USPTO Technology Center 1700 Prosecution Statistics

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
19119792SULFONYL AZIDE COMPOSITION FOR SULFUR SCAVENGING IN OILFIELD OPERATIONSApril 2025July 2025Allow300NoNo
19118504MEMBRANE FILTER ASSEMBLYApril 2025June 2025Allow200NoNo
19094550PREPARATION METHOD FOR BIOBASED POLYURETHANE ELASTIC FIBERSMarch 2025May 2025Allow100NoNo
19116643GLASS CLOTH, PREPREG, AND PRINTED WIRING BOARDMarch 2025June 2025Allow300NoNo
19081291SOLAR CELL, SOLAR CELL MODULE, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SOLAR CELLMarch 2025June 2025Allow310YesNo
19072608WOOD PRESERVATIVE COMPOSITION COMPRISING 4,5-DICHLORO-2-OCTYLISOTHIAZOL-3(2H)-ONE, A METHOD TREATING A WOOD SUBSTRATE THEREWITH, AND A WOOD PRODUCT PRODUCED THEREFROMMarch 2025June 2025Allow310NoNo
19070645WATER SURFACE AUTOMATIC CLEANING APPARATUSMarch 2025June 2025Allow410YesNo
19069597DEVICE FOR AUTOCLAVING AND CENTRIFUGING A SAMPLEMarch 2025May 2025Allow200NoNo
19108260BACK CONTACT SOLAR CELL AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR, AND PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULEMarch 2025June 2025Allow400NoNo
19066403Beverage Compositions Including Calcium Supplied From Aragonite And Methods Of Making The SameFebruary 2025June 2025Allow420NoNo
19065637Mobile And Modular Nitrogen Production System and MethodFebruary 2025June 2025Allow310YesNo
19063947BIODEGRADABLE PULP PACKAGING PRODUCTS FROM NATURAL FIBERSFebruary 2025April 2025Allow210NoNo
19063767RESILIENT FLOORING PRODUCT AND METHODS OF MAKING SAMEFebruary 2025May 2025Allow300YesNo
19063185IONIC LIQUID/POLYMER COMPOSITE FILM, AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR AND USE THEREOFFebruary 2025May 2025Allow300YesNo
18837568HARD COATINGFebruary 2025June 2025Allow1000NoNo
19061532EXTRACTION OF ANTIMETHANOGENIC COMPOUNDSFebruary 2025June 2025Allow411YesNo
19060135DUST CLEANING DEVICE FOR WIND TURBINE BLADEFebruary 2025May 2025Allow300NoNo
19058270METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTINUOUS COMPOSITE THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRINTINGFebruary 2025April 2025Allow210NoNo
19058040VEHICLE-MOUNTED FRAGRANCE HOLDERFebruary 2025May 2025Allow300NoNo
19104886Headbox for Manufacturing a SubstrateFebruary 2025June 2025Allow400NoNo
19057465PROTEIN SEQUENCING VIA COUPLING OF POLYMERIZABLE MOLECULESFebruary 2025May 2025Allow310NoNo
19057496PROTEIN SEQUENCING VIA COUPLING OF POLYMERIZABLE MOLECULESFebruary 2025May 2025Allow310NoNo
19055567DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THIN-FILM CATALYSTFebruary 2025April 2025Allow200YesNo
19055666ORGANIC PLANT MATERIAL MICROBIAL TEST KIT DEVICES AND PROCESSING METHODFebruary 2025March 2025Allow100NoNo
19104101Dental Product with Reduced Extrusion ForcesFebruary 2025June 2025Allow400YesNo
19053440BLUE LUMINESCENT COMPOSITION AND ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICE COMPRISING BLUE LUMINESCENT COMPOSITIONFebruary 2025April 2025Allow200NoNo
19053529Dynamic Adjustment Of Algorithms For Separation And Collection Of Blood ComponentsFebruary 2025July 2025Allow500NoNo
19103927METHOD OF DETECTING AN OBSTRUCTION IN A FLUID ANALYZERFebruary 2025June 2025Allow400YesNo
19051086BIOMASS DERIVED NANOCOMPOSITE FOR HYDROGEN PRODUCTIONFebruary 2025April 2025Allow200NoNo
19051076FLOWCELL CARTRIDGE WITH FLOATING BRACKETFebruary 2025April 2025Allow201NoNo
19048603ELECTRODE MATERIALS, ELECTRODES, DEVICES, AND METHODS OF MAKING THEREOFFebruary 2025May 2025Allow310NoNo
19102289Aerosol Device and Method for Moving ConsumableFebruary 2025June 2025Allow500NoNo
19048586NANOCOMPOSITE FOR PURIFICATION OF CONTAMINATED WATERFebruary 2025March 2025Allow100NoNo
19045718METHOD OF PRODUCING ANNEALING SEPARATOR, ANNEALING SEPARATOR, AND GRAIN-ORIENTED MAGNETIC STEELFebruary 2025April 2025Allow300NoNo
19046317SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF RENEWABLE NATURAL GAS PROCESSINGFebruary 2025May 2025Allow410NoNo
