USPTO Art Unit 3699 Prosecution Statistics

Art Unit Information

Art Unit: 3699
Group: 3690
Tech Center: 3600
Total Cases: 503
Last Active: September 2025

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
19328973METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR FORENSIC INVESTIGATIONS IN CONTRACT NETWORKSSeptember 2025March 2026Allow610YesNo
19312047SECURE IDENTIFIER INTEGRATIONAugust 2025March 2026Allow710NoNo
19312035SECURE IDENTIFIER INTEGRATIONAugust 2025March 2026Allow610NoNo
19249061METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR FORENSIC INVESTIGATIONS IN CONTRACT NETWORKSJune 2025August 2025Allow200NoNo
19235129HIERARCHICAL DIGITAL ISSUANCE TOKENS AND CLAIM TOKENSJune 2025November 2025Allow520NoNo
19201998SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AN AI-DRIVEN BLOCKCHAIN PROTOCOL COORDINATING INCENTIVIZED, RISK-AWARE AUTONOMOUS OPERATIONAL AGENTS FOR DYNAMIC RISK/RETURN MANAGEMENT OF TOKENIZED ASSETSMay 2025October 2025Allow510YesNo
19196953Hybrid Control of Digital Asset Private KeysMay 2025May 2025Allow100NoNo
19189844SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING CARD INTERACTIONSApril 2025June 2025Allow200NoNo
19086741DECENTRALIZED SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RESPONSE GENERATION TO API CALLSMarch 2025August 2025Allow510YesNo
19079026DECENTRALIZED SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RESPONSE GENERATION TO API CALLSMarch 2025March 2026Allow1200YesNo
19077043Intermediary Communications Over Non-Persistent Network ConnectionsMarch 2025September 2025Allow610NoNo
19072927Business Intelligence Socialization Platform and Methods of Using the SameMarch 2025August 2025Allow600YesNo
19040516TRANSACTION AND SETTLEMENT VALIDATION SERVICEJanuary 2025May 2025Allow401YesNo
19040549TRANSACTION AND SETTLEMENT VALIDATION SERVICEJanuary 2025July 2025Allow620YesNo
19028128SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CARD CONTROLJanuary 2025January 2026Allow1200YesNo
18994657Method, System, and Computer Program Product for Processing Transactions Using Electronic WalletsJanuary 2025September 2025Allow801NoNo
19019281Systems And Methods For Tool Activation And Display Cabinet LockingJanuary 2025April 2025Allow300NoNo
18999353ACCESS CONTROL INTERFACE FOR MANAGING ENTITIES AND PERMISSIONSDecember 2024March 2026Allow1500YesNo
18987351SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENCRYPTION AND DECRYPTION SERVICE FOR ELECTRONIC TRANSACTION MONITORING AND REPORTINGDecember 2024January 2026Allow1300YesNo
18978281ADMINISTRATIVE PRECOMPILESDecember 2024February 2025Allow300NoNo
18975430SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISTRIBUTED LEDGER-BASED IDENTITY MANAGEMENTDecember 2024January 2026Allow1300YesNo
18966285UTILIZING A CONTINGENT ASSET SECURE TOKENDecember 2024February 2026Allow1400NoNo
18966570ATOMIC PRIVATE TRANSACTION TRANSFERS IN DISTRIBUTED LEDGERDecember 2024May 2025Allow610YesNo
18960645BIOMETRIC-INTEGRATED COINNovember 2024January 2026Allow1400NoNo
18953851HYBRID CONTROL OF DIGITAL ASSET PRIVATE KEYSNovember 2024January 2025Allow200NoNo
18952394SECURE GENERATION OF ONE-TIME PASSCODES USING A CONTACTLESS CARDNovember 2024November 2025Allow1200NoNo
18947976METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DIGITAL REWARD PROCESSINGNovember 2024November 2025Allow1200NoNo
18946017CROSS-CHAIN TRANSACTION SIGNINGNovember 2024November 2025Allow1220YesNo
