USPTO Art Unit 2876 Prosecution Statistics

Art Unit Information

Art Unit: 2876
Group: 2870
Tech Center: 2800
Total Cases: 22,247
Last Active: March 2025

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
19069914SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INDICATING THE EXISTENCE OF ACCESSIBLE INFORMATION PERTAINING TO ARTICLES OF COMMERCEMarch 2025June 2025Allow410NoNo
19068343AUTOMATED FRAUDULENT ALTERING AND PHOTOCOPYING DETECTION UTILIZING STEGANOGRAPHIC PATTERN DETECTIONMarch 2025June 2025Allow410NoNo
19013206Enhanced Portable Electronic Device Case Accessory Engagement SystemJanuary 2025April 2025Allow310NoNo
19012903SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MULTI-LEVEL SECURITY IN HIGH-CAPACITY QR CODESJanuary 2025March 2025Allow200NoNo
18980817PLASTIC ARTICLE WITH INTEGRATED BARCODE SCANNABLE TO DISPLAY MATERIAL TRACING INFORMATIONDecember 2024April 2025Allow410NoNo
18968456Intelligent and Automated RFID-Based Control System for a DisplayDecember 2024March 2025Allow310YesNo
18966918DEPLOYING RFID READERS IN ENVIRONMENTS HAVING A DENSE POPULATION OF RFID TAGSDecember 2024June 2025Allow700NoNo
18963679System and Method for Dynamic Registration and Utilization of QR-Code Identifiers on Physical MediaNovember 2024March 2025Allow310NoNo
18726408TWO-DIMENSIONAL CODE AND METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING AND READING THEREOFNovember 2024May 2025Allow1110NoNo
18958613INTEGRATION OF VERIFICATION TOKENS WITH MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICESNovember 2024June 2025Allow700NoNo
18953930DISPLAY MEDIUM, CODE GENERATION METHOD, AND CODE READING METHODNovember 2024June 2025Allow700NoNo
18953470INTELLIGENT REDIRECTSNovember 2024January 2025Allow200NoNo
18866053RFID COMPOSITE CONDUCTIVE PASTE, METHOD FOR PREPARING THE SAME, AND RFID ELECTRONIC TAGNovember 2024June 2025Allow700NoNo
18943400PARKING METER SYSTEMNovember 2024January 2025Allow310NoNo
18942683PROTECTIVE DISPLAY CASE FOR COLLECTIBLE CARDSNovember 2024February 2025Allow410NoNo
18941527SECURE LOCKER SYSTEM AND METHODNovember 2024June 2025Allow710YesNo
18941457LOCKER SYSTEMNovember 2024May 2025Allow610YesNo
18861562Articles of Manufacture Relating to IC Modules and Smart CardsOctober 2024May 2025Allow610NoNo
18929385Charger System for Portable Electronic DevicesOctober 2024February 2025Allow410NoNo
18858078MACHINE VISION SYSTEM AND METHOD WITH HYBRID ZOOM OPTICAL ASSEMBLYOctober 2024June 2025Allow800NoNo
18916284PROXIMITY-BASED MOBILE-DEVICE UPDATES OF ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDSOctober 2024June 2025Allow810NoNo
18916288PROXIMITY-BASED MOBILE-DEVICE UPDATES OF ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDSOctober 2024July 2025Allow910NoNo
18914077System and Method for Identifying and Uncovering Human TraffickingOctober 2024June 2025Allow830YesNo
18913077SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FRAUD PREVENTION USING SECURITY SCREENING IMAGEOctober 2024June 2025Allow800NoNo
18912954SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DE-PERSONALIZED SECURITY DATA FILE SHARING WITH SCREENING IMAGEOctober 2024May 2025Allow700NoNo
18909703METHOD AND AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE TO DECODE A MICRO ENCRYPTED CODEOctober 2024January 2025Allow310NoNo
