USPTO Art Unit 3685 Prosecution Statistics

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18825910SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR BI-DIRECTIONAL, REVERSE, AND COOPERATIVE CHARGING OF ELECTRIC VEHICLESSeptember 2024March 2025Allow610NoNo
18821076Healthcare Object Recognition, Systems And MethodsAugust 2024November 2024Allow300YesNo
18794726INTEGRATED, AI-ENABLED VALUE-BASED CARE MEASUREMENT AND OBJECTIVE RISK ASSESSMENT CLINICAL AND FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMAugust 2024January 2025Allow601YesNo
18784305SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LOCATION BASED DYNAMIC REDIRECTION OF ADVERTISER AFFILIATE LINKS FOR ONLINE ADVERTISINGJuly 2024December 2024Allow410NoNo
18784029TARGETED MARKETING BASED ON SOCIAL MEDIA INTERACTIONJuly 2024January 2025Allow610NoNo
18766998SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LOCATION BASED DELIVERY OF DETERMINED PERTINENT DATAJuly 2024June 2025Allow1210NoNo
18760129HANDHELD PERSONAL DEVICE FOR PROVIDING CUSTOMIZED CONTENT BY A VIRTUAL DOCENTJuly 2024March 2025Abandon910NoNo
18745568SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATION OF SURGICAL PATHOLOGY PROCESSES USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCEJune 2024January 2025Allow700YesNo
18744430APPARATUS, METHODS, AND SYSTEMS FOR REAL-TIME FEEDBACK IN MEDICAL PROCEDURES USING WEARABLE DEVICES WORN BY PROCEDURE PERFORMERSJune 2024April 2025Allow1030YesNo
18678203SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMMUNICATING INFORMATION ABOUT TANGIBLE ARTICLES AVAILABLE FOR PHYSICAL DISPLAY TO A VIEWERMay 2024June 2025Abandon1310NoNo
18665427SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING INFORMATIONMay 2024May 2025Allow1210NoNo
18651634System and Method for Automated Dosage Calculation and Patient Treatment Life CycleApril 2024January 2025Allow900YesNo
18651438ALARM NOTIFICATION SYSTEMApril 2024December 2024Allow800YesNo
18651443METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SECURE INFORMATION DISTRIBUTIONApril 2024November 2024Allow700NoNo
18642270System for Remote Guidance of Medical ProceduresApril 2024November 2024Allow711YesNo
18638070Methods and Apparatus for Transmitting Multimedia Files in a Data NetworkApril 2024March 2025Allow1110NoNo
18635932MOBILE PAYMENT AND PRODUCT SELECTION MODULES FOR VENDING MACHINESApril 2024March 2025Allow1120YesNo
18630832GUIDED REAL ESTATE SEARCH USING CONTEXTUAL REFINEMENTApril 2024May 2025Allow1310YesNo
18616113PRUNING FOR CONTENT SELECTIONMarch 2024November 2024Allow800YesNo
18609376SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING OF PROMOTIONS IN CONNECTION WITH DIGITAL PURCHASINGMarch 2024October 2024Allow700YesNo
18601608ELECTRONIC PROFILE AND DATA SECURITY ENFORCEMENT WITH USER DEVICE DATA AND METHODS OF USE THEREOFMarch 2024February 2025Allow1110NoNo
18598265Multi-Factor Authentication and Post-Authentication Processing SystemMarch 2024March 2025Allow1200NoNo
18597680DYNAMIC MULTI-PATH TRANSFERSMarch 2024August 2024Allow510YesNo
18583205SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATIONALIZING AUTOMATED FEATURE ENGINEERINGFebruary 2024September 2024Allow600YesNo
18438422AUTOMATED TRANSACTIONAL OFFERS USING A BROWSER EXTENSIONFebruary 2024November 2024Allow910NoNo
18422755METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR FORENSIC INVESTIGATIONS IN CONTRACT NETWORKSJanuary 2024April 2024Allow200NoNo
18397230Expandable Content Items for Presenting Additional ContentDecember 2023October 2024Allow1010NoNo
