USPTO Art Unit 3655 Prosecution Statistics

Art Unit Information

Art Unit: 3655
Group: 3650
Tech Center: 3600
Total Cases: 16,542
Last Active: March 2025

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
19079892Transferring Items Between Two Support SurfacesMarch 2025May 2025Allow200NoNo
19061932System for Identifying, Tracking, Controlling, and/or Optimizing Stacked Shipping Assets in an Inventory Management Facility and Related MethodsFebruary 2025April 2025Allow200NoNo
19045938METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A POWERTRAIN OF A VEHICLE HAVING A DUAL-CLUTCH TRANSMISSIONFebruary 2025July 2025Allow500NoNo
19101391CLUTCH ASSEMBLYFebruary 2025June 2025Allow400NoNo
19037842FLOW-THROUGH CENTRIFUGE AND METHOD FOR BRINGING ABOUT AN OPERATIONAL STATE OF A FLOW-THROUGH CENTRIFUGEJanuary 2025June 2025Allow500NoNo
19030584DOG CLUTCH CONTROL SYSTEMJanuary 2025June 2025Allow400NoNo
19024670BIDIRECTIONALLY ROTATABLE MECHANISM, BIDIRECTIONAL SANDER, AND BIDIRECTIONAL CLEANERJanuary 2025June 2025Allow500NoNo
19018691VARIABLE ELECTRIC TRANSMISSION SYSTEM AND METHODJanuary 2025June 2025Allow500YesNo
19017276RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION (RFID)-BASED AUTOMATED SORTING VEHICLE FOR REAL-TIME ORDER VERIFICATIONJanuary 2025March 2025Allow200NoNo
19009448WAFER CALIBRAITON METHOD FOR A WAFER CALIBRATION DEVICEJanuary 2025March 2025Allow200NoNo
19004030METHOD FOR PROCESSING ORDERDecember 2024April 2025Allow400NoNo
19000954SCREEN PANEL FOR REMOVING DEBRISDecember 2024June 2025Allow600NoNo
18983448ELASTIC BUFFERING PLANET CARRIER AND SPEED REDUCERDecember 2024May 2025Allow510NoNo
18983536SPRING AND DAMPER ASSEMBLY FOR A CENTRIFUGAL CLUTCH IN A CONTINUOUSLY VARIABLE TRANSMISSIONDecember 2024May 2025Allow500NoNo
18978644DUAL LOAD PATH ACTUATORDecember 2024June 2025Allow600YesNo
18977162SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SELF-PROPELLED GARDEN MACHINESDecember 2024May 2025Allow500NoNo
18977531HANDLING DIFFERENTIALS IN A VEHICLEDecember 2024April 2025Allow400NoNo
18969714TRAVEL CONTROL DEVICE AND TRAVEL CONTROL METHODDecember 2024April 2025Allow400NoNo
18967846GEAR DEVICE AND ACTUATORDecember 2024March 2025Allow400NoNo
18965564APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR AN ORAL NICOTINE DISPENSING SYSTEMDecember 2024March 2025Allow310NoNo
18964303SYSTEM AND/OR METHOD FOR DYNAMIC REBALANCING OF MULTI-RACK STORAGENovember 2024February 2025Allow310YesNo
18958230SPEED REDUCERNovember 2024May 2025Allow601NoNo
18956453PLANETARY GEAR DEVICENovember 2024April 2025Allow400NoNo
18867338HOLLOW SWIVEL ACTUATORNovember 2024March 2025Allow400NoNo
18952307CENTRIFUGAL CLUTCH MECHANISMSNovember 2024March 2025Abandon400NoNo
18944536Planetary-type bottom-bracket transmission for a bicycle or a pedelecNovember 2024June 2025Allow700NoNo
18936863AIRCRAFT TURBOMACHINE WITH MECHANICAL REDUCTION GEARNovember 2024June 2025Allow700YesNo
18933532Transmission and Drive Device for a Motor VehicleOctober 2024June 2025Allow801NoNo
18933269DRIVE SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AN AGRICULTURAL APPLICATOROctober 2024July 2025Allow800NoNo
18931389CONTROL DEVICE FOR VEHICLEOctober 2024March 2025Allow400NoNo
18930392BATTERY ELECTRIC VEHICLEOctober 2024May 2025Allow610NoNo
18930191CAM CLUTCH UNITOctober 2024March 2025Allow500NoNo
18928131VEHICLE GEAR SELECTION CONTROLOctober 2024January 2025Allow210YesNo
18928134VEHICLE GEAR SELECTION CONTROLOctober 2024January 2025Allow310NoNo
18928130VEHICLE GEAR SELECTION CONTROLOctober 2024January 2025Allow210NoNo
18928137VEHICLE GEAR SELECTION CONTROLOctober 2024January 2025Allow310NoNo
18928128VEHICLE GEAR SELECTION CONTROLOctober 2024January 2025Allow310YesNo
18928135VEHICLE GEAR SELECTION CONTROLOctober 2024January 2025Allow310NoNo
18927580HYBRID PROPULSION SYSTEMOctober 2024April 2025Allow501NoNo
18925515VARIABLE CHARACTERISTIC LIMITED-SLIP DIFFERENTIALOctober 2024June 2025Allow810NoNo
18924345MEDICATION ADHERENCE AND MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHODOctober 2024April 2025Allow510NoNo
