USPTO Art Unit 3729 Prosecution Statistics

Art Unit Information

Art Unit: 3729
Group: 3720
Tech Center: 3700
Total Cases: 16,509
Last Active: January 2025

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
19017865HYBRID FILTER ON CHIP WITH INTEGRATED PASSIVE DEVICE (IPD) AND FILM BULK ACOUSTIC RESONATOR (FBAR)January 2025June 2025Allow501YesNo
18974712MOTOR FRAME APPLIED TO OPTICAL INSTRUMENT ACTUATORDecember 2024April 2025Allow400NoNo
18862784AN ELECTRIC GENERATOR PHASE RING HANDLING TOOL, A SYSTEM FOR SERVICING OR INSTALLING ONE OR MORE PHASE RINGS IN AN ELECTRIC GENERATOR COMPRISING SAID HANDLING TOOL AND A METHOD FOR SERVICING OR INSTALLING ONE OR MORE PHASE RINGS IN AN ELECTRIC GENERATOR WITH SAID SYSTEMNovember 2024June 2025Allow700YesNo
18908224Method for Manufacturing a Dry ElectrodeOctober 2024February 2025Allow411NoNo
18891781SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PATTERNING VALVE METALSSeptember 2024November 2024Allow200YesNo
18885139POTTING METHOD OF CORELESS MOTOR, POTTING TOOLING THEREOF AND CORELESS MOTORSeptember 2024January 2025Allow401NoNo
18810420METHOD FOR RESIDUAL LIMBS OF AMPUTEESAugust 2024February 2025Allow602NoNo
18799063ELECTRODE LOSS MEASURING APPARATUSAugust 2024February 2025Allow711NoNo
18777429Hand-Manipulated Tool for Assembling Solar Electrical ConnectorsJuly 2024March 2025Allow820YesNo
18777107SECONDARY TRIMMING DEVICE FOR PHOTOVOLTAIC ASSEMBLYJuly 2024April 2025Allow901NoNo
18759178METHODS RELATED TO GRADIENT RAISED FRAMES IN FILM BULK ACOUSTIC RESONATORSJune 2024February 2025Allow700NoNo
18748572Systems for Manufacturing a Dry ElectrodeJune 2024October 2024Allow421NoNo
18718554Method for Assembling and/or Disassembling Alkaline Electrolyzer Units of a Hydrogen Producing PlantJune 2024April 2025Allow1011YesNo
18731472SYSTEMS FOR MANUFACTURING A DRY ELECTRODEJune 2024September 2024Allow410YesNo
18679969Crimping pliersMay 2024December 2024Allow610NoNo
18667676METHOD FOR PRODUCING MAGNETIC DEVICEMay 2024May 2025Allow1211NoNo
18644888WINDING TOOL FOR STATOR WINDING SYSTEMApril 2024January 2025Allow900NoNo
18624158METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING AN ELECTRONIC DEVICEApril 2024December 2024Allow900NoNo
18620924CELL WINDING CALIBRATION METHOD, APPARATUS, AND DEVICE, AND CELL WINDING SYSTEMMarch 2024July 2024Allow300NoNo
18617675PROBE SHEET WITH CONTACT TIP ON STACKED MULTI-LAYER AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAMEMarch 2024July 2024Allow400NoNo
18616828SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PATTERNING VALVE METALSMarch 2024September 2024Allow610YesNo
18695344ASSEMBLY APPARATUSMarch 2024December 2024Allow810NoNo
18604057METHOD FOR PRODUCING A CARRIER ARRANGEMENTMarch 2024November 2024Allow800NoNo
18598586METHOD FOR REMOVAL OF MICROSCOPIC CONTAMINANT PARTICULATES FROM SUPERCONDUCTING RADIO FREQUENCY CAVITIES AND CAVITY STRINGSMarch 2024May 2025Abandon1410YesNo
18595910FLEXIBLE INTERCONNECT CIRCUITS FOR BATTERY PACKSMarch 2024April 2025Abandon1310NoNo
18591145WORK SYSTEM AND FEEDER CARRIAGE TRANSFER METHODFebruary 2024June 2025Allow1620YesNo
18591110WORK SYSTEM AND FEEDER CARRIAGE TRANSFER METHODFebruary 2024September 2024Allow700NoNo
18436148APPARATUS FOR FABRICATING LAMINATED COREFebruary 2024September 2024Allow801NoNo
18427894CONDUCTIVE FILM AND DISPLAY DEVICEJanuary 2024January 2025Allow1210NoNo
18428417ELECTRICIAN PLIERSJanuary 2024August 2024Allow610NoNo
18425454METHOD FOR PLACING MAGNET SEGMENTS FOR AN AXIAL FLUX MACHINEJanuary 2024September 2024Allow711YesNo
18422723METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A BIOLOGICAL FLUID SENSORJanuary 2024May 2025Allow1601NoNo
18423200Apparatus and System For Tuning The Resonant Frequency Of A Piezoelectric Micromachined Ultrasonic TransducerJanuary 2024October 2024Allow900NoNo
