USPTO Art Unit 3992 Prosecution Statistics

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
19063105SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVED TRACTOGRAPHY IMAGESFebruary 2025October 2025Abandon810NoNo
18843898PROVIDING BIOS FEATURES IN A PRE-BOOT ENVIRONMENT FOR A CLIENT COMPUTER SYSTEMSeptember 2024January 2026Allow1700YesNo
18817077VOLUMETRIC SCULPTING USING DUAL CONTOURINGAugust 2024March 2026Allow1810YesNo
18810109COMPUTER SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE DEVICES FOR OPTIMAL HOME RENTALSAugust 2024February 2026Allow1810YesNo
18756509METHOD FOR COLLABORATIVE DESIGN ON CONTEXT BOUNDARIES IN MODEL-BASED TOOLSJune 2024December 2025Allow1810YesNo
18716098LOW OVERHEAD REFRESH MANAGEMENT OF A MEMORY DEVICEJune 2024February 2026Allow2010NoNo
18679691WRITE DRIVER WITH SELECTIVE VOLTAGE SWING FOR MEMORY DEVICESMay 2024March 2026Allow2110YesNo
18706720WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE ASSESSMENT SYSTEMMay 2024July 2025Allow1400NoNo
18685927AUTONOMOUS MOBILE BODY AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHODFebruary 2024October 2025Allow2010NoNo
18584725SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICE WITH A RING OSCILLATOR HAVING A PLURALITY OF STAGES OF DELAY CIRCUITS FOR MEASURING THE DELAY CHARACTERISTIC OF A TRANSISTORFebruary 2024October 2025Allow2000NoNo
18425747MEMORY DEVICE AND REPAIR METHOD OF THE MEMORY DEVICEJanuary 2024February 2026Allow2411YesNo
18425149MULTIPLE DIODE REFERENCE READOUT CIRCUITRY OF A DEGRADATION SENSING CIRCUITJanuary 2024November 2025Allow2210NoNo
18405564MEMORY DEVICE INCLUDING READ OFFSET COMPENSATOR AND OFFSET REFERENCE RESISTANCE COMPENSATION METHOD THEREOFJanuary 2024December 2025Allow2310YesNo
18405929FILM-BASED ONE-TIME-PROGRAMMABLE MEMORY CELLS IN DEVICE METALLIZATION LAYERS AND BACK-END OF LINE METHODS OF MANUFACTURING THEREOFJanuary 2024January 2026Allow2520NoNo
18576214Network Nodes and Methods Therein for Event MonitoringJanuary 2024March 2026Allow2610NoNo
18400137SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIA FOR BREATHING SIGNAL ANALYSIS AND EVENT DETECTION AND GENERATING RESPIRATORY FLOW AND EFFORT ESTIMATE SIGNALSDecember 2023March 2026Allow2611NoNo
18524826METHOD FOR CELL HANDOVER, AND TERMINAL DEVICENovember 2023February 2026Allow2710NoNo
18496847FRAUD PREVENTION TRADING AND PAYMENT SYSTEM FOR BUSINESS AND CONSUMER TRANSACTIONSOctober 2023May 2025Abandon1810NoNo
18484891Optical CouplingOctober 2023June 2025Allow2110YesNo
18474685PROCESS FOR CONTROLLING LOW VOLTAGE MICROGRIDSSeptember 2023December 2025Allow2600NoNo
18458411SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING A SENSOR NETWORKAugust 2023September 2025Allow2510NoNo
18364958DEVICE NETWORK CONFIGURATION METHOD AND FIRST DEVICEAugust 2023November 2025Allow2810NoNo
18363802Contactless System and Method for Assessing Tissue Viability and Other Hemodynamic ParametersAugust 2023October 2025Abandon2610NoNo
18224169IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS AND RELATED DEVICEJuly 2023February 2026Allow3100NoNo
18223270SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS RELATED TO RF FRONT-END ARCHITECTURES WITH INTEGRATED ANTENNA SWITCH CIRCUITRYJuly 2023February 2026Allow3120NoNo
18272878SURFACE EMITTING LASERJuly 2023February 2026Allow3100NoNo
18260690BASE STATION AND COMMUNICATION METHODJuly 2023July 2025Allow2400NoNo
18342718Apparatus and Method for Generating a Bandwidth Extended SignalJune 2023July 2024Abandon1210NoNo
18342698Apparatus and Method for Generating a Bandwidth Extended SignalJune 2023July 2024Abandon1220NoNo
18342686Apparatus and Method for Generating a Bandwidth Extended SignalJune 2023July 2024Abandon1210NoNo
18342702Apparatus and Method for Generating a Bandwidth Extended SignalJune 2023July 2024Abandon1210NoNo
18342712Apparatus and Method for Generating a Bandwidth Extended SignalJune 2023July 2024Abandon1210NoNo
18342704Apparatus and Method for Generating a Bandwidth Extended SignalJune 2023July 2024Abandon1210NoNo
18342715Apparatus and Method for Generating a Bandwidth Extended SignalJune 2023July 2024Abandon1210NoNo
