USPTO Art Unit 2838 Prosecution Statistics

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
19396658POWER CONVERTERNovember 2025February 2026Allow300NoNo
19276264MEMBER FOR SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING APPARATUSJuly 2025August 2025Allow100NoNo
19260414Dual-Stage AC to AC Electric Power ConvertersJuly 2025August 2025Allow200NoNo
19259830CONTROLLERS, AND ASSOCIATED CIRCUITRY, DEVICES, SYSTEMS, MOBILE UNITS, AND METHODSJuly 2025September 2025Allow310NoNo
19256080SOLID-STATE SWITCH ARRAYS FOR DIGITIZED PLASMA CONTROL AND MAGNETO-INERTIAL FUSION APPLICATIONSJune 2025October 2025Allow410NoNo
19237057METHOD FOR CONTROLLING CYCLOCONVERTER CIRCUIT, CYCLOCONVERTER CIRCUIT, AND ISOLATED CONVERTERJune 2025October 2025Allow400NoNo
19224792POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE BIPOLAR MODULAR MULTILEVEL ALTERNATING CURRENT-ALTERNATING CURRENT FREQUENCY CONVERTERMay 2025July 2025Allow100NoNo
19223009VOLTAGE MODULATION METHOD AND THREE-LEVEL INVERTERMay 2025September 2025Allow410NoNo
19208970FREQUENCY MODULATION METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR THERMAL POWER UNIT COUPLED WITH MOLTEN SALT ENERGY STORAGEMay 2025July 2025Allow200NoNo
19202197FAULT TOLERANCE METHOD BASED ON SEABED MEDIUM-VOLTAGE DIRECT-CURRENT CONVERTER AND REDUNDANT TOPOLOGICAL STRUCTUREMay 2025June 2025Allow100NoNo
19194199Power switch having off indication and method of coordinatingApril 2025October 2025Allow510YesNo
19189360METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR COOPERATIVELY SUPPRESSING COMMON-MODE VOLTAGE AND CURRENT HARMONICS OF COUPLED THREE-LEVEL INVERTERApril 2025August 2025Allow310NoNo
19172876Regulated Multi-Stage Power Converter ArchitectureApril 2025October 2025Allow610NoNo
19171293OVERSHOOT PROTECTION CIRCUIT, METHOD, AND CHIPApril 2025May 2025Allow100NoNo
19096905POWER SUPPLY WITH VACUUM DIODEApril 2025July 2025Allow400YesNo
19116301FORCED CURRENT SHARING CIRCUIT, CHIP, MOTHERBOARD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICEMarch 2025August 2025Allow510NoNo
19115737POWER-FAILURE HOLD CIRCUIT, POWER SUPPLY PROTECTION METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND POWER SUPPLY CONTROL CIRCUITMarch 2025May 2025Allow200NoNo
19088122POWER SUPPLY QUALITY IMPROVEMENT-ORIENTED AND FAULT CONTROL-ORIENTED ECONOMICALLY-INTEGRATED MEDIUM-VOLTAGE GRID-CONNECTED DEVICE WITH SiC MODULE AND ADAPTIVE CONTROL METHOD THEREFORMarch 2025July 2025Allow400NoNo
19087481METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DRIVING MOVEMENT OF TARGET OBJECT BY GRAVITATIONAL FIELD GENERATED BY VARYING ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDMarch 2025August 2025Allow410NoNo
19075763JUMPER CONTROL CIRCUIT AND JUMPER DEVICEMarch 2025August 2025Allow610NoNo
19110150METHOD FOR ACTUATING AN ELECTROMECHANICAL SWITCHING ELEMENTMarch 2025June 2025Allow300NoNo
19069290PASSIVITY-BASED DUAL-MODE INTEGRATED CONTROL METHOD FOR GRID-CONNECTED INVERTERMarch 2025May 2025Allow200YesNo
19063815High Frequency Resistant Nuisance Tripping GFCI and with Self-Test and End of Life (STEOL) CircuitsFebruary 2025June 2025Allow400NoNo
19059557AC CURRENT SOURCE AND METHODFebruary 2025October 2025Allow820YesNo
19051761CIRCUIT AND METHOD OF DRIVING ANALOG LOADS USING DIGITAL SIGNALSFebruary 2025April 2025Allow200YesNo
19101053SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO PROTECT A MEMS RELAY SWITCH SYSTEMFebruary 2025June 2025Allow400NoNo
19037402RAPID TRACKING AND ADAPTIVE COMPENSATION METHOD FOR POWER FLUCTUATION OF PULSE LOAD OF SHIPJanuary 2025May 2025Allow400NoNo
19037770MULTI-VOLTAGE AND MULTI-BRIGHTNESS LED LIGHTING DEVICES AND METHODS OF USING SAMEJanuary 2025August 2025Allow700NoNo
18998648DEVICE FOR THE ELECTRICAL PROTECTION OF POWER SUPPLY CABLES FOR PERMANENT-MAGNET MOTORSJanuary 2025January 2026Allow1220NoNo
19032729NON-ISOLATED, PARTIAL POWER PROCESSING, DC-DC CONVERTER AND METHODJanuary 2025May 2025Allow410NoNo
19024817Hybrid direct current transmission system and control method thereofJanuary 2025April 2025Allow300NoNo
