Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18898047 | INTEGRATED CONTROL OF HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL MOVEMENTS OF A LONG-STROKE PUMPING UNIT | September 2024 | May 2025 | Allow | 8 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18822132 | ARTICULATED FLUID DELIVERY SYSTEM WITH SELECTABLE NIGHTCAP CONNECTOR | August 2024 | May 2025 | Allow | 8 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18842043 | Drilling machine with improved carousel loading device | August 2024 | May 2025 | Allow | 8 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18799869 | TUBING HEAD SPOOLS WITH ORIENTATION FEATURE | August 2024 | February 2025 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18732229 | Fluid Containment System and Method | June 2024 | January 2025 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18665164 | REMOTE DISCONNECTION OF UTILITY LINES IN OFFSHORE WELL OPERATIONS | May 2024 | September 2024 | Allow | 4 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18661380 | PRESSURE INDICATION ALIGNMENT USING AN ORIENTATION PORT AND AN ORIENTATION SLOT IN A WEIGHTED SWIVEL | May 2024 | April 2025 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18708725 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REMOTE OPERATION OF WELL EQUIPMENT | May 2024 | May 2025 | Allow | 12 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18653584 | SYSTEMS, DEVICES AND METHODS FOR ORIENTING A PRODUCTION OUTLET OF A SUBSEA PRODUCTION TREE | May 2024 | January 2025 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18644526 | Controlling Hydraulic Fracture Growth Using Stress Shadows | April 2024 | January 2025 | Allow | 9 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18624879 | Separable Lubricator System | April 2024 | November 2024 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18614477 | Non-Conductive Hydro-Excavation Wands Incorporating Wear Sleeves | March 2024 | May 2025 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18607232 | DRILLING HEAD ASSEMBLY WITH LATCHING SYSTEM AND FLUID RETENTION MECHANISM | March 2024 | February 2025 | Allow | 11 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18692035 | SUBSEA FACILITY AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING GAS FROM A SUBSEA GAS PRODUCTION FIELD | March 2024 | January 2025 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18690853 | OPTICAL FEEDTHROUGH SYSTEM CAP | March 2024 | November 2024 | Allow | 8 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18592060 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MOVING TUBULAR ROTARY SLIPS | February 2024 | November 2024 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18585996 | Tubing Hanger Assembly with Adjustable Load Nut | February 2024 | November 2024 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18584833 | DIE ADAPTOR AND METHOD | February 2024 | February 2025 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18582511 | RISER SYSTEM | February 2024 | January 2025 | Abandon | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18683903 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS USING A COMPACT POWERED SUBSEA WINCH | February 2024 | August 2024 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18440231 | METHOD AND APPARATUS TO ESTABLISH A GEOTHERMAL WELL FOR CLOSED LOOP FLUID CIRCULATION AND GEOTHERMAL HEAT EXTRACTION | February 2024 | April 2025 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18682260 | OFFSHORE DRILLING APPARATUS AND METHODS | February 2024 | June 2025 | Allow | 16 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18432183 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR A TOOL TO FORM A FLUID SEAL FOR WIRELINE DIRECTLY BELOW A PACKOFF | February 2024 | November 2024 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18433002 | HYDRAULIC VALVE WITH LINEAR ADJUSTABLE THROTTLING GATE AND A HYDRAULIC VELOCITY FUSE THROTTLING GATE | February 2024 | January 2025 | Abandon | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18428665 | WELLHEAD LANDING BASE INSPECTION UTILIZING X-RAYS | January 2024 | January 2025 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18293030 | SLIDING SLEEVE FOR GAS LIFT SYSTEM | January 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 14 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18425470 | INTEGRATED VALVE BLOWOUT PREVENTER FOR RIG-LESS WELL INTERVENTIONS | January 2024 | October 2024 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18416671 | INSULATED DRILLING SYSTEMS AND ASSOCIATED METHODS | January 2024 | May 2025 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18574577 | AUTOMATIC TRICONE EXCHANGE, STORAGE AND LUBRICATION SYSTEM | January 2024 | November 2024 | Allow | 11 