18342710Apparatus and Method for Generating a Bandwidth Extended SignalJune 2023July 2024Abandon1210NoNo
18340851CELL SELECTION METHOD AND APPARATUSJune 2023October 2025Allow2810NoNo
18268180METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SELECTING RESOURCE ON BASIS OF LCH IN NR V2XJune 2023December 2025Allow3010NoNo
18327042ELECTRICAL APPARATUS SETTING METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICEMay 2023December 2025Allow3110YesNo
18314303NECK MOVEMENT MEASURING DEVICEMay 2023February 2026Allow3320NoNo
18133823DISTANCE MEASURING DEVICEApril 2023April 2025Allow2411YesNo
18297056Decentralized Ledger Supply Chain Planning InterchangeApril 2023May 2024Allow1310NoNo
18186535Optical CouplingMarch 2023February 2024Allow1110NoNo
18186622Optical CouplingMarch 2023January 2024Allow1010YesNo
18186601Optical CouplingMarch 2023September 2023Allow620NoNo
18186565Optical CouplingMarch 2023January 2024Allow1030YesNo
18117731INJURY DETECTION SYSTEMMarch 2023January 2026Abandon3510NoNo
18043018OPTICAL SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICEFebruary 2023March 2026Allow3610YesNo
18102309DISTRIBUTED DATABASE METHODS AND SYSTEMSJanuary 2023February 2024Allow1200YesNo
18148803PAYMENT INTEGRATED LOYALTY SYSTEMDecember 2022April 2024Allow1510NoNo
18011848SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL INTEGRATED ELEMENTDecember 2022October 2025Allow3400NoNo
18068401INTEROPERABLE MOBILE-INITIATED TRANSACTIONS WITH DYNAMIC AUTHENTICATIONDecember 2022February 2024Allow1400YesNo
18083263METHODS AND APPARATUS TO MONITOR MEDIA PRESENTATIONSDecember 2022February 2024Allow1420YesNo
18008790REACTOR, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING REACTOR, AND REACTOR COIL COVERINGDecember 2022December 2025Allow3710NoNo
17928563Spacer tape, method for manufacturing a winding and windingNovember 2022August 2025Allow3300NoNo
17926200TRANSFORMER MODULE WITH UI CORENovember 2022November 2025Allow3610NoNo
17989303Optical CouplingNovember 2022September 2024Allow2230YesNo
18055067DEVICE HAVING CELL THAT INCLUDES EXTENDED ACTIVE REGIONNovember 2022March 2025Abandon2810NoNo
18052395MAGNETIC CORE WINDER FOR POWERLINE-MOUNTED DEVICESNovember 2022November 2025Allow3610YesNo
17921681OPTICAL AMPLIFICATION DEVICE AND OPTICAL AMPLIFICATION METHODOctober 2022March 2026Allow4010NoNo
17876400DISTRIBUTED MULTI-LEVEL PROTECTION IN A HYPER-CONVERGED INFRASTRUCTUREJuly 2022December 2023Abandon1610NoNo
17861709MASKING A PRIMARY ACCOUNT NUMBER BETWEEN A PARTY AND A SERVICE PROVIDERJuly 2022February 2024Allow1920NoNo
17664381AUDIO ENCODER DEVICE AND AN AUDIO DECODER DEVICE HAVING EFFICIENT GAIN CODING IN DYNAMIC RANGE CONTROLMay 2022August 2024Abandon2710NoNo
17719361METHODS OF MAKING LIGHT-EMITTING ASSEMBLIES COMPRISING AN ARRAY OF LIGHT-EMITTING DIODES HAVING AN OPTIMIZED LENS CONFIGURATIONApril 2022August 2023Allow1610NoNo
17707875APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CREATING A RETIREMENT MEDICAL PROGRAM THROUGH A PROFIT SHARING PLAN AND A PENSION PLAN RETIREE HEALTH ACCOUNTMarch 2022June 2023Abandon1520NoNo
17652915METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REMOTE VIDEO MONITORING AND REMOTE VIDEO BROADCASTFebruary 2022April 2023Abandon1310YesNo
17683160QUANTIZATION MATRIX COMPRESSION IN VIDEO CODINGFebruary 2022October 2023Abandon1910NoNo
17682016DYNAMIC SELECTION OF A RECEIVE ANTENNA PATTERNFebruary 2022December 2022Abandon910NoNo
17673986APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING MAP DATA AND SYSTEM THEREOFFebruary 2022August 2024Abandon3010YesNo
17618090LOSSLESS MODE FOR VERSATILE VIDEO CODINGDecember 2021October 2023Allow2200NoNo
17342989Multimodal Intent Entity ResolverJune 2021November 2022Allow1700NoNo
17342898EVENT DETECTING DEVICE WITH LOW POWER CONSUMPTIONJune 2021January 2025Abandon4310NoNo
17333650Method and System for Designing a Waveform for Data CommunicationMay 2021June 2023Abandon2510NoNo
17333654Method and System for Designing a Waveform for Data CommunicationMay 2021June 2023Abandon2510NoNo
17196340X-RAY REFLECTIVE LENS ARRANGEMENTMarch 2021March 2022Abandon1210NoNo