19046268SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF RENEWABLE NATURAL GAS PROCESSINGFebruary 2025April 2025Allow200YesNo
19046296SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF RENEWABLE NATURAL GAS PROCESSINGFebruary 2025April 2025Allow300YesNo
19100183PLANT AND METHOD TO IMPROVE THE EFFICIENCY OF CO2 CAPTURE AND STORAGE USING PRECIPITATED CALCIUM CARBONATEJanuary 2025June 2025Allow400NoNo
19041305SHUT-OFF NOZZLE FOR INJECTION MOLDINGJanuary 2025April 2025Allow200YesNo
19040022Methods And Systems For Separating MetalsJanuary 2025May 2025Allow310NoNo
19039812METHOD FOR PURIFYING POLLUTED WATERJanuary 2025March 2025Allow210NoNo
19038859CARBON MATERIAL AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREFORJanuary 2025June 2025Allow510NoNo
19099121Method For Manufacturing Building ElementsJanuary 2025June 2025Allow500YesNo
19038819ULTRASONIC DEVICES AND METHODS FOR REGENERATION OF ACTIVATED CARBONJanuary 2025May 2025Allow400YesNo
19037664DEVICE AND METHOD FOR EVALUATING HEAT CAPACITY OF TEST PLATFORM OF HYDROGEN FUEL CELL SYSTEMJanuary 2025April 2025Allow200NoNo
19037298Disinfection Lamp with Underwater Light Projection EffectJanuary 2025April 2025Allow300YesNo
18998136Housing for an Electronic Element, Preferably a Battery Cell or a CapacitorJanuary 2025June 2025Allow500NoNo
18835465SEMICONDUCTOR NANOPARTICLES COMPOSED OF AgAuS-BASED MULTICOMPONENT COMPOUNDJanuary 2025July 2025Allow1110NoNo
18998221METHOD OF ELECTROLYSING HYDROGEN BROMIDE AFTER H2SO4 SYNTHESISJanuary 2025June 2025Allow500NoNo
19034263METHOD OF CATALYTIC DEGRADATION OF PHENYLBUTAZONE WITH ZEROVALENT CERIUM SUPPORTED BIOCHAR BEADSJanuary 2025April 2025Allow300NoNo
19034240SOIL SAMPLE DIDESTION DEVICEJanuary 2025April 2025Allow300NoNo
19033003TARGET APPARATUS AND METHODJanuary 2025May 2025Allow400NoNo
19032711Sustainable Diesel Production from LigninsJanuary 2025April 2025Allow300NoNo
19031722PREPARATION METHOD AND APPLICATION OF FLEXIBLE PAPER-BASED SENSOR FOR DETECTING MEAT PRODUCTSJanuary 2025April 2025Allow300NoNo
18996539OXIDE FILM FORMATION METHODJanuary 2025June 2025Allow500NoNo
19028875METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING AND DISPENSING MATERIAL DURING ADDITIVE MANUFACTURINGJanuary 2025April 2025Allow310NoNo
19029492POSITIVE ELECTRODE PLATE, NEGATIVE ELECTRODE PLATE, BATTERY CELL, BATTERY, AND ELECTRIC APPARATUSJanuary 2025June 2025Allow510NoNo
19028138FLOATING STRUCTURE FOR ECO-ADAPTIVE FLOATING PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMJanuary 2025March 2025Allow210NoNo
19026585METHODS FOR PREPARING CERAMIC FIBER FILTER TUBES WITH HIGH AIR PERMEABILITYJanuary 2025June 2025Allow510NoNo
19029056NEAR NET SHAPE ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMJanuary 2025March 2025Allow200NoNo
19029030NEAR NET SHAPE ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMJanuary 2025March 2025Allow200NoNo
19029101NEAR NET SHAPE ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMJanuary 2025March 2025Allow200NoNo
19027797MILK FROTHING HEAD AND FROTHERJanuary 2025March 2025Allow200NoNo
19030102FILTER-HOUSING INTERFACE DESIGNS FOR HEATING, VENTILATION, AND/OR AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEMSJanuary 2025June 2025Allow511YesNo
19030466PARTICLE-DROP STRUCTURES AND METHODS FOR MAKING AND USING THE SAMEJanuary 2025May 2025Allow410YesNo
19030825PARTICLE-DROP STRUCTURES AND METHODS FOR MAKING AND USING THE SAMEJanuary 2025April 2025Allow200YesNo
19026954SYNTHETIC HUMAN CELL MIMIC PARTICLE FOR CYTOMETRIC OR COULTER DEVICEJanuary 2025April 2025Allow300NoNo
19030771NUCLEIC ACID SEQUENCING SYSTEMJanuary 2025April 2025Allow300YesNo
19023829METHOD OF CONTROLLING MIXED LIQUID TO BE DELIVERED FOR SPM SOLUTIONJanuary 2025June 2025Allow500YesNo
19023933VAPORIZER PODSJanuary 2025March 2025Allow200NoNo
19023785LIQUID DELIVERING SYSTEM FOR WAFER CLEANING EQUIPMENTJanuary 2025April 2025Allow300YesNo
19023706INGREDIENT BLENDING SYSTEM AND METHODJanuary 2025April 2025Allow201NoNo