18397494CLOUD BASED VIEWING, TRANSFER AND STORAGE OF MEDICAL DATADecember 2023June 2025Abandon1810NoNo
18395599Walnut Healthcare Global System Creative Tools will reduce healthcare costs and simultaneously increase tacit knowledge in the healthcare workforce by using the six key approaches as described in the Description in the Art and Creative Environment.December 2023June 2025Abandon1820YesNo
18390803PREDICTING CUSTOMER LIFETIME VALUE WITH UNIFIED CUSTOMER DATADecember 2023September 2024Allow900YesNo
18543744SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR POOLING DISPARATE POINT CURRENCIESDecember 2023July 2024Allow700YesNo
18541845PERFORMING CONCEALED TRANSACTIONS USING A ZERO-KNOWLEDGE DATA MANAGEMENT NETWORKDecember 2023May 2024Allow500YesNo
18538387MANAGING HEALTHCARE SERVICESDecember 2023December 2024Allow1300NoNo
18536110LEARNING ABSTRACTIONS USING PATTERNS OF ACTIVATIONS OF A NEURAL NETWORK HIDDEN LAYERDecember 2023July 2024Allow710NoNo
18568107GROUND WORKING VEHICLE WITH ADJUSTABLE IMPLEMENTDecember 2023June 2025Allow1900YesNo
18521415SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR BLOCKCHAIN NETWORK TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT USING AUTOMATIC COIN SELECTIONNovember 2023March 2024Allow400NoNo
18514845METHOD AND USES OF DIAGNOSING AND RECOMMENDING TREATMENT FOR A PSYCHOTIC DISORDERNovember 2023March 2025Allow1600NoNo
18388625Voting APPNovember 2023September 2024Abandon1010NoNo
18385111Cryptocurrency Exchange Traded ProductOctober 2023December 2023Allow200NoNo
18494580THERAPEUTIC HUBOctober 2023June 2025Abandon2010NoNo
18489955DETECTION AND MITIGATION OF EFFECTS OF HIGH VELOCITY VALUE CHANGES BASED UPON MATCH EVENT OUTCOMESOctober 2023August 2024Allow1010NoNo
18487915ANONYMIZED TARGETED CONTENT DELIVERYOctober 2023October 2024Allow1210NoNo
18487990SECURE PAYMENT PROCESSINGOctober 2023May 2024Allow700NoNo
18379192USING EMBEDDED ELEMENTS FOR ONLINE CONTENT VERIFICATIONOctober 2023March 2025Allow1720NoNo
18483324METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SCORING QUALITY OF TRAFFIC TO NETWORK SITESOctober 2023December 2024Allow1410NoNo
18481594SENIOR LIVING ENGAGEMENT AND CARE SUPPORT PLATFORMSOctober 2023July 2024Allow900YesNo
18481772CONTEXTUALLY ESCALATED AUTHENTICATION BY SYSTEM DIRECTED CUSTOMIZATION OF USER SUPPLIED IMAGEOctober 2023July 2024Allow1000NoNo
18376497ONE LINE IN-CONTEXT USER INTERFACEOctober 2023July 2024Allow1000YesNo
18553419Improved Health Management Through Causal Relationship Based Feedback on Behavior and Health Metrics Captured by IOTSeptember 2023April 2025Allow1900YesNo
18477732SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING PREDICTIVE AFFINITY RELATIONSHIP INFORMATIONSeptember 2023September 2024Allow1210NoNo
18370524DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM AND METHODSeptember 2023April 2025Allow1910NoNo
18369634USER AND ENTITY AUTHENTICATION THROUGH AN INFORMATION STORAGE AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEMSeptember 2023April 2024Allow700NoNo
18110726Linking A Transaction Between A Merchant and A Viewer of A Broadcast Advertisement of the MerchantSeptember 2023July 2024Allow1700YesNo
18466570PRESERVATION OF SCORES OF THE QUALITY OF TRAFFIC TO NETWORK SITES ACROSS CLIENTS AND OVER TIMESeptember 2023November 2024Allow1510NoNo
18243739AUTOMATED TELLER MACHINE (ATM) INCLUDING AN APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACE (API)-EQUIPPED, EMBEDDED MOBILE COMPUTERSeptember 2023July 2024Allow1000YesNo
