Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
19 pending office actions • 7 art units • 16 examiners • 0 of 19 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 29 patents granted in the last 365 days
Baoshan Iron & Steel Co., Ltd. manages 19 pending office actions in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These matters are distributed across 15 distinct examiners and 8 distinct art units. The involvement of 15 distinct examiners for these actions suggests exposure to various examination styles within the chemistry sector. The 8 distinct art units indicate that the company's materials research is being reviewed by several specialized groups.
The busiest examiner for the portfolio is HEVEY, JOHN A, who manages 3 pending office actions. This indicates that while HEVEY, JOHN A has the highest individual workload, the remaining actions are spread among the other 15 distinct examiners. Practitioners should prepare for feedback across the 8 distinct art units, as the 19 pending actions are not concentrated in a single technical silo. Managing these matters across the various examiners requires a prosecution strategy that addresses the requirements of the specialized units involved.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 9 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 9 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 only | 1 (5%) |
| §103 only | 5 (26%) |
| §112 only | 3 (16%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (5%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 9 (47%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HEVEY, JOHN A | 3 | 61.6% | +19.9% |
| KOSHY, JOPHY STEPHEN | 2 | 63.8% | +39.4% |
| CHRISTY, KATHERINE A | 1 | 75.1% | +34.9% |
| LA VILLA, MICHAEL EUGENE | 1 | 75.7% | +17.9% |
| DEAL, DAVID R | 1 | 83.5% | +12.1% |
| WILDER, ANDREW H | 1 | 62.6% | +58.5% |
| CHEN, VIVIAN | 1 | 56.7% | +29.1% |
| JENNISON, BRIAN W | 1 | 71.9% | +22.0% |
| SHAMS, NAZMUN NAHAR | 1 | 80.6% | +18.4% |
| WALCK, BRIAN D | 1 | 58.7% | +26.9% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17927165 | Low-Cost Non-Oriented Electrical Steel Plate With Extremely Low Aluminum Content and Manufacturing Method Therefor | KOSHY, JOPHY STEPHEN | 31d overdue |
| 18726098 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CROSS-PROCESS USE OF COLD/HOT-ROLLED EXCESS MATERIAL, MEDIUM, AND PROGRAM PRODUCT | WILDER, ANDREW H | 42d |
| 18552924 | DUAL-PHASE STEEL AND HOT-DIP GALVANIZED DUAL-PHASE STEEL HAVING TENSILE STRENGTH GREATER THAN OR EQUAL TO 980MPA AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME BY MEANS OF RAPID HEAT TREATMENT | HEVEY, JOHN A | 61d |
| 18874274 | 800MPA-GRADE HIGH-HOLE-EXPANSION HOT-DIP GALVANIZED STEEL PLATE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR | CHRISTY, KATHERINE A | 70d |
| 18557724 | HOT STAMPING COMPONENT HAVING TENSILE STRENGTH GREATER OR EQUAL TO 1000 MPA AND FABRICATION METHOD THEREFOR | STILES, JACOB BENJAMIN | 75d |
| 18727280 | A HIGH-STRENGTH TUBE RESISTANT TO ALUMINUM SULFATE CORROSION AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR | DEAL, DAVID R | — |
| 18700033 | CHROMIUM-FREE PASSIVATED FILM-COVERED TINNED PLATE AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR | CHEN, VIVIAN | — |
| 18685307 | FABRICATION METHOD FOR STEEL THIN-WALLED TAILOR-WELDED PART AND HOT-STAMPED PART PREPARED USING TAILORED-WELDED PART | JENNISON, BRIAN W | — |
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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17927165 | Low-Cost Non-Oriented Electrical Steel Plate With Extremely Low Aluminum Content and Manufacturing Method Therefor | KOSHY, JOPHY STEPHEN | 31d overdue |
| 18290401 | SEAMLESS STEEL TUBE RESISTANT TO CARBON DIOXIDE CORROSION AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR | KOSHY, JOPHY STEPHEN | 28d |
| 18726098 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CROSS-PROCESS USE OF COLD/HOT-ROLLED EXCESS MATERIAL, MEDIUM, AND PROGRAM PRODUCT | WILDER, ANDREW H | 42d |
| 18552924 | DUAL-PHASE STEEL AND HOT-DIP GALVANIZED DUAL-PHASE STEEL HAVING TENSILE STRENGTH GREATER THAN OR EQUAL TO 980MPA AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME BY MEANS OF RAPID HEAT TREATMENT | HEVEY, JOHN A | 61d |
| 18874274 | 800MPA-GRADE HIGH-HOLE-EXPANSION HOT-DIP GALVANIZED STEEL PLATE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR | CHRISTY, KATHERINE A | 70d |
| 18856986 | ALUMINUM ALLOY PLATE FOR TANK AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR | LA VILLA, MICHAEL EUGENE | 70d |
| 18727280 | A HIGH-STRENGTH TUBE RESISTANT TO ALUMINUM SULFATE CORROSION AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR | DEAL, DAVID R | — |
