Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19309664 | CONNECTOR ASSEMBLIES AND PROCESSES FOR USING SAME | August 2025 | November 2025 | Allow | 3 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 19280613 | Fixator for Telescopic Rod and The Telescopic Rod | July 2025 | October 2025 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 19256023 | ANTI-FROST HEAVE PILE FOUNDATION SUPPORT DEVICE | June 2025 | August 2025 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 19250837 | DESERT GREENHOUSE SKELETON SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF | June 2025 | August 2025 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 19251746 | TRANSMISSION LINE TOWER BASE WITH ELECTROTHERMAL AIR-BLOWING ANTI-FROST HEAVE FUNCTION FOR PERMAFROST REGIONS | June 2025 | November 2025 | Allow | 4 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 19232933 | METHODS FOR GROUT INJECTION REPAIR AND WATER RETENTION IN GOAF | June 2025 | July 2025 | Allow | 1 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 19225229 | HANDRAIL CONNECTOR | June 2025 | October 2025 | Allow | 5 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 19222637 | SUBTERRANEAN BANDED IRON BASED INJECTION FLUID FOR HYDROGEN STORAGE | May 2025 | August 2025 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 19211847 | METHOD FOR MICROBIALLY ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY | May 2025 | July 2025 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 19209820 | ARTICULATED PRESTRESSING TENSIONING DEVICE FOR SHIELD TUNNELS AND REINFORCEMENT METHOD THEREOF | May 2025 | July 2025 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 19209168 | FENCE GATE ASSEMBLY, AND HAT CHANNEL HINGE APPARATUS THEREFOR | May 2025 | October 2025 | Allow | 5 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 19129990 | WASTE CARTRIDGE FOR AN UNDERWATER DRILLING ASSEMBLY | May 2025 | March 2026 | Allow | 10 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 19202092 | PHYSICAL SIMULATION EXPERIMENT SYSTEM FOR VAPOR-LIQUID MULTIPHASE SEEPAGE IN UNDERGROUND GAS STORAGE FACILITY IN DEPLETED GAS RESERVOIR | May 2025 | October 2025 | Allow | 5 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 19192863 | DETERMINING PILE HEIGHT FOR AUTONOMOUS PILE DRIVING SYSTEM | April 2025 | March 2026 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 19184416 | FENCE SYSTEM AND METHOD, AND BLOCK Z FENCE POST ASSEMBLY THEREFOR | April 2025 | August 2025 | Allow | 4 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 19176160 | EXCAVATION COMPENSATION METHOD FOR TUNNELLING IN DEEP ROCK ENGINEERING | April 2025 | October 2025 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 19170361 | WELL RESCUE AND SUPPORT SYSTEM | April 2025 | July 2025 | Allow | 3 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 19097295 | SYSTEM AND PROCESS FOR GEOLOGICAL SEQUESTRATION OF CARBON-CONTAINING MATERIALS | April 2025 | February 2026 | Allow | 10 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 19086518 | CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD OF GAS FLOW FOR IN-SITU URANIUM MINING | March 2025 | October 2025 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 19112229 | LOCKING THREADED CONNECTION ASSEMBLY | March 2025 | June 2025 | Allow | 3 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 19065389 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RELEASABLY LOCKED FURNITURE | February 2025 | July 2025 | Allow | 5 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 19099804 | COMPOSITE SUPPORTING STRUCTURE COMBINING FABRIC-FORM BAG-BEHIND-WALL GROUTING AND HIGH-STRENGTH SUPPORT FRAMES, AND CONSTRUCTION METHOD THEREOF | January 2025 | April 2025 | Allow | 3 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 19038970 | LOCK MECHANISM OPERABLE TO LOCK AN ADJUSTED LENGTH OF TELESCOPICALLY ATTACHED RODS | January 2025 | August 2025 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 19032352 | FENCE SYSTEM AND METHOD, AND FENCE POST ASSEMBLY THEREFOR | January 2025 | July 2025 | Allow | 6 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 19030367 | Modular Precast Hydro Dam with Powerhouse | January 2025 | February 2026 | Allow | 13 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 19031321 | STORAGE POLE FACILITATING TELESCOPIC CONTROL ADJUSTMENT | January 2025 | July 2025 | Allow | 5 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 19021122 | GRADED PLUGGING, MONITORING AND REINFORCING INTEGRATED METHOD FOR SEPARATION STRATUM GROUTING UNDER