Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17093903 | SYSTEM AND A METHOD FOR VIBRATION MONITORING | November 2020 | March 2023 | Allow | 28 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17050692 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MEASURING AND SHARING MARINE ACTIVITY INFORMATION | October 2020 | May 2024 | Allow | 42 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17050445 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ACOUSTIC COMMUNICATION BETWEEN CLOSELY LOCATED DEVICES | October 2020 | May 2022 | Abandon | 19 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17047265 | SPARSE CONVOLUTIONAL BEAMFORMING FOR ULTRASOUND IMAGING | October 2020 | September 2023 | Allow | 35 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 16967916 | SOUND TRANSDUCER | August 2020 | September 2023 | Abandon | 37 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16944663 | METHOD OF DETERMINING DEPTHS OF WELLBORE REFLECTORS | July 2020 | March 2025 | Allow | 56 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16922388 | METHOD FOR CALIBRATING AN ACOUSTIC ANTENNA | July 2020 | June 2022 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16914064 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO DETECT THE LOCATION OF SOUND SOURCES EXTERNAL TO COMPUTING DEVICES | June 2020 | August 2023 | Allow | 38 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16885193 | SCANNING SYNTHETIC APERTURE SONAR SYSTEM | May 2020 | May 2023 | Allow | 36 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16861218 | TRANSDUCER TRANSFER IMPEDANCE CALIBRATION DEVICE BASED ON SPATIAL FREQUENCY DOMAI SMOOTHING TECHNOLOGY | April 2020 | December 2022 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16858208 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ESTIMATING DIRECTION OF ARRIVAL OF SOUND FROM A PLURALITY OF SOUND SOURCES | April 2020 | July 2022 | Allow | 26 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16753527 | COMPRESSIVE SENSING MARINE STREAMER SYSTEM | April 2020 | October 2023 | Allow | 43 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16835158 | SIGNAL PROBING SYSTEM, SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD AND RELATED PROBING MODULE | March 2020 | October 2022 | Abandon | 30 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16835015 | ATTENUATION OF LOW-FREQUENCY NOISE IN CONTINUOUSLY RECORDED WAVEFIELDS | March 2020 | January 2024 | Allow | 46 | 3 | 0 | No | Yes |
| 16834063 | INTEGRATED ACOUSTIC LOCALIZATION AND COMMUNICATIONS ARRAY | March 2020 | June 2022 | Allow | 27 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16651305 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CREATING VIRTUAL POINT SOURCES WITHIN A HYDROCARBON FORMATION | March 2020 | July 2023 | Allow | 40 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16649411 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CONCURRENT LAND VIBROSEIS ACQUISITION WITH SIMULTANEOUS ACTIVATION | March 2020 | July 2023 | Allow | 40 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16808961 | VEHICLE AND ARRANGEMENT OF MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEMS FOR SIGNAL CONVERSION IN A VEHICLE INTERIOR | March 2020 | July 2024 | Abandon | 53 | 6 | 0 | Yes | Yes |
| 16644145 | FRAME WITH ACOUSTIC SOURCES FOR MARINE SURVEY | March 2020 | November 2024 | Allow | 56 | 6 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16803747 | METHOD, DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR UNDERWATER ACOUSTIC COMMUNICATION | February 2020 | June 2023 | Allow | 40 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16799190 | METHOD AND SYSTEM TO REVERT A DEPOLING EFFECT EXHIBITED BY AN ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER | February 2020 | August 2022 | Allow | 30 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16638975 | USER AUTHENTICATION CONTROL USING ULTRASOUND | February 2020 | March 2025 | Abandon | 60 | 6 | 1 | No | No |
| 16631719 | ELECTROACOUSTIC TRANSDUCER | January 2020 | August 2023 | Allow | 43 | 6 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16737219 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, CONTROLLING METHOD OF ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM | January 2020 | March 2023 | Allow | 39 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16718515 | Caustic Expander and Local Waveguide to Improve Acoustic Communications | December 2019 | April 2022 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16690950 | DRIFT CORRECTION IN A FIBER OPTIC DISTRIBUTED ACOUSTIC SENSING SYSTEM | November 2019 | July 2023 | Allow | 43 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16685602 | Individual Actuation within a Source Subarray | November 2019 | July 2024 | Abandon | 56 | 2 | 1 | No | Yes |
| 16671873 | System and Method for User Interaction and Forming Combined Ultrasonic Wave Based on Phased Array Ultrasound Apparatus | November 2019 | November 2023 | Abandon | 49 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16609373 | OPERATING METHOD AND CONTROL UNIT FOR AN ULTRASOUND TRANSCEIVER DEVICE, ULTRASOUND TRANSCEIVER DEVICE AND WORKING APPARATUS | October 2019 | August 2022 | Allow | 34 | 4 | 0 | No | No |
