USPTO Art Unit 3722 Prosecution Statistics

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
19054928VIBRATION-DAMPING HYDRAULIC TOOL HOLDER BASED ON MULTI-CAVITY STRUCTUREFebruary 2025April 2025Allow200NoNo
18837406CHUCK WITH LOCK SLEEVEAugust 2024January 2025Allow600YesNo
18783817HOLE SAWJuly 2024June 2025Allow1021NoNo
18764710CUTTING INSERT, INDEXABLE ROTARY CUTTING TOOL, AND BODY OF THE SAMEJuly 2024May 2025Allow1110NoNo
18671891DETECTING WAFER STATUS IN A WAFER CHUCK ASSEMBLYMay 2024May 2025Allow1210NoNo
18613286COLLET AND ASSEMBLY FOR MOUNTING A WORKPIECE TO A MILLING MACHINEMarch 2024March 2025Allow1211NoNo
18606157HOLE SAWMarch 2024June 2025Allow1511NoNo
18582330VARIABLE HELICAL COMPOSITE TAPFebruary 2024December 2024Abandon1010NoNo
18444296THREAD-CUTTING DIE HEAD FOR POWERED PIPE THREADERFebruary 2024January 2025Allow1101NoNo
18683607CHUCK WITH LOCKING SLEEVEFebruary 2024October 2024Allow810NoNo
18412400ATTACHMENT APPARATUS FOR LASER ENGRAVINGJanuary 2024November 2024Allow1021YesNo
18406691PIN DRIVE ROTARY SURGICAL CUTTING TOOLS AND POWERED HANDPIECESJanuary 2024June 2025Allow1711NoNo
18402270MILLING ADAPTER FOR A WORK TABLEJanuary 2024June 2025Allow1811NoNo
18400062VARIABLE RADIUS GASHDecember 2023May 2025Abandon1601NoNo
18395622SELECTIVE FIELD-ASSISTED MACHINING SYSTEMDecember 2023October 2024Allow1020YesNo
18391429TWIST DRILLDecember 2023February 2025Allow1410YesNo
18542869Efficient brake disc processing deviceDecember 2023April 2024Allow400YesNo
18540340MULTI-GROOVE PAGODA DRILL BITDecember 2023January 2025Abandon1320NoNo
18538362Tube Deburring Apparatus and Methods of UseDecember 2023June 2024Allow611YesNo
18567079COUPLING ARRANGEMENT FOR TOOL, AND TOOL COMPRISING COUPLING ARRANGEMENTDecember 2023January 2025Allow1311NoNo
18565213Cutting InsertNovember 2023June 2025Allow1821NoNo
18501800Hole Saw with Hex Sidewall HolesNovember 2023April 2025Allow1811NoNo
18385780POCKET HOLE DRILL GUIDE WITH ANGLED HOLESOctober 2023February 2025Allow1620NoNo
18489105SHAPER CUTTER HEADS AND ROUTER BITS WITH INDEXING FEATUREOctober 2023December 2023Allow200NoNo
18489111SHAPER CUTTER HEADS AND ROUTER BITS WITH INDEXING FEATUREOctober 2023April 2024Allow611YesNo
18488455Method for Producing Back-Tapers on Teeth of a Gearing of a Workpiece in the Form of a GearwheelOctober 2023December 2024Allow1400NoNo
18468839DEBRIS EJECTION TECHNIQUES FOR DRILLING TOOLSSeptember 2023September 2024Allow1211YesNo
18452619POSITION FEEDBACK CONTROL METHOD AND POWER TOOLAugust 2023March 2024Allow700NoNo
18452122CUTTER HOLDER ASSEMBLY CAPABLE OF REDUCING LONGITUDINAL ASSEMBLING GAP BETWEEN CUTTER AND COLLETAugust 2023April 2025Allow2000YesNo
18365579APPARATUS, SYSTEMS, & METHODS FOR ENGINE DOWEL INSTALLATIONAugust 2023February 2025Allow1911NoNo
18364573TOOL DRIVING DEVICE AND METHOD OF PRODUCING DRILLED PRODUCTAugust 2023October 2024Allow1510NoNo
18225917RATCHETING ANTI-LOCK CHUCK GUARD FOR LATHEJuly 2023November 2023Allow301NoNo
18223715TOOL AND CUTTING INSERT FOR INTERNAL COOLING, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THEREOFJuly 2023January 2025Abandon1811NoNo
18354562HOLE SAWJuly 2023February 2025Allow1911YesNo
18223402RING-SAW ASSEMBLIES AND PROCESSESJuly 2023October 2024Allow1511NoNo
18272099CUTTING TOOLJuly 2023May 2024Allow1021YesNo
18338983SHANK AND CUTTING TOOL HAVING THE SHANKJune 2023May 2025Allow2310NoNo
18319849METHOD AND APPARTUS FOR RETAINING A TOOL IN A TOOL HOLDER WITH DEFINED CONTACT SURFACESMay 2023December 2024Abandon1901NoNo
