURATION DETAILSJanuary 2024March 2025Allow1400NoNo
18424186MAGNETIC DISK DEVICEJanuary 2024October 2024Allow901NoNo
18424104MAGNETIC DISK DEVICE, METHOD OF CONTROLLING MAGNETIC DISK DEVICE, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTJanuary 2024December 2024Allow1110YesNo
18421805MAGNETIC DISK DEVICEJanuary 2024January 2025Allow1210NoNo
18421841MAGNETIC DISK DEVICE AND METHOD OF DETECTING FLYING HEIGHT OF MAGNETIC HEADJanuary 2024October 2024Allow910NoNo
18419767HYGIENE SYSTEM FOR A PORTABLE PACKAGED FOOD CONTAINERJanuary 2024April 2025Allow1510NoNo
18419989MAGNETIC DISK DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING MAGNETIC DISK DEVICEJanuary 2024August 2024Allow700NoNo
18415795SPINDLE MOTORJanuary 2024June 2025Allow1611NoNo
18413179SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING AND REMOVING ERRONEOUS TIRE PRESSURE VALUESJanuary 2024May 2024Allow410YesNo
18412710LASER MODE HOP COMPENSATION USING MULTI-SECTOR FEEDBACK IN HEAT ASSISTED MAGNETIC RECORDINGJanuary 2024August 2024Allow700NoNo
18410679DATA STORAGE DEVICE EXECUTING HOST ACCESS COMMANDS IN A MANNER TO OPTIMIZE PERFORMANCE AND REDUCE ENERGY COSTSJanuary 2024January 2025Allow1210NoNo
18410727VARYING SUSPENSION ARM LENGTH FOR MAGNETIC STORAGE DEVICEJanuary 2024August 2024Allow700NoNo
18410791MAGNETIC HEAD AND MAGNETIC RECORDING DEVICEJanuary 2024June 2025Allow1701NoNo
18578102OPTICAL RECORDING MEDIUMJanuary 2024January 2025Allow1210NoNo
18408014Magnetic Recording Head With Assisting Electric Current In Trailing ShieldJanuary 2024February 2025Allow1311YesNo
18406083HOLOGRAPHIC STORAGEJanuary 2024April 2025Allow1520YesNo
18405166DETECTION DEVICE, INSPECTION DEVICE, MAGNETIC TAPE DRIVE, MAGNETIC TAPE SYSTEM, DETECTION METHOD, INSPECTION METHOD, AND PROGRAMJanuary 2024November 2024Allow1010NoNo
18404370SYSTEM FOR FACILITATING ACCESS TO A SECURED AREAJanuary 2024August 2024Allow700YesNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for art-unit 2688.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
157
Examiner Affirmed
109
(69.4%)
Examiner Reversed
48
(30.6%)
Reversal Percentile
42.0%
Lower than average

What This Means

With a 30.6% reversal rate, the PTAB reverses the examiner's rejections in a meaningful percentage of cases. This reversal rate is below the USPTO average, indicating that appeals face more challenges here than typical.

Strategic Value of Filing an Appeal

Total Appeal Filings
354
Allowed After Appeal Filing
130
(36.7%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
224
(63.3%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
70.0%
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, 36.7% 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 2688 - Prosecution Statistics Summary

Executive Summary

Art Unit 2688 is part of Group 2680 in Technology Center 2600. This art unit has examined 12,292 patent applications in our dataset, with an overall allowance rate of 86.4%. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 16 months.

Comparative Analysis

Art Unit 2688's allowance rate of 86.4% places it in the 82% percentile among all USPTO art units. This art unit has a significantly higher allowance rate than most art units at the USPTO.

Prosecution Patterns

Applications in Art Unit 2688 receive an average of 1.36 office actions before reaching final disposition (in the 17% percentile). The median prosecution time is 16 months (in the 98% 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.

Limitation of Liability: Under no circumstances will IronCrow AI be liable for any outcome, decision, or action resulting from your reliance on the statistics, analysis, or recommendations presented in this report. Past prosecution patterns do not guarantee future results.

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.