Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: DUNN, DARRIN D

Tech Center 2100 • Art Units: 2117 2118 2121 2126

This examiner grants 75% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

75.4%
Allow Rate
+20.4% vs TC avg
933
Total Applications
+24.0%
Interview Lift
1187
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 899 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

15.6%
§101 Eligibility
13.8%
§102 Novelty
52.8%
§103 Obviousness
11.4%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17930584 CLOUD-BASED MANAGEMENT OF A HYDRAULIC FRACTURING OPERATION IN A WELLBORE Non-Final OA Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
18289026 MANUFACTURING-APPARATUS DESIGN VERIFICATION SYSTEM Non-Final OA Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
18550160 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM Non-Final OA Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
18547909 AIR-SENDING DEVICE AND AIR-SENDING SYSTEM Non-Final OA Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
18164020 SYSTEM, DEVICE AND PROCESS FOR PROGRAMMING POWER TOOLS Non-Final OA Black & Decker Inc.
18576952 METHOD FOR OPERATING A MACHINE TOOL AND/OR PRODUCTION MACHINE Non-Final OA Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
18288735 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ADAPTING A FEED RATE OF A FEED CONTROL ON NUMERICALLY CONTROLLED MACHINE TOOLS Non-Final OA Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
17359206 METHODS AND APPARATUS TO AUTOMATICALLY UPDATE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE MODELS FOR AUTONOMOUS FACTORIES Final Rejection Intel Corporation
18384153 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TASK RECORDING USING ROBOTIC PROCESS AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGY Non-Final OA SAMSUNG SDS CO., LTD.
18567360 CONTROL DEVICE, INTERFERENCE CHECK DEVICE, AND CONTROL SYSTEM Non-Final OA FANUC CORPORATION
18486798 ELECTRIC HYBRID EMERGENCY POWER UNIT Non-Final OA Honeywell International Inc.
18343538 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR OPERATING AN HVAC SYSTEM Non-Final OA Honeywell International Inc.
18214711 CONFIGURING AN EVENT SYSTEM USING GENERATED DEVICE LABELS Final Rejection Honeywell International Inc.
18227846 IRRIGATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS WITH SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS Non-Final OA Rain Bird Corporation
18353176 Systems and Methods for Climate Control During Insufficient Supply of Power Non-Final OA Solaredge Technologies Ltd.
18367357 HVAC ZONE CONTROL PANEL ELECTRONIC DISPLAY SYSTEMS AND METHODS Non-Final OA Johnson Controls Tyco IP Holdings LLP
18115478 BUILDING AUTOMATION SYSTEM WITH EDGE PROCESSING DIVERSITY Final Rejection Johnson Controls Tyco IP Holdings LLP
17910240 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING VARIABLE REFRIGERANT FLOW SYSTEMS AND EQUIPMENT USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE MODELS Non-Final OA Johnson Controls Tyco IP Holdings LLP
18009523 HARDNESS PREDICTION METHOD OF HEAT HARDENED RAIL, THERMAL TREATMENT METHOD, HARDNESS PREDICTION DEVICE, THERMAL TREATMENT DEVICE, MANUFACTURING METHOD, MANUFACTURING FACILITIES, AND GENERATING METHOD OF HARDNESS PREDICTION MODEL Non-Final OA JFE Steel Corporation
18349253 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LOCATION CONTROL BASED ON AIR QUALITY METRICS Final Rejection PLUME DESIGN, INC.
17893976 APPARATUS AND METHOD OF ENGRAVING MACHINE READABLE INFORMATION ON A METALLIC WORKPIECE DURING MANUFACTURING AND TRACKING SYSTEMS RELATED THERETO Final Rejection Ball Corporation
18560537 Method for Producing Film from a Total Amount of Raw Materials Using a Film Extrusion Machine, and Computer Program Product for Carrying Out the Method Non-Final OA Windmöller & Hölscher KG
18082774 METHODS AND CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING FLUID CONDITIONING SYSTEM INCLUDING PLURAL FLUID CONDITIONING UNITS Non-Final OA Munters Corporation
18374723 DEVICE FOR DETECTING AND REDUCING RADON CONCENTRATION IN AN INDOOR ENVIRONMENT Non-Final OA Universidade da Coruña
18447061 IMPLANTS, FUNCTIONALIZED IMPLANT SURFACES AND RELATED SYSTEMS, DEVICES, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS, AND METHODS Non-Final OA RTRS Investment, LLC
18160259 VESTIBULE STRUCTURE FOR COOLING REDUNDANCY IN DATA CENTER Final Rejection Integra Mission Critical, LLC

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