18463349Method and System for Exchange of Value or Tokens Between Blockchain NetworksSeptember 2023March 2024Allow600NoNo
18463031SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING RETAIL CLINIC CLAIMSSeptember 2023June 2024Allow1000YesNo
18240736User Authentication Based on Account Transaction Information in Text FieldAugust 2023June 2024Allow1010YesNo
18457698TECHNIQUES FOR ACTIVITY GOAL PERSONALIZATIONAugust 2023June 2025Allow2110YesNo
18239714PARTIAL POLICY EVALUATIONAugust 2023June 2024Allow900NoNo
18457094SECURE COUNTLESS PAYMENT METHOD AND DEVICE WITH MOVEMENT-ACTIVATED ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRYAugust 2023April 2024Allow800YesNo
18236742SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SECURELY SHARING PUBLIC BLOCKCHAIN ADDRESSESAugust 2023May 2024Allow920YesNo
18234928METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IMPROVED BLOCKCHAIN PERFORMANCE THROUGH AGGREGATIONAugust 2023March 2024Allow700YesNo
18232707MANAGING DIGITAL BLOCKCHAINS VIA DIGITAL TOKENS, SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUSAugust 2023June 2024Allow1020YesYes
18446961SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REAL-TIME ACCESS TO NETWORKED RADIOLOGY DATAAugust 2023November 2024Allow1510NoNo
18364465SYSTEMS, METHODS AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM FOR WIRELESS SOLICITATIONSAugust 2023May 2025Abandon2120YesNo
18229424Systems and Methods for Administering an Exchange Traded Product (ETP) That Operates Entirely in Cryptocurrency/BlockchainAugust 2023October 2023Allow200YesNo
18363454TRACKING ONLINE CONVERSIONS ATTRIBUTABLE TO OFFLINE EVENTSAugust 2023May 2024Allow1010YesNo
18228207ASSOCIATING DIGITAL ACTIVITIES WITH POSITIONS IN PHYSICAL RETAIL STORESJuly 2023July 2024Allow1210YesNo
18228272DISEASE MONITORING FROM INSURANCE CLAIMS DATAJuly 2023March 2025Abandon2020NoNo
18227596SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING PERSONALIZED ITEM DESCRIPTIONSJuly 2023August 2024Allow1210YesNo
18361664SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR QUANTIFICATION OF LATENT EFFECTS ON USER INTERACTIONS WITH AN ONLINE PRESENCE IN A DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER NETWORK RESULTING FROM CONTENT DISTRIBUTED THROUGH A DISTINCT CONTENT DELIVERY NETWORKJuly 2023July 2024Allow1210NoNo
18225719KEYPAD DULCET AUTHENTICATION CARDLESS PAYMENT TECHNOLOGYJuly 2023March 2024Allow700NoNo
18225684APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING CUSTOMIZED SERVICEJuly 2023June 2025Allow2320YesNo
18224212METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MEDIATED CROSS LEDGER STABLE COIN ATOMIC SWAPS USING HASHLOCKSJuly 2023May 2024Allow1010NoNo
18222600ZERO-KNOWLEDGE PROOF PAYMENTS USING BLOCKCHAINJuly 2023May 2024Allow1000NoNo
18222445Industry Gift Voucher with Fence Network: System and MethodJuly 2023February 2025Abandon1920YesYes
18219748METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR A FAILSAFE MECHANISM FOR BLOCKCHAIN WALLETSJuly 2023April 2024Allow910NoNo
18219383COMPUTING TECHNOLOGIES FOR LARGE LANGUAGE MODELSJuly 2023January 2024Allow610YesNo
18348540DISTRIBUTED RULES BASED HIERARCHICAL AUDITING SYSTEM FOR MANAGEMENT OF HEALTH CARE SERVICESJuly 2023June 2025Abandon2320YesNo
18219194DATA DISTRIBUTION METHOD, AUTHENTICATION SERVER, AND DATA STRUCTUREJuly 2023May 2024Allow1000NoNo
18219577BODY AREA NETWORK FACILITATED AUTHENTICATION OR PAYMENT AUTHORIZATIONJuly 2023May 2024Allow1100NoNo