18945226PROTECTING TOKENIZED STRUCTURES USING A PROTECTION ARCHITECTURENovember 2024November 2025Allow1200YesNo
18945429SMART CARD SECURE ONLINE CHECKOUTNovember 2024December 2025Allow1320YesNo
18943183Stablecoin as a Medium of Exchange on a Blockchain-Based Transaction NetworkNovember 2024November 2025Allow1200NoNo
18942080SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING CARD INTERACTIONSNovember 2024December 2024Allow200NoNo
18936024METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR EVALUATING CONTRIBUTIONS TO CREATION OF ELEMENT OF PROTOTYPENovember 2024February 2026Allow1610YesNo
18929556SECURELY EMBEDDING MESSAGES IN TRANSACTION RECORDS IN BLOCKCHAIN SYSTEMSOctober 2024July 2025Allow910YesNo
18922024EMAIL BASED E-COMMERCE WITH QR CODE BARCODE, IMAGE RECOGNITION ALTERNATIVE PAYMENT METHOD AND BIOMETRICSOctober 2024March 2026Allow1610NoNo
18918735SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PEER-TO-PEER TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL ASSETSOctober 2024February 2026Allow1610NoNo
18901663DEVICE ACCOUNT ACTIVATIONSeptember 2024October 2025Allow1200YesNo
18894668ENHANCED CONSUMER DEVICE VALIDATIONSeptember 2024February 2026Allow1710YesNo
18893792TECHNIQUES FOR ALTERNATIVE DATA EXCHANGE MECHANISMS AT TERMINAL DEVICESSeptember 2024November 2025Allow1300NoNo
18891825METHOD FOR BLOCKCHAIN GAMING BASED ON A STATE CHANNELSeptember 2024April 2025Allow700NoNo
18888036Method And System For Performing Mobile Device-To-Machine PaymentsSeptember 2024March 2025Allow1010NoNo
18888102Intermediary Communications Over Non-Persistent Network ConnectionsSeptember 2024November 2024Allow200NoNo
18830424PROCESSING INTERRUPTED TRANSACTIONS OVER NON-PERSISTENT NETWORK CONNECTIONSSeptember 2024October 2025Allow1300NoNo
18829137HARDWARE SECURITY MODULE TO CONTROL A CLOUD DECENTRALIZED IDENTITY WALLETSeptember 2024July 2025Allow1030NoNo
18825431TAG-BASED SOCIAL INTERACTION COMPUTING SYSTEM AND METHODSeptember 2024October 2025Allow1300NoNo
18823395Selection of Validators in Decentralized Cryptographic NetworkSeptember 2024January 2026Allow1600YesNo
18823378MULTI-LAYER DIGITAL ASSET ARCHITECTURE FOR VIRTUAL AND MIXED REALITY ENVIRONMENTSSeptember 2024October 2025Allow1300NoNo
18816192TRANSACTION TYPESAugust 2024February 2026Abandon1710NoNo
18814911TOKEN MANAGEMENT SYSTEMAugust 2024January 2026Allow1610NoNo
18813436MINTING AND TRANSACTING TOKENIZED DIFFERENTIATED ENERGY ATTRIBUTES USING BLOCKCHAINAugust 2024May 2025Abandon920NoNo
18841081INTEGRATION PLATFORM USING HUB COMPUTERAugust 2024February 2026Allow1810YesNo
18840068SECURITY AUTHENTICATION METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR DIGITAL CURRENCY TRANSACTIONAugust 2024January 2026Allow1710NoNo
18806248MACHINE-LEARNING FUNCTION FOR OUTPUTTING CAMERA VIEWPOINTSAugust 2024February 2026Allow1800YesNo
18794389FRAUD PREVENTION VIA BENEFICIARY ACCOUNT VALIDATIONAugust 2024November 2025Allow1610NoNo
18793057ONE ACTION BASED PROCESSING OF A CONTINGENT ASSET SECURE TOKENAugust 2024July 2025Allow1200NoNo
18791948SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CRYPTOGRAPHIC TRANSACTIONSAugust 2024September 2025Allow1400NoNo
18783351METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING AND READING PAYMENT FILE AND NONTRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMJuly 2024July 2025Allow1131YesNo
18779264SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR BLOCKCHAIN NETWORK CONGESTION-ADAPTIVE DIGITAL ASSET EVENT HANDLINGJuly 2024August 2025Allow1310NoNo
