Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: JONES, CHRISTOPHER P

Tech Center 1700 • Art Units: 1776 1797

This examiner grants 76% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

76.0%
Allow Rate
+11.0% vs TC avg
1385
Total Applications
+24.8%
Interview Lift
936
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1346 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.7%
§101 Eligibility
30.9%
§102 Novelty
41.6%
§103 Obviousness
20.4%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18078283 CO2 CAPTURE USING CARBONATE SORBENTS Non-Final OA California Institute of Technology
18359039 MESH PREFILTER FOR VACUUM DEVICE Non-Final OA MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL CORPORATION
18514599 Carbon Capture Entrainment System and Method Non-Final OA Purdue Research Foundation
18457182 CARBON CAPTURE DEVICE Non-Final OA Welltec Manufacturing Center Completions ApS
18320515 Fuel-cell exhaust arrangement Non-Final OA Purem GmbH
18184665 AIR INTAKE STRUCTURE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Non-Final OA FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp
18511239 COMPOSITE SEPARATOR FOR GAS SEPARATION Non-Final OA SK IE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD
18468083 PROCESS AND SYSTEM FOR CONTINUOUS GAS FERMENTATION Non-Final OA LanzaTech, Inc.
18293361 AUTOMOTIVE COOLANT LIQUID DEAERATOR UNIT Non-Final OA PIERBURG PUMP TECHNOLOGY GMBH
18580191 METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING HOLLOW FIBER CARBON MEMBRANES Non-Final OA Dow Global Technologies LLC
18016180 AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CAPTURING CO2 USING THE SAME Final Rejection Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development
18416529 HIGH CAPACITY HYDROTHERMALLY STABLE ADSORBENT FOR REMOVAL OF CHLORIDES Non-Final OA UOP LLC
18572901 ORGANIC SOLVENT RECOVERY SYSTEM Non-Final OA TOYOBO MC Corporation
18396870 EVAPORATED FUEL TREATMENT DEVICE Non-Final OA Futaba Industrial Co., Ltd.
18283360 ADSORBENT BED WITH INCREASED HYDROTHERMAL STABILITY Non-Final OA BASF Corporation
18557451 AN AIR TREATMENT ELEMENT, AN AIR TREATMENT UNIT AND A METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE AIR TREATMENT ELEMENT Final Rejection MUNTERS EUROPE AKTIEBOLAG
18405138 ADSORBENT RETENTION PLATE ASSEMBLY FOR AN EVAPORATIVE EMISSIONS CANISTER Non-Final OA PHINIA Jersey Holdings LLC
18433875 SPLIT REDUCIBLE DEHUMIDIFIER Non-Final OA DRYTECH CORPORATION LTD.
18421140 FILTER HOUSING FOR A FILTER SYSTEM AND FILTER SYSTEM WITH A FILTER HOUSING Non-Final OA MANN+HUMMEL GmbH
18506613 Filter Element for a Filter System Having a Resonator Structure, and Filter System Having a Resonator Structure Non-Final OA MANN+HUMMEL GmbH
18580424 Processes For Suppressing Emission of Mercury Vapor Non-Final OA Albemarle Corporation
18409752 FLUE GAS PURIFICATION SYSTEM FOR HAZARDOUS WASTE INCINERATION AND PURIFICATION METHOD Non-Final OA CHONGQING GREENING ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION CO.LTD
18403969 DISINFECTANT, GAS ACCUMULATION AND COMBUSTION CONTROL DEVICE Non-Final OA NanoSieve, Inc.
18393667 FLUID REACTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A FLUID REACTOR DEVICE Non-Final OA Dürr Systems AB
18558913 FILTER STRUCTURE Final Rejection TOYO ALUMINIUM EKCO PRODUCTS CO., LTD.
18567186 Apparatus and Method for Enhancing the Quality of a Fluid Non-Final OA Noetix Pharma LLC
18556454 AN AIRBORNE GAS PROCESSING SYSTEM AND METHOD Non-Final OA HIGH HOPES LABS LTD.
18348318 MEDICAL FILTRATION DEVICE AND SYSTEMS Final Rejection Green Ladder Technologies, LLC
18247797 AIR PURIFIER Non-Final OA MASAM PURIFICADORES, S.L.
18118002 Gaseous CO2 Capture Systems for Improving Capture Performance, and Methods of Use Thereof Final Rejection Blue Planet Systems Corporation

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