USPTO Group 2870 Prosecution Statistics

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
19120479DOUBLE-HELIX ONTO A SINGLE LIGHT-GUIDE OPTICAL ELEMENT (LOE)April 2025June 2025Allow300NoNo
19081606LED LIGHT HOLDING SYSTEMMarch 2025June 2025Allow310NoNo
19081577LED LIGHT HOLDING SYSTEMMarch 2025May 2025Allow210NoNo
19111916MIRROR ASSEMBLYMarch 2025May 2025Allow200NoNo
19072142POINT-CONTROL LAMP AND LAMP STRINGMarch 2025July 2025Allow410NoNo
19108748ORTHOKERATOLOGY CONTACT LENSES AND RELATED METHODSMarch 2025May 2025Allow300NoNo
19069914SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INDICATING THE EXISTENCE OF ACCESSIBLE INFORMATION PERTAINING TO ARTICLES OF COMMERCEMarch 2025June 2025Allow410NoNo
19068343AUTOMATED FRAUDULENT ALTERING AND PHOTOCOPYING DETECTION UTILIZING STEGANOGRAPHIC PATTERN DETECTIONMarch 2025June 2025Allow410NoNo
19067252OPTICAL FILTERFebruary 2025April 2025Allow200NoNo
19063340MINIATURE TELEPHOTO LENS ASSEMBLYFebruary 2025April 2025Allow200NoNo
18707521SENSORY TRAITS INFORMATION COLLECTING METHOD AND SENSORY TRAITS INFORMATION COLLECTING DEVICEFebruary 2025June 2025Allow1310NoNo
19061309IC CONTROL LIGHT BULB, LED LIGHT STRIP AND IC CONTROLLERFebruary 2025April 2025Allow200NoNo
19060493LOW REFLECTANCE REMOVABLE LENS STACKFebruary 2025May 2025Allow210NoNo
19057338ELECTRIC FIREPLACE WITH VARIABLE COVER PLATEFebruary 2025May 2025Allow200NoNo
19054966HEAD-MOUNTED IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEMFebruary 2025May 2025Allow310NoNo
19054908OPTICAL COHERENCE COMPUTATION APPARATUS AND AN ERROR CORRECTION METHOD THEREOFFebruary 2025April 2025Allow200NoNo
19054760Christmas Tree String Lights StandFebruary 2025June 2025Allow410NoNo
18730812IMAGING LENSFebruary 2025March 2025Allow800NoNo
19043183HIGH INTENSITY ILLUMINATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOFJanuary 2025June 2025Allow410NoNo
19039497METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PRODUCING LIGHT OF SPECIFIED WAVELENGTHJanuary 2025April 2025Allow300NoNo
19035744COMPACT FIBER OPTIC GYROSCOPE WITH FEEDBACK-ENHANCED FREQUENCY INTERFEROMETRY FOR PRECISION MEASUREMENTJanuary 2025April 2025Allow200NoNo
18997519FILMS HAVING ASYMMETRIC GRIN OPTICAL ELEMENTS FOR APPLICATION TO SPECTACLES OR OTHER OPHTHALMIC LENSESJanuary 2025June 2025Allow500NoNo
19026603LUMINOUS BOARDJanuary 2025March 2025Allow200NoNo
19025771NON-CONTACT OPTICAL AXIS AND PUPIL CENTER DETECTION APPARATUSJanuary 2025May 2025Allow410YesNo
19021824Multi-mode music sycn RGB LED LightJanuary 2025April 2025Allow310NoNo
19022373Cabinet Light with Diffuser and Reflector behind L-Shaped Lamp ShadeJanuary 2025June 2025Allow500NoNo
19020182SECONDARY REFLECTION COMPENSATIONJanuary 2025March 2025Allow200NoNo
19020962Cell Sorting Using A High Throughput Fluorescence Flow CytometerJanuary 2025March 2025Allow200NoNo
19017713Method for optical fiber fusion splicingJanuary 2025March 2025Allow200NoNo
19017542DOMAIN WALL STRAIGHTENING METHOD OF PERIODICALLY POLED FERROELECTRIC CRYSTALJanuary 2025March 2025Allow200NoNo
19016405BATTERY CASE FOR LIGHT-FIXTUREJanuary 2025June 2025Allow510NoNo
18992690LIGHT GRID WITH DISTANCE MEASUREMENTJanuary 2025April 2025Allow300NoNo
19013270COMPACT FOLDED TELE CAMERASJanuary 2025March 2025Allow200NoNo
19013206Enhanced Portable Electronic Device Case Accessory Engagement SystemJanuary 2025April 2025Allow310NoNo
19012903SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MULTI-LEVEL SECURITY IN HIGH-CAPACITY QR CODESJanuary 2025March 2025Allow200NoNo
19010636LIGHTED ARCHITECTURAL-STRUCTURE COVERINGJanuary 2025June 2025Allow600NoNo
19010533CIRCUIT CARTRIDGEJanuary 2025March 2025Allow200NoNo
19009553MINIMIZED PROFILE SURFACE LIGHTINGJanuary 2025April 2025Allow310NoNo
18880282CONTACT LENS AND PACKAGING SOLUTIONDecember 2024February 2025Allow200NoNo
19004546FAN LAMPDecember 2024March 2025Allow300YesNo
19004811DISPLAY AND DISPLAY SYSTEMDecember 2024June 2025Allow500NoNo
18880001PARTICLES CHARACTERIZATION IN FLOW CYTOMETRYDecember 2024April 2025Allow300NoNo