18779357CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND MEDIA USING AN APPLICATION LEVEL FIREWALLJuly 2024September 2025Allow1400NoNo
18780068METHOD FOR VIRTUAL ASSET TRANSMISSIONJuly 2024January 2026Allow1810NoNo
18774951AUTOMATED KEY PAIR CREATION BY UNIFORM RESOURCE LOCATOR GENERATION AND EXECUTIONJuly 2024September 2025Allow1400NoNo
18764139AUDITABLE SYSTEM FOR EVENT TRACKINGJuly 2024September 2025Allow1400NoNo
18759975AUTOMATED SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR COPIOUS ELECTRONIC ASSET TRANSFERSJune 2024July 2025Allow1320YesNo
18757806MICRO-DATA TRANSFER USING A DUAL TRANSMISSION NETWORKJune 2024October 2025Allow1600YesNo
18756856TRANSACTION MESSAGINGJune 2024February 2026Allow2010NoNo
18756016DIGITAL CHECK DISBURSEMENT USING POINT OF SALE DEVICESJune 2024February 2026Allow2010YesNo
18753876BOOKING MANAGEMENT SYSTEMJune 2024October 2025Allow1610NoNo
18747420SECURE STORAGE AND/OR TRANSFER OF DISTRIBUTED LEDGER TOKEN THROUGH A POSSESSION TOKEN STORING A PRIVATE KEY CONTROLLING THE LEDGER TOKENJune 2024February 2025Allow800NoNo
18745490Data Storage and Management and Methods of ThereofJune 2024August 2025Allow1400NoNo
18743993METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR FORENSIC INVESTIGATIONS IN CONTRACT NETWORKSJune 2024April 2025Allow1000NoNo
18742184SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROXY CARD AND/OR WALLET REDEMPTION CARD TRANSACTIONSJune 2024May 2025Allow1210NoNo
18739706BLOCKCHAIN BASED ACCOUNT ACTIVATIONJune 2024January 2026Allow2010YesNo
18738429SECURITY KEY INPUT SYSTEM AND METHOD USING ONE-TIME KEYPADJune 2024October 2025Allow1610NoNo
18738381SECURITY KEY INPUT SYSTEM AND METHOD USING ONE-TIME KEYPADJune 2024August 2025Allow1420NoNo
18739230GAIN AND LOSS COMPUTATION FOR CRYPTOCURRENCY TRANSACTIONSJune 2024February 2026Abandon2110NoNo
18738387BANK-DRIVEN MODEL FOR PREVENTING DOUBLE SPENDING OF DIGITAL CURRENCY COEXISTING ON MULTIPLE DLT NETWORKSJune 2024November 2025Allow1710YesNo
18739165VIRTUALIZATION AND SECURE PROCESSING OF DATAJune 2024August 2025Allow1400NoNo
18735541DIGITAL ASSET VAULTJune 2024August 2025Allow1410YesNo
18680700MULTI-TOKEN PROVISIONING, ONLINE PURCHASE TRANSACTION PROCESSING, AND CARD LIFE CYCLE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODSMay 2024February 2026Allow2010YesNo
18680839FEDERATED CUSTODIANMay 2024March 2025Allow1010NoNo
18678975SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SINGLE PAGE BANNERMay 2024January 2026Allow2010YesNo
18678034PUNCH IN AND OUT SYSTEM WITH FUNCTION OF AUTOMATICALLY MEASURING CARBON FOOTPRINT FROM EMPLOYEE COMMUTESMay 2024January 2026Abandon2010NoNo
18678428SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATION AND USE OF A DISTRIBUTED PRIVATE KEY WITH A DISTRIBUTED LEDGER NETWORKMay 2024December 2025Allow1910YesNo
18675437COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING NFT UNIQUENESS ENSURING PROGRAM, NFT UNIQUENESS ENSURING METHOD, AND NFT UNIQUENESS ENSURING DEVICEMay 2024February 2026Abandon2110NoNo
18676195BLOCKCHAIN-IMPLEMENTED METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ACCESS CONTROL ON REMOTE INTERNET-ENABLED RESOURCESMay 2024January 2025Allow800NoNo
18670286SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR BLOCKCHAIN-BASED TRANSACTION BREAK PREVENTIONMay 2024May 2025Allow1210YesNo
18670355SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MULTI-ENTITY BLOCKCHAIN-BASED EVENT BREAK PREVENTIONMay 2024February 2026Allow2130YesNo
