USPTO Group 2860 Prosecution Statistics

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
19283217DEGRADABLE DEVICE FOR DOWNHOLE EVALUATIONJuly 2025September 2025Allow200NoNo
19261530METHOD FOR ESTIMATING NOISE OF SOFT MAGNETIC COREJuly 2025August 2025Allow100YesNo
19220046MACHINE LEARNING-BASED PREDICTION OF INCREASE IN SEA SURFACE TEMPERATUREMay 2025July 2025Allow200YesNo
19220051MACHINE LEARNING-BASED PREDICTION OF DECREASE IN SEA SURFACE TEMPERATUREMay 2025July 2025Allow200YesNo
19209109METHOD FOR DETERMINING LOAD-BEARING DEFORMATION OF SOLID WASTE MATERIALS AND SYSTEM AND DEVICE AND MEDIUM THEREOFMay 2025August 2025Allow310NoNo
19096069HYBRID FREE SPACE ACOUSTIC OSCILLATORS FOR ULTRAPRECISION SENSOR APPLICATIONSMarch 2025June 2025Allow200NoNo
19088131OPEN-CIRCUIT FAULT DIAGNOSIS METHOD FOR Si/SiC HYBRID H-BRIDGE INVERTER POWER DEVICE APPLICABLE TO GRID-SOURCE-STORAGE-VEHICHLE ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMMarch 2025June 2025Allow210NoNo
19112397SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MONITORING HYDRAULIC SYSTEMSMarch 2025June 2025Allow300NoNo
19076965VENTILATION TEST DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PLASTIC PARTS OF COFFEE MACHINEMarch 2025April 2025Allow100NoNo
19054931METHOD FOR QUANTITATIVE EVALUATION OF SELF-SEALING PROPERTY OF ORGANIC-RICH SHALEFebruary 2025August 2025Allow610NoNo
19036668METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR EVALUATING ANTI-SKID PERFORMANCE OF AIRPORT PAVEMENT BASED ON SPACEBORNE SARJanuary 2025May 2025Allow400NoNo
19034261MAGNETIC FLUX LEAKAGE AND ELECTROMAGNETIC ACOUSTIC TRANSDUCER JOINT TESTING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DRILL PIPE AT WELLHEADJanuary 2025May 2025Allow300NoNo
19031941METHOD FOR STUDYING INTERANNUAL VARIATION OF MARINE HEATWAVES IN SOUTH INDIAN OCEANJanuary 2025March 2025Allow200NoNo
19031754INTEGRATED TESTING PLATFORM AND METHOD FOR POWER BATTERY, ELECTRIC DRIVE SYSTEM AND ELECTRONIC CONTROL SYSTEM OF AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE BASED ON SYNCHRONIZED CONTROL OF FRONT AND REAR MOTORSJanuary 2025June 2025Allow500NoNo
19028180METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ACQUIRING AERODYNAMIC NOISE OF COMPRESSOR, MEDIUM, AND PRODUCTJanuary 2025August 2025Allow720NoNo
19026492Method for Early Warning of Algal Bloom Levels Based on Ordinal Forests ModelJanuary 2025October 2025Allow910NoNo
18996391DYNAMIC-BALANCE TEST METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RIGID ROTOR, DEVICE, AND MEDIUMJanuary 2025October 2025Allow910NoNo
19026502IMPEDANCE MEASUREMENT METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONVERTER, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND MEDIUMJanuary 2025July 2025Allow610YesNo
19009903IDENTIFYING DRIVERS OF MOLECULE TOXICITY USING TOXICITY ANALYSIS TREESJanuary 2025July 2025Allow610NoNo
18881163DEVICE FOR ACOUSTIC DETECTION OF AN ELECTRIC ARCJanuary 2025June 2025Allow610NoNo
19007993ROTATIONAL TEST APPARATUS AND METHODSJanuary 2025April 2025Allow301NoNo
19007506ROLLING BEARING COMBINED FAULT DIAGNOSIS METHOD BASED ON MULTI-DOMAIN FEATURE CONSTRUCTIONJanuary 2025June 2025Allow510NoNo
19003532TROPICAL CYCLONE SYMMETRY STRUCTURE ANALYSIS METHOD AND APPARATUS, DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUMDecember 2024January 2026Abandon1320NoNo
18963782LAYOUT OPTIMIZATION METHOD OF WATER QUALITY MONITORING POINTS BASED ON RF-C-SOM CLUSTERING ALGORITHMNovember 2024March 2025Allow410NoNo
18963619SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TESTING DURABILITY OF GAS DIFFUSION LAYER (GDL)November 2024July 2025Allow720NoNo