19004565METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CHARACTERIZING A RESONATOR ELEMENTDecember 2024June 2025Allow610NoNo
19004358AUTO FOCUS AND OPTICAL IMAGE STABILIZATION IN A COMPACT FOLDED CAMERADecember 2024May 2025Allow510NoNo
19004437FIRE SMOKE DETECTION METHOD AND FIRE SMOKE DETECTOR BASED ON PARTICLE SHAPE CHARACTERISTICSDecember 2024April 2025Allow300NoNo
18879648RELIABLE AND SELF-SUFFICIENT LIGHTING SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREFORDecember 2024June 2025Allow600NoNo
18879735APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR EXTENDED DEPTH OF FIELDDecember 2024June 2025Allow600NoNo
19002256OPTICAL FILTERDecember 2024June 2025Allow610NoNo
18878954IMAGE PROJECTOR WITH POLARIZING CATADIOPTRIC COLLIMATORDecember 2024March 2025Allow300NoNo
19001583BULB STRUCTUREDecember 2024April 2025Allow410NoNo
18879152METHOD, OPTICAL FILTER SYSTEM, OPTICAL MEASUREMENT DEVICE AND USEDecember 2024March 2025Allow300NoNo
19000742LARGE-APERTURE COMPACT SCANNING TELE CAMERASDecember 2024February 2025Allow100NoNo
19000846LIGHTING DEVICE AND TOYDecember 2024March 2025Allow200NoNo
18991770LARGE APERTURE CONTINUOUS ZOOM FOLDED TELE CAMERASDecember 2024June 2025Allow510NoNo
18989451QUICK LINK LIGHT, DRIVING DEVICE, AND SYSTEMDecember 2024May 2025Allow510NoNo
18985666SHADOWLESS CONNECTORDecember 2024March 2025Allow310NoNo
18983810CONTROL DEVICE FOR ILLUMINATION DEVICE, AND ILLUMINATION SYSTEMDecember 2024June 2025Allow600NoNo
18984964DEVICE FOR MEASURING THE REFRACTIVE INDEX OF A FLUIDDecember 2024July 2025Allow600NoNo
18979950METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND APPARATUS FOR MODULATING OR REDUCING PHOTOPHOBIC RESPONSESDecember 2024April 2025Allow410NoNo
18980381INTERIOR AIRCRAFT LIGHTING ASSEMBLY, AIRCRAFT PASSENGER SERVICE UNIT WITH AN INTERIOR AIRCRAFT LIGHTING ASSEMBLY, AND METHOD OF OPERATING AN INTERIOR AIRCRAFT LIGHTING ASSEMBLYDecember 2024June 2025Allow600NoNo
18980817PLASTIC ARTICLE WITH INTEGRATED BARCODE SCANNABLE TO DISPLAY MATERIAL TRACING INFORMATIONDecember 2024April 2025Allow410NoNo
18716740VEHICLE HEADLIGHT HAVING AN IMAGING GENEERATION UNIT AND A MATRIX LIGHT SOURCE UNIT FOR PRDOUCING OVERLAPPING IMAGES IN A LIGHT DISTRIBUTIONDecember 2024June 2025Allow1200NoNo
18977469DISPLAY ASSEMBLIES WITH CONDENSATION MITIGATION AND RELATED SYSTEMS AND METHODSDecember 2024April 2025Allow401NoNo
18293341PARALELL PLATE HIGH-LUMEN LUMINAIREDecember 2024June 2025Allow1600NoNo
18973739EYEPIECE OPTICAL SYSTEM AND HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAY DEVICEDecember 2024April 2025Allow400NoNo
18974563IMAGING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR TURBID OIL ABRASIVE PARTICLES BASED ON POLARIZED IMAGE ENHANCEMENTDecember 2024February 2025Allow200NoNo
18972511EYEPIECE OPTICAL SYSTEM AND HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAY DEVICEDecember 2024February 2025Allow200NoNo
18972061MULTI-PURPOSE LIGHTING DEVICEDecember 2024April 2025Allow410NoNo
18970066DISPLAY ASSEMBLY USING STRUCTURAL ADHESIVEDecember 2024May 2025Allow510NoNo
18968456Intelligent and Automated RFID-Based Control System for a DisplayDecember 2024March 2025Allow310YesNo
18967131RECHARGEABLE WALL LAMPDecember 2024February 2025Allow200NoNo
18966918DEPLOYING RFID READERS IN ENVIRONMENTS HAVING A DENSE POPULATION OF RFID TAGSDecember 2024June 2025Allow700NoNo
18966467OPTICAL MEASUREMENTSDecember 2024March 2025Allow301NoNo
18964243APPARATUS TO MANIPULATE GUIDED MODES ON A NANOSCALE USING ELECTRO-OPTIC EFFECTSNovember 2024July 2025Allow711YesNo
18963756DIFFUSERS IN WEARABLE DEVICESNovember 2024May 2025Allow600NoNo
18963679System and Method for Dynamic Registration and Utilization of QR-Code Identifiers on Physical MediaNovember 2024March 2025Allow310NoNo
18726408TWO-DIMENSIONAL CODE AND METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING AND READING THEREOFNovember 2024May 2025Allow1110NoNo
18962069SELF-CONTAINED ELECTRONIC DISPLAY ASSEMBLY, MOUNTING STRUCTURE AND METHODS FOR THE SAMENovember 2024May 2025Allow610NoNo
