USPTO Group 2880 Prosecution Statistics

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
19358841AMBIENT IMAGE PROJECTION DEVICEOctober 2025February 2026Allow410NoNo
19318761MOVABLE PROJECTORSeptember 2025November 2025Allow200NoNo
19304718BATTERY TESTING APPARATUS AND METHOD, PRODUCTION METHOD, DEVICE, AND MEDIUMAugust 2025February 2026Allow610NoNo
19298527BATTERY INSPECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND BATTERY PRODUCTION DEVICEAugust 2025January 2026Allow510NoNo
19295848BATTERY DEFECT INSPECTION DEVICE, METHOD, AND APPARATUSAugust 2025January 2026Allow510NoNo
19295410DETECTION APPARATUS AND BATTERY PRODUCTION DEVICEAugust 2025February 2026Allow610NoNo
19294028DETECTION APPARATUS AND BATTERY PRODUCTION DEVICEAugust 2025February 2026Allow610YesNo
19286705ORGANIC METAL HALIDE HYBRID SCINTILLATORS & METHODS OF MAKINGJuly 2025October 2025Allow300NoNo
19277116X-RAY GENERATION APPARATUS AND X-RAY IMAGING APPARATUSJuly 2025January 2026Allow620YesNo
19254684X-RAY TUBE WITH A COOLED GATE ELECTRODEJune 2025January 2026Allow710YesNo
19252790STORY PROJECTORJune 2025November 2025Allow510NoNo
19252028ILLUMINATION COMPENSATION METHODJune 2025January 2026Allow610NoNo
19250525Ultraviolet Lamp Apparatuses Which Move Their Lamp/s While Emitting LightJune 2025January 2026Allow710NoNo
19231218SENSOR ENHANCED WALL COVERINGJune 2025August 2025Allow300NoNo
19222939Helmet mount with accessoriesMay 2025July 2025Allow200YesNo
19222457RADIATION FOCAL SPOT TO PORT MEASUREMENT DEVICE, SYSTEM, AND METHODMay 2025September 2025Allow301NoNo
19219732Lithography Using Spin Isolated Monochromatic Electromagnetic RadiationMay 2025November 2025Allow510NoNo
19212751BORON NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY SYSTEMMay 2025July 2025Allow100NoNo
19212810BORON NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY DEVICE COMPATIBLE WITH ROTATING TARGET AND FIXED TARGET AND TARGET REPLACEMENT METHODMay 2025July 2025Allow200NoNo
19212763BORON NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY (BNCT) SYSTEM COMPRISING A TARGET CURRENT MONITORING DEVICEMay 2025September 2025Allow300NoNo
19208409METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MERCURY ANALYSISMay 2025June 2025Allow100NoNo
19203101COMMUNICATION DEVICES, SYSTEMS AND METHODSMay 2025June 2025Allow100NoNo
19202101DETECTION METHOD AND DEVICE FOR LOW CARRIER MOBILITY OF INSULATING MATERIALMay 2025July 2025Allow200NoNo
19201152METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE TEMPERATURE OF AN X-RAY DEVICE, X-RAY DEVICE AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTMay 2025March 2026Allow1000NoNo
19199825COLLIMATOR ARRANGEMENT FOR AN X-RAY TUBEMay 2025June 2025Allow100NoNo
19197752APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RADIATION THERAPYMay 2025December 2025Allow810NoNo
19197536MEDICAL IMAGING SYSTEMS AND ASSOCIATED DEVICES AND METHODSMay 2025July 2025Allow210NoNo
19185326TUBE FURNACE COMBUSTION ANALYZER SYSTEMApril 2025June 2025Allow200NoNo
19180769GEOMETRIC LOADING EFFECT CORRECTION FOR LITHOGRAPHYApril 2025November 2025Allow710YesNo
