USPTO Art Unit 2693 Prosecution Statistics

Art Unit Information

Art Unit: 2693
Group: 2690
Tech Center: 2600
Total Cases: 9,518
Last Active: December 2024

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18983438SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING SHARING OF A VIDEO IN A COLLABORATION SESSIONDecember 2024March 2025Allow310NoNo
18947760EAR-WORN DEVICE WITH NEURAL NETWORK-BASED NOISE MODIFICATION AND/OR SPATIAL FOCUSINGNovember 2024April 2025Allow510YesNo
18908589SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR A HYBRID ANALOG-DIGITAL STETHOSCOPEOctober 2024March 2025Allow510YesNo
18793632SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INFORMATION GATHERING, MANAGING AND DISSEMINATING FOR ASSESSMENTS AND NOTIFICATIONS IN LAW ENFORCEMENT AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTSAugust 2024January 2025Allow510NoNo
18784162SYSTEMS FOR TRANSITIONING TELEPHONY-BASED AND IN-PERSON SERVICING INTERACTIONS TO AND FROM AN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) CHAT SESSIONJuly 2024January 2025Allow610NoNo
18771637LOUDSPEAKER ASSEMBLY FOR USE ON THE OUTSIDE OF A VEHICLEJuly 2024June 2025Allow1130NoNo
18771569APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACE (API)-BASED CONCURRENT CALL PATH (CCP) PROVISIONINGJuly 2024May 2025Allow1010NoNo
18770391IN-MEETING CONTENT PRESENTATION MANAGEMENTJuly 2024November 2024Allow410YesNo
18747892SPAMMER LOCATION DETECTIONJune 2024May 2025Allow1110NoNo
18745469METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR BYPASSING HOLDSJune 2024April 2025Allow1010NoNo
18743836Distributing Queries To Agent Group DevicesJune 2024April 2025Allow1010YesNo
18736956TRANSACTION FRAUD PREVENTION TOOLJune 2024April 2025Allow1110NoNo
18679839INTEGRATED REPRESENTATIVE PROFILE DATA IN CONTACT CENTER ENVIRONMENTMay 2024March 2025Allow1010NoNo
18679763AUTOMATED SYSTEMS FOR COMMUNICATIONS ANALYSIS ACCORDING TO RECORDING RESTRICTIONSMay 2024April 2025Allow1010NoNo
18680207RF ANTENNA AND HEARING DEVICE WITH RF ANTENNAMay 2024December 2024Allow700YesNo
18678568PROVIDING MIDI CONTROLS WITHIN A VIRTUAL CONFERENCING SYSTEMMay 2024June 2025Allow1310NoNo
18677504MONITORING AND TESTING OF WEB REAL-TIME COMMUNICATIONS (WEBRTC) SESSIONSMay 2024March 2025Allow1010NoNo
18672539HEARING AID WITH HANDSFREE CONTROLMay 2024March 2025Allow1010NoNo
18672976AUTO SWITCH - CALL CENTER-BASED AUTOMATED INTERFACE WITH VOICE SWITCHES FOR VOICE SERVICE DIAGNOSTICS AND PROVISIONINGMay 2024March 2025Allow1010NoNo
18669921PARTIAL AUTOMATION OF TEXT CHAT CONVERSATIONSMay 2024March 2025Allow910NoNo
18666933IDENTIFYING HIGH EFFORT STATEMENTS FOR CALL CENTER SUMMARIESMay 2024March 2025Allow1010NoNo
18667647REMOVABLE BASS SPEAKER ENCLOSURE FOR MOTORCYCLE SADDLEBAGSMay 2024December 2024Allow700NoNo
18665843NEURAL NETWORK CHIP FOR EAR-WORN DEVICEMay 2024March 2025Allow1010NoNo
18666310TECHNIQUES FOR DATA MATCHING IN A CONTACT CENTER SYSTEMMay 2024March 2025Allow1010NoNo
18658538PHONE NUMBER LIST MANAGEMENTMay 2024June 2025Allow1420YesNo
18655856SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COORDINATED PLAYBACK OF ANALOG AND DIGITAL MEDIA CONTENTMay 2024December 2024Allow700YesNo
18654405HIGHLY COMPLIANT MINIATURE TRANSDUCERMay 2024April 2025Allow1110NoNo
