Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19361985 | AIR QUALITY MONITORS MINIMIZATION SYSTEM AND METHODS | October 2025 | March 2026 | Allow | 5 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 19331794 | MODULAR PIPE INSPECTION ROBOT AND METHOD FOR INSPECTING AN EXTERNAL SURFACE OF A PIPE | September 2025 | November 2025 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 19330367 | PILE INSTALLATION CONFIRMATION INSTRUMENT | September 2025 | December 2025 | Allow | 3 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 19327829 | CALIBRATION BLOCK FOR PHASED ARRAY OF ULTRA-SONIC ELEMENTS | September 2025 | January 2026 | Allow | 5 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 19327842 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUS FOR REPORTING INSPECTION DATA | September 2025 | January 2026 | Allow | 5 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 19328101 | ASSEMBLY STRUCTURE FOR RANGEFINDER POSITIONING DEVICE | September 2025 | December 2025 | Allow | 3 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 19323852 | FREE SURFACE FLOW MEASUREMENT ASSEMBLY | September 2025 | February 2026 | Allow | 5 | 0 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 19319223 | DIGITAL TAPE MEASURE AND MOUNTING SYSTEM | September 2025 | March 2026 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 19293915 | SUBSTANCE FEEDING DEVICE, MIXING SYSTEM, AND BATTERY PRODUCTION LINE | August 2025 | February 2026 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 19288726 | LIDAR MEASUREMENT OF METHANE GAS FLOW IN COMPLEX WIND | August 2025 | February 2026 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 19285870 | SELF DETERMINED WEIGHT CONTAINER | July 2025 | September 2025 | Allow | 2 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 19275917 | MULTI-PHYSICS FIELD COUPLING ENVIRONMENT SIMULATION DEVICE | July 2025 | November 2025 | Allow | 4 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 19262135 | SEMICONDUCTOR LOW-TEMPERATURE ELEMENTAL MERCURY GENERATOR | July 2025 | August 2025 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 19262396 | BOUNDARY LAYER TESTING SYSTEM WITH ENHANCED ENTRY REGION FOR ANGULATED SURFACES | July 2025 | March 2026 | Allow | 8 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 19254045 | GRINDING SIMULATION TEST DEVICE AND METHOD FOR STEEL TURNOUT RAIL OF RAIL TRANSIT | June 2025 | December 2025 | Allow | 5 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 19251302 | APPARATUS FOR EXTRACTING SOIL ORGANIC CARBON | June 2025 | August 2025 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 19248380 | MECHANICAL METHOD OF DETERMINING THE BEST MATERIAL FOR USE AS CLEAR ALIGNER COMPOSITE RESIN ATTACHMENT AMONG EXPERIMENTED GROUPS | June 2025 | October 2025 | Allow | 4 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 19244836 | AUTONOMOUS TIRE AND WHEEL BALANCER, METHOD THEREFOR AND ROBOTIC AUTOMOTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM | June 2025 | January 2026 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 19242004 | ANALYTE DETECTION APPARATUS | June 2025 | September 2025 | Allow | 3 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 19238401 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING FLUID FLOW AND ALARMING | June 2025 | August 2025 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 19237914 | HIGH DENSITY BASKET SCALES AND SYSTEMS USING THE SAME | June 2025 | November 2025 | Allow | 5 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 19235650 | INVOLUTE GEAR PROFILE ARTIFACT FOR LARGE GEAR TRACEABLE METROLOGY | June 2025 | August 2025 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 19234240 | FLUID PARAMETER MEASUREMENT DEVICE WITH ANNULAR GAP | June 2025 | October 2025 | Allow | 4 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 19230006 | DETECTION DEVICE FOR STEAM TURBINE BLADE | June 2025 | July 2025 | Allow | 1 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 19228676 | ENERGY EFFICIENCY TESTING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ELECTRIC OVEN | June 2025 | October 2025 | Allow | 4 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 19227295 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING GAS DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT IN ROCKS | June 2025 | August 2025 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 19226015 | VISUAL INDICATION OF TANK LEVEL AND PERFORMANCE | June 2025 | January 2026 | Abandon | 8 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 19223712 | MULTICHANNEL OPTICAL FIBER FLUORESCENCE TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ELECTROSTATIC