Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: ARMSTRONG, JONATHAN D

Tech Center 3600 • Art Units: 2834 2855 3645

This examiner grants 55% of resolved cases

Analysis

Jonathan D. Armstrong works in Tech Center 3600 and Art Unit 2834. He has 452 resolved cases with an allowance rate of 54.9 percent. This 54.9 percent rate indicates the frequency of granted patents among the 452 resolved cases. Practitioners can use these figures to evaluate the prosecution environment and the likelihood of success in this technology area.

The interview lift is 3.7 percent, which is a statistic that shows the change in allowance probability following an interview. This 3.7 percent lift is a metric for practitioners to consider when planning their approach. The median days to allowance is 1293, providing a benchmark for the time required to reach a grant. This 1293-day median is a data point for managing expectations. These figures from Tech Center 3600 and Art Unit 2834 serve as the basis for understanding the examiner's historical performance and the duration of the prosecution cycle.

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

Performance Statistics

55.1%
Allow Rate
+3.1% vs TC avg
492
Total Applications
+3.6%
Interview Lift
1291
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 454 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

4.1%
§101 Eligibility
20.8%
§102 Novelty
55.7%
§103 Obviousness
17.9%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18484140 Iterative Cement Bond Logging Without Calibration Final Rejection Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
18964647 ULTRASONIC IMAGING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SYNCHRONIZATION Non-Final OA FUJIFILM Corporation
18670068 LOCATION IDENTIFICATION METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE Non-Final OA Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
18315647 NON-HERMITIAN COMPLEMENTARY METAMATERIALS (NHCMMS), SYSTEMS INCLUDING AN NHCMM, AND METHODS UTILIZING AN NHCMM Non-Final OA Georgia Tech Research Corporation
17919482 ACOUSTIC IMAGING PROBE WITH A TRANSDUCER ELEMENT Non-Final OA KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
18598578 SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO DETECT IMPROPER MEDIA LOADING Non-Final OA Hand Held Products, Inc.
17957816 DETERMINING EXTERNAL DISPLAY ORIENTATION USING ULTRASOUND TIME OF FLIGHT Final Rejection Intel Corporation
18724978 OBJECT DETECTION DEVICE Non-Final OA AISIN CORPORATION
18494968 CHIRP-BASED ULTRASONIC SENSOR AND SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD Non-Final OA HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
18838461 RECEIVING METHOD, SYNCHRONIZATION DEVICE AND RECEIVING APPARATUS Final Rejection NTT, Inc.
18608912 ELECTROSTATIC TRANSDUCER Non-Final OA Sumitomo Riko Company Limited
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
18782959 Transducer Device and Method of Manufacture Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
18964080 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROBE-ADAPTIVE QUANTITATIVE ULTRASOUND IMAGING Non-Final OA KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
18715758 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATION OF POLYNOMIAL DELAY VALUES Non-Final OA DarkVision Technologies Inc.

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