USPTO Group 2680 Prosecution Statistics

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
19074219WEARABLE COMPUTING DEVICEMarch 2025May 2025Allow200NoNo
19067636WEARABLE COMPUTING DEVICEFebruary 2025June 2025Allow300YesNo
19067613WEARABLE COMPUTING DEVICEFebruary 2025June 2025Allow300NoNo
19065861USE OF IMPERFECT PATTERNS TO ENCODE DATA ON SURFACESFebruary 2025April 2025Allow200NoNo
19064301WEARABLE COMPUTING DEVICEFebruary 2025May 2025Allow200NoNo
19064294WEARABLE COMPUTING DEVICEFebruary 2025May 2025Allow200NoNo
19061480CONSENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM OVER A COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKFebruary 2025April 2025Allow200NoNo
19059911WEARABLE COMPUTING DEVICEFebruary 2025May 2025Allow200NoNo
19053353WEARABLE COMPUTING DEVICEFebruary 2025April 2025Allow200NoNo
19044551USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) TO DETECT PEST ACTIVITYFebruary 2025April 2025Allow200NoNo
19025704SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VEHICLE TRAFFIC SIGNALINGJanuary 2025March 2025Allow210NoNo
19022417METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR GATHERING AND ANALYZING HUMAN BIOLOGICAL SIGNALSJanuary 2025June 2025Allow510YesNo
19022402METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR GATHERING AND ANALYZING HUMAN BIOLOGICAL SIGNALSJanuary 2025June 2025Allow510YesNo
19015763HAPTIC ENABLED SMART HELMET FOR ENHANCED SAFETYJanuary 2025June 2025Allow500NoNo
18880881METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY ACTUATING A DIRECTION INDICATOR AND VEHICLEJanuary 2025June 2025Allow500NoNo
19005253USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) TO DETECT CONDITIONS CONDUCIVE TO PEST ACTIVITYDecember 2024February 2025Allow200NoNo
18858350CRO-INTENTFORMER-BASED METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PREDICTING SURROUNDING VEHICLE TRAJECTORIES BY INTEGRATING DRIVING INTENTIONSDecember 2024March 2025Allow500YesNo
18878078IMAGE READING DEVICEDecember 2024March 2025Allow300NoNo
18990632VEHICLE ANTI-THEFT SYSTEMDecember 2024May 2025Allow501NoNo
18988462WEARABLE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR BACKFEED COMMUNICATION FOR PERSONAL SECURITYDecember 2024March 2025Allow300NoNo
18876595Parking Assisting Method and Parking Assistance DeviceDecember 2024June 2025Allow600NoNo
18982610ANTI-LEAK DIGITAL DOCUMENT MARKING USING DISTRIBUTED LEDGER TO GENERATE A CODE UNIQUELY CORRESPONDING TO A UNIQUE VALUE FOR EACH DIGITAL DOCUMENTDecember 2024April 2025Allow410NoNo
18970950MONITORING AND EARLY WARNING DEVICE FOR PREVENTING FALLING DURING GETTING UP OF OLD PEOPLEDecember 2024April 2025Allow410YesNo
18970177Systems, Methods, and Devices for Automatic Signal Detection based on Power Distribution by Frequency over TimeDecember 2024March 2025Allow310YesNo
18968428APPARATUS FOR TISSUE TRANSPORT AND PRESERVATIONDecember 2024February 2025Allow200YesNo
18966852ATTENTION DEFICIT HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER ALERT DEVICEDecember 2024May 2025Allow510NoNo
18870277CHEMICAL MATERIAL LEAKAGE ALARM-PROVIDING SYSTEM AND CHEMICAL MATERIAL LEAKAGE ALARM-PROVIDING METHODNovember 2024March 2025Allow400NoNo
18956287SUCTION ATTACHMENT ACCESSORY FOR PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICESNovember 2024April 2025Allow510NoNo
18944702METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IDENTIFYING BACK ACUPUNCTURE POINTS, AND MOXIBUSTION ROBOTNovember 2024February 2025Allow300NoNo
18942962SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRACKING A SPORTS OBJECTNovember 2024June 2025Allow710NoNo
18941758MEDICATION TRACKING SYSTEMNovember 2024December 2024Allow100YesNo
18939402STRAIN CALCULATION METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PHASE-SENSITIVE OPTICAL COHERENCE ELASTOGRAPHYNovember 2024February 2025Allow300NoNo
18935271Using a Custom Printer Driver to Automatically Electronically Create, Capture and Manage all Documents Utilized in a Transaction, with Automatic Upload and Verification of DocumentsNovember 2024March 2025Allow410NoNo
18935399INTELLIGENT PET ECOSYSTEMNovember 2024March 2025Allow400YesNo
18934514USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) TO DETECT A LEAK WITHIN A WALL OF A BUILDINGNovember 2024December 2024Allow100NoNo
