Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18648440 | LOW POWER CONSUMPTION AND HIGH PRECISION RESISTANCE-FREE CMOS REFERENCE VOLTAGE SOURCE | April 2024 | July 2024 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18634713 | MODULATION STRATEGY SUITABLE FOR BALANCING LOSSES OF POWER SWITCHES IN BRIDGE ARM OF NEUTRAL POINT CLAMPED THREE LEVEL INVERTER AND IMPLEMENTATION METHOD | April 2024 | July 2024 | Allow | 3 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18630792 | Curvature-Corrected Bandgap Reference | April 2024 | June 2024 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18439173 | CONSTANT-FREQUENCY SINGLE-CARRIER SENSOR-LESS MODULATION FOR THE THREE LEVEL FLYING CAPACITOR MULTICELL CONVERTER | February 2024 | April 2024 | Allow | 60 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18434104 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETECTING SYSTEM FAILURE, COMPUTER DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | February 2024 | April 2024 | Allow | 3 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18524484 | ELECTROSTATIC CHUCK ASSEMBLY FOR PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS | November 2023 | June 2024 | Allow | 6 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18509064 | HIGH VOLTAGE STAGE FOR SWITCHING REGULATOR | November 2023 | June 2024 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18507031 | Single stage power factor correcting synchronous harmonic converter | November 2023 | July 2024 | Allow | 8 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18502971 | RESONANT CONVERTER WITH MULTIPLE RESONANT TANK CIRCUITS | November 2023 | June 2024 | Allow | 8 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18501494 | MICROGRID INVERTER CONTROLLER AND INVERTER FAULT CURRENT CONTROL METHOD | November 2023 | April 2024 | Allow | 5 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18498471 | CONTROL SYSTEM OF AN ELECTROMAGNETIC RELAY AND ELECTROMAGNETIC RELAY | October 2023 | April 2024 | Allow | 5 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18493557 | AUXILIARY CIRCUIT TO INJECT FAULT CURRENT DURING GRID FAULTS | October 2023 | March 2024 | Allow | 5 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18492737 | POWER CONVERTER SYSTEM WITH HIGH CONVERSION EFFICIENCY | October 2023 | December 2023 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18379099 | SUPPLY-GLITCH-TOLERANT REGULATOR | October 2023 | May 2024 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18553045 | TRANSFORMER ARRANGEMENT | September 2023 | June 2024 | Allow | 8 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18371332 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SENSING THE INPUT VOLTAGE OF A POWER CONVERTER | September 2023 | June 2024 | Allow | 9 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18468745 | STARTUP CONTROL METHOD AND SYSTEM | September 2023 | April 2024 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18468746 | VOLTAGE SPIKE MEASUREMENT CIRCUIT AND METHOD | September 2023 | April 2024 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18464220 | Single stage synchronous generalized regulator | September 2023 | October 2023 | Allow | 1 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18458750 | CHARGE PUMP STABILITY CONTROL | August 2023 | April 2024 | Allow | 8 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18239536 | System for Preventing Transformer Saturation | August 2023 | March 2024 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18238981 | Very High Efficiency Soft Switching Converter AKA the Adjud Converter | August 2023 | April 2024 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18237673 | ELECTROSTATIC CHUCK ASSEMBLY FOR CRYOGENIC APPLICATIONS | August 2023 | March 2024 | Allow | 6 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18455538 | ELECTRICAL RECEPTACLE FAULT PROTECTION | August 2023 | March 2024 | Allow | 6 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18236875 | Phase-Shifted Full-Bridge Topology With Current Injection | August 2023 | September 2024 | Abandon | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18452423 | DIGITAL LOW-DROPOUT VOLTAGE REGULATOR | August 2023 | July 2024 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18451669 | FERROMAGNETIC HARMONIC ELIMINATION METHOD FOR ACTIVE MATCHED RESISTANCE VOLTAGE TRANSFORMER BASED ON PID ADJUSTMENT | August 2023 | November 2023 | Allow | 3 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18235004 | SUPPRESSION OF SIGNAL TRANSMISSION OVER A CONDUCTOR | August 2023 | February 2024 | Allow | 6 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18234735 | ENERGY REDUCING KEY FOR ELECTRONIC TRIP UNITS | August 2023 | February 2024 | Allow | 6 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18233255 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DIGITAL, CLOSED-LOOP CONTROL OF CRCM SWITCH-MODE POWER CONVERTERS | August 2023 | April 2024 | Allow | 8 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18231725 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH MAGNETIC FIELD SENSOR DESIGN FOR DETECTION OF MULTIPLE ACCESSORIES | August 2023 | March 2024 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18263443 | VACUUM INTERRUPTER | July 2023 | November 2023 | Allow | 4 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18227670 | Electric Transmission Line Ground Fault Prevention Methods Using Multi-Parameter High Sensitivity Monitoring | July 2023 | September 2023 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18225325 | Methods and Circuits for Sensing Isolated Power Converter Output Voltage Across the Isolation Barrier | July 2023 | March 2024 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18273155 | FRACTAL POWER CONVERTER AND METHOD FOR CONSTRUCTING FRACTAL POWER CONVERTER | July 2023 | April 2024 | Allow | 9 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18346298 | ACTIVE METAL FUSES FOR DC-EOS AND SURGE PROTECTION | July 2023 | January 2024 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18344725 | POWER CONVERTERS AND METHODS OF CONTROLLING SAME | June 2023 | February 2024 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18210804 | METHOD FOR PARALLELING OF INTERLEAVED POWER CONVERTERS | June 2023 | June 2024 | Allow | 12 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18209090 | SEMICONDUCTOR LAYOUT FOR ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGE PROTECTION, ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGE PROTECTION CIRCUIT, AND METHOD FOR FORMING THE SAME | June 2023 | January 2024 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18206931 | FORMING MESAS ON AN ELECTROSTATIC CHUCK | June 2023 | March 2024 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18329465 | POWER CONVERTER, DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING POWER CONVERTER, SYSTEM INCLUDING DISPLAY DEVICE, AND METHOD OF DRIVING DISPLAY DEVICE | June 2023 | December 2023 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18329511 | MULTIPHASE SERIES CAPACITOR DC-DC CONVERTER AND CONTROL METHOD | June 2023 | September 2023 | Allow | 3 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18202330 | POWER CONVERTING DEVICE | May 2023 | June 2024 | Abandon | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18201919 | PT FERROMAGNETIC RESONANCE ELIMINATION METHOD IMPLEMENTED BY ACTIVELY INPUTTING RESISTANCE THROUGH ELECTRONIC LOAD | May 2023 | September 2023 | Allow | 3 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18318177 | ZERO CROSSING CONTACTOR AND METHOD OF OPERATING | May 2023 | February 2024 | Allow | 9 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18036537 | Method For Solving For Converter Valve States And Valve Currents Based On Valve-Side Current Timing Characteristics | May 2023 | July 2024 | Allow | 14 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17235164 | Selective Coordination of Solid-State Circuit Breakers and Mechanical Circuit Breakers in Electrical Distribution Systems | May 2023 | June 2023 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18144113 | PROVIDING PULSES OF STIMULUS SIGNAL BETWEEN PAIRS OF ELECTRODES | May 2023 | June 2024 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18143277 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DYNAMIC POWER DELIVERY TO A FLEXIBLE GROWCENTER USING UNUTILIZED ENERGY SOURCES | May 2023 | May 2024 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18312230 | HEMT-BASED DRIVER CIRCUIT AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME | May 2023 | December 2023 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18142883 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO CABLE SHIELD FAULT DETECTION AND PROTECTION | May 2023 | June 2024 | Allow | 13 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18142935 | QUICK BATTERY DISCONNECT SYSTEM FOR HIGH CURRENT CIRCUITS | May 2023 | February 2024 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18310824 | AUDIO ELECTRONIC SYSTEM WITH SWITCHING CONVERTER | May 2023 | April 2024 | Allow | 12 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18141911 | INTERFACE FOR PASSING CONTROL INFORMATION OVER AN ISOLATION CHANNEL | May 2023 | December 2023 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18141221 | APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR PASSIVE FAULT MONITORING OF CURRENT SENSING DEVICES IN PROTECTIVE CIRCUIT INTERRUPTERS | April 2023 | November 2023 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18308887 | VOLTAGE REFERENCE CIRCUIT AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING REFERENCE VOLTAGE | April 2023 | April 2024 | Allow | 12 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18139660 | ELECTROSTATIC CHUCKS WITH COOLANT GAS ZONES AND CORRESPONDING GROOVE AND MONOPOLAR ELECTROSTATIC CLAMPING ELECTRODE PATTERNS | April 2023 | November 2023 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18307087 | ADAPTIVE CONTROL METHOD FOR MULTIPLE INVERTERS IN PARALLEL AND SYSTEM WITH MULTIPLE INVERTERS IN PARALLEL | April 2023 | July 2023 | Allow | 3 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18306857 | REDUNDANT ROBOT POWER AND COMMUNICATION ARCHITECTURE | April 2023 | February 2024 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18138107 | ELECTROSTATIC ELIMINATING DEVICE AND VEHICLE | April 2023 | October 2024 | Abandon | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18305222 | CONVERTER OUTPUT STAGE WITH BIAS VOLTAGE GENERATOR | April 2023 | December 2023 | Allow | 8 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18304211 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND SEMICONDUCTOR MODULE | April 2023 | October 2023 | Allow | 6 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18135809 | POWER CONVERTER WITH CROSS COUPLED CAPACITORS | April 2023 | March 2024 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18133821 | STATE-INDICATING DEVICE FOR LOW CURRENT APPLICATIONS WITH WIDER OPERATING RANGE | April 2023 | May 2024 | Allow | 13 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18299436 | Self-Powered Recloser | April 2023 | April 2024 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18133295 | MULTIDIMENSIONAL SPACE VECTOR MODULATION (MDSVM) CIRCUIT AND METHOD THEREOF | April 2023 | May 2024 | Allow | 13 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18133382 | HYBRID RELAY | April 2023 | December 2023 | Allow | 8 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18132637 | VOLTAGE HARVESTER FOR POWER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM DEVICES | April 2023 | April 2024 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18132804 | Compact Modular Electrical Load Management System | April 2023 | April 2024 | Allow | 12 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18132282 | SPLIT BUS INVERTER