Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19063105 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVED TRACTOGRAPHY IMAGES | February 2025 | October 2025 | Abandon | 8 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18843898 | PROVIDING BIOS FEATURES IN A PRE-BOOT ENVIRONMENT FOR A CLIENT COMPUTER SYSTEM | September 2024 | January 2026 | Allow | 17 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18817077 | VOLUMETRIC SCULPTING USING DUAL CONTOURING | August 2024 | March 2026 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18810109 | COMPUTER SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE DEVICES FOR OPTIMAL HOME RENTALS | August 2024 | February 2026 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18756509 | METHOD FOR COLLABORATIVE DESIGN ON CONTEXT BOUNDARIES IN MODEL-BASED TOOLS | June 2024 | December 2025 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18745369 | BLANKET SYSTEM WITH FLAPS | June 2024 | December 2025 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18742938 | IMAGING ELEMENT CLEANING APPARATUS WITH SINGLE HAND OPERABILITY | June 2024 | February 2026 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18716098 | LOW OVERHEAD REFRESH MANAGEMENT OF A MEMORY DEVICE | June 2024 | February 2026 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18679691 | WRITE DRIVER WITH SELECTIVE VOLTAGE SWING FOR MEMORY DEVICES | May 2024 | March 2026 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18675325 | Baby seat assembly | May 2024 | March 2026 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18667423 | SIDERAIL ASSEMBLIES AND PERSON-SUPPORT APPARATUSES FOR ADJUSTABLE WIDTH SURFACE | May 2024 | November 2025 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18709252 | VEHICLE SEAT SLIDE | May 2024 | February 2026 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18706720 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE ASSESSMENT SYSTEM | May 2024 | July 2025 | Allow | 14 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18701907 | POWER AMPLIFIER COMPRESSED REFERENCE SIGNALS FOR DIGITAL POST DISTORTION DETECTION | April 2024 | March 2026 | Allow | 23 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18629924 | TRAY WITH UNDER-MATTRESS MOUNT | April 2024 | February 2026 | Allow | 23 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18596845 | Advanced Stranded Cable Termination Methods and Design | March 2024 | March 2025 | Abandon | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18685927 | AUTONOMOUS MOBILE BODY AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD | February 2024 | October 2025 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18584725 | SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICE WITH A RING OSCILLATOR HAVING A PLURALITY OF STAGES OF DELAY CIRCUITS FOR MEASURING THE DELAY CHARACTERISTIC OF A TRANSISTOR | February 2024 | October 2025 | Allow | 20 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18436620 | MULTI-ACCESS LIFTGATE | February 2024 | January 2026 | Allow | 24 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18425747 | MEMORY DEVICE AND REPAIR METHOD OF THE MEMORY DEVICE | January 2024 | February 2026 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18425149 | MULTIPLE DIODE REFERENCE READOUT CIRCUITRY OF A DEGRADATION SENSING CIRCUIT | January 2024 | November 2025 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18417813 | Semiconductor Device and Method of Manufacturing the Same | January 2024 | March 2026 | Allow | 26 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18405564 | MEMORY DEVICE INCLUDING READ OFFSET COMPENSATOR AND OFFSET REFERENCE RESISTANCE COMPENSATION METHOD THEREOF | January 2024 | December 2025 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18405929 | FILM-BASED ONE-TIME-PROGRAMMABLE MEMORY CELLS IN DEVICE METALLIZATION LAYERS AND BACK-END OF LINE METHODS OF MANUFACTURING THEREOF | January 2024 | January 2026 | Allow | 25 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18576214 | Network Nodes and Methods Therein for Event Monitoring | January 2024 | March 2026 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18400137 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIA FOR BREATHING SIGNAL ANALYSIS AND EVENT DETECTION AND GENERATING RESPIRATORY FLOW AND EFFORT ESTIMATE SIGNALS | December 2023 | March 2026 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18575097 | USER EQUIPMENT, BASE STATION, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD | December 2023 | December 2025 | Allow | 24 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18544286 | REVERSIBLE PHOTOSWITCHABLE ISOMERIZATION OF NOVEL STERICALLY HINDERED 2,2',6,6'-TETRAMETHYL-4,4'-BIS((TRIMETHYLSILYL)ETHYNYL)AZOBENZENE | December 2023 | April 2024 | Allow | 4 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18532317 | INFANT SWADDLING | December 2023 | September 2024 | Allow | 10 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18530954 | ETHANE SEPARATION WITH OVERHEAD CRYOGENIC HEAT EXCHANGER | December 2023 | January 2026 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18524826 | METHOD FOR CELL HANDOVER, AND TERMINAL DEVICE | November 2023 | February 2026 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18564449 | TOP EMISSION TYPE ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR DESIGNING SAME | November 2023 | February 2026 | Allow | 27 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18564405 | METHOD OF GENERATING AEROSOL USING ULTRASONIC VIBRATOR AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR PERFORMING THE METHOD | November 2023 | March 2026 | Allow | 28 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18501647 | PROCESS FOR PREPARING BTK INHIBITORS | November 