18929010HEALTH AND SAFETY MONITORING AND ALERT SYSTEM AND METHODOctober 2024February 2025Allow400NoNo
18925138RECORDING MEDIUM, METHOD FOR RECORDING INFORMATION, AND METHOD FOR READING INFORMATIONOctober 2024June 2025Allow700NoNo
18924120SECURITY SYSTEMOctober 2024March 2025Allow510NoNo
18922977HEAT ASSISTED MAGNETIC RECORDING AND REPRODUCING DEVICE AND ADJUSTMENT METHOD OF THE SAMEOctober 2024July 2025Allow800NoNo
18919347PORTABLE ALARMOctober 2024December 2024Allow200NoNo
18918641TACTILE DIRECTIONAL GUIDE SYSTEMOctober 2024March 2025Allow510NoNo
18915817Sealing Device, System, and MethodsOctober 2024April 2025Allow620YesNo
18912425METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DIGITAL ALERTING OF VEHICLES BASED ON A CHARACTERISTIC OF A ROAD AND AT LEAST ONE FACTOR CORRESPONDING TO AN OBJECTOctober 2024January 2025Allow410YesNo
18908681AUTOMATIC NOTIFICATION SYSTEMOctober 2024April 2025Allow710NoNo
18904788Systems, Methods, and Devices for Automatic Signal Detection based on Power Distribution by Frequency over TimeOctober 2024January 2025Allow410NoNo
18852034METHOD FOR OPERATING A VEHICLESeptember 2024February 2025Allow500YesNo
18896367SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING PHYSICAL LOCKS WITH SINGLE RESET OR OVERRIDE DEVICESeptember 2024February 2025Allow501NoNo
18896409DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING UNLOCK CODES VIA DISPLAY AUGMENTATIONSeptember 2024March 2025Allow520NoNo
18896731USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) TO DETECT PEST ACTIVITY WITHIN A WALL OF A BUILDINGSeptember 2024October 2024Allow100NoNo
18889176FREQUENCY SELECTIVE METAMATERIAL FOR PROTECTIVE ENCLOSURESSeptember 2024March 2025Allow620NoNo
18888915SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INTELLIGENT DIGITAL ALERTING RULES MANAGEMENTSeptember 2024December 2024Allow310NoNo
18884135NONCONTACT COMMUNICATION MEDIUM, MAGNETIC TAPE CARTRIDGE, NONCONTACT COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, OPERATION METHOD OF NONCONTACT COMMUNICATION MEDIUM, AND PROGRAMSeptember 2024May 2025Allow800NoNo
18885464Multilevel Fire DetectorSeptember 2024June 2025Allow901NoNo
18883474ANTI-LEAK DIGITAL DOCUMENT MARKING SYSTEM AND METHOD USING DISTRIBUTED LEDGERSeptember 2024November 2024Allow210NoNo
18830772SECURE GROUND-BASED DETECTION AND ALERT SYSTEM AND METHODSeptember 2024December 2024Allow300NoNo
18882591SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING ONE OR MORE DEVICES USING A SIGNAL CONTROL UNITSeptember 2024March 2025Allow610NoNo
18828811BIOSIGNAL INTEGRATION WITH VEHICLES AND MOVEMENTSeptember 2024June 2025Allow911NoNo
18827279IN SITU CODE DESIGN METHODS FOR MINIMIZING OPTICAL CROWDINGSeptember 2024January 2025Allow400NoNo
18826171PATIENT SAFETY MONITORING METHOD AND APPARATUSSeptember 2024April 2025Allow710YesNo
18823961TEXTILE ELEMENT SUCH AS A CLOTHINGSeptember 2024January 2025Allow500YesNo
18824142System for Detecting and Alerting Intrusion into a Protected Area with a Mechanism to Decipher Between Authorized and Unauthorized AccessSeptember 2024November 2024Allow300NoNo
18822419A CARD PACKAGE ACCESSORY WITH AN ANTI-LOST FUNCTIONSeptember 2024May 2025Abandon910NoNo
18822264METHOD FOR SECONDARY DISASTER EARLY WARNING BASED ON GROUND-BASED SAR MONITORING OF DEFORMATION DATASeptember 2024January 2025Allow510NoNo
18818994ASPIRATED SMOKE FIRE DETECTOR, FIRE PROTECTION SYSTEM, AIRFLOW DETECTION CIRCUIT AND METHODAugust 2024November 2024Allow300NoNo
18841997Parking Assistance Method and Parking Assistance DeviceAugust 2024April 2025Allow710NoNo
18811492METHODS OF MONITORING FEEDING BEHAVIORS OF PETSAugust 2024April 2025Allow800NoNo
18807804COAL AND GAS OUTBURST MONITORING DEVICEAugust 2024February 2025Allow610NoNo
18798785APPLICATION SOFTWARE FOR OVERHEAD OBSTACLE DETECTION AND AVOIDANCE SYSTEM FOR VEHICLESAugust 2024November 2024Allow400NoNo
18794065SMART DEFECATION DETECTION DEVICE AND HEALTHCARE SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAMEAugust 2024February 2025Allow600NoNo
18787186SPEED ENFORCEMENT DATA COLLECTION AND MAPPINGJuly 2024February 2025Allow710YesNo
18786938METHOD AND A SYSTEM FOR MONITORING IN REAL TIME AN ANGULAR POSITION OF AN ASSETJuly 2024February 2025Allow710NoNo
