Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Arcelormittal Texas Hbi LLC has 1 pending office action in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. This matter is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, SHAMS, NAZMUN NAHAR, who is the busiest examiner with 1 pending action. The prosecution is active in 1 distinct art unit, reflecting a concentrated technical focus.
The company currently manages 1 pending office action, which is under the review of 1 distinct examiner. This concentration suggests a very specific technical focus for the company's current interaction with the patent office. SHAMS, NAZMUN NAHAR is the only examiner responsible for the pending matter, making her individual review style the most important factor for the practitioner to consider.
With 1 pending office action and 1 distinct art unit, the company's prosecution is highly centralized. There are no other active matters to provide a broader context or to balance the risk of a single examiner's decision. Strategy should be focused on addressing the specific requirements of SHAMS, NAZMUN NAHAR to move the 1 pending office action in the Chemistry & Materials area toward allowance.
Difficulty is derived from the rejection statutes on the most recent pending office action. §101-driven and multi-statute cases are graded Hard; §112-only and obviousness-type double-patenting cases are graded Easy; everything else is Medium. "Unknown" means we have not yet parsed a statute for that office action.
| Bucket | Cases |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (100%) |
How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.
Manual office-action response work runs about 10 hours per case. The time-saved bands below show what IP Author's prosecution pipeline typically delivers — a conservative 20% on the low end, 35% in the middle, 50% on the high end.
| Examiner | Apps on this docket | Allow rate | Interview lift |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHAMS, NAZMUN NAHAR | 1 | 79.8% | +18.8% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18697075 | INDUCTION HEATING OF DRI | SHAMS, NAZMUN NAHAR | — |
Cases in front of an examiner whose interview lift is 10 percentage points or more — i.e. interviewed cases historically resolve more favorably than non-interviewed ones. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18697075 | INDUCTION HEATING OF DRI | SHAMS, NAZMUN NAHAR | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1738 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18697075 | INDUCTION HEATING OF DRI | SHAMS, NAZMUN NAHAR | 1738 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 29, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialArcelormittal Texas Hbi LLC has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Nazmun Nahar Shams has the most, with 1 of Arcelormittal Texas Hbi LLC's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
