Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18816981 | CAP-SHAPED PORTABLE STADIOMETER | August 2024 | February 2025 | Allow | 5 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17659072 | PORTABLE, HIGH TEMPERATURE, HEAVY OIL WELL TEST UNIT WITH AUTOMATIC MULTI SAMPLING SYSTEM | April 2022 | August 2022 | Allow | 4 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17699232 | DISTURBANCE AND STABILITY ANALYSIS METHOD FOR HYDRATE RESERVOIRS WITH DIFFERENCE BURIED DEPTHS | March 2022 | July 2022 | Allow | 4 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17696434 | SPEED SQUARE WITH EXTENSION | March 2022 | August 2022 | Allow | 5 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17674455 | AUTOMATIC ULTRASONIC IMAGING INSPECTION METHOD AND SYSTEM BASED ON SIX-AXIS MANIPULATOR | February 2022 | August 2022 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17667738 | SYSTEM AND DEVICE FOR LEVELING AND ALIGNING TILES AND METHOD FOR USE OF SAME | February 2022 | March 2022 | Allow | 1 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17589870 | SLOT-SECURABLE POINT MARKING TOOL | January 2022 | March 2022 | Allow | 1 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17587854 | METHOD OF MEASURING EXTENSIONAL VISCOSITY OF POLYMER MELTS AND CAPILLARY INJECTION SYSTEM | January 2022 | April 2022 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17584806 | COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING MULTILAYER FLUID ANALYSIS PROGRAM, MULTILAYER FLUID ANALYSIS SYSTEM, AND MULTILAYER FLUID ANALYSIS METHOD | January 2022 | March 2022 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17582014 | Testing Equipment of Dynamic Penetration Plate Anchor for Hypergravity Centrifuges | January 2022 | May 2022 | Allow | 4 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17581101 | METHOD FOR TESTING AND EXTRACTING PALEO-TECTONIC GEOSTRESS BASED ON ROCK CORE | January 2022 | April 2022 | Allow | 3 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17571010 | METHODS TO CHARACTERIZE WELLBORE FLUID COMPOSITION AND PROVIDE OPTIMAL ADDITIVE DOSING USING MEMS TECHNOLOGY | January 2022 | May 2022 | Allow | 4 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17646151 | MULTI-FREQUENCY ACOUSTIC VELOCITY MEASUREMENT DEVICE FOR CORE | December 2021 | April 2022 | Allow | 4 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17618943 | Chalk Box with Chalk Reel Spool Groove | December 2021 | May 2022 | Allow | 5 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17540622 | VIBRATION TEST BENCH FOR ELECTRODYNAMIC-SUSPENSION MAGNETIC LEVITATION (MAGLEV) TRAINS AND TESTING METHOD USING SAME | December 2021 | May 2022 | Allow | 5 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17524386 | Tape Measure with Tape Blade Profile Increasing Tape Standout | November 2021 | February 2022 | Allow | 3 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17521014 | PORTABLE, HIGH TEMPERATURE, HEAVY OIL WELL TEST UNIT WITH AUTOMATIC MULTI SAMPLING SYSTEM | November 2021 | March 2022 | Allow | 5 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17518803 | Apparatus and Method for Hanging a Picture | November 2021 | March 2022 | Allow | 4 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17516520 | Non-linear Lamb wave mixing method for measuring stress distribution in thin metal plates | November 2021 | April 2022 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17605434 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ESTIMATING CONCRETE THICKNESS | October 2021 | March 2022 | Allow | 5 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17497406 | SPEED SQUARE WITH EXTENSION | October 2021 | March 2022 | Allow | 5 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17450382 | CONFIGURABLE FLOW VELOCIMETER | October 2021 | February 2022 | Allow | 4 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17471195 | ROCK BRITTLENESS ANALYSIS METHOD AND SYSTEM BASED ON MINERAL CONTENT AND DISTRIBUTION AND DEVICE | September 2021 | January 2022 | Allow | 5 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17471078 | COMPACT TAPE MEASURE RETRACTION MECHANISM | September 2021 | June 2022 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17433125 | INUNDATION DETECTION DEVICE, INUNDATION DETECTION SYSTEM, AND INUNDATION DETECTION METHOD | August 2021 | June 2022 | Allow | 9 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17432341 | TENSION IN POST-TENSIONED