Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: ARMSTRONG, JONATHAN D

Tech Center 3600 • Art Units: 3645

This examiner grants 53% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

53.1%
Allow Rate
+1.1% vs TC avg
484
Total Applications
+3.0%
Interview Lift
1308
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 424 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

1.8%
§101 Eligibility
11.0%
§102 Novelty
81.7%
§103 Obviousness
5.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17930896 CASING DEFORMATION MONITORING Final Rejection Saudi Arabian Oil Company
18484140 Iterative Cement Bond Logging Without Calibration Final Rejection Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
18192863 Output Stage for High-Voltage Linear Transmitters Final Rejection Texas Instruments Incorporated
18023796 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, USER TERMINAL, CONTROL METHOD, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM Final Rejection NEC Corporation
18315647 NON-HERMITIAN COMPLEMENTARY METAMATERIALS (NHCMMS), SYSTEMS INCLUDING AN NHCMM, AND METHODS UTILIZING AN NHCMM Non-Final OA Georgia Tech Research Corporation
18702651 METHOD BY WHICH FIRST TERMINAL MEASURES POSITION ON BASIS OF SOUND WAVE SIGNALS IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND APPARATUS THEREFOR Non-Final OA LG Electronics Inc.
18598578 SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO DETECT IMPROPER MEDIA LOADING Non-Final OA Hand Held Products, Inc.
18823886 WORK ESTIMATION METHOD, WORK ESTIMATION SYSTEM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM Non-Final OA Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
18573545 ACOUSTIC DEPTH MAP Final Rejection Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
18476777 ICE BLOCKAGE DETECTION AND MITIGATION FOR ULTRASONIC SENSORS Final Rejection Robert Bosch GmbH
18280788 OBJECT DETECTION DEVICE Non-Final OA AISIN CORPORATION
18278164 ACOUSTIC MATCHING MEMBER, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF AND ULTRASOUND DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME Non-Final OA Seoul National University R&DB foundation
18096621 ACOUSTIC WAVE DEVICE Non-Final OA Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
18838461 RECEIVING METHOD, SYNCHRONIZATION DEVICE AND RECEIVING APPARATUS Non-Final OA NTT, Inc.
18799332 OBJECT DETECTION USING ULTRASONIC SENSORS FOR AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS Non-Final OA NVIDIA Corporation
18701597 Detection of objects with a synthetic antenna Non-Final OA THALES
17816075 ACOUSTIC WAVE DEVICE WITH DIELECTRIC LAYER FOR TRANSVERSE LEAKAGE SUPPRESSION Final Rejection Skyworks Solutions, Inc.
18753908 Method And Apparatus For Wireless Communications Non-Final OA Northeastern University
18853607 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ULTRASONIC EVALUATION OF AN ISOLATED ORGAN Non-Final OA UNIVERSITE CLAUDE BERNARD LYON 1
18435421 Acoustic Subwavelength Imaging System Final Rejection Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
18091288 LOW-COST, HIGH-PERFORMANCE ULTRASOUND IMAGING PROBE Non-Final OA Exo Imaging, Inc.
18725236 SCANNING A BODY OF WATER WITH A FISHING SONAR APPARATUS Final Rejection UAB Deeper
18555764 CONTEMPORANEOUS FIRING SCHEME FOR ACOUSTIC INSPECTION Final Rejection EVIDENT CANADA, INC.
18686781 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING THE LOCATION OF A SEISMIC EVENT Final Rejection THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
18239440 AUDIO TRANSMISSIONS WITH INTERLEAVED DATA PAYLOADS Non-Final OA LISNR,INC.
18367387 ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER WITH REDUCED CROSS-TALK AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE Non-Final OA CLINISONIX INC.
18087500 Device and System to Identify a Water-Based Vessel using Acoustic Signatures Final Rejection Anno.ai, Inc.
18343079 QUICK LATCH SEISMIC DATA ACQUISITION OCEAN BOTTOM NODE AND METHOD Non-Final OA SERCEL

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