Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
143 pending office actions • 28 art units • 86 examiners • 0 of 143 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 192 patents granted in the last 365 days
JFE Steel Corporation has 145 pending office actions in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These actions are distributed across 29 distinct art units, showing a focused but substantial technical presence. The prosecution involves 87 distinct examiners, which indicates that many examiners are handling more than one application for the company. This ratio of 87 distinct examiners for 145 pending office actions suggests a moderate level of examiner concentration within the portfolio.
LIANG, ANTHONY M is the busiest examiner, currently overseeing 7 of the 145 pending office actions. While this is the highest individual count, the 87 distinct examiners ensure a variety of perspectives across the portfolio. The 29 distinct art units suggest that the company 145 pending office actions are grouped into several technical clusters, which may help in developing consistent prosecution strategies. Managing 145 pending office actions across 29 art units and 87 distinct examiners requires a coordinated effort to ensure that arguments remain consistent across related technologies.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 30 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. 30 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 | 2 (1%) |
| §101 + other | 14 (10%) |
| §103 only | 67 (47%) |
| §102 only | 4 (3%) |
| §112 only | 6 (4%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (1%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 12 (8%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 37 (26%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LIANG, ANTHONY M | 7 | 83.5% | +9.5% |
| SU, XIAOWEI | 6 | 71.7% | +12.8% |
| HILL, STEPHANI A | 6 | 29.4% | +44.2% |
| YANG, JIE | 5 | 62.6% | +19.4% |
| WANG, NICHOLAS A | 4 | 53.6% | +22.5% |
| DICUS, TAMRA | 3 | 30.5% | +21.4% |
| IBEKWE, DARLINGTON NDUKA | 3 | 33.3% | +100.0% |
| SMITH, CATHERINE P | 3 | 15.8% | +16.1% |
| STEPHENS, MATTHEW | 3 | 65.5% | +22.6% |
| PATEL, DEVANG R | 3 | 65.6% | +39.2% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18847357 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING HIGH-STRENGTH HOT-DIP GALVANIZED STEEL SHEET | LIANG, ANTHONY M | — |
| 18846913 | HIGH STRENGTH STEEL SHEET AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME | LIANG, ANTHONY M | — |
| 18846854 | HIGH STRENGTH STEEL SHEET AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME | LIANG, ANTHONY M | — |
| 18846843 | HIGH STRENGTH STEEL SHEET AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME | LIANG, ANTHONY M | — |
| 18846819 | HIGH STRENGTH STEEL SHEET AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME | LIANG, ANTHONY M | — |
| 18546428 | GALVANIZED STEEL SHEET AND MEMBER, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME | LIANG, ANTHONY M | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17798772 | SHAPE CHANGE PREDICTION METHOD FOR PRESS FORMED PART | MOLL, NITHYA JANAKIRAMAN | 97d overdue |
| 18575473 | STEEL PIPE OUT-OF-ROUNDNESS PREDICTION METHOD, STEEL PIPE OUT-OF-ROUNDNESS CONTROL METHOD, STEEL PIPE MANUFACTURING METHOD, STEEL PIPE OUT-OF-ROUNDNESS PREDICTION MODEL GENERATION METHOD, AND STEEL PIPE OUT-OF-ROUNDNESS PREDICTION DEVICE | KIM, BOBBY YEONJIN | 3d overdue |
| 18716790 | FATIGUE CRACK GROWTH SUPPRESSING METHOD FOR BENT PORTION OF METAL SHEET, AND AUTOMOTIVE PART | SULLIVAN, DEBRA M | 1d overdue |
| 18272474 | TOP-BLOWING LANCE FOR CONVERTER, METHOD FOR ADDING AUXILIARY RAW MATERIAL, AND METHOD FOR REFINING OF MOLTEN IRON | MCGUTHRY BANKS, TIMA MICHELE | 9d |
| 18289918 | METHOD FOR REFINING MOLTEN IRON | O'KEEFE, SEAN P | 20d |
| 18546970 | POWDER FOR ANNEALING SEPARATOR AND PRODUCTION METHOD FOR GRAIN-ORIENTED ELECTRICAL STEEL SHEET USING SAME | KOSHY, JOPHY STEPHEN | 20d |
| 18005057 | RESISTANCE SPOT WELDING METHOD AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING WELD JOINT | ISKRA, JOSEPH W | 21d |
| 18688955 | METHOD FOR IMPROVING DELAYED FRACTURE CHARACTERISTICS OF METAL SHEET, METHOD FOR PRODUCING BLANK, METHOD FOR PRODUCING PRESS-FORMED ARTICLE, AND PRESS-FORMED ARTICLE | EKIERT, TERESA M | 22d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18257178 | HOT-DIP GALVANIZED STEEL SHEET AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR | WANG, NICHOLAS A | 12d |