18195396Method for Automated Positioning of a Blank in a Processing MachineMay 2023November 2023Allow600YesNo
18143039Cutter AssemblyMay 2023January 2024Allow910NoNo
18310669RAIL MILLING VEHICLEMay 2023June 2025Allow2530YesNo
18251456CUTTING INSERT AND CUTTING TOOL HAVING SAME MOUNTED THEREONMay 2023March 2025Allow2200NoNo
18139839STEP DRILL BIT AND METHOD FOR DRILLING A WORKPIECE BY USING A STEP DRILL BITApril 2023March 2024Allow1111YesNo
18139191ADJUSTABLE DRILL JIG SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USEApril 2023February 2025Allow2140YesNo
18133586TOOLING ASSEMBLIES FOR LATHE MACHINES, CNC THREADING LATHES, AND METHODS OF MILLING THREADS IN TUBULAR WORKPIECESApril 2023May 2025Allow2521NoNo
18132621DUST COLLECTOR FOR POWER TOOLApril 2023July 2024Allow1520NoNo
18295695GUIDE PAD AND GUN DRILL HAVING GUIDE PADApril 2023June 2025Allow2610NoNo
18295102BOTTOMING TAP AND CHASER AND METHOD OF USEApril 2023September 2024Allow1811NoNo
18029394CUTTING TOOLMarch 2023August 2023Allow400NoNo
18126463METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CUTTING STAGGERED POCKETSMarch 2023June 2024Allow1521YesNo
18124345HOLE SAW WITH EJECTORMarch 2023January 2024Abandon1010NoNo
18124191Drill and method for producing a drillMarch 2023April 2024Allow1301NoNo
18026148CUTTING TOOLMarch 2023July 2023Allow400NoNo
18182081QUICK CHANGE TOOL BLOCK ADAPTER, SYSTEMS, AND METHODSMarch 2023May 2025Allow2611NoNo
18118332MACHINE TOOLMarch 2023October 2023Allow810NoNo
18175776Railroad Track Rail DrillFebruary 2023May 2025Allow2610NoNo
18175179TOOL DEVICEFebruary 2023April 2025Abandon2601NoNo
18112333MILLING INSERT AND A SIDE AND FACE MILLING TOOLFebruary 2023October 2023Allow810NoNo
18021148Tools and Methods for Refacing Tubular Ends Forming a Threaded ConnectionFebruary 2023April 2024Allow1400NoNo
18106160ROTARY CUTTING TOOL WITH TUNABLE VIBRATION ABSORBER ASSEMBLY FOR SUPPRESSING TORSIONAL VIBRATIONFebruary 2023October 2024Allow2110NoNo
18160331INDEXABLE PARTING BLADE WITH CIRCUITOUS COOLANT CHANNELSJanuary 2023January 2024Allow1210NoNo
18160761SYSTEM FOR REPROFILING A WHEEL SET OF A RAILWAY VEHICLEJanuary 2023August 2023Allow710NoNo
18100832ANVIL WITH CURVED PASSAGE FOR CUTTING TOOLJanuary 2023October 2023Allow911NoNo
18095119TWIST DRILLJanuary 2023August 2023Allow810NoNo
18152199Tool HolderJanuary 2023December 2023Allow1110NoNo
18093821HIGH-SPEED MACHINING TOOL MADE OF STEEL-BONDED CARBIDE AND METHOD FOR PREPARING THE SAMEJanuary 2023September 2023Allow801NoNo
18149796MACHINE TOOL HANDJanuary 2023September 2023Allow910YesNo
18146018Hole-Saw with Brazed or Welded EndcapDecember 2022February 2024Allow1411NoNo
18084200SUPPORT ASSEMBLY FOR A CORE DRILLDecember 2022September 2024Abandon2101NoNo
18011441CUTTING TOOLDecember 2022August 2024Allow2031YesNo
18083009MACHINE CHUCK JAWS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTUREDecember 2022April 2024Allow1611NoNo
18010226CUTTING INSERT AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING CUTTING INSERTDecember 2022June 2025Allow3001NoNo
18065305HOLE SAWDecember 2022November 2024Allow2331YesYes
18000290CUTTING INSERT, CUTTING TOOL, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING MACHINED PRODUCTNovember 2022March 2025Allow2810NoNo
17928432MILLING TOOL, USE THEREOF AND MILLING PROCESSNovember 2022February 2025Allow2700NoNo
17928390FASTENING STRUCTURE OF ULTRASONIC RESONATOR AND ULTRASONIC MACHINING DEVICENovember 2022April 2023Allow400NoNo
17927900CUTTING INSERTNovember 2022April 2025Allow2800NoNo
17998671CUTTING INSERT, CUTTING TOOL, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING MACHINED PRODUCTNovember 2022May 2025Allow3010NoNo
