Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18785643 | DISTRIBUTED JOURNALING FOR WRITE OPERATIONS TO RAID SYSTEMS | July 2024 | December 2024 | Allow | 5 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18608537 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR MOBILE DEVICE MESSAGING-BASED COMMUNICATIONS USING CUSTOM-GENERATED DEEPLINKS AND BASED ON THE HYPER TEXT TRANSFER PROTOCOL (HTTP) | March 2024 | November 2024 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18292853 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING ANTENNA | January 2024 | November 2024 | Allow | 10 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18483340 | WORKFLOWS FOR AUTOMATED OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT | October 2023 | November 2024 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18481763 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR POLICY BASED ACCESS CONTROL | October 2023 | November 2024 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18234173 | FENCE MONITORING SYSTEM, FENCE MONITORING APPARATUS, AND FENCE MONITORING METHOD | August 2023 | October 2024 | Allow | 14 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18254502 | CONFIGURING ACCESS RIGHTS FOR AN ELECTRONIC KEY | May 2023 | December 2024 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18028846 | Method for Recording a Number of Events in an Encoded Tracer Variable in a Security-Oriented Computer Program | March 2023 | November 2024 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18071576 | ACTIVATING A SMART LABEL VIA AN EMBEDDED LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE | November 2022 | October 2024 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17991562 | READER APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD WITH CANCELATION CIRCUIT | November 2022 | December 2024 | Allow | 25 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17926078 | RETRIEVING DIAGNOSTIC INFORMATION FROM A PCI EXPRESS ENDPOINT | November 2022 | December 2024 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17962869 | IDENTIFYING ROOT CAUSE ANOMALIES IN TIME SERIES | October 2022 | October 2024 | Allow | 25 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17728379 | FLEXIBLE DESTINATION SEARCH | April 2022 | December 2024 | Allow | 31 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17709081 | Search Engine for Automotive Dealerships | March 2022 | November 2024 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17625412 | WIRELESS TERMINAL DETECTION SYSTEM, WIRELESS TERMINAL DETECTION DEVICE, WIRELESS TERMINAL DETECTION METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING PROGRAM STORED THEREIN | January 2022 | October 2024 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17512036 | RECONFIGURABLE SECURE ANTENNA MODULE AND ASSEMBLY METHOD | October 2021 | December 2024 | Allow | 37 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 17436928 | GATE OPENING METHOD AND DOOR UNLOCKING METHOD USING PORTABLE TERMINAL NETWORK ADDRESS | September 2021 | September 2024 | Allow | 37 | 3 | 1 | No | No |
| 17460593 | TRANSMISSION OF STREAMING STATION ASSOCIATED WITH OVER-THE-AIR BROADCAST STATION | August 2021 | October 2024 | Allow | 38 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17445552 | CUSTOMIZATION OF MESSAGE DELIVERY TIME BASED ON CONSUMER BEHAVIOR | August 2021 | September 2024 | Allow | 37 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17399590 | APPARATUSES FOR MOUNTING AN ANTENNA ASSEMBLY | August 2021 | October 2024 | Allow | 38 | 5 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17236361 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A PARTITIONED ANTENNA AT A VENT FORMED IN A BOTTOM METAL CHASSIS | April 2021 | December 2024 | Allow | 43 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17277736 | ANTENNA DEVICE FOR VEHICLE | March 2021 | November 2024 | Allow | 44 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17065210 | ANTENNA EMBEDDED IN A RADOME | October 2020 | December 2024 | Allow | 50 | 7 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16605058 | MOTOR CONTROL METHOD TO IMPROVE COLD RESPONSE TIME IN A MOTOR PUMP HYDRAULIC SYSTEM | October 2019 | July 2020 | Allow | 9 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16544583 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING ADVERTISING CONTENT VIA MOBILE DEVICE DOCKING STATION | August 2019 | November 2024 | Allow | 60 | 7 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16385969 | ENGINE SOUND GENERATION AS TRANSMISSION SHIFTING AID FOR A HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLE | April 2019 | May 2020 | Allow | 13 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16371665 | CONTROL SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE | April 2019 | June 2020 | Allow | 14 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16331260 | SYSTEM FOR THE ROTATIONAL DECOUPLING OF SHAFTS | March 2019 | August 2020 | Allow | 17 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16325463 | CLUTCH UNIT | February 2019 | July 2020 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16253257 | Transmission with Selectable One-Way Clutch | January 2019 | June 2020 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16313512 | A CONTROLLABLE POWERTRAIN INPUT MODULE | December 2018 | July 2020 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16232295 | COMPACT FOLDING ELECTRIC BICYCLE | December 2018 | November 2020 | Allow | 22 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16230040 | MULTIPLATE FRICTION CLUTCH | December 2018 | June 2020 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16213738 | WIDE BAND OMNI DIRECTIONAL ANTENNA | December 2018 | May 2019 | Allow | 5 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16308091 | PLANETARY TRANSMISSION | December 2018 | July 2020 | Allow | 19 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16302767 | TORQUE CONVERTER FOR VEHICLE | November 