USPTO Art Unit 3684 Prosecution Statistics

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18864504REMOTE SCANNING AND VALIDATING OF CLINICAL ORDER DEVICE CONFIGURATIONSNovember 2024March 2025Allow400NoNo
18714009REMOTE IMAGE DIAGNOSIS COMPREHENSIVE SUPPORT APPARATUS, METHOD OF COMPREHENSIVE SUPPORT FOR REMOTE DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING AND PROGRAMMay 2024June 2025Abandon1310NoNo
18588928METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND APPARATUS FOR OPTIMIZING EFFECTS OF TREATMENT WITH MEDICATION USING MEDICATION COMPLIANCE PATTERNSFebruary 2024November 2024Allow900NoNo
18439698MEDICATION ORDER PROCESSING AND RECONCILIATIONFebruary 2024May 2025Abandon1520YesNo
18430785SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO PROCESS ELECTRONIC IMAGES TO PROVIDE AUTOMATED ROUTING OF DATAFebruary 2024April 2025Allow1410YesNo
18422281METHOD FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION BASED ON E-COMMERCE AND COMPUTING DEVICE FOR EXECUTING THE SAMEJanuary 2024April 2024Allow200NoNo
18413592PRESCRIPTION COMPATIBILITY CHECKING FOR A MEDICAL DEVICEJanuary 2024January 2025Allow1210YesNo
18545241Fitness Watch Configured with Micro AIDecember 2023February 2025Allow1410NoNo
18544892Apparatus for Recording Information Concerning the Use of an Injection DeviceDecember 2023November 2024Allow1110NoNo
18520496SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RAPID AND ACCURATE HISTOLOGIC ANALYSIS OF TUMOR MARGINS USING MACHINE LEARNINGNovember 2023December 2024Allow1310YesNo
18499979VIRTUAL REALITY ENABLED NEUROTHERAPY FOR IMPROVING SPATIAL-TEMPORAL NEUROCOGNITIVE PROCESSINGNovember 2023March 2025Abandon1610NoNo
18383180Identifying Repetitive Portions of Clinical Notes and Generating Summaries Pertinent to Treatment of a Patient Based on the Identified Repetitive PortionsOctober 2023April 2025Abandon1820YesNo
18489074SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MAKING PERSONALIZED INDIVIDUAL UNIT DOSES CONTAINING PHARMACEUTICAL ACTIVESOctober 2023October 2024Allow1220YesNo
18286750METHOD, APPARATUS RELATED TO MEDICATION LIST MANAGEMENT, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUMOctober 2023April 2025Abandon1810NoNo
18483632PHYSIOLOGICAL CONDITION INFORMATION FOR REMOTE HEALTHCARE DETERMINATIONOctober 2023January 2025Abandon1510NoNo
18473009SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING SUBJECT CONDITIONS IN MOBILE HEALTH CLINICAL TRIALSSeptember 2023January 2025Allow1610YesNo
18368148PURCHASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHODSeptember 2023March 2024Allow620YesNo
18243211SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MAKING PERSONALIZED INDIVIDUAL UNIT DOSES CONTAINING PHARMACEUTICAL ACTIVESSeptember 2023February 2025Allow1711NoNo
18236789SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ORGAN SHAPE ANALYSIS FOR DISEASE DIAGNOSIS AND RISK ASSESSMENTAugust 2023May 2025Abandon2000NoNo
18358713SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USE IN DIAGNOSING A MEDICAL CONDITION OF A PATIENTJuly 2023February 2025Abandon1920NoNo
18222580HEALTH CARE PRESCRIPTION SYNCHRONIZATION BETWEEN PATIENT AND HEALTH CARE PROVIDERJuly 2023July 2024Allow1220YesNo
18220897SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTAGIOUS ILLNESS SURVEILLANCE AND OUTBREAK DETECTIONJuly 2023June 2024Allow1110NoNo
18348328System and Method for Monitoring Health Signals of PatientsJuly 2023February 2025Abandon1920NoNo
18268188SYSTEMS FOR GENERATING A PHOTONICS DATABASEJune 2023December 2023Allow600NoNo