| 18283052 | HIGH-STRENGTH HOT-ROLLED STEEL SHEET AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME | YANG, JIE | 16d |
| 18033704 | PRESS FORMING METHOD | STEPHENS, MATTHEW | 23d |
| 18683857 | STEEL SHEET, MEMBER, AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING SAME | YANG, JIE | 29d |
| 18284109 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING GRAIN-ORIENTED ELECTRICAL STEEL SHEET | YANG, JIE | 46d |
| 18567848 | MOLTEN STEEL DENITRIFICATION METHOD AND STEEL PRODUCTION METHOD | HILL, STEPHANI A | 69d |
| 18994806 | RESIN-COATED METAL SHEET | DICUS, TAMRA | — |
| 18992715 | MANUFACTURING EQUIPMENT FOR METAL BAND, ACCEPTABILITY DETERMINATION METHOD FOR METAL BAND, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR METAL BAND | IBEKWE, DARLINGTON NDUKA | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1733 | 16 |
| 3725 | 11 |
| 1735 | 10 |
| 1734 | 8 |
| 1738 | 8 |
| 3761 | 8 |
| 1784 | 3 |
| 1717 | 2 |
| 1787 | 2 |
| 2186 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19473951 | MEANDERING CORRECTION APPARATUS FOR METAL STRIP AND MEANDERING CORRECTION METHOD FOR METAL STRIP | SANDERS, HOWARD J | 3653 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 09, 2025 |
| 19137925 | INFORMATION SEARCH METHOD AND INFORMATION SEARCH SYSTEM | TORGRIMSON, TYLER J | 2165 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 11, 2025 |
| 19079943 | NEEDLE-PEENING METHOD | TOLAN, EDWARD THOMAS | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 14, 2025 |
| 19109129 | SURFACE DEFECT DETECTING METHOD AND SURFACE DEFECT DETECTING DEVICE | MENDEZ MUNIZ, DYLAN JOHN | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 06, 2025 |
| 19106478 | HIGH-STRENGTH HOT-DIP GALVANIZED STEEL SHEET AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME | DUMBRIS, SETH M | — | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 25, 2025 |
| 18995402 | WELDED JOINT AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREFOR | HORGER, KIM S. | 1784 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 16, 2025 |
| 18994806 | RESIN-COATED METAL SHEET | DICUS, TAMRA | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 15, 2025 |
| 18994758 | STEEL SHEET FOR HOT PRESSING, HOT-PRESSED MEMBER, AND HOT-PRESSED MEMBER PRODUCTION METHOD | CHRISTY, KATHERINE A | 1784 | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 15, 2025 |
| 18994250 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING IRON-BASED SOFT MAGNETIC COMPOSITE POWDER AND IRON-BASED SOFT MAGNETIC COMPOSITE POWDER | FERRE, ALEXANDRE F | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 14, 2025 |
| 18992715 | MANUFACTURING EQUIPMENT FOR METAL BAND, ACCEPTABILITY DETERMINATION METHOD FOR METAL BAND, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR METAL BAND | IBEKWE, DARLINGTON NDUKA | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 09, 2025 |
| 18879298 | PLATE MEMBER POSITION DETECTION DEVICE, PLATE MEMBER TRANSPORT METHOD, AND PLATE MEMBER MANUFACTURING METHOD | BROTHERS, LAURENCE RAPHAEL | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 27, 2024 |
| 18874242 | COLD ROLLING EQUIPMENT, STEEL PLATE MANUFACTURING EQUIPMENT, COLD ROLLING METHOD, AND STEEL PLATE MANUFACTURING METHOD | IBEKWE, DARLINGTON NDUKA | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 12, 2024 |
| 18870934 | MANUFACTURING METHOD OF PRESS FORMED PART | EKIERT, TERESA M | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 02, 2024 |
| 18863195 | AUTOMOTIVE BODY SIDE STRUCTURE | BLANKENSHIP, GREGORY A | 3612 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 05, 2024 |
| 18861992 | AUTOMOTIVE BODY SIDE STRUCTURE | LEWIS, TISHA D | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 31, 2024 |
| 18861603 | COATED STEEL SHEET AND METHOD OF PRODUCING SAME | GOLDEN, CHINESSA T | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 30, 2024 |
| 18858749 | HIGH STRENGTH STEEL PLATE FOR SOUR GAS APPARATUSES AND HIGH STRENGTH STEEL PIPE OR TUBE USING THE SAME | SMITH, CATHERINE P | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 22, 2024 |