18906429ENCRYPTION METHOD USING SPIRAL PATTERN, CORRESPONDING DECRYPTION METHOD, AND METHOD FOR MARKING DESIGN ENCRYPTED USING SPIRAL PATTERNOctober 2024May 2025Allow800NoNo
18906813AUTOMATIC ITEM IDENTIFICATION DURING ASSISTED CHECKOUT BASED ON VISUAL FEATURESOctober 2024December 2024Allow200YesNo
18853835ENCLOSUREOctober 2024April 2025Allow710NoNo
18900546Radio Frequency Identification-Enabled Technology, Products and Methods for UseSeptember 2024June 2025Allow910NoNo
18890527SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND DEVICES FOR TRACKING SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS AND DEVICESSeptember 2024June 2025Allow910NoNo
18829505SMART LABEL AND SYSTEM MADE UP OF A SMART LABEL AND A SHIELDING ELEMENTSeptember 2024April 2025Allow700NoNo
18828562SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INDICATING THE EXISTENCE OF ACCESSIBLE INFORMATION PERTAINING TO ARTICLES OF COMMERCESeptember 2024October 2024Allow100NoNo
18825629LOCATING METHOD AND LOCATING SYSTEM FOR SMART SHOPPING CART, COMPUTER DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUMSeptember 2024November 2024Allow200NoNo
18820744SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CHECKPOINT ACCESS USING MOBILE IDENTIFICATION CREDENTIAL FOR INTERNATIONAL TRAVELAugust 2024December 2024Allow310NoNo
18817799RFID TAGS WITH B-FIELD FOCUSINGAugust 2024April 2025Allow700NoNo
18817590METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RECOGNIZING AVPS MARKER FOR LOCALIZATION BASED ON AVPS MARKERAugust 2024April 2025Allow700NoNo
18815002RFID BEAD LABEL DEVICES CAPABLE OF WITHSTANDING AND MAINTAINING RFID OPERABILITY FOR IDENTIFICATION PURPOSES DURING AND POST-VULCANIZATION OF RUBBER ARTICLESAugust 2024April 2025Allow800NoNo
18811788MONEY HANDLING APPARATUS AND MONEY HANDLING METHODAugust 2024May 2025Allow900NoNo
18810656SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SECURELY GENERATING AND PRINTING A DOCUMENTAugust 2024April 2025Allow720NoNo
18808294RFID TAG COMMUNICATION DEVICEAugust 2024March 2025Allow700YesNo
18802568AUTOMATED FRAUDULENT ALTERING AND PHOTOCOPYING DETECTION UTILIZING STEGANOGRAPHIC PATTERN DETECTIONAugust 2024April 2025Allow810NoNo
18799517WIRELESS TAG COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, WIRELESS TAG COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD FOR A WIRELESS TAG COMMUNICATION APPARATUSAugust 2024June 2025Allow1100NoNo
18798505SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CREATING LUGGAGE MANIFEST USING A B-TYPE MESSAGE AND A PASSENGER NAME RECORD NUMBERAugust 2024October 2024Allow200NoNo
18796523ACCESSIBLE CARD WITH CURVED TACTILE FEATUREAugust 2024May 2025Allow910NoNo
18792198INTEGRATION OF VERIFICATION TOKENS WITH MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICESAugust 2024April 2025Allow900NoNo
18791473CODE READERAugust 2024June 2025Allow1100NoNo
18790841ENABLING SECURE DATA EXCHANGE BETWEEN A ROBOTIC SURGICAL SYSTEM AND SURGICAL TOOLS VIA NEAR FIELD COMMUNICATION (NFC)July 2024March 2025Allow800NoNo
18780532METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SIGHT TARGET ALIGNMENTJuly 2024December 2024Allow410NoNo
18781206Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Inlays for Use with Medical Injection DevicesJuly 2024June 2025Allow1000NoNo
18779257UNIFIED DIGITAL WALLETJuly 2024June 2025Allow1110NoNo
18778849PHARMACY STOCK SUPPLY TRACKING SYSTEMJuly 2024June 2025Allow1100NoNo
