Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19006345 | METAL POWDER ATOMIZATION MANUFACTURING PROCESSES | December 2024 | June 2025 | Allow | 6 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18870460 | TREATMENT SYSTEM FOR THE SLAG PHASE AFTER REMOVING IRON-ALUMINUM-CHROMIUM FROM LEACHING SOLUTION OF LATERITE NICKEL ORE | November 2024 | June 2025 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18870451 | COMBINED HEAT EXCHANGE SYSTEM OF FLASH TANK AND PREHEATER FOR LATERITE NICKEL ORE LEACHING | November 2024 | June 2025 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18948855 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A TIBIAL IMPLANT | November 2024 | February 2025 | Allow | 3 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18920894 | CORROSION-RESISTANT OXIDE DISPERSION STRENGTHENED STEEL | October 2024 | January 2025 | Allow | 3 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18916708 | CONTINUOUS STIRRING TRANSMISSION MECHANISM FOR TEMPERING FURNACE WORKPIECE TRANSMISSION AND TRANSMISSION METHOD | October 2024 | July 2025 | Allow | 8 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18854975 | MULTI-METAL MATERIAL BUILD DEVICE USING LASER 3D PRINTING, AND WORKING METHOD THEREOF | October 2024 | June 2025 | Allow | 8 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18898820 | METHOD FOR EXTRACTING GERMANIUM BASED ON ACID DECOMPOSITION | September 2024 | November 2024 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18882638 | CONTINUOUS GRANULATED METALLIC UNITS PRODUCTION, AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS | September 2024 | June 2025 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18882661 | USE OF A BASIC OXYGEN FURNACE TO PRODUCE GRANULATED METALLIC UNITS, AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS | September 2024 | May 2025 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18811784 | ALL-IN-ONE NICKEL RECOVERING METHOD FOR NICKEL HYDROXIDE RECOVERY FROM RAW MATERIALS CONTAINING NICKEL | August 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18811796 | ALL-IN-ONE NICKEL RECOVERING METHOD FOR NICKEL METAL RECOVERY FROM RAW MATERIALS CONTAINING NICKEL | August 2024 | February 2025 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18835017 | COMPOSITION FOR USE IN SINTERED MOLDED BODIES, GREEN MOLDED BODY, AND SINTERED MOLDED BODY | August 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 8 | 0 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18783316 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING CLEAN STEEL PRODUCTS WITH A LOW NITROGEN CONTENT USING AN ELECTRIC ARC FURNACE AND A DEGASSING SYSTEM | July 2024 | April 2025 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18729639 | METHOD FOR IMPROVING ANTI-FRICTION AND ANTI-WEAR PROPERTIES OF SUBSTRATE | July 2024 | December 2024 | Allow | 5 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18768250 | EFFICIENT PREPARATION METHOD OF BIMETALLIC SEAMLESS COMPOSITE PIPE | July 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18758891 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CENTRIFUGAL INTRUSION OF MOLTEN METAL INTO POROUS MEDIA AND THEN SOLIDIFICATION POSITIONING | June 2024 | November 2024 | Allow | 5 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18759138 | ALUMINUM ALLOY PRE-STRENGTHENING AND HOT FORMING PRODUCTION LINE | June 2024 | January 2025 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18755665 | INTEGRATED ACOUSTIC AND THERMAL MODULATION FOR OPTIMIZED 3D METAL FABRICATION | June 2024 | September 2024 | Allow | 3 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18748270 | UNDERLAYER COMPOSITIONS AND PATTERNING METHODS | June 2024 | February 2025 | Allow | 8 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18735822 | CONVERSION COATING APPLICATION SYSTEM INCLUDING HYDROGELS AND METHODS OF USING SAME | June 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 10 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18735845 | CONVERSION COATING APPLICATION SYSTEM INCLUDING HYDROGELS AND METHODS OF USING SAME | June 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 10 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18735783 | CONVERSION COATING APPLICATION SYSTEM INCLUDING HYDROGELS AND METHODS OF USING SAME | June 2024 | December 2024 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18713575 | METHOD FOR PREPARING ANISOTROPIC FLAKE NANOCRYSTALLINE RARE EARTH PERMANENT MAGNET MATERIAL AND RARE EARTH PERMANENT MAGNET MATERIAL | May 2024 | February 2025 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18712945 | FLUX AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING ASSEMBLY | May 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18712175 | SUSPENSION ROASTING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INDUSTRIAL PROCESSING OF IRON AND MANGANESE ORES | May 2024 | September 2024 | Allow | 4 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18660447 | PROCESS FOR MAKING