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18396677 | EMERGENCY DISCONNECT ISOLATION VALVE | December 2023 | January 2025 | Abandon | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18573734 | DECOUPLING WRENCH FOR UNLOCKING DRILL BITS, SYSTEM FOR REPLACING DRILL BITS, AND METHOD FOR REPLACING DRILL BITS | December 2023 | December 2024 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18531122 | DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR GAS LIFT GAS | December 2023 | October 2024 | Allow | 10 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18517134 | PLUG CONTAINER, METHOD AND APPARATUS | November 2023 | December 2024 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18563069 | DIFFERENTIAL PRESSURE SLIDING SLEEVE, AND OIL AND GAS WELL FRACTURING CONSTRUCTION METHOD USING SAME | November 2023 | October 2024 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18511244 | METHOD OF DRILLING AN INVESTIGATION WELL BY USE OF AUXILIARY TABLE OF A DUAL-ACTIVITY RIG SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH ANOTHER ACTIVITY ON MAIN TABLE | November 2023 | September 2024 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18387026 | TAPERED BOWL WITH MOVABLE SECTION | November 2023 | July 2024 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18500719 | WELLBORE ANNULUS PRESSURE MANAGEMENT | November 2023 | December 2024 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18492074 | CUTTING ELEMENTS HAVING NON-PLANAR SURFACES AND TOOLS INCORPORATING THE SAME | October 2023 | September 2024 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18491938 | METHOD TO TEMPORARILY LOCK OPEN A SAFETY VALVE AND SYSTEM | October 2023 | October 2024 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18469683 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF DISBURSING MATERIALS INTO A WELLBORE | September 2023 | August 2024 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18469154 | SUBSEA GREASE INJECTION SYSTEM | September 2023 | August 2024 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18464992 | TUBING HANGER AND WELLHEAD ASSEMBLY WITH TUBING HANGER | September 2023 | December 2024 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18243975 | DOWNHOLE RESERVOIR STIMULATING SYSTEM AND METHODS | September 2023 | July 2024 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18366377 | ROTATING AND RECIPROCATING SWIVEL APPARATUS AND METHOD | August 2023 | June 2024 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18366128 | Configurable Coupling Assembly | August 2023 | November 2024 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18229042 | EXTERNAL WELLHEAD SEALING AND CLAMPING SYSTEM | August 2023 | November 2024 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18271729 | TUBING HANGER DEPLOYMENT TOOL | July 2023 | June 2024 | Allow | 11 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18260038 | METHOD FOR OFFSHORE DUAL-DRIVE CORE DRILLING WITH THREE LAYERS OF CASINGS UNDER SURGE COMPENSATION | June 2023 | February 2024 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18269756 | ADAPTER FOR CONNECTING CONCENTRIC CHRISTMAS TREE WITH ECCENTRIC PRODUCTION BASE | June 2023 | July 2024 | Allow | 13 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18259036 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TETHERING A SUBSEA ASSEMBLY | June 2023 | August 2024 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18256839 | COMPACT DUAL HEADER MANIFOLD LAYOUT | June 2023 | July 2024 | Allow | 13 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18206479 | MARINE SALVAGE DRILL ASSEMBLIES AND SYSTEMS | June 2023 | October 2024 | Allow | 16 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18206313 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTEGRATED FLOW SUPPLY LINE | June 2023 | July 2024 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18255933 | ELECTRIC ACTUATOR BUS SYSTEM | June 2023 | June 2024 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18324719 | ARTICULATED FLUID DELIVERY SYSTEM RATED FOR HIGH PRESSURE AND FLOW | May 2023 | April 2024 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18319383 | DART AND CLUTCH ASSEMBLY | May 2023 | June 2024 | Allow | 13 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18318130 | SEQUESTRATION INJECTION VALVE, METHOD, AND SYSTEM | May 2023 | August 2024 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18301349 | TELESCOPIC GAUGE CUTTER | April 2023 | November 2024 | Allow | 19 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18248715 | MULTIPLE POSITION SLEEVE SYSTEM FOR IMPROVED WELLBORE INJECTION | April 2023 | November 2024 | Allow | 19 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18133429 | RETRACTABLE TRUCK BED COVER HAVING SLAT ARRAY WITH