Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: ABULABAN, ABDALLAH

Tech Center 3600 • Art Units: 2855 3645 3654

This examiner grants 68% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

68.2%
Allow Rate
+16.2% vs TC avg
245
Total Applications
+15.0%
Interview Lift
1136
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 192 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

3.9%
§101 Eligibility
14.4%
§102 Novelty
62.4%
§103 Obviousness
15.7%
§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
18743498 MACHINE LEARNING CHANNEL FACIES TREND MAPPING Non-Final OA Saudi Arabian Oil Company
18441825 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ACQUIRING SEISMIC DATA Non-Final OA SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
18413985 Generating Seismic Images of a Subsurface Formation Final Rejection Saudi Arabian Oil Company
18406635 BOREHOLE RESONANCE MODE FOR CEMENT EVALUATION USING MACHINE LEARNING Final Rejection Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
17860087 HIGH FREQUENCY CMOS ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCER Non-Final OA Texas Instruments Incorporated
18264869 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING RELATIVE LOCATION BETWEEN DEVICES Final Rejection Huawei Technologies 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
18073488 SURFACE ACOUSTIC WAVE (SAW) BACKSCATTER-BASED POSITIONING Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
18244028 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH PIPE ECCENTRICITY Final Rejection Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations LLC
18727232 OBJECT DETECTION DEVICE Non-Final OA AISIN CORPORATION
17358755 Ultrasonic Communication Phased Array Final Rejection Nuvasive Specialized Orthopedics, Inc.
18279005 ACOUSTIC DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE Non-Final OA CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
18631649 HIDDEN ULTRASONIC SENSING SYSTEMS SUITABLE FOR ADVANCED DRIVER ASSISTANCE Final Rejection SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
18424574 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING A WAVE-TRANSMITTING DEVICE Non-Final OA SUPERSONIC IMAGINE
18849774 FREQUENCY MODULATED COMMUNICATION Non-Final OA Iota Biosciences, Inc.
17923069 UNDERWATER WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORK Non-Final OA KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
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 Final Rejection TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH
18500129 ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS Final Rejection FUJIFILM Healthcare Corporation
18697468 ACOUSTIC CAMERA INCLUDING EXPLOSION PROOF MEANS OR WATERPROOF MEANS Non-Final OA SM INSTRUMENTS CO., LTD
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.
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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