Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 14, 2026

Nippon Steel Stainless Steel Corporation

12 pending office actions • 4 art units • 9 examiners • 0 of 12 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 9 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

12
Total Pending OAs
7
Non-Final OAs
4
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

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.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
2
Due in next 60 days
0
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. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (1)Due ≤ 60 days (2)

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.

2
Hard (17%)
9
Medium (75%)
1
Easy (8%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only9 (75%)
§112 only1 (8%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (17%)

Industry Mix

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

7
Life Sciences
58% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
8% of docket
4
Business / Other
33% 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.

120 h
Manual time on pending OAs
24 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
42 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
WU, JENNY R 2 63.4% +16.1%
KOSHY, JOPHY STEPHEN 2 63.5% +39.0%
YANG, JIE 2 62.2% +19.4%
LIANG, ANTHONY M 1 83.5% +9.7%
CARDA, DANIELLE MARIE 1 83.5% +12.4%
SU, XIAOWEI 1 71.4% +12.8%
TOLAN, EDWARD THOMAS 1 78.0% +16.2%
ALDAZ CERVANTES, MAYELA RENATA 1 69.2% +41.7%
HILL, STEPHANI A 1 29.5% +44.4%

Quick Wins (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18726393 AUSTENITIC STAINLESS STEEL AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING AUSTENITIC STAINLESS STEEL LIANG, ANTHONY M

Hard Cases (3)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18032771 FERRITIC STAINLESS STEEL AND COMPONENT FOR EXHAUST GAS HILL, STEPHANI A 23d overdue
18709990 FERRITIC STAINLESS-STEEL SHEET CARDA, DANIELLE MARIE
18579709 DEVICE FOR PRODUCING OIL SUPPLY PIPE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING OIL SUPPLY PIPE TOLAN, EDWARD THOMAS

Interview Candidates (11)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18032771 FERRITIC STAINLESS STEEL AND COMPONENT FOR EXHAUST GAS HILL, STEPHANI A 23d overdue
17800866 STAINLESS STEEL, STAINLESS STEEL MATERIAL, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING STAINLESS STEEL YANG, JIE 34d
18277747 MARTENSITIC STAINLESS STEEL PLATE FOR BRAKE DISK ROTOR, BRAKE DISK ROTOR, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING MARTENSITIC STAINLESS STEEL PLATE FOR BRAKE DISK ROTOR WU, JENNY R 47d
18709990 FERRITIC STAINLESS-STEEL SHEET CARDA, DANIELLE MARIE
18693650 FERRITIC STAINLESS STEEL AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME WU, JENNY R
18691386 FERRITIC STAINLESS STEEL SHEET, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING FERRITIC STAINLESS STEEL SHEET SU, XIAOWEI
18579709 DEVICE FOR PRODUCING OIL SUPPLY PIPE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING OIL SUPPLY PIPE TOLAN, EDWARD THOMAS
18039191 DUAL PHASE STAINLESS STEEL SHEET AND DUAL PHASE STAINLESS HOT-ROLLED SHEET, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING DUAL PHASE STAINLESS STEEL SHEET ALDAZ CERVANTES, MAYELA RENATA

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1733 4
1734 2
3725 1
1735 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18726393 AUSTENITIC STAINLESS STEEL AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING AUSTENITIC STAINLESS STEEL LIANG, ANTHONY M §112Other Non-Final OA Pending Jul 02, 2024
18709990 FERRITIC STAINLESS-STEEL SHEET CARDA, DANIELLE MARIE §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending May 14, 2024
18693650 FERRITIC STAINLESS STEEL AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME WU, JENNY R §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 20, 2024
18691386 FERRITIC STAINLESS STEEL SHEET, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING FERRITIC STAINLESS STEEL SHEET SU, XIAOWEI §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 12, 2024
18579709 DEVICE FOR PRODUCING OIL SUPPLY PIPE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING OIL SUPPLY PIPE TOLAN, EDWARD THOMAS 3725 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Jan 16, 2024
18277747 MARTENSITIC STAINLESS STEEL PLATE FOR BRAKE DISK ROTOR, BRAKE DISK ROTOR, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING MARTENSITIC STAINLESS STEEL PLATE FOR BRAKE DISK ROTOR WU, JENNY R 1733 §103 Non-Final OA 47d Pending Aug 17, 2023
18039191 DUAL PHASE STAINLESS STEEL SHEET AND DUAL PHASE STAINLESS HOT-ROLLED SHEET, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING DUAL PHASE STAINLESS STEEL SHEET ALDAZ CERVANTES, MAYELA RENATA 1733 §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 26, 2023
18037694 STAINLESS STEEL BAR MATERIAL AND ELECTROMAGNETIC COMPONENT KOSHY, JOPHY STEPHEN 1733 §103 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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