USPTO Technology Center 2600 Prosecution Statistics

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
19173959METHOD AND A SYSTEM FOR TIME SYNCHRONIZATION BASED ON OPTICAL TRANSMISSION NETWORK, AND STORAGE MEDIUMApril 2025May 2025Allow100NoNo
19096601METHOD FOR DETERMINING NUMBER OF PRODUCT QUALITY INCIDENTS BASED ON CONVOLUTIONAL NEURAL NETWORKMarch 2025May 2025Allow100NoNo
19091087METHOD AND USER EQUIPMENT FOR LOCALLY REMOVING S-NSSAI UPON EXPIRY OF SLICE DEREGISTRATION INACTIVITY TIMERMarch 2025May 2025Allow200NoNo
19090644METHOD AND USER EQUIPMENT FOR STORING RADIO ACCESS TECHNOLOGY UTILIZATION CONTROL INFORMATIONMarch 2025May 2025Allow100NoNo
19089441METHOD FOR EVALUATING THE POSSIBILITY OF A CIGARETTE BURNING CONE TO FALL OFFMarch 2025May 2025Allow200NoNo
19088195Systems and Methods for Dynamic Streaming of SplatsMarch 2025April 2025Allow100NoNo
19088853SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTEXTUAL MACHINE LEARNING PROMPT GENERATIONMarch 2025May 2025Allow210NoNo
19087497SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR MULTIMODAL SERIES TRANSFORMATION FOR OPTIMAL COMPRESSIBILITY WITH NEURAL UPSAMPLINGMarch 2025June 2025Allow310NoNo
19084078SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND DEVICES FOR AUTOMATIC SIGNAL DETECTION BASED ON POWER DISTRIBUTION BY FREQUENCY OVER TIME WITHIN A SPECTRUMMarch 2025May 2025Allow210NoNo
19081688SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF SENSOR DATA FUSIONMarch 2025May 2025Allow210NoNo
19081449SYSTEMS/METHODS OF 5G OPTIMIZATIONMarch 2025May 2025Allow100YesNo
19079747METHOD FOR MONITORING THYROID EYE DISEASE CONDITION, AND SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING SAMEMarch 2025April 2025Allow100NoNo
19077404RELOCATION MODULE AND METHODS FOR SURGICAL EQUIPMENTMarch 2025June 2025Allow310NoNo
19110491TOUCHLESS USER-INTERFACE CONTROL METHOD INCLUDING TIME-CONTROLLED FADINGMarch 2025June 2025Allow410YesNo
19073324ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMMarch 2025May 2025Allow210NoNo
19074219WEARABLE COMPUTING DEVICEMarch 2025May 2025Allow200NoNo
19072899SINGLE-SIDEBAND PHASE-SENSITIVE DETECTION METHOD AND SYSTEMMarch 2025April 2025Allow100YesNo
19108899Program, Information Processing Method, and Information Processing ApparatusMarch 2025June 2025Allow300YesNo
19069458Systems and Methods for Reducing Point Cloud and Texture Data Using Adapted Splatting TechniquesMarch 2025April 2025Allow200NoNo
19108471CONCENTRIC CIRCULAR MICROPHONE ARRAYS WITH 3D STEERABLE BEAMFORMERSMarch 2025June 2025Allow300NoNo
19068113MULTISCOPIC DISPLAY USING MULTISCOPIC OPTICAL ELEMENT WITH MULTIPLE LIQUID CRYSTAL LAYERSMarch 2025April 2025Allow100NoNo
19068482Method and System for Multi-Level Artificial Intelligence Supercomputer DesignMarch 2025May 2025Allow200NoNo
19067916IMPACT INITIATED AUTOMATED INFORMATION TRANSFERMarch 2025March 2025Allow100NoNo
19067636WEARABLE COMPUTING DEVICEFebruary 2025June 2025Allow300YesNo
19067613WEARABLE COMPUTING DEVICEFebruary 2025June 2025Allow300NoNo
19066928AUDIO SPEAKERFebruary 2025April 2025Allow200NoNo
19065099BOX-TYPE SCREEN SPLITTERFebruary 2025May 2025Allow200NoNo
19065861USE OF IMPERFECT PATTERNS TO ENCODE DATA ON SURFACESFebruary 2025April 2025Allow200NoNo
19064178Reducing Scintillation Noise In Free-Space Optical CommunicationsFebruary 2025June 2025Allow410NoNo
19063929Systems, methods, and devices for electronic spectrum managementFebruary 2025July 2025Allow410NoNo
19064301WEARABLE COMPUTING DEVICEFebruary 2025May 2025Allow200NoNo