18961487COLLABORATIVE WELD SEAM TRACKING METHOD BASED ON LASER LINE SCANNING SENSING AND PLATFORM THEREOFNovember 2024February 2025Allow300NoNo
18870275METHODS FOR COMPENSATING MEASUREMENTS OF DEVICES UNDER TEST (DUTS) CAPTURED THROUGH PRESCRIPTION LENSES, AND ASSOCIATED IMAGING SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODSNovember 2024February 2025Allow300NoNo
18869366MULTI-WAVELENGTH LASER BEAM HOMOGENIZER-EXPANDER LIGHT ENGINENovember 2024June 2025Allow710NoNo
18724641VEHICLE HEADLIGHT CONTROL APPARATUS, VEHICLE HEADLIGHT CONTROL METHOD, AND VEHICLE HEADLIGHT SYSTEMNovember 2024May 2025Allow1100NoNo
18960193TACTICAL FLASHLIGHT WITH CAMERA FUNCTIONNovember 2024March 2025Allow410NoNo
18959511COLOR BALANCED SUNGLASS LENS FOR OCULAR PHOTO-BIO-STIMULATIONNovember 2024May 2025Allow500NoNo
18959034Display glasses using single imagerNovember 2024April 2025Allow520NoNo
18958920SIMULATED FLAME LAMP AND SIMULATED FLAME LAMP STANDNovember 2024January 2025Allow200NoNo
18958613INTEGRATION OF VERIFICATION TOKENS WITH MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICESNovember 2024June 2025Allow700NoNo
18958180DEVICE FOR MEASURING DIAMETER ERROR OF ROLLER FOR THREADED PAIR TRANSMISSIONNovember 2024February 2025Allow200NoNo
18956449LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE (LED) LIGHT BAR AND FLEXIBLE NEON LAMPNovember 2024February 2025Allow300NoNo
18955674STRING LIGHT STRUCTURENovember 2024May 2025Allow610NoNo
18954376DIFFRACTIVE TRIFOCAL LENSNovember 2024April 2025Allow510NoNo
18867621MICROSCOPE DRAPENovember 2024June 2025Allow610NoNo
18953930DISPLAY MEDIUM, CODE GENERATION METHOD, AND CODE READING METHODNovember 2024June 2025Allow700NoNo
18953470INTELLIGENT REDIRECTSNovember 2024January 2025Allow200NoNo
18866622LIGHT REGULATION AND CONTROL SCREEN, LIGHT REGULATION AND CONTROL SYSTEM AND LIGHT REGULATION AND CONTROL METHODNovember 2024June 2025Allow700NoNo
18950026Microstructures for Transforming Light Having Lambertian Distribution into Batwing DistributionsNovember 2024May 2025Allow500NoNo
18948670HEAD-WORN EYEWEAR STRUCTURE WITH INTERNAL FANNovember 2024May 2025Allow620NoNo
18866053RFID COMPOSITE CONDUCTIVE PASTE, METHOD FOR PREPARING THE SAME, AND RFID ELECTRONIC TAGNovember 2024June 2025Allow700NoNo
18864921POSITIONING DEVICE FOR AN IMAGING DEVICE AND METHODNovember 2024February 2025Allow300NoNo
18945094COATING FOR A FRAMING SHUTTER FOR A LUMINAIRENovember 2024April 2025Allow510NoNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for group 2870.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
1111
Examiner Affirmed
715
(64.4%)
Examiner Reversed
396
(35.6%)
Reversal Percentile
68.8%
Higher than average

What This Means

With a 35.6% reversal rate, the PTAB reverses the examiner's rejections in a meaningful percentage of cases. This reversal rate is above the USPTO average, indicating that appeals have better success here than typical.

Strategic Value of Filing an Appeal

Total Appeal Filings
6168
Allowed After Appeal Filing
2288
(37.1%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
3880
(62.9%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
77.2%
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, 37.1% 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 show good success rates. If you have a strong case on the merits, consider fully prosecuting the appeal to a Board decision.

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

Group 2870 - Prosecution Statistics Summary

Executive Summary

Group 2870 is part of Technology Center 2800. This group has examined 230,546 patent applications in our dataset, with an overall allowance rate of 81.9%. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 25 months.

Prosecution Patterns

Applications in Group 2870 receive an average of 1.45 office actions before reaching final disposition. The median prosecution time is 25 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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