18776738HIGH-CONTRAST ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR WITH MACHINE READABLE INDICIAJuly 2024March 2025Allow810YesNo
18777301PROTECTION CASE OF INTELLIGENT TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR USING PROTECTION CASE OF INTELLIGENT TERMINALJuly 2024September 2024Allow200NoNo
18774627SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING AN ACCOUNTJuly 2024March 2025Allow810NoNo
18773061METHODS, APPARATUSES AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR PROVIDING ARTIFICIAL-INTELLIGENCE-BASED INDICIA DATA EDITINGJuly 2024July 2025Allow1210NoNo
18772511SOFTWARE SYSTEMS FOR FACILITATING OBJECT TRANSPORTJuly 2024December 2024Allow510NoNo
18771446METHOD OF DETECTING A CONCEALED PATTERNJuly 2024March 2025Allow800NoNo
18771767WIRELESS, OPTICALLY-POWERED OPTOELECTRONIC SENSORSJuly 2024January 2025Allow600NoNo
18771938METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM FOR CHARACTERIZING AN OPTICAL SYSTEMJuly 2024March 2025Allow800NoNo
18768775AUTHENTICATION OF CONTACTLESS TRANSACTIONSJuly 2024March 2025Allow810NoNo
18767881System Providing Self-Service Access to Locked MerchandiseJuly 2024February 2025Allow710NoNo
18765187CONTACTLESS COMMUNICATION MEDIUMJuly 2024February 2025Allow800NoNo
18726163MULTIPLE APPLICATION QR CODEJuly 2024April 2025Allow1000NoNo
18760685TOUCHLESS DISPENSING SYSTEM AND METHODJuly 2024May 2025Allow1110NoNo
18758552DE-TUNED MULTIPLE RFID ANTENNA ARRANGEMENT FOR GAMINGJune 2024April 2025Allow900NoNo
18759770Method and System for Reducing Perceived Illumination Flicker in Multi-Sensor Barcode ScannersJune 2024March 2025Allow900NoNo
18759302System Providing Self-Service Access to Locked Fitting RoomsJune 2024February 2025Allow710NoNo
18754223NON-FUNGIBLE ANTI-COUNTERFEIT PHOTO-CHROMIC NANO-MICRO THREE-DIMENSIONAL TAGS/LABELSJune 2024May 2025Allow1000NoNo
18754574Systems and Methods for Detecting and Tracking Out of Place RFID TagsJune 2024January 2025Allow700NoNo
18755400Barcode Readers with 3D Camera(s)June 2024May 2025Allow1100NoNo
18723953ENROLLMENT ASSISTANCE DEVICE WITH ELECTRONIC LABEL, AND MANUFACTURING METHODJune 2024May 2025Allow1100NoNo
18753597SYSTEM AND METHOD TO PROTECT PRIVACY OF PERSONAL-IDENTIFICATION-NUMBER ENTRY ON CONSUMER MOBILE DEVICE AND COMPUTING APPARATUSJune 2024March 2025Allow910NoNo
18754056LOGICAL VALIDATION OF DEVICES AGAINST FRAUD AND TAMPERINGJune 2024March 2025Allow900NoNo
18723799TWO-DIMENSIONAL BARCODE, METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ENCODING DATA INTO SAID TWO-DIMENSIONAL BARCODE, AND METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IMAGING AND DECODING SAID TWO-DIMENSIONAL BARCODEJune 2024March 2025Allow800NoNo
18749911LOCKING SYSTEM FOR EXCHANGE OF ITEMS, SERVICES, AND/OR FACILITIESJune 2024June 2025Allow1210NoNo
18749038METHOD OF INTERLAYING A METAL CORE FOR A DUAL-LAYER ELECTRONIC METAL CARDJune 2024February 2025Allow800NoNo
18722354READOUT OF OPTICALLY READABLE CODESJune 2024May 2025Allow1100NoNo
18743126SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HIGH-CAPACITY SECURE QR CODESJune 2024November 2024Allow510NoNo
18742641SELF-CHECKOUT DEVICEJune 2024March 2025Allow910NoNo
18742313TOUCHLESS UTILITY CONTROLLERJune 2024June 2025Allow1310YesNo
18741437USING THE NFC FIELD FROM A PHONE TO POWER CARD TO PHONE BLUETOOTH COMMUNICATIONSJune 2024June 2025Allow1210NoNo