18347049ACCESS CONTROL BYPASS ON MOBILE FOR MASS TRANSITJuly 2023June 2024Allow1120NoYes
18345630APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ESTIMATING PERSONALIZED PROBABILITY OF DRUG SIDE EFFECTSJune 2023April 2025Allow2210YesNo
18213315TAG-BASED SOCIAL INTERACTION COMPUTING SYSTEM AND METHODJune 2023May 2024Allow1100NoNo
18211378SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING USER DIGITAL ASSETS WHILE MAINTAINING SECURITY AND PRIVACYJune 2023November 2023Allow510NoNo
18207773SOURCE DISCOVERY USING AN INTELLIGENT DATA LAYERJune 2023February 2025Abandon2020NoNo
18331510TRUST-BASED APPLICATION TO APPLICATION CONNECTIVITYJune 2023January 2024Allow700NoNo
18329473Advertising Delivery Control SystemJune 2023May 2024Allow1210NoNo
18328648SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OPERATING A BRIDGE SERVER TO SUPPORT MULTIPLE SHARDS OF A BLOCKCHAINJune 2023September 2024Abandon1510NoNo
18204716RECURRING REMOTE MONITORING WITH REAL-TIME EXCHANGE TO ANALYZE HEALTH DATA AND GENERATE ACTION PLANSJune 2023January 2025Allow2000YesNo
18201870Systems and Methods for Authenticating Jewelry and/or GemstonesMay 2023June 2024Abandon1311NoNo
18253949SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING AN APPROPRIATE MOMENT FOR MODIFYING OR CHANGING AN INITIAL MYOPIA CONTROL SOLUTIONMay 2023June 2025Allow2510NoNo
18200014Interactive PREP Dispensers and Methods of Using Interactive PREP DispensersMay 2023May 2025Abandon2410NoNo
18200143METHOD AND SYSTEM TO DELEGATE ISSUANCE CAPABILITY TO A THIRD-PARTYMay 2023April 2024Allow1100NoNo
18321766METHODS FOR MONITORING DISTRIBUTED ENERGY STORAGE SAFETY AND INTERNET OF THINGS SYSTEMS THEREOFMay 2023August 2023Allow200NoNo
18319997ENABLING SECURE STORAGE AND SHARING OF FILES BETWEEN PRIVATE BLOCKCHAINSMay 2023March 2024Abandon1011NoNo
18320103PAYMENT SYSTEMMay 2023January 2024Allow800NoNo
18199101SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CRYPTOGRAPHIC TRANSACTIONSMay 2023April 2024Allow1100NoNo
18037510INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUMMay 2023April 2025Allow2310YesNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for art-unit 3685.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
761
Examiner Affirmed
504
(66.2%)
Examiner Reversed
257
(33.8%)
Reversal Percentile
56.9%
Higher than average

What This Means

With a 33.8% 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
1692
Allowed After Appeal Filing
456
(27.0%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
1236
(73.0%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
20.5%
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, 27.0% 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 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 3685 - Prosecution Statistics Summary

Executive Summary

Art Unit 3685 is part of Group 3680 in Technology Center 3600. This art unit has examined 10,590 patent applications in our dataset, with an overall allowance rate of 44.0%. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 45 months.

Comparative Analysis

Art Unit 3685's allowance rate of 44.0% places it in the 4% 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 3685 receive an average of 3.04 office actions before reaching final disposition (in the 100% percentile). The median prosecution time is 45 months (in the 2% 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.

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