USPTO Group 1770 Prosecution Statistics

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
19118504MEMBRANE FILTER ASSEMBLYApril 2025June 2025Allow200NoNo
19070645WATER SURFACE AUTOMATIC CLEANING APPARATUSMarch 2025June 2025Allow410YesNo
19069597DEVICE FOR AUTOCLAVING AND CENTRIFUGING A SAMPLEMarch 2025May 2025Allow200NoNo
19053529Dynamic Adjustment Of Algorithms For Separation And Collection Of Blood ComponentsFebruary 2025July 2025Allow500NoNo
19048586NANOCOMPOSITE FOR PURIFICATION OF CONTAMINATED WATERFebruary 2025March 2025Allow100NoNo
19046317SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF RENEWABLE NATURAL GAS PROCESSINGFebruary 2025May 2025Allow410NoNo
19046268SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF RENEWABLE NATURAL GAS PROCESSINGFebruary 2025April 2025Allow200YesNo
19046296SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF RENEWABLE NATURAL GAS PROCESSINGFebruary 2025April 2025Allow300YesNo
19040022Methods And Systems For Separating MetalsJanuary 2025May 2025Allow310NoNo
19039812METHOD FOR PURIFYING POLLUTED WATERJanuary 2025March 2025Allow210NoNo
19038819ULTRASONIC DEVICES AND METHODS FOR REGENERATION OF ACTIVATED CARBONJanuary 2025May 2025Allow400YesNo
19037298Disinfection Lamp with Underwater Light Projection EffectJanuary 2025April 2025Allow300YesNo
19032711Sustainable Diesel Production from LigninsJanuary 2025April 2025Allow300NoNo
19027797MILK FROTHING HEAD AND FROTHERJanuary 2025March 2025Allow200NoNo
19030102FILTER-HOUSING INTERFACE DESIGNS FOR HEATING, VENTILATION, AND/OR AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEMSJanuary 2025June 2025Allow511YesNo
19023785LIQUID DELIVERING SYSTEM FOR WAFER CLEANING EQUIPMENTJanuary 2025April 2025Allow300YesNo
19023706INGREDIENT BLENDING SYSTEM AND METHODJanuary 2025April 2025Allow201NoNo
19025208DENITRIFICATION AND DEPHOSPHORIZATION COMPOSITE FILLER, PREPARATION METHOD AND APPLICATIONJanuary 2025June 2025Allow510NoNo
19022300GRAPHENE ELECTROSTATIC FILTERING DEVICEJanuary 2025April 2025Allow300NoNo
19019656WATER TREATMENT MATERIAL, PREPARATION, AND USE FOR ELECTRICALLY ENHANCED ADSORPTIVE FILTRATIONJanuary 2025May 2025Allow410YesNo
18994018PRODUCTION OF ETHYLENE AND PROPYLENE FROM PYROLYSIS PLASTIC OILJanuary 2025June 2025Allow500NoNo
18992282PROCESS FOR THE RECYCLING AND CRACKING WASTE PLASTICS BASED OILJanuary 2025May 2025Allow401NoNo
19014185SOLID-LIQUID SEPARATION MECHANISM AND SOLID-LIQUID SEPARATION METHOD FOR GRAIN FERMENTATIONJanuary 2025March 2025Allow200NoNo
19012317Process for Hydroprocessing of Non-Petroleum Feedstocks with Hydrogen ProductionJanuary 2025June 2025Allow510NoNo
19007769CARBON-BASED MICROREACTOR, AND PREPARATION METHOD AND APPLICATION THEREOFJanuary 2025April 2025Allow410NoNo
19004751DILUTION NOZZLE ASSEMBLY FOR HAZARDOUS GASESDecember 2024June 2025Allow640NoNo
18879470An Equipment for In-situ Restoration of SedimentDecember 2024March 2025Allow300NoNo
19001573MAGNETIC RESPONSE FIBER MATERIAL AND ITS PREPARATION METHOD AND APPLICATIONDecember 2024April 2025Allow401NoNo
19001707COF@HYDROMAGNESITE COMPOSITE MATERIAL AND PREPARATION METHOD AND APPLLICATION THEREOFDecember 2024March 2025Allow200NoNo