182099873-Tier Reintegration FormulaJune 2023June 2025Abandon2410NoNo
18207939SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING PRODUCT AND SERVICE QUOTES TO CUSTOMERSJune 2023June 2024Allow1210YesNo
18206416AUTOMATED STORE FOR SELLING ARTICLESJune 2023September 2024Abandon1510NoNo
18204748PRODUCT RELEASE SYSTEM, METHOD AND DEVICE HAVING A CUSTOMIZABLE PREPURCHASE FUNCTIONJune 2023May 2024Allow1210NoNo
18198850ARRANGING VIRTUAL OBJECTS IN A VIRTUAL REALITY SPACEMay 2023June 2024Allow1320YesNo
18316960SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATED MEDICAL IMAGE ANALYSISMay 2023March 2025Abandon2220YesNo
18196140VR TRAINING AND TREATMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOFMay 2023June 2025Abandon2610NoNo
18314687GENERATING CUSTOMIZABLE AVATAR OUTFITSMay 2023March 2024Allow1110YesNo
18143163SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ORDERING A REPLACEMENT COMPONENT OR REPAIR SERVICEMay 2023March 2024Allow1110YesNo
18308247SYSTEM FOR INDUCING SONOPORATION OF A DRUG INTO CANCER CELLS AND METHOD THEREOFApril 2023May 2025Allow2510YesNo
18137691PREDICTING AND MAKING PAYMENTS VIA PREFERRED PAYMENT METHODSApril 2023February 2024Allow1000YesNo
18026879METHOD, DEVICE, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR RECOMMENDING PRODUCT ON BASIS OF STATE OF ANIMALMarch 2023May 2025Abandon2610NoNo
18119654SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EXCLUDED RISK FACTOR PREDICTIVE MODELINGMarch 2023September 2024Allow1820YesNo
18025466DETERMINATION APPARATUSMarch 2023May 2025Abandon2610YesNo
18179572TECHNIQUES FOR FACILITATING VETERINARY SERVICESMarch 2023April 2025Abandon2510NoNo
18117833METHOD OF DOCUMENTING EXPOSURE TO INFECTED PATIENTSMarch 2023June 2025Abandon2720NoNo
18179161COMMODITY TRANSPORTING APPARATUS, COMMODITY TRANSPORTING APPARATUS METHOD, AND COMMODITY TRANSPORTING SYSTEMMarch 2023September 2023Allow700YesNo
18176039PERSONAL INSIGHTS PLATFORM THAT EDUCATES AND EMPOWERS USERS THROUGH PREDICTIVE ANALYTICS OF THEIR HABITUAL BEHAVIORFebruary 2023May 2025Abandon2710NoNo
18115470Methods Of Cross Correlation Of Biofield Scans To Enome Database, Genome Database, Blood Test, And Phenotype DataFebruary 2023March 2025Abandon2420NoNo
18114136REPORT GENERATION FOR RADIOLOGYFebruary 2023May 2025Abandon2740NoNo
18173319SENTIMENT-BASED ANALYTICS MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODSFebruary 2023March 2025Abandon2510NoNo
18112880SOCIAL NETWORK-BASED INVENTORY MANAGEMENTFebruary 2023December 2023Allow1010YesNo
18111760Interactive Paint Product Selection And Ordering System, Method, And Non-Transitory Computer Readable MediumFebruary 2023November 2023Allow910YesNo
18111555METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DETECTING ENVIRONMENT FEATURES IN IMAGES TO PREDICT LOCATION-BASED HEALTH METRICSFebruary 2023January 2025Allow2220NoNo
18111563USER INTERFACE FOR IMAGE-BASED RENDERING OF VIRTUAL TOURSFebruary 2023December 2023Allow1010NoNo
18110969SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING REMOVALS SIMULATION USING VIRTUAL REALITY AND AUGMENTED REALITY AND BROKERING REAL ESTATE THERETHROUGHFebruary 2023March 2024Allow1310YesNo
18168561SYSTEM AND METHOD OF IDENTIFYING APPROPRIATELY SIZED ATTIREFebruary 2023September 2023Allow710NoNo
18165675MEDICAL DEVICE CALIBRATIONFebruary 2023April 2025Allow2630YesNo
18164132HEALTHCARE DATA EXCHANGEFebruary 2023May 2025Abandon2710NoNo
18104226METHODS FOR HOSTING LOCAL TRANSACTIONS BETWEEN SENDERS AND RECIPIENTSJanuary 2023October 2023Allow810YesNo
