Topic

Hydraulic fracturing Steady

944 applications whose title mentions it. Its share of new filings over the last two years is -2% below the four years before.

Allowance rate

78%

+3 pts vs the USPTO 863 decided

Months to first action

14.8 mo

−3.8 vs the USPTO

Applications

944.0

in the record

Allowed

676.0

187 abandoned

Filings by year

How often the topic was filed

The most recent years are still filling in.

Where it is examined

Domains and art units

CPC subclasses

E21B535 apps

C09K206 apps

F04B27 apps

G06F22 apps

F02C15 apps

G01V12 apps

Art units

3674200 apps

3676143 apps

367986 apps

374661 apps

367260 apps

176848 apps

Examiners

Who examines it, and how it fares with each

Kenneth L Thompson56 apps

88%

Zakiya W Bates44 apps

82%

James G Sayre44 apps

81%

Docket Central32 apps

n/a

Silvana C Runyan28 apps

78%

Matthew R Buck27 apps

84%

Andrew B. Sue-Ako23 apps

82%

Christopher S Bobish20 apps

94%

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Who files it

Companies and institutions

Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.75 apps

77%

BJ Energy Solutions, LLC74 apps

98%

SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION64 apps

73%

U.S. Well Services, LLC59 apps

83%

Saudi Arabian Oil Company45 apps

81%

Caterpillar Inc.29 apps

89%

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Who represents them

Law firms and agents

BJ Energy Solutions, LLC73 apps

98%

Schlumberger Technology Corporation59 apps

76%

Abel Schillinger, LLP57 apps

82%

Caterpillar Inc.43 apps

98%

HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.35 apps

89%

FISH & RICHARDSON P.C. (DA)23 apps

74%

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Applications

Recent applications on this topic

Application	Title	Filed	Status	Rejections	RCEs	To 1st action
19600234	SLEEVE AND DART ASSEMBLIES AND RELATED COMPLETION SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HYDRAULIC…	2026-06-22	Pending	0	0	n/a
19595724	HYDRAULIC PULSE-TYPE SOLUBLE SEGMENTED ACID FRACTURING SLIDE SLEEVE AND PULSE ACID …	2026-06-11	Pending	0	0	n/a
19590243	HYDRAULIC FRACTURING FRAMEWORK	2026-05-25	Pending	0	0	n/a
15142249	Method and apparatus for adaptive signal processing	2012-01-10	Allowed	1	0	12.0 mo
15254240	Composition and method for controlled release	2015-02-11	Abandoned	4	1	23.0 mo
15802302	Distributed ledger transaction verification	2018-03-12	Allowed	3	0	20.0 mo
15802468	Thermal management of battery assemblies	2021-04-13	Pending	2	1	17.0 mo
15830690	Machine learning model for anomaly detection	2012-05-14	Allowed	1	0	14.0 mo
15222265	Wireless power transfer coil arrangement	2015-06-15	Abandoned	4	1	25.0 mo
15405664	Catalyst for selective hydrogenation	2018-07-16	Allowed	3	0	22.0 mo

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