19064294WEARABLE COMPUTING DEVICEFebruary 2025May 2025Allow200NoNo
19061480CONSENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM OVER A COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKFebruary 2025April 2025Allow200NoNo
19059911WEARABLE COMPUTING DEVICEFebruary 2025May 2025Allow200NoNo
19059448LUMINESCENT EARPHONE COMPARTMENTFebruary 2025April 2025Allow200NoNo
19057610Method and System for Multi-Level Artificial Intelligence Supercomputer Design Featuring Sequencing of Large Language ModelsFebruary 2025April 2025Allow200NoNo
19056496Method and System for Optimizing Use of Retrieval Augmented Generation Pipelines in Generative Artificial Intelligence ApplicationsFebruary 2025May 2025Allow210NoNo
19055451Display glasses with wireless THz transceiver for bio sensingFebruary 2025April 2025Allow200NoNo
19055200QRP digital mode radio transceiverFebruary 2025May 2025Allow310YesNo
19055404SYSTEMS/METHODS OF A SMARTPHONE FUNCTIONING IN COOPERATION WITH AUXILIARY DEVICESFebruary 2025April 2025Allow200YesNo
19053353WEARABLE COMPUTING DEVICEFebruary 2025April 2025Allow200NoNo
19051714SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND DEVICES FOR AUTOMATIC SIGNAL DETECTION BASED ON POWER DISTRIBUTION BY FREQUENCY OVER TIME WITHIN AN ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRUMFebruary 2025April 2025Allow210NoNo
19051820Method and System for Optimizing Use of Retrieval Augmented Generation Pipelines in Generative Artificial Intelligence ApplicationsFebruary 2025May 2025Allow310NoNo
19049442SCALABLE SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING COLOR MANAGEMENT COMPRISING VARYING LEVELS OF METADATAFebruary 2025May 2025Allow410NoNo
19049625SCALABLE SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING COLOR MANAGEMENT COMPRISING VARYING LEVELS OF METADATAFebruary 2025May 2025Allow410NoNo
19049275SCALABLE SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING COLOR MANAGEMENT COMPRISING VARYING LEVELS OF METADATAFebruary 2025May 2025Allow310NoNo
19049554MULTIMODAL HUMAN-MACHINE COLLABORATIVE INTERACTION SYSTEM AND METHODFebruary 2025April 2025Allow200NoNo
19048175SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND DEVICES FOR UNMANNED VEHICLE DETECTIONFebruary 2025April 2025Allow210NoNo
19047684EDGE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SENSOR-ASSISTED BEAMFORMINGFebruary 2025March 2025Allow200NoNo
19047135SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING OPTIMIZED NETWORK RESOURCESFebruary 2025June 2025Allow400NoNo
19047488Morphed Image Detection Logic and Surveillance SystemsFebruary 2025April 2025Allow200NoNo
19046102SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING OPTIMIZED NETWORK RESOURCESFebruary 2025June 2025Allow500YesNo
19101344MOBILE DEVICE THAT PROCESSES DIFFERENT APPLICATIONS SHARING THE SAME ANTENNAFebruary 2025June 2025Allow400NoNo
19044944DISPLAY CONTENT UPDATING METHOD AND DEVICE, AND MEDIUMFebruary 2025April 2025Allow300NoNo
19044329MEANS FOR USING MICROSTRUCTURE OF MATERIALS SURFACE AS A UNIQUE IDENTIFIERFebruary 2025June 2025Allow410NoNo
19044551USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) TO DETECT PEST ACTIVITYFebruary 2025April 2025Allow200NoNo
19044558USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) TO DETECT TUNNELING AND OTHER ACTIVITIESFebruary 2025May 2025Allow310NoNo
19044554USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) TO DETECT PEST ACTIVITYFebruary 2025March 2025Allow100NoNo