19025208DENITRIFICATION AND DEPHOSPHORIZATION COMPOSITE FILLER, PREPARATION METHOD AND APPLICATIONJanuary 2025June 2025Allow510NoNo
19024756METHODS FOR PROCESSING A PATHOLOGY SPECIMENJanuary 2025June 2025Allow501NoNo
19023328MULTI-PROBE MULTI-FREQUENCY NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE ROCK SOIL IN-SITU MONITORING SYSTEMJanuary 2025April 2025Allow300NoNo
19021538METHOD FOR PRODUCING YARN FROM SUGARCANEJanuary 2025May 2025Allow410NoNo
19022300GRAPHENE ELECTROSTATIC FILTERING DEVICEJanuary 2025April 2025Allow300NoNo
19019920METHOD FOR IMPROVING DEFORMABILITY OF CEMENTITIOUS COMPOSITE BY USING POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE POWDERJanuary 2025April 2025Allow300NoNo
19020375SOLDER PASTE AND SOLDER JOINTJanuary 2025March 2025Allow200NoNo
19019656WATER TREATMENT MATERIAL, PREPARATION, AND USE FOR ELECTRICALLY ENHANCED ADSORPTIVE FILTRATIONJanuary 2025May 2025Allow410YesNo
19019015SWITCHING DEVICE AND 3D PRINTING APPARATUSJanuary 2025March 2025Allow200YesNo
18994018PRODUCTION OF ETHYLENE AND PROPYLENE FROM PYROLYSIS PLASTIC OILJanuary 2025June 2025Allow500NoNo
19017102SYNTHESIS OF NANOSIZED CUBIC LITHIUM LANTHANUM ZIRCONATE FAST ION CONDUCTORJanuary 2025March 2025Allow200NoNo
19016555INSULATED WIRE AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF, COIL, AND ELECTRONIC/ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENTJanuary 2025March 2025Allow200NoNo
19015785AUTOMATED STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL DEVICE FOR BIOLOGICAL SAMPLEJanuary 2025May 2025Allow410NoNo
19015383PHOTOELECTRIC FLUID FIELD CLUSTER CATALYTIC METHOD FOR ATOMIC-SCALE DETERMINISTIC PROCESSINGJanuary 2025May 2025Allow410NoNo
19015442POWER-TYPE HIGH-RATE LITHIUM IRON PHOSPHATE CATHODE MATERIAL AND ITS PREPARATION METHOD AND LITHIUM BATTERYJanuary 2025March 2025Allow200NoNo
19014907IROA Metabolomics Workflow for Improved Accuracy, Identification and QuantitationJanuary 2025March 2025Allow200YesNo
19012916SYSTEM FOR PRINTING AND DISCHARGING OF FLEXIBLE SEMICONDUCTOR 3D ADDITIVE MATERIAL AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOFJanuary 2025April 2025Allow300NoNo
18852680SILICON-BASED NEGATIVE ELECTRODE SLURRY, PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR, AND NEGATIVE ELECTRODE PIECEJanuary 2025March 2025Allow600NoNo
19013872METHOD FOR PREPARING UNIFORMLY-CURED SOLID LOADING TIRES FROM HIGH-MODULUS GRAPHENE OXIDE/NATURAL RUBBER COMPOSITEJanuary 2025April 2025Allow400NoNo
18992282PROCESS FOR THE RECYCLING AND CRACKING WASTE PLASTICS BASED OILJanuary 2025May 2025Allow401NoNo
19014185SOLID-LIQUID SEPARATION MECHANISM AND SOLID-LIQUID SEPARATION METHOD FOR GRAIN FERMENTATIONJanuary 2025March 2025Allow200NoNo
19014165DYNAMIC VACUUM SEAL SYSTEM FOR PHYSICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION SPUTTER APPLICATIONSJanuary 2025March 2025Allow200NoNo
19013863METHODS FOR DETECTING AAVJanuary 2025March 2025Allow300NoNo
18844538TYRE WITH BEAD PROFILE STRUCTURE FOR IMPROVING LATERAL STIFFNESSJanuary 2025June 2025Allow910NoNo
19012317Process for Hydroprocessing of Non-Petroleum Feedstocks with Hydrogen ProductionJanuary 2025June 2025Allow510NoNo
19012222METHOD FOR IDENTIFICATION OF CHARACTERISTIC COMPONENTS IN KAI-XIN-SAN BY THIN-LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY (TLC)January 2025February 2025Allow100NoNo
19011505STEEL SHEET AND HIGH STRENGTH PRESS HARDENED STEEL PART HAVING EXCELLENT BENDING AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAMEJanuary 2025March 2025Allow310NoNo
19011522STEEL SHEET AND HIGH STRENGTH PRESS HARDENED STEEL PART HAVING EXCELLENT BENDING AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAMEJanuary 2025March 2025Allow210NoNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for tech-center 1700.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
20545
Examiner Affirmed
14491
(70.5%)
Examiner Reversed
6054
(29.5%)
Reversal Percentile
18.2%
Lower than average