| 18855741 | TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT METHOD, TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT APPARATUS, TEMPERATURE CONTROL METHOD, TEMPERATURE CONTROL APPARATUS, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING STEEL MATERIAL, AND FACILITY FOR MANUFACTURING STEEL MATERIAL | LIN, JASON | — | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 10, 2024 |
| 18853478 | ROLLING MILL, COLD ROLLING METHOD, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING STEEL SHEET | KIM, BOBBY YEONJIN | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 02, 2024 |
| 18848912 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING HOT-DIP GALVANIZED STEEL SHEET, AND EQUIPMENT FOR MANUFACTURING HOT-DIP GALVANIZED STEEL SHEET | WALTERS JR, ROBERT S | 1717 | §112 | Final Rejection | 76d | Pending | Sep 20, 2024 |
| 18848572 | STEEL SHEET AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME | FERRE, ALEXANDRE F | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 19, 2024 |
| 18848620 | PRE-TREATMENT LIQUID AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ELECTROMAGNETIC STEEL SHEET PROVIDED WITH INSULATING FILM | GATES, BRADFORD M | 1713 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 27d | Pending | Sep 19, 2024 |
| 18847357 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING HIGH-STRENGTH HOT-DIP GALVANIZED STEEL SHEET | LIANG, ANTHONY M | — | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 16, 2024 |
| 18846913 | HIGH STRENGTH STEEL SHEET AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME | LIANG, ANTHONY M | — | §112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 13, 2024 |
| 18846854 | HIGH STRENGTH STEEL SHEET AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME | LIANG, ANTHONY M | — | §112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 13, 2024 |
| 18846843 | HIGH STRENGTH STEEL SHEET AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME | LIANG, ANTHONY M | — | §112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 13, 2024 |
| 18846819 | HIGH STRENGTH STEEL SHEET AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME | LIANG, ANTHONY M | — | §112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 13, 2024 |
| 18844196 | DEHYDROGENATION APPARATUS, STEEL SHEET PRODUCTION SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF PRODUCING STEEL SHEET | BOWMAN, ANDREW J | 1717 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 05, 2024 |
| 18843789 | COATING MATERIAL FOR USE IN DIRECT-REDUCTION IRON PRODUCTION, AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREFOR | FLORES, JAVIER | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 04, 2024 |
| 18841894 | ORGANIC RESIN-COATED STEEL SHEET | DICUS, TAMRA | 1787 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 27, 2024 |
| 18839525 | GRAIN-ORIENTED ELECTRICAL STEEL SHEET AND METHOD OF PRODUCING SAME | LA VILLA, MICHAEL EUGENE | — | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 19, 2024 |
| 18681601 | DRIVING FORCE TRANSMISSION MECHANISM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING DRIVING FORCE TRANSMISSION MECHANISM | RIEGELMAN, MICHAEL A | 3725 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 19, 2024 |
| 18729887 | STEEL SHEET FOR HOT PRESSING, HOT-PRESSED MEMBER, AND HOT-PRESSED MEMBER PRODUCTION METHOD | DUMBRIS, SETH M | 3725 | §103Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 18, 2024 |
| 18729961 | PRE-TREATMENT LIQUID AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ELECTROMAGNETIC STEEL SHEET PROVIDED WITH INSULATING FILM | YANG, JIE | — | §102§103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 18, 2024 |
| 18729888 | GRAIN-ORIENTED ELECTRICAL STEEL SHEET | DICUS, TAMRA | 1787 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 18, 2024 |
| 18729272 | PRESS FORMING METHOD AND PRESS FORMED PART MANUFACTURING METHOD | STEPHENS, MATTHEW | 3725 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 16, 2024 |
| 18726019 | GRAIN-ORIENTED ELECTRICAL STEEL SHEET | PATEL, DEVANG R | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 01, 2024 |
| 18720757 | METHOD, DEVICE, AND PROGRAM OF EVALUATING PERIPHERAL SHAPE OF PRESS FORMED PART, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING PRESS FORMED PART | ALAM, ROKEYA SHAWALI | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 17, 2024 |
| 18719451 | PRESS FORMING ANALYSIS METHOD, PRESS FORMING ANALYSIS APPARATUS, AND PRESS FORMING ANALYSIS PROGRAM | NGUYEN, LAM S | — | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 13, 2024 |
