USPTO Art Unit 3617 Prosecution Statistics

Art Unit Information

Art Unit: 3617
Group: 3610
Tech Center: 3600
Total Cases: 24,291
Last Active: July 2025

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
19263478THERMALLY STABLE POLYCRYSTALLINE DIAMOND (TSP) BEARINGS FOR ROTARY STEERABLE TOOLS AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING TSP BEARINGSJuly 2025August 2025Allow100NoNo
19248610PRESSING ROTATING STRUCTUREJune 2025January 2026Allow710NoNo
19249893AUTOMOBILE PEDAL COVERSJune 2025October 2025Allow410NoNo
19239986WIND POWER MAIN-SHAFT SLIDING BEARING WITH BIDIRECTIONAL STRESSES AND WIND POWER GENERATION SYSTEMJune 2025September 2025Allow310NoNo
19100233CLUTCH DEVICE, MOTORCYCLE, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING PRESSURE PLATEJune 2025March 2026Allow1310NoNo
19173138VEHICLE HOOD HINGE ASSEMBLYApril 2025November 2025Allow700NoNo
19091537REACTION FORCE APPLICATION DEVICEMarch 2025January 2026Allow1000NoNo
19088188CAM CLUTCH UNITMarch 2025February 2026Allow1110NoNo
19083839DEVICE FOR REMOVABLY ATTACHING STEERING WHEEL TO STEERING COLUMN OF VEHICLEMarch 2025June 2025Allow310YesNo
19075568Electrical Derailleur Brake ShifterMarch 2025May 2025Allow200NoNo
19109944GEARBOX ARRANGEMENT PROVIDING PARTIAL VACUUM WITHIN A GEARBOX DEVICE AS WELL AS METHOD OF EFFICIENTLY PROVIDING AND MAINTAINING PARTIAL VACUUM AND USEMarch 2025October 2025Allow710NoNo
19064934OIL PASSAGE STRUCTURE FOR AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSIONFebruary 2025February 2026Allow1100YesNo
19060669PROTECTIVE VIEWING SCREENSFebruary 2025June 2025Allow410YesNo
19051322SPUR GEAR TRANSMISSIONFebruary 2025February 2026Allow1210YesNo
19046694ACCELERATOR DEVICEFebruary 2025December 2025Allow1000NoNo
19039350Knee Airbag For A VehicleJanuary 2025December 2025Allow1000NoNo
19028448PEDAL DEVICEJanuary 2025February 2026Allow1310NoNo
19029197ACCELERATOR DEVICEJanuary 2025January 2026Allow1210YesNo
18995246COMPLEX CLUTCH APPARATUSJanuary 2025June 2025Allow500NoNo
19022226PEDAL SIMULATOR OF VEHICLEJanuary 2025February 2026Allow1310NoNo
19019462OPERATING DEVICE FOR HUMAN-POWERED VEHICLEJanuary 2025October 2025Allow900YesNo
19017831CLUTCH DEVICEJanuary 2025February 2026Allow1310YesNo
19017851Planetary Roller ScrewJanuary 2025November 2025Allow1000NoNo
19017726STEERING APPARATUSJanuary 2025January 2026Allow1210NoNo
18993549BICYCLE COMPRISING A STEERING UNITJanuary 2025November 2025Allow1000NoNo
19016649ROLLER SPRING MEMBERS FOR AN OVERRUNNING CLUTCHJanuary 2025October 2025Allow900YesNo
18992236Roller-Mounted Motor Vehicle Drive UnitJanuary 2025February 2026Allow1300NoNo
19011044DETACHABLE MULTI FUNCTIONAL CONTROL KNOB ASSEMBLYJanuary 2025December 2025Allow1110NoNo
19006220BUTTON STRUCTUREDecember 2024November 2025Allow1100NoNo
18983929CAM CLUTCHDecember 2024May 2025Allow500NoNo
18709283MOUNTING AND DISASSEMBLING ASSEMBLY, SHAFT AND BEARING ASSEMBLY, MOUNTING METHOD, AND DISASSEMBLING METHODDecember 2024March 2026Allow2200NoNo
18978743PEDAL ASSEMBLIES INCLUDING REDUNDANT SENSING SYSTEMSDecember 2024February 2026Allow1410NoNo
18978251BRAKE PEDAL WITH SAFETY FEATURESDecember 2024March 2026Allow1510NoNo
18971095DRIVE SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE, AND VEHICLEDecember 2024October 2025Allow1000YesNo
18961505MOTORCYCLE THROTTLE HOUSING AND CAM ASSEMBLYNovember 2024November 2025Allow1110YesNo
18960551SPHERICAL FLUID-FILM BEARINGNovember 2024March 2026Allow1500NoNo
