Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18992690 | LIGHT GRID WITH DISTANCE MEASUREMENT | January 2025 | April 2025 | Allow | 3 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18775016 | THROUGH-BEAM PHOTOELECTRIC SENSOR AND ASSEMBLY METHOD | July 2024 | September 2024 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18773693 | MULTI-SOURCE ILLUMINATOR | July 2024 | June 2025 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18770086 | MULTISPECTRAL RANGING AND IMAGING SYSTEMS | July 2024 | February 2025 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18767594 | ACTUATOR APPARATUS WITH LIGHT ACTUATED POSITION SENSOR AND SECURE POSITION VERIFICATION | July 2024 | May 2025 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18762207 | PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION APPARATUS, PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION SYSTEM, AND MOVABLE BODY | July 2024 | November 2024 | Allow | 4 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18758665 | METHOD OF DETERMINING AND RESPONDING TO AN OVERCAST SKY CONDITION IN A SOLAR TRACKER INSTALLATION | June 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18754827 | APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING DISPLAY DEVICE | June 2024 | May 2025 | Allow | 10 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18752301 | HIGH-Q WHISPERING GALLERY MODE (WGM) RESONATORS ENCAPSULATED IN POLYDIMETHYLSILOZANE (PDMS) FOR HIGHLY SENSITIVE DISPLACEMENT DETECTION | June 2024 | January 2025 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18747766 | PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION DEVICE AND PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION SYSTEM | June 2024 | June 2025 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18746643 | Emitter Module for an LED Illumination Device | June 2024 | January 2025 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18744621 | OPTO-ISOLATOR WITH MEMORY | June 2024 | January 2025 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18742015 | DETECTION DEVICE COMPRISING PHOTODIODES WITH STACKED ORGANIC SEMICONDUCTOR LAYERS | June 2024 | January 2025 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18738097 | DEVICE FOR MEASUREMENTS FOR A WEARABLE DEVICE SENSOR | June 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18735273 | Sensor Arrangement | June 2024 | December 2024 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18733887 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE | June 2024 | February 2025 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18674453 | Entangled Photon Identification System and Method for Quantum Optical Measurement | May 2024 | June 2025 | Allow | 13 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18669229 | AUTO-FOCUS ENGINE ARCHITECTURE FOR IMAGE SIGNAL PROCESSOR | May 2024 | September 2024 | Allow | 4 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18661302 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DETECTING SHADING FOR SOLAR TRACKERS | May 2024 | October 2024 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18659213 | DETECTION DEVICE | May 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 10 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18659231 | DETECTION DEVICE | May 2024 | April 2025 | Allow | 11 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18659181 | DETECTION DEVICE | May 2024 | January 2025 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18655038 | MACHINE LEARNING-DRIVEN OPERATION OF INSTRUMENTATION WITH HUMAN IN THE LOOP | May 2024 | November 2024 | Allow | 6 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18654828 | MULTIPLEX OPTICAL STIMULUS AND READOUT | May 2024 | May 2025 | Allow | 12 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18654824 | LINEAR ROTARY ENCODER | May 2024 | February 2025 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18653937 | Solar Irradiance Sensor with Diffuse Isolator | May 2024 | April 2025 | Abandon | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18706522 | SUPERCONDUCTING ELECTRONIC SIGNAL OUTPUT CIRCUIT AND READOUT ARRAY | May 2024 | August 2024 | Allow | 3 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18651990 | QUANTITATIVE DETECTION AND ANALYSIS OF MOLECULES | May 2024 | October 2024 | Allow | 5 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18647096 | PLASMA PROCESS MONITORING APPARATUS USING TERAHERTZ WAVES AND MONITORING METHOD THEREOF | April 2024 | September 2024 | Allow | 5 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18639722 | Scalable Photon Number Resolving Photon Detector | April 2024 | February 2025 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18636705 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR INFRARED SYNCHRONIZATION | April 2024 | August 2024 | Allow | 4 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18699405 | LIGHT DETECTION ELEMENT AND LIGHT DETECTION DEVICE | April 2024 | October 2024 | Allow | 6 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18629771 | Large-Scale Solar Tracker Installation Control System | April 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 11 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18627725 | OPTICALLY CONTROLLED SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES | April 2024 | September 2024 | Allow | 5 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18626926 | PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION DEVICE AND PHOTODETECTION SYSTEM | April 2024 | August 2024 | Allow | 4 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18622284 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS | March 2024 | February 2025 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18697290 | PHOTODETECTION DEVICE, IMAGING UNIT, AND DISTANCE MEASUREMENT