Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19088711 | TRACKING SYSTEM AND TRACKING DEVICE | March 2025 | June 2025 | Allow | 3 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18743522 | SONAR SYSTEM WITH ADJUSTED BEAM | June 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18740327 | RANGING DEVICE | June 2024 | February 2026 | Allow | 20 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18740309 | RANGING DEVICE | June 2024 | February 2026 | Allow | 20 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18640205 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIA OF AUTOMATIC NETWORK SLICING OF UNDERWATER ACOUSTIC COMMUNICATION SYSTEM RESOURCES | April 2024 | April 2025 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18697947 | METHOD OF OPTIMIZING SEISMIC ACQUISITION | April 2024 | August 2024 | Allow | 5 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18614786 | OBJECT DETECTION DEVICE | March 2024 | December 2025 | Allow | 21 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18614474 | SPATIAL ULTRASOUND MODULATOR, ULTRASONIC APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME AND METHOD OF GENERATING AMPLITUDE-MODULATED ULTRASONIC WAVES USING THE SAME | March 2024 | February 2026 | Allow | 23 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18582062 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ACOUSTIC DRIFT RUN | February 2024 | March 2026 | Allow | 24 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18431611 | SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE, ULTRASONIC SYSTEM, AND VEHICLE | February 2024 | October 2025 | Allow | 21 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18414199 | PORTABLE ACOUSTIC IMAGING TOOL WITH SCANNING AND ANALYSIS CAPABILITY | January 2024 | July 2025 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18412670 | Systems and Methods for Integrating Spatial Audio into Point Clouds | January 2024 | November 2024 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18411125 | MONOPOLE SCREENING OF ACOUSTIC DIPOLE LWD MEASUREMENTS | January 2024 | September 2025 | Allow | 20 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18411151 | FREQUENCY DOMAIN STACKING OF ACOUSTIC DIPOLE LWD MEASUREMENTS | January 2024 | December 2025 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18411114 | TIME DOMAIN STACKING OF ACOUSTIC DIPOLE LWD MEASUREMENTS | January 2024 | December 2025 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18407207 | BAFFLE STRUCTURE INDUCED AMPLITUDE AND PHASE DIFFERENCES | January 2024 | October 2025 | Allow | 21 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18396629 | ULTRASONIC SENSOR AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME | December 2023 | November 2024 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18534356 | SOUND WAVE PROCESSING DEVICE AND ULTRASONIC SYSTEM | December 2023 | January 2026 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18567910 | METHOD FOR OPERATING AN ULTRASONIC SENSOR, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT, ULTRASONIC SENSOR SYSTEM AND VEHICLE | December 2023 | November 2025 | Allow | 23 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18532139 | UNIVERSAL SCANNING SYSTEM FOR SONAR | December 2023 | September 2025 | Allow | 21 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18562330 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING A FUNCTION STATE OF AN ULTRASONIC SENSOR FOR A VEHICLE | November 2023 | January 2026 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18508955 | OBJECT DETECTION DEVICE, OBJECT DETECTION METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM | November 2023 | February 2026 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18290470 | RECEIVING APPARATUS AND RECEIVING METHOD | November 2023 | January 2026 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18503416 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR AZIMUTHAL SUMMING OF ULTRASOUND DATA | November 2023 | July 2024 | Allow | 8 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18492288 | Elastic Wave Stress Tensor Double-Dot Product Seismic Imaging Method and Device | October 2023 | August 2024 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18244497 | DEVICE INTERCONNECTION METHODS AND SYSTEM, VEHICULAR DEVICE, TERMINAL DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | September 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 21 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18446877 | NAVIGATION-COMMUNICATION-INTEGRATED METAMATERIAL SONAR FOR UNDERWATER VEHICLES | August 2023 | January 2024 | Allow | 5 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18276495 | IDENTIFYING INTERFERENCE IN RECEIVED ECHO SIGNALS FROM A GROUP OF SENSORS | August 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 22 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18366057 | VISUAL SONIC CONDUIT LOCATOR | August 2023 | February 2024 | Allow | 6 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 18360463 | UTILIZATION OF MICROPHONE ULTRASONIC RESPONSE | July 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18358986 | ADAPTIVE CONTRAST FOR SONAR IMAGES | July 2023 | January 2026 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18357368 | ULTRASONIC SENSOR | July 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 23 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18356320 | SONAR DIVE RANGING SYSTEM | July 2023 | January 2026 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18260990 | VOLUMETRIC INSPECTION USING ROW-COLUMN ADDRESSED PROBE | July 2023 | October 2025 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18271553 | ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCER | July 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18260292 | BROADCAST-TYPE UNDERWATER NAVIGATION POSITIONING SYSTEM AND METHOD | July 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 24 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18216203 | ULTRASONIC DEVICE COEXISTENCE | June 2023 | July 2025 | Allow | 24 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18215328 | OBJECT DETECTION SYSTEM | June 2023 | April 2025 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18215327 | ACOUSTIC-WAVE GENERATING DEVICE | June 2023 | December 2025 | Allow | 29 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18341097 | SONAR SYSTEM WITH ADJUSTED BEAM | June 2023 | April 2024 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18338562 | Circular Downhole Ultrasonic Phased Array | June 2023 | July 2025 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18265824 | ULTRASONIC SENSOR FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE, AND MOTOR VEHICLE | June 2023 | August 2025 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18256137 | ULTRASONIC SENSOR SYSTEM FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE ULTRASONIC SENSOR SYSTEM | June 2023 | August 2025 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18255793 | METHOD FOR CLASSIFYING HEIGHTS OF OBJECTS BY MEANS OF ULTRASONIC SENSOR TECHNOLOGY | June 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18202339 | Rollable, Large Vertical Aperture, Acoustic Planar Towed Array | May 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 25 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18198221 | ULTRASOUND IMAGE APPARATUS AND LIQUID INFILTRATION PREVENTION METHOD INTO BONDED WAFER | May 2023 | May 2025 | Allow | 24 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18318497 | PARAMETRIC SIGNAL PROCESSING SYSTEMS AND METHODS | May 2023 | July 2025 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18198097 | AUTONOMOUS SURFACE AND SUBSURFACE MARINE VEHICLE SURVEY SYSTEM, MARINE VEHICLE FOR SAME, AND METHOD OF USE | May 2023 | October 2025 | Abandon | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18253119 | Detecting and Determining Relevant Variables of an Object by Means of Ultrasonic Sensors | May 2023 | December 2024 | Allow | 19 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18037159 | ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCER ARRAY DEVICE | May 2023 | May 2025 | Allow | 24 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18197352 | WAVE TRANSMISSION CONTROL DEVICE, UNDERWATER ORGANISM GUIDANCE DEVICE, AND WAVE TRANSMISSION CONTROL METHOD | May 2023 | January 2026 | Allow | 33 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18036320 | Ultrasound Scanning System | May 2023 | September 2025 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18251517 | DRONE GEOPHONE INSTALLATION ARRANGEMENT | May 2023 | February 2024 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18307781 | AUDIO COMMUNICATION | April 2023 | January 2026 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18306998 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND TERMINAL FOR WIDE-AREA ACOUSTIC INDOOR POSITIONING BASED ON RF ENHANCEMENT | April 2023 | August 2023 | Allow | 4 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18305335 | METHOD FOR LOCATING AND FINDING ITEMS BASED ON ACOUSTIC SIGNAL | April 2023 | October 2023 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18250086 | ULTRASONIC TRANSCEIVER AND PRODUCTION METHOD FOR SAME | April 2023 | January 2025 | Allow | 20 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18303457 | System and Method for Underwater Distance Determination | April 2023 | July 2025 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18192349 | PERFORMANCE OF A TIME OF FLIGHT (ToF) LASER RANGE FINDING SYSTEM USING ACOUSTIC-BASED DIRECTION OF ARRIVAL (DoA) | March 2023 | November 2024 | Allow | 20 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 18029104 | UNDERWATER ACOUSTIC COMMUNICATION SYSTEM BASED ON FILTER BANK JOINT SUB-CARRIER MULTIDIMENSIONAL INDEX MODULATION AND METHOD THEREOF | March 2023 | September 2024 | Allow | 18 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18190437 | OBJECT HEIGHT ESTIMATION USING ULTRASONIC SENSORS | March 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 24 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18124971 | PROXIMITY SENSING USING PULSED ULTRASONIC SIGNALS | March 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 24 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18124186 | METHODOLOGY FOR LOCATING SOUND SOURCES BEHIND A SOLID STRUCTURE | March 2023 | November 2025 | Allow | 32 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18184822 | SONIC