Nippon Steel Corporation

Portfolio Summary

59

Total Pending OAs

44

Non-Final OAs

12

Final Rejections

3

Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 58 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

29

Overdue

5

Due this week

16

Due this month

3

Due in next 60 days

5

Due later

Deadline Fire Line

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. 58 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

Overdue (29)Due ≤ 7 days (5)Due ≤ 30 days (16)Due ≤ 60 days (3)Due later (5)

Case Difficulty Mix

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.

0

Hard (0%)

54

Medium (92%)

2

Easy (3%)

3

Unknown (5%)

Rejection Statute Mix

Bucket	Cases
§103 only	50 (85%)
§102 only	4 (7%)
§112 only	2 (3%)
No statute on record	3 (5%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

46

Life Sciences

78% of docket

1

Information Tech

2% of docket

0

Communications

0% of docket

2

Semiconductors

3% of docket

10

Mechanical / Eng

17% of docket

0

Business / Other

0% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

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.

590 h

Manual time on pending OAs

118 h

Time saved (low, 20%)

206 h

Time saved (mid, 35%)

5.2 wks

FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

Examiner	Apps on this docket	Allow rate	Interview lift
SU, XIAOWEI	6	71.3%	+12.3%
YANG, JIE	4	62.2%	+19.0%
WALCK, BRIAN D	3	58.6%	+27.0%
HILL, STEPHANI A	3	29.4%	+43.9%
WANG, XIAOBEI	2	64.9%	+48.4%
CARPENTER, JOSHUA S	2	50.4%	+39.2%
MORALES, RICARDO D	2	81.4%	+16.7%
SMITH, CATHERINE P	2	16.1%	+12.3%
WU, JENNY R	2	63.2%	+16.5%
ALDAZ CERVANTES, MAYELA RENATA	2	65.2%	+43.8%

Quick Wins (2)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #	Title	Examiner	Due in
18284038	STEEL SHEET AND METHOD OF PRODUCTION OF SAME	MORALES, RICARDO D	46d overdue
18284036	STEEL SHEET AND METHOD OF PRODUCTION OF SAME	MORALES, RICARDO D	42d overdue

Hard Cases (5)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #	Title	Examiner	Due in
17601580	STEEL SHEET	SMITH, CATHERINE P	73d overdue
17909231	HOT-DIP ZINC-PLATED STEEL SHEET	HILL, STEPHANI A	70d overdue
17765697	HOT-ROLLED STEEL SHEET AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME	HILL, STEPHANI A	43d overdue
18552084	DUPLEX STAINLESS STEEL WELDED JOINT	SMITH, CATHERINE P	42d overdue
18036033	TITANIUM ALLOY SHEET, TITANIUM ALLOY COIL, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING TITANIUM ALLOY SHEET, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING TITANIUM ALLOY COIL	HILL, STEPHANI A	71d

Interview Candidates (28)

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
17918570	NON-ORIENTED ELECTRICAL STEEL SHEET AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME	WU, JENNY R	85d overdue
17601580	STEEL SHEET	SMITH, CATHERINE P	73d overdue
17909231	HOT-DIP ZINC-PLATED STEEL SHEET	HILL, STEPHANI A	70d overdue
18284038	STEEL SHEET AND METHOD OF PRODUCTION OF SAME	MORALES, RICARDO D	46d overdue
17765697	HOT-ROLLED STEEL SHEET AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME	HILL, STEPHANI A	43d overdue
18284036	STEEL SHEET AND METHOD OF PRODUCTION OF SAME	MORALES, RICARDO D	42d overdue
18552084	DUPLEX STAINLESS STEEL WELDED JOINT	SMITH, CATHERINE P	42d overdue
18281903	GRAIN-ORIENTED ELECTRICAL STEEL SHEET AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF	SU, XIAOWEI	42d overdue

Top Art Units

Art Unit	Apps
1733	14
1738	7
1735	6
1784	5
1734	5
3616	3
1787	2
3725	2
3653	1
2878	1

