Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
5 pending office actions • 4 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days
Voestalpine Stahl GmbH has 5 pending office actions in Chemistry & Materials. The actions involve 5 distinct examiners and 4 distinct art units, showing examiner dispersion with reuse among the art-unit assignments. ZHENG, LOIS L is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter.
The equal examiner workloads favor matter-specific prosecution review. Counsel can use the four art units to coordinate technical analysis while retaining separate response strategies for each examiner.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 only | 1 (20%) |
| §103 only | 2 (40%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (20%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (20%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ZHENG, LOIS L | 1 | 67.6% | +13.0% |
| PROCTOR, CACHET I | 1 | 77.2% | +5.8% |
| PENNY, TABATHA L | 1 | 45.7% | +22.8% |
| DESTA, ELIAS | 1 | 84.0% | +10.1% |
| KOSHY, JOPHY STEPHEN | 1 | 63.8% | +39.8% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19020206 | ENAMELABLE STEEL SHEET AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME | ZHENG, LOIS L | — |
| 18710378 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE CONTENT OF AT LEAST METALLIC IRON IN SPONGE IRON - OR A SAMPLE THEREOF - THAT IS PRODUCED BY DIRECT REDUCTION FROM IRON ORE | DESTA, ELIAS | — |
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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19020206 | ENAMELABLE STEEL SHEET AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME | ZHENG, LOIS L | — |
| 18799720 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A COATED PERFORATED STEEL STRIP | PENNY, TABATHA L | — |
| 18710378 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE CONTENT OF AT LEAST METALLIC IRON IN SPONGE IRON - OR A SAMPLE THEREOF - THAT IS PRODUCED BY DIRECT REDUCTION FROM IRON ORE | DESTA, ELIAS | — |
| 18580604 | HIGH STRENGTH COLD ROLLED STEEL STRIP SHEET FOR AUTOMOTIVE USE HAVING GOOD WITHSTANDABILITY TO RETAINED AUSTENTITE DECOMPOSITION | KOSHY, JOPHY STEPHEN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1712 | 2 |
| 1784 | 1 |
| 2857 | 1 |
| 1733 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19020206 | ENAMELABLE STEEL SHEET AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME | ZHENG, LOIS L | 1784 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 14, 2025 |
| 18880047 | DEVICE AND METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MOISTURE-CONTROLLED BLOW-OFF AFTER THE APPLICATION OF A LAYER ONTO A FLAT STEEL PRODUCT | PROCTOR, CACHET I | 1712 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 30, 2024 |
| 18799720 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A COATED PERFORATED STEEL STRIP | PENNY, TABATHA L | 1712 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 09, 2024 |
| 18710378 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE CONTENT OF AT LEAST METALLIC IRON IN SPONGE IRON - OR A SAMPLE THEREOF - THAT IS PRODUCED BY DIRECT REDUCTION FROM IRON ORE | DESTA, ELIAS | 2857 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 15, 2024 |
| 18580604 | HIGH STRENGTH COLD ROLLED STEEL STRIP SHEET FOR AUTOMOTIVE USE HAVING GOOD WITHSTANDABILITY TO RETAINED AUSTENTITE DECOMPOSITION | KOSHY, JOPHY STEPHEN | 1733 | §103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 18, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialVoestalpine Stahl GmbH has 5 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 4 art units and 5 examiners.
Lois L Zheng has the most, with 1 of Voestalpine Stahl GmbH's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