INITIATION OF DEVICE INTERACTIVITY | March 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18025561 | Underwater Antenna | March 2023 | March 2026 | Abandon | 36 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18166808 | EVAPORATIVE COOLING FOR TRANSDUCER ARRAY | February 2023 | January 2024 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18165188 | METHOD FOR EFFICIENT IMPLEMENTATION OF FOURIER ANTI-LEAKAGE SEISMIC DATA INTERPOLATION | February 2023 | May 2025 | Abandon | 27 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18104972 | NOTIFICATION SYSTEM AND APPARATUS | February 2023 | January 2025 | Allow | 23 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18161168 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIA OF AUTOMATIC NETWORK SLICING OF UNDERWATER ACOUSTIC COMMUNICATION SYSTEM RESOURCES | January 2023 | October 2023 | Allow | 9 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18103060 | ULTRASONIC FINGERPRINT SENSOR FOR UNDER-DISPLAY APPLICATIONS | January 2023 | July 2024 | Allow | 17 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18017514 | DEVICE AND SYNCHRONOUS METHOD FOR SUPPLYING POWER TO AN ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER | January 2023 | July 2025 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18098114 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR UNDERWATER ACOUSTIC COMMUNICATION | January 2023 | June 2023 | Allow | 5 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18097503 | AMPLIFIER CIRCUIT AND SONAR | January 2023 | July 2025 | Allow | 30 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18092431 | Mid-Air Haptic Generation Analytic Techniques | January 2023 | March 2026 | Allow | 38 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18060430 | ULTRASONIC SENSOR AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME | November 2022 | October 2023 | Allow | 10 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18060444 | SENSOR FUSION USING ULTRASONIC SENSORS FOR AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS | November 2022 | February 2025 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18060376 | SENSOR FUSION USING ULTRASONIC SENSORS FOR AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS | November 2022 | February 2025 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17993267 | Array-Type Scanning Acoustic Tomograph and Ultrasonic Image Display Method | November 2022 | November 2025 | Allow | 35 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17991852 | Animal Repelling Device | November 2022 | July 2025 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17992661 | RANGING DEVICE, RANGING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM | November 2022 | December 2023 | Allow | 13 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18057259 | Acoustic-Based Face Anti-Spoofing System and Method | November 2022 | November 2024 | Allow | 24 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17987151 | ULTRASONIC DIRECT ECHO PATH REDUCTION | November 2022 | April 2025 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17987304 | ULTRASONIC CLIFF DETECTION AND DEPTH ESTIMATION USING TILTED SENSORS | November 2022 | November 2024 | Allow | 24 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17925256 | CIRCUIT FOR CONTROLLING AN ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCER | November 2022 | October 2025 | Abandon | 36 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17981981 | TUNNELING AND NAVIGATION SYSTEM INCLUDING DISTRIBUTED COMMUNICATION AND SENSING SYSTEM | November 2022 | July 2025 | Allow | 32 | 2 | 0 | No | Yes |
| 17979974 | SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM | November 2022 | June 2024 | Allow | 19 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18051350 | METHOD FOR EFFICIENT IMPLEMENTATION OF FOURIER ANTI-LEAKAGE SEISMIC DATA INTERPOLATION | October 2022 | June 2025 | Allow | 31 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17975426 | PRESSURE SENSOR AND OPTICAL INFORMATION READER | October 2022 | January 2025 | Allow | 26 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17938599 | ULTRASONIC SENSOR AND SENSOR ATTACHMENT | October 2022 | November 2024 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17938191 | DUAL-CHANNEL ACOUSTIC DISTANCE MEASUREMENT CIRCUIT AND METHOD | October 2022 | October 2023 | Allow | 12 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17956669 | Helical Wave Encoding | September 2022 | October 2023 | Allow | 13 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17936515 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECT DETECTION DEVICE | September 2022 | April 2024 | Allow | 18 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17954726 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM FOR A FASTENER HAVING A WIRELESS MONITORING SYSTEM | September 2022 | August 2024 | Allow | 22 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17933977 | ULTRASONIC SENSOR CONTROL DEVICE AND ULTRASONIC SENSOR | September 2022 | April 2024 | Allow | 19 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17932955 | ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCER, ULTRASONIC SENSOR, OBJECT DETECTION