Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
6 pending office actions • 3 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 6 patents granted in the last 365 days
Voestalpine Stahl GmbH has 6 pending office actions in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These matters are distributed across 3 distinct art units, reflecting a focused technical scope. The company is working with 6 distinct examiners, meaning each of the 6 pending actions is assigned to a different individual. This lack of examiner overlap suggests that prosecution results may vary based on the specific preferences of each official.
DAGENAIS, KRISTEN A is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, managing 1 pending office action. This distribution shows that the company's 6 active matters are not concentrated under any single examiner. With 3 distinct art units involved, the prosecution requires navigating the specific standards of multiple examination groups while managing 6 separate examiner relationships. The decentralized nature of these pending office actions means that no single examiner's historical data will dictate the outcome for the entire portfolio. Success will likely depend on addressing the unique requirements of 3 different art units with 1 pending office action per examiner.
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.
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 (17%) |
| §103 only | 3 (50%) |
| §112 only | 1 (17%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (17%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DAGENAIS, KRISTEN A | 1 | 63.8% | +20.2% |
| PROCTOR, CACHET I | 1 | 77.1% | +5.9% |
| PENNY, TABATHA L | 1 | 45.7% | +22.8% |
| DESTA, ELIAS | 1 | 84.0% | +10.0% |
| KOSHY, JOPHY STEPHEN | 1 | 63.8% | +39.4% |
| WU, JENNY R | 1 | 63.5% | +16.0% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17413237 | Method for Producing Conventionally Hot-Rolled Strip Products | WU, JENNY R | 34d |
| 18880058 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR APPLYING A LAYER ONTO A FLAT STEEL PRODUCT | DAGENAIS, KRISTEN A | — |
| 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 |
| 1733 | 2 |
| 1717 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18880058 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR APPLYING A LAYER ONTO A FLAT STEEL PRODUCT | DAGENAIS, KRISTEN A | 1717 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 30, 2024 |
| 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 | — | §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 |
| 17413237 | Method for Producing Conventionally Hot-Rolled Strip Products | WU, JENNY R | 1733 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 34d | Pending | May 08, 2023 |
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