Patent Advisor TM. Application Report October 2, 2012

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1 Patent Advisor TM Application Report October 2, /022,445 TWO-PHASE HEAT TRANSFER SYSTEM INCLUDING A THERMAL CAPACITANCE DEVICE AND RELATED METHODS February 7, 2011 (22257US02 Pending The amount of time that this case has been pending has not yet exceeded the average pendency time for the assigned Examiner. Also, the number of substantive office actions has not yet exceeded the Examiner's average number of substantive office actions per allowance. It may also be useful to consider the Examiner's average pendency time from first office action to allowance. As is noted in the section of this report, the Examiner assigned to this application rarely ever requires an before allowance. It is worth noting that this Examiner more often than not will respond to an examiner interview by either allowing the application or issuing a non-final office action. This examiner is unlikely to allow an application in the appeal process to ever actually make it far enough for a BPAI Decision to be issued. 3406, 3743, 3744, 3753, Patent Granted Applications 234 Abandoned Applications 164 Pending Applications YEAR 1 YEAR 2 YEAR 3 YEAR 4 Today: 1st Non-Final OA: 2 years, 4 months, 5 days 2nd OA Issuance: 3 years, 3 months, 6 days 1st Non-Final OA: 2 years, 9 months, 22 days 2nd OA Issuance: 4 years, 2 months, 15 days

2 (Percentage of 228 First Office Actions Analyzed) 100 (Percentage of 326 Non-s Analyzed) (Percentage of 105 s Analyzed) REASONS FOR REJECTION 35 U.S.C. 102 Rejection 35 U.S.C. 103 Rejection 35 U.S.C. 112 First Paragraph Rejection 35 U.S.C. 112 Second Paragraph Rejection 35 U.S.C. 101 Rejection Obviousness Type Double Patenting Rejection Statutory Type Double Patenting Rejection 0 Percentage of Cases with a Formal Restriction Requirement 57.9% (297 out of 513 case/s)

3 Percentage of Applications with at least one Request for Continued Examination () before Patent Issuance Percentage of 'd applications with Two or More 's before Patent Issuance 17.4% (89 out of 513 case/s) 15.7% (14 out of 89 'd case/s) Average Amount of Time Between and Next Substantive Office Action Average Amount of Time Between Filing Date and First Office Action Average Amount of Time Between Filing Date and Patent Issuance Average Amount of Time Between First Office Action and Patent Issuance 0 years, 4 months, 25 days 2 years, 4 months, 5 days 3 years, 3 months, 6 days* 1 year, 0 months, 28 days Shortest Pendency before Patent Issuance 0 years, 11 months, 8 days (Application 10/212,387) Longest Pendency before Patent Issuance 9 years, 0 months, 20 days (Application 09/977,775) Average Number of Office Actions between Filing Date and Patent Issuance (Including both Non-Final and Final) 2 office actions* (773 office actions in 513 applications) Most Office Actions before Patent Issuance (Including both Non-Final and Final) 13 office actions (Application 09/044,030)

4 Least Office Actions before Patent Issuance (Including both Non-Final and Final) 0 office actions (Application 11/413,382) Percentage of Applications with at least one Interview before Patent Issuance/ 19% (142 out of 747 applications) Following the Interview, Non- 32 Average Number of Office Actions Before With Interview Average Number of Office Actions Before Without Interview Percentage of Applications with At Least One before Patent Issuance Percentage of Applications with More Than One before Patent Issuance Number of Cases with More Than Two Final Rejections before Patent Issuance 2.3 office actions 1.3 office actions 27.7% (142 out of 513 applications) 4.1% (21 out of 513 applications) 7 cases

5 Percentage of Applications with at least One Appeal Cycle before Patent Issuance Total number of appeal cycles before Patent Issuance 3.7% (19 out of 513 applications) 19 appeal cycles in 513 applications Appeal Cycles with Notice of Appeal but No Applicant Brief or Request for Pre-Appeal Review 47.4% (9 out of 19 cycles) Non- 1 Appeal Cycles withdrawn from Appeal Process Following Request for 0% (0 out of 19 cycles) Non- Appeal Cycles Exiting Appeal Process after but before Examiner's Reply 26.3% (5 out of 19 cycles) Non- 2 (Applicant Win) 1 (Applicant Loss) 2 (Applicant Win) Appeal Cycles Exiting Appeal Process after but before BPAI Decision 10.5% (2 out of 19 cycles) Non- 2 (Applicant Win) Applications Receiving a 10.5% (2 out of 19 cycles) Non- 1 (Applicant Win) 1 (Applicant Loss) Total Applicant Wins 7 Total Applicant Losses 2

6 Preliminary Amendment 1 Fee Worksheet (PTO-875) 1 Transmittal Letter 2 Specification 17 Applicant Arguments/Remarks Made in an Amendment 1 Power of Attorney 2 Oath or Declaration filed 2 NPL Documents 2 EFS Acknowledgment Receipt 3 Information Disclosure Statement (IDS) Filed (SB/08) 4 Application Data Sheet 5 Abstract 1 Claims 3 Drawings-only black and white line drawings 16 Filing Receipt 3 Communication - Re: Power of Attorney (PTOL-308) 1 Fee Worksheet (PTO-875) 1 Notice of Publication 1 Application Data Sheet 4 Rule 130, 131 or 132 Affidavits 2 Petition for review by the Office of Petitions. 2 EFS Acknowledgment Receipt 2 Fee Worksheet (PTO-875) 2 Petition Decision 1 Contact Us: REEDFAX Customer Service: (Tel) , ( ) @reedfax.com