Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Samhwa Steel Inc.

Technology area: Chemistry & Materials

1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

Samhwa Steel Inc. has 1 pending office action in Chemistry & Materials. The record identifies 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit, so the matter is concentrated in a single examination channel.

STILES, JACOB BENJAMIN is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. Counsel can focus on the action’s treatment of the material composition, process limitations, and supporting disclosure, as applicable to the claims. The profile does not indicate competing examiner or art-unit approaches that would require broader coordination.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

1
Total Pending OAs
1
Non-Final OAs
0
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

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.

1
Hard (100%)
0
Medium (0%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (100%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
100% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% 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.

10 h
Manual time on pending OAs
2 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
4 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
STILES, JACOB BENJAMIN 1 0.0% +0.0%

Hard Cases (1)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18835941 METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SPHERICAL METAL POWDER STILES, JACOB BENJAMIN —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1733 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18835941 METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SPHERICAL METAL POWDER STILES, JACOB BENJAMIN 1733 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 05, 2024

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Samhwa Steel Inc. have?

Samhwa Steel Inc. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Samhwa Steel Inc. applications?

Jacob Benjamin Stiles has the most, with 1 of Samhwa Steel Inc.'s pending office actions.

What technology area are Samhwa Steel Inc.'s patent applications in?

Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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