18741641METHOD FOR AUTHENTICATING INTERNET USERSJune 2024December 2024Allow610NoNo
18739564INFORMATION CODE DISPLAY DEVICE AND INFORMATION CODE DISPLAY SYSTEMJune 2024April 2025Allow1010YesNo
18739359MERCHANDISE SALES DEVICEJune 2024January 2025Allow710NoNo
18739896SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FACILITATING BANK ACCOUNT INFORMATION CHANGESJune 2024June 2025Allow1210YesNo
18739244DECODING OF LINEAR BARCODES UNDER UNFAVORABLE CONDITIONSJune 2024March 2025Allow910NoNo
18738514RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION ENABLED MIRRORSJune 2024April 2025Allow1010NoNo
18717356STRUCTURAL ARRANGEMENT FOR AN IDENTIFICATION TAGJune 2024June 2025Abandon1310NoNo
18736329METHODS, SYSTEMS, APPARATUSES, AND DEVICES FOR FACILITATING COMPLIANCE WITH REQUIREMENTS FOR USERSJune 2024February 2025Allow900NoNo
18735419SKIMMER AND SHIMMER IDENTIFICATION AND PREVENTION SYSTEMJune 2024January 2025Allow800NoNo
18734178SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR ENCRYPTED DATA COLLECTION USING RFID CARDSJune 2024June 2025Allow1310NoNo
18731499OPTICAL INFORMATION READING DEVICEJune 2024March 2025Allow910NoNo
18715215METHOD FOR MARKING LIGHTING DEVICES, AND CORRESPONDING DEVICEMay 2024April 2025Allow1110NoNo
18731064SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EXTRACTING A REGION OF INTEREST FROM A CAPTURED IMAGE OF A MAILPIECE OR PARCEL LABELMay 2024April 2025Allow1100NoNo
18713299SYSTEM FOR READING RFID TAGSMay 2024January 2025Allow800NoNo
18713601METHOD, SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR SUPERVISING A CONTROL AREAMay 2024March 2025Allow1000NoNo
18673696MULTIPATH AUTHENTICATION OF SECURITY-RELEVANT APPLICATIONS AND DEVICESMay 2024March 2025Allow1000NoNo
18671044MOUNTED TOKEN SYSTEM AND TRACKINGMay 2024December 2024Allow700NoNo
18670787PROGRAM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHODMay 2024May 2025Allow1210NoNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for art-unit 2876.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
141
Examiner Affirmed
90
(63.8%)
Examiner Reversed
51
(36.2%)
Reversal Percentile
68.3%
Higher than average

What This Means

With a 36.2% 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.

Strategic Value of Filing an Appeal

Total Appeal Filings
990
Allowed After Appeal Filing
344
(34.7%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
646
(65.3%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
59.8%
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, 34.7% 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 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 2876 - Prosecution Statistics Summary

Executive Summary

Art Unit 2876 is part of Group 2870 in Technology Center 2800. This art unit has examined 22,247 patent applications in our dataset, with an overall allowance rate of 82.5%. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 22 months.

Comparative Analysis

Art Unit 2876's allowance rate of 82.5% places it in the 69% 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 2876 receive an average of 1.58 office actions before reaching final disposition (in the 30% percentile). The median prosecution time is 22 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

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.