| 18718435 | METHOD FOR EVALUATING SUSCEPTIBILITY TO LIQUID METAL EMBRITTLEMENT CRACKING IN RESISTANCE SPOT WELDED PORTION OF STEEL SHEET | VILLALUNA, ERIKA J | 2852 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 11, 2024 |
| 18718434 | METHOD FOR QUANTIFYING CARBON IN CARBIDES | FRITCHMAN, REBECCA M | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 11, 2024 |
| 18717036 | GRAIN-ORIENTED ELECTRICAL STEEL SHEET AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME | DILLON, DANIEL P | 1783 | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 06, 2024 |
| 18716790 | FATIGUE CRACK GROWTH SUPPRESSING METHOD FOR BENT PORTION OF METAL SHEET, AND AUTOMOTIVE PART | SULLIVAN, DEBRA M | 3725 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 1d overdue | Pending | Jun 05, 2024 |
| 18714705 | NORMAL VECTOR REGISTRATION DEVICE, FACILITY ABNORMALITY MONITORING SYSTEM, AND FACILITY ABNORMALITY MONITORING METHOD | KORANG-BEHESHTI, YOSSEF | — | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 30, 2024 |
| 18709912 | LOWER STRUCTURE OF AUTOMOTIVE BODY AND SIDE SILL STRUCTURE OF AUTOMOBILE | FULLER, ROBERT EDWARD | 3676 | §112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 14, 2024 |
| 18662318 | NON-ORIENTED ELECTRICAL STEEL SHEET AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME | WANG, NICHOLAS A | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 13, 2024 |
| 18708859 | PRESS FORMING ANALYSIS METHOD, PRESS FORMING ANALYSIS APPARATUS, AND PRESS FORMING ANALYSIS PROGRAM | LIANG, VEI CHUNG | — | §101§102§103Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 09, 2024 |
| 18706111 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING CONFORMITY OF ROLLING ROLL, METHOD FOR ROLLING METAL STRIP, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING COLD-ROLLED STEEL SHEET | IBEKWE, DARLINGTON NDUKA | 3725 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 30, 2024 |
| 18703715 | FURNACE STATE ESTIMATION DEVICE, FURNACE STATE ESTIMATION METHOD, AND MOLTEN STEEL PRODUCTION METHOD | ABOAGYE, MICHAEL | — | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 23, 2024 |
| 18701088 | VALUABLE ELEMENT RECOVERY METHOD | KESSLER, CHRISTOPHER S | — | §102§103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 12, 2024 |
| 18698482 | ELECTRICAL SOFT IRON STEEL BAR | WANG, NICHOLAS A | — | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 04, 2024 |
| 18697730 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING GRAIN-ORIENTED ELECTRICAL STEEL SHEET, AND GRAIN-ORIENTED ELECTRICAL STEEL SHEET | POLLOCK, AUSTIN M | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 02, 2024 |
| 18696997 | INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM, AND METHOD OF OPERATING A BLAST FURNACE | SU, XIAOWEI | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 29, 2024 |
| 18693688 | HOT-ROLLED STEEL STRIP ANNEALING METHOD | ROE, JESSEE RANDALL | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 20, 2024 |
| 18692920 | STEEL SHEET, MEMBER, AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING THEM | SHAMS, NAZMUN NAHAR | — | §102§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 18, 2024 |
| 18692925 | STEEL SHEET, MEMBER, AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING THEM | SU, XIAOWEI | — | §102§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 18, 2024 |
| 18691606 | STEEL SHEET FOR HOT PRESSING AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND HOT-PRESSED MEMBER AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME | SU, XIAOWEI | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 13, 2024 |
| 18689864 | AGING TREATMENT METHOD AND METHOD OF PRODUCING GRAIN-ORIENTED ELECTRICAL STEEL SHEET | WU, JENNY R | — | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 07, 2024 |
| 18688955 | METHOD FOR IMPROVING DELAYED FRACTURE CHARACTERISTICS OF METAL SHEET, METHOD FOR PRODUCING BLANK, METHOD FOR PRODUCING PRESS-FORMED ARTICLE, AND PRESS-FORMED ARTICLE | EKIERT, TERESA M | 3725 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 22d | Pending | Mar 04, 2024 |
| 18688587 | LASER WELDING METHOD FOR SI-CONTAINING STEEL SHEETS | SAAD, ERIN BARRY | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 01, 2024 |
| 18688357 | PRESSURE VESSEL FOR HIGH-PRESSURE HYDROGEN GAS | VINEIS, FRANK J | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 01, 2024 |
