Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Pgs Geophysical AS

2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

2
Total Pending OAs
1
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

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.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

Case Difficulty Mix

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.

1
Hard (50%)
1
Medium (50%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (50%)
§103 only1 (50%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
50% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
50% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

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.

20 h
Manual time on pending OAs
4 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
7 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.2 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
ABULABAN, ABDALLAH 1 69.0% +15.6%
NIMOX, RAYMOND LONDALE 1 70.1% +11.0%

Hard Cases (1)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18390415 Shot Point Dithering Techniques for Marine Seismic Surveys ABULABAN, ABDALLAH 66d overdue

Interview Candidates (2)

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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18390415 Shot Point Dithering Techniques for Marine Seismic Surveys ABULABAN, ABDALLAH 66d overdue
18377237 Extended Long Offset Acquisition with Constant or Dynamically Adjusted Offset Coverage Gap NIMOX, RAYMOND LONDALE 21d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3645 1
2857 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18390415 Shot Point Dithering Techniques for Marine Seismic Surveys ABULABAN, ABDALLAH 3645 §101 Final Rejection 66d overdue Pending Dec 20, 2023
18377237 Extended Long Offset Acquisition with Constant or Dynamically Adjusted Offset Coverage Gap NIMOX, RAYMOND LONDALE 2857 §103 Non-Final OA 21d Pending Oct 05, 2023

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