Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: WANG, NICHOLAS A

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 1734 1738 2837

This examiner grants 54% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

53.8%
Allow Rate
-14.2% vs TC avg
594
Total Applications
+22.2%
Interview Lift
1391
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 532 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.7%
§101 Eligibility
8.0%
§102 Novelty
59.3%
§103 Obviousness
25.1%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17560633 CR-RICH AL ALLOY WITH HIGH COMPRESSIVE AND SHEAR STRENGTH Final Rejection Airbus Defence and Space GmbH
17851968 LIQUID METAL (LM) DISPENSING APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR DESIGN AND OPERATION OF SAME Final Rejection Intel Corporation
18432988 METHOD FOR MAKING TURBINE ENGINE COMPONENTS USING METAL INJECTION MOLDING Final Rejection Rolls-Royce Corporation
18559901 Operating method of a network of plants Non-Final OA ArcelorMittal
18016799 Cold rolled, annealed and tempered steel sheet and method of manufacturing the same Final Rejection ArcelorMittal
18287723 Magnetic Material, Iron Core, and Rotating Electric Machine Non-Final OA Hitachi, Ltd.
18699650 MARTENSITIC STAINLESS STEEL ROUND BAR Non-Final OA NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
17641764 AUSTENITIC STAINLESS STEEL SHEET Final Rejection NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
18595936 RARE-EARTH MAGNET MATERIAL AND MAGNET Non-Final OA Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
18591714 SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF THERMOCHEMICALLY REDUCING METALLIC ELEMENTS USING THERMAL SHOCK Non-Final OA The Johns Hopkins University
18579112 PROCESS FOR THE COMBINED MANUFACTURE OF STEEL AND CEMENT CLINKER Non-Final OA CAMBRIDGE ENTERPRISE LIMITED
18662318 NON-ORIENTED ELECTRICAL STEEL SHEET AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME Non-Final OA JFE Steel Corporation
18698972 METHOD OF PRODUCING HOT-ROLLED STEEL SHEET FOR NON-ORIENTED ELECTRICAL STEEL SHEET AND METHOD OF PRODUCING NON-ORIENTED ELECTRICAL STEEL SHEET Non-Final OA JFE STEEL CORPORATION
18563597 METHOD FOR DEPHOSPHORIZATION OF MOLTEN IRON Final Rejection JFE STEEL CORPORATION
18561389 METHOD OF MANUFACTURING GRAIN-ORIENTED ELECTRICAL STEEL SHEET Final Rejection JFE STEEL CORPORATION
18281812 STEEL PIPE FOR HIGH-PRESSURE HYDROGEN, HIGH-PRESSURE HYDROGEN VESSEL, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAID STEEL PIPE Non-Final OA JFE Steel Corporation
18257178 HOT-DIP GALVANIZED STEEL SHEET AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR Final Rejection JFE STEEL CORPORATION
18551584 Iron Containing Pellets Non-Final OA Binding Solutions Ltd
18416985 METHOD FOR PRODUCING TUBULAR COATING-FREE PRESS-HARDENED STEEL Non-Final OA GM Global Technology Operations LLC

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