19040311SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING OPTIMIZED NETWORK RESOURCESJanuary 2025July 2025Allow500YesNo
19038747REDRIVER CHIP, METHOD, AND DEVICE FOR ACTIVE COPPER CABLEJanuary 2025March 2025Allow200NoNo
19039743CUSTOMIZABLE VOICE MESSAGING PLATFORMJanuary 2025April 2025Allow200NoNo
19039405INTELLIGENT VEHICLE LIFT NETWORK WITH DISTRIBUTED SENSORSJanuary 2025April 2025Allow200NoNo
19038477AI-DRIVEN FOREGROUND STYLIZATION USING DIFFUSION AND OBJECT DETECTIONJanuary 2025April 2025Allow200YesNo
19038376TEXT-DRIVEN PHOTO STYLE ADJUSTMENT WITH GENERATIVE AIJanuary 2025April 2025Allow200NoNo
19037313MULTI-APERTURE CAMERAS WITH AT LEAST ONE TWO STATE ZOOM CAMERAJanuary 2025March 2025Allow100YesNo
18998939DATA MATCHING METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM, AND DEVICE AND MEDIUMJanuary 2025June 2025Allow500NoNo
19038127SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATED CHARACTERIZATION OF FILLERS IN POLYMER MEDIUMS USING ENERGY DISPERSIVE X-RAY SPECTROSCOPYJanuary 2025April 2025Allow300NoNo
19036938Broadband Optical System With Semiconductor Optical AmplifierJanuary 2025May 2025Allow310NoNo
18998247SPATIAL AUDIO RENDERING ADAPTIVE TO SIGNAL LEVEL AND LOUDSPEAKER PLAYBACK LIMIT THRESHOLDSJanuary 2025June 2025Allow500NoNo
19034853EFFICIENT CACHING AND RETRIEVAL OF RESPONSES IN CONVERSATION SERVICE APPLICATION COMMUNICATION SESSIONSJanuary 2025April 2025Allow200NoNo
19035653NIGHTTIME UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE OBJECT TRACKING METHOD FUSING HYBRID ATTENTION MECHANISMJanuary 2025March 2025Allow200NoNo
19033426METHOD, SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR ACCESSING A USER INTERFACE OF A MOBILE COMPUTERJanuary 2025February 2025Allow100NoNo
18997462FORMATION POROSITY ESTIMATION FROM DIGITAL IMAGESJanuary 2025June 2025Allow500YesNo
19031688CAMERA DEVICEJanuary 2025April 2025Allow200NoNo
19032030Interactive Neural-Symbolic Orchestration of Subjective Store ProceduresJanuary 2025June 2025Allow510YesNo
19031417METHODS AND DEVICES FOR DETECTING SURFACE DEFECTS BASED ON PERCEPTUAL AUTOENCODERSJanuary 2025March 2025Allow200NoNo
19031482METHOD FOR GENERATING INDUSTRIAL DEFECT IMAGE, DEVICE, MEDIUM, AND PRODUCTJanuary 2025April 2025Allow200NoNo
19031144METHODS FOR IMAGE SIMULATION, PSEUDO-RANDOM DEFECT DATASET GENERATION, AND MICRO AND NANO DEFECTS DETECTIONJanuary 2025March 2025Allow200NoNo
19029220SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A MULTI-PRIMARY WIDE GAMUT COLOR SYSTEMJanuary 2025June 2025Allow510YesNo
19028958APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATICALLY REMOVING DATA OF MOBILE DEVICESJanuary 2025June 2025Allow510NoNo
19027244Early Timing Advance AcquisitionJanuary 2025March 2025Allow200NoNo
19031223METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING ABSTRACT OF SMART CONTRACT BASED ON LARGE LANGUAGE MODEL AND SEMANTIC ENHANCEMENTJanuary 2025March 2025Allow200NoNo
19027799SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REAL-TIME ACCENT MIMICKINGJanuary 2025June 2025Allow510NoNo
19026644METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LOCALIZING INTELLIGENT VEHICLE IN DYNAMIC SCENEJanuary 2025April 2025Allow200NoNo
18996568METHOD FOR DETECTING A SURFACE DEFECT OF A COPPER-CLAD LAMINATE BASED ON MULTI-SCALE GRIDDINGJanuary 2025June 2025Allow500NoNo
19026895Personalized�Target�Selection�Method�for�Non-invasive�Neuromodulation�TechnologyJanuary 2025April 2025Allow300NoNo
