Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19084274 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR SELECTIVE CONTACTLESS COMMUNICATION | March 2025 | June 2025 | Allow | 3 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18945423 | BLOCKCHAIN-BASED ASSET AUTHENTICATION METHODS AND SYSTEMS | November 2024 | December 2024 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18936836 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR SECURELY STORING AND PROVIDING PAYMENT INFORMATION | November 2024 | December 2024 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18922235 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR SELECTIVE CONTACTLESS COMMUNICATION | October 2024 | December 2024 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18892155 | Methods And Electronic Devices For Securely Storing And Providing Payment Information | September 2024 | November 2024 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18789222 | NEW METHOD FOR ENCRYPTING NFT'S USING DYNAMIC KEY EXCHANGE ON THE BLOCKCHAIN | July 2024 | January 2025 | Allow | 5 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18773655 | System, Method, and Computer Program Product for Predicting a Specified Geographic Area of a User | July 2024 | January 2025 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18732186 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RELIABLE OPINION POLLS | June 2024 | December 2024 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18731072 | PATENT LICENSING METHOD UTILIZING A DISTRIBUTED LEDGER INFRASTRUCTURE | May 2024 | April 2025 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18674431 | COMPUTERIZED NETWORK SYSTEM FOR INITIATING, FACILITATING, AUDITING, AND MANAGING COMMUNICATIONS AND DOCUMENTS INVOLVING PROFESSIONAL EXPERTISE | May 2024 | May 2025 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18673096 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR UNIFORM USAGE RIGHTS MANAGEMENT | May 2024 | November 2024 | Allow | 5 | 0 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18671158 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FRAUD DETECTION AND PREVENTION | May 2024 | February 2025 | Allow | 9 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18648183 | Database System Public Trust Ledger Multi-Owner Token Architecture | April 2024 | April 2025 | Allow | 12 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18637932 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VERIFYING USERS, IN CONNECTION WITH TRANSACTIONS USING PAYMENT DEVICES | April 2024 | February 2025 | Allow | 10 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18633587 | WEARABLE DEVICE FOR SECURE SIGNING OF BLOCKCHAIN TRANSACTIONS | April 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 12 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18609021 | CARD ISSUING WITH RESTRICTED VIRTUAL NUMBERS | March 2024 | January 2025 | Allow | 10 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18609545 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR COMMUNICATION BETWEEN BLOCKCHAINS ON HETEROGENEOUS BLOCKCHAIN NETWORKS | March 2024 | October 2024 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18608058 | CONTROL TOWER FOR PROSPECTIVE TRANSACTIONS | March 2024 | January 2025 | Allow | 10 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18582907 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HIERARCHICAL ORGANIZATION OF DATA WITHIN A NON-FUNGIBLE TOKENS OR CHAIN-BASED DECENTRALIZED SYSTEMS | February 2024 | April 2025 | Abandon | 13 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18438083 | SECURE MULTI-FACTOR TOKENIZATION-BASED PUSH/ RESPONSE COMMERCE PLATFORM | February 2024 | September 2024 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18436433 | ON-DEMAND SECURE DATA ENTRY FOR REPRESENTATIVE-ASSISTED TRANSACTIONS | February 2024 | May 2025 | Allow | 15 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18426061 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROCESSING PEER-TO-PEER FINANCIAL PRODUCT MARKUP LANGUAGE AGENCY NOTICES | January 2024 | December 2024 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18419078 | SAME SCREEN QUICK PAY BUTTON | January 2024 | May 2025 | Allow | 16 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18419307 | THEFT PREVENTION FOR SENSITIVE INFORMATION | January 2024 | April 2025 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18417878 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR BIOMETRIC TRANSACTION MANAGEMENT | January 2024 | April 2025 | Abandon | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18407210 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR SELECTIVE CONTACTLESS COMMUNICATION | January 2024 | June 2024 | Allow | 5 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 18405467 | ESTABLISHMENT OF A SECURE SESSION BETWEEN A CARD READER AND A MOBILE DEVICE | January 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 14 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18402114 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ENABLING TRACEABLE PRIVACY-MAINTAINING MULTI-HOP OFFLINE TRANSACTIONS IN DIGITAL CURRENCIES | January 2024 | June 2025 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18545852 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTACTLESS AND SECURE DATA TRANSFER | December 2023 | December 2024 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18535976 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DYNAMICALLY DETECTING AND PREVENTING CONSUMER FRAUD | December 2023 | November 2024 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18530519 | HYBRID IDENTITY AS A SERVICE FOR DECENTRALIZED BROWSER BASED WALLETS | December 2023 | September 2024 | Allow | 10 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18530137 | Blockchain Augmented Crypto Asset Valuation Apparatuses, Processes and Systems | December 2023 | July 2025 | Allow | 19 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18529161 | MULTILAYER SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SECURING A BLOCKCHAIN-BASED TOKEN USING RANDOM TEMPORAL WINDOWING | December 2023 | April 2025 | Allow | 16 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18529492 | APPLETS FOR CONTACTLESS CARD ACTIVATION | December 2023 | April 2025 | Allow | 17 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18528870 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER-ACCESSIBLE MEDIUM FOR GEO-FENCED ZONES | December 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 18 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18526932 