Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: JONES, GORDON A

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3613 3744 3763

This examiner grants 60% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

60.4%
Allow Rate
-9.6% vs TC avg
617
Total Applications
+39.4%
Interview Lift
1189
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 555 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0%
§101 Eligibility
10.2%
§102 Novelty
86.7%
§103 Obviousness
2.7%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18099522 HEAT-DISSIPATING STRUCTURE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE COMPRISING THE HEAT-DISSIPATING STRUCTURE Final Rejection SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
19301855 Hybrid Dry Adiabatic Cooling Chilled Water Plant for Data Centers and Other IT Environments Non-Final OA Shumate Engineering, PLLC
18266747 COOLING DEVICE Final Rejection Panasonic Projector & Display Corporation
18441042 PLANAR ASSEMBLY HANDLE FOR HEAT SINK OPTIMIZATION Non-Final OA Dell Products L.P.
17971475 COOLING AND SHOCK ISOLATION ARCHITECTURE FOR STANDALONE AND SCALABLE LIQUID COOLING MODULES Non-Final OA Dell Products L.P.
18343893 HEAT RADIATING MEMBER AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME Non-Final OA Samsung Display Co., LTD.
18661636 METAL FOAM THERMAL INTERFACE MATERIALS Non-Final OA International Business Machines Corporation
18732814 HEAT EXCHANGER Final Rejection ROLLS-ROYCE plc
18605003 HELICAL PILE WITH HEAT EXCHANGER Non-Final OA Hubbell Incorporated
18797680 COOLANT WING SURFACE HEAT EXCHANGER Non-Final OA Goodrich Corporation
18301066 THERMAL CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR REDUCING ICE FORMATION Non-Final OA The Boeing Company
16665893 AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS AND RELATED METHODS Non-Final OA The Boeing Company
18563541 HEAT CONDUCTION FILM AND HEAT-DISSIPATING STRUCTURE USING SAME Final Rejection NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
18461563 COOLING DEVICE FOR SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE Final Rejection Kioxia Corporation
19083251 SEALING SYSTEM AND METHOD Non-Final OA ERWIN QUARDER SYSTEMTECHNIK GMBH
18722036 HEAT EXCHANGER Non-Final OA Hanon Systems
18367128 THERMAL CONTROL SYSTEM Final Rejection Stryker Corporation
17916782 HEAT EXCHANGING APPARATUS AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR Final Rejection ZHEJIANG SANHUA AUTOMOTIVE COMPONENTS CO., LTD.
18579974 WORK MACHINE AND CONTROL METHOD FOR WORK MACHINE Non-Final OA KOMATSU LTD.
18841696 PLATE CONSTITUTING A HEAT EXCHANGER AND HEAT EXCHANGER COMPRISING AT LEAST ONE SUCH PLATE Non-Final OA VALEO SYSTEMES THERMIQUES
18099189 ARRANGEMENT FOR HEAT EXCHANGER Final Rejection Johnson Controls Tyco IP Holdings LLP
18772651 EXTERNAL ELECTRONIC DEVICE Non-Final OA ASUSTEK COMPUTER INC.
18666113 Apparatus and method for heating process media in a fiber molding process Non-Final OA Kiefel GmbH
18370911 SOLID-STATE THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE AND DISSIPATION Final Rejection U.S. Army DEVCOM, Army Research Laboratory
18659344 SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR A FLUIDIC HEAT EXCHANGER INCLUDING VENTURI FLOW CHANNELS Non-Final OA GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
18711294 AN ENERGY TRANSFER SYSTEM, A METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THEREOF, AND A METHOD OF INCREASING A THERMAL STABILITY OF A WORKING FLUID THEREIN Non-Final OA VITO NV
18577521 A SHELL-AND-TUBE HEAT EXCHANGER WITH HELICAL BAFFLES Non-Final OA Famet S.A.
18772273 CONCENTRIC TUBE HEAT CARRY-AWAY DEVICE Non-Final OA Winconn Systems INC.
18712896 HEAT SINK WITH HEAT PIPE FOR AN ELECTRONIC COMPONENT AND A CORRESPONDING ASSEMBLY Non-Final OA RITTAL GMBH & CO. KG
18346906 HEAT DISSIPATION STRUCTURE AND HEAT DISSIPATION ASSEMBLY INCLUDING THE SAME Non-Final OA WISTRON CORP.

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