SINGLE-SIDE OPEN CONDITIONS | January 2025 | August 2025 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 19006282 | Fast-locking Structure of LED Display Module and Its Disassembly and Assembly Method | December 2024 | January 2026 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 19004665 | BRACKET FOR SUPPORTING ATTACHMENT OF THE END OF A RAILING MEMBER TO A VERTICAL MEMBER | December 2024 | July 2025 | Allow | 6 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 19004309 | Internal and external coupling shear resistance locking control system and monitoring method of tunnel surrounding rocks | December 2024 | October 2025 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 19002278 | LOCKING AND POSITIONING MECHANISM AND ROTATIONAL FOLDING POSITIONING APPARATUS | December 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18877338 | GROUTING PIPE AND CONSTRUCTION METHOD OF DESERT WATER STORAGE AREA | December 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 3 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18977605 | METHOD OF AND SYSTEM FOR IN-SITU CREATION OF CONCRETE ARCHES | December 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 3 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18965106 | WHOLE-SPACE DRILLING-GROUTING INTEGRATED DEVICE | December 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 4 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18962402 | NATURAL RUN-OF-THE-RIVER HYDRO POWER GENERATION SYSTEM FOR PRODUCING CLEAN ENERGY | November 2024 | November 2025 | Allow | 11 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18962858 | RAILING ASSEMBLIES AND METHODS OF INSTALLATION | November 2024 | January 2025 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18960181 | GREEN SEALING MATERIAL FOR KARST FLOWING WATER, AND PREPARATION METHOD AND USE THEREOF | November 2024 | February 2025 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18960492 | EMERGENCY DISPOSAL METHOD AND SYSTEM SUITABLE FOR CONTAMINATED SOIL | November 2024 | April 2025 | Allow | 4 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18869509 | ELASTIC MEMBER AND ELASTIC DEVICE | November 2024 | July 2025 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18955232 | FALL PROTECTION SYSTEM AND GUARDRAIL POST ASSEMBLY THEREFOR | November 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 4 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18952041 | LINING JACKING CONSTRUCTION METHOD FOR LINEAR HYDRAULIC TUNNELS | November 2024 | January 2026 | Abandon | 14 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18943804 | RAINWATER BIORETENTION FACILITY FOR SYNCHRONIZED NITROGEN AND PHOSPHORUS REMOVAL IN RAINFALL CONDITIONS | November 2024 | March 2026 | Allow | 16 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18940891 | ECO-FRIENDLY HIGH-PERFORMANCE ALL-SOLID-WASTE SOIL-BINDING MATERIAL AND PREPARATION METHOD AND USE METHOD THEREOF | November 2024 | April 2025 | Allow | 5 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18929709 | CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR BUOYANCY ADJUSTMENT OF SHIELD TUNNEL SEGMENTS | October 2024 | April 2025 | Allow | 5 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18929242 | CLAMP ASSEMBLY FOR FALL PROTECTION REINFORCEMENT POST | October 2024 | February 2025 | Allow | 4 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18927519 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR A MODULAR DRAINAGE SYSTEM | October 2024 | September 2025 | Abandon | 11 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18924991 | MODULAR HYDROPOWER SYSTEMS AND METHODS WITH PUMPED STORAGE | October 2024 | March 2026 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18922108 | VERTICAL CABLE RAIL BARRIER | October 2024 | May 2025 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18857179 | SPRAY-APPLIED POLYURETHANE INSULATION MATERIAL FOR TUNNELS IN COLD REGIONS, ITS APPLICATION, AND ITS CONSTRUCTION METHOD | October 2024 | November 2025 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18916639 | Connector for Curtain Rods | October 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 5 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18854873 | ROCK BOLT | October 2024 | February 2026 | Allow | 16 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18906964 | BRACKET FOR SUPPORTING ATTACHMENT OF THE END OF A RAILING MEMBER TO A VERTICAL MEMBER | October 2024 | June 2025 | Allow | 8 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18904167 | ADJUSTABLE FENCING | October 2024 | September 2025 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18904178 | Low-PIM Barrier Stanchion And Safety Barrier | October 2024 | February 2025 | Allow | 4 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18901006 | ADJUSTABLE RAILING | September 2024 | September 2025 | Allow | 12 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 18849913 | STRUCTURAL PLATES AND METHODS OF CONSTRUCTING ARCH-SHAPED STRUCTURES USING STRUCTURAL PLATES | September 2024 | March 2026 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18886979 | BORDER WALLS AND RELATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS | September 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18884488 | SUBTERRANEAN IRRIGATION SYSTEM | September 2024 | June 2025 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18882618 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR STORING HYDROGEN IN A SALT CAVERN | September 2024 | April 2025 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18824161 | Sewer System Overflow Prevention Device | September 2024 | February 2026 | Allow | 17 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18818611 | AUTOMATIC SUPPORT DEVICE FOR RESISTING ROCK BURST IN MINES | August 2024 | February 2025 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18819213 | Coupler for Coupling Driven Steel Pipe Piles | August 2024 | July 2025 | Allow | 10 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18838719 | A Concealable Panel-Engagement Apparatus | August 2024 | May 2025 | Allow | 9 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18801756 | INSTALLATION METHOD FOR CLOSURE JOINT OF IMMERSED TUNNEL | August 2024 | October 2024 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18801094 | TORQUE TUBE COUPLER | August 2024 | February 2025 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18798140 | TUBE JOINT APPARATUS FOR DOUBLE-TUBE FLOATING TUNNEL AND CONSTRUCTION METHOD THEREOF | August 2024 | September 2024 | Allow | 1 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18791915 | LOW PROFILE ASYMMETRIC LEACHING CHAMBER FOR ONSITE WASTEWATER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM | August 2024 | December 2025 | Allow | 16 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18790061 | BEAM CONNECTOR, CONNECTOR MEMBER THEREOF, DRILL JIG THEREFOR, AND BEAM ASSEMBLY COMPRISING THE SAME | July 2024 | November 2025 | Allow | 15 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18786650 | SIDE STRUCTURE OF FENCE FRAMEWORK, FENCE FRAMEWORK, FENCE, AND FOLDING METHOD THEREOF | July 2024 | September 2024 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18782486 | Mechanically Stabilized Earth (MSE) Retaining Wall Using Geosynthetic Reinforcement Belt With Curvilinear Embed Apparatus in Wall Panel | July 2024 | March 2026 | Allow | 19 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18776265 | PILE-NET FLEXIBLE CABLE BARRIER STRUCTURE AND CONSTRUCTION METHOD THEREOF | July 2024 | September 2024 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18774963 | TORQUE LIMITING COUPLER FOR AN ELECTRIC MOTOR SHAFT | July 2024 | November 2025 | Allow | 16 | 2 | 1 | Yes | Yes |
| 18772747 | PIECE OF FURNITURE | July 2024 | January 2025 | Allow | 6 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18768589 | PREFABRICATED VERTICAL GEOTEXTILE DITCH CHECK SYSTEM | July 2024 | July 2025 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18725796 | SOIL REMEDIATION SYSTEM AND SOIL REMEDIATION METHOD | July 2024 | February 2025 | Allow | 8 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18767518 | Systems and Methods to Provide Pressed and Aggregate Filled Concavities for Improving Ground Stiffness and Uniformity | July 2024 | December 2025 | Allow | 18 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18764767 | VERTICAL POST STRUCTURE OF FENCE | July 2024 | November 2025 | Allow | 17 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18764708 | HANDRAIL ATTACHMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD | July 2024 | February 2025 | Allow | 8 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18764170 | INTELLIGENT CONSTRUCTION CONTROL METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR JET GROUTING PILE BASED ON STRATUM INFORMATION INVERSION | July 2024 | December 2025 | Allow | 17 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18763220 | BALL HEAD WITH ANTI-ROTATION SELF-ALIGNING INTERFACE | July 2024 | February 2025 | Allow | 8 