Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: HILL, STEPHANI A

Tech Center 1700 • Art Units: 1735

This examiner grants 29% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

29.4%
Allow Rate
-35.6% vs TC avg
466
Total Applications
+43.9%
Interview Lift
1583
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 374 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0%
§101 Eligibility
0.6%
§102 Novelty
74.6%
§103 Obviousness
3.3%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18549634 GAS-PHASE PRODUCTION OF ALIGNED METAL NANOPARTICLES USING EXTERNAL MAGNETIC FIELDS Non-Final OA THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
17419493 ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR REPAIRING COMPONENTS Non-Final OA General Electric Company
17251107 METHOD TO CONTROL THE COOLING OF A FLAT METAL PRODUCT Final Rejection ArcelorMittal
18480580 SOFT MAGNETIC POWDER, DUST CORE, MAGNETIC ELEMENT, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE Non-Final OA SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
17434664 Production Method of Self-Magnetised Net-Shape Permanent Magnets by Additive Manufacturing Final Rejection ABB Schweiz AG
18036033 TITANIUM ALLOY SHEET, TITANIUM ALLOY COIL, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING TITANIUM ALLOY SHEET, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING TITANIUM ALLOY COIL Final Rejection NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
17909231 HOT-DIP ZINC-PLATED STEEL SHEET Final Rejection NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
17765697 HOT-ROLLED STEEL SHEET AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME Non-Final OA NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
18126072 POWDER METAL MATERIAL FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING WHICH IS ALUMINUM ALLOY AND ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING METHOD Non-Final OA HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
17617173 Fe-Ni Nanocomposite Alloys Final Rejection Carnegie Mellon University
16434869 Fe-Ni Nanocomposite Alloys Non-Final OA Carnegie Mellon University
17763865 SOFT MAGNETIC ALLOY AND MAGNETIC COMPONENT Final Rejection TDK Corporation
17622526 SOFT MAGNETIC ALLOY AND MAGNETIC COMPONENT Non-Final OA TDK CORPORATION
18553377 NON-HEAT TREATED STEEL FOR CRANKSHAFTS AND CRANKSHAFT USING NON-HEAT TREATED STEEL Non-Final OA NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
18008390 THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRINTING KITS Final Rejection Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
17609965 SECTION STEEL AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME Final Rejection Hyundai Steel Company
18731371 ALUMINUM ALLOY MELT Non-Final OA Industrial Technology Research Institute
18872296 POWDER, METAL PART, ELECTRICAL CONTACT, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING POWDER, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING METAL PART Non-Final OA Sumitomo Electric Sintered Alloy, Ltd.
18967034 METAL ALLOW HAVING RHENIUM EFFECT Non-Final OA MiRus LLC
18126070 MEDICAL DEVICE METAL ALLOY Non-Final OA MiRus LLC
17876282 MEDICAL DEVICE THAT INCLUDES A REFRACTORY METAL ALLOY Non-Final OA MIRUS LLC
17728195 METHOD OF MANUFACTURING HOT-PRESS-FORMED STEEL MEMBER Non-Final OA Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
18567848 MOLTEN STEEL DENITRIFICATION METHOD AND STEEL PRODUCTION METHOD Non-Final OA JFE STEEL CORPORATION
17777409 WELDABLE ALUMINUM ALLOYS COMPRISING ZN AS MAIN ALLOYING ELEMENT FOR DIRECT METAL LASER SINTERING Final Rejection EOS GmbH Electro Optical Systems
18022319 ALLOY POWDER, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME, AND METHOD FOR RECOVERING VALUABLE METAL Final Rejection SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD.
18267501 MULTI-ELEMENT COMPOUND NANOPARTICLES, AND SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USE THEREOF Final Rejection UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK
17904356 RAW BLANK FOR VACUUM CARBURIZATION AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME Non-Final OA AICHI STEEL CORPORATION
18134149 7XXX ALUMINUM ALLOYS Final Rejection ARCONIC TECHNOLOGIES LLC
18245649 ALLOY, ALLOY POWDER, AND ALLOY COATED BODY HAVING ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY Non-Final OA KOLON INDUSTRIES, INC.
17792584 AMORPHOUS METAL FOAM AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME Non-Final OA KOLON INDUSTRIES, INC.

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