19121444PREDICTION OF PERCENTAGE LEVELS OF GASES THAT ARE UNDETECTABLE VIA OPTICAL ABSORPTION MEASUREMENTSApril 2025March 2026Allow1100NoNo
19178922X-RAY MEASUREMENT ARRANGEMENT FOR EXAMINING TEST OBJECTS WITH X-RAY RADIATION AND METHOD FOR EXAMINING TEST OBJECTS WITH X-RAY RADIATIONApril 2025March 2026Allow1100NoNo
19121084RADIOTHERAPY SYSTEM BASED ON MULTI-ISOCENTERApril 2025May 2025Allow100NoNo
19173729METHOD FOR MONITORING TEMPERATURE-INDUCED DEFORMATION OF COMPONENTS IN INTELLIGENT MOXIBUSTION ROBOT BASED ON INFRARED SPECTROSCOPYApril 2025June 2025Allow200NoNo
19173746RESET-TYPE CHARGE-SENSITIVE AMPLIFYING CIRCUIT, AND METHOD FOR AMPLIFYING AND RESETTING DATA SIGNALApril 2025May 2025Allow100NoNo
19094861AUTOMATIC POSITIONING DEVICE FOR HELICAL TOMOTHERAPY PLAN VERIFICATIONMarch 2025May 2025Allow100NoNo
19091755SHAPE VARIABLE DISPLAY ARRAYMarch 2025December 2025Allow810NoNo
19089613ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY SYSTEMMarch 2025May 2025Allow210NoNo
19088481Rear Projection Display (RPD) device for an Electronic DisplayMarch 2025September 2025Allow610NoNo
19084627MASS SPECTROMETRY SYSTEM AND METHOD WITH STACKED-RING ION TRANSFER DEVICEMarch 2025June 2025Allow300NoNo
19081465MULTIFUNCTIONAL HAND SWITCH ASSEMBLY FOR A PORTABLE X-RAY DEVICEMarch 2025May 2025Allow200NoNo
19111321SPECTRAL ALIGNMENT METHOD FOR INDUCED GAMMA RAY LOGGINGMarch 2025June 2025Allow300NoNo
19076415PRODUCTION OF HIGHLY PURIFIED 212PBMarch 2025May 2025Allow200NoNo
19074174SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ION PACKET FORMATION, DELIVERY, AND CALIBRATION IN MASS SPECTROMETRYMarch 2025June 2025Allow410NoNo
19074212MASS SPECTROMETRY SYSTEM AND METHOD WITH CONTROLLED ION TRANSFERMarch 2025June 2025Allow310NoNo
19072894SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISINFECTIONMarch 2025February 2026Abandon1110NoNo
19109517FLUORESCENT INK AND IMAGING SYSTEM FOR DEFECT DETECTION ON PRINTED PHOTOSENSITIVE OBJECTSMarch 2025November 2025Allow810NoNo
19066471Method for Capture of Small-Angle Scatter Over Wide Fields of ViewFebruary 2025May 2025Allow300NoNo
19057424JET BLADES OPTICAL INSPECTIONFebruary 2025July 2025Allow410NoNo
19104468SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LATERAL TREATMENTS OF THE BREASTFebruary 2025August 2025Allow601NoNo
19052937SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING A FOCUSED X-RAY BEAMFebruary 2025June 2025Allow400NoNo
19049826SMART SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFICATION AND PROCESSING OF SPENT LITHIUM CELLSFebruary 2025October 2025Allow820NoNo
19048650ELECTRONIC RING FOR MONITORING VITAMIN D LEVELSFebruary 2025May 2025Allow300NoNo
19044116HEAT TREATMENT APPARATUS AND HEAT TREATMENT METHODFebruary 2025July 2025Allow610YesNo
19100141AUTO POSITIONING OF X-RAY TUBE SUPPORT WITH RESPECT TO DETECTORJanuary 2025May 2025Allow400NoNo
19041182REDUCING AN ELECTRON EMISSION OF AN ELECTRON EMITTERJanuary 2025June 2025Allow500NoNo
19039935CATHODE DEVICE WITH IMPROVED ELECTRON EMITTER CONTACTINGJanuary 2025June 2025Allow500NoNo
19039069HIGH TEMPERATURE ION SOURCEJanuary 2025July 2025Allow610NoNo
19028608WAFER MEASUREMENT SYSTEM USING TIME-OF-FLIGHT MEDIUM-ENERGY ION SCATTERING SIGNALJanuary 2025May 2025Allow400NoNo