18952400SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING FLUID FILL METRIC OF FLUID IN A RECEPTACLENovember 2024August 2025Allow820YesNo
18952261METHOD AND DEVICE FOR INVERTING OCEAN-ATMOSPHERE OPTICAL PARAMETERS AND STORAGE MEDIUMNovember 2024September 2025Allow1020NoNo
18948766METHOD FOR POSITIONING AND PREDICTING CONCEALED OREBODY BASED ON PARALLEL DOUBLE-TUNNEL TRANSIENT ELECTROMAGNETIC EXPLORATIONNovember 2024August 2025Allow900NoNo
18945616METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PREDICTING OCCURRENCE DEPTH OF WEATHERING CRUST-TYPE RARE EARTH DEPOSIT OREBODYNovember 2024June 2025Allow710NoNo
18862741CALCULATION METHOD FOR MEASURING FLATNESS OF CROSS-SECTION OF TUNNEL SEGMENT BASED ON SPATIAL POINT-TO-PLANE RELATIONNovember 2024September 2025Allow1110NoNo
18932720GEAR FAULT DIAGNOSIS METHOD BASED ON JOINT WEIGHTED ENVELOPE NOISE-RESISTANT CORRELATION OF SUB-SIGNALSOctober 2024February 2025Allow410NoNo
18931067HIGH-TEMPERATURE VIBRATION MODAL TESTING DEVICE FOR VARIABLE CROSS-SECTION CARBON FIBER RESIN-BASED COMPOSITESOctober 2024January 2025Allow300NoNo
18859407METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTING ONE OR MORE ANOMALIES IN A STRUCTUREOctober 2024January 2026Abandon1510NoNo
18922765METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR EVALUATING STRENGTH OF VOLTAGE SOURCE CONVERTER (VSC)-PENETRATED POWER GRID BASED ON VOLTAGE STIFFNESSOctober 2024August 2025Allow1010NoNo
18914117METHODS FOR FAULT DIAGNOSIS OF PRESSURE SENSOR OF ELECTRO-HYDRAULIC SYSTEM WITH EXPLICIT CONTROLLER AND IMPLICIT CONTROLLER IN PARALLELOctober 2024March 2025Allow510NoNo
18899626EARLY WARNING METHOD FOR SHALLOW SOIL LANDSLIDE BASED ON RAINFALL AND SOIL MOISTURE CONTENTSeptember 2024November 2025Abandon1320NoNo
18894084FUEL CELL FAULT DIAGNOSIS METHOD AND SYSTEMSeptember 2024April 2025Allow710NoNo
18890715METHOD FOR INVERSING DEPTH OF SUBSURFACE CHLOROPHYLL-A MAXIMA OF OCEANIC WATER BODY BASED ON REMOTE SENSING REFLECTANCESeptember 2024November 2024Allow200NoNo
18825962METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR THERMAL CONTROL OF DEVICS IN ELECTRONICS TESTERSeptember 2024November 2024Allow210NoNo
18825970METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR THERMAL CONTROL OF DEVICES IN AN ELECTRONICS TESTERSeptember 2024January 2025Allow410YesNo
18842245METHOD FOR ESTIMATING OUTLET AIR TEMPERATUREAugust 2024May 2025Allow910YesNo
18810608SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING FLUID QUALITYAugust 2024December 2024Allow400NoNo
18809316DETECTION DEVICE AND DETECTION METHOD FOR NODE DETECTIONAugust 2024October 2024Allow200NoNo
18805525SEMI-ONLINE ANALYTICAL APPARATUS FOR MEASURING ATMOSPHERIC TRACE NITROGEN-CONTAINING ORGANIC COMPONENTSAugust 2024January 2025Allow510NoNo
18800210METHOD FOR MEASURING THICKNESS, ROUGHNESS AND INTERFACE STIFFNESS OF COATING LAYER USING ULTRASONIC PHASE DERIVATIVE SPECTRUMAugust 2024January 2025Allow510NoNo
18797540SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SAMPLING METAL IONS IN CORROSIVE GASAugust 2024October 2024Allow200NoNo
18796265MONITORING AND WARNING DEVICE FOR ROCK BURST IN COAL MINEAugust 2024November 2024Allow300NoNo
18789239AUTOMATIC BALANCERJuly 2024December 2024Allow410NoNo
18765268Charged Air Mass Measurement for Air Data ComputationJuly 2024May 2025Allow1110YesNo
18762698THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) MAGNETIC PARTICLE IMAGING (MPI) METHOD AND SYSTEM WITHOUT ROTATING FIELD-FREE LINE (FFL)July 2024September 2024Allow310YesNo
18760650APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SENSING THE VIBRATIONS OF EVEN CROSS-SECTIONAL MODES IN A CIRCULAR CYLINDER USING A PIEZOELECTRIC WIREJuly 2024August 2024Allow200NoNo