19024826MAGNETIC COUPLING DEVICE WITH AT LEAST ONE OF A SENSOR ARRANGEMENT AND A DEGAUSS CAPABILITYJanuary 2025October 2025Allow910NoNo
19020314SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR USING A MEMS SWITCH AS AN IDEAL DIODEJanuary 2025September 2025Allow801YesNo
19014099POWER MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS RELATED TO A PLURALITY OF CONVERTERS FOR PROVIDING DUAL INTEGRATED MULTI-MODE POWER MANAGEMENTJanuary 2025February 2026Allow1310NoNo
19011342RECTIFICATION CONTROL SYSTEM, CHARGER AND CONTROL METHOD FOR CHARGERJanuary 2025April 2025Allow310NoNo
19009185INTELLIGENT HIGH-POWER GFCI PLUGJanuary 2025June 2025Allow600NoNo
19005653SYSTEMS, METHODS, APPARATUSES, AND DEVICES FOR CONTROLLING CHANGE IN AN IMPEDANCE OF A POWER SUPPLY CIRCUIT DURING A FAULTDecember 2024April 2025Allow400NoNo
18831388Snubber circuitDecember 2024October 2025Allow1000NoNo
18986636Planar Multilayer Transformer With Minimum Noise Injection In Between Primary And Secondary WindingDecember 2024February 2025Allow200NoNo
18986456CONTROLLERS, AND ASSOCIATED CIRCUITRY, DEVICES, SYSTEMS, MOBILE UNITS, AND METHODSDecember 2024April 2025Allow410NoNo
18876139METHOD AND DEVICE OF CONTROLLING POWER SUPPLY CIRCUIT, NON-VOLATILE READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICEDecember 2024October 2025Allow1010NoNo
18979782CERAMIC SUSCEPTORDecember 2024May 2025Allow510NoNo
18979325METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING REDUNDANCY OF VALVE CONTROL SYSTEM OF CONVERTER VALVEDecember 2024March 2025Allow300NoNo
18874023SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A DIRECT CURRENT POWER TO A TIME DOMAIN DUPLEXING RADIODecember 2024November 2025Allow1100NoNo
18873687EXTERNAL LOOP COMPENSATION APPARATUS AND METHOD AND SYSTEM THEREOF, AND MEDIUMDecember 2024September 2025Allow900NoNo
18970994SWITCHING CYCLE ADAPTIVE CONTROL METHOD FOR SWITCHING POWER SUPPLYDecember 2024July 2025Allow710NoNo
18871827LAGGING LEG ELIMINATION PHASE-SHIFT FULL-BRIDGE CONVERTER CIRCUITDecember 2024September 2025Abandon1010NoNo
18961829DUAL-MODE INVERTER SYSTEMNovember 2024February 2026Allow1500YesNo
18869872POWER CONVERTERNovember 2024January 2025Allow200NoNo
18955571ELECTROSTATIC CHUCKNovember 2024September 2025Allow1010NoNo
18953131DUAL-MODE INVERTER SYSTEMNovember 2024February 2026Allow1500YesNo
18945526ADAPTIVE ARC SUPPRESSION METHOD FOR GROUND FAULTS IN A COMBINED ACTIVE AND PASSIVE DISTRIBUTION NETWORKNovember 2024April 2025Allow500NoNo
18865016HIGH VOLTAGE BYPASS DEVICE, VOLTAGE SOURCE CONVERTER AND OPERATING METHODNovember 2024May 2025Allow610NoNo
18943463Modular Power-Limited Network Protection System with Integrated Control CircuitryNovember 2024June 2025Allow711YesNo
18940539Switched-mode power supply startup circuitNovember 2024February 2025Allow310NoNo
18931851MULTI-CHANNEL ALTERNATING CURRENT CONVERSION CIRCUIT, POWER SUPPLY APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC DEVICEOctober 2024December 2024Allow200NoNo
18929966Low Voltage Reference Generator Using MOS devicesOctober 2024January 2026Allow1500NoNo
18927037POWER CONVERTER HAVING A GATE DRIVE CIRCUIT AND METHOD OF OPERATINGOctober 2024January 2026Allow1510NoNo
18923891Active Variable Inductor CircuitOctober 2024August 2025Allow1000NoNo
18920865Electric Distribution Line Ground Fault Prevention Device Using Dual Parameter High Sensitivity Monitoring Small Current Reduction with Small Increase in Negative Sequence CurrentOctober 2024January 2025Allow300NoNo
18857467LOW-INDUCTANCE POWER MODULEOctober 2024January 2026Allow1500NoNo
18913171ELECTRICAL RECEPTACLE FAULT PROTECTIONOctober 2024March 2025Allow510NoNo
18909851DUAL-OUTPUT SWITCHED-CAPACITOR POWER CONVERTEROctober 2024November 2025Allow1300NoNo
18905509POWER APPARATUS APPLIED IN SOLID STATE TRANSFORMER STRUCTURE AND THREE-PHASE POWER SYSTEM HAVING THE SAMEOctober 2024August 2025Allow1110NoNo
18900193INTELLIGENT RELAY PACKAGE FOR PLACEMENT IN A LOAD TRAYSeptember 2024September 2025Allow1230YesNo