17925040MACHINE TOOL SYSTEMNovember 2022April 2025Allow2900YesNo
17924733PROCESSING MACHINE AND SLIDE MECHANISMNovember 2022May 2025Allow3000YesNo
18052141Helical Tunneling and Fixation DeviceNovember 2022February 2024Allow1510NoNo
17974765CROSS-SCALE STRUCTURE FEATURE SURFACE MACHINING METHOD BASED ON MULTI-COMPONENT COLLABORATIVE VIBRATIONOctober 2022May 2025Allow3100YesNo
17972731METHOD AND APPARTUS FOR RETAINING A TOOL IN A TOOL HOLDER WITH DEFINED CONTACT SURFACESOctober 2022December 2023Abandon1421NoNo
18048880SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DAMPING MACHINE-INDUCED VIBRATIONS IN A WORKPIECEOctober 2022December 2023Allow1411YesNo
17969887MINI POCKET HOLE JIG SYSTEMOctober 2022March 2024Allow1720NoNo
17968856CARBIDE/NITRIDE COATED CUTTING INSERTOctober 2022January 2023Allow300NoNo
17968842MACHINING PROCESS WITH MINIMIZED BURR FORMATIONOctober 2022January 2023Allow300NoNo
17968854CUTTING TOOL WITH DETACHABLY MOUNTED CUTTING INSERTOctober 2022January 2023Allow300NoNo
17968228CUTTING TOOL WITH THROUGH COOLANTOctober 2022November 2024Abandon2531NoNo
17968548ATTACHMENT MECHANISM FOR A POWER TOOLOctober 2022June 2024Allow2020NoNo
17606781ELEMENT CHANGEROctober 2022June 2025Allow4410NoNo
17918632MACHINE TOOLOctober 2022May 2025Abandon3110NoNo
18045715HANDLE SYSTEM WITH STORAGE FOR WOODWORKING TOOLSOctober 2022June 2025Allow3210YesNo
17961779PULLING DEVICE FOR A CLAMPING DEVICE AND CLAMPING DEVICE EQUIPPED THEREWITHOctober 2022March 2025Abandon2900NoNo
17938522DENTAL MILLING MACHINE FOR THE PRODUCTION OF A DENTAL OBJECTOctober 2022March 2025Abandon2922YesNo
17958964CHAMFER-CUTTING TOOLSOctober 2022March 2025Allow3001YesNo
17958791TOOLING ASSEMBLY WITH INTERNAL COOLANT PASSAGES FOR MACHINESOctober 2022March 2024Allow1711YesNo
17915709ROTARY CUTTING TOOL WITH CONTINUOUS MAJOR FLUTES AND DISCONTINUOUS MINOR FLUTES INTERSECTING TO FORM QUADRILATERAL-SHAPED FACE PORTIONSSeptember 2022November 2024Allow2500NoNo
17775825TIP DRESSERSeptember 2022June 2025Allow3710NoNo
17913859CUTTING TOOLSeptember 2022May 2025Allow3110YesNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for art-unit 3722.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
77
Examiner Affirmed
51
(66.2%)
Examiner Reversed
26
(33.8%)
Reversal Percentile
56.7%
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
315
Allowed After Appeal Filing
101
(32.1%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
214
(67.9%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
46.3%
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, 32.1% 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 3722 - Prosecution Statistics Summary

Executive Summary

Art Unit 3722 is part of Group 3720 in Technology Center 3700. This art unit has examined 11,022 patent applications in our dataset, with an overall allowance rate of 76.8%. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 27 months.

Comparative Analysis

Art Unit 3722's allowance rate of 76.8% places it in the 47% 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 3722 receive an average of 1.48 office actions before reaching final disposition (in the 23% percentile). The median prosecution time is 27 months (in the 65% 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 fewer office actions than average, plan for relatively streamlined prosecution.
  • The median prosecution time is shorter 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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