Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
10 pending office actions • 4 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 10 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 12 patents granted in the last 365 days
Nippon Steel Stainless Steel Corporation manages a patent portfolio in the Chemistry & Materials technology area, currently facing 10 pending office actions. This volume of activity is distributed across 4 distinct art units, indicating a range of technical focuses within the company's research. The prosecution effort involves 7 distinct examiners, requiring a strategy to address various examiner perspectives.
KOSHY, JOPHY STEPHEN is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, currently managing 3 pending office actions. This individual handles a portion of the 10 pending office actions, making their review process a factor in the company's overall prosecution. The remaining actions are distributed among the other examiners involved in the portfolio's review, ensuring a diverse set of interactions with the patent office.
The presence of 4 distinct art units suggests an active patent pipeline. With 7 distinct examiners involved, the company must navigate diverse procedural requirements within the Chemistry & Materials field. KOSHY, JOPHY STEPHEN's role in overseeing 3 pending office actions highlights a point of concentration within this prosecution landscape, where specialized attention is required.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 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. 3 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 | 6 (60%) |
| §112 only | 1 (10%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (30%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KOSHY, JOPHY STEPHEN | 3 | 63.8% | +39.4% |
| YANG, JIE | 2 | 62.6% | +19.4% |
| LIANG, ANTHONY M | 1 | 83.5% | +9.5% |
| SU, XIAOWEI | 1 | 71.7% | +12.8% |
| WU, JENNY R | 1 | 63.5% | +16.0% |
| TOLAN, EDWARD THOMAS | 1 | 78.0% | +16.0% |
| HILL, STEPHANI A | 1 | 29.4% | +44.2% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18726393 | AUSTENITIC STAINLESS STEEL AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING AUSTENITIC STAINLESS STEEL | LIANG, ANTHONY M | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18032771 | FERRITIC STAINLESS STEEL AND COMPONENT FOR EXHAUST GAS | HILL, STEPHANI A | 23d overdue |
| 18701784 | FERRITIC STAINLESS STEEL AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME | SU, XIAOWEI | — |
| 18579709 | DEVICE FOR PRODUCING OIL SUPPLY PIPE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING OIL SUPPLY PIPE | TOLAN, EDWARD THOMAS | — |
| 18037694 | STAINLESS STEEL BAR MATERIAL AND ELECTROMAGNETIC COMPONENT | KOSHY, JOPHY STEPHEN | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18032771 | FERRITIC STAINLESS STEEL AND COMPONENT FOR EXHAUST GAS | HILL, STEPHANI A | 23d overdue |
| 18281206 | MARTENSITIC STAINLESS STEEL SHEET HAVING EXCELLENT CORROSION RESISTANCE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME, AND MARTENSITIC STAINLESS BLADED PRODUCT | KOSHY, JOPHY STEPHEN | 17d overdue |
| 17800866 | STAINLESS STEEL, STAINLESS STEEL MATERIAL, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING STAINLESS STEEL | YANG, JIE | 34d |
| 18701784 | FERRITIC STAINLESS STEEL AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME | SU, XIAOWEI | — |
| 18693650 | FERRITIC STAINLESS STEEL AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME | WU, JENNY R | — |
| 18579709 | DEVICE FOR PRODUCING OIL SUPPLY PIPE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING OIL SUPPLY PIPE | TOLAN, EDWARD THOMAS | — |
| 18037694 | STAINLESS STEEL BAR MATERIAL AND ELECTROMAGNETIC COMPONENT | KOSHY, JOPHY STEPHEN | — |
| 18246620 | MARTENSITE-BASED STAINLESS STEEL MATERIAL AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME | YANG, JIE | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1733 | 3 |
| 1734 | 2 |
| 3725 | 1 |
| 1735 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18726393 | AUSTENITIC STAINLESS STEEL AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING AUSTENITIC STAINLESS STEEL | LIANG, ANTHONY M | — | §112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 02, 2024 |
| 18701784 | FERRITIC STAINLESS STEEL AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME | SU, XIAOWEI | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 16, 2024 |
| 18693650 | FERRITIC STAINLESS STEEL AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME | WU, JENNY R | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 20, 2024 |
| 18579709 | DEVICE FOR PRODUCING OIL SUPPLY PIPE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING OIL SUPPLY PIPE | TOLAN, EDWARD THOMAS | 3725 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 16, 2024 |
| 18281206 | MARTENSITIC STAINLESS STEEL SHEET HAVING EXCELLENT CORROSION RESISTANCE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME, AND MARTENSITIC STAINLESS BLADED PRODUCT | KOSHY, JOPHY STEPHEN | 1733 | §103 | Final Rejection | 17d overdue | Pending | Sep 08, 2023 |
| 18037694 | STAINLESS STEEL BAR MATERIAL AND ELECTROMAGNETIC COMPONENT | KOSHY, JOPHY STEPHEN | 1733 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 18, 2023 |
| 18032771 | FERRITIC STAINLESS STEEL AND COMPONENT FOR EXHAUST GAS | HILL, STEPHANI A | 1735 | §103 | Final Rejection | 23d overdue | Pending | Apr 19, 2023 |
| 18246620 | MARTENSITE-BASED STAINLESS STEEL MATERIAL AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME | YANG, JIE | 1734 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 24, 2023 |
| 17800924 | STAINLESS STEEL FOR METAL FOILS, STAINLESS STEEL FOIL, AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING THEM | KOSHY, JOPHY STEPHEN | 1733 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 19, 2022 |
| 17800866 | STAINLESS STEEL, STAINLESS STEEL MATERIAL, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING STAINLESS STEEL | YANG, JIE | 1734 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | 34d | Pending | Aug 18, 2022 |
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