18747762EROSION TEST RIG FOR VARIABLE SPEED DUST IMPACT AT EXTREME TEMPERATURESJune 2024October 2024Allow410NoNo
18744685SYSTEM FOR RECONSTRUCTING MAGNETIC PARTICLE IMAGE BASED ON ADAPTIVE OPTIMIZATION OF REGULARIZATION TERMSJune 2024August 2024Allow200NoNo
18743369SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USING A MAGNETOMETER IN A GYRO-WHILE-DRILLING SURVEY TOOLJune 2024April 2025Allow1010YesNo
18720294TUNABLE LASER SPECTROSCOPY MEASUREMENT OF C13 ETHANEJune 2024September 2024Allow300NoNo
18743945ROCKET APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CHANGING ELECTRICAL ENVIRONMENT IN THUNDERSTORM CLOUDJune 2024December 2024Allow610NoNo
18740975Apparatus and Method for Testing Semiconductor DevicesJune 2024October 2025Allow1610YesNo
18732487TIME SERIES FORECASTINGJune 2024December 2025Abandon1910NoNo
18679974NATURAL HYDROGEN GAS SAMPLING SYSTEM AND METHODMay 2024January 2025Allow710NoNo
18676515METHOD FOR OPTIMIZATION DESIGN OF ARTIFICIAL REEF STRUCTUREMay 2024July 2024Allow200NoNo
18670695METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SAFETY MONITORING OF GAS FACILITIES IN A COMPREHENSIVE PIPELINE GALLERY BASED ON THE INTERNET OF THINGSMay 2024December 2024Allow700YesNo
18669210METHOD FOR EVALUATING PROBABILITY OF ROAD COLLAPSEMay 2024November 2024Allow610NoNo
18667389LOCATING AN ERROR IN A SUPPLY OR SIGNAL LINE OF A MAGNETIC RESONANCE SYSTEMMay 2024August 2025Allow1420YesNo
18658728STOWING OF PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULES FOR HAIL MITIGATIONMay 2024August 2025Allow1510NoNo
18656603METHOD FOR CORRECTING DIFFERENTIAL PRESSURE VALUES, DEVICE AND ANALYZER FOR ANALYZING CONCENTRATION THEREOFMay 2024August 2024Allow310YesNo
18656416Positioning Device For Pipeline DetectionMay 2024July 2024Allow300NoNo
18650083In-situ ultrasonic method for detecting the state of charge in soft-packaged lithium-ion batteriesApril 2024April 2025Allow1110NoNo
18648321INTELLIGENT FREQUENCY READING METHOD APPLICABLE TO LOW-TEMPERATURE ENVIRONMENT AND WIRELESS VIBRATING WIRE ACQUISITION INSTRUMENTApril 2024June 2024Allow200YesNo
18645973MONITORING THE SPRAYING OF PARTICLES INTO THE STRATOSPHERE TO ADDRESS GLOBAL WARMING USING SMARTPHONESApril 2024September 2025Abandon1621NoNo
18641382METHOD FOR QUANTIFYING STRUCTURAL FEATURE FORECAST ERROR OF METEOROLOGICAL ELEMENT BASED ON GRAPHICAL SIMILARITYApril 2024March 2025Abandon1110NoNo
18635501EXTENDABLE POOL WATER COLLECTION AND TESTING DEVICEApril 2024April 2025Allow1220YesNo
18630978INTEGRATED BROADBAND ENERGY COLLECTING AND SENSING DEVICE FOR ROD-CABLE STRUCTUREApril 2024July 2024Allow310NoNo
18697766MONITORING OF A POWER DEVICEApril 2024August 2025Allow1640YesNo
18620487INDUCTIVE PROXIMITY SENSOR FOR THE DETECTION OF AN OBJECT AND METHOD OF DETECTING AN OBJECTMarch 2024November 2025Allow2000NoNo
18695809METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SPECTRAL PREDICTION OF SOIL ORGANIC CARBON BASED ON SPECTRUM-GUIDED ENSEMBLE LEARNINGMarch 2024October 2025Allow1900NoNo
18615620PATTERN GENERATION SYSTEM WITH PIN FUNCTION MAPPINGMarch 2024August 2025Allow1710NoNo
18608628REAL-TIME CALIBRATION METHOD AND SYSTEM OF ACOUSTIC LOGGING DATA WHILE DRILLING FOR PRECISE NAVIGATION OF DEEP OIL AND GASMarch 2024August 2024Allow510NoNo
18605413SHIM COILS FOR A COMPACT MRI GRADIENT SYSTEM BASED ON MULTILAYER FLEXIBLE PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS AND ARRANGEMENT SCHEME OF CONDUCTOR LAYERSMarch 2024January 2026Allow2310NoNo
18604369IGBT COLLECTOR CURRENT ONLINE DETECTION DEVICE AND METHOD BASED ON GATE CURRENTMarch 2024November 2025Allow2000YesNo
18602114Automatic recognition method for dry quasi-stationary front in Kunming, YUNNAN, CHINAMarch 2024November 2024Allow820YesNo