APPARATUS | March 2024 | January 2025 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18616947 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO MONITOR AND/OR ADJUST OPERATIONS OF DOORS | March 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18615703 | Multiplexed Multichannel Photodetector | March 2024 | December 2024 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18613587 | OPTICAL SYSTEM FOR COLLECTING DISTANCE INFORMATION WITHIN A FIELD | March 2024 | August 2024 | Allow | 5 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18694840 | SYSTEM, PYRANOMETER, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR MEASURING THE SOLAR RADIATION | March 2024 | February 2025 | Allow | 10 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 18610669 | LIGHT DETECTOR | March 2024 | December 2024 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18610370 | SIGNAL TRANSMISSION SYSTEM | March 2024 | May 2024 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18605924 | ACTION RECOGNITION SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF | March 2024 | November 2024 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18692427 | IMAGING DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT | March 2024 | June 2025 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18603479 | DETECTION DEVICE WITH LIGHT DIRECTIVITY | March 2024 | April 2025 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18691084 | LIGHT DETECTION DEVICE WITH A PLURALITY OF AVALANCHE PHOTODIODES AND MOS SWITCH CIRCUITS | March 2024 | December 2024 | Allow | 9 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18691119 | LIGHT DETECTION DEVICE | March 2024 | January 2025 | Allow | 10 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18599933 | ESTIMATION OF A PARAMETER OF A CAVITY ON AN INTEGRATED PHOTONIC CHIP | March 2024 | February 2025 | Allow | 11 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18599298 | IMAGING DEVICE | March 2024 | February 2025 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18596909 | ASSAY APPARATUSES, METHODS AND REAGENTS | March 2024 | July 2024 | Allow | 5 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18593940 | METHOD OF MAKING LIGHT CONVERTING SYSTEMS USING THIN LIGHT TRAPPING STRUCTURES AND PHOTOABSORPTIVE FILMS | March 2024 | August 2024 | Allow | 6 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18589993 | MODULAR INTERCONNECTED QUANTUM PHOTONIC SYSTEM | February 2024 | September 2024 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18588846 | ESTIMATION OF SOURCE-DETECTOR SEPARATION IN AN OPTICAL MEASUREMENT SYSTEM | February 2024 | October 2024 | Allow | 8 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18587589 | PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION APPARATUS AND SYSTEM | February 2024 | January 2025 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18585101 | OPTICAL SENSOR ACQUIRING IMAGE FRAMES CORRESPONDING TO AMBIENT LIGHT FLICKERS | February 2024 | June 2025 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18585142 | SENSING DEVICE | February 2024 | November 2024 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18583923 | PIXEL SENSORS AND METHODS OF FORMING THE SAME | February 2024 | August 2024 | Allow | 5 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18584352 | LIGHT RECEIVING ELEMENT AND RANGING SYSTEM | February 2024 | December 2024 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18582209 | Selective Deactivation of Light Emitters for Interference Mitigation in Light Detection and Ranging (Lidar) Devices | February 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18684686 | Method and Apparatus for Extracting Avalanche Signal | February 2024 | December 2024 | Allow | 10 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18442286 | CONTROL DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING CONTROL PROGRAM | February 2024 | August 2024 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18442690 | MICROCHANNEL PLATE AND METHOD OF MAKING THE MICROCHANNEL PLATE WITH METAL CONTACTS SELECTIVELY FORMED ON ONE SIDE OF CHANNEL OPENINGS | February 2024 | October 2024 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18683631 | OPTICAL DETECTION DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS | February 2024 | February 2025 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18683149 | OPTICAL ELEMENT HAVING BOTH COLOR FILTER FUNCTION AND LENS FUNCTION, IMAGE SENSOR THEREOF AND IMAGING DEVICE | February 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18439265 | STRAY-LIGHT TESTING STATION | February 2024 | February 2025 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18438951 | IMAGE SENSORS | February 2024 | February 2025 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18438791 | LOW POWER SINGLE PHOTON AVALANCHE DIODE PHOTON COUNTER WITH PEAK CURRENT SUPPRESSION TECHNIQUE | February 2024 | December 2024 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18438908 | IMAGE SENSORS | February 2024 | January 2025 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18435942 | HIGH-POWER REPEAT-FREQUENCY SOLID-STATE SWITCH CONTROLLED BY COMBINATION OF OPTICAL AMPLIFICATION AND ELECTRICAL AMPLIFICATION, AND METHOD | February 2024 | May 2024 | Allow | 3 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18434706 | OPTICAL SYSTEM AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME | February 2024 | April 2025 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18433873 | PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION DEVICE | February 2024 | April 2025 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18431403 | MOUNTING SYSTEM, A WINDOW ASSEMBLY INCLUDING THE SAME, AND A METHOD OF FORMING THE WINDOW ASSEMBLY | February 2024 | June 2024 | Allow | 5 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18430603 | DETECTION DEVICE | February 2024 | May 2025 | Allow | 16 | 3 | 1 | No | No |