ARCHITECTURE | April 2023 | December 2023 | Allow | 9 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18131992 | ZERO-VOLTAGE-SWITCHING CONTROL CIRCUIT, CONTROL METHOD AND SWITCHING POWER SUPPLY | April 2023 | May 2024 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18191916 | CLOSED LOOP COMMUTATION CONTROL FOR A SWITCHING POWER CONVERTER | March 2023 | May 2024 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18126520 | MICRO ASSEMBLER WITH FINE ANGLE CONTROL | March 2023 | March 2024 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18122963 | POWER CONVERSION CIRCUIT AND POWER CONVERSION APPARATUS WITH SAME | March 2023 | September 2023 | Allow | 6 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18121227 | SOLID STATE CIRCUIT INTERRUPTER | March 2023 | October 2023 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18181977 | POWER SUPPLY DEVICE, POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME | March 2023 | January 2024 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18181629 | CIRCUIT AND METHOD FOR MITIGATING TRANSIENT EFFECTS IN A VOLTAGE REGULATOR | March 2023 | October 2023 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18180550 | FUSIBLE LINK FOR ARC DETECTION | March 2023 | June 2024 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18178409 | POWER CORD WITH LEAKAGE CURRENT DETECTION AND INTERRUPTION FUNCTION | March 2023 | March 2024 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18178267 | CHARGING AND FIELD SUPPLEMENT CIRCUIT FOR SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNETS BASED ON PULSED CURRENT | March 2023 | September 2023 | Allow | 6 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18116893 | SERIAL ELECTRODE DEPLOYMENT FOR CONDUCTED ELECTRICAL WEAPON | March 2023 | May 2024 | Allow | 14 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18177191 | MOTOR COOLING MEMBER | March 2023 | September 2023 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18174447 | SWITCHING DEVICE, SWITCHING POWER SUPPLY APPARATUS, AND VEHICLE | February 2023 | January 2024 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18174032 | VEHICLE | February 2023 | October 2023 | Allow | 8 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18173859 | DYNAMIC BIASING CIRCUIT FOR MAIN COMPARATOR TO IMPROVE LOAD-TRANSIENT AND LINE-TRANSIENT PERFORMANCE OF BUCK CONVERTER IN 100% MODE | February 2023 | June 2023 | Allow | 4 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18172751 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR BATTERY CURRENT MONITORING | February 2023 | September 2023 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18171455 | Photovoltaic Panel Circuitry | February 2023 | May 2024 | Allow | 15 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18108512 | POWER CONVERTER AND CONTROLLER FOR A POWER CONVERTER AND MANNERS OF OPERATION THEREOF | February 2023 | April 2024 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18166860 | CROSS-DOMAIN ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGE PROTECTION | February 2023 | April 2024 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18164666 | Multi-PATH resonant circuit and resonant converter | February 2023 | February 2024 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18164645 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING PHASE LOCKING OF CRITICAL ARC LIGHT | February 2023 | March 2024 | Allow | 13 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18165265 | LOW DROPOUT REGULATOR AND RELATED METHOD | February 2023 | September 2023 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18164541 | System for Preventing Transformer Saturation | February 2023 | May 2023 | Allow | 4 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18102443 | One-Transistor Devices for Protecting Circuits and Autocatalytic Voltage Conversion Therefor | January 2023 | December 2023 | Allow | 10 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18102553 | CIRCUIT INTERRUPTING DEVICE FOR PROVIDING GROUND FAULT AND OPEN NEUTRAL PROTECTION IN TEMPORARY POWER APPLICATIONS | January 2023 | July 2023 | Allow | 6 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18101941 | ALTERNATING CURRENT (AC) VOLTAGE REGULATOR AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME | January 2023 | May 2023 | Allow | 4 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18159696 | SPACING-ASSURED ELECTRIC FIELD SHIELD FOR GAS DISCHARGE TUBE OF MOTOR CONTROL | January 2023 | July 2023 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18099999 | DATA ALIGNMENT METHOD, DIFFERENTIAL PROTECTOR AND DIFFERENTIAL PROTECTION SYSTEM | January 2023 | May 2024 | Allow | 16 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18157241 | ELECTRICAL RECEPTACLE FAULT PROTECTION | January 2023 | May 2023 | Allow | 4 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18099238 | POWER CONVERTER AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF | January 2023 | May 2023 | Allow | 4 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for art-unit 2839.
With a 42.3% 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.
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, 41.5% 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.
✓ 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 2839 is part of Group 2830 in Technology Center 2800. This art unit has examined 16,411 patent applications in our dataset, with an overall allowance rate of 86.9%. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 18 months.
Art Unit 2839's allowance rate of 86.9% 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.
Applications in Art Unit 2839 receive an average of 1.17 office actions before reaching final disposition (in the 7% percentile). The median prosecution time is 18 months (in the 97% percentile).
When prosecuting applications in this art unit, consider the following:
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