| 18685502 | ELECTRICAL STEEL STRIP FRICTION STIR WELDING METHOD AND METHOD OF PRODUCING ELECTRICAL STEEL STRIP | JANSSEN, REBECCA | — | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 22, 2024 |
| 18684238 | METAL-CORED WIRE FOR SUBMERGED ARC WELDING AND SUBMERGED ARC WELDING METHOD USING THE SAME | KERR, ELIZABETH M | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 16, 2024 |
| 18683982 | QUENCHING APPARATUS, QUENCHING METHOD, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING METAL SHEET | FLORES, JAVIER | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 15, 2024 |
| 18683857 | STEEL SHEET, MEMBER, AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING SAME | YANG, JIE | 1734 | §102§103DP | Final Rejection | 29d | Pending | Feb 15, 2024 |
| 18682680 | QUENCHING APPARATUS, QUENCHING METHOD, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING METAL SHEET | POLLOCK, AUSTIN M | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 09, 2024 |
| 18580482 | QUENCHING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR QUENCHING, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING COLD ROLLED STEEL SHEET, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING COATED STEEL SHEET | CARPENTER, JOSHUA S | 1733 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 18, 2024 |
| 18579575 | GALVANIZED STEEL SHEET AND MEMBER, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME | SU, XIAOWEI | 1733 | §103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 16, 2024 |
| 18579117 | QUENCHING APPARATUS FOR METAL SHEET, CONTINUOUS ANNEALING EQUIPMENT, METHOD FOR QUENCHING METAL SHEET, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING COLD ROLLED STEEL SHEET, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING COATED STEEL SHEET | PATEL, DEVANG R | 1735 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 12, 2024 |
| 18578006 | HOT METAL TEMPERATURE PREDICTION METHOD, OPERATION GUIDANCE METHOD, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING HOT METAL, HOT METAL TEMPERATURE PREDICTION APPARATUS, OPERATION GUIDANCE APPARATUS, BLAST FURNACE OPERATION GUIDANCE SYSTEM, BLAST FURNACE OPERATION GUIDANCE SERVER, AND TERMINAL APPARATUS | ABOAGYE, MICHAEL | 1733 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 10, 2024 |
| 18575473 | STEEL PIPE OUT-OF-ROUNDNESS PREDICTION METHOD, STEEL PIPE OUT-OF-ROUNDNESS CONTROL METHOD, STEEL PIPE MANUFACTURING METHOD, STEEL PIPE OUT-OF-ROUNDNESS PREDICTION MODEL GENERATION METHOD, AND STEEL PIPE OUT-OF-ROUNDNESS PREDICTION DEVICE | KIM, BOBBY YEONJIN | 3725 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | 3d overdue | Pending | Dec 29, 2023 |
| 18574305 | NON-ORIENTED ELECTRICAL STEEL SHEET AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME | JANSSEN, REBECCA | 1733 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 27, 2023 |
| 18574068 | DEHYDROGENATION APPARATUS, STEEL SHEET PRODUCTION SYSTEM, AND STEEL SHEET PRODUCTION METHOD | WALCK, BRIAN D | 1738 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 26, 2023 |
| 18571720 | NON-ORIENTED ELECTRICAL STEEL SHEET, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND MOTOR CORE | WALCK, BRIAN D | 1738 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 19, 2023 |
| 18569600 | METHOD OF PRODUCING GRAIN-ORIENTED ELECTRICAL STEEL SHEET AND ROLLING MILL FOR PRODUCING GRAIN-ORIENTED ELECTRICAL STEEL SHEET | PATEL, DEVANG R | 1735 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 13, 2023 |
| 18568932 | ORE CRUSHING METHOD AND PELLET PRODUCTION METHOD | YANG, JIE | 1734 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 11, 2023 |
| 18567848 | MOLTEN STEEL DENITRIFICATION METHOD AND STEEL PRODUCTION METHOD | HILL, STEPHANI A | 1735 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 69d | Pending | Dec 07, 2023 |
| 18565274 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING GRAIN-ORIENTED ELECTRICAL STEEL SHEET | JANSSEN, REBECCA | 1733 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 29, 2023 |
| 18565348 | MOLTEN STEEL DENITRIFICATION METHOD, SIMULTANEOUS DENITRIFICATION AND DESULFURIZATION TREATMENT METHOD, AND STEEL PRODUCTION METHOD | HILL, STEPHANI A | 1735 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 29, 2023 |
