Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
17 pending office actions • 7 art units • 13 examiners • 0 of 17 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 58 patents granted in the last 365 days
Posco has 15 pending office actions in Chemistry & Materials. The portfolio spans 11 examiners and 7 art units, showing substantial distribution across examination personnel and technical groups rather than a single prosecution channel.
YANG, JIE is the busiest examiner, with 2 pending matters. That workload is a limited part of the overall pending portfolio, so docket oversight should distinguish examiner-specific issues from themes that recur across art units.
The breadth of assignment supports a centralized prosecution framework. Counsel should track claim amendments, cited prior art, and disclosure positions across the separate matters while preserving flexibility for the practices of each examiner and art unit.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 11 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. 11 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 | 9 (53%) |
| §112 only | 2 (12%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (6%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 5 (29%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| YANG, JIE | 2 | 62.5% | +19.4% |
| WALCK, BRIAN D | 2 | 58.9% | +26.7% |
| ALDAZ CERVANTES, MAYELA RENATA | 2 | 73.5% | +35.4% |
| WANG, NICHOLAS A | 2 | 53.5% | +22.1% |
| MCGUTHRY BANKS, TIMA MICHELE | 1 | 81.6% | +2.8% |
| CHRISTY, KATHERINE A | 1 | 75.4% | +34.2% |
| KOSHY, JOPHY STEPHEN | 1 | 63.8% | +39.8% |
| HILL, STEPHANI A | 1 | 29.2% | +44.0% |
| JACKSON, MONIQUE R | 1 | 34.8% | +44.3% |
| CARPENTER, JOSHUA S | 1 | 51.6% | +37.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18019187 | AUSTENITIC STAINLESS STEEL WITH IMPROVED DEEP DRAWING | MCGUTHRY BANKS, TIMA MICHELE | 2d overdue |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17918014 | LOW-COST AUSTENITIC STAINLESS STEEL HAVING HIGH STRENGTH AND HIGH FORMABILITY, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME | KOSHY, JOPHY STEPHEN | 11d overdue |
| 17787252 | GRAIN-ORIENTED ELECTRICAL STEEL SHEET AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME | ALDAZ CERVANTES, MAYELA RENATA | 5d overdue |
| 17785693 | NON-ORIENTED ELECTRICAL STEEL SHEET AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR | WALCK, BRIAN D | 6d |
| 17786152 | HIGH-STRENGTH FERRITIC STAINLESS STEEL FOR CLAMP, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR | ALDAZ CERVANTES, MAYELA RENATA | 9d |
| 17954605 | IRON-ALUMINUM-BASED PLATED STEEL SHEET FOR HOT PRESS FORMING, HAVING EXCELLENT HYDROGEN DELAYED FRACTURE PROPERTIES AND SPOT WELDING PROPERTIES, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR | WALCK, BRIAN D | — |
| 17784030 | NON-ORIENTED ELECTRICAL STEEL SHEET AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME | HILL, STEPHANI A | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17785702 | STAINLESS STEEL HAVING EXCELLENT SURFACE ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY FOR FUEL CELL SEPARATOR AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME | CARPENTER, JOSHUA S | 100d overdue |
| 17918014 | LOW-COST AUSTENITIC STAINLESS STEEL HAVING HIGH STRENGTH AND HIGH FORMABILITY, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME | KOSHY, JOPHY STEPHEN | 11d overdue |
| 17769095 | STEEL PLATE FOR PRESSURE VESSEL HAVING EXCELLENT RESISTANCE TO HIGH-TEMPERATURE POST-WELDING HEAT TREATMENT, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME | WANG, NICHOLAS A | 9d overdue |
| 17787252 | GRAIN-ORIENTED ELECTRICAL STEEL SHEET AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME | ALDAZ CERVANTES, MAYELA RENATA | 5d overdue |
| 17785693 | NON-ORIENTED ELECTRICAL STEEL SHEET AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR | WALCK, BRIAN D | 6d |
| 18271787 | PLATED STEEL SHEET FOR HOT PRESS FORMING HAVING EXCELLENT HYDROGEN EMBRITTLEMENT RESISTANCE, HOT PRESS FORMED PARTS, AND MANUFACTURING METHODS THEREOF | YANG, JIE | 9d |
| 17786152 | HIGH-STRENGTH FERRITIC STAINLESS STEEL FOR CLAMP, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR | ALDAZ CERVANTES, MAYELA RENATA | 9d |
| 17785846 | STEEL PLATE HAVING EXCELLENT WEAR RESISTANCE AND COMPOSITE CORROSION RESISTANCE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME | CHRISTY, KATHERINE A | 28d |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1734 | 5 |
