Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Ssab Technology AB

Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems

3 pending office actions • 3 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

Ssab Technology AB has 2 pending office actions in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems. The profile spans 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units. BREGEL, EVAN ANTHONY is the named busiest examiner, with 1 pending action.

The distributed record favors coordinated docket management. Counsel should keep the transportation and mechanical terminology consistent while tailoring claim responses to the separate examiner assignments.

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

Portfolio Summary

3
Total Pending OAs
1
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

0
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

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 (67%)
1
Medium (33%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only1 (33%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (67%)

Industry Mix

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

2
Life Sciences
67% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
33% 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.

30 h
Manual time on pending OAs
6 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
10 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
BREGEL, EVAN ANTHONY 1 72.0% +22.5%
WANG, NICHOLAS A 1 53.5% +22.1%
LUK, VANESSA TIBAY 1 54.5% +26.3%

Hard Cases (2)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18709873 A REPLACEABLE WEAR COMPONENT BREGEL, EVAN ANTHONY —
18706396 A HOT-ROLLED STEEL STRIP PRODUCT AND METHOD FOR ITS PRODUCTION WANG, NICHOLAS A —

Interview Candidates (3)

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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17601234 High-Hardness Steel Product and Method of Manufacturing the Same LUK, VANESSA TIBAY 21d
18709873 A REPLACEABLE WEAR COMPONENT BREGEL, EVAN ANTHONY —
18706396 A HOT-ROLLED STEEL STRIP PRODUCT AND METHOD FOR ITS PRODUCTION WANG, NICHOLAS A —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3671 1
1734 1
1733 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18709873 A REPLACEABLE WEAR COMPONENT BREGEL, EVAN ANTHONY 3671 §102§103§112 Final Rejection — Pending May 14, 2024
18706396 A HOT-ROLLED STEEL STRIP PRODUCT AND METHOD FOR ITS PRODUCTION WANG, NICHOLAS A 1734 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending May 01, 2024
17601234 High-Hardness Steel Product and Method of Manufacturing the Same LUK, VANESSA TIBAY 1733 §103 Non-Final OA 21d Pending Oct 04, 2021

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Ssab Technology AB have?

Ssab Technology AB has 3 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 3 art units and 3 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Ssab Technology AB applications?

Evan Anthony Bregel has the most, with 1 of Ssab Technology AB's pending office actions.

What technology area are Ssab Technology AB's patent applications in?

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

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