Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: STILES, JACOB BENJAMIN

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 1733 1738 1774 1795 3761

This examiner grants 0% of resolved cases

Analysis

Jacob Benjamin Stiles serves as a patent examiner in Tech Center 3700 and Art Unit 1733. His profile includes 2 resolved cases. To date, the examiner has an allowance rate of 0.0 percent, as neither of the resolved cases resulted in an allowance. The median days to allowance for his applications is 1084. This 1084 days figure provides a preliminary timeline for prosecution, although it is based on the 2 resolved cases. This data is specific to his work in Art Unit 1733.

The interview lift for this examiner is currently 0.0 percent. This lift figure indicates that the allowance rate has not changed when an interview is conducted in his resolved cases. Practitioners should view the 0.0 percent allowance rate and the 0.0 percent lift within the context of the limited case history. The 1084 days median pendency is the only available time-based metric for Art Unit 1733 under this examiner. These figures from Tech Center 3700 help in planning prosecution steps.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Performance Statistics

0.0%
Allow Rate
-70.0% vs TC avg
46
Total Applications
+0.0%
Interview Lift
1084
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 2 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

1.2%
§101 Eligibility
6.6%
§102 Novelty
70.0%
§103 Obviousness
20.6%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18476696 ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING POWDER AND ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURED OBJECT Non-Final OA SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
18560291 GAS CONTROL SYSTEM FOR REFLOW FURNACE AND REFLOW FURNACE Non-Final OA Illinois Tool Works Inc.
18593575 MASS AND HEAT FLOW IN ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS WITH MACHINE LEARNING CONTROL Non-Final OA Rolls-Royce plc
18548571 CEMENTED CARBIDE AND CUTTING TOOL Non-Final OA KYOCERA CORPORATION
18561064 METHOD FOR PRODUCING GRAIN-ORIENTED ELECTRICAL STEEL SHEET Final Rejection JFE STEEL CORPORATION
18558192 DEW POINT CONTROL METHOD FOR CONTINUOUS ANNEALING FURNACE, CONTINUOUS ANNEALING METHOD FOR STEEL SHEET, STEEL SHEET MANUFACTURING METHOD, CONTINUOUS ANNEALING FURNACE, CONTINUOUS HOT-DIP GALVANIZING LINE, AND GALVANNEALING LINE Final Rejection JFE STEEL CORPORATION
18559044 ALLOY, POWDER, METHOD AND COMPONENT Final Rejection Siemens Energy Global GmbH & Co. KG
18481846 METHOD OF RECYCLING MIXED ALLOY SCRAP PARTS Final Rejection Ford Global Technologies, LLC
18167697 ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURED ELECTROLYSIS CELL Final Rejection California Institute of Technology
18658035 BUILD PLATFORM FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING AND RELATED METHOD Non-Final OA GE Infrastructure Technology LLC
18835256 COLD-ROLLED STEEL SHEET Non-Final OA NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
18835311 STEEL SHEET Non-Final OA NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
18579340 Method for recycling Li-ion batteries Non-Final OA SMS group GmbH
18717788 AUSTENITIC STEEL HAVING EXCELLENT EXTREME LOW TEMPERATURE TOUGHNESS IN HEAT-AFFECTED ZONE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME Non-Final OA POSCO CO., LTD
18287977 NON-ORIENTED ELECTRICAL STEEL SHEET AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME Final Rejection POSCO Co., Ltd
18376624 HIGH-ENTROPY ALLOY AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR Non-Final OA Korea University Research And Business Foundation
17920552 METHODS FOR PREPARING PREFABRICATED GAS PORE DEFECTS AND BUILT-IN GAS PORE DEFECTS, AND THEIR PREFABRICATED PARTS Final Rejection AECC COMMERCIAL AIRCRAFT ENGINE CO., LTD.
18557724 HOT STAMPING COMPONENT HAVING TENSILE STRENGTH GREATER OR EQUAL TO 1000 MPA AND FABRICATION METHOD THEREFOR Final Rejection BAOSHAN IRON & STEEL CO., LTD.
18488883 PRODUCING METAL MATRIX COMPOSITE FEEDSTOCK FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRINTING Non-Final OA Divergent Technologies, Inc.
18729756 SILVER BRAZE ALLOYS FOR POLY-CRYSTALLINE DIAMOND CUTTERS Non-Final OA OERLIKON METCO (US) INC.
18705964 IRON-SILICON MAGNETIC POWDER CORE, PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR, AND INDUCTOR Non-Final OA HENGDIAN GROUP DMEGC MAGNETICS CO., LTD
18542505 DEVICE FOR PREPARING ULTRA-HIGH-PURITY ZINC BASED ON INTELLIGENTLY-CONTROLLED ZONE MELTING Final Rejection Shaanxi Zinc Industry Co., Ltd

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