USPTO Technology Center 3600 Prosecution Statistics

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
19185160SUPERCRITICAL CO2 THICKENER FOR SHALE GAS RESERVOIR BASED ON HOLLOW MESOPOROUS SILICA NANOPARTICLES AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOFApril 2025May 2025Allow100NoNo
19119051Self-Deploying Apparatus for Attaching a Lashing to a ContainerApril 2025June 2025Allow200NoNo
19119029JOINT CUTTING APPARATUSApril 2025June 2025Allow200NoNo
19117988LINEAR TRANSPORTER AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING LINEAR TRANSPORTERApril 2025May 2025Allow200NoNo
19097274SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF SENSOR DATA FUSIONApril 2025May 2025Allow100NoNo
19116247REVERSE FORCE MECHANISMMarch 2025June 2025Allow300NoNo
19086361Panel Interconnectable With Similar Panels for Forming a CoveringMarch 2025May 2025Allow210NoNo
19086399Panel Interconnectable With Similar Panels for Forming a CoveringMarch 2025June 2025Allow310NoNo
19113766Systems and Methods for Semi-Automatic Fly-Fishing ReelsMarch 2025June 2025Allow300NoNo
19113122METHOD FOR MONITORING RAILWAY POINTS AND POINTS MACHINEMarch 2025June 2025Allow300NoNo
19083792Gyroscopic Boat Roll Stabilizer with Bearing CoolingMarch 2025June 2025Allow210NoNo
19083828Gyroscopic Boat Roll Stabilizer with Bearing CoolingMarch 2025June 2025Allow210NoNo
19083969Cat ToyMarch 2025May 2025Allow200YesNo
19084274DEVICES AND METHODS FOR SELECTIVE CONTACTLESS COMMUNICATIONMarch 2025June 2025Allow310NoNo
19082622Adjustable Hydraulic Jarring DeviceMarch 2025May 2025Allow200NoNo
19112271METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AN ELECTRIC DRIVETRAIN OF A WORK MACHINE, AND CORRESPONDING CONTROL DEVICEMarch 2025June 2025Allow300NoNo
19080888FLOATING BOAT LIFTMarch 2025April 2025Allow100NoNo
19080390OFF-LEASH PET TRAINING DEVICEMarch 2025June 2025Allow310NoNo
19079892Transferring Items Between Two Support SurfacesMarch 2025May 2025Allow200NoNo
19112082Seed Metering and Discharge System with Adjustable Gate ControlMarch 2025June 2025Allow300NoNo
19112229LOCKING THREADED CONNECTION ASSEMBLYMarch 2025June 2025Allow300NoNo
19079691Healthcare Object Recognition, Systems And MethodsMarch 2025May 2025Allow200YesNo
19078507BOAT SEAT WITH INTEGRATED ROD AND BEVERAGE HOLDERSMarch 2025April 2025Allow100NoNo
18271710BLANKING MOLD, BLANKING AND STACKING APPARATUS, AND BLANKING METHODMarch 2025June 2025Allow2300NoNo
19111461MOTOR CONTROL DEVICE AND ELECTRIC POWER STEERING DEVICEMarch 2025June 2025Allow300YesNo
19111327AUTOMATIC THRUST ACTIVATED MULTI-SPEED REDUCTION GEAR AND CLUTCH SYSTEM AND METHODMarch 2025June 2025Allow300YesNo
19078535ACTIVE OCRMarch 2025May 2025Allow200YesNo
19078514PRIVATE CREDIT ASSET FRACTIONALIZATIONMarch 2025May 2025Allow200YesNo
19077613LOADER WITH IMPROVED ARM PATHMarch 2025April 2025Allow100NoNo
19076647RIDE FEATURE HAVING CONJOINED BOWL STRUCTUREMarch 2025July 2025Allow400NoNo
19074848CREATING AND MANAGING PROBLEM LISTS FOR ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDSMarch 2025April 2025Allow200YesNo
19072360SYSETEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUSES FOR TETHER-BASED REACTION CONTROL AND ORBITAL ENERGY REDUCTIONMarch 2025April 2025Allow100YesNo
19069292REGIONALLY INTEGRATED EMERGENCY STROKE UNITMarch 2025May 2025Allow200NoNo
19068648TAILGATE WITH STRUCTURALLY INTEGRATED CNG SYSTEMMarch 2025June 2025Allow410YesNo
19066224ARTICLE COUNTING AND PROPELLING APPARATUSFebruary 2025April 2025Allow100NoNo
19067102SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ACCURACY-ENHANCED PROCESSING OF QUERY DATA WITHIN A MULTI-DIGITAL AGENT ARCHITECTUREFebruary 2025April 2025Allow200NoNo
19065443APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CREATING WETLANDS IN HOT ARID ENVIRONMENTSFebruary 2025April 2025Allow200NoNo
19063385CATCHING DEVICE FOR SURFACE RESCUE BASED ON AIRCRAFT PLATFORM AND SURFACE RESCUE METHODFebruary 2025April 2025Allow200NoNo
19064661METHODS FOR IMPROVED HAND-EYE CALIBRATION BASED ON STRUCTURED LIGHT CAMERASFebruary 2025April 2025Allow200NoNo
