Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Jef Steel Corporation currently has 1 pending office action within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. This action is being handled by 1 distinct examiner, SHAH, SAMIR, who is also the busiest examiner for the company. The presence of 1 distinct art unit indicates that the company's current prosecution is focused on a specific technical area within Chemistry & Materials.
Because there is only 1 pending office action, SHAH, SAMIR is responsible for 1 busiest examiner pending action, which constitutes the entire pending workload. This concentration under 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit suggests a very streamlined prosecution process. The outcome of the 1 pending office action will be the primary factor in the portfolio's immediate development.
Practitioners should focus their efforts on the specific preferences and requirements of SHAH, SAMIR. Since the 1 busiest examiner pending action is the only active matter, there are no competing priorities or differing examiner styles to manage. The strategy for Jef Steel Corporation is currently tied to the resolution of this single case within the 1 distinct art unit.
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 (50%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| YANG, JIE | 1 | 62.5% | +19.4% |
| SHAH, SAMIR | 1 | 36.7% | +35.1% |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18712855 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING METALLIC IRON | YANG, JIE | — |
| 18698084 | COATING SOLUTION FOR COATING METAL SHEET | SHAH, SAMIR | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1734 | 1 |
| 1787 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18712855 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING METALLIC IRON | YANG, JIE | 1734 | §102§103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 23, 2024 |
| 18698084 | COATING SOLUTION FOR COATING METAL SHEET | SHAH, SAMIR | 1787 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 03, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialJef Steel Corporation has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Jie Yang has the most, with 1 of Jef Steel Corporation's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