18102793SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RECOMMENDATION GENERATIONJanuary 2023December 2023Allow1110YesNo
18161584COMMODITY MANAGEMENT DEVICE AND METHODJanuary 2023June 2024Abandon1720NoNo
18101030EQUIPMENT UTILIZATION AND HEALTHCARE TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT PLATFORMJanuary 2023May 2025Abandon2810NoNo
18100726DYNAMIC CREATION OF NETWORKSJanuary 2023December 2023Allow1110YesNo
18005196HEADACHE CAUSE DETERMINATION SYSTEM, HEADACHE CAUSE DETERMINATION METHOD, PROGRAM, AND DATA STRUCTUREJanuary 2023February 2025Abandon2510YesNo
18094436METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PREDICTING NEUROLOGICAL TREATMENTJanuary 2023March 2025Abandon2610NoNo
18093758SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTEGRATING INTERMEDIARY AND END-USER ONLINE RETAIL EXPERIENCESJanuary 2023May 2024Abandon1610NoNo
18148047SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CREATION OF PERSONALIZED ARTWORK INCLUDING WORDS CLOUDSDecember 2022April 2024Allow1610NoNo
18003356DETERMINING MEDICAL STAFFING FOR ORAL IMMUNOTHERAPYDecember 2022June 2025Abandon2910NoNo
18089144System and Method for On-Demand Laundry ServicesDecember 2022September 2024Abandon2020NoNo
18084340SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A SURGICAL WORKFLOW TOOLDecember 2022March 2025Abandon2710NoNo
18082139SYSTEM FOR FACILITATING COMMUNICATION, COLLABORATION, AND QUALITY ASSURANCE FOR THE HOME HEALTHCARE INDUSTRYDecember 2022May 2025Abandon2910NoNo
18063365RENDERING 3D MODEL DATA FOR PRIORITIZED PLACEMENT OF 3D MODELS IN A 3D VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTDecember 2022August 2023Allow910YesNo
18063490GENERATING CUSTOM MERCHANT CONTENT INTERFACES FROM UNPOPULATED PRODUCT DISPLAY LAYOUTSDecember 2022February 2024Abandon1410NoNo
18059626METHOD, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR DEVICE RENDERED OBJECT SETS BASED ON MULTIPLE OBJECTIVESNovember 2022March 2024Allow1610NoNo
17992306SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING PRODUCT AND SERVICE QUOTES TO CUSTOMERSNovember 2022August 2023Allow910NoNo
17988868Product Presentation Assisted by Visual SearchNovember 2022May 2024Allow1810YesNo
17986846INTEGRATION OF IMAGE CAPTURING MECHANISM INTO ECOMMERCE APPLICATIONNovember 2022March 2024Allow1600NoNo
18054669Medical Video Charting ApplicationNovember 2022March 2025Abandon2820NoNo
18053787INTEGRATING A WALLET CLIENT WITH FEDERATED DIRECTORY SERVICESNovember 2022January 2024Allow1410NoNo
17982812METHOD AND A SYSTEM FOR REAL TIME ANALYSIS OF RANGE OF MOTION (ROM)November 2022April 2025Allow2910YesNo
18052338VOICE-BASED IN-STORE DIGITAL CHECKOUT SYSTEMNovember 2022March 2024Allow1710NoNo
18051901INFORMATION PROVIDING METHOD, CONTROL METHOD, COMMUNICATION TERMINAL, AND RECORDING MEDIUMNovember 2022March 2024Allow1720YesNo
17997667ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE-BASED SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DOSING OF PHARMACOLOGIC AGENTSNovember 2022May 2025Abandon3011NoNo
18049715LISTING CONVERSION ESTIMATION AND OPTIMIZATIONOctober 2022September 2024Abandon2210YesNo
17971129SECURITY MARKETPLACE WITH PROVIDER VERIFICATION AND REPORTINGOctober 2022April 2024Allow1810NoNo
17969051OUTCOMES AND PERFORMANCE MONITORINGOctober 2022April 2025Abandon2930NoNo
17919709METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PREVENTING SPREAD OF INFECTIONOctober 2022February 2025Abandon2810NoNo
17967476GARMENT LIFE CYCLE TRACKING SYSTEM AND METHODOctober 2022September 2023Allow1100YesNo