A ONE-PIECE COMPOSITE LINER FOR COLD CHAMBER DIE CASTING APPLICATION | May 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 10 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18657278 | Method Of Manufacturing A Tibial Implant | May 2024 | November 2024 | Allow | 6 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18637026 | APPARATUS FOR A CHLORINATION METHOD TO RECYCLE METAL ELEMENTSIN LITHIUM BATTERIES | April 2024 | November 2024 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18630802 | PREPARATION METHOD OF TITANIUM ALLOY POWDERS | April 2024 | July 2024 | Allow | 3 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18628908 | SYNTHESIS OF NANOSCALE METAL FEEDSTOCK FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING | April 2024 | December 2024 | Allow | 8 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18694473 | FLUX AND SOLDER PASTE | March 2024 | May 2025 | Allow | 14 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18611257 | INTERFACE LAYERS FOR REMOVABLE SUPPORTS | March 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 12 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18692201 | FLUX AND SOLDER PASTE | March 2024 | December 2024 | Allow | 9 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18690689 | LEACHING FLUID CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR MINING OPERATIONS | March 2024 | May 2025 | Allow | 14 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18432842 | METHOD FOR FABRICATING EUV MASK AND PHOTOMASK USING THE EUV MASK | February 2024 | April 2025 | Abandon | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18409798 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PREPARING HIGH-PURITY SPHERICAL MAGNESIUM AND/OR HIGH-PURITY MAGNESIUM POWDER | January 2024 | June 2025 | Abandon | 17 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18402532 | METAL DROP EJECTING THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) OBJECT PRINTER HAVING AN INCREASED MATERIAL DEPOSITION RATE | January 2024 | April 2025 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18575801 | PHYSICAL SIMULATION METHOD FOR FORGING PROCESS OF NICKEL-BASE SUPERALLOY | December 2023 | March 2025 | Abandon | 14 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18398613 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ACTIVATING DEEP RAFFINATE INJECTION BASED ON ORE PLACEMENT | December 2023 | April 2025 | Allow | 15 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18398701 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ACTIVATING DEEP RAFFINATE INJECTION BASED ON COLUMN TEST PREDICTIVE MODEL | December 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 14 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 18397489 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DEFORMATION COMPENSATION | December 2023 | May 2025 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18392663 | ELECTRICAL DOPING OF IRON WITH CHITOSAN NANOEMULSION | December 2023 | March 2024 | Allow | 3 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18545453 | ADDITIVE MANUFACTURE OF COMPLEX INTERMETALLIC AND CERAMIC STRUCTURES | December 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18545129 | Reticle Constructions and Photo-Processing Methods | December 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18534610 | POWDER BED MATERIALS | December 2023 | December 2024 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18511975 | GREEN-SYNTHESIS OF COPPER NANOPARTICLES-PVDF HYBRID FOR WATER DISINFECTION | November 2023 | July 2024 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18560992 | FLUX AND SOLDER PASTE | November 2023 | December 2024 | Allow | 13 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18560737 | MOLTEN STEEL DENITRIFICATION METHOD AND STEEL PRODUCTION METHOD | November 2023 | November 2024 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18507242 | METHOD FOR PREFERENTIALLY RECOVERING MANGANESE FROM WASTE LITHIUM-RICH MANGANESE-BASED CATHODE MATERIAL | November 2023 | September 2024 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18559358 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING METAL POWDER USING AN INDUCTION COIL AND AN INTERMEDIATE COIL | November 2023 | April 2025 | Allow | 17 | 3 | 1 | No | No |