18851287TRANSFORMER DC MAGNETIZATION DETECTION AND MITIGATION THROUGH VIBRATION MEASUREMENTSeptember 2024February 2025Allow500YesNo
18892202Systems and Methods for Creating a Wire Coil Short Circuit ReducerSeptember 2024March 2025Allow510YesNo
18883653VEHICLE-TYPE ANTENNASeptember 2024January 2026Allow1600NoNo
18817515MULTI-ENDED IMPEDANCE-BASED FAULT LOCATING FOR UNTRANSPOSED TRANSMISSION LINESAugust 2024January 2026Allow1700NoNo
18813423SCALABLE POWER SUPPLY SYSTEMAugust 2024October 2025Allow1400YesNo
18812694Circuits and Method for Controlling a Synchronous RectifierAugust 2024May 2025Allow921YesNo
18804187DC CONVERTER AND A CONTROL METHOD OF A PWM CONTROLLERAugust 2024October 2025Allow1400YesNo
18803024PARALLELING POWER SEMICONDUCTORS WITH DIFFERENT SWITCHING FREQUENCIESAugust 2024January 2026Allow1730NoNo
18799864SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND DEVICES FOR CURRENT SENSINGAugust 2024July 2025Allow1100NoNo
18798347Integrating Trans-Inductor Voltage Regulator (TLVR) in Vertical Power DeliveryAugust 2024January 2025Allow510NoNo
18789524SWITCHED-CAPACITOR POWER CONVERTERSJuly 2024August 2025Allow1200NoNo
18787231HIGH VOLTAGE MULTIPLIERSJuly 2024October 2024Allow300NoNo
18781868CONFIGURABLE VOLTAGE REGULATOR CIRCUIT AND TRANSMITTER CIRCUITJuly 2024September 2025Allow1400NoNo
18777620DIGITAL LOW-DROPOUT VOLTAGE REGULATORJuly 2024February 2026Allow1910NoNo
18778548SWITCH CONTROL CIRCUIT AND SWITCH CONTROL METHOD THEREOFJuly 2024February 2026Allow1921NoNo
18777388SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AN OVERLAPPING INDEPENDENT PHASE ELECTRIC MOTOR/GENERATORJuly 2024October 2024Allow300NoNo
18771406Compact Modular Electrical Load Management SystemJuly 2024February 2025Allow700YesNo
18771926POWER DELIVERY CONTROL CIRCUITJuly 2024September 2025Allow1420YesNo
18769098Multi-Level Structures and Methods for Switched-Mode Power SuppliesJuly 2024March 2026Allow2010YesNo
18768986ELECTRIC FIELD REDUCTION MECHANISMJuly 2024March 2026Allow2000NoNo
18768245SYNCHRONOUS BOOTSTRAP HALF BRIDGE RECTIFIERJuly 2024February 2025Allow700NoNo
18765910SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CALCULATING THE OUTPUT POWER OF A FLYBACK CONVERTERJuly 2024March 2026Allow2000YesNo
18766196High-Voltage Three-Phase Four-Bridge-Arm Topology Structure and InverterJuly 2024October 2024Allow400NoNo
18765706VOLTAGE REFERENCE CIRCUIT AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING REFERENCE VOLTAGEJuly 2024June 2025Allow1100NoNo
18765285Adaptive Power Supply Voltage Transient ProtectionJuly 2024March 2025Allow810YesNo
18764415TOTEM-POLE POWER FACTOR CORRECTION CIRCUIT, POWER SUPPLY EQUIPMENTJuly 2024March 2026Allow2000NoNo
18764199POWER CONTROLLER AND POWER MANAGEMENT METHOD FOR MULTI-POWER CONVERSION SYSTEMJuly 2024March 2026Allow2000NoNo
18763940LOW POWER HYBRID REVERSE BANDGAP REFERENCE AND DIGITAL TEMPERATURE SENSORJuly 2024April 2025Allow1000NoNo
18762703ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGE CIRCUITS AND METHODS FOR OPERATING THE SAMEJuly 2024June 2025Allow1210NoNo
18762505POWER SUPPLY CIRCUIT AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING POWER SUPPLY CIRCUITJuly 2024January 2026Allow1900NoNo
18762569RIPPLE SUPPRESSION IN MULTI-PHASE BUCK CONVERTERSJuly 2024March 2026Abandon2110NoNo
18761753Magnetic Flux Cancellation for Power Line CommunicationsJuly 2024April 2025Allow1010NoNo
18762119LIMITING CIRCUIT FOR USE IN EXPLOSION PROTECTION ENVIRONMENTSJuly 2024March 2026Allow2000NoNo
18760604POWER DELIVERY FAST CHARGING CONTROL CIRCUIT AND POWER DELIVERY FAST CHARGING CONTROL METHODJuly 2024March 2026Allow2000NoNo
18760567POWER CONVERSION APPARATUS AND CHARGING APPARATUSJuly 2024March 2026Allow2000YesNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for art-unit 2838.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
156
Examiner Affirmed
88
(56.4%)
Examiner Reversed
68
(43.6%)
Reversal Percentile
88.0%
Higher than average

