Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: ALDAZ CERVANTES, MAYELA RENATA

Tech Center 1700 • Art Units: 1733 1784

This examiner grants 69% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

69.2%
Allow Rate
+4.2% vs TC avg
79
Total Applications
+41.7%
Interview Lift
1165
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 26 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.6%
§101 Eligibility
5.9%
§102 Novelty
55.6%
§103 Obviousness
31.8%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17794864 METHOD FOR SEALING ALUMINUM ALLOYS Non-Final OA SAFRAN LANDING SYSTEMS
18010636 Method for producing a machining segment with a projection of the hard material particles on the side surfaces of the machining segment Final Rejection Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
18010597 Method for producing a green body and method for further processing the green body to form a machining segment Final Rejection Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
18091480 INDUCTION HARDENING SYSTEM AND INDUCTION HARDENING METHOD Final Rejection AKTIEBOLAGET SKF
18256577 STEEL PIPE FOR PRESSURE PIPING AND STARTING MATERIAL FOR STEEL PIPE Final Rejection NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
18020841 STEEL SHEET AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME Final Rejection NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
17906408 STEEL PIPE FOR PRESSURE PIPING Final Rejection NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
18755816 METHOD FOR RECOVERING GERMANIUM Non-Final OA SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
18225961 CONTINUOUS REACTOR AND ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING OF METALS WITH NANOSTRUCTURED INCLUSIONS Final Rejection Northeastern University
18739039 MINERAL PROCESSING METHOD Non-Final OA SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD.
19020031 METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A GRAIN-ORIENTED ELECTRICAL STEEL SHEET Non-Final OA JFE STEEL CORPORATION
18258210 GRAIN-ORIENTED ELECTRICAL STEEL SHEET AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREFOR Final Rejection JFE STEEL CORPORATION
17800392 SIMULTANEOUS DISTILLATION AND ALLOYING Non-Final OA ETH ZURICH
18017285 STEEL PLATE FOR TORSION BEAM AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR, AND TORSION BEAM AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR Non-Final OA BAOSHAN IRON & STEEL CO., LTD.
17927781 ULTRAHIGH-STRENGTH DUAL-PHASE STEEL AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR Non-Final OA BAOSHAN IRON & STEEL CO., LTD.
17927771 ELECTRO-GALVANIZED SUPER-STRENGTH DUAL-PHASE STEEL RESISTANT TO DELAYED CRACKING, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR Non-Final OA BAOSHAN IRON & STEEL CO., LTD.
18634803 OXIDATION RESISTANT, THERMAL CONDUCTIVE, AND ELEVATED TEMPERATURE STRENGTH STEEL Non-Final OA UT-Battelle, LLC
17783295 APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING METAL POWDER Final Rejection KOLON INDUSTRIES, INC.

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