| 18559248 | MIXED RARE EARTH CONCENTRATE MINERAL AND SUSPENDED MINERAL PHASE TRANSFORMATION-CLEAN LEACHING SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF | November 2023 | November 2024 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18559058 | METHOD FOR RECOVERING WASTE LITHIUM COBALT OXIDE BATTERY | November 2023 | September 2024 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18386340 | TUNGSTEN HEAVY METAL ALLOY POWDERS AND METHODS OF FORMING THEM | November 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18498037 | METHOD FOR RECOVERING VALUABLE METALS FROM SPENT LITHIUM ION BATTERIES | October 2023 | August 2024 | Allow | 10 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18492577 | UNBLOCKING APPARATUS FOR FURNACE DISCHARGING PIPE AND USE METHOD | October 2023 | April 2024 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18381612 | METALLURGICAL FURNACE HAVING AN INTEGRATED OFF-GAS HOOD | October 2023 | January 2025 | Allow | 15 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18287187 | WELDABLE IN-SITU NANO-STRENGTHENED RARE-EARTH METAL CONTAINING ALUMINUM ALLOY WITH HIGH STRENGTH AND TOUGHNESS AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF | October 2023 | October 2024 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18487373 | HIGH STRENGTH 6XXX SERIES ALUMINUM ALLOYS AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME | October 2023 | April 2025 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18379829 | Systems and Methods for Automated Depowdering and Transfer of Additively Manufactured Objects | October 2023 | March 2024 | Allow | 5 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18286532 | OXIDATION RESISTANT AL-MG HIGH STRENGTH DIE CASTING FOUNDRY ALLOYS | October 2023 | June 2025 | Abandon | 20 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 18377943 | Process for Manufacturing a Press Hardened Laser Welded Steel Part | October 2023 | May 2025 | Allow | 19 | 0 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18376985 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SILVER NANOPARTICLES | October 2023 | April 2025 | Abandon | 19 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18479762 | OVEN SLOT COVER | October 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18284736 | APPARATUS FOR EFFICIENTLY PRETREATING AND RECYCLING WASTE BATTERY | September 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18373451 | STEEL SHEET FOR HOT PRESS FORMED MEMBER HAVING EXCELLENT RESISTANCE TO HYDROGEN DELAYED FRACTURE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THEREOF | September 2023 | July 2024 | Allow | 9 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18552442 | An overlay welding material | September 2023 | February 2025 | Allow | 16 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18372683 | AMORPHOUS ALLOY | September 2023 | March 2024 | Allow | 6 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18372314 | STEEL SHEET FOR HOT PRESS FORMED MEMBER | September 2023 | May 2024 | Allow | 8 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18472458 | METHOD AND SYSTEMS FOR UNIFORM DISTRIBUTION OF ADDITIVE DOMAINS IN THE GRAIN BOUNDARY OF MAGNETS | September 2023 | April 2025 | Allow | 19 | 0 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18471144 | GRADIENT-STRUCTURED ULTRA-FINE BAINITIC LOW-ALLOY RAIL STEEL AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF | September 2023 | May 2024 | Allow | 8 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18470382 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A PART | September 2023 | September 2024 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18369988 | ALLOY POWDER, NANOCRYSTALLINE POWDER AND MAGNETIC CORE | September 2023 | February 2025 | Allow | 17 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18464879 | NON ORIENTED ELECTRICAL STEEL SHEET, IRON CORE, MANUFACTURING METHOD OF IRON CORE, MOTOR, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF MOTOR | September 2023 | May 2025 | Abandon | 20 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18281171 | NON-ORIENTED ELECTRICAL STEEL SHEET, PRODUCTION METHOD FOR NON-ORIENTED ELECTRICAL STEEL SHEET, ELECTRIC MOTOR AND PRODUCTION METHOD FOR ELECTRIC MOTOR | September 2023 | June 2024 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18463301 | METHOD FOR EFFICIENTLY REMOVING CU IN ELECTRIC FURNACE STEELMAKING WITH REGENERATED STEEL RAW MATERIALS | September 2023 | March 2025 | Abandon | 18 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18242752 | HIGH-TEMPERATURE FLUE GAS RECOVERY APPARATUS FOR MELTING FURNACE | September 2023 | December 2023 | Allow | 4 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18242253 | METAL MELTING FURNACE INCLUDING A STIRRING DEVICE | September 2023 | January 2024 | Allow | 4 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18459388 | METHOD FOR EVALUATING ENERGY EFFICIENCY OF ELECTRIC ARC FURNACE STEELMAKING | August 2023 | June 2025 | Abandon | 22 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 18279588 | COMPOSITE-STRENGTHENED HEAT-RESISTANT AND WEAR-RESISTANT ALUMINUM ALLOY AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF | August 2023 | December 2024 | Allow | 16 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18458173 | CONVERTER BOTTOM BLOWING SYSTEM CAPABLE OF ALLOWING MULTIPLE MEDIA TO SHARE BOTTOM BLOWING LANCES AND METHOD FOR USING SAME | August 2023 | August 2024 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18239519 | DOUBLE-ACTING SWITCH VALVE | August 2023 | January 2024 | Allow | 5 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18279161 | NON-ORIENTED ELECTRICAL STEEL SHEET | August 2023 | February 