Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: GAMINO, CARLOS J

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 1735 1793 2812

This examiner grants 35% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

35.3%
Allow Rate
-32.7% vs TC avg
771
Total Applications
+46.0%
Interview Lift
1088
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 729 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.2%
§101 Eligibility
18.8%
§102 Novelty
48.4%
§103 Obviousness
30.1%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18524828 WIRE BONDING APPARATUS Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
16413046 Method and Apparatus for Stacking Printed Circuit Board Assemblies with Single Reflow Final Rejection Jabil Inc.
18703122 ROLL PRESS APPARATUS AND PRESSURE-BONDING METHOD Final Rejection Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
18368251 Wire Bonding Method and Apparatus Non-Final OA Infineon Technologies AG
16818580 SOLDERING ASSEMBLY, METHOD AND USE Final Rejection Illinois Tool Works Inc.
18535601 ULTRASONIC JOINING HORN Non-Final OA PRIME PLANET ENERGY & SOLUTIONS, INC.
18748789 Exothermic Welding Device Final Rejection ERICO International Corporation
18569118 Exothermic Welding System Non-Final OA ERICO International Corporation
19203653 ADJUSTABLE PIPE CLAMP Non-Final OA ESCO Tool
19191151 METHOD OF PROCESSING SUBSTRATE USING JET SOLDERING APPARATUS Non-Final OA SENJU METAL INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
18036024 JET SOLDERING APPARATUS Non-Final OA SENJU METAL INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
19073848 WELDING HORN AND WELDING DEVICE FOR SECONDARY BATTERY Non-Final OA SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD.
18488842 ULTRASONIC WELDING DEVICE Non-Final OA SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD.
18133447 WIRE BONDING TOOLS, AND RELATED METHODS OF PROVIDING THE SAME Final Rejection Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc.
17566400 Soldering Leads to Pads in Producing Basket Catheter Final Rejection Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd.
18398547 SYSTEMS FOR BONDING OBJECTS USING ENERGETIC WELDING Non-Final OA BLUE ORIGIN, LLC
18478358 CAPILLARY FOR A WIRE BONDING MACHINE HAVING A DYNAMICALLY ADJUSTABLE CHAMFER DIAMETER Non-Final OA Sandisk Technologies, Inc.
18789626 MATERIALS FOR SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE MOUNT APPLICATIONS AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME Non-Final OA Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited
17276019 BRAZING METHOD OF CONNECTOR AND CONNECTION TUBE, CONNECTION STRUCTURE AND HEAT EXCHANGER Non-Final OA SANHUA (HANGZHOU) MICRO CHANNEL HEAT EXCHANGER CO., LTD.
17618141 FIXING A STRIP END SEGMENT OF A METAL STRIP COIL TO AN ADJACENT STRIP WINDING Non-Final OA SMS group GmbH
18607039 SWING ARM WELDING SYSTEM Final Rejection Industrial Steel Construction, Inc.
18540330 SEALED SQUEEGEE FOR SUPPLYING SOLDER PASTE WITH UNIFORM DENSITY Non-Final OA ESE Co., LTD.
18567821 HIGH-TEMPERATURE JOINING FURNACE Non-Final OA PVA Industrial Vacuum Systems GmbH
18001903 JOINING METHOD AND JOINING MACHINE Non-Final OA UL TEX CORPORATION
17691639 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETECTING THE TEMPERATURE OF A BONDING TOOL DURING LASER-ASSISTED ULTRASONIC BONDING Final Rejection Hesse GmbH

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