USPTO Art Unit 3621 Prosecution Statistics

Art Unit Information

Art Unit: 3621
Group: 3620
Tech Center: 3600
Total Cases: 7,228
Last Active: February 2025

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
19051491COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONETIZING KEYWORDS AVAILABLE ON WEBPAGES TO OPTIMIZE USER EXPERIENCE IN DIGITAL ENVIRONMENTSFebruary 2025April 2025Allow200NoNo
18967102TECHNOLOGIES FOR DETERMINING AND DISPLAYING VISUALS ASSOCIATED WITH EARNING DIGITAL REWARDSDecember 2024March 2025Allow410YesNo
18954602METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR COLLECTING AND PARSING MARKET DATA FROM VARIOUS SOURCESNovember 2024January 2025Allow200YesNo
18786431DATABASE FILE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR AN INTERACTIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE PERSONALIZED REWARDS SYSTEMJuly 2024May 2025Abandon1010NoNo
18774189METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR COLLECTING AND PARSING MARKET DATA FROM VARIOUS SOURCESJuly 2024August 2024Allow200YesNo
18773125USE OF LOCALIZED BROADCAST SIGNALS TO MODIFY MOBILE APPLICATION BEHAVIORJuly 2024June 2025Allow1100NoNo
18747953DIGITAL GREETING CARD SELECTION, DELIVERY, AND COORDINATED ADVERTISINGJune 2024January 2025Allow710YesNo
18737927SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AN AI ENHANCED SMART GRID FRAMEWORK WITH OPTIMIZED INCENTIVE CAPABILITIESJune 2024April 2025Allow1020NoNo
18734559SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INSERTING CONTEXTUAL ADVERTISEMENTS INTO A VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTJune 2024April 2025Allow1010YesNo
18678964Method for Delivering Targeted Messages and Content Automatically to Specific AudiencesMay 2024May 2025Allow1220YesNo
18674867Guided Account Warming for Establishing Sending ReputationsMay 2024March 2025Allow1010YesNo
18667549TECHNOLOGIES FOR DETERMINING AND DISPLAYING VISUALS ASSOCIATED WITH EARNING DIGITAL REWARDSMay 2024August 2024Allow300YesNo
18655650PERSONALIZED CONSUMER ADVERTISING PLACEMENTMay 2024March 2025Allow1010NoNo
18656275MACHINE LEARNING BASED USER TARGETINGMay 2024June 2025Abandon1410NoNo
18634438SYSTEM FOR IDENTIFYING AND TARGETING USERS FOR INCENTIVES IN A SOCIAL NETWORKApril 2024June 2025Abandon1410NoNo
18624000SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LOCATION SENSING TO FACILITATE BEST PRICING OPTIONSApril 2024June 2025Allow1410NoNo
18613518ENHANCING CONTENT AND LAYOUT CONTROL WITH GENERATIVE SYSTEMSMarch 2024September 2024Allow610NoNo
18613742SERVER DEVICE, MATCHING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUMMarch 2024June 2025Allow1410YesNo
18610474ADVERTISING CANNIBALIZATION MANAGEMENTMarch 2024January 2025Allow1010NoNo
18610202MACHINE LEARNING TECHNOLOGIES FOR IDENTIFYING CATEGORY PURCHASES AND GENERATING DIGITAL PRODUCT OFFERSMarch 2024October 2024Allow710YesNo
18607164AUTOMATICALLY MEASURING QUALITY SCORES FOR CONNECTED COMPONENTS USING MACHINE LEARNING MODELSMarch 2024June 2025Abandon1510YesNo
18607010TRANSMEDIA STORY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODSMarch 2024May 2025Allow1410NoNo
18591333GENERATING A POOL OF RISK WITH OPTION PRICINGFebruary 2024August 2024Allow510NoNo
18588189RENDERING A DYNAMIC ENDEMIC BANNER ON STREAMING PLATFORMS USING CONTENT RECOMMENDATION SYSTEMS AND CONTENT AFFINITY MODELINGFebruary 2024December 2024Allow910NoNo
18584617Mobile Advertising Vehicle-Mounted Billboard System and Method of AdvertisingFebruary 2024June 2025Abandon1610NoNo
18583537SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR A DIGITAL COLLECTIBLE PLATFORMFebruary 2024March 2025Allow1320YesYes
18440487Interactive Responsive AI Devices and MethodsFebruary 2024March 2025Allow1310NoNo
18438229PERSONALIZED PRODUCT SERVICEFebruary 2024May 2025Allow1510YesNo
18430782SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OPTIMIZING ALLOCATION OF POINTSFebruary 2024November 2024Allow910YesNo
18293993ADVERTISEMENT EFFECT PREDICTION DEVICEJanuary 2024June 2025Abandon1710NoNo
18426402METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INTEGRATION AMONG CONTENT PUBLICATION, ADVERTISEMENT SERVICES, AND REWARDS COLLECTIONJanuary 2024May 2025Allow1510YesNo
18426190FORECASTING BLOOD GLUCOSE CONCENTRATIONJanuary 2024April 2025Abandon1510NoNo
18419505SYSTEM AND METHOD OF AUTOMATED DELIVERY OF RELEVANCE-CHECKED BENEFIT-CONVEYING CODES DURING ONLINE TRANSACTIONJanuary 2024December 2024Abandon1110NoNo