2024 | Allow | 6 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18278761 | ROTATING ELECTRICAL MACHINE, STATOR CORE AND ROTOR CORE SET, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ROTATING ELECTRICAL MACHINE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING NON-ORIENTED ELECTRICAL STEEL SHEET FOR STATOR AND NON-ORIENTED ELECTRICAL STEEL SHEET FOR ROTOR, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING STATOR AND ROTOR, AND NON-ORIENTED ELECTRICAL STEEL SHEET SET | August 2023 | July 2025 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18278429 | SURFACE-TREATED STEEL | August 2023 | June 2024 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18454365 | AMORPHOUS DUCTILE BRAZE ALLOY COMPOSITIONS, AND RELATED METHODS AND ARTICLES | August 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 21 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18449665 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PREPARING THERMOSETTING BONDED MAGNET | August 2023 | March 2024 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18233217 | Compound Furnace | August 2023 | April 2025 | Abandon | 20 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18277015 | NON-ORIENTED ELECTRICAL STEEL SHEET, MOTOR CORE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING NON-ORIENTED ELECTRICAL STEEL SHEET, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING MOTOR CORE | August 2023 | January 2025 | Abandon | 17 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18232176 | HARDBANDING METHOD AND APPARATUS | August 2023 | December 2024 | Allow | 17 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18364840 | HOT DIP GALVANIZED ULTRA-HIGH STRENGTH STEEL SHEETS WITH HIGH FLATNESS | August 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18360580 | DIRECT METAL PRINTING WITH STEREOLITHOGRAPHY | July 2023 | February 2025 | Abandon | 19 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18274385 | NON-ORIENTED ELECTRICAL STEEL SHEET | July 2023 | November 2023 | Allow | 4 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18358577 | ALUMINUM WHEELS AND METHODS FOR CASTING ALUMINUM WHEELS USING HIGH SCRAP ALUMINUM CONTENT | July 2023 | May 2025 | Allow | 21 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18224833 | Solder Alloy, Solder Ball, Solder Paste, and Solder Joint | July 2023 | May 2024 | Allow | 10 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18273270 | ECCENTRIC EXTREME HIGH-SPEED-RATE LASER HYBRID MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR ROTARY ENGINEERING COMPONENT | July 2023 | July 2024 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18222412 | METHOD FOR HEATING A BLANK AND HEATING SYSTEM | July 2023 | October 2024 | Allow | 15 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18351436 | COMPRESSION-MOLDING METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PERMANENT MAGNET | July 2023 | November 2023 | Allow | 4 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18216985 | LIGHT-DRIVEN SYNTHESIS OF PLASMONIC NANOPARTICLES AND NANOMATERIALS | June 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18259333 | ALUMINUM ALLOY FOIL | June 2023 | February 2024 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for art-unit 1733.
With a 30.1% reversal rate, the PTAB reverses the examiner's rejections in a meaningful percentage of cases. This reversal rate is below the USPTO average, indicating that appeals face more challenges here than typical.
Filing a Notice of Appeal can sometimes lead to allowance even before the appeal is fully briefed or decided by the PTAB. This occurs when the examiner or their supervisor reconsiders the rejection during the mandatory appeal conference (MPEP § 1207.01) after the appeal is filed.
In this dataset, 36.0% of applications that filed an appeal were subsequently allowed. This appeal filing benefit rate is above the USPTO average, suggesting that filing an appeal can be an effective strategy for prompting reconsideration.
⚠ Appeals to PTAB face challenges. Ensure your case has strong merit before committing to full Board review.
✓ Filing a Notice of Appeal is strategically valuable. The act of filing often prompts favorable reconsideration during the mandatory appeal conference.
Art Unit 1733 is part of Group 1730 in Technology Center 1700. This art unit has examined 16,029 patent applications in our dataset, with an overall allowance rate of 68.3%. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 33 months.
Art Unit 1733's allowance rate of 68.3% places it in the 25% percentile among all USPTO art units. This art unit has a significantly lower allowance rate than most art units at the USPTO.
Applications in Art Unit 1733 receive an average of 2.04 office actions before reaching final disposition (in the 69% percentile). The median prosecution time is 33 months (in the 27% percentile).
When prosecuting applications in this art unit, consider the following:
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