Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: STILES, JACOB BENJAMIN

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

This examiner grants 0% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

0.0%
Allow Rate
-70.0% vs TC avg
41
Total Applications
+0.0%
Interview Lift
1074
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

1.9%
§101 Eligibility
7.7%
§102 Novelty
60.9%
§103 Obviousness
26.9%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18560291 GAS CONTROL SYSTEM FOR REFLOW FURNACE AND REFLOW FURNACE Non-Final OA Illinois Tool Works Inc.
18476696 ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING POWDER AND ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURED OBJECT Non-Final OA SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
18639388 METHODS AND APPARATUS TO CASE HARDEN TITANIUM ALLOYS Non-Final OA The Boeing Company
18593575 MASS AND HEAT FLOW IN ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS WITH MACHINE LEARNING CONTROL Non-Final OA Rolls-Royce plc
18376624 HIGH-ENTROPY ALLOY AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR Final Rejection Korea University Research And Business Foundation
18548571 CEMENTED CARBIDE AND CUTTING TOOL Non-Final OA KYOCERA CORPORATION
18692805 Leak-Proof Upper Tundish Nozzle Non-Final OA ArcelorMittal
18494864 R-T-B SINTERED MAGNET Final Rejection Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.,
18481846 METHOD OF RECYCLING MIXED ALLOY SCRAP PARTS Final Rejection Ford Global Technologies, LLC
18459435 MAGNESIUM-BASED COMPOSITE MATERIAL AND METHOD OF FORMING THE SAME Final Rejection National Taiwan University of Science and Technology
18561064 METHOD FOR PRODUCING GRAIN-ORIENTED ELECTRICAL STEEL SHEET Final Rejection JFE STEEL CORPORATION
18289920 STOCK COLD-ROLLED STEEL SHEET WITH FE-BASED COATING FILM, METHOD FOR PRODUCING STOCK COLD-ROLLED STEEL SHEET WITH FE-BASED COATING FILM, METHOD FOR PRODUCING COLD-ROLLED STEEL SHEET WITH FE-BASED COATING FILM, METHOD FOR PRODUCING HOT-DIPPED GALVANIZED STEEL SHEET, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING ALLOYED HOT-DIPPED GALVANIZED STEEL SHEET Non-Final OA 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
18236326 CAST IRON-BASE, HIGH-STRENGTH, OXIDATION-RESISTANT ALLOY Non-Final OA UT-BATTELLE, LLC
18662339 TAILOR-ROLLED BLANK FOR USE IN HOT STAMPING AUTOMOTIVE PARTS, AND METHOD OF MAKING HOT STAMPED AUTOMOTIVE PARTS Non-Final OA GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
18287946 SHAFT AND POST ASSEMBLIES FOR MOLTEN APPARATUS Final Rejection PYROTEK, INC.
18549587 SILVER POWDER AND METHOD OF PRODUCING SAME Final Rejection DOWA Electronics Materials Co., Ltd.
18379224 ACTIVE METAL BRAZING SUBSTRATE MATERIAL CONTAINING ALUMINUM METAL ELEMENT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME Final Rejection TONG HSING ELECTRONIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.

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