2018 | May 2020 | Allow | 18 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 15929059 | MULTISPEED AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FOR ELECTRIFIED VEHICLES | November 2018 | July 2020 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16169003 | CAP WITH CLUTCH FOR HELICAL LSD | October 2018 | July 2020 | Allow | 21 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16146691 | DEPLOYING SESSION INITIATION PROTOCOL APPLICATION NETWORK SECURITY | September 2018 | April 2020 | Allow | 19 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16036926 | Vehicle Having Interactive Lean Control | July 2018 | May 2019 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 15996020 | MAGNETORHEOLOGICAL FLUID CLUTCH APPARATUS AND CONTROL SYSTEMS | June 2018 | May 2020 | Allow | 23 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 15802266 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR PROVIDING A MULTI-MERCHANT ELECTRONIC SHOPPING CART FOR A SHOPPING SERVICE | November 2017 | October 2024 | Allow | 60 | 7 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 15722260 | ENCLOSURE FOR WIRELESS ACCESS POINT | October 2017 | March 2018 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 15559029 | TRANSMISSION CONTROL DEVICE AND TRANSMISSION CONTROL METHOD | September 2017 | April 2020 | Allow | 31 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 15559032 | TRANSMISSION CONTROL DEVICE AND TRANSMISSION CONTROL METHOD | September 2017 | April 2020 | Allow | 31 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 15694625 | NAVIGATION SYSTEM WITH DELIVERY MECHANISM AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF | September 2017 | November 2019 | Allow | 27 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 15689902 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FAILURE DETECTION IN STORAGE SYSTEM | August 2017 | April 2019 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 15666464 | Community-Based Transportation Services System and Method | August 2017 | September 2019 | Allow | 26 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 15545211 | CLUTCH SYSTEM | July 2017 | June 2020 | Allow | 34 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 15651379 | BIOLOGIC SAMPLE COLLECTION DEVICES AND METHODS OF PRODUCTION AND USE THEREOF | July 2017 | April 2019 | Allow | 21 | 0 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 15644273 | METHOD OF DESIGNING ADDRESSABLE ARRAY SUITABLE FOR DETECTION OF NUCLEIC ACID SEQUENCE DIFFERENCES USING LIGASE DETECTION REACTION | July 2017 | July 2018 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 15640964 | TECHNIQUES FOR ACCESS CONTROL USING WEARABLE DEVICES | July 2017 | July 2019 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 15589583 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING AN ENHANCED TEXT MESSAGING SERVICE | May 2017 | August 2019 | Allow | 28 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 15479802 | AGILE NAVIGATION AND GUIDANCE ENABLED BY LIDAR (ANGEL) | April 2017 | March 2019 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 15457127 | Method and Device for Operating a Motor Vehicle, and Motor Vehicle | March 2017 | June 2020 | Allow | 39 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 15422429 | MOTORCYCLE HAVING INTERACTIVE LEAN CONTROL | February 2017 | May 2018 | Allow | 15 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 15378094 | ANTENNA DEVICE, ANTENNA MODULE, AND COMMUNICATION TERMINAL APPARATUS | December 2016 | June 2019 | Allow | 60 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 15341500 | MULTI-BAND WLAN ANTENNA DEVICE | November 2016 | January 2019 | Allow | 26 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 15237490 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR PREPARING OLIGONUCLEOTIDE SOLUTIONS | August 2016 | June 2017 | Allow | 10 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 15208660 | Wireless Communication System Having a Transmission Unit that Transmits or Receives Based on a Detected Timing | July 2016 | February 2019 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 15194884 | CHECKPOINT TRIGGERING IN A COMPUTER SYSTEM | June 2016 | May 2018 | Allow | 23 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 15030390 | Access Control Device for Delivering Coded Knocks | April 2016 | May 2017 | Allow | 13 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 15096446 | METHOD OF DESIGNING ADDRESSABLE ARRAY SUITABLE FOR DETECTION OF NUCLEIC ACID SEQUENCE DIFFERENCES USING LIGASE DETECTION REACTION | April 2016 | March 2017 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 15065907 | IDENTIFYING INTERVALS OF UNUSUAL ACTIVITY IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS | March 2016 | May 2017 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 15057910 | Firearm Monitoring and Tracking System | March 2016 | July 2017 | Allow | 17 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 14784569 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING NANOPARTICLE ARRAY, SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE-BASED SENSOR AND METHOD FOR ANALYZING USING SAME | February 2016 | March 2019 | Allow | 41 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 15010362 | GATE CROSSING ARM COLLISION DETECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD | January 2016 | July 2017 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 14960208 | TECHNIQUES FOR REAL TIME SERVER TESTING IN A PRODUCTION ENVIRONMENT | December 2015 | April 2017 | Allow | 17 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 14887354 | IDENTIFYING INTERVALS OF UNUSUAL ACTIVITY IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS | October 2015 | May 2017 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 14826488 | FUNCTIONALIZED CARBORANYL MAGNESIUM ELECTROLYTE FOR MAGNESIUM BATTERY | August 2015 | April 2016 | Allow | 8 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 14767005 | VEHICULAR