USPTO Art Unit 3688 Prosecution Statistics

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
19050537SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING MULTIPLE APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACES FOR A BROWSER TO MANAGE PAYMENTS FROM A PAYMENT SERVICEFebruary 2025April 2025Allow200YesNo
19038238System and Method for Recommending Resale Alternatives for Retail GoodsJanuary 2025April 2025Allow300NoNo
18975346MANAGEMENT SERVER FOR MANAGING DIGITAL CONTENT ITEMS SOLD IN CONTENT MARKETDecember 2024March 2025Allow310NoNo
18922163SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ORDER FULFILLMENTOctober 2024March 2025Allow511YesNo
18826491METHOD FOR PROVIDING SERVICE FOR GENERATING ROUTE BETWEEN REVIEW NFT USING SCM CODE AND VALUE-CHAINSeptember 2024March 2025Allow610YesNo
18823432DYNAMIC CONTEXTUAL GENERATION OF CREATIVE CONTENT FOR PRODUCT LISTINGSSeptember 2024March 2025Allow610NoNo
18807285CONTENT SERVER, CONTENT SELLING SYSTEM, AND PROGRAMAugust 2024February 2025Allow610YesNo
18797407GENERATIVE APPAREL RECOMMENDATIONS USING IMAGES OF A PERSONAugust 2024December 2024Allow510YesNo
18773445SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ON DEMAND AND LOCATION-BASED OFFERSJuly 2024April 2025Allow910NoNo
18771468REAL-TIME PROVISIONING OF TARGETED, ALTERNATIVE PRODUCT INFORMATION BASED ON STRUCTURED MESSAGING DATAJuly 2024June 2025Allow1110NoNo
18762422ADJUST ADS AUCTION USING PREDICTED USER RESPONSE TO AN IN-AD SURVEYJuly 2024January 2025Allow700YesNo
18755436METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRESENTING RECOMMENDATION DATA, COMPUTER DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUMJune 2024December 2024Allow610NoNo
18748853ON-LINE SESSION TRACE SYSTEMJune 2024May 2025Allow1110NoNo
18735807SALES PROMOTION USING PRODUCT COMPARISONJune 2024April 2025Allow1010YesNo
18732752VEHICLE LISTING GENERATION AND OPTIMIZATION SYSTEMJune 2024December 2024Allow600YesNo
18678259PERSONALIZED DELIVERY TIME ESTIMATE SYSTEMMay 2024April 2025Allow1010NoNo
18676471SYSTEM FOR VIRTUAL AGENTS TO HELP CUSTOMERS AND BUSINESSESMay 2024May 2025Allow1120YesNo
18672851EMBEDDED STOREFRONTMay 2024June 2025Allow1310NoNo
18673128DIGITAL CONTENT MATCHING SYSTEMMay 2024April 2025Allow1110NoNo
18672699METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FACILITATING META SEARCH PROXY BIDDINGMay 2024May 2025Allow1210NoNo
18671532INITIATING REQUESTS IN RESPONSE TO TRIGGERS ON CLIENTMay 2024December 2024Allow700YesNo
18667765METHOD, APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR GUIDING AND DISPLAYING A RELATED CONTENTMay 2024January 2025Allow810NoNo
18664978SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DYNAMIC LINK REDIRECTIONMay 2024October 2024Allow510NoNo
18657539ELECTRONIC LAYAWAYMay 2024December 2024Allow700YesNo
18654301METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR RECOMMENDING SUBSTITUTIONS MADE DURING ORDER FULFILLMENT PROCESSESMay 2024May 2025Allow1310YesNo
18652160INFORMATION DISPLAY METHOD AND APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUMMay 2024November 2024Allow610NoNo
18644053USE OF CAMERA METADATA FOR RECOMMENDATIONSApril 2024April 2025Allow1220YesNo
18639035METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MATCHING A TARGET COLOR WITH A PRODUCT COLORApril 2024February 2025Allow910NoNo
18637409SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REAL-TIME VIDEO BROADCASTING, AUTHENTICATION, AND ELECTRONIC TRANSACTION PROCESSING IN A DISTRIBUTED NETWORK EVENT SETTINGApril 2024January 2025Abandon910NoNo
18629873PROVIDING INFORMATION OF ASSETS FOR TRANSACTION TO A USER BASED ON THE USER PROFILEApril 2024October 2024Allow600YesNo
18624682QUESTION-ANSWER EXPANSIONApril 2024June 2025Abandon1410NoNo
18623135INTEGRATING A WALLET CLIENT WITH FEDERATED DIRECTORY SERVICESApril 2024March 2025Allow1210YesNo
18613415TEXT MESSAGING SERVICE BASED COMMERCE SYSTEMMarch 2024April 2025Allow1210NoNo
18602467ORDER MANAGEMENT SERVER, ORDER MANAGEMENT PROGRAM, ORDER MANAGEMENT METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING SERVER, INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHODMarch 2024September 2024Allow610NoNo
18600399Flexible and Integrated Electronic Processing of Different Invoice CategoriesMarch 2024February 2025Allow1210YesNo
18598538GENERATING AUGMENTED REALITY CONTENT BASED ON USER-SELECTED PRODUCT DATAMarch 2024April 2025Allow1320NoNo
18597730METHOD OF CUSTOM TAILORING APPAREL AT SCALEMarch 2024March 2025Abandon1310NoNo
18595048Alternative Item Booster ServiceMarch 2024March 2025Allow1310NoNo