18601979METHOD AND INTERNET OF THINGS (IOT) SYSTEM FOR SAFETY MONITORING AND EARLY WARNING OF SMART GAS PIPELINE NETWORKMarch 2024June 2025Allow1510NoNo
18690775MECHANICAL GRADIENT MAGNETIC FIELD GENERATORMarch 2024October 2025Allow1900YesNo
18690277CARGO MONITORING METHODMarch 2024September 2025Allow1830YesNo
18599325EXPERIMENTAL DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CO-EXISTENCE OF OVERFLOW AND LOST CIRCULATION IN FRACTURED FORMATION DURING DRILLING OF DEVIATED WELLMarch 2024June 2024Allow300NoNo
18597395UNDER WATER ACOUSTICS PLASMA GENERATORMarch 2024September 2024Allow600NoNo
18596435TEST AND/OR MEASUREMENT SYSTEMMarch 2024September 2025Allow1900NoNo
18589615DEVICE FOR MONITORING THE POSITION AND/OR ATTITUDE AND/OR MOVEMENT OF A TOOLFebruary 2024November 2024Allow920YesNo
18589155EVALUATION METHOD OF SECONDARY BATTERYFebruary 2024January 2025Allow1110YesNo
18587197Accelerated Test Data Analysis Method And Apparatus Based On Gray Forecast Model, And DeviceFebruary 2024May 2025Abandon1520NoNo
18581221METHOD OF METERED SWITCHING FOR A HIGH-PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY SAMPLE INJECTORFebruary 2024November 2024Allow810NoNo
18684471LOAD TESTING DEVICEFebruary 2024October 2025Allow2000NoNo
18443259WALL MOUNTED DIGITAL SCALEFebruary 2024December 2024Allow1020YesNo
18441733SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PARALLEL ELECTRICAL ENDURANCE TESTING OF CONTACTSFebruary 2024September 2025Allow1900NoNo
18434900APPROACHES TO DIRECTIONAL DRILLINGFebruary 2024August 2025Allow1810YesNo
18433500METHOD FOR OBJECTIVE DETERMINATION OF TYPHOON INTENSITY BASED ON GRADIENT WIND BALANCE AND SYSTEM THEREFORFebruary 2024March 2025Abandon1320NoNo
18433491METHOD FOR CONVERTING TROPICAL CYCLONE INTENSITY AT DIFFERENT TIME INTERVALS AND SYSTEM THEREOFFebruary 2024March 2025Abandon1420NoNo
18445788CHECK VALVE TESTERFebruary 2024May 2025Allow1510NoNo
18431567STATE OF CHARGE ESTIMATOR FOR BATTERIES WITH VOLTAGE HYSTERESISFebruary 2024September 2025Allow1900YesNo
18426390SEARCH AND TRACKING METHOD FOR FULL TIME-DOMAIN LASER DETECTION OF SPACE DEBRIS, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICEJanuary 2024September 2024Allow810YesNo
18427064WAFER-LEVEL SEMICONDUCTOR HIGH-VOLTAGE RELIABILITY TEST FIXTUREJanuary 2024October 2024Allow900YesNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for group 2860.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
113
Examiner Affirmed
79
(69.9%)
Examiner Reversed
34
(30.1%)
Reversal Percentile
31.2%
Lower than average

What This Means

With a 30.1% 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
570
Allowed After Appeal Filing
203
(35.6%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
367
(64.4%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
76.5%
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, 35.6% 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 face challenges. Ensure your case has strong merit before committing to full Board review.

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

Group 2860 - Prosecution Statistics Summary

Executive Summary

Group 2860 is part of Technology Center 2800. This group has examined 11,037 patent applications in our dataset, with an overall allowance rate of 81.5%. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 28 months.

Prosecution Patterns

Applications in Group 2860 receive an average of 1.79 office actions before reaching final disposition. The median prosecution time is 28 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

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.

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