Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: MENGESHA, WEBESHET

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3744 3763 3784

This examiner grants 47% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

47.3%
Allow Rate
-22.7% vs TC avg
480
Total Applications
+13.3%
Interview Lift
1514
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 427 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.2%
§101 Eligibility
1.5%
§102 Novelty
90.6%
§103 Obviousness
7.5%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17982114 INTEGRATED CRYOGENIC HYDROGEN TANK SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OPERATING THE SAME Non-Final OA General Electric Company
18002235 SEMICONDUCTOR REFRIGERATION PLATE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR Final Rejection BYD COMPANY LIMITED
17835170 COMPOSITE REFRIGERATION SYSTEM AND DATA CENTER Non-Final OA Huawei Digital Power Technologies Co., Ltd.
18388358 PROCESS AND DEVICE FOR DISTILLING CARBON DIOXIDE Final Rejection L'Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme pour l'Etude et l’Exploitation des Procedes Georges Claude
18911318 SYSTEM FOR HEATING AND COOLING SYSTEM WITH STAND-ALONE MODULAR UNITS Non-Final OA Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
18926107 SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR LIQUEFACTION OF NATURAL GAS Non-Final OA STEELHEAD LNG (ASLNG) LTD.
18750413 CRYOPUMPING-RESISTANT LH2 STORAGE VESSEL Non-Final OA CB&I STS Delaware LLC
18043948 BOTTOM WALL OF A LIQUEFIED GAS STORAGE TANK Non-Final OA GAZTRANSPORT ET TECHNIGAZ
17983686 METHOD FOR SUPPLEMENTING CONDENSER HEAT REJECTION IN NATURAL GAS PROCESSING Final Rejection GTUIT, LLC
18712080 SHIP BOIL-OFF GAS RELIQUEFACTION SYSTEM AND METHOD Non-Final OA HANWHA OCEAN CO., LTD.
18545358 Heated Work-Extraction Mechanism for a Cryogenic-Based Carbon Dioxide Capture System Non-Final OA Southwest Research Institute
17764816 MULTI-CHANNEL HEAT EXCHANGER AND AIR CONDITIONING REFRIGERATION SYSTEM Non-Final OA SANHUA (HANGZHOU) MICRO CHANNEL HEAT EXCHANGER CO., LTD.
18691172 CRYOGENIC CONTAINER WITH THERMAL BRIDGE SWITCH Non-Final OA Cryoshelter BioLNG GmbH
18124795 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING PROPANE RECOVERY AND ETHANE REJECTION IN A GSP/ EXPANDER SYSTEM Non-Final OA BCCK Holding Company
18423590 PROCESS FOR COOLING A GAS BY MEANS OF A REFRIGERATION CYCLE Non-Final OA L'Air Liquide, Société Anonyme Pour I'Etude et I'Exploitation des Procédés Georges Claude
18014284 FACILITY AND METHOD FOR HYDROGEN REFRIGERATION Final Rejection L'Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procedes Georges Claude
17919423 LIQUEFIED GAS STORAGE FACILITY Final Rejection L'Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procedes Georges Claude
18259902 CRYO-COMPRESSED HYDROGEN STORAGE MULTI-TANK SYSTEMS AND THEIR THERMAL MANAGEMENT Final Rejection VERNE INC.
17917526 METHOD FOR STORING A BIOGAS IN A TANK AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEM Non-Final OA ECOLE NATIONALE SUPERIEURE DES MINES DE PARIS
17742024 DISTILLATION COLUMN CHAMBER AND METHOD FOR TRANSPORTING A DISTILLATION COLUMN Final Rejection L'Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme pour l'Etude et l?Exploitation des Procedes Georges Claude
17481099 DUAL HELIUM COMPRESSORS Non-Final OA Sumitomo (SHI) Cryogenics of America, Inc.
17433183 MATRIX INTEGRATING AT LEAST ONE HEAT EXCHANGE FUNCTION AND ONE DISTILLATION FUNCTION Final Rejection L'air Liquide, Société Anonyme Pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Precédés Georges Claude
17054195 INTEGRATED METHODS AND CONFIGURATIONS FOR PROPANE RECOVERY IN BOTH ETHANE RECOVERY AND ETHANE REJECTION Final Rejection Fluor Technologies Corporation

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