USPTO Group 1740 Prosecution Statistics

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
19058270METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTINUOUS COMPOSITE THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRINTINGFebruary 2025April 2025Allow210NoNo
19104886Headbox for Manufacturing a SubstrateFebruary 2025June 2025Allow400NoNo
19041305SHUT-OFF NOZZLE FOR INJECTION MOLDINGJanuary 2025April 2025Allow200YesNo
19099121Method For Manufacturing Building ElementsJanuary 2025June 2025Allow500YesNo
19026585METHODS FOR PREPARING CERAMIC FIBER FILTER TUBES WITH HIGH AIR PERMEABILITYJanuary 2025June 2025Allow510NoNo
19029056NEAR NET SHAPE ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMJanuary 2025March 2025Allow200NoNo
19029030NEAR NET SHAPE ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMJanuary 2025March 2025Allow200NoNo
19029101NEAR NET SHAPE ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMJanuary 2025March 2025Allow200NoNo
19023933VAPORIZER PODSJanuary 2025March 2025Allow200NoNo
19019015SWITCHING DEVICE AND 3D PRINTING APPARATUSJanuary 2025March 2025Allow200YesNo
19012916SYSTEM FOR PRINTING AND DISCHARGING OF FLEXIBLE SEMICONDUCTOR 3D ADDITIVE MATERIAL AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOFJanuary 2025April 2025Allow300NoNo
18844538TYRE WITH BEAD PROFILE STRUCTURE FOR IMPROVING LATERAL STIFFNESSJanuary 2025June 2025Allow910NoNo
18982794METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A HUMIDITY ALARM DEVICE BASED ON LASER-INDUCED GRAPHENEDecember 2024March 2025Allow200NoNo
18978910Methods of Manufacturing Synthetic BalesDecember 2024May 2025Allow611NoNo
18979209FLUID MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, APPARATUS FOR MAKING FLUID MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING FLUID MANAGEMENT SYSTEMDecember 2024March 2025Allow310NoNo
18978418PRODUCTION PLANTDecember 2024June 2025Allow610NoNo
18977242CONTAINER AND METHOD OF MANUFACTUREDecember 2024May 2025Allow510NoNo
18977560CONTAINER AND METHOD OF MANUFACTUREDecember 2024May 2025Allow510NoNo
18873742METHOD OF PREPARING ANTIBACTERIAL ANTI-YELLOWING ZNO ANTIMONY-FREE POLYESTER FIBERDecember 2024April 2025Allow400NoNo
18974878DEVICE FOR MAINTAINING THE SHAPE OF CROSS-SECTIONAL PROFILE OF AN ELONGATED ELEMENT INCLUDING COMPOSITE MATERIAL, AND A DEVICE FOR BENDING THEREOFDecember 2024June 2025Allow611YesNo
18873003METHOD FOR ATTACHING A PART TO A CARRIER BY TRANSFER OF AN ADHESIVE FILMDecember 2024April 2025Allow400YesNo
18971257METHOD FOR PREPARING DIRECT MELT-SPUN HIGH-VISCOSITY PBAT/LOW-VISCOSITY PET TWO-COMPONENT ELASTIC FIBER AND HIGH-VISCOSITY PBAT POLYMERIZATION REACTORDecember 2024April 2025Allow410YesNo
18967204LASER-INDUCED CARBON NANOSTRUCTURESDecember 2024April 2025Allow410NoNo
18955376MELT-SPUN SINGLE-REACTOR HIGH-VISCOSITY PET/LOW-VISCOSITY PET TWO-COMPONENT ELASTIC FIBER AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFORNovember 2024March 2025Allow400YesNo
18947443METHOD OF PRODUCING PATTERNS, MOLDS, AND RELATED PRODUCTSNovember 2024June 2025Allow720YesNo
18940623INSULATED WALL PANELNovember 2024May 2025Allow710NoNo
18939596CELLULOSE BASED BIODEGRADABLE ABSORPTIVE FILTER AND METHOD OF MAKINGNovember 2024February 2025Allow310NoNo