18415176NETWORKED LIGHTING CONTROL SYSTEM WITH LIGHTING VALUE TRACKING PROTOCOLJanuary 2024April 2025Allow1520YesNo
18411627SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING A PREDICTIVE ITINERARYJanuary 2024October 2024Allow910NoNo
18445742Gamified Digital Commerce MarketplaceJanuary 2024March 2025Allow1511YesNo
18407555DATA MONITORING SYSTEMJanuary 2024May 2025Abandon1710NoNo
18406896COMPUTER SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OFFERING COUPONSJanuary 2024September 2024Allow910NoNo
17767512SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING REWARD SERVICE USING INSERTION-TYPE REWARD MODULE, AND METHOD THEREOFJanuary 2024May 2025Abandon3710NoNo
18399828SYSTEM AND METHOD TO EVALUATE ENGAGEMENT SCORE OF A SOCIAL MEDIA POSTDecember 2023April 2025Allow1510NoNo
18392003METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND MEDIA FOR SETTING AND USING AN ADVERTISEMENT FREQUENCY CAP BASED ON CAUSAL CONVERSIONSDecember 2023April 2025Allow1610NoNo
18392394DECENTRALIZED COMPUTER SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LOYALTY POINTS PAYMENTS USING DISTRIBUTED LEDGERSDecember 2023April 2025Allow1610NoNo
18390070SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING CONTENT EFFECTIVENESS BASED ON DWELL TIME ESTIMATIONDecember 2023March 2025Allow1510YesNo
18541253EXPOSING DEMAND SIDE PLATFORMS MECHANISM FOR BROADCAST RADIODecember 2023April 2025Allow1600YesNo
18540268METHOD OF DETECTING BRAND THEFT AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING THE SAMEDecember 2023February 2025Allow1410NoNo
18539444Determining Winning Arms of A/B Electronic Communication TestingDecember 2023June 2025Allow1800YesNo
18537123COUNTEROFFER FOR MARKET OFFER CODE FAILED VALIDATIONDecember 2023February 2025Abandon1410NoNo
18533013RECOMMENDATIONS BASED ON PRIVATE DATA USING A DYNAMICALLY DEPLOYED PRE-FILTERDecember 2023April 2025Allow1610YesNo
18528090SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND MEDIA FOR DETECTING CONTENT VIEWABILITYDecember 2023July 2024Allow800YesNo
18526135SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CAPTURING ACCOUNT HOLDER CONSENT FOR TRANSACTION DATA COLLECTIONDecember 2023April 2025Allow1620NoNo
18524701SERVER AND METHODNovember 2023April 2025Allow1720NoNo
18518503TELECOMMUNICATIONS CALL AUGMENTATION SYSTEMNovember 2023May 2025Abandon1810NoNo
18563911DISPLAY DEVICE, CONTAINER SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING DISPLAY DEVICENovember 2023April 2025Allow1710NoNo
18518389TECHNOLOGIES FOR MULTIPLE CONTENT PRESENTATIONNovember 2023June 2025Abandon1910NoNo
18515064SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REDEEMING A REWARDNovember 2023April 2025Allow1610NoNo
18503929TOKENS IN A MESSAGING APPLICATIONNovember 2023March 2025Allow1610NoNo
18387830SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO FACILITATE PROVIDING A SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT KIT (SDK) FOR REWARDS FOR MAKING GIFT CARD PURCHASES TO MULTIPLE APPLICATION PUBLISHERSNovember 2023February 2025Allow1510NoNo
18497067HEURISTIC CLUSTERINGOctober 2023July 2024Allow900NoNo
18496474NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING COMPUTER-READABLE INSTRUCTIONS FOR SERVER THAT PROVIDES SERVICE RELATED TO PRINTER, SERVER PROVIDING SERVICE RELATED TO PRINTER, AND METHOD EXECUTED BY SERVER THAT PROVIDES SERVICE RELATED TO PRINTEROctober 2023January 2025Allow1520YesNo
18384792SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATED PROCESSING AND ANALYSIS OF DEDUCTION BACKUP DATAOctober 2023January 2025Abandon1410NoNo
18494256Transaction Management SystemOctober 2023January 2025Allow1520YesNo
18383218DYNAMIC ADVERTISEMENT FOR EMAIL NEWSLETTEROctober 2023July 2024Allow810NoNo
18491883METHODS FOR DELIVERING MOBILE ADVERTISEMENTOctober 2023September 2024Allow1110YesNo
18556809INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHODOctober 2023March 2025Allow1620YesNo
18487417TERMINAL, METHOD, AND SERVEROctober 2023March 2025Allow1710NoNo
18380474CREATING AN EFFECTIVE PRODUCT USING AN ATTRIBUTE SOLVEROctober 2023April 2025Allow1810YesNo
18485519Systems and Methods for the Display of Corresponding Content for User-Requested Vehicle Services Using Distributed Electronic DevicesOctober 2023August 2024Allow1010YesNo
18378682Battery Replacement Control Device and Battery Replacement Control SystemOctober 2023November 2024Allow1410YesNo