CHUCK IN ETCHER | May 2025 | November 2025 | Allow | 5 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 19222808 | Transversely Folded Multi Surface Bra Sizing Device Enabling The Display Of Bra Fitting Educational Information | May 2025 | October 2025 | Allow | 5 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 19221522 | SIMULATOR JOYSTICK FORCE CALIBRATION METHOD | May 2025 | August 2025 | Allow | 3 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 19219038 | Biaxial Test Device | May 2025 | August 2025 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 19219728 | AUTONOMOUS TIRE AND WHEEL BALANCER, METHOD THEREFOR AND ROBOTIC AUTOMOTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM | May 2025 | October 2025 | Allow | 5 | 0 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 19218600 | CLOTHING WINDPROOF PERFORMANCE TESTING TOOL AND TESTING METHOD | May 2025 | July 2025 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 19217844 | UNIVERSAL INSTRUMENT ENVIRONMENTAL SHIELD | May 2025 | November 2025 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 19206225 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING VERTICAL POSITION IN MULTI-FLOOR BUILDING | May 2025 | August 2025 | Allow | 3 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 19206360 | SOIL DETECTOR | May 2025 | August 2025 | Allow | 3 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 19205477 | MULTI-COMPONENT FORCE LOAD CELL CALIBRATION DEVICE | May 2025 | June 2025 | Allow | 1 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 19205082 | POWER APPARATUS FOR PIPELINE ENDOSCOPE DEVICE, PIPELINE ENDOSCOPE DEVICE, AND PIPELINE INSPECTION SYSTEM | May 2025 | October 2025 | Allow | 5 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 19203228 | DEFECT DETECTION METHOD AND DEVICE BASED ON NONLINEAR SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION | May 2025 | July 2025 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 19202563 | SEALED PRESSURE CONTAINER FOR HIGH-PRESSURE ACCELERATED AGING TEST | May 2025 | July 2025 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 19202849 | METHOD FOR PREPARING POROUS ROCK AND METHOD FOR QUANTITATIVELY RESEARCHING LOW-AMPLITUDE WAVE PROPAGATION BY USING THE POROUS ROCK | May 2025 | November 2025 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 19201756 | High Resolution Optical Displacement Measurement | May 2025 | October 2025 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 19201608 | High Resolution Optical Displacement Measurement | May 2025 | November 2025 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 19196317 | INSPECTION ROBOT WITH FORWARD AND REARWARD SENSOR MOUNT GROUPS | May 2025 | August 2025 | Allow | 4 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 19194161 | EXPERIMENTAL APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PLANAR INTERFACIAL SHEAR OF HYDRATE-BEARING SEDIMENT | April 2025 | July 2025 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 19185785 | METHOD FOR EVALUATING FOAMABILITY WITH A FRITTED TEST APPARATUS | April 2025 | June 2025 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 19185708 | Method for measuring flow velocity distribution of groundwater using distributed optical fiber with active heating | April 2025 | July 2025 | Allow | 3 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 19185129 | MICRO-METAL TUBE THROMBUS ELASTICITY DETECTION DEVICE AND METHOD BASED ON L(0,1) LONGITUDINAL MODE GUIDED WAVE | April 2025 | October 2025 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 19181290 | Medical catheter testing device and a testing method thereof | April 2025 | July 2025 | Allow | 2 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 19180997 | ROBOTIC SYSTEMS FOR ULTRASONIC SURFACE INSPECTION USING SHAPED ELEMENTS | April 2025 | June 2025 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 19178976 | METHODS FOR DETECTING AUSTENITIC WELD BASED ON ULTRASONIC-MAGNETIC COMBINATION TECHNIQUE | April 2025 | August 2025 | Allow | 4 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 19178859 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TANK INSPECTION | April 2025 | May 2025 | Allow | 1 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 19174381 | SENSOR MULTIFUNCTIONAL BLUETOOTH FOOD PROBE | April 2025 | August 2025 | Allow | 5 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 19098256 | LASER GUIDE FOR INSTALLING ELECTRICAL PIPE | April 2025 | July 2025 | Allow | 4 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 19097471 | Test Fixture for Use with a Thermometer Test Bath | April 2025 | November 