| 18563597 | METHOD FOR DEPHOSPHORIZATION OF MOLTEN IRON | WANG, NICHOLAS A | 1734 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 22, 2023 |
| 18562583 | FERRITIC STAINLESS STEEL | WALCK, BRIAN D | 1738 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 20, 2023 |
| 18561064 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING GRAIN-ORIENTED ELECTRICAL STEEL SHEET | STILES, JACOB BENJAMIN | 1733 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 15, 2023 |
| 18561053 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING GRAIN-ORIENTED ELECTRICAL STEEL SHEET | SU, XIAOWEI | 1733 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 15, 2023 |
| 18289918 | METHOD FOR REFINING MOLTEN IRON | O'KEEFE, SEAN P | 1738 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 20d | Pending | Nov 08, 2023 |
| 18289928 | FE-BASED ELECTROPLATED STEEL SHEET, HOT-DIP GALVANIZED STEEL SHEET, AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING SAME | MORALES, RICARDO D | 1738 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 08, 2023 |
| 18289142 | SUPPLIED HEAT QUANTITY ESTIMATION METHOD, SUPPLIED HEAT QUANTITY ESTIMATION DEVICE, SUPPLIED HEAT QUANTITY ESTIMATION PROGRAM, AND BLAST FURNACE OPERATION METHOD | MCGUIRK, JOHN SCHUYLER | 1798 | §101 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 01, 2023 |
| 18558192 | DEW POINT CONTROL METHOD FOR CONTINUOUS ANNEALING FURNACE, CONTINUOUS ANNEALING METHOD FOR STEEL SHEET, STEEL SHEET MANUFACTURING METHOD, CONTINUOUS ANNEALING FURNACE, CONTINUOUS HOT-DIP GALVANIZING LINE, AND GALVANNEALING LINE | STILES, JACOB BENJAMIN | 1733 | §103 | Final Rejection | 21d | Pending | Oct 31, 2023 |
| 18288708 | PRESS FORMING METHOD AND SHAPE EVALUATION METHOD FOR PRESS FORMED PART | PRESSLEY, PAUL DEREK | 3725 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 27, 2023 |
| 18287351 | ARC WELDED JOINT AND ARC WELDING METHOD | PAIK, SANG YEOP | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 18, 2023 |
| 18287383 | SUBMERGED ARC WELDED JOINT | CHOU, JIMMY | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 18, 2023 |
| 18287140 | ELECTRIC FURNACE AND STEELMAKING METHOD | LIANG, ANTHONY M | 1734 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 16, 2023 |
| 18286881 | MANUFACTURING METHOD AND MANUFACTURING EQUIPMENT OF COLD-ROLLED STEEL SHEET | STEPHENS, MATTHEW | 3725 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 13, 2023 |
| 18285695 | STAINLESS STEEL PIPE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME | SMITH, CATHERINE P | 1735 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 05, 2023 |
| 18285571 | RESISTANCE SPOT WELDING METHOD | CHOU, JIMMY | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 04, 2023 |
| 18285549 | POSITION DETECTION DEVICE FOR SEAM PORTION AND HEATED PORTION OF WELDED STEEL PIPE, MANUFACTURING FACILITY FOR WELDED STEEL PIPE, POSITION DETECTION METHOD FOR SEAM PORTION AND HEATED PORTION OF WELDED STEEL PIPE, MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR WELDED STEEL PIPE, AND QUALITY CONTROL METHOD FOR WELDED STEEL PIPE | NORTON, JOHN J | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 04, 2023 |
| 18284109 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING GRAIN-ORIENTED ELECTRICAL STEEL SHEET | YANG, JIE | 1734 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 46d | Pending | Sep 26, 2023 |
| 18551597 | REDUCED IRON PRODUCTION METHOD AND REDUCED IRON PRODUCTION DEVICE | MCGUTHRY BANKS, TIMA MICHELE | 1733 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 21, 2023 |
| 18283052 | HIGH-STRENGTH HOT-ROLLED STEEL SHEET AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME | YANG, JIE | 1734 | §102 | Final Rejection | 16d | Pending | Sep 20, 2023 |
| 18551401 | RAW MATERIAL PARTICLES FOR PRODUCTION OF AGGLOMERATE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING RAW MATERIAL PARTICLES FOR PRODUCTION OF AGGLOMERATE, AGGLOMERATE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING AGGLOMERATE, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING REDUCED IRON | MORALES, RICARDO D | 1738 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 20, 2023 |
| 18282266 | METHOD FOR OPERATING CONVERTER AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING MOLTEN STEEL | SMOOT, MORIAH SIMONE MCMIL | 1733 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 15, 2023 |
