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PGS Geophysical AS

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630 applicationsfiled 2006 to 2026

Allowance rate

84%

+9 pts vs the USPTO range 81% to 87%

Rejections before allowance

1.8

+0.2 vs the USPTO

Months to first action

25.0 mo

+6.4 vs the USPTO

Needed an RCE

30%

+3 pts vs the USPTO

Timeline

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Compared with the office

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Allowance by filing year

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Domains

Where the applications fall

CPC subclasses

G01V 538 apps

B63B 21 apps

G01C 6 apps

G01H 5 apps

G01P 5 apps

G02B Optical elements5 apps

Art units

3645345 apps

285744 apps

285831 apps

361720 apps

366319 apps

286416 apps

Examiners met

The examiners seen most, and how it went with each

Ian J Lobo94 apps

80%

Daniel L Murphy89 apps

84%

Krystine E Breier67 apps

88%

Amie Mercedes N'dure28 apps

82%

Hovhannes Baghdasaryan22 apps

86%

Daniel T Pihulic19 apps

94%

James R Hulka16 apps

81%

Mark Hellner13 apps

100%

Bars show the share of decided applications that were allowed.

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Who represents them

Law firms and agents on their applications

Petroleum Geo-Services, Inc.141 apps

77%

Hart IP, PLLC - PGS97 apps

84%

C. Tumey Law Group PLLC - PGS75 apps

89%

KHMRG (PGS)70 apps

77%

OLYMPIC PATENT WORKS PLLC60 apps

88%

Dickinson Wright PLLC/PGS57 apps

91%

Brooks, Cameron & Huebsch, PLLC55 apps

95%

PATTERSON & SHERIDAN, LLP - PGS32 apps

69%

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Rejection fingerprint

What gets rejected, by statute

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What works

Allowance by strategy used

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Interviews

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Applications

Every application in the record

Application	Title	Filed	Status	Rejections	RCEs	To 1st action
19547411	Curved Marine Sparker Source Arrays	2026-02-23	Pending	0	0	n/a
19349552	Seismic Data Acquisition with Extended Dynamic Range	2025-10-03	Pending	0	0	n/a
19064360	Irregular Nominal Shot Point Intervals for Cyclic Source Groups in Marine Seismic S…	2025-02-26	Pending	1	0	17.8 mo
15322881	Method and apparatus for adaptive signal processing	2012-01-10	Allowed	1	0	12.0 mo
15421664	Composition and method for controlled release	2015-02-11	Abandoned	4	1	23.0 mo
15231065	Distributed ledger transaction verification	2018-03-12	Allowed	3	0	20.0 mo
15851982	Thermal management of battery assemblies	2021-04-13	Pending	2	1	17.0 mo
15539625	Machine learning model for anomaly detection	2012-05-14	Allowed	1	0	14.0 mo
15218563	Wireless power transfer coil arrangement	2015-06-15	Abandoned	4	1	25.0 mo
15148191	Catalyst for selective hydrogenation	2018-07-16	Allowed	3	0	22.0 mo

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