18418709SURFACE ACOUSTIC WAVE RESONATOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME AND FILTERJanuary 2024November 2024Allow1011NoNo
18416772ARTICULATING SURGICAL INSTRUMENTJanuary 2024September 2024Allow800NoNo
18411713An apparatus for manufacturing a display deviceJanuary 2024March 2025Allow1410YesNo
18410008SINGLE-GRAIN NEAR-FIELD TRANSDUCER AND PROCESS FOR FORMING SAMEJanuary 2024November 2024Allow1000NoNo
18409190SOLAR CELL WAFER WIRE BONDING SYSTEMJanuary 2024August 2024Allow700NoNo
18408964Semiconductor Strain GageJanuary 2024March 2025Allow1410NoNo
18407949Automated System And Method For Inserting Memory Modules Into MotherboardsJanuary 2024January 2025Allow1200YesNo
18407181METHOD OF MANUFACTURING AN ELECTRONIC COMPONENTJanuary 2024June 2024Allow511YesNo
18395928PROCESS FOR THE ENHANCEMENT AND MODIFICATION OF A VIDEO GAME CONTROLLERDecember 2023May 2024Allow401NoNo
18395887Implementation of Professional Enhancements to Gaming Hardware ControllersDecember 2023August 2024Allow820NoNo
18391682FLEXIBLE PIEZOELECTRIC SENSOR BASED ON 4D PRINTINGDecember 2023December 2024Allow1210NoNo
18540331SUBSTRATE PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAMEDecember 2023July 2024Allow701NoNo
18532830METHOD FOR PREPARING SUPERCAPACITOR WITH GOOD CYCLING STABILITYDecember 2023July 2024Allow710NoNo
18529539APPARATUS FOR SEPARATING COMPONENTS OF A HARD DISK DRIVEDecember 2023March 2025Allow1500NoNo
18524845PANEL ALIGNMENT DEVICE FOR A DISPLAY DEVICENovember 2023February 2025Allow1500NoNo
18504533COIL COMPONENTNovember 2023November 2024Allow1200YesNo
18503759METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING AN APPARATUS FOR MANIPULATING A DROPLETNovember 2023October 2024Allow1111NoNo
18502682ASSEMBLY OF PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIAL SUBSTRATE AND SUPPORTING SUBSTRATENovember 2023October 2024Allow1110NoNo
18497936MOTOR, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING MOTOROctober 2023September 2024Allow1100NoNo
18494187APPLYING A SOLDERABLE SURFACE TO CONDUCTIVE INKOctober 2023May 2025Allow1820NoNo
18383514METHOD FOR PRODUCING A MAGNETIC DEVICEOctober 2023July 2024Allow911NoNo
18383816METHOD FOR CONSTRUCTING A SOLENOID INDUCTOROctober 2023September 2024Allow1111NoNo
18494467LIQUID DISCHARGE CARTRIDGEOctober 2023May 2025Allow1911NoNo
18480781ULTRASONIC SURGICAL HANDPIECE ASSEMBLY RELATED APPLICATIONSOctober 2023February 2025Allow1610YesNo
18372850TEMPERATURE COMPENSATED SURFACE ACOUSTIC WAVE DEVICE AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING THE SAMESeptember 2023February 2025Allow1710YesNo
18371823METHOD FOR PRODUCING A PROBE USED FOR TESTING INTEGRATED ELECTRONIC CIRCUITSSeptember 2023November 2024Allow1401NoNo
18550956STAMPING PROGRESSIVE DIE FOR STATOR AND ROTOR CORE OF MOTOR USING ADHESIVE DISPENSING LAMINATION, AND ADHESIVE DISPENSING PROCESSSeptember 2023March 2024Allow610NoNo
18242702METHOD OF MANUFACTURING AN EMBEDDED MAGNETIC COMPONENT DEVICESeptember 2023January 2025Allow1720NoNo
18241916Coil StructureSeptember 2023March 2025Allow1821NoNo
18456814SUPPORT PIN ARRANGEMENT DETERMINATION ASSISTING APPARATUSAugust 2023May 2025Abandon2110NoNo
18236076GUIDEWIRE ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF MAKINGAugust 2023April 2024Allow800NoNo
18277776FULLY-AUTOMATED TERMINAL CRIMPING DEVICE FOR FACILITATING CABLE POSITIONINGAugust 2023January 2024Allow510NoNo
18451221ELECTRONIC COMPONENT MOUNTING METHODAugust 2023January 2025Abandon1710NoNo
18233790Apparatuses for executing a direct transfer of a semiconductor device die disposed on a first substrate to a second substrateAugust 2023July 2024Allow1110NoNo