RODS | August 2021 | March 2022 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17399938 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTING CONCENTRATION OF ANALYTE BASED ON OSCILLATOR HAVING SELECTIVE FREQUENCY CHARATERISTIC | August 2021 | April 2022 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17396782 | METHOD FOR OPTIMIZATION OF A PARAMETRIC ARRAY SHALLOW PROFILE DIFFERENCE FREQUENCY CONVERSION PERFORMANCE | August 2021 | November 2021 | Allow | 3 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17394429 | INTELLIGENT SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PREPARING CRYO-ELECTRON MICROSCOPY SAMPLES AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | August 2021 | December 2021 | Allow | 4 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17394310 | LEVEL APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING SLOPE IN TWO DIMENSIONS | August 2021 | January 2022 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17389573 | LEVEL INDICATOR FOR TELESCOPIC SIGHTS | July 2021 | May 2022 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17425938 | Marking Apparatus and Kit for Blind Mount Alignment | July 2021 | December 2021 | Allow | 4 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17372637 | CARTRIDGE DEVICE FOR A MEASURING SYSTEM FOR MEASURING VISCOELASTIC CHARACTERISTICS OF A SAMPLE LIQUID, A CORRESPONDING MEASURING SYSTEM, AND A CORRESPONDING METHOD | July 2021 | January 2022 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17370746 | ALIGNMENT TOOL FOR DRY-DEPOSITION OF MATERIAL | July 2021 | January 2022 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17366929 | Re-breathing analyzer | July 2021 | October 2021 | Allow | 4 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17365086 | HYGIENIC WHISTLE WITH ENHANCED SOUND-GENERATING CHAMBER | July 2021 | February 2022 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17361943 | SYSTEMS FOR INTEGRATED DECOMPOSITION AND SCANNING OF A SEMICONDUCTING WAFER | June 2021 | June 2022 | Allow | 11 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17357414 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR EARLY KICK DETECTION AND LOSS OF DRILLING MUD IN OILWELL DRILLING OPERATIONS | June 2021 | July 2022 | Abandon | 12 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17416282 | Method for characterising an inertial measurement unit | June 2021 | March 2022 | Allow | 9 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17415191 | SUBSTRATE ANALYSIS METHOD AND SUBSTRATE ANALYZER | June 2021 | April 2022 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17350253 | DEFORMABLE PRESSURE SENSOR AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF | June 2021 | November 2021 | Allow | 5 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17347308 | SNOW SENSOR ASSEMBLIES AND METHODS FOR USE WITH SAME | June 2021 | January 2022 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17343997 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR TILT AND ACCELERATION MEASUREMENT BASED ON HALL EFFECT SENSORS AND ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK ALGORITHMS | June 2021 | April 2022 | Allow | 10 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17336794 | DISPLACEMENT DETECTOR, SURFACE SHAPE MEASURING APPARATUS, AND ROUNDNESS MEASURING APPARATUS | June 2021 | March 2022 | Allow | 10 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17336908 | MEASUREMENT OF DIELECTRIC LIQUID LEVEL CHANGE IN TWO-PHASE IMMERSION COOLING SYSTEMS | June 2021 | January 2022 | Allow | 8 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17329497 | REUSABLE PIPE INTEGRITY TEST HEAD SYSTEMS AND METHODS | May 2021 | September 2021 | Allow | 4 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17295999 | Device and Method for Leakage Testing of a Connection Between a Rubber Stopper and a Corresponding Drug Container | May 2021 | February 2022 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17324906 | DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR MEASURING FLUID LEVEL USING RADIO-FREQUENCY (RF) LOCALIZATION | May 2021 | November 2021 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17321432 | DEVICE FOR MEASURING AND QUANTIFYING AN EMULSION AND ITS CONTENTS MASS | May 2021 | June 2022 | Allow | 13 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17293924 | DETERMINATION METHOD FOR LIP STICKING FORCE OF CIGARETTE TIPPING PAPER | May 2021 | February 