Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: STILES, JACOB BENJAMIN

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 1733 1774 3761

This examiner grants 0% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

%
Allow Rate
-70.0% vs TC avg
30
Total Applications
Interview Lift
1184
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 0 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0%
§101 Eligibility
10.0%
§102 Novelty
56.7%
§103 Obviousness
32.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18476696 ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING POWDER AND ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURED OBJECT Final Rejection SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
18476691 METHOD FOR RECYCLING RARE EARTH ELEMENT-CONTAINING POWDER, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING RARE EARTH SINTERED MAGNET Non-Final OA PROTERIAL, LTD.
18548571 CEMENTED CARBIDE AND CUTTING TOOL Final Rejection KYOCERA CORPORATION
18560291 GAS CONTROL SYSTEM FOR REFLOW FURNACE AND REFLOW FURNACE Non-Final OA Illinois Tool Works Inc.
18559044 ALLOY, POWDER, METHOD AND COMPONENT Final Rejection Siemens Energy Global GmbH & Co. KG
18455842 METAL MAGNETIC POWDER, COMPOSITE MAGNETIC BODY, AND ELECTRONIC COMPONENT Non-Final OA TDK CORPORATION
18494864 R-T-B SINTERED MAGNET Non-Final OA Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.,
18282727 POWDER FOR MAGNETIC CORE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME, AND DUST CORE Non-Final OA AICHI 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 Non-Final OA JFE STEEL CORPORATION
18549587 SILVER POWDER AND METHOD OF PRODUCING SAME Non-Final OA DOWA Electronics Materials Co., Ltd.
18557395 STEEL PIPE FOR OIL WELL Non-Final OA VALLOUREC OIL AND GAS FRANCE
18287946 SHAFT AND POST ASSEMBLIES FOR MOLTEN APPARATUS Non-Final OA PYROTEK, INC.
18654021 NICKEL-BASED BULK METALLIC GLASS ALLOYS CONTAINING HIGH AMOUNT OF REFRACTORY METAL AND BORON Non-Final OA NOVALTEC ARGE DANISMANLIK METALURJI SAN. VE TIC. LTD. STI.
18370225 STEEL MATERIAL AND MOLD Non-Final OA DAIDO STEEL CO., LTD.
18379224 ACTIVE METAL BRAZING SUBSTRATE MATERIAL CONTAINING ALUMINUM METAL ELEMENT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME Non-Final OA TONG HSING ELECTRONIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
18568831 LOW-COST HIGH-COERCIVITY LACE-RICH NEODYMIUM-IRON-BORON PERMANENT MAGNET, AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR AND USE THEREOF Non-Final OA NANTONG ZHENGHAI MAGNET CO., LTD.
17920552 METHODS FOR PREPARING PREFABRICATED GAS PORE DEFECTS AND BUILT-IN GAS PORE DEFECTS, AND THEIR PREFABRICATED PARTS Non-Final OA AECC COMMERCIAL AIRCRAFT ENGINE CO., LTD.
18510731 Vibratory System And Method For Molten Steel Transfer Non-Final OA AJF, INC.
18286427 Method for producing a cemented carbide body Non-Final OA Betek GmbH & Co. KG
18130242 MATERIAL EXTRACTION FROM INDUSTRIAL BYPRODUCTS POWERED BY GEOTHERMAL ENERGY Non-Final OA EnhancedGEO Holdings, LLC
18459435 MAGNESIUM-BASED COMPOSITE MATERIAL AND METHOD OF FORMING THE SAME Non-Final OA National Taiwan University of Science and Technology
18248302 PLATE MADE OF A ROLLED ALUMINUM ALLOY AND A METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAID PLATE Non-Final OA AMAG ROLLING GMBH
17919986 IMPLANT MAGNESIUM ALLOY, BONE FIXTURE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING IMPLANT MAGNESIUM ALLOY, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING BONE FIXTURE DEVICE Non-Final OA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY
17777196 FINE PARTICLE PRODUCTION DEVICE AND FINE PARTICLE PRODUCTION METHOD Non-Final OA NISSHIN ENGINEERING INC.

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