18592618SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING AN IMPROVED PAYMENT PROCESS OVER A WIRELESS LINKMarch 2024July 2024Allow410YesNo
18591933INTELLIGENT DELIVERY AND ACQUISITION OF DIGITAL ASSETSFebruary 2024October 2024Allow700YesNo
18589144SMART SHOPPING AND INFORMATION COLLECTION BY NATURAL GESTURE USING UWBFebruary 2024February 2025Allow1220YesNo
18442466METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT, AND SYSTEM FOR TRAINING A MACHINE LEARNING MODEL TO GENERATE USER EMBEDDINGS AND RECIPE EMBEDDINGS IN A COMMON LATENT SPACE FOR RECOMMENDING ONE OR MORE RECIPES TO A USERFebruary 2024March 2025Allow1310YesNo
18441731Search with Machine-Learned Model-Generated QueriesFebruary 2024March 2025Allow1310YesNo
18438997System, Method, and Computer-Readable Medium for Displaying Layout-Based Instructions Using Augmented RealityFebruary 2024September 2024Allow700YesNo
18434952CROWDSOURCING INCENTIVE BASED ON SHELF LOCATIONFebruary 2024May 2025Allow1520NoNo
18435437ITEM LEVEL DATA DETERMINATION DEVICE, METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIAFebruary 2024July 2025Allow1720YesNo
18435765CUSTOMS DUTY & TAX ESTIMATION ACCORDING TO INDICATED RISK TOLERANCEFebruary 2024March 2025Allow1320YesNo
18430411METHOD FOR PRODUCTION AND SERVICE OF A REARRANGEABLE MATTRESSFebruary 2024January 2025Allow1210YesNo
18425464ITEM RECOMMENDATIONS WEIGHTED BY USER-VALUED FEATURESJanuary 2024February 2025Allow1310YesNo
18425891TECHNIQUES TO FACILITATE ONLINE COMMERCE BY LEVERAGING USER ACTIVITYJanuary 2024April 2025Allow1520YesNo
18423806SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RECEIVING DATA AT A MERCHANT DEVICE FROM A USER DEVICE OVER A WIRELESS LINKJanuary 2024June 2024Allow510YesNo
18421653IDENTIFICATION OF PHYSICAL PRODUCTS FOR AUGMENTED REALITY EXPERIENCES IN A MESSAGING SYSTEMJanuary 2024June 2025Allow1720YesNo
18420362PRODUCT RECOMMENDATIONS BASED ON CHARACTERISTICS FROM END USER-GENERATED TEXTJanuary 2024August 2024Allow700NoNo
18420755SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CALLING PARTY AUTHENTICATIONJanuary 2024August 2024Allow700NoNo
18419156Systems and Method for Automated Purchase and Receipt of Consumer Motor Fuels for Periods in the FutureJanuary 2024February 2025Allow1300YesNo
18415715MAP INFORMATION ACQUISITION METHOD, MAP ACQUISITION APPARATUS AND STORAGE MEDIUMJanuary 2024January 2025Allow1210NoNo
18412273SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COUPLING A USER COMPUTING DEVICE AND A POINT OF SALE DEVICEJanuary 2024March 2025Allow1410NoNo
18406966SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATED PREPARATION OF QUOTES AND PROPOSALSJanuary 2024August 2024Allow700NoNo
18404503METHOD, SYSTEM, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM OF DISTRIBUTED TRANSACTION PROCESSINGJanuary 2024March 2025Allow1410YesNo
18402377GUARANTEED OFFER GENERATORJanuary 2024March 2025Abandon1510NoNo
18401674SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FASHION RECOMMENDATIONSJanuary 2024July 2024Allow610YesNo
18398774Virtual Facility PlatformDecember 2023November 2024Allow1010YesNo
18392918APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR BUILDING A SHOPPING LIST WITH A SENSOR UNITDecember 2023January 2025Abandon1310NoNo
18389922SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SCRIPTED CONTENT DELIVERYDecember 2023March 2025Allow1501NoNo
18391437MERCHANT CONTENT BASED ON USER INTERFACE PREFERENCESDecember 2023November 2024Allow1100NoNo
18391483SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING A PRODUCT EXCHANGEDecember 2023April 2025Allow1610NoNo
18543385SUBSTITUTIONS OF REMOTELY-ORDERED GROCERY ITEMSDecember 2023January 2025Allow1310YesNo
18543404ALERTS FOR REMOTELY-ORDERED GROCERY ITEMSDecember 2023January 2025Allow1310YesNo
18541862SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROOF OF APPLICATION OWNERSHIPDecember 2023December 2024Allow1200NoNo
18539687IDENTIFYING OBJECT OF INTEREST FOR HANDICAPPED INDIVIDUALS BASED ON EYE MOVEMENT PATTERNSDecember 2023August 2024Allow800NoNo
18536473SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SERVER LOAD BALANCING BASED ON CORRELATED EVENTSDecember 2023July 2024Allow700NoNo
18535185SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING PRICE BANDS AND USER PRICE AFFINITY PREDICTIONS USING MACHINE LEARNING ARCHITECTURES AND TECHNIQUESDecember 2023May 2025Allow1720YesNo
18528744Machine Learning Model for Click Through Rate Predication Using Three Vector RepresentationsDecember 2023June 2025Allow1810NoNo