17172706DISTRIBUTED MULTI-LEVEL PROTECTION IN A HYPER-CONVERGED INFRASTRUCTUREFebruary 2021December 2023Abandon3410NoNo
17064318Message Rearrangement for Improved Wireless Code PerformanceOctober 2020September 2023Abandon3510NoNo
17060832APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING MAP DATA AND SYSTEM THEREOFOctober 2020February 2025Abandon5220NoNo
17000625HAND HYGIENE COMPLIANCE MONITORINGAugust 2020November 2021Abandon1410YesNo
16988340Systems and Methods for Adaption and Reconfiguration in a Wireless NetworkAugust 2020July 2024Abandon4720NoNo
16905443STORAGE DEVICE AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAMEJune 2020March 2023Abandon3210NoNo
16889249MEMORY DEVICEJune 2020January 2024Abandon4350YesNo
16845299Path Reconstruction and Interconnection Modeling (PRIM)April 2020June 2023Abandon3820NoNo
16806816SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT EMITTING DEVICEMarch 2020June 2023Abandon4010NoNo
16773203SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING A TOPOLOGY OF AN ETHERNET RING OF DEVICES IN A BUILDING MANAGEMENT SYSTEMJanuary 2020September 2024Allow5520YesNo
16733210SECURE ON-LINE TICKETINGJanuary 2020March 2024Allow5111YesNo
16711232SOFTWARE LICENSE MANAGERDecember 2019April 2024Allow5240YesNo
16662840VISUAL DISPLAY DEVICEOctober 2019May 2022Abandon3110NoNo
16655486DRIVING SUPPORT APPARATUS FOR TOW COUPLINGOctober 2019August 2020Abandon1010NoNo
16573816Method, Apparatus And Computer Program Product For Creating A Wireless Docking GroupSeptember 2019May 2023Abandon4310NoNo
16525306TECHNIQUES FOR REPLICATING CHANGES TO ACCESS CONTROL LISTS ON INVESTIGATIVE ANALYSIS DATAJuly 2019May 2021Abandon2110NoNo
16274756System, Method, and Computer Program Product for a Distributed, Cryptographically Secured Proof-of-Intent Transaction NetworkFebruary 2019October 2025Allow6050YesYes
16254342LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE AND METHOD OF FORMING THE SAMEJanuary 2019July 2023Abandon5440NoNo
16246670Cell Structure for Dual-Port SRAMJanuary 2019September 2021Abandon3220NoNo
16160255AUTOMOTIVE SAFEY DEVICEOctober 2018April 2019Allow610NoNo
16143912INK JET RECORDING APPARATUSSeptember 2018September 2019Abandon1110NoNo
16110050Controlling a Vehicle Having Inadequate Map DataAugust 2018October 2021Abandon3820NoNo
16106583AUTOMATED WAREHOUSING USING ROBOTIC FORKLIFTSAugust 2018July 2019Abandon1110NoNo
16056729FAIR TRANSACTION ORDERING IN BLOCKCHAINSAugust 2018March 2024Allow6040NoYes
16026134Lamp and Assembling Technology ThereofJuly 2018September 2019Allow1400NoNo
16010242DISPLAY DRIVING CIRCUITJune 2018July 2019Abandon1310NoNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for art-unit 3992.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
22
Examiner Affirmed
13
(59.1%)
Examiner Reversed
9
(40.9%)
Reversal Percentile
81.8%
Higher than average

What This Means

With a 40.9% reversal rate, the PTAB reverses the examiner's rejections in a meaningful percentage of cases. 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
53
Allowed After Appeal Filing
23
(43.4%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
30
(56.6%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
92.1%
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, 43.4% 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 3992 - Prosecution Statistics Summary

Executive Summary

Art Unit 3992 is part of Group 3990 in Technology Center 3900. This art unit has examined 364 patent applications in our dataset, with an overall allowance rate of 78.6%. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 34 months.

Comparative Analysis

Art Unit 3992's allowance rate of 78.6% places it in the 56% 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 3992 receive an average of 2.09 office actions before reaching final disposition (in the 66% percentile). The median prosecution time is 34 months (in the 35% 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 more 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.

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