| 16664373 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ESTIMATING DIRECTION OF ARRIVAL | October 2019 | September 2022 | Allow | 35 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16605430 | AN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING SERVICE BASED ON PATH OF USER AND METHOD FOR THE SAME | October 2019 | November 2023 | Abandon | 49 | 4 | 0 | No | No |
| 16605429 | AN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING PATH OF USER AND METHOD FOR THE SAME | October 2019 | August 2023 | Allow | 46 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16604842 | OBJECT DETECTION DEVICE | October 2019 | July 2022 | Abandon | 34 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16590354 | High Frequency CMOS Ultrasonic Transducer | October 2019 | March 2022 | Allow | 29 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 16588911 | UNDERWATER DETECTION APPARATUS AND UNDERWATER DETECTION METHOD | September 2019 | August 2022 | Allow | 35 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16498236 | HOSTLESS PARKING RADAR SYSTEM | September 2019 | December 2021 | Abandon | 27 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16474625 | SEISMIC VIBRATOR, VIBRATION DEVICE AND DRIVING APPARATUS FOR THE SAME | September 2019 | March 2023 | Allow | 44 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 16491336 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING A FUNCTIONAL STATUS OF AN ULTRASONIC SENSOR BY MEANS OF A TRANSFER FUNCTION OF THE ULTRASONIC SENSOR, ULTRASONIC SENSOR DEVICE AND MOTOR VEHICLE | September 2019 | November 2024 | Allow | 60 | 6 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16488061 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROVIDING ULTRASONIC SIGNAL INFORMATION | August 2019 | January 2022 | Allow | 29 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16487042 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTING A STREAM OF BUBBLES IN A BODY OF SEA WATER | August 2019 | November 2021 | Abandon | 27 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16485232 | SOUND WAVE DETECTION DEVICE AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENT ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING THE SAME | August 2019 | April 2022 | Abandon | 33 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16538471 | COMMUNICATION IN FLUID MEDIUM USING MOTOR MODULATION | August 2019 | April 2023 | Abandon | 44 | 3 | 0 | No | Yes |
| 16483611 | METHOD FOR OPERATING AN ULTRASONIC SENSOR, WHICH IS INSTALLED IN A CONCEALED MANNER, OF A VEHICLE | August 2019 | June 2022 | Abandon | 34 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16516303 | ULTRASOUND IMAGING SYSTEM WITH TRANSMIT APODIZATION | July 2019 | June 2022 | Allow | 35 | 2 | 0 | No | Yes |
| 16516798 | METHOD AND SYSTEM TO PREVENT DEPOLING OF ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER | July 2019 | May 2022 | Allow | 34 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16470357 | Ultrasonic Echo Locating in a Wellbore Using Time Gain Compensation | June 2019 | September 2022 | Allow | 39 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16469500 | PARAMETRIC ARRAY SYSTEM | June 2019 | October 2021 | Abandon | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16437053 | OBJECT DETECTION DEVICE AND OBJECT DETECTION SYSTEM | June 2019 | June 2022 | Allow | 36 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16467827 | MIMO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND DATA LINK | June 2019 | February 2023 | Allow | 44 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16406105 | SPIRAL SONAR | May 2019 | October 2021 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16347033 | ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCER | May 2019 | September 2022 | Abandon | 41 | 2 | 0 | No | Yes |
| 16342078 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ACOUSTIC COMMUNICATION OF DATA | April 2019 | August 2022 | Allow | 40 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16339495 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DRIVING ULTRASOUND IMAGING TRANSDUCERS | April 2019 | June 2022 | Abandon | 38 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16361944 | AUTOMATED NODE STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL SYSTEM WITH SHAPED RECEPTACLES | March 2019 | January 2022 | Abandon | 33 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 16361887 | Ultrasonic Diagnosis Device and Electronic Circuit | March 2019 | September 2023 | Abandon | 54 | 4 | 0 | No | No |