| 18549589 | CONTINUOUS ANNEALING EQUIPMENT, CONTINUOUS ANNEALING METHOD, METHOD OF PRODUCING COLD-ROLLED STEEL SHEETS AND METHOD OF PRODUCING COATED OR PLATED STEEL SHEETS | SMOOT, MORIAH SIMONE MCMIL | 1733 | §112 | Final Rejection | 40d | Pending | Sep 08, 2023 |
| 18548927 | GALVANIZED STEEL SHEET AND COLD-ROLLED STEEL SHEET | WANG, XIAOBEI | 1784 | §103 | Final Rejection | 16d overdue | Pending | Sep 05, 2023 |
| 18279945 | DUPLEX STAINLESS STEEL PIPE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME | KESSLER JR, THOMAS JOSEPH | 1782 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 42d | Pending | Sep 01, 2023 |
| 18279800 | GAS-SHIELDED ARC WELDING METHOD, WELDED JOINT, AND WELDED JOINT PRODUCTION METHOD | KIM, TAE JUN | 3799 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 31, 2023 |
| 18546970 | POWDER FOR ANNEALING SEPARATOR AND PRODUCTION METHOD FOR GRAIN-ORIENTED ELECTRICAL STEEL SHEET USING SAME | KOSHY, JOPHY STEPHEN | 1733 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 20d | Pending | Aug 18, 2023 |
| 18546428 | GALVANIZED STEEL SHEET AND MEMBER, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME | LIANG, ANTHONY M | 1734 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 15, 2023 |
| 18276488 | LASER CUTTING METHOD, LASER CUTTING FACILITY, AND COLD ROLLING METHOD FOR STEEL STRIP, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING COLD ROLLED STEEL STRIP | CHEN, SIMPSON ABRAHAM | 3761 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 09, 2023 |
| 18264107 | BURNER WITH IMAGING DEVICE, ELECTRIC FURNACE PROVIDED WITH SAID BURNER, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING MOLTEN IRON USING SAID ELECTRIC FURNACE | HUNTER, JOHN S | 3761 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 03, 2023 |
| 18263933 | VIDEO-DEVICE-EQUIPPED ELECTRIC FURNACE | HUNTER, JOHN S | 3761 | §103§112Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 02, 2023 |
| 18275070 | LASER CUTTING METHOD, LASER CUTTING FACILITY, AND COLD ROLLING METHOD FOR STEEL STRIP, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING COLD ROLLED STEEL STRIP | FERDOUSI, FAHMIDA NMN | 3761 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 31, 2023 |
| 18274018 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR WEIGHT REDUCTION OF AUTOMOTIVE BODY | TAMIRU, ABRHAM ALEHEGN | — | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 25, 2023 |
| 18272474 | TOP-BLOWING LANCE FOR CONVERTER, METHOD FOR ADDING AUXILIARY RAW MATERIAL, AND METHOD FOR REFINING OF MOLTEN IRON | MCGUTHRY BANKS, TIMA MICHELE | 1733 | §101§112 | Final Rejection | 9d | Pending | Jul 14, 2023 |
| 18271741 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING DIVIDING POSITION AND INTEGRATION OF AUTOMOTIVE PART | CHAVEZ, ANTHONY RAY | — | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 11, 2023 |
| 18258329 | PLASMA TREATMENT METHOD, METHOD OF PRODUCING PLASMA-TREATED HEXAGONAL BORON NITRIDE POWDER, AND PLASMA TREATMENT DEVICE | GREGORIO, GUINEVER S | 1732 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 9d | Pending | Jun 20, 2023 |
| 18258210 | GRAIN-ORIENTED ELECTRICAL STEEL SHEET AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREFOR | ALDAZ CERVANTES, MAYELA RENATA | 1733 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 19, 2023 |
| 18267568 | LASER WELDING METHOD AND LASER WELDING APPARATUS FOR Si-CONTAINING STEEL SHEETS | CHEN, SIMPSON ABRAHAM | 3761 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 15, 2023 |
| 18257178 | HOT-DIP GALVANIZED STEEL SHEET AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR | WANG, NICHOLAS A | 1734 | §103 | Final Rejection | 12d | Pending | Jun 13, 2023 |
| 18265542 | METHOD OF CALCULATING RESIDUAL STRESS | SHALABY, AHMAD HUSSAM | — | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 06, 2023 |
| 18265503 | SUBMERGED ARC WELDING WIRE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING WELD JOINT USING THE SAME | ISKRA, JOSEPH W | 3761 | §103 | Final Rejection | 29d | Pending | Jun 06, 2023 |
| 18265353 | ABNORMALITY DETERMINATION MODEL GENERATING DEVICE, ABNORMALITY DETERMINATION DEVICE, ABNORMALITY DETERMINATION MODEL GENERATING METHOD, AND ABNORMALITY DETERMINATION METHOD | LEE, BYUNG RO | 2858 | §101 | Non-Final OA | 83d | Pending | Jun 05, 2023 |
| 18038753 | STEEL SHEET AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME | OLADAPO, TAIWO | 1771 | §103 | Final Rejection | 30d | Pending | May 25, 2023 |