2025 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 19096703 | METHODS FOR REAL-TIME DEVIATION MONITORING OF MINIATURE PIPE ROOFING JACKING PIPE OF SPIRAL SOIL-DISCHARGING | March 2025 | May 2025 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 19092294 | STAIR TREAD TEMPLATE RULER | March 2025 | May 2025 | Allow | 1 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 19091695 | DEVICE FOR MEASURING AN AMOUNT OF SNOWFALL IN CONSIDERATION OF A WEIGHT OF SNOWFALL | March 2025 | May 2025 | Allow | 1 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 19086785 | Battery Monitoring System and Method for Monitoring a Battery Pack | March 2025 | August 2025 | Allow | 5 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 19086216 | MEASUREMENT INSTRUMENT FOR MEASURING FORCE AND DISPLACEMENT DATA FROM A SURGICAL SPREADER | March 2025 | May 2025 | Allow | 1 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 19085345 | METHOD OF EXAMINING A PARTICULATE SUBSTANCE COMPRISING INORGANIC PARTICLES, COMPRISING DETERMINING AT LEAST ONE BINDER QUALITY ASSOCIATED PROPERTY | March 2025 | January 2026 | Allow | 10 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 19082459 | MOUNTING DEVICE AND METHOD OF TANDEM-TYPE ROCK MASS THREE-DIMENSIONAL DISTURBANCE STRESS SENSOR | March 2025 | July 2025 | Allow | 4 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 19112276 | FLOW RATE MEASUREMENT METHOD FOR SPIRAL THROTTLING COMPONENT | March 2025 | December 2025 | Allow | 9 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 19080588 | CONSTRUCTION MARKING DEVICE | March 2025 | July 2025 | Allow | 4 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 19079736 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ANOMALY ANALYSIS OF A SUBSYSTEM OR COMPONENT OF A VEHICLE THAT EXPERIENCES MECHANICAL VIBRATION DURING ROTATION OF THE SUBSYSTEM OR COMPONENT OF THE VEHICLE | March 2025 | August 2025 | Allow | 5 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 19076054 | LIQUID FLUID SYSTEMS INCLUDING PHASE DETECTION SENSORS FOR TURBINE ENGINES | March 2025 | October 2025 | Allow | 7 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 19076322 | TEMPERATURE BUFFERING DEVICE | March 2025 | September 2025 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 19074273 | AUTOMATIC SAMPLE PREPARATION DEVICE FOR SAMPLING FILTER MEMBRANES OF AMBIENT AIR PARTICULATE MATTER | March 2025 | July 2025 | Allow | 4 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 19071367 | VISUAL INDICATION OF TANK LEVEL AND PERFORMANCE | March 2025 | April 2025 | Allow | 2 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 19108803 | ELECTRICAL STABILITY PROBE WITH TEMPERATURE SENSOR | March 2025 | July 2025 | Allow | 4 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 19066280 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TESTING ROCK FRACTURE UNDER VACUUM AND EXTREME-TEMPERATURE CONDITION | February 2025 | July 2025 | Allow | 5 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 19064646 | QUANTITATIVE EVALUATION METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR STRESS CORROSION SUSCEPTIBILITY OF PIPELINE STEEL WELDING CONNECTOR | February 2025 | January 2026 | Abandon | 10 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 19063317 | Orientation Determination Device | February 2025 | October 2025 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 19063972 | SENSOR STRIP FOR LIQUID OR HUMIDITY DETECTION AND APPLICATIONS AND USES THEREOF | February 2025 | August 2025 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 19062845 | CAPACITIVE SENSING RING-SIZING SYSTEM AND A METHOD THEREOF | February 2025 | April 2025 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 19061955 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ALLEVIATING LOWER BACK PAIN | February 2025 | August 2025 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 19105787 | STATE ESTIMATION USING SPARSE HALL SENSOR-BASED SENSING | February 2025 | July 2025 | Allow | 5 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 19059589 | DETECTION OF INFECTIOUS AGENTS FROM ENVIRONMENTAL AIR DUST | February 2025 | August 2025 | Allow | 5 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 19104791 | HIGH-VOLTAGE CABLE INSULATION MATERIAL CONTINUOUS EXTRUSION PROCESSING CHARACTERISTIC EVALUATION AND OPTIMIZATION METHOD AND APPARATUS | February 2025 | June 2025 | Allow | 4 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 19104665 | ULTRASONIC WATER METER FLOW MEASUREMENT AND OUTDOOR WATER LEAK DETECTION METHOD USING TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION AND PRESSURE CHANGE, AND