Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: KAY, DOUGLAS

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2857 2865

This examiner grants 61% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

61.3%
Allow Rate
-6.7% vs TC avg
391
Total Applications
+29.6%
Interview Lift
1283
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 362 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

27.5%
§101 Eligibility
5.7%
§102 Novelty
35.0%
§103 Obviousness
25.1%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18334923 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR A WELL INTEGRITY MANAGEMENT TOOL Non-Final OA SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
18315880 MODELING ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE OF A SUBTERRANEAN FORMATION Non-Final OA Saudi Arabian Oil Company
18308489 MACHINE LEARNING METHOD TO DETECT LEAKS, CLASSIFY PIPE WELD DEFECTS, AND PREDICT PIPE FAILURE Non-Final OA SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
18247399 A METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING FIRST BREAKS OF SONIC WAVEFORMS Non-Final OA SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
18192559 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EFFICIENT OPTIMIZATION OF HYDROCARBON-PRODUCTION WELL CONFIGURATION AND TRAJECTORY USING PERFORMANCE VERSUS DRILLING-COST PROFILES Non-Final OA SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
18192523 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MECHANICAL EARTH MODEL PARAMETER ESTIMATION Non-Final OA SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
18189906 EXTRAPOLATION OF SEISMIC DATA TO REDUCE PROCESSING EDGE ARTIFACTS Non-Final OA SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
18188954 GENERAL MACHINE LEARNING FRAMEWORK FOR PERFORMING MULTIPLE SEISMIC INTERPRETATION TASKS Non-Final OA Saudi Arabian Oil Company
18187170 NEAR WELLBORE CRITICAL GAS RATE CORRELATION FOR OIL AND GAS RESERVOIRS Final Rejection Saudi Arabian Oil Company
17360423 Annulus Velocity Independent Time Domain Structure Imaging In Cased Holes Using Multi-Offset Secondary Flexural Wave Data Non-Final OA Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
17953863 METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A POWER GRID AND GRID CONTROL ARRANGEMENT Non-Final OA Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
18824089 METHOD FOR DETECTING LITHIUM PRECIPITATION OF BATTERY AND RELATED APPARATUS Non-Final OA CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY (HONG KONG) LIMITED
18190145 DETERMINATION APPARATUS, MOBILE OBJECT, COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, AND DETERMINATION METHOD Non-Final OA HONDA MOTOR CO.,LTD.
17979860 SIGNAL ABNORMALITY DETECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
17850888 Method and System for Providing a Quality Metric for Improved Process Control Non-Final OA KLA Corporation
18258763 HONEYPOT FOR A CONNECTION BETWEEN AN EDGE DEVICE AND A CLOUD-BASED SERVICE PLATFORM Non-Final OA Endress+Hauser SE+Co. KG
18005011 RESERVOIR PARAMETER PREDICTION METHOD AND APPARATUS BASED ON GEOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTIC CONSTRAINT, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA SINOPEC GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE

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