18999474SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COLLECTING AND TRANSPORTING BIOFUEL COMPONENTSDecember 2024April 2025Allow410NoNo
18986289METHOD OF PRODUCTION OF BICYCLIC HYDROCARBONSDecember 2024April 2025Allow401NoNo
18985644GLASS SUPPORTED SEPARATION MEMBRANEDecember 2024February 2025Allow200YesNo
18874570PLANT SQUALANE COMPOSITION, PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF, AND APPLICATION THEREOFDecember 2024May 2025Allow500YesNo
18978690PROCESS FOR INCREASING LIQUID FUEL YIELD FROM CARBON OXIDESDecember 2024July 2025Allow710NoNo
18977097THERMOLYSIS SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OBTAINING RECOVERED CARBON BLACK AND FUEL FROM DISUSED TIRESDecember 2024March 2025Allow300NoNo
18975274REMOTE-OPERATED FLUSHING SYSTEMDecember 2024June 2025Allow610NoNo
18973029FISH SCREEN FOR SUCTION STRAINERDecember 2024June 2025Allow700NoNo
18872679PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR TREATING METHANE-CONTAINING GASDecember 2024June 2025Allow700YesNo
18967050METHOD OF PURIFICATION AND PURIFIED PRODUCTSDecember 2024March 2025Allow410YesNo
18966274GEOPOLYMER COMPOSITE FOR WATER DECONTAMINATIONDecember 2024February 2025Allow310NoNo
18870454LIMESTONE SLURRY AND LIME MILK PREPARING DEVICE FOR HYDROMETALLURGY OF LATERITE NICKEL ORENovember 2024March 2025Allow400NoNo
18870456HIGH-PRESSURE REACTOR ACID ADDING SYSTEM FOR LATERITE NICKEL ORE HYDROMETALLURGYNovember 2024May 2025Allow500NoNo
18870485Wastewater Treatment System, Construction Method for Wastewater Treatment System, and Wastewater Treatment CylinderNovember 2024April 2025Allow510YesNo
18870444WASTEWATER TREATMENT PROCESS IN PRODUCTION OF NICKEL COBALT HYDROXIDENovember 2024June 2025Allow710YesNo
18963457Amine-supported mesoporous carbon and preparation method and use thereofNovember 2024March 2025Allow310NoNo
18961688FILTER FOR CARBON DIOXIDE ADSORPTIONNovember 2024March 2025Allow310NoNo
18868525Underdrain Filtered Water Collection Systems with Winged Screen DiffusersNovember 2024June 2025Allow701YesNo
18957121VORTICAL CROSS-FLOW FILTRATION SYSTEMNovember 2024May 2025Allow520YesNo
18954559EFFICIENT HEAT-INDUCTION DECOKING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR THERMAL CONVERSION OF SOLID FUELSNovember 2024March 2025Allow410NoNo
18954882FLAT PUSH HOT CAR FOR FOUNDRY COKE AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODSNovember 2024May 2025Allow500YesNo
18954346METAL OXIDE-BASED NANOCOMPOSITE MATERIAL FOR WATER DECONTAMINATIONNovember 2024February 2025Allow200NoNo
18951841ADAPTER FOR USE IN A PLANETARY MIXERNovember 2024April 2025Allow501NoNo
18867141DIALYSIS SYSTEM HAVING ENHANCED VALVE FEATURESNovember 2024April 2025Allow500NoNo
18941013CONTINUOUS RECIRCULATION FOR SEPARATION OF FLUIDS PRODUCED DURING DRILL OUT AND FLOW BACKNovember 2024March 2025Allow410NoNo
18937576High Speed Blending Method with Liquefaction FunctionNovember 2024December 2024Allow100NoNo
18936375EFFICIENT AND ENERGY-SAVING BUILDING SLURRY STIRRING DEVICENovember 2024January 2025Allow200NoNo
18934939SULFER-DOPED SILVER TUNGSTATE (AG2WO4) NANOPARTICLES FOR WATER DECONTAMINATIONNovember 2024January 2025Allow210NoNo
18934248Self Contained Modular Decentralized Point of Use Fluid Treatment System ApparatusNovember 2024February 2025Allow300YesNo