19063367SIDE STRUCTURE, PLAYPEN FRAME AND PLAYPENFebruary 2025April 2025Allow200NoNo
19060847APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR IMPROVED ENCODING OF IMAGES FOR BETTER HANDLING BY DISPLAYSFebruary 2025May 2025Allow300YesNo
19061932System for Identifying, Tracking, Controlling, and/or Optimizing Stacked Shipping Assets in an Inventory Management Facility and Related MethodsFebruary 2025April 2025Allow200NoNo
19061771SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INTELLIGENTLY TRANSFORMING DATA TO GENERATE IMPROVED OUTPUT DATA USING A PROBABILISTIC MULTI-APPLICATION NETWORKFebruary 2025June 2025Allow310NoNo
19059957DUAL-BAND ANTENNA ARRAY WITH STACKED ROTMAN LENS FEED FOR BEAMFORMINGFebruary 2025May 2025Allow300NoNo
19060269MOBILE CHECK DEPOSITFebruary 2025May 2025Allow200YesNo
19058259SIGNAL DEVICE AND SIGNALING METHODFebruary 2025April 2025Allow200NoNo
19059055BAIT CHASING SYSTEMFebruary 2025April 2025Allow200NoNo
19058397Semantic Robotic DeviceFebruary 2025June 2025Allow410NoNo
19104376CONVERTIBLE SLICKLINE STUFFING BOXFebruary 2025June 2025Allow400NoNo
19055084INFINITE-STAGE FRACTURING SLIDING SLEEVEFebruary 2025May 2025Allow300NoNo
19052793SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODE CYCLESFebruary 2025April 2025Allow200NoNo
19051491COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONETIZING KEYWORDS AVAILABLE ON WEBPAGES TO OPTIMIZE USER EXPERIENCE IN DIGITAL ENVIRONMENTSFebruary 2025April 2025Allow200NoNo
19051778MAGNETIC FASTENING DEVICEFebruary 2025April 2025Allow200NoNo
19051212METHODS FOR DIAGNOSING CONTROL EFFECTIVENESS OF FRACTURE HEIGHTS IN HYDRAULIC FRACTURING BY COMBINING MONITORING PRESSURE SIGNALSFebruary 2025April 2025Allow200NoNo
19102866FRACTURE CHARACTERIZATION WHILE DRILLINGFebruary 2025June 2025Allow400NoNo
19051090TRAILER-INTEGRATED SELF-CONTAINED FRAC-SAND SYSTEM AND METHOD WITH SAFETY FEATURESFebruary 2025April 2025Allow200NoNo
19050537SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING MULTIPLE APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACES FOR A BROWSER TO MANAGE PAYMENTS FROM A PAYMENT SERVICEFebruary 2025April 2025Allow200YesNo
19049237ONE-BIT QUANTIZATION BASED TARGET TRACKING METHOD, DEVICE, TERMINAL, AND STORAGE MEDIUMFebruary 2025April 2025Allow200NoNo
19049379SELF-ADAPTIVE IDENTIFICATION METHOD FOR NONLINEAR DYNAMIC PARAMETERS OF REDUCERFebruary 2025May 2025Allow300NoNo
19048248ACOUSTIC TRANSDUCER FOR TOWED SEISMIC PINGERFebruary 2025April 2025Allow200NoNo
19046793TILTING AND SLIDING SYSTEM FOR A SHELF HAVING SIDE SUPPORT RAILS RECEIVABLE BETWEEN SHELF SUPPORTS IN VERTICAL POSTSFebruary 2025May 2025Allow310YesNo
19046345SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AN ELECTRONIC WALL MOUNTED EXERCISE MACHINEFebruary 2025June 2025Allow401NoNo
19045938METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A POWERTRAIN OF A VEHICLE HAVING A DUAL-CLUTCH TRANSMISSIONFebruary 2025July 2025Allow500NoNo
19101391CLUTCH ASSEMBLYFebruary 2025June 2025Allow400NoNo
19046433LAYERED DISC SYSTEMS FOR POWER TROWELINGFebruary 2025April 2025Allow200NoNo
19045319LOCATION DETERMINATION USING ANONYMOUS BROWSER DATAFebruary 2025April 2025Allow300NoNo
19043618GRIPPING APPARATUS AND PROCESSING EQUIPMENTFebruary 2025May 2025Allow300NoNo
19043369LOCATION DETERMINATION USING ANONYMOUS BROWSER DATAJanuary 2025April 2025Allow200NoNo
19042553SELF-GRIPPING, NO-SLIP REBAR COUPLERJanuary 2025June 2025Allow510YesNo
19042499REINFORCED PORCELAIN PANEL PRODUCT FOR ENHANCED STRUCTURAL PROTECTIONJanuary 2025May 2025Allow410NoNo
19099804COMPOSITE SUPPORTING STRUCTURE COMBINING FABRIC-FORM BAG-BEHIND-WALL GROUTING AND HIGH-STRENGTH SUPPORT FRAMES, AND CONSTRUCTION METHOD THEREOFJanuary 2025April 2025Allow300NoNo
19040728DYNAMIC PROMOTIONAL LAYOUT MANAGEMENT AND DISTRIBUTION RULESJanuary 2025May 2025Allow300YesNo
19040516TRANSACTION AND SETTLEMENT VALIDATION SERVICEJanuary 2025May 2025Allow401YesNo
19039291ADJUSTABLE AEROLIFT LEGSJanuary 2025May 2025Allow410NoNo