18960005PUMPING DEVICE FOR VEHICLE SEATNovember 2024March 2026Allow1510NoNo
18958391CONNECTING ROD WITH INTERNAL LUBRICANT RESERVOIRNovember 2024March 2026Abandon1510NoNo
18868426GEARED MOTOR INCLUDING AN ELECTRIC MOTOR AND A GEARBOXNovember 2024March 2026Allow1610NoNo
18955590PEDAL DEVICENovember 2024October 2025Allow1100NoNo
18953910PEDAL SIMULATORNovember 2024February 2026Allow1410NoNo
18867422BRAKE PEDAL MOVEMENT DEVICENovember 2024February 2026Allow1410NoNo
18577428OPERATION PEDAL DEVICE FOR VEHICLENovember 2024February 2026Allow2610NoNo
18942708Device and method for mounting a bearing on a seatingNovember 2024February 2026Allow1500NoNo
18941596PEDAL ASSEMBLYNovember 2024January 2026Allow1510YesNo
18939127KNOB CONFIGURED FOR TORQUE CONTROLNovember 2024October 2025Allow1100NoNo
18861927Method and system for storing energyOctober 2024June 2025Allow810YesNo
18931336BICYCLE PEDALOctober 2024December 2025Allow1410YesNo
18926897HYDROSTATIC GAS BEARING CONFIGURED TO REMOVE HUMIDITY BY HEAT EXCHANGINGOctober 2024February 2026Allow1600NoNo
18925180FIBER CORE GRIPOctober 2024November 2025Allow1210YesNo
18859543FREEWHEEL DEVICE AND FREEWHEEL CLUTCHOctober 2024January 2026Allow1410YesNo
18923324GRAVITATIONAL TORQUE AMPLIFIER APPARATUS AND METHODOctober 2024March 2025Allow510YesNo
18921454MACHINE TOOL WITH PROTECTIVE BELLOWSOctober 2024September 2025Allow1100YesNo
18911761PEDAL DEVICEOctober 2024July 2025Allow900NoNo
18911775PEDAL DEVICEOctober 2024August 2025Allow1000YesNo
18910622BRAKE PEDAL DEVICEOctober 2024January 2026Allow1501YesNo
18909341PEDAL DEVICEOctober 2024March 2026Allow1711YesNo
18909814ENERGY STORAGE AND DELIVERY SYSTEM AND METHODOctober 2024February 2026Allow1600NoNo
18907978STRUT BEARING DEVICE AND VEHICLE STRUT SUSPENSIONOctober 2024January 2026Allow1500NoNo
18906719FRONT CENTER AIRBAGSOctober 2024February 2026Abandon1711NoNo
18906469PEDAL WITH ADJUSTABLE ROTATION BRAKEOctober 2024November 2025Allow1410NoNo
18906565PEDAL COMPRISING A PEDAL AXLE, A BEARING MOUNTED THEREON, AND A SECURING ELEMENTOctober 2024March 2026Allow1720NoNo
18904909INDUCTIVE SENSOR AND BRAKE PEDAL DEVICEOctober 2024February 2026Allow1711YesNo
18853511GRAVITATIONAL-TO-KINETIC ENERGY CONVERTEROctober 2024January 2025Allow400NoNo
18901867ADJUSTABLE CYCLE PEDAL SYSTEMSeptember 2024January 2025Allow400NoNo
18900298VEHICULAR PEDAL ASSEMBLY WITH ROTATION SENSORSeptember 2024August 2025Allow1110NoNo
18851519GearboxSeptember 2024October 2025Allow1310NoNo
18850978STATOR ANTENNA UNIT FOR A MEASURING ARRANGEMENTSeptember 2024September 2025Allow1200YesNo
18850669SEALING ASSEMBLY FOR A WHEEL BEARING, AND WHEEL BEARING COMPRISING A SEALING ASSEMBLYSeptember 2024March 2026Allow1700NoNo
18850308WHEEL UNIT WITH DISENGAGEABLE DRIVE FOR AN ELECTRIC VEHICLESeptember 2024January 2026Allow1600NoNo
18891238SYSTEMS FOR INTERCHANGEABLE KNOB ASSEMBLIESSeptember 2024August 2025Allow1100NoNo
18891867ACCELERATOR PEDAL DEVICE FOR AN X-BY-WIRE SYSTEM OF A MOTOR VEHICLESeptember 2024September 2025Allow1210NoNo
18889869GEARBOX ASSEMBLYSeptember 2024September 2025Allow1200NoNo
18848543INFLATABLE MOUNTING SEALSeptember 2024January 2026Allow1610NoNo
18848770DAMPER DEVICESeptember 2024January 2026Allow1610YesNo
18888686CABLE ADJUSTERSeptember 2024October 2025Allow1310YesNo
18885671AUTOMOBILE PEDAL ASSEMBLYSeptember 2024October 2025Allow1320YesNo
18846954POWER TRANSMISSION DEVICESeptember 2024September 2025Allow1200NoNo
18846999POWER TRANSMISSION DEVICESeptember 2024September 2025Allow1210YesNo