| 1733 | 5 |
| 1784 | 2 |
| 1738 | 2 |
| 1735 | 1 |
| 1787 | 1 |
| 1752 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18271787 | PLATED STEEL SHEET FOR HOT PRESS FORMING HAVING EXCELLENT HYDROGEN EMBRITTLEMENT RESISTANCE, HOT PRESS FORMED PARTS, AND MANUFACTURING METHODS THEREOF | YANG, JIE | 1734 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 9d | Pending | Jul 11, 2023 |
| 18019187 | AUSTENITIC STAINLESS STEEL WITH IMPROVED DEEP DRAWING | MCGUTHRY BANKS, TIMA MICHELE | 1733 | §112 | Non-Final OA | 2d overdue | Pending | Feb 01, 2023 |
| 17785846 | STEEL PLATE HAVING EXCELLENT WEAR RESISTANCE AND COMPOSITE CORROSION RESISTANCE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME | CHRISTY, KATHERINE A | 1784 | §103 | Final Rejection | 28d | Pending | Oct 24, 2022 |
| 17918014 | LOW-COST AUSTENITIC STAINLESS STEEL HAVING HIGH STRENGTH AND HIGH FORMABILITY, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME | KOSHY, JOPHY STEPHEN | 1733 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 11d overdue | Pending | Oct 10, 2022 |
| 17954605 | IRON-ALUMINUM-BASED PLATED STEEL SHEET FOR HOT PRESS FORMING, HAVING EXCELLENT HYDROGEN DELAYED FRACTURE PROPERTIES AND SPOT WELDING PROPERTIES, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR | WALCK, BRIAN D | 1738 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 28, 2022 |
| 17784030 | NON-ORIENTED ELECTRICAL STEEL SHEET AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME | HILL, STEPHANI A | 1735 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 22, 2022 |
| 17785505 | ELECTRICAL STEEL SHEET ADHESIVE COATING COMPOSITION, ELECTRICAL STEEL SHEET LAMINATE, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME | JACKSON, MONIQUE R | 1787 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 19, 2022 |
| 17787252 | GRAIN-ORIENTED ELECTRICAL STEEL SHEET AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME | ALDAZ CERVANTES, MAYELA RENATA | 1733 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 5d overdue | Pending | Jun 17, 2022 |
| 17786152 | HIGH-STRENGTH FERRITIC STAINLESS STEEL FOR CLAMP, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR | ALDAZ CERVANTES, MAYELA RENATA | 1733 | §103§112Other | Final Rejection | 9d | Pending | Jun 16, 2022 |
| 17785702 | STAINLESS STEEL HAVING EXCELLENT SURFACE ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY FOR FUEL CELL SEPARATOR AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME | CARPENTER, JOSHUA S | 1733 | §102DP | Non-Final OA | 100d overdue | Pending | Jun 15, 2022 |
| 17785693 | NON-ORIENTED ELECTRICAL STEEL SHEET AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR | WALCK, BRIAN D | 1738 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 6d | Pending | Jun 15, 2022 |
| 17774578 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING STAINLESS STEEL FOR POLYMER FUEL CELL SEPARATOR | COCHENOUR, ZACKARY RICHARD | 1752 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 05, 2022 |
| 17771986 | REINFORCING MEMBER FOR COLD FORMING AND PARTS MANUFACTURED USING SAME | LA VILLA, MICHAEL EUGENE | 1784 | §112 | Final Rejection | 8d overdue | Pending | Apr 26, 2022 |
| 17769095 | STEEL PLATE FOR PRESSURE VESSEL HAVING EXCELLENT RESISTANCE TO HIGH-TEMPERATURE POST-WELDING HEAT TREATMENT, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME | WANG, NICHOLAS A | 1734 | §103 | Final Rejection | 9d overdue | Pending | Apr 14, 2022 |
| 17761805 | HIGH STRENGTH WIRE ROD HAVING NON-MAGNETIC PROPERTY AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THEREOF | WANG, NICHOLAS A | 1734 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 18, 2022 |
| 17641728 | STEEL SHEET HAVING EXCELLENT UNIFORM ELONGATION AND STRAIN HARDENING RATE, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME | YANG, JIE | 1734 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 09, 2022 |
| 17298128 | NON-ORIENTED ELECTRICAL STEEL SHEET AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME | LIANG, ANTHONY M | 1734 | §103 | Final Rejection | 5d | Pending | May 28, 2021 |
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Start Free TrialPosco has 17 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 7 art units and 13 examiners.
Jie Yang has the most, with 2 of Posco's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