18670565METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR BLOCKCHAIN-IMPLEMENTED SCRIPT-BASED BYTE INTERPRETATIONMay 2024October 2025Allow1710NoNo
18667905MULTI-INPUT TRANSACTIONSMay 2024February 2026Allow2110NoNo
18665865SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ASSESSING A DIGITAL INTERACTION WITH A DIGITAL THIRD PARTY ACCOUNT SERVICEMay 2024October 2025Allow1710YesNo
18664842NFC ENHANCED AUGMENTED REALITY INFORMATION OVERLAYSMay 2024April 2025Allow1110NoNo
18662393TRUSTLESS PHYSICAL CRYPTOCURRENCYMay 2024December 2025Allow2020YesNo
18660962TRANSACTIONAL SHARDING OF BLOCKCHAIN TRANSACTIONSMay 2024October 2025Allow1700NoNo
18660442WEB-BASED CHECKOUT AND ALTERNATE LOGIN BASED ON SECURE IDENTIFIERS AND ALTERNATE LINK FORMATSMay 2024October 2025Abandon1720NoNo
18709031METHOD FOR EXTRACTING AND PARSING BITCOIN TRANSACTION AUTONOMY INFORMATIONMay 2024January 2026Allow2110YesNo
18661529DATA RESOURCE RESTRICTION AND ENFORCEMENT ENGINEMay 2024September 2025Allow1600NoNo
18657263Post-Provisioning Authentication ProtocolsMay 2024December 2025Allow2010NoNo
18655415RENEWAL OF BLOCKCHAIN ASSETS BASED ON OPTIMIZATION OF BLOCKCHAIN PROCESSINGMay 2024February 2026Abandon2110NoNo
18707540SYSTEMS FOR DISTRIBUTED ORDER PROCESSINGMay 2024February 2026Abandon2210NoNo
18654644ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING BLOCKCHAIN AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOFMay 2024December 2025Allow2010NoNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for art-unit 3699.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
35
Examiner Affirmed
22
(62.9%)
Examiner Reversed
13
(37.1%)
Reversal Percentile
70.7%
Higher than average

What This Means

With a 37.1% 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
76
Allowed After Appeal Filing
24
(31.6%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
52
(68.4%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
46.9%
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, 31.6% 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.

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 3699 - Prosecution Statistics Summary

Executive Summary

Art Unit 3699 is part of Group 3690 in Technology Center 3600. This art unit has examined 503 patent applications in our dataset, with an overall allowance rate of 69.4%. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 47 months.

Comparative Analysis

Art Unit 3699's allowance rate of 69.4% places it in the 31% percentile among all USPTO art units. This art unit has a below-average allowance rate compared to other art units.

Prosecution Patterns

Applications in Art Unit 3699 receive an average of 3.48 office actions before reaching final disposition (in the 100% percentile). The median prosecution time is 47 months (in the 4% 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.

No Guarantees: We do not provide any guarantees as to the accuracy, completeness, or timeliness of the statistics presented above. Patent prosecution statistics are derived from publicly available USPTO data and are subject to data quality limitations, processing errors, and changes in USPTO practices over time.

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Use at Your Own Risk: While we strive to provide accurate and useful prosecution statistics, you should independently verify any information that is material to your prosecution strategy and use your professional judgment in all patent prosecution matters.