19039647AUTOMATIC CONTROL OF A REFUSE FRONT END LOADERJanuary 2025April 2025Allow200YesNo
19037842FLOW-THROUGH CENTRIFUGE AND METHOD FOR BRINGING ABOUT AN OPERATIONAL STATE OF A FLOW-THROUGH CENTRIFUGEJanuary 2025June 2025Allow500NoNo
18998529METHOD FOR GENERATING WORKING MAP, OPERATION METHOD, CONTROL METHOD, AND RELATED APPARATUSESJanuary 2025June 2025Allow500NoNo
19038238System and Method for Recommending Resale Alternatives for Retail GoodsJanuary 2025April 2025Allow300NoNo
18998229DEFLECTOR DEVICE FOR VEHICLE SUNROOFJanuary 2025June 2025Allow400NoNo
19036358HANGING BRACKET DEVICEJanuary 2025March 2025Allow200NoNo
19036360BEAM-SLAB INTEGRATED PREFABRICATED WAFFLE SLAB STRUCTURE AND CONSTRUCTION METHOD THEREOFJanuary 2025April 2025Allow200NoNo
19036202Detachable Cover for a Retractable Dog LeashJanuary 2025March 2025Allow200YesNo
19034856Method of assembling a tubular floating structure and its useJanuary 2025March 2025Allow200NoNo
19035685METHODS AND SYSTEMS OF GENERATING CAMERA MODELS FOR CAMERA CALIBRATIONJanuary 2025May 2025Allow310NoNo
19035665Retail controller systemJanuary 2025May 2025Allow300NoNo
19034313FLOATING BODY CAPABLE OF MOVING ON WATERJanuary 2025May 2025Allow310NoNo
19033203AXLE STRUCTURE AND VEHICLEJanuary 2025May 2025Allow400NoNo
19032681CUSTOMER-FRIENDLY SMART DINING TABLEJanuary 2025June 2025Allow410YesNo
19032805Payload Mounting Apparatus with Low-Profile Floor Brace SystemJanuary 2025July 2025Allow500YesNo
19032431COLLAPSIBLE CARTSJanuary 2025April 2025Allow200NoNo
19031747POWER AND FRESHWATER SUPPLY SYSTEM FOR OCEAN INTEGRATED PLATFORMJanuary 2025March 2025Allow200NoNo
19031830RISK BASED LIFECYCLE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMSJanuary 2025March 2025Allow200NoNo
19031740BALLISTIC PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT (PPE) BODY ARMOR AND METHODS OF PRODUCING THE SAMEJanuary 2025March 2025Allow200NoNo
19031813CUSHION AIRBAG PAD AND MANUFACTURE METHOD THEREOFJanuary 2025April 2025Allow200NoNo
19026984INTEGRATED INSTALLATION STRUCTURE FOR MARINE APPARATUS, STORAGE CONTAINER AND MANUFACTURING METHODJanuary 2025May 2025Allow410NoNo
19028855WATERCRAFT WITH TOWER STORAGEJanuary 2025May 2025Allow400NoNo
19028804Portable Treestand and Climbing Stick SystemJanuary 2025April 2025Allow310NoNo
19029571Cat Litter Box Convenient for Taking out and locking Cat Litter BinJanuary 2025April 2025Allow300NoNo
19029720AIRCRAFT WITH TILTING FAN ASSEMBLIESJanuary 2025May 2025Allow400NoNo
18996516HYBRID SENSOR HEAD FOR SURFACE INSPECTION AND METHOD OF USEJanuary 2025June 2025Allow500NoNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for tech-center 3600.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
23729
Examiner Affirmed
16438
(69.3%)
Examiner Reversed
7291
(30.7%)
Reversal Percentile
36.4%
Lower than average

What This Means

With a 30.7% reversal rate, the PTAB reverses the examiner's rejections in a meaningful percentage of cases. This reversal rate is below the USPTO average, indicating that appeals face more challenges here than typical.

Strategic Value of Filing an Appeal

Total Appeal Filings
60282
Allowed After Appeal Filing
17830
(29.6%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
42452
(70.4%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
27.3%
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, 29.6% 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 3600 - Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review

Executive Summary

Technology Center 3600 covers Transportation, Construction, Electronic Commerce, Agriculture, National Security, and License & Review. This technology center has examined 1,015,920 patent applications in our dataset, with an overall allowance rate of 70.1%. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 28 months.

Prosecution Patterns

Applications in Technology Center 3600 receive an average of 1.79 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

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