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CREATING CRYPTOGRAPHIC ASSETS THAT DESCRIBE CONTENT-DISPLAY RIGHTS FOR THE HOLDER AND THE USE AND EXCHANGE THEREOF | December 2023 | October 2024 | Abandon | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18524866 | SERVER-SIDE CONTACTLESS CARD ACTIVATION | November 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 16 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18525068 | SUPPLY SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATING A SUPPLY SYSTEM | November 2023 | March 2025 | Abandon | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18515641 | DECENTRALIZED TRANSACTION SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATING DECENTRALIZED TRANSACTION SYSTEM | November 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 19 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18510112 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR THE DELIVERY OF CONTENT | November 2023 | March 2025 | Abandon | 16 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18507582 | Video Resolution Enforcement and Optimization in an Adaptive Bitrate Environment | November 2023 | July 2024 | Allow | 8 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18507885 | COMPUTER NETWORK SYSTEMS ADMINISTERING CRYPTOGRAPHICALLY-SECURED, TOKEN-BASED SUBSTITUTION MANAGEMENT AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF | November 2023 | December 2024 | Abandon | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18505511 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USING SECONDARY MARKET FOR PRIMARY CREATION AND REDEMPTION ACTIVITY IN SECURITIES | November 2023 | March 2024 | Allow | 4 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18502431 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTHENTICATING ELECTRONIC MONEY | November 2023 | October 2024 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18492542 | Blockchain Cross-Chain Non-Fungible Token Exchange | October 2023 | August 2024 | Allow | 10 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18287798 | CARD OWNERSHIP MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, CARD OWNERSHIP MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND PROGRAM | October 2023 | November 2024 | Abandon | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18490542 | ESTATE PLANNING AND BENEFICIARY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM INCLUDING DIGITAL ASSETS | October 2023 | October 2024 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18379918 | SECURED INTEGRATION OF THIRD-PARTY LOGIC IN ELECTRONIC TRANSACTION PROCESSING | October 2023 | February 2025 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18376870 | AUTOMATED TRANSACTION MACHINE WITH ASSOCIATED BEACON | October 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 20 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18376321 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FORECASTING DELIVERIES VIA BLOCKCHAIN SMART CONTRACTS | October 2023 | December 2024 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18373788 | ENABLING RELIABLE COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN COMPUTING INSTANCES | September 2023 | January 2025 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18475158 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERRING BOT ACCESS OF COMPUTER RESOURCE | September 2023 | January 2025 | Allow | 15 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18472373 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR BLOCKCHAIN-BASED PAYMENT TRANSACTIONS, ALERTS, AND DISPUTE SETTLEMENT, USING A BLOCKCHAIN INTERFACE SERVER | September 2023 | October 2024 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18471726 | MULTI-PARTY COMPUTATION IN A COMPUTER SHARDING ENVIRONMENT | September 2023 | April 2025 | Allow | 19 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18370730 | AUTOMATED APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACE (API) SYSTEM AND METHOD | September 2023 | December 2024 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18465155 | Systems, Methods and Apparatuses for Securely Storing and Providing Payment Information | September 2023 | August 2024 | Allow | 12 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18458826 | DEVICE, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR AUTHENTICATING OWNERSHIP OF MEDIA | August 2023 | April 2025 | Abandon | 19 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 18458543 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO PROVIDE SHARING OF BENEFITS AMONGST A GROUP OF USERS BASED ON GAINS FROM DISTRIBUTION RIGHTS PERTAINING TO DIGITAL ASSETS | August 2023 | March 2025 | Abandon | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18455819 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTION OF FRAUD ATTACKS USING MERCHANTS TO TEST PAYMENT ACCOUNTS | August 2023 | December 2024 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18236993 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TWO-CLICK VALIDATION | August 2023 | December 2024 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18232091 | Intelligent Method and Apparatus for Secure Payment Transaction Leveraging Environment Sensing Real-Time Smart Hash Chain Sensors | August 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 22 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18231519 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR CUSTOMIZATION AND UTILIZATION OF TARGET PROFILES | August 2023 | February 2024 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18362771 | THIRD-PARTY PROXIES FOR CRYPTO-BASED DCF | July 2023 | April 2025 | Allow | 20 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18224353 | METHOD, SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM FOR SECURED MULTI-LATERAL DATA EXCHANGE OVER A COMPUTER NETWORK | July 2023 | July 2025 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18353696 | PORTABLE DEVICE LOADING MECHANISM FOR ACCOUNT ACCESS | July 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 23 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18221744 | AUTOMATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AN ELECTRONIC LEDGER | July 2023 | February 2025 | Allow | 19 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18221741 | AUTOMATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AN ELECTRONIC LEDGER | July 2023 | July 2024 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18221325 | PARTITIONING A BLOCKCHAIN NETWORK | July 2023 | July 2024 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18220718 | Secure authentication based on physically unclonable functions | July 2023 | September 2024 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18215576 | METHODS FOR IMPROVING IDENTIFICATION THREAT PROTECTION AND DEVICES THEREOF | June 2023 | February 2024 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18213433 | ACCESSING AND UTILIZING MULTIPLE LOYALTY POINT ACCOUNTS | June 2023 | July 2024 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18212779 | Method, System, and Computer Program Product for Network Bound Proxy Re-Encryption and PIN Translation | June 2023 | November 2024 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18210753 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM FOR ROUTING DATA SERVICES OVER A DECENTRALIZED NETWORK | June 2023 | April 2025 | Allow | 22 | 2 | 0 | No | Yes |