18528205SEARCH RESULT RANKING ACCORDING TO INVENTORY INFORMATIONDecember 2023June 2024Allow700NoNo
18527188EVENT-BASED AUTOMATIC TRANSACTION SYSTEMDecember 2023December 2024Allow1210NoNo
18519920BACK END SERVER MODIFICATION AND MODEL VISUALIZATIONNovember 2023November 2024Allow1100NoNo
18518073AUTOMATIC ORDERING METHODNovember 2023August 2024Allow900YesNo
18515052Detecting and Identifying Misplaced Items Using a Sensor ArrayNovember 2023September 2024Allow1010NoNo
18389516SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING SHOPPING FACILITIES AVAILABLE FOR ORDER PICK UPNovember 2023June 2025Allow1920YesNo
18507067RECYCLED AUTO PART REAL TIME AVAILABILITY VERIFICATIONNovember 2023September 2024Allow1010NoNo
18507033USER INTERACTION IN A RETAIL ENVIRONMENTNovember 2023February 2025Abandon1510NoNo
18387361SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING A VISUAL REPRESENTATION SHOWING ORDER AVAILABILITY AT SHOPPING FACILITIESNovember 2023September 2024Allow1000NoNo
18502356FACILITATING ONLINE TRANSACTIONSNovember 2023November 2024Allow1210NoNo
18501072Recommendations Based Upon Explicit User SimilarityNovember 2023December 2024Allow1430NoNo
18385089SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING PRICE BANDS AND USER PRICE AFFINITY PREDICTIONS USING MACHINE LEARNING ARCHITECTURES AND TECHNIQUESOctober 2023March 2025Allow1620YesNo
18495636VIRTUAL SALESPERSON SYSTEM AND METHODOctober 2023October 2024Allow1110NoNo
18492679SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A KIOSK IN THE MOBILE OSOctober 2023September 2024Allow1110NoNo
18382221MERCHANT-CUSTOMER ENGAGEMENT SYSTEMOctober 2023October 2024Allow1210NoNo
18380794COMMUNICATIONS PROTOCOL METHODOctober 2023November 2024Allow1310YesNo
18488938ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE MODELING TO PREDICT ELECTRONIC ACCOUNT DATAOctober 2023January 2025Allow1520NoNo
18380792SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MAKING CONTENT-BASED RECOMMENDATIONS USING A USER PROFILE LIKELIHOOD MODELOctober 2023January 2025Allow1510YesNo
18487477SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CUSTOMIZING ELECTRONIC MARKETPLACE APPLICATIONSOctober 2023September 2024Allow1110YesNo
18487296MANAGING TRANSACTION STATE DATAOctober 2023August 2024Allow1010YesNo
18486923SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING RECOMMENDATIONS USING A CORPUS OF DATAOctober 2023December 2024Allow1510NoNo
18482390METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SYNCHRONIZATION IN A CLOUD MARKETPLACEOctober 2023September 2024Allow1210NoNo
18376585CLOUD-BASED DESKTOP AND SUBSCRIPTION APPLICATION PLATFORM APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMSOctober 2023December 2024Abandon1510NoNo
18480076SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTEGRATED RETAIL AND ECOMMERCE SHOPPING PLATFORMSOctober 2023November 2024Allow1410NoNo
18479722SCHEDULING OF ORDER PROCESSING FOR REMOTELY ORDERED GOODSOctober 2023March 2025Allow1720NoNo
18478268Merchant Selection Model for Dynamic Management of Add-Ons for Delivery Service OrdersSeptember 2023December 2024Allow1420YesNo
18478030METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ANONYMIZING AND PROVIDING ACCESS TO TRANSACTION DATASeptember 2023January 2025Allow1620YesNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for art-unit 3688.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
491
Examiner Affirmed
364
(74.1%)
Examiner Reversed
127
(25.9%)
Reversal Percentile
16.9%
Lower than average

What This Means

With a 25.9% 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
1016
Allowed After Appeal Filing
244
(24.0%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
772
(76.0%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
13.9%
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, 24.0% 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 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 3688 - Prosecution Statistics Summary

Executive Summary

Art Unit 3688 is part of Group 3680 in Technology Center 3600. This art unit has examined 7,609 patent applications in our dataset, with an overall allowance rate of 44.9%. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 40 months.

Comparative Analysis

Art Unit 3688's allowance rate of 44.9% 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 3688 receive an average of 2.73 office actions before reaching final disposition (in the 96% percentile). The median prosecution time is 40 months (in the 7% 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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