18846950POWER TRANSMISSION DEVICESeptember 2024October 2025Allow1310NoNo
18846918CASESeptember 2024October 2025Allow1310NoNo
18883010TRANSMISSION ACTUATION ASSEMBLYSeptember 2024December 2025Allow1600NoNo
18846274OPERATION PEDAL DEVICE FOR VEHICLESeptember 2024May 2025Allow810NoNo
18827976User Controller With User Presence Detection And Related Systems And MethodsSeptember 2024February 2026Abandon1710NoNo
18824965INTERNAL BREATHER CAP TO PREVENT OIL EXPULSIONSeptember 2024March 2026Allow1810NoNo
18843739Control device for a cooktop, and cooktopSeptember 2024December 2025Allow1510NoNo
18820770Bicycle StemAugust 2024June 2025Allow900YesNo
18821827Assembly Systems for Automatically Locking, Releasable, Safety KnobsAugust 2024November 2024Allow210NoNo
18816104BIKE PEDAL STUD AND METHOD OF USE THEREOFAugust 2024December 2025Abandon1610NoNo
18816371ABSOLUTE ENCODERAugust 2024December 2025Allow1520NoNo
18841610WHEEL SUSPENSION FOR A WHEEL OF A VEHICLEAugust 2024November 2025Allow1410NoNo
18841627TRANSMISSION HOUSING WITH DRILLED OIL PANAugust 2024September 2025Allow1310NoNo
18815824SENSING STEERING WHEELAugust 2024November 2025Allow1410NoNo
18840613FLYWHEELAugust 2024February 2026Allow1710NoNo
18811744PNEUMATIC-LIQUID AUTO-BALANCE ACTUATOR WITH LARGE DIAMETERAugust 2024February 2026Allow1810NoNo
18294585FREEWHEELING MECHANISM HAVING AN INTERLOCKING CONNECTION BETWEEN THE SHEET METAL CAGE AND THE FREEWHEELING MEMBER BY MEANS OF MONOLITHIC DOUBLING OF MATERIALAugust 2024August 2025Allow1800NoNo
18839895BREATHER STRUCTURE IN POWER UNITAugust 2024July 2025Allow1000NoNo
18807753SELF-SEALING GEARS ASSEMBLY WITH ADAPTERAugust 2024October 2025Allow1410NoNo
18838539BRAKE PEDAL WITH FORCE SENSOR AND MEMBRANESAugust 2024July 2025Allow1100NoNo
18838234SLIDING SURFACE SEALING STRUCTURE, GEAR BOX, AND MOTOR UNITAugust 2024February 2025Allow600NoNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for art-unit 3617.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
301
Examiner Affirmed
191
(63.5%)
Examiner Reversed
110
(36.5%)
Reversal Percentile
68.7%
Higher than average

What This Means

With a 36.5% 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
802
Allowed After Appeal Filing
290
(36.2%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
512
(63.8%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
71.8%
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, 36.2% 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 3617 - Prosecution Statistics Summary

Executive Summary

Art Unit 3617 is part of Group 3610 in Technology Center 3600. This art unit has examined 24,291 patent applications in our dataset, with an overall allowance rate of 75.6%. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 24 months.

Comparative Analysis

Art Unit 3617's allowance rate of 75.6% places it in the 47% percentile among all USPTO art units. This art unit has a below-average allowance rate compared to other art units.

Prosecution Patterns

Applications in Art Unit 3617 receive an average of 1.47 office actions before reaching final disposition (in the 20% percentile). The median prosecution time is 24 months (in the 85% percentile).

Strategic Considerations

When prosecuting applications in this art unit, consider the following:

  • The art unit's allowance rate suggests a more challenging 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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