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Last updated: April 19, 2026

Nippon Steel Corporation

74 pending office actions

Portfolio Summary

74
Total Pending OAs
19
Final Rejections
55
Non-Final OAs

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatusFiled
19118305 SYSTEM FOR REMOVING MATERIAL UNSUITABLE FOR SHREDDING, DRUM-TYPE MAGNETIC SEPARATOR, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, METHOD OF SEPARATING MATERIAL UNSUITABLE FOR SHREDDING, CONTROL METHOD OF INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND PROGRAM DEVINE, MOLLY K 3653 Non-Final OA Apr 03, 2025
18880212 MANUFACTURING METHOD OF LAMINATED IRON CORE, MANUFACTURING APPARATUS OF LAMINATED IRON CORE, LAMINATED IRON CORE, AND ROTARY ELECTRIC MACHINE TRINH, MINH N 3729 Non-Final OA Dec 30, 2024
18855640 SURFACE INSPECTION DEVICE AND SURFACE INSPECTION METHOD SOHN, SEUNG C 2878 Non-Final OA Oct 10, 2024
18849814 TORSION BEAM FRISBY, KEITH J 3614 Non-Final OA Sep 23, 2024
18844764 OPTICAL DEVICE FOR LASER EMISSION SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS, LASER EMISSION SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYZER, LASER EMISSION SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS METHOD, AND MOLTEN METAL PLATING EQUIPMENT COOK, JONATHON 2877 Non-Final OA Sep 06, 2024
18825114 TITANIUM MATERIAL AND COATED TITANIUM MATERIAL WANG, XIAOBEI 1784 Non-Final OA Sep 05, 2024
18825730 HOT-DIP PLATED STEEL MATERIAL ZHANG, HAI Y 1717 Non-Final OA Sep 05, 2024
18835697 STEEL MATERIAL, AUTO PART, SHEARING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF PRODUCTION OF STEEL MATERIAL COLLISTER, ELIZABETH A 1784 Non-Final OA Aug 02, 2024
18834966 COLD-ROLLED STEEL SHEET AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME WANG, XIAOBEI 1784 Non-Final OA Jul 31, 2024
18729419 GRAIN-ORIENTED ELECTRICAL STEEL SHEET AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR SCHLEIS, DANIEL J 1784 Non-Final OA Jul 16, 2024
18727014 PLATED STEEL SHEET LA VILLA, MICHAEL EUGENE 1784 Final Rejection Jul 05, 2024
18714431 PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING METALLIC MEMBER, AND METALLIC MEMBER KEENA, ELLA LORRAINE 3724 Non-Final OA May 29, 2024
18714079 ANAEROBIC CURING ADHESIVE COMPOSITION, BONDED LAMINATED BODY, AND MOTOR LAWLER, JOHN VINCENT 1787 Non-Final OA May 28, 2024
18712416 ALLOYED HOT-DIP GALVANIZED STEEL SHEET CHRISTY, KATHERINE A 1784 Non-Final OA May 22, 2024
18696897 CUTTING APPARATUS AND MULTI-LAYERED MATERIAL DO, NHAT CHIEU Q 3724 Final Rejection Mar 28, 2024
18618627 PRESS-FORMED ARTICLE ALAWADI, MOHAMMED S 3725 Non-Final OA Mar 27, 2024
18691774 STACKED CORE AND ROTATING ELECTRICAL MACHINE SUBRAMANIAN, VISWANATHAN 2834 Final Rejection Mar 13, 2024
18681036 JOINT COMPONENT AND JOINT STEEL SHEET CHRISTY, KATHERINE A 1784 Final Rejection Feb 03, 2024
18292445 FLOW RATE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM LARKIN, DANIEL SEAN 2855 Final Rejection Jan 26, 2024
18578578 FORGED STEEL ROLL FOR COLD ROLLING VAUGHAN, JASON L 3726 Non-Final OA Jan 11, 2024
18566434 COLD ROLLED STEEL SHEET AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME ROE, JESSEE RANDALL 1759 Non-Final OA Dec 01, 2023