2022 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17318266 | APPARATUS FOR COLLECTING DUST SAMPLES | May 2021 | March 2022 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17317503 | SCRIPT SIGN TEMPLATE APPARATUS AND METHOD | May 2021 | July 2022 | Allow | 14 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17313766 | Method and Apparatus for Noise Control in Ultrasonic Sensors | May 2021 | May 2022 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17238746 | EVALUATING SPONTANEOUS HYDRAULIC FRACTURING FLUID IMBIBITION AND OIL DISPLACEMENT METHOD AND APPARATUS | April 2021 | June 2021 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17238127 | EXTENDIBLE LEVEL WITH NON-COPLANAR EXTENSION SURFACE | April 2021 | November 2021 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17233655 | INTERVENTIONLESS METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR TESTING A LINER TOP | April 2021 | November 2021 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17234342 | GAS SHUTOFF SYSTEM | April 2021 | February 2022 | Allow | 9 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17284735 | Testing Platform with Floating Cylinder for High-pressure and High-speed Reciprocating Sealing Experiment | April 2021 | May 2022 | Allow | 13 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17226000 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FLOW SENSOR BACK PRESSURE ADJUSTMENT FOR MASS FLOW CONTROLLER | April 2021 | November 2021 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17220502 | Measurement System | April 2021 | May 2022 | Allow | 14 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17217979 | AIR SAMPLING ACTUATOR AND ASSOCIATED METHOD | March 2021 | August 2021 | Allow | 4 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17217079 | CYLINDER ATTACHMENT | March 2021 | April 2022 | Allow | 12 | 0 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17277103 | HOSE FATIGUE RESISTANCE EVALUATION METHOD | March 2021 | August 2021 | Allow | 5 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17277132 | HOSE FATIGUE RESISTANCE EVALUATION SYSTEM | March 2021 | December 2021 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17204839 | COMBINED ULTRASONIC AND THERMOMECHANICAL PROPERTY MEASUREMENT | March 2021 | September 2021 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17200960 | EXTENDIBLE LEVEL WITH NON-COPLANAR EXTENSION SURFACE | March 2021 | September 2021 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17201844 | AUXILIARY CALIBRATION DEVICE | March 2021 | July 2021 | Allow | 4 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17275962 | METHODS OF MEASURING A SIZE OF EDGE DEFECTS OF GLASS SHEETS USING AN EDGE DEFECT GAUGE AND CORRESPONDING EDGE DEFECT GAUGE | March 2021 | March 2022 | Allow | 12 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17272944 | CAVITY OPTOMECHANICAL VIBRATORY GYROSCOPE | March 2021 | May 2022 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17184381 | EXTENDABLE GRADE ROD RECEIVER | February 2021 | April 2021 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17182502 | CARTRIDGE DEVICE FOR A MEASURING SYSTEM FOR MEASURING VISCOELASTIC CHARACTERISTICS OF A SAMPLE LIQUID, A CORRESPONDING MEASURING SYSTEM, AND A CORRESPONDING METHOD | February 2021 | May 2021 | Allow | 2 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17182193 | APPARATUS FOR TESTING THE STABILITY OF DISPERSED PARTICLES IN FLOWING SUSPENSIONS | February 2021 | March 2022 | Allow | 13 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17179737 | CONFIGURABLE FLOW VELOCIMETER | February 2021 | September 2021 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17178959 | FLUID ANALYSIS SYSTEMS AND METHODS IN OIL AND GAS APPLICATIONS | February 2021 | August 2022 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17176379 | Inertial Sensor, Method For Manufacturing Inertial Sensor, Inertial Measurement Unit, Portable Electronic Apparatus, Electronic Apparatus, And Vehicle | February 2021 | May 2022 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17176954 | MULTI-AXIS VIBRATION TEST SYSTEM WITH SOLID ALUMINUM CUBE MOUNTING FIXTURE | February 2021 | May 2022 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17174922 | RHINOMETRIC SENSING AND GAS DETECTION | February 2021 | October 2021 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17167544 | MEASURING DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR THE GEOMECHANICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF A SOIL, AND CORRESPONDING MEASURING METHOD | February 2021 | April 2022 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17165872 | MULTIFUNCTIONAL WRITING DEVICE FOR AUTOMATIC EXAM PROCTORING AND GRADING | February 2021 | April 2021 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17164214 | SECURE DATA HANDLING IN A BREATH ALCOHOL CALIBRATION STATION | February 2021 | April 2022 | Allow | 14 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17161784 | CONDUIT ALIGNMENT TOOL WITH WINGS | January 2021 | April 2022 | Allow | 15 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17161792 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING STRUCTURE WITH GAS SENSOR | January 2021 | April 2022 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17264412 | COAL MINE ADVANCED DETECTION METHOD FOR HEADING MACHINE | January 2021 | June 2021 | Allow | 5 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17264112 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE POSITION OF A RADIAL ACCELERATION SENSOR OF A WHEEL OF A MOTOR VEHICLE | January 2021 | April 2022 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17159341 | Method for Determining the Integrity of a Solid Bonding between a Wellbore and a Casing | January 2021 | July 2021 | Allow | 5 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17158048 | Improved Dynamometer | January 2021 | July 2021 | Allow | 5 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17262847 | Tread Wear Monitoring System and Method | January 2021 | August 2022 | Allow | 18 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17262733 | SHAPE MEASUREMENT APPARATUS | January 2021 | January 2022 | Allow | 11 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17155294 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR CELL-LIKE CALIBRATION PARTICLES | January 2021 | December 2021 | Allow | 11 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17154005 | UTILITY SERVICES MARKER | January 2021 | September 2022 | Abandon | 20 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17153879 | LEAK INSPECTION DEVICE AND LEAK INSPECTION METHOD | January 2021 | August 2022 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17261095 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR NON-INVASIVELY CHARACTERISING A HETEROGENEOUS MEDIUM USING ULTRASOUND | January 2021 | February 2022 | Allow | 12 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17150347 | DRINKING WATER HEAVY METALS SENSING METHODS | January 2021 | May 2022 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17149977 | Test Device for Simulating Pollutant Migration and Transformation in Icing and Melting Processes of Water Body | January 2021 | June 2022 | Allow | 17 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17145149 | Fluid Monitoring Systems & Methods | January 2021 | August 2021 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17258865 | Measuring Tape With Improved Case Durability | January 2021 | April 2022 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17258979 | EXHAUST GAS DILUTION DEVICE | January 2021 | May 2022 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17258882 | VISCOSITY MEASUREMENT UNIT AND VISCOMETER | January 2021 | June 2022 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17258104 | ROLLER TAPE MEASURE WITH EXTENSIBLE STRETCHING AND MEASURING DEVICE | January 2021 | February 2022 | Allow | 13 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17140131 | SENSOR APPARATUS AND SENSOR SYSTEM | January 2021 | April 2022 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for art-unit 2861.
With a 36.0% 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, 41.7% 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 2861 is part of Group 2860 in Technology Center 2800. This art unit has examined 14,254 patent applications in our dataset, with an overall allowance rate of 85.3%. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 27 months.
Art Unit 2861's allowance rate of 85.3% places it in the 79% 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 2861 receive an average of 1.30 office actions before reaching final disposition (in the 12% percentile). The median prosecution time is 27 months (in the 64% percentile).
When prosecuting applications in this art unit, consider the following:
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