Pending Office Actions

App #	Title	Examiner	Art Unit	Statutes	Status	Due in	AI	Filed
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	§103	Non-Final OA	5d	Pending	Apr 03, 2025
18855640	SURFACE INSPECTION DEVICE AND SURFACE INSPECTION METHOD	SOHN, SEUNG C	2878	§103	Non-Final OA	5d overdue	Pending	Oct 10, 2024
18849814	TORSION BEAM	FRISBY, KEITH J	3614	§103	Non-Final OA	3d overdue	Pending	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	§103	Non-Final OA	27d	Pending	Sep 06, 2024
18825114	TITANIUM MATERIAL AND COATED TITANIUM MATERIAL	WANG, XIAOBEI	1784	§103	Non-Final OA	36d overdue	Pending	Sep 05, 2024
18825730	HOT-DIP PLATED STEEL MATERIAL	ZHANG, HAI Y	1717	§102	Non-Final OA	11d overdue	Pending	Sep 05, 2024
18835697	STEEL MATERIAL, AUTO PART, SHEARING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF PRODUCTION OF STEEL MATERIAL	COLLISTER, ELIZABETH A	1784	§103	Non-Final OA	19d	Pending	Aug 02, 2024
18834966	COLD-ROLLED STEEL SHEET AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME	WANG, XIAOBEI	1784	§103	Non-Final OA	34d	Pending	Jul 31, 2024
18727014	PLATED STEEL SHEET	LA VILLA, MICHAEL EUGENE	1784	§103	Final Rejection	16d	Pending	Jul 05, 2024
18714431	PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING METALLIC MEMBER, AND METALLIC MEMBER	KEENA, ELLA LORRAINE	3724	§103	Non-Final OA	45d overdue	Pending	May 29, 2024
18714079	ANAEROBIC CURING ADHESIVE COMPOSITION, BONDED LAMINATED BODY, AND MOTOR	LAWLER, JOHN VINCENT	1787	§103	Non-Final OA	8d	Pending	May 28, 2024
18618627	PRESS-FORMED ARTICLE	ALAWADI, MOHAMMED S	3725	§103	Non-Final OA	146d overdue	Pending	Mar 27, 2024
18681036	JOINT COMPONENT AND JOINT STEEL SHEET	CHRISTY, KATHERINE A	1784	§103	Final Rejection	27d	Pending	Feb 03, 2024
18562224	FE-BASED AMORPHOUS ALLOY AND FE-BASED AMORPHOUS ALLOY RIBBON	WALCK, BRIAN D	1738	§103	Non-Final OA	13d	Pending	Nov 17, 2023
18288399	HOT-ROLLED STEEL SHEET	YANG, JIE	1734	§102	Non-Final OA	22d	Pending	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	§103	Non-Final OA	26d overdue	Pending	Oct 26, 2023
18557049	ELECTRIC RESISTANCE WELDED STEEL PIPE FOR MECHANICAL STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME	CARPENTER, JOSHUA S	1733	§103	Non-Final OA	83d	Pending	Oct 25, 2023
18287945	AUTOMOBILE PANEL AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME	COLILLA, DANIEL JAMES	3612	§103	Non-Final OA	14d	Pending	Oct 23, 2023
18554045	DISC BRAKE DEVICE FOR RAILWAY VEHICLE	SAHNI, VISHAL R	3616	§103	Non-Final OA	16d overdue	Pending	Oct 05, 2023
18285516	SURFACE-TREATED STEEL SHEET	MCGUTHRY BANKS, TIMA MICHELE	1733	§103	Final Rejection	43d overdue	Pending	Oct 04, 2023
18285546	HOT-ROLLED STEEL SHEET	YANG, JIE	1734	Other	Non-Final OA	7d	Pending	Oct 04, 2023
18284032	NON-ORIENTED ELECTRICAL STEEL SHEET	O'KEEFE, SEAN P	1738	§103	Non-Final OA	32d overdue	Pending	Sep 25, 2023
18284038	STEEL SHEET AND METHOD OF PRODUCTION OF SAME	MORALES, RICARDO D	1738	§103	Non-Final OA	46d overdue	Pending	Sep 25, 2023
18284036	STEEL SHEET AND METHOD OF PRODUCTION OF SAME	MORALES, RICARDO D	1738	§103	Non-Final OA	42d overdue	Pending	Sep 25, 2023
18552084	DUPLEX STAINLESS STEEL WELDED JOINT	SMITH, CATHERINE P	1735	§103	Non-Final OA	42d overdue	Pending	Sep 22, 2023
18281903	GRAIN-ORIENTED ELECTRICAL STEEL SHEET AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF	SU, XIAOWEI	1733	Other	Non-Final OA	42d overdue	Pending	Sep 13, 2023
18550158	BRAKE DISC	MORRIS, DAVID R.	3616	§102	Final Rejection	12d	Pending	Sep 12, 2023
18281193	NON-ORIENTED ELECTRICAL STEEL SHEET AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME	SU, XIAOWEI	1733	§103	Non-Final OA	70d	Pending	Sep 08, 2023
18548663	BRAKE DISC FOR RAILWAY VEHICLE	KING, BRADLEY T	3616	§103	Non-Final OA	9d overdue	Pending	Sep 01, 2023
18279757	NON-ORIENTED ELECTRICAL STEEL SHEET AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME	SU, XIAOWEI	1733	Other	Non-Final OA	40d	Pending	Aug 31, 2023
18279370	STEEL SHEET FOR HOT STAMPING AND HOT-STAMPING FORMED BODY	WU, JENNY R	1733	§103	Non-Final OA	7d	Pending	Aug 29, 2023
