Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 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
613
Total Applications
+39.1%
Interview Lift
1238
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 548 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.1%
§101 Eligibility
22.0%
§102 Novelty
50.3%
§103 Obviousness
27.1%
§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
18343893 HEAT RADIATING MEMBER AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME Non-Final OA Samsung Display Co., LTD.
18422847 Liquid Cooling Plate, Liquid Cooling System, and Electronic Device Non-Final OA Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
18359937 HEAT DISSIPATION APPARATUS, HEAT DISSIPATION APPARATUS PREPARATION METHOD, AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION BASE STATION Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18822736 Work Vehicle Non-Final OA Kubota Corporation
16665893 AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS AND RELATED METHODS Final Rejection The Boeing Company
18661636 METAL FOAM THERMAL INTERFACE MATERIALS Non-Final OA International Business Machines Corporation
18823364 COOLING ASSEMBLY FOR HIGH POWER DENSITY COMPUTER RACKS Non-Final OA VERTIV CORPORATION
18605003 HELICAL PILE WITH HEAT EXCHANGER Non-Final OA Hubbell Incorporated
18780518 COLD PLATE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING COLD PLATE Final Rejection FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
18611652 APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR LIQUID COOLING A VEHICLE WHEEL CONTROLLER Non-Final OA HL MANDO CORPORATION
18334494 AIRCRAFT AND ASSOCIATED METHOD OF CONDITIONING CABIN AIR Non-Final OA PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP.
18814204 HEAT EXCHANGER CORE LAYER PIN Non-Final OA Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
18438907 INTERWOVEN HEAT EXCHANGER CORE WITH END FACE FEATURES Final Rejection Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
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
17654625 TEMPERATURE CONTROL UNIT AND PROCESSING APPARATUS Final Rejection Tokyo Electron Limited
18841696 PLATE CONSTITUTING A HEAT EXCHANGER AND HEAT EXCHANGER COMPRISING AT LEAST ONE SUCH PLATE Non-Final OA VALEO SYSTEMES THERMIQUES
18722036 HEAT EXCHANGER Non-Final OA Hanon Systems
18367128 THERMAL CONTROL SYSTEM Final Rejection Stryker Corporation
18710627 FLUID MANAGEMENT APPARATUS AND THERMAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM Non-Final OA ZHEJIANG SANHUA AUTOMOTIVE COMPONENTS CO., LTD.
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.
18441042 PLANAR ASSEMBLY HANDLE FOR HEAT SINK OPTIMIZATION Non-Final OA Dell Products L.P.
18665311 DATA CENTER COOLING DISTRIBUTION UNITS WITH REPLACEABLE COMPONENTS Non-Final OA NVIDIA Corporation
18099189 ARRANGEMENT FOR HEAT EXCHANGER Final Rejection Johnson Controls Tyco IP Holdings LLP
17956802 SUB-COOLING COMPONENTS USING THERMOELECTRIC COOLING Final Rejection ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC.
18666113 Apparatus and method for heating process media in a fiber molding process Non-Final OA Kiefel GmbH

Facing This Examiner?

IP Author analyzes examiner patterns and generates tailored response strategies with the highest chance of allowance.

Build Your Strategy

Sign in with your work email

Enter your email to receive a magic link. No password needed.

Personal email addresses (Gmail, Yahoo, etc.) are not accepted.

Free tier: 3 strategy analyses per month