Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: BREIER, KRYSTINE E

Tech Center 3600 • Art Units: 3645 3663

This examiner grants 82% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

81.7%
Allow Rate
+29.7% vs TC avg
529
Total Applications
+8.5%
Interview Lift
1295
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 515 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

9.7%
§101 Eligibility
19.3%
§102 Novelty
51.1%
§103 Obviousness
16.9%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18784187 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETECTING CHARACTERISTIC OF OBJECT BASED ON FREQUENCY-MODULATED SIGNAL Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO.,LTD.
18528036 DISTRIBUTED SENSING USING FLUID NETWORK Non-Final OA X Development LLC
18458255 METHODS USING DUAL ARRIVAL COMPRESSIONAL AND SHEAR ARRIVAL EVENTS IN LAYERED FORMATIONS FOR FORMATION EVALUATION, GEOMECHANICS, WELL PLACEMENT, AND COMPLETION DESIGN Final Rejection Saudi Arabian Oil Company
18771912 DOWNHOLE MEASUREMENTS OF BOREHOLE MUD AND CEMENTING PROPERTIES Non-Final OA Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
18494208 Leaky Flexural Wave Semblance Based Annular Stacking Velocity Determination In Cased Wells Non-Final OA Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
18575405 QUICKSAND AMOUNT OBSERVATION SYSTEM, QUICKSAND AMOUNT OBSERVATION APPARATUS, QUICKSAND AMOUNT OBSERVATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM Final Rejection NEC Corporation
18400903 Modular System and Marine Seismic Monitoring Method by Permanent Point Receivers, Support-Pile Module, Telescopic-Type Pile, Method of Burying and Method of Unearthing of the Telescopic-Type Pile Non-Final OA PETRÓLEO BRASILEIRO S.A. - PETROBRAS
18560435 SEISMIC DATA ACQUISITION UNIT, METHOD, AND SYSTEM EMPLOYING THE SAME Non-Final OA FLEET SPACE TECHNOLOGIES PTY LTD
18890427 ULTRASONIC SENSING FOR MEASURING OBJECTS IN SPATIAL ENVIRONMENTS Non-Final OA Providential Innovations, LLC
18755657 System and Method for Sensing Underwater Point Cloud Non-Final OA METAL INDUSTRIES RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT CENTRE
18423062 SEISMIC SOIL PROBE, SEISMIC SOIL TESTING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF USING THEM Final Rejection ØRSTED WIND POWER A/S

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