FLEXIBLE JOINER MEMBERS AND SHIELDED SEAMS | April 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 27 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18181892 | BRAKES FOR A TONG | March 2023 | January 2024 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18182119 | CONTROL OF TUBULAR CONNECTIONS BASED ON ESTIMATION OF TURNS REMAINING | March 2023 | September 2024 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18176744 | Wellhead Connector Assembly with Replaceable Sealing Member | March 2023 | December 2023 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18174861 | Fluid Containment System and Method | February 2023 | January 2024 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18102035 | Tubing Hanger Assembly with Adjustable Load Nut | January 2023 | October 2023 | Allow | 9 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18006648 | SYSTEM AND METHODOLOGY FOR MIXING MATERIALS AT A WELLSITE | January 2023 | May 2024 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18095365 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING HYDROCARBON MATERIAL FROM OR INJECTING FLUID INTO A SUBTERRANEAN FORMATION USING ADJUSTABLE FLOW RESTRICTION | January 2023 | April 2024 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18093985 | CASING ROLLER APPARATUS | January 2023 | August 2024 | Abandon | 19 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18093996 | SUBSEA CASING HANGER RUNNING TOOL WITH ANTI-ROTATION FEATURE AND METHOD FOR ROTATING CASING INTO COMPLEX AND DEVIATED WELLBORES | January 2023 | April 2024 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18063966 | NOISE MITIGATION OF SUBSEA OIL AND GAS EQUIPMENT USING SUBSEA ACOUSTIC INSULATION | December 2022 | May 2024 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18077682 | FRANGIBLE DISK CONFIGURATION, METHOD AND SYSTEM | December 2022 | July 2023 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18061658 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF POWER GENERATION WITH AQUIFER STORAGE AND RECOVERY SYSTEM | December 2022 | August 2024 | Allow | 21 | 0 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18073336 | Single Trip Wellbore Cleaning And Sealing System And Method | December 2022 | March 2024 | Allow | 15 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18073352 | Single Trip Wellbore Cleaning And Sealing System And Method | December 2022 | August 2024 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18056401 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ALIGNING A SUBSEA TUBING HANGER | November 2022 | April 2024 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17967998 | Method and Apparatus for Protection of Control Lines and Other Equipment | October 2022 | August 2024 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17967865 | EMERGENCY DISCONNECT ISOLATION VALVE | October 2022 | August 2023 | Allow | 10 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17965546 | Blowout Preventer Assembly | October 2022 | September 2024 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17956422 | INJECTOR TILT SAFETY METHOD AND APPARATUS | September 2022 | April 2024 | Allow | 27 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17953724 | TUBING HANGER WITH TENSIONER MECHANISM | September 2022 | May 2024 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17952425 | FLUID CONDUIT ASSEMBLY FOR A FLUID SUPPLY SYSTEM | September 2022 | December 2024 | Allow | 26 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17907052 | SELF-PROPELLED VALVE ACTUATOR ON A RAIL TRANSPORT SYSTEM FOR MANIFOLDS AND SUBSEA TREES | September 2022 | February 2024 | Allow | 17 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17946419 | Flow Tube | September 2022 | June 2024 | Abandon | 21 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17941733 | INTEGRATED CURRENT LOAD AS WELLHEAD FATIGUE DAMAGE RATE INDICATOR | September 2022 | July 2024 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17909588 | ROTATABLE WELLHEAD AND CENTRALISER | September 2022 | October 2023 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17892870 | INTERVENTION SYSTEM AND METHOD USING WELL SLOT PATH SELECTOR VALVE | August 2022 | May 2024 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17819856 | SYSTEMS, DEVICES AND METHODS FOR ORIENTING A PRODUCTION OUTLET OF A SUBSEA PRODUCTION TREE | August 2022 | January 2024 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17855399 | PRESSURE INDICATION ALIGNMENT USING AN ORIENTATION PORT AND AN ORIENTATION SLOT IN A WEIGHTED SWIVEL | June 2022 | January 2024 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17844594 | MARINE SALVAGE DRILL ASSEMBLIES AND SYSTEMS | June 2022 | November 2022 | Allow | 5 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17787470 | VALVE ASSEMBLY FOR CONTROLLING FLUID COMMUNICATION ALONG A WELL TUBULAR | June 2022 | January 2023 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17836352 | MAGNETICALLY COUPLED SUBSURFACE CHOKE | June 2022 | August 2023 | Allow | 15 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17805265 | RISER RUNNING TOOL WITH LIQUID FILL AND TEST | June 2022 | December 2022 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17776576 | A Module, A System and A Method for Daisy Chaining of Satellite Wells | May 2022 | August 2023 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17730559 | OFF-BOTTOM CEMENTING POD | April 2022 | September 2023 | Allow | 17 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17723544 | LOCKING CLAMP AND TUBULAR ELEVATOR ASSEMBLY | April 2022 | September 2023 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17717566 | ROTATING AND RECIPROCATING SWIVEL APPARATUS AND METHOD | April 2022 | March 2023 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17762056 | SUBSEA CONNECTOR | March 2022 | August 2024 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17692931 | CONTROLLING OPERATIONS OF A HYDRAULIC FRACTURING SYSTEM TO CAUSE OR PREVENT AN OCCURRENCE OF ONE OR MORE EVENTS | March 2022 | April 2024 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17641796 | A Subsea Deployable Installation and Workover Control System Skid and Method of Installation Thereof | March 2022 | August 2023 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17753226 | WELLHEAD APPARATUS, ASSEMBLY AND METHOD FOR SUPPORTING DOWNHOLE TUBING | February 2022 | January 2024 | Allow | 23 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner LEMBO, AARON LLOYD.
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, 30.0% 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 LEMBO, AARON LLOYD works in Art Unit 3679 and has examined 457 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 86.4%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 21 months.
Examiner LEMBO, AARON LLOYD's allowance rate of 86.4% places them in the 59% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications.
On average, applications examined by LEMBO, AARON LLOYD receive 1.63 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 44% 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 LEMBO, AARON LLOYD is 21 months. This places the examiner in the 87% percentile for prosecution speed. Applications move through prosecution relatively quickly with this examiner.
Conducting an examiner interview provides a +5.4% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by LEMBO, AARON LLOYD. This interview benefit is in the 31% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews provide a below-average benefit with this examiner.
When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 34.5% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 71% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Insight: RCEs show above-average effectiveness with this examiner. Consider whether your amendments or new arguments are strong enough to warrant an RCE versus filing a continuation.
This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 53.7% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 75% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: This examiner is highly receptive to after-final amendments compared to other examiners. Per MPEP § 714.12, after-final amendments may be entered "under justifiable circumstances." Consider filing after-final amendments with a clear showing of allowability rather than immediately filing an RCE, as this examiner frequently enters such amendments.
When applicants request a pre-appeal conference (PAC) with this examiner, 80.0% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 62% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: Pre-appeal conferences show above-average effectiveness with this examiner. If you have strong arguments, a PAC request may result in favorable reconsideration.
This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 81.8% of appeals filed. This is in the 72% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 44.4% 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, 42.4% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 44% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Note: Petitions show below-average success regarding this examiner's actions. Ensure you have a strong procedural basis before filing.
Examiner's Amendments: This examiner makes examiner's amendments in 0.0% of allowed cases (in the 36% 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 3.0% of allowed cases (in the 72% 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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