What This Means

With a 43.6% reversal rate, the PTAB reverses the examiner's rejections in a meaningful percentage of cases. This reversal rate is in the top 25% across the USPTO, indicating that appeals are more successful here than in most other areas.

Strategic Value of Filing an Appeal

Total Appeal Filings
1057
Allowed After Appeal Filing
389
(36.8%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
668
(63.2%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
75.5%
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, 36.8% of applications that filed an appeal were subsequently allowed. This appeal filing benefit rate is in the top 25% across the USPTO, indicating that filing appeals is particularly effective here. The act of filing often prompts favorable reconsideration during the mandatory appeal conference.

Strategic Recommendations

Appeals to PTAB show good success rates. If you have a strong case on the merits, consider fully prosecuting the appeal to a Board decision.

Filing a Notice of Appeal is strategically valuable. The act of filing often prompts favorable reconsideration during the mandatory appeal conference.

Art Unit 2838 - Prosecution Statistics Summary

Executive Summary

Art Unit 2838 is part of Group 2830 in Technology Center 2800. This art unit has examined 33,796 patent applications in our dataset, with an overall allowance rate of 87.3%. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 23 months.

Comparative Analysis

Art Unit 2838's allowance rate of 87.3% places it in the 84% 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 2838 receive an average of 1.27 office actions before reaching final disposition (in the 10% percentile). The median prosecution time is 23 months (in the 89% 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

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