18782887APPARATUS FOR TISSUE TRANSPORT AND PRESERVATIONJuly 2024September 2024Allow200YesNo
18783165FACIAL RECOGNITION TECHNOLOGY FOR IMPROVING DRIVER SAFETYJuly 2024September 2024Allow200YesNo
18781398Systems, Methods, and Devices for Automatic Signal Detection based on Power Distribution by Frequency over TimeJuly 2024September 2024Allow210YesNo
18781497Systems, Methods, and Devices for Automatic Signal Detection based on Power Distribution by Frequency over TimeJuly 2024December 2024Allow420NoNo
18730652METHOD FOR DEVELOPING A PRINTING PLANJuly 2024March 2025Allow800YesNo
18730704DATA CAPTURE METHOD FOR ANIMAL MOVEMENT AND PREDICTIONJuly 2024June 2025Allow1100NoNo
18778690HALL EFFECT KEYBOARDJuly 2024February 2025Allow710NoNo
18777185SYSTEM LINKED ITEMJuly 2024September 2024Allow200NoNo
18777082VIBRATION SIGNALING FOR A GUNJuly 2024January 2025Allow610NoNo
18775350REMOTE PROGRAMMING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REPLACEMENT VEHICLE KEYSJuly 2024February 2025Allow720YesNo
18772119Traffic Control System and ApparatusJuly 2024November 2024Allow410YesNo
18771923BIOMETRIC PRE-IDENTIFICATIONJuly 2024May 2025Allow1010NoNo
18769831METHOD OF PROGRAMMING A LOAD CONTROL DEVICEJuly 2024January 2025Allow700YesNo
18770534TRAFFIC SIGNAL UNDERSTANDINGS AND REPRESENTATION FOR PREDICTION, PLANNING, AND CONTROLJuly 2024June 2025Allow1110YesNo
18768887PANIC BUTTON INTERVENTIONJuly 2024March 2025Allow800NoNo
18768832METHOD AND MAGNETIC DISK APPARATUSJuly 2024March 2025Allow800NoNo
18768322SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE, MAGNETIC TAPE DRIVE, MAGNETIC TAPE, MAGNETIC TAPE CARTRIDGE, PROGRAM, SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, AND MAGNETIC TAPE MANUFACTURING METHODJuly 2024February 2025Allow700NoNo
18768256MAGNETIC HEAD, MAGNETIC TAPE, MAGNETIC TAPE CARTRIDGE, MAGNETIC TAPE DRIVE, AND MAGNETIC TAPE READING METHODJuly 2024May 2025Allow1010NoNo
18765658TECHNOLOGY FOR ASSESSING ACCIDENT EVENTSJuly 2024June 2025Allow1110NoNo
18766439INTELLIGENT INERT MEASUREMENT MODEJuly 2024June 2025Allow1210NoNo
18765788GATE DEVICE, AUTHENTICATION SYSTEM, GATE DEVICE CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUMJuly 2024April 2025Allow1010NoNo
18765869GATE DEVICE, AUTHENTICATION SYSTEM, GATE DEVICE CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUMJuly 2024April 2025Allow1010NoNo
18765559VEHICULAR PARKING ASSIST SYSTEMJuly 2024February 2025Allow710NoNo
18764548SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SELECTIVELY SENDING, DELIVERY AND RECEIVING OF FAXESJuly 2024March 2025Allow900NoNo
18764240ELECTRIC FENCEJuly 2024December 2024Allow500NoNo
18764275ELECTRIC FENCE DEVICE AND SYSTEMJuly 2024February 2025Allow720NoNo
18763141PASSAGE TIMING CALCULATION DEVICE, PASSAGE TIMING CALCULATION METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM FOR RECORDING PROGRAMJuly 2024April 2025Allow910NoNo
18763763SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMPRESSING A CAPTURED IMAGEJuly 2024March 2025Allow800NoNo
18762647Cam Crusher SystemJuly 2024June 2025Abandon1110YesNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for group 2680.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
1290
Examiner Affirmed
971
(75.3%)
Examiner Reversed
319
(24.7%)
Reversal Percentile
5.2%
Lower than average

What This Means

With a 24.7% 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
2993
Allowed After Appeal Filing
988
(33.0%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
2005
(67.0%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
48.1%
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, 33.0% 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 2680 - Prosecution Statistics Summary

Executive Summary

Group 2680 is part of Technology Center 2600. This group has examined 74,006 patent applications in our dataset, with an overall allowance rate of 82.5%. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 21 months.

Prosecution Patterns

Applications in Group 2680 receive an average of 1.46 office actions before reaching final disposition. The median prosecution time is 21 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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