Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: ABOAGYE, MICHAEL

Tech Center 1700 • Art Units: 1733 1793

This examiner grants 75% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

75.4%
Allow Rate
+10.4% vs TC avg
1088
Total Applications
+38.3%
Interview Lift
1122
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1054 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.4%
§101 Eligibility
21.6%
§102 Novelty
45.4%
§103 Obviousness
26.6%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18025987 Device to inject a reducing gas into a shaft furnace Final Rejection ArcelorMittal
18026046 Blast furnace for ironmaking production Final Rejection ArcelorMittal
18026061 Device to inject a reducing gas into a shaft furnace Final Rejection ArcelorMittal
18117609 WORKPIECE HOLDING DEVICE Non-Final OA AKTIEBOLAGET SKF
18551632 TUNDISH FOR CONTINUOUS CASTING Non-Final OA ABB Schweiz AG
18798699 COATING WEIGHT CONTROL APPARATUS AND COATING WEIGHT CONTROL METHOD Non-Final OA POSCO CO., LTD
18281615 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PRODUCING DIRECT REDUCED METAL Non-Final OA GREENIRON H2 AB
18011747 CONVERTER BLOWING CONTROL METHOD AND CONVERTER BLOWING CONTROL SYSTEM Final Rejection JFE Steel Corporation
17861919 Powder Production And Recycling Non-Final OA Seurat Technologies, Inc.
18014704 NOZZLE AND METHOD FOR FORMING MICRODROPLETS Non-Final OA MAX-PLANCK-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FÖRDERUNG DER WISSENSCHAFTEN E.V.
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.
18030644 Hood-type annealing furnace and method for cooling an annealing material in a hood-type annealing furnace Non-Final OA SMS group GmbH
18525833 COOLING DEVICE FOR HEAT TREATMENT Non-Final OA Winner Vacuum Solution Co., Ltd.
18516061 Portable System for Converting Liquid Oxygen (LOX) to Oxygen Gas for the Sustainment of High-Volume Torch Cutting Non-Final OA Broco, Inc.
18502457 SYSTEM AND METHOD TO FEED MOLD WITH MOLTEN METAL Non-Final OA Molten Metal Equipment Innovations, LLC
18480043 TWO-CHAMBER FURNANCE FOR ALUMINUM RECYCLING Non-Final OA Jasper GmbH
18102644 AUTOMATED PLATE SHAPING AND VERIFICATION Non-Final OA Huntington Ingalls, Inc.
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
18035350 CENTERING DEVICE FOR METAL BLANKS Non-Final OA EBNER Industrieofenbau GmbH
18032829 VERTICAL FURNACE FOR A CONTINUOUS HEAT TREATMENT OF A METAL STRIP 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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