18483515DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEM AND METHOD ENABLING APPLICATION OF AUTONOMOUS AGENTSOctober 2023July 2025Allow2110NoNo
18483480PROMOTIONAL ADVERTISEMENT APPARATUSOctober 2023September 2024Allow1120YesNo
18376909SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USING SMART CONTRACTS TO CONTROL THE TRADE, SUPPLY, MANUFACTURE, AND DISTRIBUTION OF COMMODITIESOctober 2023June 2025Allow2100NoNo
18481898Platform for Providing Customizable User Brand Experiences, Sponsorship Junctions, and Conversion AttributionOctober 2023March 2025Allow1810YesNo
18376689SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INTERFACING WITH A WEBSITE TO MODIFY CONTENTOctober 2023March 2025Allow1710YesNo
18376408PAYING TELEPHONIC ORDER BY TAPPING CARD ON MOBILE PHONEOctober 2023January 2025Allow1630YesNo
18375809METHOD FOR MODELING VISUAL MEDIA CONSUMPTIONOctober 2023March 2025Allow1822YesNo
18375701SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REDEEMING REWARDS FOR CASH AT AN ATMOctober 2023May 2025Allow2020YesNo
18553492SYSTEM INTEGRATION USING AN ABSTRACTION LAYERSeptember 2023April 2025Allow1910YesNo
18375152METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND MEDIA FOR IDENTIFYING AUTOMATICALLY REFRESHED ADVERTISEMENTSSeptember 2023June 2025Allow2120NoNo
18374462GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE-BASED LANDING PAGE VARIANTS FOR USER COHORTS OF AN ONLINE SYSTEMSeptember 2023March 2025Abandon1820YesNo
18373572SPATIALLY AUGMENTED AUDIO AND XR CONTENT WITHIN AN E-COMMERCE SHOPPING EXPERIENCESeptember 2023June 2025Allow2000YesNo
18474546Targeted Content Distribution Over a NetworkSeptember 2023June 2025Allow2110NoNo
18372821METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR EXEMPLARY CAMPAIGN MESSAGE MANAGEMENTSeptember 2023April 2025Allow1820YesNo
18467317DISCOUNT SERVICE DEVICE AND METHODSeptember 2023October 2024Allow1300YesNo
18282028INFORMATION CONTROLLING APPARATUS, INFORMATION CONTROLLING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUMSeptember 2023January 2025Abandon1620YesNo
18465358MONITORING USERS TO PROVIDE INCENTIVES ON A DECENTRALIZED NETWORKSeptember 2023April 2025Abandon1920NoNo
18244801SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRACKING RECIPIENT INTERACTIONS WITH PHYSICAL, ADVERTISING MAILSeptember 2023May 2025Abandon2110NoNo
18549892SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USER DATA COLLECTION WITHIN AN AUGMENTED REALITY GAMESeptember 2023June 2025Abandon2120NoNo
18463448SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF ENCODING BNPL TRANSACTIONS FOR TERMINAL DEVICESSeptember 2023August 2024Allow1210YesNo
18243368ATTRIBUTE SELECTION FOR MATCHMAKINGSeptember 2023November 2024Allow1410YesNo
18462588DYNAMIC EVALUATION AND USE OF GLOBAL AND CONTEXTUAL PERSONASSeptember 2023August 2024Allow1110YesNo
18460242SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RETARGETING IN VEHICULAR ADVERTISING SYSTEMSeptember 2023January 2025Abandon1610NoNo
18241017ACCOUNT PROGRAM SYSTEMS AND METHODSAugust 2023February 2025Allow1720YesNo
18239989OUTPUT CONTROL DEVICE, INFORMATION OUTPUT SYSTEM, OUTPUT CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAMAugust 2023June 2025Abandon2120NoNo
18456669System, Method, and Computer Program Product for Generating a Synthetic Control GroupAugust 2023January 2025Allow1720YesNo
18237183METHOD AND COMPUTING DEVICE FOR PERFORMING DYNAMIC DIGITAL SIGNAGE CAMPAIGN OPTIMIZATIONAugust 2023February 2025Allow1710NoNo
18236595SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CREATING DRIVING CHALLENGESAugust 2023December 2024Allow1520YesNo
18235763METHOD AND APPARATUS TO PROVIDE REPLACEABLE GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION ON A HOME SCREENAugust 2023March 2025Abandon1910NoNo
18235425Incentivization Of Optimal Blood Donation FrequencyAugust 2023January 2025Allow1710YesNo
18452329CHARGING FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLESAugust 2023February 2025Abandon1821NoNo
18234906SYSTEM AND METHOD OF DISTRIBUTING DIGITAL COUPONS OR PROMOTIONAL DATA, BY USING AUGMENTED REALITY (AR)August 2023June 2025Allow2211YesNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for art-unit 3621.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
506
Examiner Affirmed
348
(68.8%)
Examiner Reversed
158
(31.2%)
Reversal Percentile
44.8%
Lower than average