APPARATUS, OBJECT DETECTION METHOD, AND OBJECT DETECTION PROGRAM | September 2022 | March 2024 | Allow | 18 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17902467 | ACOUSTIC LENS AND APPLICATIONS THEREOF | September 2022 | November 2023 | Abandon | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17908562 | METHOD AND DEVICE OF NONLINEAR PARAMETRIC INFLUENCE ON BIOLOGICAL OBJECTS | September 2022 | June 2025 | Abandon | 33 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17895671 | WAVEFORM GENERATOR USING A WAVEFORM CODING SCHEME FOR BOTH LONG STATES AND TOGGLE STATES | August 2022 | September 2023 | Allow | 13 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17821497 | MOTION-COMPENSATED DISTANCE SENSING WITH CONCURRENT UP-CHIRP DOWN-CHIRP WAVEFORMS | August 2022 | March 2024 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17893872 | Seismic Pressure and Acceleration Measurement | August 2022 | August 2023 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner N'DURE, AMIE MERCEDES.
With a 40.0% reversal rate, the PTAB reverses the examiner's rejections in a meaningful percentage of cases. This reversal rate is above the USPTO average, indicating that appeals have better success here than typical.
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, 31.8% of applications that filed an appeal were subsequently allowed. This appeal filing benefit rate is below the USPTO average, suggesting that filing an appeal has limited effectiveness in prompting favorable 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 shows limited benefit. Consider other strategies like interviews or amendments before appealing.
Examiner N'DURE, AMIE MERCEDES works in Art Unit 3645 and has examined 488 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 79.3%, this examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 38 months.
Examiner N'DURE, AMIE MERCEDES's allowance rate of 79.3% places them in the 48% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications.
On average, applications examined by N'DURE, AMIE MERCEDES receive 1.95 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 48% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues fewer office actions than average, which may indicate efficient prosecution or a more lenient examination style.
The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by N'DURE, AMIE MERCEDES is 38 months. This places the examiner in the 30% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly slower than average with this examiner.
Conducting an examiner interview provides a +11.0% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by N'DURE, AMIE MERCEDES. This interview benefit is in the 45% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews provide a below-average benefit with this examiner.
When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 34.6% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 77% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Insight: RCEs are highly effective with this examiner compared to others. If you receive a final rejection, filing an RCE with substantive amendments or arguments has a strong likelihood of success.
This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 26.3% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 36% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: This examiner shows below-average receptiveness to after-final amendments. You may need to file an RCE or appeal rather than relying on after-final amendment entry.
When applicants request a pre-appeal conference (PAC) with this examiner, 109.1% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 79% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: Pre-appeal conferences are highly effective with this examiner compared to others. Before filing a full appeal brief, strongly consider requesting a PAC. The PAC provides an opportunity for the examiner and supervisory personnel to reconsider the rejection before the case proceeds to the PTAB.
This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 76.2% of appeals filed. This is in the 67% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 50.0% occur early in the appeal process (after Notice of Appeal but before Appeal Brief). 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, 62.1% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 67% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Note: Petitions show above-average success regarding this examiner's actions. Petitionable matters include restriction requirements (MPEP § 1002.02(c)(2)) and various procedural issues.
Examiner's Amendments: This examiner makes examiner's amendments in 0.4% of allowed cases (in the 58% percentile). This examiner makes examiner's amendments more often than average to place applications in condition for allowance (MPEP § 1302.04).
Quayle Actions: This examiner issues Ex Parte Quayle actions in 0.5% of allowed cases (in the 55% percentile). This examiner issues Quayle actions more often than average when claims are allowable but formal matters remain (MPEP § 714.14).
Based on the statistical analysis of this examiner's prosecution patterns, here are tailored strategic recommendations:
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