18651974Computer-Assisted Patient Navigation and Information Systems and MethodsMay 2024May 2025Allow1200NoNo
18645101HEADPHONES WITH TIMING CAPABILITY AND ENHANCED SECURITYApril 2024April 2025Allow1210NoNo
18643818ENVIRONMENT FOR REMOTE COMMUNICATIONApril 2024January 2025Allow910NoNo
18642223Calculating An Estimated Wait TimeApril 2024March 2025Allow1110YesNo
18642323SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INFORMATION GATHERING, MANAGING AND DISSEMINATING FOR ASSESSMENTS AND NOTIFICATIONS IN LAW ENFORCEMENT AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTSApril 2024April 2025Allow1201NoNo
18641113LIVE ASSIST SYSTEMS AND METHODS WITH REAL TIME SCORING OF AGENT PERFORMANCEApril 2024November 2024Allow700YesNo
18637051RENDERING AUDIO OVER MULTIPLE SPEAKERS WITH MULTIPLE ACTIVATION CRITERIAApril 2024March 2025Allow1120NoNo
18635974AUTOMATED CALLING SYSTEMApril 2024November 2024Allow700YesNo
18633781METHOD, DEVICE AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR CONTROLLING AUDIO DATA IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM THEREFORApril 2024January 2025Allow900NoNo
18634505AUTOMATED ROBOCALL DETECTIONApril 2024October 2024Allow700YesNo
18633125ADVERSARIAL INPUT GENERATION FOR NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING MACHINE LEARNING MODELSApril 2024March 2025Allow1110NoNo
18629032DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING SOUND GENERATOR AND VIBRATION DAMPING MEMBERApril 2024November 2024Allow800YesNo
18627455SOUND GENERATING APPARATUSApril 2024June 2025Allow1500NoNo
18628402SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY TUNING DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING CONFIGURATIONS FOR AN AUDIO SYSTEMApril 2024May 2025Allow1410NoNo
18626934HEARING ASSIST DEVICEApril 2024February 2025Abandon1010NoNo
18625884TEACHING A MACHINE CLASSIFIER TO RECOGNIZE A NEW CLASSApril 2024March 2025Allow1210YesNo
18625040SYSTEM, METHOD, OR APPARATUS FOR EFFICIENT OPERATIONS OF CONVERSATIONAL INTERACTIONSApril 2024May 2025Abandon1310NoNo
18624703INTELLIGENT ATTESTATION OF TRAFFIC USING A ROUTING ENGINEApril 2024October 2024Allow700YesNo
18623959METHOD FOR AI LANGUAGE SELF-IMPROVEMENT AGENT USING LANGUAGE MODELING AND TREE SEARCH TECHNIQUESApril 2024September 2024Allow510NoNo
18617042HANDLING CALLS ON A SHARED SPEECH-ENABLED DEVICEMarch 2024April 2025Allow1210NoNo
18617136Audio Output Method and Terminal DeviceMarch 2024June 2025Allow1420NoNo
18616136METHOD, INTERNET OF THINGS SYSTEM, AND MEDIUM FOR SMART CUSTOMER SERVICE MANAGEMENT OF SMART GAS CALL CENTERMarch 2024February 2025Allow1110NoNo
18612046DUAL HEARING PROTECTION SYSTEMMarch 2024January 2025Allow1010NoNo
18613092SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVISION OF AN ADVANCED NETWORK FUNCTION TO A DEVICEMarch 2024October 2024Allow610YesNo
18611328PROXIMITY DETECTIONMarch 2024October 2024Allow710NoNo
18609762HEARING DEVICE OR SYSTEM COMPRISING A COMMUNICATION INTERFACEMarch 2024January 2025Allow1010NoNo
18608223DISPLAY PANEL, DISPLAY DEVICE, FABRICATING METHOD AND CONTROL METHOD OF DISPLAY PANELMarch 2024March 2025Allow1210NoNo
18608499HEARING DEVICE COMPRISING A TRANSMITTERMarch 2024January 2025Allow1010NoNo
18607496Systems and methods for blockchain wireless services in a controlled environmentMarch 2024September 2024Allow600YesNo