18933918Chemical Mixing Spool and MethodOctober 2024January 2025Allow210NoNo
18923553Low-carbon near zero emission process of industrial waste waterOctober 2024May 2025Allow720YesNo
18919759SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING AVIATION FUELOctober 2024May 2025Allow710NoNo
18918411DEVICE THAT TREATS WATER AND/OR AT LEAST ONE CHROMOPHORE WITH MULTIPLE WAVELENGTHS OF LIGHT AND SOUNDOctober 2024March 2025Allow510NoNo
18916835SOLID OXIDE AND CHEMICALLY-TREATED SOLID OXIDE CATALYSTS FOR THE PYROLYSIS OF POLYETHYLENEOctober 2024February 2025Allow410NoNo
18916589DIRECT CAPTURE OF CARBON DIOXIDEOctober 2024March 2025Allow510YesNo
18913149CHLORINATOR WITH ONBOARD FLOW SENSOROctober 2024April 2025Allow620YesNo
18910255System and Method for Producing Renewable Natural Gas from BiogasOctober 2024December 2024Allow210NoNo
18910756System and Method for Producing Renewable Natural Gas from BiogasOctober 2024December 2024Allow210NoNo
18910689SUBSTRATE SUPPORTED GAS SEPARATION MEMBRANEOctober 2024December 2024Allow200YesNo
18854199LUBRICATING OIL COMPOSITIONOctober 2024June 2025Allow800NoNo
18906498DILUTION NOZZLE ASSEMBLY FOR HAZARDOUS GASESOctober 2024January 2025Allow430NoNo
18900256CONVERTING A RENEWABLE FUEL INTERMEDIATE COMPOSITION TO FINISHED TRANSPORTATION FUELSeptember 2024March 2025Allow610NoNo
18899337METHOD FOR EXTRACTING OILS FROM SAUCES WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY DETERMINING FAT CONTENT, PEROXIDE VALUE, AND ACID VALUESeptember 2024March 2025Allow510YesNo
18898713RAW WATER FILTERING DEVICESeptember 2024February 2025Allow510YesNo
18900597Systems, Methods, Apparatuses, and Devices for Cleaning an Open BodySeptember 2024February 2025Allow510NoNo
18897048Thickening device and method for uniform solidification of composite lost circulation material made up of liquid and granular lost circulation materialsSeptember 2024December 2024Allow300NoNo
18850232FLUIDIZED BED GRANULATIONSeptember 2024February 2025Allow400NoNo
18894605IONIZED GAS SEPARATION ARRANGEMENTSeptember 2024November 2024Allow200YesNo
18894511HIGH-LOAD ORGANIC WASTEWATER DARK FERMENTATION BIOHYDROGEN PRODUCTION DEVICE AND HYDROGEN PRODUCTION METHODSeptember 2024June 2025Allow900NoNo
18893058PROCESS OF PURIFICATION OF PROTEINSeptember 2024January 2025Allow400NoNo
18892228FOUNDRY COKE PRODUCTS, AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODSSeptember 2024March 2025Allow610YesNo
18848982LED LAMP MODULE AND DEVICE FOR CARRYING OUT A PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONSeptember 2024March 2025Allow600NoNo
18849413FILTRATION MEMBRANE UNIT, HOLDER HOLDING SAME, FILTRATION SYSTEM INCLUDING FILTRATION MEMBRANE UNIT AND HOLDER, AND FILTRATION TREATMENT APPARATUS INCLUDING PLURALITY OF FILTRATION SYSTEMSSeptember 2024February 2025Allow500NoNo
18889467NANOPARTICLE ULTRASONIC DISPERSION DEVICE AND NANOPARTICLE ULTRASONIC DISPERSION METHOD THEREOFSeptember 2024November 2024Allow200NoNo
18889673METHOD FOR PROMOTING ANAEROBIC DIGESTION USING CARBONYL IRONSeptember 2024January 2025Allow410NoNo
18887902NON-FOSSIL, BIODIESEL FUEL BLENDS AND METHODS OF PRODUCTION THEREOFSeptember 2024April 2025Allow710YesNo
