Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: KNOX, KALERIA

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 2612 2684 2685 2686 2857 3723

This examiner grants 68% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

67.9%
Allow Rate
-2.1% vs TC avg
615
Total Applications
+25.3%
Interview Lift
1297
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 583 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

27.0%
§101 Eligibility
15.0%
§102 Novelty
42.8%
§103 Obviousness
10.6%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17838728 PREDICTING TRUE SAND RESISTIVITY IN LAMINATED SHALY SANDS WITH ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE Final Rejection Saudi Arabian Oil Company
17658507 METHOD FOR CO2 SEQUESTRATION MEASUREMENT AND QUANTIFICATION Non-Final OA SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
18462840 AUTOMATED DISCOVERY AND CONFIGURATION OF HYDROCARBON WELL FIELD DEVICES Non-Final OA Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
18546983 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS Non-Final OA Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
18175763 METHODS FOR ESTIMATING MAXIMUM RESERVOIR INJECTION PRESSURES, AND RELATED NON-TRANSITORY, COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMS AND COMPUTER SYSTEMS Final Rejection ExxonMobil Technology and Engineering Company
17624936 SEMICONDUCTOR ELEMENT CHARACTERISTIC VALUE ESTIMATION METHOD AND SEMICONDUCTOR ELEMENT CHARACTERISTIC VALUE ESTIMATION SYSTEM Non-Final OA SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
18456590 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM Final Rejection KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
18485217 DATA-DRIVEN STREET FLOOD WARNING SYSTEM Non-Final OA NEC Laboratories America, Inc.
18485235 DYNAMIC LINE RATING (DLR) OF OVERHEAD TRANSMISSION LINES Non-Final OA NEC Laboratories America, Inc.
18540597 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DRILLING Non-Final OA Helmerich & Payne Technologies, LLC
18030864 COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR DETERMINING AN OPERATING PROPERTY OF A PUMPJACK, ANALYSIS DEVICE AND PUMP SYSTEM THEREFOR Non-Final OA Siemens Energy Global GmbH & Co. KG
18567194 IMPROVEMENTS IN AND RELATING TO ION ANALYSIS Non-Final OA SHIMADZU CORPORATION
17769053 A DIAGNOSTIC ARRANGEMENT Final Rejection KEMIRA OYJ
18343684 SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO DETERMINE BIOT COEFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE STRESS DEPENDENCE COEFFICIENT IN ROCK Non-Final OA ARAMCO SERVICES COMPANY
18342487 CAPTURING MOST SEVERE FAILURE REGIONS AROUND BOREHOLE IN ANALYTICAL POROELASTIC ANALYSIS Non-Final OA ARAMCO SERVICES COMPANY
18557840 METHOD AND MEASUREMENT SYSTEM FOR CARRYING OUT AND/OR DISPLAYING A MEASUREMENT PROCESS Non-Final OA MICRO-EPSILON MESSTECHNIK GMBH & CO. KG
18511103 SMART HYBRID WATCH Non-Final OA Bellabeat Inc.
18344642 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PREDICTING THE PRESENCE OF RARE EARTH ELEMENTS Non-Final OA Microbeam Technologies, Inc.
17983783 VEHICLE MEASURING APPARATUS AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA TEXA S.P.A.
17280769 METHOD AND SYSTEM OF REAL-TIME SIMULATION AND FORECASTING IN A FULLY-INTEGRATED HYDROLOGIC ENVIRONMENT Non-Final OA Aquanty Inc.

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