| 18712635 | STEEL PIPE FOR OIL CYLINDER AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR | HEVEY, JOHN A | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1733 | 6 |
| 1738 | 3 |
| 1784 | 2 |
| 1735 | 2 |
| 3627 | 1 |
| 1787 | 1 |
| 1759 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18874274 | 800MPA-GRADE HIGH-HOLE-EXPANSION HOT-DIP GALVANIZED STEEL PLATE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR | CHRISTY, KATHERINE A | 1784 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 70d | Pending | Dec 12, 2024 |
| 18856986 | ALUMINUM ALLOY PLATE FOR TANK AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR | LA VILLA, MICHAEL EUGENE | 1784 | §112 | Final Rejection | 70d | Pending | Oct 15, 2024 |
| 18727280 | A HIGH-STRENGTH TUBE RESISTANT TO ALUMINUM SULFATE CORROSION AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR | DEAL, DAVID R | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 08, 2024 |
| 18726098 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CROSS-PROCESS USE OF COLD/HOT-ROLLED EXCESS MATERIAL, MEDIUM, AND PROGRAM PRODUCT | WILDER, ANDREW H | 3627 | §101 | Final Rejection | 42d | Pending | Jul 01, 2024 |
| 18712635 | STEEL PIPE FOR OIL CYLINDER AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR | HEVEY, JOHN A | — | §103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 22, 2024 |
| 18700033 | CHROMIUM-FREE PASSIVATED FILM-COVERED TINNED PLATE AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR | CHEN, VIVIAN | 1787 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 10, 2024 |
| 18685307 | FABRICATION METHOD FOR STEEL THIN-WALLED TAILOR-WELDED PART AND HOT-STAMPED PART PREPARED USING TAILORED-WELDED PART | JENNISON, BRIAN W | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 21, 2024 |
| 18574136 | METHOD FOR PREPARING TITANIUM-CONTAINING ULTRA-LOW-CARBON STEEL | SHAMS, NAZMUN NAHAR | 1738 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 26, 2023 |
| 18567521 | HOT-DIP GALVANIZED STEEL PLATE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR | WALCK, BRIAN D | 1738 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 06, 2023 |
| 18290401 | SEAMLESS STEEL TUBE RESISTANT TO CARBON DIOXIDE CORROSION AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR | KOSHY, JOPHY STEPHEN | 1733 | §103 | Final Rejection | 28d | Pending | Nov 13, 2023 |
| 18557724 | HOT STAMPING COMPONENT HAVING TENSILE STRENGTH GREATER OR EQUAL TO 1000 MPA AND FABRICATION METHOD THEREFOR | STILES, JACOB BENJAMIN | 1733 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 75d | Pending | Oct 27, 2023 |
| 18552966 | HOT-DIPPED ALUMINUM-ZINC OR HOT-DIPPED ZINC-ALUMINUM-MAGNESIUM MULTIPHASE STEEL HAVING YIELD STRENGTH OF GREATER THAN OR EQUAL TO 450 MPA AND RAPID HEAT-TREATMENT HOT PLATING MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR | HEVEY, JOHN A | 1735 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 28, 2023 |
| 18552924 | DUAL-PHASE STEEL AND HOT-DIP GALVANIZED DUAL-PHASE STEEL HAVING TENSILE STRENGTH GREATER THAN OR EQUAL TO 980MPA AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME BY MEANS OF RAPID HEAT TREATMENT | HEVEY, JOHN A | 1735 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 61d | Pending | Sep 28, 2023 |
| 18278386 | COLD FORGED GEAR STEEL AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF | SU, XIAOWEI | 1733 | §112 | Final Rejection | 8d | Pending | Aug 22, 2023 |
| 18043217 | HIGH-STRENGTH LOW-CARBON MARTENSITIC HIGH HOLE EXPANSION STEEL AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR | O'KEEFE, SEAN P | 1738 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 27, 2023 |
| 18043036 | 780 MPA-GRADE ULTRA-HIGH REAMING STEEL HAVING HIGH SURFACE QUALITY AND HIGH PERFORMANCE STABILITY, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR | KESSLER, CHRISTOPHER S | 1759 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 26, 2023 |
| 18017285 | STEEL PLATE FOR TORSION BEAM AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR, AND TORSION BEAM AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR | ALDAZ CERVANTES, MAYELA RENATA | 1733 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 34d | Pending | Jan 20, 2023 |
| 17927165 | Low-Cost Non-Oriented Electrical Steel Plate With Extremely Low Aluminum Content and Manufacturing Method Therefor | KOSHY, JOPHY STEPHEN | 1733 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 31d overdue | Pending | Nov 22, 2022 |
| 17802605 | BLAST FURNACE SLAG GRANULATION AND WASTE HEAT RECOVERY AND UTILIZATION DEVICE AND METHOD | SMOOT, MORIAH SIMONE MCMIL | 1733 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 26, 2022 |
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