Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
5 pending office actions • 3 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 7 patents granted in the last 365 days
Howmet Aerospace Inc. has 5 pending office actions in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems. Those matters involve 4 distinct examiners and 3 distinct art units, so prosecution requires coordination across multiple examination settings rather than a single channel.
MAGAR, DIL KUMAR is the busiest examiner, handling 2 pending matters. The concentration around that examiner provides a practical starting point for identifying recurring claim issues, while the remaining matters call for examiner-specific analysis.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 1 (20%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 4 (80%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MAGAR, DIL KUMAR | 2 | 56.3% | +15.8% |
| COOK, KYLE A | 1 | 62.0% | +39.7% |
| KRUER, KEVIN R | 1 | 26.6% | +29.5% |
| SAETHER, FLEMMING | 1 | 65.2% | +27.8% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18864635 | FASTENER WITH TOOL-GUIDING TAIL | COOK, KYLE A | — |
| 18926919 | BLIND FASTENER | MAGAR, DIL KUMAR | — |
| 18478059 | METALLIC SUBSTRATE TREATMENT METHODS AND ARTICLES COMPRISING A PHOSPHONATE FUNCTIONALIZED LAYER | KRUER, KEVIN R | — |
| 18256571 | FASTENING COLLARS, MULTI-PIECE FASTENERS, AND METHODS FOR FASTENING | SAETHER, FLEMMING | — |
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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18864635 | FASTENER WITH TOOL-GUIDING TAIL | COOK, KYLE A | — |
| 18926919 | BLIND FASTENER | MAGAR, DIL KUMAR | — |
| 18478059 | METALLIC SUBSTRATE TREATMENT METHODS AND ARTICLES COMPRISING A PHOSPHONATE FUNCTIONALIZED LAYER | KRUER, KEVIN R | — |
| 18256571 | FASTENING COLLARS, MULTI-PIECE FASTENERS, AND METHODS FOR FASTENING | SAETHER, FLEMMING | — |
| 17907289 | MULTI-PIECE FASTENER INCLUDING A LOCKBOLT COLLAR ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF FASTENING | MAGAR, DIL KUMAR | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3675 | 3 |
| 3722 | 1 |
| 1787 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18864635 | FASTENER WITH TOOL-GUIDING TAIL | COOK, KYLE A | 3722 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 11, 2024 |
| 18926919 | BLIND FASTENER | MAGAR, DIL KUMAR | 3675 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 25, 2024 |
| 18478059 | METALLIC SUBSTRATE TREATMENT METHODS AND ARTICLES COMPRISING A PHOSPHONATE FUNCTIONALIZED LAYER | KRUER, KEVIN R | 1787 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 29, 2023 |
| 18256571 | FASTENING COLLARS, MULTI-PIECE FASTENERS, AND METHODS FOR FASTENING | SAETHER, FLEMMING | 3675 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 08, 2023 |
| 17907289 | MULTI-PIECE FASTENER INCLUDING A LOCKBOLT COLLAR ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF FASTENING | MAGAR, DIL KUMAR | 3675 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 26, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialHowmet Aerospace Inc. has 5 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 3 art units and 4 examiners.
Dil Kumar Magar has the most, with 2 of Howmet Aerospace Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