18884219METHOD FOR TREATING ELECTROPLATING WASTEWATERSeptember 2024February 2025Allow510NoNo
18882384TREATING COOLING WATER IN IRON PRODUCTION FACILITIES, AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODSSeptember 2024March 2025Allow610YesNo
18830007Eco-Friendly Biodiesel Production Method Using Waste Olive Oil and Pulp-Derived CatalystsSeptember 2024April 2025Allow710NoNo
18830374SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REMOVING CARBON DIOXIDE FROM A FLUIDSeptember 2024November 2024Allow310YesNo
18827839CONTINUOUS PRODUCTION DEVICE FOR ORGANOPHOSPHORUS NITRILE-CATALYZED HIGH-MOLECULAR-WEIGHT POLYSILOXANESeptember 2024February 2025Allow600NoNo
18826471REMOVABLE INNER FRAME ASSEMBLY FOR CLEAN ENVIRONMENTSSeptember 2024December 2024Allow310NoNo
18844399SYSTEM FOR CO2 STORAGE AND UTILIZATION OF CONCRETE MIXING PLANT AND METHOD THEREOFSeptember 2024March 2025Allow700NoNo
18827074SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A THREE-DIMENSIONALLY PRINTED LATTICE STRUCTURE FOR HEATING GAS IN A NON-LINEAR PATHSeptember 2024June 2025Allow920NoNo
18827432OXYGEN CONCENTRATORSeptember 2024May 2025Allow810NoNo
18843833METHOD AND DEVICE SYSTEM FOR PRODUCING FEED STOCK OF ETHYLENE STEAM CRACKER AND NANO-CARBON MATERIAL FROM WASTE PLASTICSSeptember 2024May 2025Allow810NoNo
18824560KITCHEN WASTE WASTEWATER TREATMENT EQUIPMENTSeptember 2024October 2024Allow200NoNo
18820231DEVICES AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING PRESSURE OF HIGH-TEMPERATURE AND HIGH-PRESSURE REACTORSAugust 2024April 2025Allow710NoNo
18842719BUBBLE GENERATION DEVICE AND LIQUID FILTRATION DEVICEAugust 2024May 2025Allow910YesNo
18816956High-Efficiency System for Converting Limestone to Slaked LimeAugust 2024May 2025Abandon910YesNo
18841218COKE REDUCING ADDITIVE COMPOSITION AND METHOD OF USE THEREOFAugust 2024March 2025Allow710NoNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for group 1770.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
1772
Examiner Affirmed
1200
(67.7%)
Examiner Reversed
572
(32.3%)
Reversal Percentile
44.2%
Lower than average

What This Means

With a 32.3% reversal rate, the PTAB reverses the examiner's rejections in a meaningful percentage of cases. This reversal rate is below the USPTO average, indicating that appeals face more challenges here than typical.

Strategic Value of Filing an Appeal

Total Appeal Filings
6300
Allowed After Appeal Filing
2003
(31.8%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
4297
(68.2%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
38.0%
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, 31.8% 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 1770 - Prosecution Statistics Summary

Executive Summary

Group 1770 is part of Technology Center 1700. This group has examined 108,120 patent applications in our dataset, with an overall allowance rate of 69.9%. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 30 months.

Prosecution Patterns

Applications in Group 1770 receive an average of 1.77 office actions before reaching final disposition. The median prosecution time is 30 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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