| 18335769 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EXCHANGING ELECTRONIC TOKENS | June 2023 | September 2024 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18323810 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATION AND USE OF A DEVICE WALLET IDENTIFIER | May 2023 | June 2024 | Allow | 13 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18318169 | PROCESSING PURCHASE WITH AUTHORIZATION TOKEN | May 2023 | March 2025 | Abandon | 22 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18317565 | CRYPTOCURRENCY INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEM | May 2023 | September 2024 | Allow | 16 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18317575 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATED VALIDATION FOR PROPRIETARY SECURITY IMPLEMENTATIONS | May 2023 | October 2024 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18316134 | MEDICAL IMAGING, EFFICIENT SHARING AND SECURE HANDLING OF MEDICAL IMAGING INFORMATION | May 2023 | February 2025 | Allow | 21 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18035848 | AUTHENTICATION METHOD SECURED BY STRUCTURAL DECOUPLING OF PERSONAL AND SERVICE IDENTIFIERS | May 2023 | April 2025 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18144677 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COORDINATING PROCESSING OF INSTRUCTIONS ACROSS MULTIPLE COMPONENTS | May 2023 | May 2024 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18143042 | AUTOMATED FRAUDULENT DOCUMENT DETECTION | May 2023 | July 2024 | Allow | 15 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18142489 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FACILITATING TRANSFER OF ELECTRONIC PAYMENT INFORMATION | May 2023 | November 2024 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18310374 | MULTI-NETWORK TOKENIZATION PROCESSING | May 2023 | February 2025 | Allow | 22 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18310253 | MONEY HANDLING APPARATUS | May 2023 | July 2024 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18139501 | APPLICATION-BASED POINT OF SALE SYSTEM IN MOBILE OPERATING SYSTEMS | April 2023 | July 2024 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18305547 | ELECTRONIC FUNDS TRANSFERS BASED ON AUTOMATIC CRYPTOCURRENCY TRANSACTIONS | April 2023 | February 2025 | Allow | 22 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18135617 | COMPUTING SYSTEMS, NETWORKS, AND NOTIFICATIONS | April 2023 | February 2024 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18133244 | DISTRIBUTED ELECTRONIC LEDGER WITH METADATA | April 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 24 | 2 | 0 | Yes | Yes |
| 18131504 | APPARATUS AND METHODS TO DEFINE AND USE BEARER TOKENS AND CERTIFIED TOKENS AND APPLICATIONS USING BEARER TOKENS AND CERTIFIED TOKENS | April 2023 | September 2024 | Abandon | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18130471 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REGULATION OF BLOCKCHAIN TRANSACTIONS | April 2023 | October 2024 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18128897 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROCESSING PAYMENTS TO THIRD PARTIES FOR A BUSINESS PROVIDING A PRODUCT OR SERVICE | March 2023 | September 2023 | Allow | 6 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18128121 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USING SECONDARY MARKET FOR PRIMARY CREATION AND REDEMPTION ACTIVITY IN SECURITIES | March 2023 | August 2023 | Allow | 4 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18127826 | MOBILE CLOUD AND MOBILE CLOUD COMPUTING FOR A USER-CUSTOMIZED SURVEY OR ELECTION SERVICE SYSTEM AND METHOD | March 2023 | February 2025 | Abandon | 23 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18126478 | BLOCKCHAIN-BASED DIGITAL PAYMENTS PLATFORM | March 2023 | April 2025 | Abandon | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18125784 | System, Method, and Computer Program Product for Secured, Encrypted Transaction Processing | March 2023 | February 2025 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18122255 | GATED CONTROL FOR BLOCKCHAIN UNITS | March 2023 | September 2023 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18120908 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FACILITATING TRANSFERRING FUNDS | March 2023 | November 2023 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18182887 | SYSTEM FOR THIRD PARTY SELLERS IN ONLINE RETAIL ENVIRONMENT | March 2023 | December 2024 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18182528 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OBFUSCATING TRANSACTION INFORMATION | March 2023 | August 2024 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for art-unit 3697.
With a 26.4% 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.
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, 23.3% 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.
⚠ 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 3697 is part of Group 3690 in Technology Center 3600. This art unit has examined 3,027 patent applications in our dataset, with an overall allowance rate of 53.6%. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 38 months.
Art Unit 3697's allowance rate of 53.6% places it in the 9% percentile among all USPTO art units. This art unit has a significantly lower allowance rate than most art units at the USPTO.
Applications in Art Unit 3697 receive an average of 3.10 office actions before reaching final disposition (in the 100% percentile). The median prosecution time is 38 months (in the 13% percentile).
When prosecuting applications in this art unit, consider the following:
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