| 16329360 | OBJECT DETECTION DEVICE | February 2019 | June 2022 | Allow | 40 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16286716 | High Temperature Ultrasonic Transducers and Signal Connectors | February 2019 | June 2022 | Allow | 40 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16327538 | TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING DEVICE AND ULTRASOUND SYSTEM | February 2019 | August 2022 | Abandon | 41 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 16316140 | COIL-SHOOTING AND STRAIGHT-LINE-RECORDING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SEISMIC DATA ACQUISITION | January 2019 | February 2022 | Abandon | 37 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16314611 | NOVEL SYSTEM AND RELATED METHODS FOR PERFORMING SEISMIC SURVEYS | December 2018 | August 2021 | Abandon | 32 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16309542 | CORRELATION FUNCTION GENERATION DEVICE, CORRELATION FUNCTION GENERATION METHOD, CORRELATION FUNCTION GENERATION PROGRAM, AND WAVE SOURCE DIRECTION ESTIMATION DEVICE | December 2018 | January 2023 | Abandon | 49 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16309089 | APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING OFFSHORE UNDERWATER SURVEYS | December 2018 | June 2022 | Abandon | 43 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16216991 | Spectrum Splitting | December 2018 | November 2021 | Abandon | 35 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16214334 | DIVING FAIRINGS AND METHOD FOR SPREAD ROPES | December 2018 | September 2021 | Abandon | 33 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 16212719 | SOUND BASED AUTHENTICATION AND DISTANCE MEASUREMENT | December 2018 | April 2022 | Abandon | 40 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16306977 | ULTRASONIC SENSOR | December 2018 | October 2021 | Abandon | 35 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16202466 | MULTICHANNEL STREAMER CABLE | November 2018 | February 2022 | Abandon | 39 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16191539 | SEISMIC EXPLORATION USING IMAGE-BASED REFLECTION FULL WAVEFORM INVERSION TO UPDATE LOW WAVENUMBER VELOCITY MODEL | November 2018 | February 2022 | Allow | 39 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16189645 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR DETERMINING POSITION OF A DEVICE BASED ON SOUND | November 2018 | October 2023 | Abandon | 59 | 6 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16098909 | A WELLBORE SYSTEM, TOOL AND METHOD | November 2018 | June 2021 | Abandon | 32 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16178575 | POSITIONING SYSTEM AND POSITIONING METHOD | November 2018 | July 2022 | Abandon | 45 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16176204 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF LOCATING DOWNHOLE OBJECTS IN A WELLBORE | October 2018 | March 2022 | Allow | 41 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16170671 | BROADBAND ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCERS AND RELATED METHODS | October 2018 | July 2024 | Allow | 60 | 6 | 0 | No | Yes |
| 16170515 | Ultrasonic Device And Ultrasonic Measuring Apparatus | October 2018 | June 2022 | Allow | 44 | 5 | 0 | No | No |
| 16170587 | Ultrasonic Device And Ultrasonic Measuring Apparatus | October 2018 | July 2022 | Allow | 45 | 4 | 0 | No | No |
| 16094964 | ULTRASONIC POSITION DETECTION SYSTEM | October 2018 | July 2021 | Abandon | 32 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16160005 | Marine Seismic Use of a Harmonic Distorted Signal | October 2018 | July 2021 | Abandon | 33 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16093640 | Methods and Systems for Determining Fast and Slow Shear Directions in an Anisotropic Formation Using A Logging While Drilling Tool | October 2018 | May 2021 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16151606 | COMPRESSIVE SENSING MARINE STREAMER SYSTEM | October 2018 | May 2021 | Abandon | 32 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16150700 | COMPRESSIVE SENSING MARINE STREAMER SYSTEM | October 2018 | June 2021 | Abandon | 33 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16089039 | MARINE SEISMIC ACQUISITION SYSTEM | September 2018 | January 2022 | Allow | 39 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16139305 | SEISMIC DATA ACQUISITION WITH DUAL/TRIPLE SOURCES AND HEXA-SOURCE | September 2018 | August 2023 | Allow | 59 | 3 | 0 | Yes | Yes |
| 16137588 | ULTRASOUND RANGING DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD | September 2018 | May 2022 | Abandon | 44 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16136600 | Device, System, and Method for Controlling the Focus of a Laser to Induce Plasmas that Emit Acoustic Pressure Waves to Control Movement of an Object | September 2018 | November 2021 | Abandon | 38 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16087067 | Acoustic Transmission Member and Method of Designing Same | September 2018 | March 2021 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16135208 | CONSTANT BEAM PATTERN ARRAY METHOD | September 2018 | July 2021 | Allow | 34 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 16133225 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SENSING DOWNHOLE CEMENT SHEATH PARAMETERS | September 2018 | January 2023 | Allow | 52 | 4 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16063695 | REAL-TIME PROCESSING AND CONTROL OF DAS VSP SURVEYS | June 2018 | September 2022 | Allow | 51 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 15850043 | EXPLOSION PROOF PIEZOELECTRIC ULTRASONIC DETECTOR | December 2017 | May 2025 | Abandon | 60 | 4 | 1 | Yes | No |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner ABULABAN, ABDALLAH.
