Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 26, 2026

Jonathan D Armstrong, USPTO Patent Examiner

Listed by the USPTO as ARMSTRONG, JONATHAN D

Tech Center 3600 • Art Units: 2834 2855 3645

This examiner grants 55% of resolved cases

Analysis

ARMSTRONG, JONATHAN D is assigned to tech center 3600 and art unit 2834. The profile contains 456 resolved cases, with a 55.3% allowance rate and a 1290-day median to allowance. The allowance result indicates that prosecution outcomes are mixed across the recorded cases, and the median timing makes sustained prosecution planning important.

Interview lift is 3.5%, which does not indicate a large measured change associated with interviews in this record. The listed companies are Exo Imaging Inc., Schlumberger Technology Corporation, and BFLY Operations Inc. The listed firms are Alliance IP, LLC - General, Boston & Galway, and JCIPRNET. Practitioners may therefore place particular emphasis on written claim amendments, carefully targeted responses, and technical distinctions supported by the application record.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Performance Statistics

55.3%
Allow Rate
+3.3% vs TC avg
505
Total Applications
+3.5%
Interview Lift
1290
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 456 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

4.2%
§101 Eligibility
20.7%
§102 Novelty
55.8%
§103 Obviousness
18.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18964647 ULTRASONIC IMAGING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SYNCHRONIZATION Non-Final OA FUJIFILM Corporation
19239759 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENHANCING DATA ACQUISITION OPERATIONS IN SEISMIC SURVEYS Non-Final OA Schlumberger Technology Corporation
19119779 SUPPRESSING REFLECTIONS WITH VECTOR REFLECTIVITY ACOUSTIC MODELING Non-Final OA SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
18670068 LOCATION IDENTIFICATION METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE Non-Final OA Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
17919482 ACOUSTIC IMAGING PROBE WITH A TRANSDUCER ELEMENT Non-Final OA KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
17957816 DETERMINING EXTERNAL DISPLAY ORIENTATION USING ULTRASOUND TIME OF FLIGHT Final Rejection Intel Corporation
18964080 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROBE-ADAPTIVE QUANTITATIVE ULTRASOUND IMAGING Non-Final OA KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
18838461 RECEIVING METHOD, SYNCHRONIZATION DEVICE AND RECEIVING APPARATUS Final Rejection NTT, Inc.
19230035 SYNTHETIC LENSES FOR ULTRASOUND IMAGING SYSTEMS Non-Final OA Exo Imaging, Inc.
19069136 PROCESSING CIRCUITRY, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REDUCING ELECTRICAL POWER CONSUMPTION IN AN ULTRASOUND IMAGING PROBE BASED ON INTERLACED DATA ACQUISITION AND RECONSTRUCTION ALGORITHM Non-Final OA Exo Imaging, Inc.
19063616 APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD TO COMPOUND SIGNALS OF RESPECTIVE RECEIVED ULTRASONIC FREQUENCIES TO GENERATE AN OUTPUT ULTRASONIC IMAGE Non-Final OA Exo Imaging, Inc.
18091288 LOW-COST, HIGH-PERFORMANCE ULTRASOUND IMAGING PROBE Non-Final OA Exo Imaging, Inc.
18494968 CHIRP-BASED ULTRASONIC SENSOR AND SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD Non-Final OA HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
18724978 OBJECT DETECTION DEVICE Final Rejection AISIN CORPORATION
18393905 CODED ULTRASONIC SENSING WITH STAGGERED BURSTS Non-Final OA Texas Instruments Incorporated
18799332 OBJECT DETECTION USING ULTRASONIC SENSORS FOR AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS Final Rejection NVIDIA Corporation
19113081 ACOUSTIC LEVITATION SYSTEM, COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR LEVITATING AN OBJECT, COMPUTER PROGRAM AND NON-VOLATILE DATA CARRIER Non-Final OA MYVOX AB
18873232 Apparatus for facilitating ultrasound scanning Non-Final OA MEQ PROBE PTY LTD

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is examiner Jonathan D Armstrong's allowance rate?

55.3% of resolved applications examined by Jonathan D Armstrong were allowed (456 resolved cases), compared with 68.3% across Art Unit 2834 over the last five years.

Does an interview help with examiner Jonathan D Armstrong?

This examiner's interview lift is +3.5 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.

How long does examiner Jonathan D Armstrong take to allow a patent?

Applications allowed by Jonathan D Armstrong took 1,290 days on average from filing to allowance.

Which art unit does examiner Jonathan D Armstrong work in?

Jonathan D Armstrong examines applications in Art Unit 2834 in Tech Center 3600 (Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems).

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