Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: ABULABAN, ABDALLAH

Tech Center 3600 • Art Units: 2855 3645 3654

This examiner grants 69% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

69.0%
Allow Rate
+17.0% vs TC avg
252
Total Applications
+15.6%
Interview Lift
1112
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 200 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

3.2%
§101 Eligibility
3.1%
§102 Novelty
84.8%
§103 Obviousness
8.1%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18003449 STRATIGRAPHIC METHODS Non-Final OA Chevron U.S.A. Inc.
18337996 ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCER SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME Non-Final OA Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
18233584 IMAGING A SUBTERRANEAN FORMATION THROUGH ACOUSTIC ENERGY DELIVERED THROUGH A LIQUID Non-Final OA X Development LLC
18441825 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ACQUIRING SEISMIC DATA Non-Final OA SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
18406635 BOREHOLE RESONANCE MODE FOR CEMENT EVALUATION USING MACHINE LEARNING Final Rejection Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
18370121 Beamforming Through Tubing For Cement Bond Evaluation And Borehole Mapping Final Rejection Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
17860087 HIGH FREQUENCY CMOS ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCER Non-Final OA Texas Instruments Incorporated
18529327 ACOUSTIC ACTIVE SENSOR DEVICE Final Rejection Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
18789973 ANOMALY DETECTION DEVICE AND ANOMALY DETECTION METHOD Non-Final OA Panasonic Automotive Systems Co., Ltd.
17822224 Stimulating the Hairy Skin Through Ultrasonic Mid-Air Haptic Stimulation Final Rejection SIM IP HXR LLC
18716370 LOCALIZATION OF EXTERNAL SOUND SOURCES BY MEANS OF ULTRASONIC SENSOR ARRAYS Non-Final OA Robert Bosch GmbH
18799882 Methods and Systems of Tag Location Detection in an Inventory Environment based on Audio Attributes of Audio Signals Received from Tags using Audio Machine Learning Non-Final OA T-Mobile Innovations LLC
18727232 OBJECT DETECTION DEVICE Non-Final OA AISIN CORPORATION
18279005 ACOUSTIC DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE Non-Final OA CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
18026449 CHECKING THE POSITIONING OF AN ULTRASONIC SENSOR ON A VEHICLE Non-Final OA Valeo Schalter und Sensoren GmbH
18849774 FREQUENCY MODULATED COMMUNICATION Non-Final OA Iota Biosciences, Inc.
18806965 ULTRASONIC PROXIMITY SWITCH Non-Final OA ELESTA GmbH Ostfildern (DE) Zweigniederlassung Bad Ragaz
17895225 Module for a Towable Sonar Apparatus Final Rejection Thales Holdings UK Plc
18730811 MOBILE CRANE Non-Final OA TADANO LTD.
18437329 Transducer Assembly and Ultrasonic Sensor with Absorbing Element Non-Final OA TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH
18697468 ACOUSTIC CAMERA INCLUDING EXPLOSION PROOF MEANS OR WATERPROOF MEANS Non-Final OA SM INSTRUMENTS CO., LTD
18432356 AUTONOMOUS SEISMIC NODE FOR THE SEABED Final Rejection PXGEO UK Limited
18424574 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING A WAVE-TRANSMITTING DEVICE Non-Final OA SUPERSONIC IMAGINE
18292796 DETERMINING METHOD, SYSTEM, REFLECTOR, VERTICAL TANK EXTERNAL MEASUREMENT LIQUID LEVEL METER AND MOUNTING METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA XI'AN DINGHUA ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18279461 OPTICAL-ACOUSTIC SHOOTER DETECTION AND LOCALIZATION, INCLUDING RAPID-FIRE EVENTS AND SIMULTANEOUS EVENTS Final Rejection Elta Systems Ltd.
18457848 ULTRASONIC OBJECT DETECTION Non-Final OA GM Cruise Holdings LLC
18392318 Methods and Systems for Determining an Operation State of Acoustic Transducers Non-Final OA LENARD ENTERPRISES INC.
18390415 Shot Point Dithering Techniques for Marine Seismic Surveys Final Rejection PGS Geophysical AS

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