18605806VERIFICATION OF CALLER IDENTIFICATION USING APPLICATIONMarch 2024January 2025Allow1010NoNo
18596917Active Cancellation of a Height-Channel Soundbar Array's Forward Sound RadiationMarch 2024February 2025Allow1210NoNo
18596965METHOD OF MONITORING PDCCH, TERMINAL AND NETWORK DEVICEMarch 2024September 2024Allow700NoNo
18592720EAR-WORN DEVICE WITH NEURAL NETWORK FOR NOISE REDUCTION AND/OR SPATIAL FOCUSING USING MULTIPLE INPUT AUDIO SIGNALSMarch 2024December 2024Allow930YesNo
18592187COGNITIVE SYSTEM REWARD MANAGEMENTFebruary 2024February 2025Allow1110NoNo
18589208SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOGENERATED SYNTHETIC OPERATIONAL CUSTOMER SATISFACTION SCORING AND ANALYSISFebruary 2024December 2024Allow1010NoNo
18584290MULTICHANNEL AUDIO ENCODE AND DECODE USING DIRECTIONAL METADATAFebruary 2024January 2025Allow1110NoNo
18582882DATA REUSE COMPUTING ARCHITECTUREFebruary 2024October 2024Allow810NoNo
18583054ACOUSTIC WAVEGUIDES FOR MULTI-CHANNEL PLAYBACK DEVICESFebruary 2024February 2025Allow1110NoNo
18443408METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR CALL TRAFFIC ANOMALY MITIGATIONFebruary 2024December 2024Allow1010YesNo
18443409COMBINATION ZIPPER AND AUDIO PLAYERFebruary 2024May 2024Allow310NoNo
18440891ACCESSORY MANAGEMENT APPARATUSFebruary 2024March 2025Allow1310NoNo
18439501Conditional Content EnhancementFebruary 2024June 2025Allow1710NoNo
18436516SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING PERSONALIZED CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE IN INTERACTIVE COMMUNICATIONSFebruary 2024September 2024Allow810YesNo
18433172SOUND-OUTPUT DEVICEFebruary 2024December 2024Allow1010NoNo
18431528METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SCREEN RELATED ADAPTATION OF A HIGHER-ORDER AMBISONICS AUDIO SIGNALFebruary 2024January 2025Allow1210NoNo
18431239TELEVISION RECEIVER WITH A TV PHONE FUNCTIONFebruary 2024June 2025Allow1730NoNo
18431144ALTERNATE COMMUNICATION OPTIONS DURING COMMUNICATION DELAYFebruary 2024November 2024Allow920YesNo
18424923HEARING DEVICE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING SAMEJanuary 2024September 2024Allow800NoNo
18425741DEVICES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VIDEO PROCESSINGJanuary 2024February 2025Allow1310NoNo
18423858CALLER VERIFICATION VIA CARRIER METADATAJanuary 2024August 2024Allow700NoNo
18422820Connecting A Supervisor Device To A Contact Center EngagementJanuary 2024December 2024Allow1110NoNo
18422263SYSTEMS FOR TRANSITIONING TELEPHONY-BASED AND IN-PERSON SERVICING INTERACTIONS TO AND FROM AN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) CHAT SESSIONJanuary 2024April 2024Allow310NoNo
18419744EARDRUM ACOUSTIC PRESSURE ESTIMATION USING FEEDBACK CANCELLERJanuary 2024August 2024Allow700YesNo
18417723SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USING PUBLIC REGISTRY TO ENHANCE CALLER INFORMATION AND DETERMINE CALL HANDLING FOR CALLED PARTIESJanuary 2024January 2025Allow1220NoNo
18416477MACHINE-LEARNING SYSTEM FOR INCOMING CALL DRIVER PREDICTIONJanuary 2024December 2024Allow1110NoNo
18412940VOICE APPLICATION NETWORK PLATFORMJanuary 2024August 2024Allow710NoNo
18411730NEURAL NETWORK CHIP FOR EAR-WORN DEVICEJanuary 2024April 2024Allow310NoNo
18409630APPARATUSES AND METHODS INVOLVING PARKING COMMUNICATIONSJanuary 2024August 2024Allow700YesNo