18859176LUBRICATING MECHANISM FOR PLANETARY GEAR TRAINOctober 2024March 2025Allow500NoNo
18923114DIFFERENTIAL LOCK ACTUATOR SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MOVING FLIGHT CONTROL SURFACEOctober 2024February 2025Allow400NoNo
18858667SERVER FOR ALLOCATING ROBOT TO PICKING ZONE IN PROCESS OF MANAGING PLURALITY OF ORDERS SIMULTANEOUSLY, AND SYSTEM THEREOFOctober 2024May 2025Allow710NoNo
18920928Automated Medication DispensingOctober 2024February 2025Allow400NoNo
18918652Drive Arrangement for a BicycleOctober 2024March 2025Allow400YesNo
18917870SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATED STORAGE AND DISTRIBUTION OF PACKAGESOctober 2024March 2025Allow500NoNo
18917279DRIVE DEVICE FOR A DRIVE SHAFT COMPRISING TWO ROTATING MACHINESOctober 2024February 2025Allow400NoNo
18917395PARK LOCK ASSEMBLYOctober 2024June 2025Allow810YesNo
18915499DRIVING DEVICEOctober 2024April 2025Allow600YesNo
18857013PLANETARY GEARBOX HAVING A ROTATIONALLY FIXED THRUST WASHER OF THE PLANET BEARINGOctober 2024June 2025Allow800NoNo
18856326HYBRID DRIVE SYSTEM FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE, AND A MOTOR VEHICLE, IN PARTICULAR A MOTOR CAROctober 2024June 2025Allow800NoNo
18910328DRIVE DEVICEOctober 2024June 2025Allow801NoNo
18909195METHOD FOR SWITCHING AN ELECTRICALLY SHIFTABLE TRANSMISSION FOR A VEHICLE, AND ELECTRICALLY SHIFTABLE TRANSMISSIONOctober 2024June 2025Allow810NoNo
18907738POWER TRANSMISSION APPARATUSOctober 2024April 2025Allow700NoNo
18906703ROTARY EMAOctober 2024March 2025Allow500NoNo
18905273SERVER AND SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING MULTI-ORDER PICKING TO ALLOCATE GROUPED ORDERS TO EACH LOADING BOX INCLUDED IN ONE ROBOTOctober 2024March 2025Allow610YesNo
18853939CONTROL METHOD FOR VEHICLE AND CONTROL DEVICE FOR VEHICLEOctober 2024May 2025Allow800NoNo
18853676GEAR ARRANGEMENTOctober 2024April 2025Allow610NoNo
18903524Epicyclic Gear TrainOctober 2024May 2025Allow700NoNo
18898577METHODS, APPARATUSES AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR GENERATING PATHING DATA FOR TRAVERSING RECTANGULAR PRISMS THROUGH A MULTI-DIMENSIONAL SPACESeptember 2024May 2025Allow810NoNo
18898248METHODS, APPARATUSES AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR DYNAMICALLY GENERATING A TOTE PLAN FOR MOVEMENT OF RECTANGULAR PRISMS THROUGH A MULTI-DIMENSIONAL SPACESeptember 2024March 2025Allow610YesNo
18898569METHODS, APPARATUSES AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR OPERATING A MODULAR SUPERSTRUCTURESeptember 2024April 2025Allow710NoNo
18894759TRACKED COMBAT VEHICLE WITH INTEGRATED MOTOR BRAKE HAVING CLUTCH SENSORSSeptember 2024June 2025Allow910NoNo
18893035DIFFERENTIAL GEAR ARRANGEMENTSeptember 2024May 2025Allow710NoNo
18893656Systems and Methods for a Virtual Facility Supporting Robotics Fleet Control and Sensor Data SimulationSeptember 2024December 2024Allow200NoNo
18887166ADAPTIVE FEEDFORWARD CONTROL FOR CONTROLLING INPUT SPEED OF ELECTRIFIED POWERTRAINS WITH A TORQUE CONVERTERSeptember 2024March 2025Allow600NoNo
18886263GEAR LOAD CANCELING ELECTRIC DRIVE UNIT ARCHITECTURESeptember 2024February 2025Allow510NoNo
18884345CONTROL DEVICE FOR VEHICLESeptember 2024January 2025Allow400NoNo
18829360Control Unit and Method for Distributing Torque in the Event of a Load ChangeSeptember 2024January 2025Allow400NoNo
18827878RESIN RECOVERY METHODSeptember 2024June 2025Allow910NoNo
18828838SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING AN OPEN DOORSeptember 2024July 2025Allow1010NoNo
18825327CONTROL DEVICESeptember 2024January 2025Allow500NoNo
18825418CONTROL DEVICESeptember 2024February 2025Allow500NoNo
18844166Power Transmission DeviceSeptember 2024April 2025Allow700YesNo
18844062CLUTCH CONTROL DEVICESeptember 2024April 2025Allow700NoNo
18824074OPTIMIZED REPLACEMENT OF SORTATION ORDER RECEPTACLESSeptember 2024December 2024Allow300NoNo
18818804EPICYCLIC GEAR TRAINAugust 2024May 2025Allow910NoNo
18819511DRIVE MODULE ASSEMBLYAugust 2024June 2025Allow900NoNo
18818772MOTOR ASSEMBLYAugust 2024February 2025Allow500NoNo