What This Means

With a 31.2% reversal rate, the PTAB reverses the examiner's rejections in a meaningful percentage of cases. This reversal rate is below the USPTO average, indicating that appeals face more challenges here than typical.

Strategic Value of Filing an Appeal

Total Appeal Filings
1275
Allowed After Appeal Filing
323
(25.3%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
952
(74.7%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
16.6%
Lower 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, 25.3% of applications that filed an appeal were subsequently allowed. This appeal filing benefit rate is in the bottom 25% across the USPTO, indicating that filing appeals is less effective here than in most other areas.

Strategic Recommendations

⚠ Appeals to PTAB face challenges. Ensure your case has strong merit before committing to full Board review.

⚠ Filing a Notice of Appeal shows limited benefit. Consider other strategies like interviews or amendments before appealing.

Art Unit 3621 - Prosecution Statistics Summary

Executive Summary

Art Unit 3621 is part of Group 3620 in Technology Center 3600. This art unit has examined 7,228 patent applications in our dataset, with an overall allowance rate of 40.4%. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 45 months.

Comparative Analysis

Art Unit 3621's allowance rate of 40.4% places it in the 2% percentile among all USPTO art units. This art unit has a significantly lower allowance rate than most art units at the USPTO.

Prosecution Patterns

Applications in Art Unit 3621 receive an average of 2.99 office actions before reaching final disposition (in the 99% percentile). The median prosecution time is 45 months (in the 1% 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 more office actions than average, plan for multiple rounds of prosecution.
  • The median prosecution time is longer 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.