19027847SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR VISUALIZATION OF TISSUE AND COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS OF DATA REGARDING SAMEJanuary 2025June 2025Allow510NoNo
19029119SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EQUALIZING AUDIO FOR PLAYBACK ON AN ELECTRONIC DEVICEJanuary 2025April 2025Allow200NoNo
19026576LOUDSPEAKER APPARATUSJanuary 2025June 2025Allow510NoNo
19030722ADVANCED STEREO CODING BASED ON A COMBINATION OF ADAPTIVELY SELECTABLE LEFT/RIGHT OR MID/SIDE STEREO CODING AND OF PARAMETRIC STEREO CODINGJanuary 2025May 2025Allow400NoNo
19030664ADVANCED STEREO CODING BASED ON A COMBINATION OF ADAPTIVELY SELECTABLE LEFT/RIGHT OR MID/SIDE STEREO CODING AND OF PARAMETRIC STEREO CODINGJanuary 2025March 2025Allow200NoNo
19030555ADVANCED STEREO CODING BASED ON A COMBINATION OF ADAPTIVELY SELECTABLE LEFT/RIGHT OR MID/SIDE STEREO CODING AND OF PARAMETRIC STEREO CODINGJanuary 2025May 2025Allow400NoNo
19030432ADVANCED STEREO CODING BASED ON A COMBINATION OF ADAPTIVELY SELECTABLE LEFT/RIGHT OR MID/SIDE STEREO CODING AND OF PARAMETRIC STEREO CODINGJanuary 2025April 2025Allow300NoNo
19030501ADVANCED STEREO CODING BASED ON A COMBINATION OF ADAPTIVELY SELECTABLE LEFT/RIGHT OR MID/SIDE STEREO CODING AND OF PARAMETRIC STEREO CODINGJanuary 2025April 2025Allow300NoNo
19024045METHOD, SYSTEM AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT FOR GAUGE DETECTION OF RAIL VEHICLE BASED ON THREE-DIMENSIONAL POINT CLOUD DATAJanuary 2025March 2025Allow200NoNo
19026263AUTONOMOUS WIRELESS HOTSPOT DEVICEJanuary 2025April 2025Allow310NoNo
19024518SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF SENSOR DATA FUSIONJanuary 2025March 2025Allow200NoNo
19025941SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING A DIGITAL IMAGEJanuary 2025March 2025Allow200YesNo
19024648SETTING A DIFFERENT BWP EARLIER IN A CONNECTION ESTABLISHMENT PROCESS TO A WIRELESS NETWORK BY A UE WHEN TRANSITIONING FROM AN IDLE OR INACTIVE STATEJanuary 2025April 2025Allow300YesNo
19024400SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING OPTIMIZED NETWORK RESOURCESJanuary 2025May 2025Allow400YesNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for tech-center 2600.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
11662
Examiner Affirmed
8271
(70.9%)
Examiner Reversed
3391
(29.1%)
Reversal Percentile
9.1%
Lower than average

What This Means

With a 29.1% 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
39279
Allowed After Appeal Filing
12905
(32.9%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
26374
(67.1%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
45.5%
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, 32.9% of applications that filed an appeal were subsequently allowed. This appeal filing benefit rate is below the USPTO average, suggesting that filing an appeal has limited effectiveness in prompting favorable reconsideration.

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 2600 - Communications

Executive Summary

Technology Center 2600 covers Communications. This technology center has examined 837,015 patent applications in our dataset, with an overall allowance rate of 80.4%. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 28 months.

Prosecution Patterns

Applications in Technology Center 2600 receive an average of 1.70 office actions before reaching final disposition. The median prosecution time is 28 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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