USPTO Group 2860 Prosecution Statistics

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
19112397SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MONITORING HYDRAULIC SYSTEMSMarch 2025June 2025Allow300NoNo
19076965VENTILATION TEST DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PLASTIC PARTS OF COFFEE MACHINEMarch 2025April 2025Allow100NoNo
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
18881163DEVICE FOR ACOUSTIC DETECTION OF AN ELECTRIC ARCJanuary 2025June 2025Allow610NoNo
19007506ROLLING BEARING COMBINED FAULT DIAGNOSIS METHOD BASED ON MULTI-DOMAIN FEATURE CONSTRUCTIONJanuary 2025June 2025Allow510NoNo
18963782LAYOUT OPTIMIZATION METHOD OF WATER QUALITY MONITORING POINTS BASED ON RF-C-SOM CLUSTERING ALGORITHMNovember 2024March 2025Allow410NoNo
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
18914117METHODS FOR FAULT DIAGNOSIS OF PRESSURE SENSOR OF ELECTRO-HYDRAULIC SYSTEM WITH EXPLICIT CONTROLLER AND IMPLICIT CONTROLLER IN PARALLELOctober 2024March 2025Allow510NoNo
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
18825970METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR THERMAL CONTROL OF DEVICES IN AN ELECTRONICS TESTERSeptember 2024January 2025Allow410YesNo
18825962METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR THERMAL CONTROL OF DEVICS IN ELECTRONICS TESTERSeptember 2024November 2024Allow210NoNo
18842245METHOD FOR ESTIMATING OUTLET AIR TEMPERATUREAugust 2024May 2025Allow910YesNo
18816981CAP-SHAPED PORTABLE STADIOMETERAugust 2024February 2025Allow520YesNo
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
18679974NATURAL HYDROGEN GAS SAMPLING SYSTEM AND METHODMay 2024January 2025Allow710NoNo
18677722WIND TURBINE FARMMay 2024June 2025Allow1221NoNo
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
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
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
18608628REAL-TIME CALIBRATION METHOD AND SYSTEM OF ACOUSTIC LOGGING DATA WHILE DRILLING FOR PRECISE NAVIGATION OF DEEP OIL AND GASMarch 2024August 2024Allow510NoNo
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
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
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
18443259WALL MOUNTED DIGITAL SCALEFebruary 2024December 2024Allow1020YesNo
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
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
18291586METHOD FOR CALCULATING COUPLED LUBRICATION AND DYNAMICS CHARACTERISTIC PARAMETERS OF FLANGED BEARINGJanuary 2024June 2025Abandon1720YesYes
18418116MEASUREMENT SYSTEMJanuary 2024July 2024Allow610NoNo
18414724INTELLIGENT MONITORING AND EARLY WARNING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ROCK BURST BASED ON MULTI-FIELD AND MULTI-SOURCE INFORMATION FUSIONJanuary 2024August 2024Allow710NoNo
18414418METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ASSESSING GEOLOGICAL CARBON DIOXIDE STORAGE CAPACITYJanuary 2024June 2024Allow500NoNo
18579440APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MEASURING A PARAMETER OF A PROCESS FLUIDJanuary 2024June 2024Allow500NoNo
18412018DEVICE FOR MEASURING LENGTH AND CENTER OF MASS OF CONICAL WORKPIECEJanuary 2024March 2024Allow200NoNo
18411159VIBRATION GENERATOR MOVING VIBRATOR BY MAGNETIC FIELD GENERATED BY COIL AND VIBRATOR-MOUNTED HOLDER USED IN VIBRATION-GENERATORJanuary 2024April 2025Allow1510NoNo
18408042GENERATIVE MACHINE LEARNING ON TEXTUAL QUERIES RELATING TO MOLECULESJanuary 2024December 2024Allow1120YesNo
18407325Battery Impedance Tracking During ChargingJanuary 2024September 2024Allow900NoNo
18405580Environmental Monitoring SystemJanuary 2024September 2024Allow900YesNo
18402928OFFSET WELL ANALYSIS USING WELL TRAJECTORY SIMILARITYJanuary 2024December 2024Allow1110YesNo
18401727METHOD FOR SELECTING PARAMETERS FOR TUNNEL SUPPORT BASED ON ENGINEERING-ORIENTED BEHAVIOR DISCRIMINATION OF SURROUNDING ROCKJanuary 2024February 2025Abandon1420NoNo
18400543METHOD FOR DETERMINING A MAGNITUDE OF A MASS TO BE PLACED ON A WHEEL ASSEMBLY USING ACCELERATION DATADecember 2023April 2025Allow6030NoNo
18400246DIGITAL, SELF-DIAGNOSIS, SENSING INTELLIGENT LAYER INTEGRATING ACTIVE AND PASSIVE MONITORING AND METHODDecember 2023April 2024Allow300NoNo