18232090METHOD OF IMPROVING THE ADHESION STRENGTH OF METAL-ORGANIC INTERFACES IN ELECTRONIC DEVICESAugust 2023November 2023Allow301NoNo
18366576COMPOSITE LAYER CIRCUIT ELEMENTAugust 2023May 2025Allow2220NoNo
18231043METHODS OF CREATING EXPOSED CAVITIES IN MOLDED ELECTRONIC DEVICESAugust 2023October 2024Abandon1410NoNo
18364903ROTOR ASSEMBLY FOR AN ELECTRIC MOTORAugust 2023April 2025Allow2111NoNo
18228749NON-DIRECTIONAL FREE ELECTRON GENERATING REPELLING MAGNET COMBINATIONAugust 2023July 2024Allow1110NoNo
18362390TERMINAL CRIMPING APPARATUSJuly 2023October 2024Abandon1510NoNo
18361186CRIMPING PLIERS WITH QUICK REPLACEABLE JAWSJuly 2023September 2023Allow200YesNo
18359805METHOD FOR SHIELDING A PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD FROM ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERFERENCE AND NOISE DURING TESTINGJuly 2023January 2025Allow1701NoNo
18357440INTERLACED CROSSTALK CONTROLLED TRACES, VIAS, AND CAPACITORSJuly 2023October 2024Allow1411YesNo
18353143METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ELECTRONICS ASSEMBLY AND ELECTRONICS ASSEMBLYJuly 2023December 2023Allow501YesNo
18352476ENHANCED 3D PRINTED SUPPORT BLOCKJuly 2023April 2025Allow2111YesNo
18221302HIGH REGISTRATION PARTICLES-TRANSFERRING SYSTEMJuly 2023February 2025Allow1911NoNo
18219887SURGICAL INSTRUMENT MOTOR WITH INCREASED NUMBER OF WIRES PER PHASE SET AND INCREASED FILL FACTOR AND CORRESPONDING MANUFACTURING METHODJuly 2023March 2024Allow800NoNo
18349588METHOD OF MANUFACTURING INDUCTORSJuly 2023February 2024Allow700NoNo
18346551MECHANICAL STRENGTH OF CONNECTION OF WOUND ROTOR GENERATOR/MOTORJuly 2023March 2025Allow2010NoNo
18217637METHOD OF PRODUCING AN ELECTROMAGNETIC (EM) PROBEJuly 2023September 2024Allow1410NoNo
18215679System For Controlling a Critical Dimension (CD) Uniformity of a Magnetic Head DeviceJune 2023November 2024Allow1611NoNo
18342623METHOD FOR FABRICATING AN ACOUSTIC RESONATOR DEVICE WITH PERIMETER STRUCTURESJune 2023December 2024Allow1820NoNo
18214391ASYMMETRICAL ELECTROLYTIC PLATING FOR A CONDUCTIVE PATTERNJune 2023November 2024Allow1710NoNo
18340901APPARATUS FOR ROLLING ELECTRODE PLATEJune 2023March 2024Allow911NoNo
18330568Wound Magnetic CoreJune 2023August 2024Allow1410NoNo
18330414APPLYING STRESS COMPENSATION FOR ALIGNING A COMPANION CHIP WITH A HOST CHIPJune 2023July 2024Allow1411YesNo
18206376METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING FIELD MAGNETJune 2023January 2024Allow700NoNo
18039717STACKED CORE MANUFACTURING METHOD AND STACKED CORE MANUFACTURING APPARATUSJune 2023February 2024Allow911YesNo
18204828METHOD OF MAKING A TIP PART FOR AN ENDOSCOPEJune 2023May 2025Allow2311NoNo
18318974METHOD FOR OPERATING A METAL DROP EJECTING THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) OBJECT PRINTER TO FORM VIAS IN PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS WITH CONDUCTIVE METALMay 2023June 2025Allow2511NoNo
18198386INTER-DEVICE CABLING MOVEMENT SYSTEMMay 2023December 2024Allow1930YesNo
18315734ELECTRONIC COMPONENT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING ELECTRONIC COMPONENTMay 2023October 2024Allow1711YesNo
18311148SEMIAUTOMATIC MACHINE FOR SWAGING CONNECTOR PINSMay 2023May 2025Abandon2520NoNo
18140769WIRING BOARDApril 2023May 2024Allow1310NoNo
18307571METHOD OF EMBEDDED SCREEN WITH OPTICAL WINDOWApril 2023May 2025Allow2521YesNo
18307662ROTOR MANUFACTURING DEVICEApril 2023February 2024Allow900NoNo
18137876INCREASING ADHESION OF METAL-ORGANIC INTERFACES BY SILANE VAPOR TREATMENTApril 2023July 2023Allow300YesNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for art-unit 3729.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
98
Examiner Affirmed
41
(41.8%)
Examiner Reversed
57
(58.2%)
Reversal Percentile
95.6%
Higher than average