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18760159 | AUTOMATED UPDATING OF GEOLOGICAL MODEL BOUNDARIES FOR IMPROVED ORE EXTRACTION | July 2024 | February 2026 | Allow | 19 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18760362 | INTEGRATED MINING METHOD OF COAL BREAKING, COAL EXTRACTION AND WATER CIRCULATION IN U-WELL AND SYSTEM THEREOF | July 2024 | January 2025 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18760395 | COAL MINING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF DUAL CIRCULATION DRILLING WITH MECHANICAL REAMING AND ABRASIVE JET | July 2024 | May 2025 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18761078 | COUPLING STRUCTURE FOR BOARD ASSEMBLY | July 2024 | September 2025 | Abandon | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18757664 | FAST-DETACHING STRUCTURE | June 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18757391 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ADDITIVE FRICTION STIR MANUFACTURED TRANSITION JOINT | June 2024 | August 2025 | Allow | 14 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18755958 | MWD ISOLATION DEVICE | June 2024 | January 2025 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18753442 | TENSION FOUNDATION FOR HOLDING A BUOYANT OBJECT | June 2024 | April 2025 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18749617 | CRASH IMPACT ATTENUATOR SYSTEMS AND METHODS | June 2024 | January 2025 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18748955 | SELECTIVELY LOCKABLE BALL AND SOCKET JOINT | June 2024 | May 2025 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18746416 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROTECTING BRIDGES OVER MARITIME SHIPPING CHANNELS | June 2024 | October 2025 | Allow | 16 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18746446 | EXTENSIBLE SHELLS AND RELATED METHODS FOR CONSTRUCTING A DUCTILE SUPPORT PIER | June 2024 | February 2026 | Allow | 20 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18720362 | CABLE LAYING VESSEL | June 2024 | October 2025 | Allow | 16 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18740472 | SECURABLE DEVICE HAVING A CORKSCREW | June 2024 | February 2026 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18718278 | MOORING SYSTEMS FOR FIXED MARINE STRUCTURES | June 2024 | January 2026 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18738645 | SYSTEM AND PROCESS FOR GEOLOGICAL SEQUESTRATION OF CARBON-CONTAINING MATERIALS | June 2024 | January 2025 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18717013 | LINING TUBE FOR RESTORING DEFECTIVE SEWER SHAFTS INCLUDING A BERM AND A CHANNEL, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME, AND METHOD FOR LINING A DEFECTIVE SEWER SHAFT | June 2024 | December 2024 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18733279 | Advanced Fiber Rope Boom Pendant Technologies for Heavy Eqiupment | June 2024 | July 2025 | Abandon | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18732431 | Silt Fence Configured for Capturing Pollutants and Fabric Forming the Same | June 2024 | April 2025 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18678192 | POLE ADAPTER AND RELATED HAND TOOLS USING THE ADAPTER | May 2024 | March 2026 | Allow | 22 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for art-unit 3678.
With a 35.0% 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.
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, 30.1% of applications that filed an appeal were subsequently allowed. This appeal filing benefit rate is below the USPTO average, suggesting that filing an appeal has limited effectiveness in prompting favorable reconsideration.
✓ 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 shows limited benefit. Consider other strategies like interviews or amendments before appealing.
Art Unit 3678 is part of Group 3670 in Technology Center 3600. This art unit has examined 8,335 patent applications in our dataset, with an overall allowance rate of 78.6%. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 26 months.
Art Unit 3678's allowance rate of 78.6% places it in the 57% percentile among all USPTO art units. This art unit has an above-average allowance rate compared to other art units.
Applications in Art Unit 3678 receive an average of 1.73 office actions before reaching final disposition (in the 37% percentile). The median prosecution time is 26 months (in the 75% percentile).
When prosecuting applications in this art unit, consider the following:
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