Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: KNOX, KALERIA

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

This examiner grants 68% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

68.0%
Allow Rate
-2.0% vs TC avg
617
Total Applications
+25.0%
Interview Lift
1273
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 585 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

9.9%
§101 Eligibility
17.0%
§102 Novelty
70.2%
§103 Obviousness
2.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18003459 PROPERTIES OF ROCKS Final Rejection Chevron U.S.A. Inc.
18457717 CORRECTING AMBIENT CAPILLARY PRESSURE CURVES TO ACCOUNT FOR DOWNHOLE RESERVOIR CONDITIONS Non-Final OA Saudi Arabian Oil Company
17838728 PREDICTING TRUE SAND RESISTIVITY IN LAMINATED SHALY SANDS WITH ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE Final Rejection Saudi Arabian Oil Company
18462840 AUTOMATED DISCOVERY AND CONFIGURATION OF HYDROCARBON WELL FIELD DEVICES Non-Final OA Halliburton Energy Services, 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
18456590 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM Final Rejection KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
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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