2023 | May 2024 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18385350 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING SIDELINK TRANSMISSION IN SIDELINK RESOURCE POOLS IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | October 2023 | November 2025 | Allow | 25 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18496847 | FRAUD PREVENTION TRADING AND PAYMENT SYSTEM FOR BUSINESS AND CONSUMER TRANSACTIONS | October 2023 | May 2025 | Abandon | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18557100 | IMPROVED INSULATED COUPLING | October 2023 | January 2026 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18489695 | STACKED FOCAL PLANE ARRAY CIRCUIT AND METHOD THEREOF | October 2023 | December 2025 | Allow | 26 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18555759 | Air conditioning systems for rooms | October 2023 | February 2026 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18487317 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF | October 2023 | March 2026 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18484891 | Optical Coupling | October 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18378505 | CRYOGENIC UNIT | October 2023 | September 2025 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18475358 | ENGINEERED DUAL BINDING ANTIBODIES AND USES THEREOF | September 2023 | March 2026 | Allow | 29 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18474685 | PROCESS FOR CONTROLLING LOW VOLTAGE MICROGRIDS | September 2023 | December 2025 | Allow | 26 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18552259 | Brayton Electrochemical Refrigerator/Air Conditioner | September 2023 | October 2025 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18549549 | ANTIVIRAL COMPOSITION COMPRISING A NUCLEOLIN-BINDING PEPTIDE | September 2023 | February 2026 | Allow | 29 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18280722 | ICE MAKER AND REFRIGERATOR INCLUDING THE SAME | September 2023 | December 2025 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17759911 | AIR OUTLET ASSEMBLY AND AIR CONDITIONING EQUIPMENT | September 2023 | October 2025 | Abandon | 39 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18548668 | AEROSOL-GENERATING DEVICE USING VIBRATING TRANSDUCER AND CONTROLLED LIQUID SUPPLY | September 2023 | January 2026 | Allow | 28 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18459303 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODE AND ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE HAVING THEREOF | August 2023 | November 2025 | Allow | 27 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18458411 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING A SENSOR NETWORK | August 2023 | September 2025 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18547146 | CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION REPORTING METHOD, CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION RECEIVING METHOD, COMMUNICATION NODE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | August 2023 | January 2026 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18275678 | SMALL MOLECULE LIN28 INHIBITORS AS ANTICANCER AGENTS | August 2023 | January 2026 | Allow | 30 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18364958 | DEVICE NETWORK CONFIGURATION METHOD AND FIRST DEVICE | August 2023 | November 2025 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18363791 | VEHICLE BODY SIDE SILL REINFORCEMENT PANEL | August 2023 | March 2026 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18363802 | Contactless System and Method for Assessing Tissue Viability and Other Hemodynamic Parameters | August 2023 | October 2025 | Abandon | 26 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18363111 | TUBULAR HEATING BODY AND AEROSOL-GENERATING APPARATUS | August 2023 | March 2026 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18359668 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME AND DISPLAY DEVICE | July 2023 | September 2025 | Allow | 26 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18225807 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A LINE OF CREDIT BASED DIGITAL CONTENT MULTICHAMBERED CLOUD BASED DISTRIBUTION PLATFORM | July 2023 | April 2024 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18273874 | TERMINAL, BASE STATION, AND RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD | July 2023 | December 2025 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18224169 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS AND RELATED DEVICE | July 2023 | February 2026 | Allow | 31 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18223270 | SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS RELATED TO RF FRONT-END ARCHITECTURES WITH INTEGRATED ANTENNA SWITCH CIRCUITRY | July 2023 | February 2026 | Allow | 31 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18272878 | SURFACE EMITTING LASER | July 2023 | February 2026 | Allow | 31 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18260690 | BASE STATION AND COMMUNICATION METHOD | July 2023 | July 2025 | Allow | 24 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18346556 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE | July 2023 | September 2025 | Allow | 26 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18342718 | Apparatus and Method for Generating a Bandwidth Extended Signal | June 2023 | July 2024 | Abandon | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18342698 | Apparatus and Method for Generating a Bandwidth Extended Signal | June 2023 | July 2024 | Abandon | 12 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18342686 | Apparatus and Method for Generating a Bandwidth Extended Signal | June 2023 | July 2024 | Abandon | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18342702 | Apparatus and Method for Generating a Bandwidth Extended Signal | June 2023 | July 2024 | Abandon | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18342712 | Apparatus and Method for Generating a Bandwidth Extended Signal | June 2023 | July 2024 | Abandon | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18342704 | Apparatus and Method for Generating a Bandwidth Extended Signal | June 2023 | July 2024 | Abandon | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18342715 | Apparatus and Method for Generating a Bandwidth Extended Signal | June 2023 | July 2024 | Abandon | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18342710 | Apparatus and Method for Generating a Bandwidth Extended Signal | June 2023 | July 2024 | Abandon | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18340851 | CELL SELECTION METHOD AND APPARATUS | June 2023 | October 2025 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18338810 | EAR VISUALIZATION AND TREATMENT SYSTEM | June 2023 | February 2024 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18337056 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD FOR SYMBOLS TRANSMISSION AND APPARATUS | June 2023 | November 2025 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18268180 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SELECTING RESOURCE ON BASIS OF LCH IN NR V2X | June 2023 | December 2025 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18266325 | ANTIBACTERIAL TRYGLYSIN AGENTS | June 2023 | January 2026 | Allow | 31 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18332424 | Dock Leveler With Maintenance Strut | June 2023 | February 2026 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18206657 | ACCESSORY BASE PLATE WITH POWER CONNECTION ROUTING | June 2023 | January 2026 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18327042 | ELECTRICAL APPARATUS SETTING METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | May 2023 | December 2025 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18322329 | METHOD OF FORMING OPENING IN PASSIVATION LAYER AND STRUCTURES THEREOF | May 2023 | December 2025 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18038045 | FABRICATED RAPID CONSTRUCTION PLATFORM FOR BRIDGE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR | May 2023 | February 2026 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18037480 | TETRAPEPTIDE AND COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING TETRAPEPTIDES | May 2023 | December 2025 | Allow | 31 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18196408 | CHILD CARRIER | May 2023 | May 2024 | Allow | 12 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18036251 | AN APPARATUS FOR A VEHICLE | May 2023 | November 2025 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18314303 | NECK MOVEMENT MEASURING DEVICE | May 2023 | February 2026 | Allow | 33 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18143984 | INTELLIGENT ROOF DRAIN SYSTEMS AND METHODS | May 2023 | February 2024 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18143338 | PROTEIN PAYLOAD RELEASE | May 2023 | November 2025 | Allow | 31 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18139218 | VEHICLE WITH WINDSHIELD AND DUCT ASSEMBLY | April 2023 | July 2025 | Allow | 27 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18138459 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TREATING HEARING LOSS | April 2023 | March 2026 | Allow | 34 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18137291 | CMOS IMAGE SENSOR AND METHOD FOR MAKING THE SAME | April 2023 | July 2025 | Allow | 27 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18133823 | DISTANCE MEASURING DEVICE | April 2023 | April 2025 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18297056 | Decentralized Ledger Supply Chain Planning Interchange | April 2023 | May 2024 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18295501 | AUGER AND CONVEYOR SPEED CONTROL | April 2023 | March 2026 | Allow | 35 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18295133 | SUBSTITUTED FUSED IMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVES, PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS, AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF | April 2023 | April 2024 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18194410 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING CANCER | March 2023 | April 2024 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18186535 | Optical Coupling | March 2023 | February 2024 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18186622 | Optical Coupling | March 2023 | January 2024 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18186601 | Optical Coupling | March 2023 | September 2023 | Allow | 6 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for group 3990.
With a 43.9% reversal rate, the PTAB reverses the examiner's rejections in a meaningful percentage of cases. This reversal rate is in the top 25% across the USPTO, indicating that appeals are more successful here than in most other areas.
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, 40.3% 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.
✓ 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 3990 is part of Technology Center 3900. This group has examined 1,861 patent applications in our dataset, with an overall allowance rate of 90.9%. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 30 months.
Applications in Group 3990 receive an average of 1.89 office actions before reaching final disposition. The median prosecution time is 30 months.
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.
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