18530622MOTOR LEAKAGE CURRENT DETECTOR, DEVICES USING SAME AND RELATED METHODSDecember 2023April 2025Allow1610NoNo
18529262ROTATIONAL ELECTRICAL PROBEDecember 2023April 2025Allow1600YesNo
18525391ELECTRICAL CONTACT WEAR MONITORING SYSTEMNovember 2023July 2024Allow810YesNo
18564182MACHINE LEARNING PROXY MODEL FOR PARAMETER TUNING IN OILFIELD PRODUCTION OPERATIONSNovember 2023September 2024Allow910YesNo
18514004SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONVERTING LIVE WEATHER DATA TO WEATHER INDEX FOR OFFSETTING WEATHER RISKNovember 2023May 2024Allow610YesNo
18509492FLUID CONSUMPTION METER WITH NOISE SENSORNovember 2023January 2025Allow1410NoNo
18560860MAGNETIC FIELD MEASUREMENT APPARATUS AND MAGNETIC FIELD MEASUREMENT METHODNovember 2023June 2025Allow1900YesNo
18503561SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CALIBRATING WEATHER STATIONS USING MAXIMUM ALLOWED ALTITUDE ERRORSNovember 2023April 2025Allow1710NoNo
18503885Circuit for Object Detection and Vehicle Position DeterminationNovember 2023September 2024Allow1110NoNo
18500249SYSTEM FOR CHARACTERIZING A TRANSISTOR CIRCUITNovember 2023December 2024Allow1400NoNo
18385405SYSTEM FOR PREDICTING THERAPY RESISTANCE AND ITS MOLECULAR MECHANISMS IN RECTAL CANCER BEFORE TREATMENTOctober 2023June 2024Allow810YesNo
18557489SENSING DEVICEOctober 2023June 2025Allow2000NoNo
18384362HUMAN-SCALE CLOSED-BORE MPI DEVICE BASED ON RADIAL-CARTESIAN TRAJECTORY SCANNINGOctober 2023January 2024Allow310YesNo
18494396CROSS-DOMAIN MECHANICAL FAULT DIAGNOSIS METHOD BASED ON MULTI-CHANNEL FEATURE FUSION OF CBAM AND USE THEREOFOctober 2023March 2025Allow1710YesNo
18494407SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MONITORING AND DIAGNOSING POWER SYSTEM ASSETSOctober 2023September 2024Allow1110YesNo
18383303METHODS FOR ACCELERATING THE INSULATION RESISTANCE MEASUREMENT IN AN UNGROUNDED POWER SUPPLY SYSTEMOctober 2023March 2025Allow1711NoNo
18492829FINGERPRINT SENSOR AND BUTTON COMBINATIONS AND METHODS OF MAKING SAMEOctober 2023June 2025Allow1930YesNo
18488523USING MULTIPLE TARGET DISTANCES TO DETERMINE LONG-TERM QUALITY AND/OR PERFORMANCE OVER A TEMPERATURE RANGEOctober 2023September 2024Allow1110NoNo
18487231METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CALCULATING TURBULENT MIXING INTENSITY, COMPUTER DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUMOctober 2023December 2023Allow200NoNo
18487108METHOD AND SMART GAS INTERNET OF THINGS (IOT) SYSTEM FOR METERING ANTI-INTERFERENCE OF GAS ULTRASONIC METEROctober 2023March 2024Allow500NoNo
18380154AC/DC VOLTAGE DETECTION CIRCUITOctober 2023September 2024Allow1210NoNo
18380151AC/DC VOLTAGE DETECTION CIRCUITOctober 2023February 2025Allow1720NoNo
18482669METHOD FOR DETERMINING A MASS OF A SELF-DRIVING VEHICLE, CENTRAL CONTROL UNIT AND SELF-DRIVING VEHICLEOctober 2023May 2024Allow710YesNo
18377458DEVICE DETECTING ABNORMALITY OF SECONDARY BATTERY, ABNORMALITY DETECTION METHOD, AND PROGRAMOctober 2023June 2025Allow2010NoNo
18374797Self-Centering Radial Encoding Scanner and Related Systems and MethodsSeptember 2023July 2024Allow911NoNo
18474260METHOD AND DEVICE FOR IMPACT TEST ON LOWER ABDOMEN OF VEHICLE CRASH TEST DUMMYSeptember 2023January 2024Allow400NoNo

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
156
Examiner Affirmed
107
(68.6%)
Examiner Reversed
49
(31.4%)
Reversal Percentile
37.7%
Lower than average

What This Means

With a 31.4% 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
790
Allowed After Appeal Filing
303
(38.4%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
487
(61.6%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
86.1%
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, 38.4% 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 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 25,085 patent applications in our dataset, with an overall allowance rate of 83.8%. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 27 months.

Prosecution Patterns

Applications in Group 2860 receive an average of 1.49 office actions before reaching final disposition. The median prosecution time is 27 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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