18863465A METHOD FOR ASSESSING A SEALING OF A CARTON PACKAGE AND AN APPARATUS THEREOFNovember 2024June 2025Allow800NoNo
18863356PANEL BODY MANUFACTURING METHODNovember 2024June 2025Allow700YesNo
18928382CYLINDRICAL STRUCTURE CONSTRUCTION PLATFORMOctober 2024May 2025Allow710YesNo
18859620A Lobe Positioner for a Seam BonderOctober 2024February 2025Allow300NoNo
18924238SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING LOAD-BEARING HEMP SHIV CONCRETE BLOCKSOctober 2024June 2025Allow811YesNo
18924729METHOD FOR RECYCLING RESIDUE FROM MXene PREPARATION AND USE OF RESIDUE IN BIOSENSOROctober 2024March 2025Allow401YesNo
18924044HEAT PRESS MACHINEOctober 2024January 2025Allow310NoNo
18859084FUEL TANK PRODUCTION APPARATUS AND FUEL TANK PRODUCTION METHODOctober 2024February 2025Allow400NoNo
18858237METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN RPET PLASTIC MATERIAL FOR USE IN A THIN-WALL INJECTION MOLDING METHOD AND CONTAINERS, SUCH AS CUPS, BOWLS, TRAYS OR MULTI-COMPARTMENT PACKAGINGS PRODUCED BY THE THIN-WALL INJECTION MOLDING METHODOctober 2024May 2025Allow610NoNo
18918019FALSE EYELASH MANUFACTURING PROCESS AND PROCESSING DEVICEOctober 2024May 2025Allow711NoNo
18915778ICE BRANDING/STAMPING MACHINEOctober 2024December 2024Allow200YesNo
18915989MULTIPART MOLDS AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL PULP ARTICLES MOLDED THEREFROMOctober 2024December 2024Allow200NoNo
18912568APPARATUS AND A METHOD FOR ENTRAPPING AN ELASTOMERIC MATERIAL WITH FORM-FITTING ELASTOMERIC REGIONSOctober 2024May 2025Allow720YesNo
18908688METHODS OF ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING OF AN ARTICLE CORRESPONDING WITH AN ARRAY OF DATA VALUESOctober 2024April 2025Allow610YesNo
18853890SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY SETTING PARAMETERS FOR FOAM PRODUCTIONOctober 2024February 2025Allow400NoNo
18905009SIPHON POWERED SUCTION DEVICEOctober 2024July 2025Allow911YesNo
18852931METHOD FOR DENSIFYING A FIBROUS TEXTURE BY INJECTING A SLIPSeptember 2024March 2025Allow500NoNo
18852533AN EXTENDED NIP PRESS APPARATUSSeptember 2024March 2025Allow501NoNo
18901412WET BLANK FLIPPING METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING MOLDED PULP PRODUCTS AND PULP MOLDING MACHINESeptember 2024March 2025Allow610NoNo
18900763ARTIFICIAL EYELASH, METHOD FOR PREPARING SAME AND DEVICES THEREOFSeptember 2024April 2025Allow611NoNo
18899887VAPING SYSTEMSeptember 2024January 2025Allow410NoNo
18851529TIRE MANUFACTURING METHOD AND MANUFACTURING SYSTEMSeptember 2024May 2025Allow810NoNo
18896685PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR MAKING CHANNELED ABSORBENT ARTICLESSeptember 2024February 2025Allow510YesNo
18895963METHODS FOR DELIVERING A MICELLIZED LIQUID FORMULA TO AN INDIVIDUALSeptember 2024February 2025Allow510YesNo
18829489MACHINE FOR PRODUCING AN INSULATORSeptember 2024April 2025Allow711YesNo
18826666Ice-making deviceSeptember 2024December 2024Allow300YesNo
18844305GLASS TEMPERING FURNACE AND GLASS TEMPERING METHODSeptember 2024June 2025Allow1011NoNo
18825369Articles of Manufacture Comprising Nanocellulose ElementsSeptember 2024December 2024Allow300NoNo
188205963D PRINTING APPARATUS AND 3D PRINTING METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A WORKPIECEAugust 2024January 2025Allow510NoNo
