Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: O'KEEFE, SEAN P

Tech Center 1700 • Art Units: 1737 1738

This examiner grants 66% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

65.9%
Allow Rate
+0.9% vs TC avg
288
Total Applications
+13.4%
Interview Lift
1102
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 255 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.4%
§101 Eligibility
4.1%
§102 Novelty
62.6%
§103 Obviousness
18.4%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18467778 METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A COMPONENT USING AN ADDITIVE PROCESS Final Rejection General Electric Company
18284032 NON-ORIENTED ELECTRICAL STEEL SHEET Non-Final OA NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
19102917 COPPER ALLOY POWDER FOR METAL AM AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING PRODUCT Final Rejection MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATION
19102948 COPPER ALLOY POWDER FOR METAL AM AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING PRODUCT Final Rejection MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATION
18288690 ELECTRICAL STEEL SHEET COMPOSED OF (001) TEXTURE, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR Non-Final OA Hyundai Steel Company
18318670 THERMAL STRESS AND SUBSTRATE DAMAGE REDUCING ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING METHOD Non-Final OA The Research Foundation for The State University of New York
17774910 POWDER MATERIAL Non-Final OA DAIDO STEEL CO., LTD.
18289918 METHOD FOR REFINING MOLTEN IRON Non-Final OA JFE STEEL CORPORATION
18260324 HIGH DENSITY ALUMINUM PARTS FROM ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING Non-Final OA ARC IMPACT ACQUISITION CORPORATION
18212658 Shot Brush Depowdering Non-Final OA Arc Impact Acquisition Corporation
18440289 3D PRINTED MAGNETOCALORIC DEVICES WITH CONTROLLED MICROCHANNELS AND MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME Final Rejection VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY
18013537 METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING MULTIPHASE MAGNET AND MULTIPHASE MAGNET MANUFACTURED THEREBY Non-Final OA KOREA INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE
17426220 ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING BY LASER POWER MODULATION Final Rejection Ecole Normale Superieure Paris-Saclay
18589320 Magnesium-Based Alloy Foam Non-Final OA CellMo Materials Innovation, Inc.
18283707 RECOVERY OF RARE EARTH METALS FROM COAL MINING SITES Non-Final OA Peter F. Santina
18371037 METHOD FOR THE ECONOMIC MANUFACTURE OF LIGHT COMPONENTS Non-Final OA INNOMAQ 21, S.L.
18001531 FORMED PART WITH HIGH-TEMPERATURE PERSISTENCE AND LOW ANISOTROPY, FORMING METHOD AND FORMING POWDER Final Rejection AECC COMMERCIAL AIRCRAFT ENGINE CO., LTD.
18318998 METHOD FOR PRODUCING A HYBRID COMPONENT, AND CORRESPONDING HYBRID COMPONENT Non-Final OA Schunk Sintermetalltechnik GmbH (Thale)
18055909 METHOD OF MANUFACTURING FORGED PRODUCT Final Rejection SHOWA DENKO K.K
18188878 GRANULATED POWDER FOR MAKING GREEN BODY WITH HIGH STRENGTH Final Rejection United Powder Technologies Company Limited
16635435 ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING COMPONENTS AND METHODS Final Rejection Meta Additive Ltd.
17770317 ALUMINUM ALLOY WITH IMPROVED EXTRUDABILITY AND CORROSION RESISTANCE Non-Final OA Rio Tinto Alcan International Limited
17435591 Metal material composition for additively manufactured parts Final Rejection Kolibri Metals GmbH

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