Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: POLLOCK, AUSTIN M

Tech Center 1700 • Art Units: 1712 1732 1737 1738

This examiner grants 52% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

51.7%
Allow Rate
-13.3% vs TC avg
292
Total Applications
+36.5%
Interview Lift
1184
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 232 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.3%
§101 Eligibility
15.6%
§102 Novelty
54.4%
§103 Obviousness
25.4%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18142736 BRAZING PASTE Final Rejection TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18570074 FLUX, SUBSTRATE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD, AND DEVICE Non-Final OA BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD
18249489 Linepipe Steel With Enhanced Sulfide Stress Cracking Resistance Final Rejection ExxonMobil Technology and Engineering Company
18353670 JOINED PARTS COMPRISING A JOINT MATERIAL Final Rejection General Electric Company
18363421 METHOD OF MAKING AN ALUMINUM-CUBIC BORON NITRIDE (Al-cBN) COMPOSITE Non-Final OA KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS
18364703 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR VACUUM AND OIL AUSTEMPERING IN PRODUCING BAINITE Non-Final OA Cummins Inc.
18596784 THREE DIMENSIONAL MODELING METHOD AND THREE DIMENSIONAL MODELING APPARATUS Final Rejection RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
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 Final Rejection ArcelorMittal
17945203 IRON NITRIDE POWDER WITH ANISOTROPIC SHAPE Non-Final OA REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
17764018 ROLLING BEARING Final Rejection NTN Corporation
18338652 ALLOY COMPOSITIONS AND ARTICLES FORMED OF SUCH COMPOSITIONS Final Rejection GE Infrastructure Technology LLC
18700212 STEEL SHEET Non-Final OA NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
18033123 NON-ORIENTED ELECTRICAL STEEL SHEET, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME, AND HOT-ROLLED STEEL SHEET Non-Final OA NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
17638461 METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING NON-ORIENTED ELECTRICAL STEEL SHEET Final Rejection NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
18697730 METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING GRAIN-ORIENTED ELECTRICAL STEEL SHEET, AND GRAIN-ORIENTED ELECTRICAL STEEL SHEET Non-Final OA JFE STEEL CORPORATION
18571824 NON-ORIENTED ELECTRICAL STEEL SHEET AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA JFE Steel Corporation
18010518 STAINLESS STEEL SEAMLESS PIPE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME Final Rejection JFE Steel Corporation
18688076 METHOD FOR PRODUCING HIGH-STRENGTH TINPLATE AND TINPLATE PRODUCED THEREWITH Non-Final OA TATA STEEL IJMUIDEN B.V.
18252879 PROCESS FOR PRODUCING SPHERICAL POWDERS OF NOVEL MULTICOMPONENT BASED SHAPE MEMORY ALLOYS AND ALLOYS MADE BY THE PROCESS Final Rejection COUNCIL OF SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH
18639441 ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING TECHNIQUES AND APPLICATIONS THEREOF Final Rejection KENNAMETAL INC.
18102448 CEMENTED CARBIDE POWDERS FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING AND SINTERED BODIES MADE THEREFROM Non-Final OA Kennametal Inc.

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