18408103Routing An Inbound Call To A Virtual Meeting Via An Interactive Voice Response SystemJanuary 2024February 2025Allow1410NoNo
18408275System and Method for Managing Graphic User Interface (GUI) for Desktop and Mobile DisplaysJanuary 2024August 2024Allow710NoNo
18406048DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETECTING PHYSIOLOGICAL SOUNDJanuary 2024March 2025Allow1420NoNo
18405655HEADSET WITH USER CONFIGURABLE NOISE CANCELLATION vs AMBIENT NOISE PICKUPJanuary 2024February 2025Allow1400NoNo
18402847COVERT SPORTS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMJanuary 2024October 2024Allow1010NoNo
18403445UNIFIED COMMUNICATIONS CALL ROUTING AND DECISION BASED ON INTEGRATED ANALYTICS-DRIVEN DATABASE AND AGGREGATED DATAJanuary 2024July 2024Allow700YesNo
18400394CATEGORIZING CALLS USING EARLY CALL INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND METHODSDecember 2023December 2024Allow1110NoNo
18399883SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TONE TO TOKEN TELECOMMUNICATIONS PLATFORMDecember 2023June 2025Allow1810YesNo
18395073NEURAL NET-BASED USE OF PERCEPTRONS TO MIMIC HUMAN SENSES ASSOCIATED WITH A VEHICLE OCCUPANTDecember 2023December 2024Allow1210NoNo
18395136ROBOTIC PROCESS AUTOMATION FOR ACHIEVING AN OPTIMIZED MARGIN OF VEHICLE OPERATIONAL SAFETYDecember 2023October 2024Allow1010NoNo
18395220TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM TO USE A NEURAL NETWORK TO DETERMINE A VARIATION IN DRIVING PERFORMANCE TO PROMOTE A DESIRED HORMONAL STATE OF AN OCCUPANTDecember 2023August 2024Allow810NoNo
18390531Associated Spatial Audio PlaybackDecember 2023March 2025Allow1510NoNo
18391464INTELLIGENT MATCHING OF A USER TO AN AGENT FOR A COMMUNICATION SESSIONDecember 2023July 2024Allow700YesNo
18541344AUTOMATED SYSTEMS FOR COMMUNICATIONS ANALYSIS ACCORDING TO RECORDING RESTRICTIONSDecember 2023February 2024Allow200NoNo
18540398Request Routing Based On Contact Center Engagement HistoryDecember 2023May 2025Allow1720NoNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for art-unit 2693.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
104
Examiner Affirmed
73
(70.2%)
Examiner Reversed
31
(29.8%)
Reversal Percentile
36.6%
Lower than average

What This Means

With a 29.8% reversal rate, the PTAB affirms the examiner's rejections in the vast majority 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
351
Allowed After Appeal Filing
121
(34.5%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
230
(65.5%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
58.1%
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, 34.5% 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 2693 - Prosecution Statistics Summary

Executive Summary

Art Unit 2693 is part of Group 2690 in Technology Center 2600. This art unit has examined 9,518 patent applications in our dataset, with an overall allowance rate of 81.5%. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 24 months.

Comparative Analysis

Art Unit 2693's allowance rate of 81.5% places it in the 65% 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 2693 receive an average of 1.81 office actions before reaching final disposition (in the 49% 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 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.