THEREOF THE ULTRASONIC WATER METER | February 2025 | November 2025 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 19055746 | DRUG STORAGE CONTAINER COVER WITH TEMPERATURE DETECTION FUNCTION | February 2025 | September 2025 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 19104157 | DATA PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | February 2025 | November 2025 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 19050216 | LABORATORY EXPERIMENT SYSTEM FOR BREACHING OF DEBRIS-TYPED BARRIER DAM | February 2025 | May 2025 | Allow | 3 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 19101951 | METHODS FOR REAL-TIME OPTIMIZATION OF COILED TUBING CLEANOUT OPERATIONS USING DOWNHOLE PRESSURE SENSORS | February 2025 | March 2026 | Allow | 13 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 19044044 | RETRACTABLE SCALE SYSTEM WITH DEPLOYMENT MECHANISM | February 2025 | May 2025 | Allow | 3 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 19100481 | A LINEAR CUT GENERATION METHOD FOR SENSOR INVERSION CONSTRAINT IMPOSITION | January 2025 | January 2026 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 19099463 | Automated Syringe Fill State Measurement | January 2025 | August 2025 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 19038055 | SYSTEMS, METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR SAFE LAUNCH AND RECOVERY OF AN INSPECTION VEHICLE | January 2025 | March 2026 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 19035827 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING ENGINEERING PROJECTION DEFORMATION | January 2025 | June 2025 | Allow | 5 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 19033754 | CRUDE OIL TRANSPORTATION DRAG-REDUCING AGENT TESTING LOOP TEST BENCH AND A USE METHOD THEREOF | January 2025 | April 2025 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 19033107 | FLUID LEVEL MONITORING | January 2025 | July 2025 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 19026647 | DIELECTRIC SENSOR CAPABLE OF IDENTIFYING RESIN FLOW DIRECTION AND PREPARATION METHOD AND APPLICATION THEREOF | January 2025 | July 2025 | Allow | 6 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 19026687 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CLASSIFYING WATER-RICH WEAK SURROUNDING ROCK BASED ON IN-SITU SCRIBING | January 2025 | May 2025 | Allow | 3 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 19029756 | HVAC LINE SET ANALYZER SYSTEM | January 2025 | October 2025 | Allow | 9 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 19023710 | TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT CIRCUIT STRUCTURE AND TEMPERATURE PROBE | January 2025 | July 2025 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 19023575 | Novel Stair Tread Measurer | January 2025 | July 2025 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 19023343 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR TESTING STARTING CHARACTERISTICS OF REFRIGERATION COMPRESSOR WITH ADJUSTABLE SYSTEM VOLUME | January 2025 | June 2025 | Allow | 5 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 19021368 | CRACK SENSOR, PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR, AND APPLICATION THEREOF IN MICRO-FORCE MEASUREMENT | January 2025 | July 2025 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 19022278 | FIXTURE APPLIED TO STICKING STRAIN GAUGE ON HOPKINSON SQUARE BAR AND USE METHOD THEREOF | January 2025 | May 2025 | Allow | 4 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 19022664 | NON-CONTACT INSPECTION FOR FINDING LEAKS IN LIQUID PAPERBOARD CARTONS | January 2025 | July 2025 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for art-unit 2855.
With a 37.4% reversal rate, the PTAB reverses the examiner's rejections in a meaningful percentage of cases. This reversal rate is above the USPTO average, indicating that appeals have better success here than typical.
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, 40.1% 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 2855 is part of Group 2850 in Technology Center 2800. This art unit has examined 33,964 patent applications in our dataset, with an overall allowance rate of 87.2%. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 25 months.
Art Unit 2855's allowance rate of 87.2% 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 2855 receive an average of 1.25 office actions before reaching final disposition (in the 10% percentile). The median prosecution time is 25 months (in the 79% percentile).
When prosecuting applications in this art unit, consider the following:
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