Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: POLLOCK, AUSTIN M

Tech Center 1700 • Art Units: 1712 1737 1738

This examiner grants 52% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

51.8%
Allow Rate
-13.2% vs TC avg
277
Total Applications
+36.4%
Interview Lift
1209
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 220 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.2%
§101 Eligibility
5.0%
§102 Novelty
76.5%
§103 Obviousness
6.3%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18363421 METHOD OF MAKING AN ALUMINUM-CUBIC BORON NITRIDE (Al-cBN) COMPOSITE Non-Final OA KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS
18015487 HEAT TREATED COLD ROLLED STEEL SHEET AND A METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THEREOF Non-Final OA ArcelorMittal
17783409 HEAT TREATED COLD ROLLED STEEL SHEET AND A METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THEREOF Non-Final OA ArcelorMittal
18353670 JOINED PARTS COMPRISING A JOINT MATERIAL Non-Final OA General Electric Company
18033800 RARE EARTH SINTERED MAGNET, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING RARE EARTH SINTERED MAGNET, ROTOR, AND ROTATING MACHINE Final Rejection Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
17764018 ROLLING BEARING Non-Final OA NTN Corporation
18249489 Linepipe Steel With Enhanced Sulfide Stress Cracking Resistance Non-Final OA ExxonMobil Technology and Engineering Company
18284308 METHOD FOR PRODUCING R-T-B BASED SINTERED MAGNET Non-Final OA PROTERIAL, LTD.
17437542 METHOD OF DETECTING MALFUNCTION IN ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING Non-Final OA Siemens Energy Global GmbH & Co. KG
18420283 METHOD FOR PRODUCING RARE EARTH ALUMINATE SINTERED BODY Final Rejection NICHIA CORPORATION
18033123 NON-ORIENTED ELECTRICAL STEEL SHEET, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME, AND HOT-ROLLED STEEL SHEET Final Rejection NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
19104006 COPPER ALLOY POWDER FOR METAL AM AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING PRODUCT Final Rejection MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATION
18274572 BONDING PASTE, BONDING LAYER, BONDED BODY, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING BONDED BODY Non-Final OA MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATION
17781640 A METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A COMPOSITE COMPONENT WITH VARYING ELECTRIC RESISTIVITY ALONG A LONGITUDINAL DIRECTION Final Rejection Grundfos Holding A/S
18102448 CEMENTED CARBIDE POWDERS FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING AND SINTERED BODIES MADE THEREFROM Final Rejection Kennametal Inc.
18000245 COMPOSITE WEAR PART Non-Final OA MAGOTTEAUX INTERNATIONAL S.A.
18354532 PERMANENT MAGNET AND DEVICE Final Rejection TOKIN Corporation
18118944 Direct Thixotropic Metal 3D Printing and Apparatus Non-Final OA Drexel University
17788364 THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRINTING WITH WETTING AGENT Final Rejection PERIDOT PRINT LLC
17935517 METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING EXTRUDED MATERIAL OF ALUMINUM-CARBON NANOTUBE COMPOSITE WITH IMPROVED CORROSION RESISTANCE AND EXTRUDED MATERIAL OF ALUMINUM-CARBON NANOTUBE COMPOSITE MANUFACTURED THEREBY Final Rejection PUKYONG NATIONAL UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY-UNIVERSITY COOPERATION FOUNDATION
18449932 COMPOSITE METAL MATERIAL AND LOW-TEMPERATURE SOLDER PASTE WITH HIGH THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY CONTAINING SAME Non-Final OA Xiamen University
17785501 HEAVY RARE EARTH ALLOY, NEODYMIUM-IRON-BORON PERMANENT MAGNET MATERIAL RAW MATERIAL, AND PREPARATION METHOD Final Rejection FUJIAN GOLDEN DRAGON RARE-EARTH CO., LTD
17786057 STEEL WIRE ROD HAVING EXCELLENT SPHEROIDIZING HEAT TREATMENT PROPERTIES, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME Non-Final OA POSCO
17777905 NORMALIZING HEAT-TREATED STEEL SHEET HAVING GOOD LOW-TEMPERATURE IMPACT TOUGHNESS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME Non-Final OA POSCO
17479211 High Strength and High Fracture Toughness 7xxx Aerospace Alloy Products Non-Final OA Kaiser Aluminum Fabricated Products, LLC
18255971 POWDER MANUFACTURING FOR POWDER METALLURGY Non-Final OA Nordic Metals ApS
18036651 METHOD FOR PRODUCING ALLOY POWDER AND ALLOY POWDER, PASTE AND CAPACITOR PREPARED BY THE METHOD Non-Final OA Jiangsu Boqian New Materials Stock Co., Ltd.
17928472 Nickel-Based Superalloy and Manufacturing Method Therefor, and Component and Application Final Rejection GAONA AERO MATERIAL CO., LTD
18249127 PROCESS FOR PRODUCING SHAPED BODIES BY SINTERING Non-Final OA Element 22 GmbH
18021640 METAL POROUS BODY AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING METAL POROUS BODY, AND FILTER Final Rejection SUMITOMO ELECTRIC TOYAMA CO., LTD.

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