What This Means

With a 29.5% reversal rate, the PTAB affirms the examiner's rejections in the vast majority of cases. This reversal rate is in the bottom 25% across the USPTO, indicating that appeals face significant challenges here.

Strategic Value of Filing an Appeal

Total Appeal Filings
61457
Allowed After Appeal Filing
17066
(27.8%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
44391
(72.2%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
18.2%
Lower 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, 27.8% of applications that filed an appeal were subsequently allowed. This appeal filing benefit rate is in the bottom 25% across the USPTO, indicating that filing appeals is less effective here than in most other areas.

Strategic Recommendations

Appeals to PTAB face challenges. Ensure your case has strong merit before committing to full Board review.

Filing a Notice of Appeal shows limited benefit. Consider other strategies like interviews or amendments before appealing.

Technology Center 1700 - Chemical and Materials Engineering

Executive Summary

Technology Center 1700 covers Chemical and Materials Engineering. This technology center has examined 907,235 patent applications in our dataset, with an overall allowance rate of 66.9%. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 32 months.

Prosecution Patterns

Applications in Technology Center 1700 receive an average of 1.96 office actions before reaching final disposition. The median prosecution time is 32 months.

Technology-Specific Considerations

This technology center encompasses a broad range of technical subject matter. Prosecution strategies should be tailored based on the specific art unit and examiner assigned to your application. Review the group, art unit, and examiner-level statistics for more targeted strategic insights.

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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