17918928DETERMINING A MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL HAVING EXPERIENCE RELEVANT TO A MEDICAL PROCEDUREOctober 2022December 2024Abandon2610NoNo
17964747VIRTUAL CURRENCY IN A NATIVE APPLICATION ENVIRONMENTOctober 2022June 2023Allow810NoNo
17964871PHARMACEUTICAL ADMINISTRATION TRACKING AND TREATMENT COMPLIANCE SYSTEMOctober 2022February 2025Abandon2810NoNo
17916059A Device for Determining a Position of a Metal Object in or at a Patient BodySeptember 2022January 2025Abandon2710NoNo
17936352SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RECOMMENDING TRANSPORTATION SERVICESSeptember 2022December 2023Abandon1510NoNo
17935783POPULATION HEALTH PLATFORMSeptember 2022June 2025Abandon3210NoNo
17953115MODELING TO GENERATE DYNAMIC ELECTRONIC REPRESENTATIONSSeptember 2022December 2023Allow1530YesNo
17907235ANNOTATING AND MANAGING OF THERAPEUTIC OR BIOLOGICAL DIGITAL DATASeptember 2022December 2024Abandon2710NoNo
17951040Dynamic Cannabis Delivery PlatformSeptember 2022June 2024Abandon2110NoNo
17933106Methods Circuits Systems & Functionally Associated Machine Executable Code to Perform Dynamic Scheduling & Management of ResourcesSeptember 2022December 2024Abandon2710NoNo
17946923A METHOD, SYSTEM, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM FOR A DIGITAL PERSONAL CARE PLATFORMSeptember 2022July 2023Allow1010YesNo
17912369SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR PERSONALIZED SKIN HEALTH AND/OR APPEARANCE REGIMEN SUPPORTED WITH MIRROR-BASED DIGITAL INTERFACE APPARATUSSeptember 2022March 2025Abandon3010NoNo
17932793SYSTEMS, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUMS, AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING A USER INTERFACE FOR AN ELECTRONIC TRANSACTIONS PLATFORMSeptember 2022May 2023Allow810YesNo
17932501SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND DEVICES FOR REMOTELY DEPLOYED DIAGNOSTIC TESTINGSeptember 2022April 2025Abandon3110NoNo
17940422DEVICES AND METHODS FOR ASSISTING A USER OF A DRUG DELIVERY DEVICESeptember 2022June 2025Abandon3350NoYes
17893377SMART RECURRENT ORDERSAugust 2022April 2024Allow2020YesNo
17894049SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF PRODUCT IDENTIFICATION WITHIN AN IMAGEAugust 2022June 2023Allow1010YesNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for art-unit 3684.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
275
Examiner Affirmed
206
(74.9%)
Examiner Reversed
69
(25.1%)
Reversal Percentile
15.1%
Lower than average

What This Means

With a 25.1% 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.

Strategic Value of Filing an Appeal

Total Appeal Filings
601
Allowed After Appeal Filing
141
(23.5%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
460
(76.5%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
12.6%
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, 23.5% 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 3684 - Prosecution Statistics Summary

Executive Summary

Art Unit 3684 is part of Group 3680 in Technology Center 3600. This art unit has examined 6,095 patent applications in our dataset, with an overall allowance rate of 52.8%. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 38 months.

Comparative Analysis

Art Unit 3684's allowance rate of 52.8% places it in the 8% 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 3684 receive an average of 2.45 office actions before reaching final disposition (in the 90% percentile). The median prosecution time is 38 months (in the 12% 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

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