18817362Planetary Gear Type Throwing Wheel DeviceAugust 2024April 2025Allow800NoNo
18817951CAM CLUTCHAugust 2024December 2024Allow300NoNo
18841745Work Machine Parameter Selection Device and Parameter Recommendation SystemAugust 2024May 2025Allow800NoNo
18814998ROTATING DRIVETRAIN ASSEMBLY FOR VEHICLESAugust 2024May 2025Allow800NoNo
18815104OUTPUT GEARING FOR A DUAL MOTOR MIXED-SPEED CONTINUOUS POWER TRANSMISSIONAugust 2024April 2025Allow710YesNo
18811741CONTROL METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND EQUIPMENT FOR HANDLING EQUIPMENT BASED ON INDUSTRIAL INTERNET OF THINGSAugust 2024February 2025Allow610NoNo
18839817Mounting Assembly for a Coupler Mechanism of a Motor VehicleAugust 2024February 2025Allow600NoNo
18807749ELECTRIC AXLE WITH COMPACT ELECTRIC MACHINE AND GEAR TRAIN LAYOUTAugust 2024July 2025Allow1110NoNo
18807478ROTOR FOR ELECTRIC MACHINEAugust 2024July 2025Allow1010NoNo
18838914VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE, VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUMAugust 2024March 2025Allow700NoNo
18837356SIEVING MACHINE WITH INSERTABLE SIEVE TRAY ELEMENTSAugust 2024February 2025Allow700NoNo
18799020ELECTRIC VEHICLEAugust 2024February 2025Allow700NoNo
18797609SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING TOTAL PICKING OF ROBOT FOR PROCESSING ORDERS AT SAME TIME, AND SYSTEMAugust 2024March 2025Allow810YesNo
18836938AUXILIARY STEERING DEVICE FOR A HYDROSTATIC VEHICLE STEERING SYSTEMAugust 2024June 2025Allow1000NoNo
18797167POWER TRANSMISSION DEVICEAugust 2024May 2025Allow910NoNo
18797125POWER TRANSMISSION DEVICEAugust 2024March 2025Allow710NoNo
18796373POWER TRANSMISSION DEVICEAugust 2024May 2025Allow910NoNo
18836211ELECTRIC DRIVE UNIT FOR A MOTOR VEHICLEAugust 2024April 2025Allow800NoNo
18836205ELECTRIC DRIVE UNIT FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE, IN PARTICULAR FOR A MOTOR CARAugust 2024April 2025Allow810NoNo
18796132METHODS, APPARATUSES AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR MOVEMENT OF RECTANGULAR PRISMS THROUGH A MULTI-DIMENSIONAL SPACEAugust 2024February 2025Allow610NoNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for art-unit 3655.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
107
Examiner Affirmed
49
(45.8%)
Examiner Reversed
58
(54.2%)
Reversal Percentile
94.8%
Higher than average

What This Means

With a 54.2% reversal rate, the PTAB has reversed the examiner's rejections more often than affirming them. This reversal rate is in the top 25% across the USPTO, indicating that appeals are more successful here than in most other areas.

Strategic Value of Filing an Appeal

Total Appeal Filings
307
Allowed After Appeal Filing
127
(41.4%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
180
(58.6%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
87.8%
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, 41.4% 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.

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 3655 - Prosecution Statistics Summary

Executive Summary

Art Unit 3655 is part of Group 3650 in Technology Center 3600. This art unit has examined 16,542 patent applications in our dataset, with an overall allowance rate of 86.3%. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 26 months.

Comparative Analysis

Art Unit 3655's allowance rate of 86.3% places it in the 82% percentile among all USPTO art units. This art unit has a significantly higher allowance rate than most art units at the USPTO.

Prosecution Patterns

Applications in Art Unit 3655 receive an average of 1.19 office actions before reaching final disposition (in the 8% percentile). The median prosecution time is 26 months (in the 71% 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.

Limitation of Liability: Under no circumstances will IronCrow AI be liable for any outcome, decision, or action resulting from your reliance on the statistics, analysis, or recommendations presented in this report. Past prosecution patterns do not guarantee future results.

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.