19030413RADIATION DETECTION SYSTEMS AND METHODSJanuary 2025October 2025Allow900NoNo
19023867AUTOMATIC MAGNETIC IMPURITY SAMPLE ISOLATIONJanuary 2025August 2025Allow701NoNo
19024749METHOD FOR ADJUSTING LASER PATH OF TERAHERTZ NEAR-FIELD SYSTEMJanuary 2025April 2025Allow310NoNo
19025905DEVICE AND METHOD FOR UNATTENDED TREATMENT OF A PATIENTJanuary 2025March 2025Allow210NoNo
19024835SEQUENTIAL ARRAY OF X-RAY IMAGING DETECTORSJanuary 2025September 2025Allow810YesNo
19020561INFRARED THERMAL IMAGING NIGHT VISION MONOCULARJanuary 2025June 2025Allow510NoNo
19018811COINCIDENCE TECHNIQUE-BASED X-RAY DETECTION DEVICE AND COMPOSITION ANALYSIS METHODJanuary 2025April 2025Allow300NoNo
19017866METHOD FOR DOSE CONTROLJanuary 2025June 2025Allow510YesNo
19016757MULTI-CONFIGURABLE DENTAL RADIOGRAPH SENSOR HOLDER SYSTEMJanuary 2025July 2025Allow610NoNo
19015374DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MULTI-ENERGY FIELD INDUCED ATOMIC-SCALE COMPUTER NUMERICAL CONTROL (CNC) MACHINING IN ENVIRONMENTAL ATMOSPHEREJanuary 2025October 2025Allow920NoNo
19011219X-RAY ANALYSIS SYSTEM WITH FOCUSED X-RAY BEAM AND NON-X-RAY MICROSCOPEJanuary 2025June 2025Allow500NoNo
19008683ELECTRON DETECTION DEVICE AND SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPEJanuary 2025February 2025Allow100NoNo
18878214HYBRID NEAR-FIELD SCANNING MICROWAVE MICROSCOPEDecember 2024August 2025Allow700NoNo
18978709CHANGING THE ORIENTATION OF THE X-RAY EMITTER IN ORDER TO VARY THE X-RAY RADIATIONDecember 2024August 2025Allow810NoNo
18975232APPARATUS FOR SANITIZING A FIBEROPTIC ENDOSCOPEDecember 2024March 2025Allow300NoNo
18974359WIRE-BASED CALIBRATION APPARATUS FOR X-RAY IMAGING SYSTEMSDecember 2024June 2025Allow611YesNo
18974437X-RAY GENERATION APPARATUS AND X-RAY IMAGING APPARATUSDecember 2024May 2025Allow510NoNo
18873315SAMPLE HOLDERDecember 2024March 2026Allow1500NoNo
18969965Ultraviolet Lamp Apparatuses Which Move Their Lamp/s While Emitting LightDecember 2024May 2025Allow510NoNo
18968553SINGLE-MOLECULE FORCE SPECTROSCOPY-INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY (SMFS-IR) COUPLING METHOD AND SYSTEM, AND DEVICEDecember 2024April 2025Allow500NoNo
18968576APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RADIATION THERAPYDecember 2024February 2025Allow200NoNo
18967633APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MEASURING RADONDecember 2024March 2025Allow300NoNo
18963733METHODS AND DEVICES FOR FINE RECONSTRUCTION OF SEDIMENTATION STRUCTURES OF FLUMESNovember 2024February 2025Allow200NoNo
18959771RECALIBRATION OF A RADIATION DETECTORNovember 2024November 2025Allow1100YesNo
18959313LIGHT SOURCE SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATIONNovember 2024February 2025Allow300NoNo
18958622COMMUNICATION DEVICES, SYSTEMS AND METHODSNovember 2024January 2025Allow200NoNo
18956924COMMUNICATION DEVICES, SYSTEMS AND METHODSNovember 2024January 2025Allow200NoNo
18950326INTRACELLULAR RADIATION MICRODOSIMETRIC DETECTION STRUCTURE AND DETECTION METHODNovember 2024January 2025Allow200NoNo