What This Means

With a 58.2% reversal rate, the PTAB has reversed the examiner's rejections more often than affirming them. This reversal rate is in the top 25% across the USPTO, indicating that appeals are more successful here than in most other areas.

Strategic Value of Filing an Appeal

Total Appeal Filings
525
Allowed After Appeal Filing
241
(45.9%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
284
(54.1%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
93.4%
Higher 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, 45.9% of applications that filed an appeal were subsequently allowed. This appeal filing benefit rate is in the top 25% across the USPTO, indicating that filing appeals is particularly effective here. The act of filing often prompts favorable reconsideration during the mandatory appeal conference.

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 is strategically valuable. The act of filing often prompts favorable reconsideration during the mandatory appeal conference.

Art Unit 3729 - Prosecution Statistics Summary

Executive Summary

Art Unit 3729 is part of Group 3720 in Technology Center 3700. This art unit has examined 16,509 patent applications in our dataset, with an overall allowance rate of 80.6%. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 31 months.

Comparative Analysis

Art Unit 3729's allowance rate of 80.6% places it in the 60% percentile among all USPTO art units. This art unit has an above-average allowance rate compared to other art units.

Prosecution Patterns

Applications in Art Unit 3729 receive an average of 1.39 office actions before reaching final disposition (in the 18% percentile). The median prosecution time is 31 months (in the 39% percentile).

Strategic Considerations

When prosecuting applications in this art unit, consider the following:

  • The art unit's allowance rate suggests a more favorable examination environment compared to the USPTO average.
  • With fewer office actions than average, plan for relatively streamlined 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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