Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: ARMSTRONG, JONATHAN D

Tech Center 3600 • Art Units: 2834 2855 3645

This examiner grants 54% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

53.9%
Allow Rate
+1.9% vs TC avg
489
Total Applications
+3.6%
Interview Lift
1302
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 438 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

4.2%
§101 Eligibility
20.4%
§102 Novelty
56.0%
§103 Obviousness
18.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18884265 TRANSMISSION TOMOGRAPHY FOR STRUCTURE AND MINEROLOGY OF SOLIDS Non-Final OA Schlumberger Technology Corporation
18725223 SUBSEA OPTICAL AMPLIFICATION AND CIRCULATOR FOR OPTICAL SENSING Final Rejection Schlumberger Technology Corporation
18494968 CHIRP-BASED ULTRASONIC SENSOR AND SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD Non-Final OA HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
18483688 Method and Device for Providing Training Data for Training a Data-Based Object Classification Model for an Ultrasonic Sensor System Non-Final OA Robert Bosch GmbH
18476777 ICE BLOCKAGE DETECTION AND MITIGATION FOR ULTRASONIC SENSORS Non-Final OA Robert Bosch GmbH
18484140 Iterative Cement Bond Logging Without Calibration Final Rejection Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
18670068 LOCATION IDENTIFICATION METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE Non-Final OA Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
18617560 ULTRASOUND PROBE Non-Final OA FUJIFILM Corporation
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
18838461 RECEIVING METHOD, SYNCHRONIZATION DEVICE AND RECEIVING APPARATUS Final Rejection NTT, Inc.
17919482 ACOUSTIC IMAGING PROBE WITH A TRANSDUCER ELEMENT Final Rejection KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
18393905 CODED ULTRASONIC SENSING WITH STAGGERED BURSTS Non-Final OA Texas Instruments Incorporated
18669101 CASING THICKNESS DETERMINATION FROM PULSE-ECHO ULTRASONIC MEASUREMENTS Final Rejection Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations LLC
18964080 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROBE-ADAPTIVE QUANTITATIVE ULTRASOUND IMAGING Non-Final OA KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
18782959 Transducer Device and Method of Manufacture Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
18799332 OBJECT DETECTION USING ULTRASONIC SENSORS FOR AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS Final Rejection NVIDIA Corporation
18701597 Detection of objects with a synthetic antenna Non-Final OA THALES
18753908 Method And Apparatus For Wireless Communications Final Rejection Northeastern University
18435421 Acoustic Subwavelength Imaging System Non-Final OA Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
18343079 QUICK LATCH SEISMIC DATA ACQUISITION OCEAN BOTTOM NODE AND METHOD Non-Final OA SERCEL

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