Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: ABOAGYE, MICHAEL

Tech Center 1700 • Art Units: 1733 1793

This examiner grants 75% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

75.3%
Allow Rate
+10.3% vs TC avg
1,088
Total Applications
+38.6%
Interview Lift
1071
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1061 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.1%
§101 Eligibility
8.1%
§102 Novelty
70.9%
§103 Obviousness
17.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18026061 Device to inject a reducing gas into a shaft furnace Final Rejection ArcelorMittal
18025987 Device to inject a reducing gas into a shaft furnace Final Rejection ArcelorMittal
18026046 Blast furnace for ironmaking production Final Rejection ArcelorMittal
18798699 COATING WEIGHT CONTROL APPARATUS AND COATING WEIGHT CONTROL METHOD Non-Final OA POSCO CO., LTD
17861919 Powder Production And Recycling Non-Final OA Seurat Technologies, Inc.
18011747 CONVERTER BLOWING CONTROL METHOD AND CONVERTER BLOWING CONTROL SYSTEM Non-Final OA JFE Steel Corporation
18749247 Method for maintenance of a sliding closure at the outlet of a metallurgical vessel Non-Final OA Refractory Intellectual Property GmbH & Co. KG
18286830 COOLING SYSTEM FOR A METALLURGICAL FURNACE Non-Final OA PAUL WURTH S.A.
18025048 EXCHANGEABLE COOLED NOSE WITH CERAMIC INJECTOR PASSAGE Final Rejection PAUL WURTH S.A.
18480043 TWO-CHAMBER FURNANCE FOR ALUMINUM RECYCLING Non-Final OA Jasper GmbH
18279605 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THE TREATMENT OF BLACK SLAG Non-Final OA TRUYOINS S.R.L.
18359899 MANUFACTURING METHOND AND MANUFACTURING DEVICE OF AMORPHOUS NANOCRYSTALLINE COMPOSITE MATERIALS Non-Final OA Nanchang Hangkong University
18255017 METHOD FOR THE RECOVERY OF ALUMINIUM FROM ALUMINIUM SCRAP, AND MULTICHAMBER MELTING FURNACE Final Rejection LOI THERMPROCESS GMBH
18035350 CENTERING DEVICE FOR METAL BLANKS Non-Final OA EBNER Industrieofenbau GmbH
18070412 METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING HIGH HEAT FLUX REGIME COOLERS Non-Final OA MACRAE, ALLAN J.
17801633 SMELTING APPARATUS AND METALLURGICAL PROCESSES THEREOF Final Rejection NSGI STEEL INC.

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