| 18429783 | IMAGE SENSING DEVICE AND IMAGING DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME | February 2024 | February 2025 | Allow | 13 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18428923 | SPHERICAL MOTION SENSOR HOUSING FOR OUTDOOR SECURITY LIGHT | January 2024 | April 2025 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18293999 | INTERCEPTION-PROOF SINGLE-PHOTON DETECTOR DEVICE FOR DETECTING AN OPTICAL SIGNAL | January 2024 | February 2025 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18427462 | PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION APPARATUS, IMAGING SYSTEM, MOVABLE OBJECT, AND SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE | January 2024 | January 2025 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18424903 | OPTICAL NAVIGATION MODULE PERFORMING LATERAL DETECTION | January 2024 | December 2024 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18425104 | IMAGING SYSTEM INCLUDES IMAGING PROBE AND DELIVERY DEVICES | January 2024 | October 2024 | Allow | 9 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18424419 | RECHARGE CIRCUIT FOR DIGITAL SILICON PHOTOMULTIPLIERS | January 2024 | February 2025 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18292490 | SUPERCONDUCTING SINGLE-PHOTON DETECTION SYSTEM | January 2024 | November 2024 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18422554 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING LIGHT SOURCES ILLUMINATING AT DIFFERENT DISTANCES | January 2024 | October 2024 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18422243 | ROTATIONAL OPERATION DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME | January 2024 | September 2024 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18421976 | RECEIVER PHOTODIODE BIASING CIRCUIT | January 2024 | December 2024 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18419552 | READOUT CIRCUIT FOR REDUCING NOISE IN ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTERS AND IMAGE SENSING DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME | January 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18417279 | IMAGE SENSOR AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE IMAGE SENSOR | January 2024 | December 2024 | Allow | 11 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 18418200 | PROXIMITY SENSOR INCLUDING ENCLOSED ACCOMMODATION SPACE WITH SEALED LIGHT PASSAGE WHICH FORMS AN INTEGRATED PIECE HAVING COMPLETELY FLAT OUTER SURFACE | January 2024 | December 2024 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18416972 | MULTI-VIEW LUMINANCE MEASURING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MEASURING MULTI-VIEW LUMINANCE | January 2024 | January 2025 | Allow | 12 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18579661 | PHOTODETECTION DEVICE AND PHOTODETECTOR | January 2024 | February 2025 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18579364 | DETECTION SUBSTRATE AND DETECTION APPARATUS | January 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18412283 | LIQUID POWERED AND COOLED MICROFLUIDICS PHOTONICS ARCHITECTURE | January 2024 | January 2025 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18410910 | PROCESSOR CIRCUIT FOR GENERATING ULTRAFAST CLOCK MULTIPLIER | January 2024 | September 2024 | Allow | 9 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18410338 | FLEXIBLE SENSING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME | January 2024 | January 2025 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18410646 | LASER MEASUREMENT APPARATUS HAVING A REMOVABLE AND REPLACEABLE BEAM DUMP | January 2024 | September 2024 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18578107 | SUNSHINE RECORDER AND SUNSHINE MEASUREMENT METHOD | January 2024 | November 2024 | Allow | 10 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18407941 | Electromagnetic Wave Measuring Apparatus and Electromagnetic Wave Measuring Method | January 2024 | December 2024 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18408300 | SOLAR TRACKING SYSTEM SUPPORT DEVICES | January 2024 | July 2024 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18406679 | VISION SENSOR AND IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME | January 2024 | June 2025 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18401990 | TIME-DOMAIN FILTERING OF GAMMA EVENTS | January 2024 | August 2024 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for art-unit 2878.
With a 24.1% reversal rate, the PTAB affirms the examiner's rejections in the vast majority of cases. This reversal rate is in the bottom 25% across the USPTO, indicating that appeals face significant challenges here.
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, 36.0% 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.
⚠ Appeals to PTAB face challenges. Ensure your case has strong merit before committing to full Board review.
✓ Filing a Notice of Appeal is strategically valuable. The act of filing often prompts favorable reconsideration during the mandatory appeal conference.
Art Unit 2878 is part of Group 2870 in Technology Center 2800. This art unit has examined 19,957 patent applications in our dataset, with an overall allowance rate of 83.4%. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 27 months.
Art Unit 2878's allowance rate of 83.4% places it in the 73% percentile among all USPTO art units. This art unit has an above-average allowance rate compared to other art units.
Applications in Art Unit 2878 receive an average of 1.25 office actions before reaching final disposition (in the 10% 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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