Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Computing & Software • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
10 pending office actions • 5 art units • 9 examiners • 0 of 10 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 39 patents granted in the last 365 days
Aramco Services Company currently has 10 pending office actions in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. These matters are distributed among 9 distinct examiners and 5 distinct art units. AHMAD HUSSAM SHALABY is the busiest examiner, managing 2 pending office actions.
The distribution of 10 pending office actions across 9 distinct examiners indicates a high degree of variety in the examination process. Only AHMAD HUSSAM SHALABY handles more than one matter, with 2 pending office actions. The presence of 5 distinct art units suggests that the portfolio covers a broad range of technical sub-specialties within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics field. Practitioners should be prepared for a diverse set of examiner perspectives, given that 9 different individuals are involved.
The concentration of 2 pending office actions under AHMAD HUSSAM SHALABY is the only point of examiner overlap. Managing 5 distinct art units requires a strategy that can adapt to the different internal cultures and standards of multiple patent office divisions. This decentralized structure means that the company's success depends on navigating 9 unique sets of examiner preferences across 5 different art units.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
Difficulty is derived from the rejection statutes on the most recent pending office action. §101-driven and multi-statute cases are graded Hard; §112-only and obviousness-type double-patenting cases are graded Easy; everything else is Medium. "Unknown" means we have not yet parsed a statute for that office action.
| Bucket | Cases |
|---|---|
| §101 only | 2 (20%) |
| §101 + other | 4 (40%) |
| §103 only | 3 (30%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (10%) |
How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.
Manual office-action response work runs about 10 hours per case. The time-saved bands below show what IP Author's prosecution pipeline typically delivers — a conservative 20% on the low end, 35% in the middle, 50% on the high end.
| Examiner | Apps on this docket | Allow rate | Interview lift |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHALABY, AHMAD HUSSAM | 2 | 0.0% | +0.0% |
| LEFF, ANGELA MARIE DITRAN | 1 | 69.8% | +13.4% |
| MANG, LAL C | 1 | 76.0% | +17.2% |
| SHOHATEE, IBRAHIM NAGI | 1 | 71.4% | +30.0% |
| SULTANA, DILARA | 1 | 80.9% | +16.1% |
| KADING, JOSHUA A | 1 | 77.9% | +24.6% |
| MCCRACKEN, DANIEL | 1 | 72.0% | +16.2% |
| VASQUEZ, MARKUS A | 1 | 51.2% | +27.3% |
| DRAPEAU, SIMEON PAUL | 1 | 18.8% | +70.3% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18424540 | METHOD OF QUANTIFYING STATIC AND DYNAMIC ROCK MECHANICAL PROPERTIES | SULTANA, DILARA | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18650772 | SYNERGISTIC APPROACH TO DEVELOP RESILIENT CEMENT SYSTEMS FOR LONG TERM WELLBORE INTEGRITY OF OIL, GAS AND GEOTHERMAL WELLS | LEFF, ANGELA MARIE DITRAN | 15d overdue |
| 18637091 | MONITORING CARBON SEQUESTRATION IN SOURCE ROCK RESERVOIRS USING STABLE ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION TO QUANTIFY ITS RETENTION EFFICIENCY | MANG, LAL C | — |
| 18458876 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING A WASHOUT AREA | KADING, JOSHUA A | — |
| 18456394 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR LARGE-SCALE RESERVOIR SIMULATIONS USING AUTOMATED LOCAL GRID REFINEMENT | SHALABY, AHMAD HUSSAM | — |
| 18453768 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC WELL LOG NORMALIZATION IN MULTIPLE WELLS | SHALABY, AHMAD HUSSAM | — |
| 18450174 | METHOD FOR REAL-TIME FRACTURES DETECTION USING DRILL BIT AS SOURCE | VASQUEZ, MARKUS A | — |