18821432OVERLAY APPLICATOR MACHINES AND METHODS OF PROVIDING THE SAMEAugust 2024May 2025Allow811NoNo
18821798OVERLAY APPLICATOR MACHINE AND METHOD OF PROVIDING THE SAMEAugust 2024March 2025Allow610NoNo
18821803LEAK-RESISTANT VAPORIZER DEVICEAugust 2024January 2025Allow510NoNo
18841992PROCESS FOR CONTROLLING EXTRUSION SPEED IN 3D PRINTING SYSTEMSAugust 2024May 2025Allow810NoNo
18816499METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR APPLYING A SEALING AGENT TO THE SURFACE OF AN INTERNAL CAVITY OF A PNEUMATIC TIREAugust 2024June 2025Allow900NoNo
18814798Spring Loaded Wafer CutterAugust 2024May 2025Allow820NoNo
18813399NEAR NET SHAPE ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING APPARATUSAugust 2024June 2025Allow911YesNo
18841134LATE-STAGE CATALYSIS OF FAST ROOM-TEMPERATURE POLYMERIZATIONSAugust 2024June 2025Allow910NoNo
18812583SKIN MANUFACTURING POST-TREATMENT METHOD FOR AUTOMOBILE COLLISION DUMMYAugust 2024January 2025Allow500NoNo
18812346SKIN MANUFACTURING POST-TREATMENT DEVICE FOR AUTOMOBILE COLLISION DUMMYAugust 2024December 2024Allow400NoNo
18811161METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FEEDING A PRODUCTION LINE OF ABSORBENT SANITARY ARTICLES WITH A LAYER OF A VIRGIN MULTILAYER TAPEAugust 2024May 2025Allow901YesNo
18808830SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING OF A GOLF CLUBAugust 2024October 2024Allow200YesNo
18808127METHOD FOR MAKING AN ADSORPTIVE AIR FILTERAugust 2024October 2024Allow210YesNo
18807812METHOD TO FABRICATE A MACHINABLE CERAMIC MATRIX COMPOSITEAugust 2024June 2025Allow1010YesNo
18807086VAPORIZABLE ALKALOID COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOFAugust 2024April 2025Allow811YesNo
18806270INSULATED WALL PANELAugust 2024May 2025Allow911NoNo
18838783TOOLING OF MULTI-PILE PLATES FOR SEMI-FORCED FLOWAugust 2024April 2025Allow810NoNo
18801876Methods for Fabricating Thermoplastic-based Composite Spokes and Spoke AssembliesAugust 2024March 2025Allow710YesNo
188005793D PRINTED CONSTRUCTION ELEMENT AND A SYSTEM, A METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE 3D PRINTED CONSTRUCTION ELEMENTAugust 2024April 2025Allow811NoNo
18800070MULTI-CAVITY MOULD, A HEATING ELEMENT FOR FORMING A SMOOTH PERIPHERY FOR THERMOFORMED THIN-GAUGE PLASTIC PRODUCTS AND METHOD FOR FORMING SUCH A PERIPHERYAugust 2024November 2024Allow310YesNo
18799094Creating Made-to-Order Items with EmbellishmentsAugust 2024November 2024Allow300NoNo
18799650VAPORIZABLE ALKALOID COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOFAugust 2024February 2025Allow620YesNo
18797532DEVICE FOR PREPARING ARTIFICIAL AGGREGATE BY PRESSURE INJECTION AND SOLIDIFICATION OF POWDER-BASED SOLID WASTE, PELLETIZATION, AND MAGNETIC SHELL REINFORCEMENTAugust 2024November 2024Allow400NoNo
18797808CONTROLLABLE RAPID PRESSURE LOADING TECHNOLOGY FOR LARGE VOLUME PRESSAugust 2024December 2024Allow410NoNo
18798455CIGAR HOLDERAugust 2024February 2025Allow610YesNo
18797254METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR APPLYING A SEALING AGENT TO THE SURFACE OF AN INTERNAL CAVITY OF A PNEUMATIC TIREAugust 2024May 2025Allow900YesNo
18796627DEVICE AND METHOD FOR FORMING V-SHAPED FULL-COMPOSITE PRESSURE VESSELAugust 2024December 2024Allow401YesNo
18789836Method of Manufacturing All-Solid-State Battery Using Roll Press ProcessJuly 2024June 2025Allow1110NoNo