18278490	BLANK, METHOD FOR PRODUCING BLANK, AND MEMBER	LIU, JINGCHEN	3741	§103	Non-Final OA	63d	Pending	Aug 23, 2023
18278326	STEEL SHEET, STEEL MEMBER, AND COATED STEEL MEMBER	SU, XIAOWEI	1733	§103	Non-Final OA	14d	Pending	Aug 22, 2023
18274995	BATTERY UNIT	DOVE, TRACY MAE	1725	§103	Non-Final OA	9d	Pending	Jul 29, 2023
18039914	BATTERY CASE OF AUTOMOBILE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME	PILLAY, DEVINA	1726	§103	Non-Final OA	21d	Pending	Jun 01, 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	§103	Final Rejection	71d	Pending	May 09, 2023
18033123	NON-ORIENTED ELECTRICAL STEEL SHEET, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME, AND HOT-ROLLED STEEL SHEET	POLLOCK, AUSTIN M	1738	§103	Non-Final OA	6d	Pending	Apr 21, 2023
18033112	WOUND CORE	SU, XIAOWEI	1733	§112	Non-Final OA	18d overdue	Pending	Apr 21, 2023
18022771	TITANIUM MATERIAL AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING TITANIUM MATERIAL	YANG, JIE	1734	§103	Non-Final OA	—	Pending	Feb 23, 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	§103	Final Rejection	31d overdue	Pending	Feb 23, 2023
18009889	COATING COMPOSITION FOR ELECTRICAL STEEL SHEET, ELECTRICAL STEEL SHEET, LAMINATED CORE AND ELECTRIC MOTOR	SLOAN, LILY KAYOKO	1762	§103	Non-Final OA	7d	Pending	Dec 12, 2022
17996543	AUSTENITIC HEAT RESISTANT STEEL	YANG, JIE	1734	§103	Non-Final OA	5d overdue	Pending	Oct 19, 2022
17918570	NON-ORIENTED ELECTRICAL STEEL SHEET AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME	WU, JENNY R	1733	§103	Non-Final OA	85d overdue	Pending	Oct 13, 2022
17913967	CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTIC COMPOSITE METAL PLATE FOR VEHICLES AND PANEL FOR VEHICLES	WEYDEMEYER, ALICIA JANE	1781	§103	Final Rejection	38d overdue	Pending	Sep 23, 2022
17906408	STEEL PIPE FOR PRESSURE PIPING	ALDAZ CERVANTES, MAYELA RENATA	1733	§103	Non-Final OA	37d overdue	Pending	Sep 15, 2022
17909231	HOT-DIP ZINC-PLATED STEEL SHEET	HILL, STEPHANI A	1735	§103	Final Rejection	70d overdue	Pending	Sep 02, 2022
17800856	HOT-STAMPING FORMED BODY	WALCK, BRIAN D	1738	§103	Non-Final OA	21d	Pending	Aug 18, 2022
17798246	T-JOINT, BUILDING STRUCTURE, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING T-JOINT	PATEL, DEVANG R	1735	§103	Non-Final OA	38d overdue	Pending	Aug 08, 2022
17795741	HOT-STAMPED PRODUCT	ALDAZ CERVANTES, MAYELA RENATA	1733	§103	Non-Final OA	22d	Pending	Jul 27, 2022
17791424	PANEL	CARPENTER, JOSHUA S	1733	§112	Non-Final OA	72d	Pending	Jul 07, 2022
17779060	COOLING DEVICE AND COOLING METHOD	SMOOT, MORIAH SIMONE MCMIL	1733	§103	Non-Final OA	46d overdue	Pending	May 23, 2022
17601580	STEEL SHEET	SMITH, CATHERINE P	1735	§103	Non-Final OA	73d overdue	Pending	May 05, 2022
17765697	HOT-ROLLED STEEL SHEET AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME	HILL, STEPHANI A	1735	§103	Non-Final OA	43d overdue	Pending	Mar 31, 2022
17765800	BATTERY CELL CASE AND BATTERY MANUFACTURING METHOD USING SAME	FREEMAN, EMILY ELIZABETH	1724	§103	Non-Final OA	30d	Pending	Mar 31, 2022
17761043	METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING GRAIN-ORIENTED ELECTRICAL STEEL SHEET	WALCK, BRIAN D	1738	§103	Final Rejection	34d	Pending	Mar 16, 2022
17642041	METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING TWO-PIECE CAN, CAN BODY, AND METAL PLATE	KESSLER JR, THOMAS JOSEPH	1782	§103	Final Rejection	92d overdue	Pending	Mar 10, 2022
17641764	AUSTENITIC STAINLESS STEEL SHEET	WANG, NICHOLAS A	1734	§103	Final Rejection	45d overdue	Pending	Mar 09, 2022
17438939	FERRITIC HEAT-RESISTANT STEEL	SU, XIAOWEI	1733	§103	Non-Final OA	8d	Pending	Sep 14, 2021
17044256	METAL-CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTIC COMPOSITE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING METAL-CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTIC COMPOSITE	RICE, STEVEN	1787	§102	Final Rejection	66d overdue	Pending	Sep 30, 2020

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