| 18033704 | PRESS FORMING METHOD | STEPHENS, MATTHEW | 3725 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 23d | Pending | Apr 25, 2023 |
| 18248524 | SOFT MAGNETIC IRON | SU, XIAOWEI | 1733 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 11, 2023 |
| 18027404 | FLAW GRINDING SYSTEM, FLAW GRINDING METHOD, AND STEEL-PRODUCT MANUFACTURING METHOD EMPLOYING THE FLAW GRINDING METHOD | RIVERA, CARLOS A | 3723 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 28d overdue | Pending | Mar 21, 2023 |
| 18024418 | STEEL PIPE COLLAPSE STRENGTH PREDICTION MODEL GENERATION METHOD, STEEL PIPE COLLAPSE STRENGTH PREDICTION METHOD, STEEL PIPE MANUFACTURING CHARACTERISTICS DETERMINATION METHOD, AND STEEL PIPE MANUFACTURING METHOD | CALLE, ANGEL JAVIER | — | §101§103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 02, 2023 |
| 18005057 | RESISTANCE SPOT WELDING METHOD AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING WELD JOINT | ISKRA, JOSEPH W | 3761 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 21d | Pending | Jan 11, 2023 |
| 18004880 | DEHYDROGENATION APPARATUS, STEEL SHEET PRODUCTION SYSTEM, AND STEEL SHEET PRODUCTION METHOD | HILL, STEPHANI A | 1735 | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 10, 2023 |
| 18013326 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING ULTRA-LOW CARBON STEEL PRODUCT | HILL, STEPHANI A | 1735 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 28, 2022 |
| 18003343 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING GRAIN-ORIENTED ELECTRICAL STEEL SHEET AND MANUFACTURING LINE | SHAMS, NAZMUN NAHAR | 1738 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 34d | Pending | Dec 27, 2022 |
| 18010518 | STAINLESS STEEL SEAMLESS PIPE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME | POLLOCK, AUSTIN M | 1738 | §103 | Final Rejection | 33d | Pending | Dec 15, 2022 |
| 18001593 | MOTOR CORE AND MOTOR | SECK, AHMED F | 2834 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 63d | Pending | Dec 13, 2022 |
| 17999214 | ABRASION-RESISTANT STEEL PLATE AND METHOD OF PRODUCING ABRASION-RESISTANT STEEL PLATE | HILL, STEPHANI A | 1735 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 18, 2022 |
| 17922421 | OPTIMIZATION ANALYSIS METHOD AND APPARATUS OF ADHESIVE POSITION IN AUTOMOTIVE BODY | HANN, JAY B | 2186 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 31, 2022 |
| 17920918 | OPTIMIZATION ANALYSIS METHOD AND DEVICE FOR JOINING LOCATIONS OF AUTOMOTIVE BODY | OCHOA, JUAN CARLOS | 2186 | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 24, 2022 |
| 17801929 | METHOD FOR SHAPE CONTROL IN ROLLING MILL AND DEVICE FOR SHAPE CONTROL IN ROLLING MILL | PRESSLEY, PAUL DEREK | 3725 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 24, 2022 |
| 17798771 | SHAPE CHANGE PREDICTION METHOD FOR PRESS FORMED PART | STOICA, ADRIAN | 2188 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 10, 2022 |
| 17798772 | SHAPE CHANGE PREDICTION METHOD FOR PRESS FORMED PART | MOLL, NITHYA JANAKIRAMAN | 2189 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | 97d overdue | Pending | Aug 10, 2022 |
| 17794431 | STEEL SHEET, MEMBER, AND PRODUCTION METHODS THEREFOR | ALDAZ CERVANTES, MAYELA RENATA | 1733 | §103 | Final Rejection | 9d | Pending | Jul 21, 2022 |
| 17785164 | HIGH-STRENGTH SEAMLESS STAINLESS STEEL PIPE FOR OIL WELL | HILL, STEPHANI A | 1735 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 14, 2022 |
| 17764464 | VIBRATION NOISE REDUCTION ANALYSIS METHOD AND ANALYZER FOR AUTOMOTIVE PANEL PARTS | MORRIS, JOSEPH PATRICK | 2188 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 28, 2022 |
| 17762486 | RESISTANCE SPOT WELDING METHOD AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING RESISTANCE SPOT WELD JOINT | ISKRA, JOSEPH W | 3761 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 22, 2022 |
| 17624648 | AUTOMOTIVE CRASHWORTHINESS ENERGY ABSORPTION PART AND PRODUCTION METHOD OF AUTOMOTIVE CRASHWORTHINESS ENERGY ABSORPTION PART | SYLVESTER, KEVIN | 1794 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | 14d | Pending | Jan 04, 2022 |
| 17285304 | STEEL SHEET AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME | SMITH, CATHERINE P | 1735 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 14, 2021 |
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