18834285PRODUCTION DEVICE AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING AN INTRAOCULAR LENS BLANK, INTRAOCULAR LENS BLANKJuly 2024June 2025Allow1010NoNo
18788861SELF-RISING BOARD MOLDINGJuly 2024January 2025Allow620YesNo
18786242THERMOFORM WINDSHIELD STACK WITH INTEGRATED FORMABLE MOLDJuly 2024June 2025Allow1021NoNo
18780831APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR FABRICATING COMPONENTSJuly 2024May 2025Allow1011YesNo
18781079METHODS AND BONDING AGENTS FOR FORMING WOOD VENEERS WITH NO ADDED FORMALDEHYDE ADHESIVESJuly 2024March 2025Allow821YesNo
18779654DEVICES AND METHODS FOR NANOFIBER-BASED MEMBRANE FABRICATIONJuly 2024December 2024Allow500NoNo
18779732VAPORIZER CARTRIDGEJuly 2024September 2024Allow200NoNo
18779689VAPORIZER CARTRIDGEJuly 2024September 2024Allow200NoNo
18779713VAPORIZER CARTRIDGEJuly 2024September 2024Allow200YesNo
18776250MULTI-ARM FORMING DEVICE FOR SPACE ON-ORBIT COMPOSITE BRAIDINGJuly 2024November 2024Allow410NoNo
18729406ADHESIVE TAPE TEARING MODULE FOR DOUBLE-GLASS ASSEMBLY, AND ADHESIVE TAPE TEARING MACHINEJuly 2024February 2025Allow700NoNo
18773228INJECTION MOLDING MACHINE, INJECTION MOLDING SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING RESIN MOLDED PRODUCTJuly 2024March 2025Allow800YesNo
18729095METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A PART MADE OF COMPOSITE MATERIAL WITH LIQUID COMPACTINGJuly 2024May 2025Allow1010YesNo
18728889LOW-EXPANSION BOROSILICATE TRANSPARENT GLAZE AND A PREPARATION METHOD AND USE THEREOFJuly 2024May 2025Allow1021NoNo
18771428PATTERN-FORMED OBJECT, INJECTION MOLDED OBJECT, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING INJECTION MOLDED OBJECTJuly 2024May 2025Allow1021NoNo
18727591DRAPING A SKIN OF THERMOPLASTIC MATERIAL ON A MULTICELLULAR BODYJuly 2024March 2025Allow801NoNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for group 1740.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
1909
Examiner Affirmed
1363
(71.4%)
Examiner Reversed
546
(28.6%)
Reversal Percentile
23.4%
Lower than average

What This Means

With a 28.6% 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.

Strategic Value of Filing an Appeal

Total Appeal Filings
5705
Allowed After Appeal Filing
1746
(30.6%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
3959
(69.4%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
30.4%
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, 30.6% 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 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.

Group 1740 - Prosecution Statistics Summary

Executive Summary

Group 1740 is part of Technology Center 1700. This group has examined 104,441 patent applications in our dataset, with an overall allowance rate of 69.7%. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 32 months.

Prosecution Patterns

Applications in Group 1740 receive an average of 1.81 office actions before reaching final disposition. The median prosecution time is 32 months.

Strategic Overview

This group-level data aggregates statistics across multiple art units. For more targeted prosecution strategies, review the individual art unit and examiner statistics within this group.

Important Disclaimer

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