SYSTEM, VEHICLE SIDE UNIT, AND MOBILE DEVICE | August 2015 | October 2016 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 14732331 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM FOR FACILITATING DELIVERY OF REPLACEMENT PARTS FOR A DAMAGED VEHICLE | June 2015 | June 2017 | Allow | 24 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 14699422 | Synchronization of records of duty status between a vehicle and a stationary unit | April 2015 | December 2015 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 14590646 | AUTOMOTIVE CARBON MONOXIDE SENSOR | January 2015 | July 2015 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 14543137 | WEARABLE ASSISTIVE DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHODS THEREOF FOR THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED | November 2014 | December 2015 | Allow | 13 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 14523929 | VEHICLE INFORMATION DELIVERY AND MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD | October 2014 | July 2015 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 14512747 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SECURING BEACONS | October 2014 | November 2015 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 14339692 | DRIVE SHAFT DETECTION FOR PUMP OR MOTOR PROTECTION | July 2014 | June 2015 | Allow | 11 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 14337065 | USE OF GEOFENCES FOR LOCATION-BASED ACTIVATION AND CONTROL OF SERVICES | July 2014 | February 2017 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 14322418 | PASSIVE REMOTE KEYLESS ENTRY SYSTEM WITH TIME-BASED ANTI-THEFT FEATURE | July 2014 | August 2017 | Allow | 37 | 3 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 14317616 | VEHICLE-MOUNTED REPLACEMENT ANTENNA | June 2014 | June 2016 | Allow | 24 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 14369087 | BEHAVIOR-BASED SOURCE MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF | June 2014 | January 2017 | Allow | 31 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 14290766 | ANTENNA AND COMMUNICATION APPARATUS | May 2014 | September 2016 | Allow | 28 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 14288408 | FORWARD TRACKING SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF | May 2014 | March 2016 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 14264614 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EDITING A PROGRAM ON AN OPTICAL DISC | April 2014 | June 2015 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 14244388 | PARITY CHUNK OPERATING METHOD AND DATA SERVER APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING THE SAME IN DISTRIBUTED RAID SYSTEM | April 2014 | June 2016 | Allow | 27 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 14205458 | ARTIFACT SELECTION USING TEXTUAL REPORTS | March 2014 | December 2015 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 14097441 | MICROCOMPUTER, MIDDLEWARE, AND OPERATING METHOD FOR THE SAME | December 2013 | September 2015 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 14085996 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CAUSE ANALYSIS INVOLVING CONFIGURATION CHANGES | November 2013 | December 2014 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 14059091 | TRANSMISSION LINE AND ANTENNA DEVICE | October 2013 | July 2016 | Allow | 33 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 14028789 | METHOD AND READ MODULE FOR ADJUSTING A FREQUENCY AT WHICH A CONVERTER SAMPLES A READ SIGNAL BASED ON MOVEMENT OF CENTER OF A ROTATING STORAGE MEDIUM | September 2013 | June 2014 | Allow | 9 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 13947777 | METHOD OF DESIGNING ADDRESSABLE ARRAY SUITABLE FOR DETECTION OF NUCLEIC ACID SEQUENCE DIFFERENCES USING LIGASE DETECTION REACTION | July 2013 | January 2016 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 13927795 | EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE REQUESTING DEVICE | June 2013 | May 2016 | Allow | 34 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 13904196 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND OUTPUT BUFFER CIRCUIT FOR DRIVING THE SAME | May 2013 | February 2014 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 13898105 | METHOD OF PATTERNING SELF-ORGANIZING MATERIAL, PATTERNED SUBSTRATE OF SELF-ORGANIZING MATERIAL AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME, AND PHOTOMASK USING PATTERNED SUBSTRATE OF SELF-ORGANIZING MATERIAL | May 2013 | April 2016 | Allow | 35 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 13870715 | REPEATED RUNOUT (RRO) ZERO PHASE START (ZPS) | April 2013 | January 2015 | Allow | 21 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 13850365 | MULTI-STREAM HEAT EXCHANGER FOR A FUEL CELL SYSTEM | March 2013 | March 2016 | Allow | 36 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 13849554 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR COMMUNICATING WITH A MIRROR CAMERA | March 2013 | November 2013 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 13828107 | VARIATOR CONTROL WITH TORQUE PROTECTION | March 2013 | July 2014 | Allow | 16 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 13819076 | METHOD FOR JUDGING COERCIVE FORCE OF MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM | February 2013 | November 2015 | Allow | 33 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for group 4160.
With a 50.0% 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, 42.9% 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 4160 is part of Technology Center 4100. This group has examined 216 patent applications in our dataset, with an overall allowance rate of 99.5%. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 31 months.
Applications in Group 4160 receive an average of 1.92 office actions before reaching final disposition. The median prosecution time is 31 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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