| 18344666 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PREDICTING HYDROCARBON DATA FOR UNCONVENTIONAL RESERVOIRS USING MACHINE LEARNING | DRAPEAU, SIMEON PAUL | — |
Cases in front of an examiner whose interview lift is 10 percentage points or more — i.e. interviewed cases historically resolve more favorably than non-interviewed ones. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18650772 | SYNERGISTIC APPROACH TO DEVELOP RESILIENT CEMENT SYSTEMS FOR LONG TERM WELLBORE INTEGRITY OF OIL, GAS AND GEOTHERMAL WELLS | LEFF, ANGELA MARIE DITRAN | 15d overdue |
| 18452414 | SCALE-UP SYNTHESIS OF JANUS CARBON NANOMATERIALS FROM BIOMASS WASTE | MCCRACKEN, DANIEL | 28d |
| 18637091 | MONITORING CARBON SEQUESTRATION IN SOURCE ROCK RESERVOIRS USING STABLE ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION TO QUANTIFY ITS RETENTION EFFICIENCY | MANG, LAL C | — |
| 18589659 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING WELLBORE BREAKDOWN PRESSURES FOR HYDRAULIC STIMULATION OPERATIONS | SHOHATEE, IBRAHIM NAGI | — |
| 18424540 | METHOD OF QUANTIFYING STATIC AND DYNAMIC ROCK MECHANICAL PROPERTIES | SULTANA, DILARA | — |
| 18458876 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING A WASHOUT AREA | KADING, JOSHUA A | — |
| 18450174 | METHOD FOR REAL-TIME FRACTURES DETECTION USING DRILL BIT AS SOURCE | VASQUEZ, MARKUS A | — |
| 18344666 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PREDICTING HYDROCARBON DATA FOR UNCONVENTIONAL RESERVOIRS USING MACHINE LEARNING | DRAPEAU, SIMEON PAUL | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3674 | 1 |
| 2857 | 1 |
| 2858 | 1 |
| 1736 | 1 |
| 2122 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18650772 | SYNERGISTIC APPROACH TO DEVELOP RESILIENT CEMENT SYSTEMS FOR LONG TERM WELLBORE INTEGRITY OF OIL, GAS AND GEOTHERMAL WELLS | LEFF, ANGELA MARIE DITRAN | 3674 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 15d overdue | Pending | Apr 30, 2024 |
| 18637091 | MONITORING CARBON SEQUESTRATION IN SOURCE ROCK RESERVOIRS USING STABLE ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION TO QUANTIFY ITS RETENTION EFFICIENCY | MANG, LAL C | — | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 16, 2024 |
| 18589659 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING WELLBORE BREAKDOWN PRESSURES FOR HYDRAULIC STIMULATION OPERATIONS | SHOHATEE, IBRAHIM NAGI | 2857 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 28, 2024 |
| 18424540 | METHOD OF QUANTIFYING STATIC AND DYNAMIC ROCK MECHANICAL PROPERTIES | SULTANA, DILARA | 2858 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 26, 2024 |
| 18458876 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING A WASHOUT AREA | KADING, JOSHUA A | — | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 30, 2023 |
| 18456394 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR LARGE-SCALE RESERVOIR SIMULATIONS USING AUTOMATED LOCAL GRID REFINEMENT | SHALABY, AHMAD HUSSAM | — | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 25, 2023 |
| 18453768 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC WELL LOG NORMALIZATION IN MULTIPLE WELLS | SHALABY, AHMAD HUSSAM | — | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 22, 2023 |
| 18452414 | SCALE-UP SYNTHESIS OF JANUS CARBON NANOMATERIALS FROM BIOMASS WASTE | MCCRACKEN, DANIEL | 1736 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 28d | Pending | Aug 18, 2023 |
| 18450174 | METHOD FOR REAL-TIME FRACTURES DETECTION USING DRILL BIT AS SOURCE | VASQUEZ, MARKUS A | 2122 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 15, 2023 |
| 18344666 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PREDICTING HYDROCARBON DATA FOR UNCONVENTIONAL RESERVOIRS USING MACHINE LEARNING | DRAPEAU, SIMEON PAUL | — | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 29, 2023 |
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