18950262METHOD FOR OPERATING AN X-RAY FACILITY, X-RAY FACILITY, COMPUTER PROGRAM AND ELECTRONICALLY-READABLE DATA MEDIUMNovember 2024June 2025Allow610NoNo
18865686X-RAY FLUORESCENCE SPECTROMETERNovember 2024May 2025Allow600NoNo
18945243SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR X-RAY BACKSCATTER INSPECTION OF PARTSNovember 2024October 2025Allow1100YesNo
18944285System And Method For Radiochromic Film Calibration Utilizing Non-Ionizing RadiationNovember 2024January 2025Allow200NoNo
18943543BROADBAND THERMAL DETECTOR WITH A PLURALITY OF QUARTER-WAVE CAVITIESNovember 2024February 2025Allow400NoNo
18943580SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EVALUATING HYDROGEN GENERATION POTENTIAL FROM ROCKS FOR NATURAL HYDROGEN EXPLORATIONNovember 2024April 2025Allow610YesNo
18942340PRODUCTION OF HIGHLY PURIFIED 212PBNovember 2024April 2025Allow510NoNo
18941888ADJUSTABLE DWELL TIME FOR MOTION DETECTOR BASED ON ACTIVITYNovember 2024February 2026Allow1610NoNo
18937615SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR X-RAY ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY USING SPECTRAL INFORMATION FROM TWO ORTHOGONAL PLANESNovember 2024June 2025Allow710NoNo
18862372DEVICE COMPRISING A CAPILLARY TUBE AND A MEASUREMENT MODULE FOR ESTIMATING AN ACTIVITY OF A RADIOACTIVE LIQUIDNovember 2024August 2025Allow1000YesNo
18933660DUAL-PURPOSE SYSTEM FOR COLLECTIBLE CARD AUTHENTICATION, IDENTIFICATION, AND GRADING AND ANTI-SCANNING PROTECTIONOctober 2024March 2025Allow400NoNo
18929538DETECTION AND ANALYSIS METHOD FOR RAPID DELINEATION OF AGING STAGES OF STYRENE-BUTADIENE-STYRENE MODIFIED ASPHALTOctober 2024February 2025Allow300NoNo
18927668SUPPORTING INSULATION BASE OF NEGATIVE HIGH-VOLTAGE POTENTIAL NEUTRON TARGET OF COMPACT NEUTRON SOURCEOctober 2024December 2024Allow200NoNo
18921229COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR DETERMINING SPATIALLY RESOLVED RADIATION EXPOSURE INFORMATION, X-RAY DEVICE, COMPUTER PROGRAM, AND ELECTRONICALLY READABLE DATA STORAGE MEDIUMOctober 2024February 2025Allow310NoNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for group 2880.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
643
Examiner Affirmed
424
(65.9%)
Examiner Reversed
219
(34.1%)
Reversal Percentile
58.4%
Higher than average

What This Means

With a 34.1% 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
2332
Allowed After Appeal Filing
843
(36.1%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
1489
(63.9%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
77.8%
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, 36.1% 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 2880 - Prosecution Statistics Summary

Executive Summary

Group 2880 is part of Technology Center 2800. This group has examined 72,418 patent applications in our dataset, with an overall allowance rate of 85.0%. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 24 months.

Prosecution Patterns

Applications in Group 2880 receive an average of 1.37 office actions before reaching final disposition. The median prosecution time is 24 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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