Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
12 pending office actions • 4 art units • 11 examiners • 0 of 12 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 11 patents granted in the last 365 days
Hyundai Steel Company is managing 11 pending office actions in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These 11 actions are distributed among 9 distinct examiners, which means some examiners are handling multiple applications. These actions are concentrated within 3 distinct art units, suggesting that multiple examiners are working within the same administrative groups. This structure indicates a high level of technical focus despite the variety of personnel involved.
CHRISTY, KATHERINE A is the busiest examiner for the company, currently holding 3 busiest examiner pending actions. The fact that 11 pending office actions are spread across only 3 distinct art units indicates a high level of technical focus within the portfolio. This structure allows the applicant to potentially identify common themes or prior art references used by the administrative groups, even as they navigate the individual styles of the 9 distinct examiners. Practitioners should look for patterns in how these 3 distinct art units handle chemistry and materials claims to develop a more predictable prosecution strategy. The concentration of the pending office actions within a small number of units may lead to more consistent administrative oversight, which can be leveraged to achieve more uniform outcomes across the portfolio. The applicant should closely monitor the 3 busiest examiner pending actions handled by CHRISTY, KATHERINE A for insights into the unit's preferences.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 4 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. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 2 (17%) |
| §102 only | 1 (8%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (8%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 8 (67%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHRISTY, KATHERINE A | 2 | 75.1% | +34.9% |
| EMPIE, NATHAN H | 1 | 43.5% | +43.1% |
| SU, XIAOWEI | 1 | 71.7% | +12.8% |
| ISSA, JUEVARA SAOOD | 1 | — | — |
| HILL, STEPHANI A | 1 | 29.4% | +44.2% |
| SMITH, CATHERINE P | 1 | 15.8% | +16.1% |
| FRANCIS, ADAM JOSEPH | 1 | 73.2% | +25.3% |
| ZHENG, LOIS L | 1 | 67.6% | +13.0% |
| WANG, EUGENIA | 1 | 54.4% | +34.8% |
| O'KEEFE, SEAN P | 1 | 65.7% | +12.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18288690 | ELECTRICAL STEEL SHEET COMPOSED OF (001) TEXTURE, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR | O'KEEFE, SEAN P | 20d |
| 18965209 | HOT STAMPING COMPONENT AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR | CHRISTY, KATHERINE A | 62d |
| 19005560 | MULTI-STAGE PRESS FORMING METHOD OF PLATE AND PLATE FORMING MOLD DEVICE | ISSA, JUEVARA SAOOD | — |
| 18788877 | SECTION STEEL AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME | HILL, STEPHANI A | — |
| 18720159 | STEEL SHEET FOR HOT PRESSING AND HOT-STAMPED PART MANUFACTURED USING SAME | CHRISTY, KATHERINE A | — |
| 18718283 | MATERIAL FOR HOT STAMPING | SMITH, CATHERINE P | — |
| 18654563 | SEPARATOR FOR FUEL CELL WITH METAL COATING LAYER AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR | FRANCIS, ADAM JOSEPH | — |
| 18514852 | BATTERY CASING FOR A VEHICLE | WANG, EUGENIA | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18288690 | ELECTRICAL STEEL SHEET COMPOSED OF (001) TEXTURE, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR | O'KEEFE, SEAN P | 20d |
| 18572431 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING PLATED STEEL HAVING EXCELLENT PROCESSABILITY AND CORROSION RESISTANCE | EMPIE, NATHAN H | 28d |
| 18400580 | ALUMINUM COATED BLANK AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF | ZHENG, LOIS L | 34d |
| 18965209 | HOT STAMPING COMPONENT AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR | CHRISTY, KATHERINE A | 62d |
| 18861453 | HOT-STAMPED PART AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME | SU, XIAOWEI | — |
| 18788877 | SECTION STEEL AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME | HILL, STEPHANI A | — |
| 18720159 | STEEL SHEET FOR HOT PRESSING AND HOT-STAMPED PART MANUFACTURED USING SAME | CHRISTY, KATHERINE A | — |
| 18718283 | MATERIAL FOR HOT STAMPING | SMITH, CATHERINE P | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1784 | 3 |
| 1733 | 2 |
| 1712 | 1 |
| 1738 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18572431 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING PLATED STEEL HAVING EXCELLENT PROCESSABILITY AND CORROSION RESISTANCE | EMPIE, NATHAN H | 1712 | §102 | Non-Final OA | 28d | Pending | Jan 08, 2025 |
| 18861453 | HOT-STAMPED PART AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME | SU, XIAOWEI | 1784 | §103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 03, 2025 |
| 19005560 | MULTI-STAGE PRESS FORMING METHOD OF PLATE AND PLATE FORMING MOLD DEVICE | ISSA, JUEVARA SAOOD | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 30, 2024 |
| 18965209 | HOT STAMPING COMPONENT AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR | CHRISTY, KATHERINE A | 1784 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 62d | Pending | Dec 02, 2024 |
| 18788877 | SECTION STEEL AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME | HILL, STEPHANI A | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 30, 2024 |
| 18720159 | STEEL SHEET FOR HOT PRESSING AND HOT-STAMPED PART MANUFACTURED USING SAME | CHRISTY, KATHERINE A | 1784 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 14, 2024 |
| 18718283 | MATERIAL FOR HOT STAMPING | SMITH, CATHERINE P | — | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 10, 2024 |
| 18654563 | SEPARATOR FOR FUEL CELL WITH METAL COATING LAYER AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR | FRANCIS, ADAM JOSEPH | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 03, 2024 |
| 18400580 | ALUMINUM COATED BLANK AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF | ZHENG, LOIS L | 1733 | §103 | Final Rejection | 34d | Pending | Dec 29, 2023 |
| 18514852 | BATTERY CASING FOR A VEHICLE | WANG, EUGENIA | — | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 20, 2023 |
| 18288690 | ELECTRICAL STEEL SHEET COMPOSED OF (001) TEXTURE, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR | O'KEEFE, SEAN P | 1738 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 20d | Pending | Oct 27, 2023 |
| 18079453 | HOT STAMPING COMPONENT AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME | WU, JENNY R | 1733 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 12, 2022 |
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