18563240 AUTOMOBILE BODY DOUGLAS, STEVEN O 3612 Non-Final OA Nov 21, 2023
18562224 FE-BASED AMORPHOUS ALLOY AND FE-BASED AMORPHOUS ALLOY RIBBON WALCK, BRIAN D 1738 Non-Final OA Nov 17, 2023
18288399 HOT-ROLLED STEEL SHEET YANG, JIE 1734 Non-Final OA Oct 26, 2023
18288424 METHOD OF DESIGNING WIDTH OF WELD BEAD IN TAILORED BLANK, MANUFACTURING METHOD, MANUFACTURING SYSTEM, SYSTEM FOR DESIGNING WELD BEAD WIDTH, STRUCTURAL MEMBER FOR VEHICLE, AND TAILORED BLANK WHITE, JAY MICHAEL 2188 Non-Final OA Oct 26, 2023
18287945 AUTOMOBILE PANEL AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME COLILLA, DANIEL JAMES 3612 Non-Final OA Oct 23, 2023
18554045 DISC BRAKE DEVICE FOR RAILWAY VEHICLE SAHNI, VISHAL R 3616 Non-Final OA Oct 05, 2023
18285546 HOT-ROLLED STEEL SHEET YANG, JIE 1734 Non-Final OA Oct 04, 2023
18285516 SURFACE-TREATED STEEL SHEET MCGUTHRY BANKS, TIMA MICHELE 1733 Non-Final OA Oct 04, 2023
18553755 DISC BRAKE DEVICE FOR RAILWAY VEHICLE TORRES WILLIAMS, MELANIE 3616 Non-Final OA Oct 03, 2023
18284036 STEEL SHEET AND METHOD OF PRODUCTION OF SAME MORALES, RICARDO D 1738 Non-Final OA Sep 25, 2023
18284038 STEEL SHEET AND METHOD OF PRODUCTION OF SAME MORALES, RICARDO D 1738 Non-Final OA Sep 25, 2023
18284032 NON-ORIENTED ELECTRICAL STEEL SHEET O'KEEFE, SEAN P 1738 Non-Final OA Sep 25, 2023
18552084 DUPLEX STAINLESS STEEL WELDED JOINT SMITH, CATHERINE P 1735 Non-Final OA Sep 22, 2023
18281903 GRAIN-ORIENTED ELECTRICAL STEEL SHEET AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF SU, XIAOWEI 1733 Non-Final OA Sep 13, 2023
18550158 BRAKE DISC MORRIS, DAVID R. 3616 Final Rejection Sep 12, 2023
18548663 BRAKE DISC FOR RAILWAY VEHICLE KING, BRADLEY T 3616 Non-Final OA Sep 01, 2023
18280105 STEEL SHEET HEVEY, JOHN A 1735 Non-Final OA Sep 01, 2023
18279370 STEEL SHEET FOR HOT STAMPING AND HOT-STAMPING FORMED BODY WU, JENNY R 1733 Non-Final OA Aug 29, 2023
18278326 STEEL SHEET, STEEL MEMBER, AND COATED STEEL MEMBER SU, XIAOWEI 1733 Non-Final OA Aug 22, 2023
18277361 CRANKSHAFT SHAPE INSPECTION METHOD, ARITHMETIC UNIT, PROGRAM, AND SHAPE INSPECTION APPARATUS WELLS, HEATH E 2664 Non-Final OA Aug 15, 2023
18276406 COOLING STRUCTURE BETWEEN BATTERY CELLS, BATTERY MODULE, AND, BATTERY PACK VO, JIMMY 1723 Non-Final OA Aug 08, 2023
18274995 BATTERY UNIT DOVE, TRACY MAE 1725 Non-Final OA Jul 29, 2023
18270984 WELDED JOINT AND AUTOMOBILE MEMBER NGUYEN, PHUONG T 3761 Non-Final OA Jul 05, 2023
18269821 STRUCTURAL MEMBER PAPE, JOSEPH 3612 Final Rejection Jun 27, 2023
18256577 STEEL PIPE FOR PRESSURE PIPING AND STARTING MATERIAL FOR STEEL PIPE ALDAZ CERVANTES, MAYELA RENATA 1733 Non-Final OA Jun 08, 2023
18039914 BATTERY CASE OF AUTOMOBILE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME PILLAY, DEVINA 1726 Non-Final OA Jun 01, 2023
18039682 HOT-ROLLED STEEL SHEET SU, XIAOWEI 1733 Final Rejection May 31, 2023
18036316 SURFACE-TREATED METAL SHEET CARDA, DANIELLE MARIE 1738 Final Rejection May 10, 2023
18036033 TITANIUM ALLOY SHEET, TITANIUM ALLOY COIL, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING TITANIUM ALLOY SHEET, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING TITANIUM ALLOY COIL HILL, STEPHANI A 1735 Non-Final OA May 09, 2023