With a 50.0% reversal rate, the PTAB reverses the examiner's rejections in a meaningful percentage of cases. This reversal rate is in the top 25% across the USPTO, indicating that appeals are more successful here than in most other areas.
Filing a Notice of Appeal can sometimes lead to allowance even before the appeal is fully briefed or decided by the PTAB. This occurs when the examiner or their supervisor reconsiders the rejection during the mandatory appeal conference (MPEP § 1207.01) after the appeal is filed.
In this dataset, 44.4% of applications that filed an appeal were subsequently allowed. This appeal filing benefit rate is above the USPTO average, suggesting that filing an appeal can be an effective strategy for prompting reconsideration.
✓ Appeals to PTAB show good success rates. If you have a strong case on the merits, consider fully prosecuting the appeal to a Board decision.
✓ Filing a Notice of Appeal is strategically valuable. The act of filing often prompts favorable reconsideration during the mandatory appeal conference.
Examiner ABULABAN, ABDALLAH works in Art Unit 3645 and has examined 89 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 56.2%, this examiner allows applications at a lower rate than most examiners at the USPTO. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 39 months.
Examiner ABULABAN, ABDALLAH's allowance rate of 56.2% places them in the 18% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner is less likely to allow applications than most examiners at the USPTO.
On average, applications examined by ABULABAN, ABDALLAH receive 2.43 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 66% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues a slightly above-average number of office actions.
The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by ABULABAN, ABDALLAH is 39 months. This places the examiner in the 27% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly slower than average with this examiner.
Conducting an examiner interview provides a +26.0% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by ABULABAN, ABDALLAH. This interview benefit is in the 72% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews provide an above-average benefit with this examiner and are worth considering.
When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 27.1% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 49% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Insight: RCEs show below-average effectiveness with this examiner. Carefully evaluate whether an RCE or continuation is the better strategy.
This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 14.6% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 17% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: This examiner rarely enters after-final amendments compared to other examiners. You should generally plan to file an RCE or appeal rather than relying on after-final amendment entry. Per MPEP § 714.12, primary examiners have discretion in entering after-final amendments, and this examiner exercises that discretion conservatively.
When applicants request a pre-appeal conference (PAC) with this examiner, 0.0% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 18% percentile among all examiners. Note: Pre-appeal conferences show limited success with this examiner compared to others. While still worth considering, be prepared to proceed with a full appeal brief if the PAC does not result in favorable action.
This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 66.7% of appeals filed. This is in the 51% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Insight: This examiner shows above-average willingness to reconsider rejections during appeals. The mandatory appeal conference (MPEP § 1207.01) provides an opportunity for reconsideration.
When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 33.3% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 20% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Note: Petitions are rarely granted regarding this examiner's actions compared to other examiners. Ensure you have a strong procedural basis before filing a petition, as the Technology Center Director typically upholds this examiner's decisions.
Examiner's Amendments: This examiner makes examiner's amendments in 0.0% of allowed cases (in the 34% percentile). This examiner makes examiner's amendments less often than average. You may need to make most claim amendments yourself.
Quayle Actions: This examiner issues Ex Parte Quayle actions in 0.0% of allowed cases (in the 40% percentile). This examiner issues Quayle actions less often than average. Allowances may come directly without a separate action for formal matters.
Based on the statistical analysis of this examiner's prosecution patterns, here are tailored strategic recommendations:
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