18033131 WOUND CORE NGUYEN, TUYEN T 2837 Non-Final OA Apr 21, 2023
18033112 WOUND CORE SU, XIAOWEI 1733 Final Rejection Apr 21, 2023
18033110 WOUND CORE WELLINGTON, ANDREA L 2800 Non-Final OA Apr 21, 2023
18033123 NON-ORIENTED ELECTRICAL STEEL SHEET, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME, AND HOT-ROLLED STEEL SHEET POLLOCK, AUSTIN M 1738 Final Rejection Apr 21, 2023
18025935 TITANIUM ALLOY MEMBER AND METHOD OF PRODUCING TITANIUM ALLOY MEMBER ROE, JESSEE RANDALL 1759 Final Rejection Mar 13, 2023
18042633 METHOD OF MANUFACTURING PRESS-FORMED PRODUCT, AND TRAY AND HOT-PRESS MANUFACTURING LINE USED FOR MANUFACTURING PRESS-FORMED PRODUCT TOLAN, EDWARD THOMAS 3725 Final Rejection Feb 23, 2023
18009889 COATING COMPOSITION FOR ELECTRICAL STEEL SHEET, ELECTRICAL STEEL SHEET, LAMINATED CORE AND ELECTRIC MOTOR SLOAN, LILY KAYOKO 1762 Non-Final OA Dec 12, 2022
17996543 AUSTENITIC HEAT RESISTANT STEEL YANG, JIE 1734 Non-Final OA Oct 19, 2022
17918570 NON-ORIENTED ELECTRICAL STEEL SHEET AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME WU, JENNY R 1733 Non-Final OA Oct 13, 2022
17913967 CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTIC COMPOSITE METAL PLATE FOR VEHICLES AND PANEL FOR VEHICLES WEYDEMEYER, ALICIA JANE 1781 Final Rejection Sep 23, 2022
17906408 STEEL PIPE FOR PRESSURE PIPING ALDAZ CERVANTES, MAYELA RENATA 1733 Non-Final OA Sep 15, 2022
17909231 HOT-DIP ZINC-PLATED STEEL SHEET HILL, STEPHANI A 1735 Final Rejection Sep 02, 2022
17800856 HOT-STAMPING FORMED BODY WALCK, BRIAN D 1738 Non-Final OA Aug 18, 2022
17798246 T-JOINT, BUILDING STRUCTURE, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING T-JOINT PATEL, DEVANG R 1735 Non-Final OA Aug 08, 2022
17795741 HOT-STAMPED PRODUCT ALDAZ CERVANTES, MAYELA RENATA 1733 Non-Final OA Jul 27, 2022
17791424 PANEL CARPENTER, JOSHUA S 1733 Final Rejection Jul 07, 2022
17779060 COOLING DEVICE AND COOLING METHOD SMOOT, MORIAH SIMONE MCMIL 1733 Non-Final OA May 23, 2022
17601580 STEEL SHEET SMITH, CATHERINE P 1735 Non-Final OA May 05, 2022
17765697 HOT-ROLLED STEEL SHEET AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME HILL, STEPHANI A 1735 Non-Final OA Mar 31, 2022
17642041 METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING TWO-PIECE CAN, CAN BODY, AND METAL PLATE KESSLER JR, THOMAS JOSEPH 1782 Final Rejection Mar 10, 2022
17641764 AUSTENITIC STAINLESS STEEL SHEET WANG, NICHOLAS A 1734 Final Rejection Mar 09, 2022
17438939 FERRITIC HEAT-RESISTANT STEEL SU, XIAOWEI 1733 Non-Final OA Sep 14, 2021
17291846 Ni-COATED STEEL SHEET HAVING EXCELLENT CORROSION RESISTANCE AFTER WORKING AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING Ni-COATED STEEL SHEET CARPENTER, JOSHUA S 1733 Non-Final OA May 06, 2021
17044256 METAL-CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTIC COMPOSITE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING METAL-CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTIC COMPOSITE RICE, STEVEN 1787 Final Rejection Sep 30, 2020

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