Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19355752 | METHOD FOR MAKING AND USING ANTICORROSIVE MATERIAL | October 2025 | December 2025 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 19321592 | Steel part having high strength and high bendability | September 2025 | February 2026 | Allow | 5 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 19248502 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING NON-SUPPORT LASER ADDITIVE MATERIAL APPLIED TO OVERHANGING STRUCTURE IN METAL MATERIAL | June 2025 | March 2026 | Allow | 9 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 19235398 | ORE RESETTING PROCESS FOR COPPER LEACHING | June 2025 | January 2026 | Allow | 7 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 19215462 | CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSION REDUCTION SYSTEM FOR ELECTRIC ARC FURNACES UTILIZING ALGAE FOR CARBON DIOXIDE ABSORBTION | May 2025 | August 2025 | Allow | 3 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 19103045 | Solder Alloy, Solder Paste, and Solder Joint | May 2025 | October 2025 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 19214025 | THERMAL ENERGY RECOVERY SYSTEMS FOR NON-CONTACT TEMPERATURE DETECTION OF MOLTEN STEEL IN STEELMAKING PROCESS | May 2025 | October 2025 | Allow | 5 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 19206992 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM FOR LITHIUM ION BATTERY RECYCLING | May 2025 | January 2026 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 19205668 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ACTIVATING DEEP RAFFINATE INJECTION BASED ON ORE PLACEMENT | May 2025 | September 2025 | Allow | 5 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 19194435 | JOINT REGULATION METHOD OF MATERIAL FLOW, ENERGY FLOW, AND CARBON EMISSION FLOW IN LONG-PROCESS IRON AND STEEL ENTERPRISES | April 2025 | January 2026 | Allow | 8 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 19187806 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING REDUCED FORM OF METAL OXIDES | April 2025 | January 2026 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 19187831 | Iron Containing Pellets | April 2025 | January 2026 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 19187744 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ACTIVATING DEEP RAFFINATE INJECTION BASED ON COLUMN TEST PREDICTIVE MODEL | April 2025 | August 2025 | Allow | 4 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 19119702 | AQUEOUS SURFACE TREATMENT AGENT AND SURFACE-TREATED METAL | April 2025 | September 2025 | Allow | 5 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 19083887 | IRON PRODUCTION WITH SYNTHESIS GAS FEED AND CARBON CAPTURE | March 2025 | February 2026 | Abandon | 11 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 19076331 | PROCESS FOR MAGNESIUM METAL EXTRACTION FROM MINERAL SOURCES | March 2025 | November 2025 | Allow | 8 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 19061912 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SCALABLE DIRECT RECYCLING OF BATTERY WASTE | February 2025 | July 2025 | Allow | 4 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 19061911 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SCALABLE DIRECT RECYCLING OF BATTERY WASTE | February 2025 | June 2025 | Allow | 4 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 19104476 | HYDROGEN-RICH BLAST FURNACE IRONMAKING SYSTEM BASED ONMASS-ENERGY CONVERSION, AND PRODUCTION CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR | February 2025 | March 2026 | Allow | 13 | 3 | 0 | Yes | Yes |
| 18997175 | COMPOUND PARTICLES FOR USE IN A SHAPING AND SINTERING PROCESS AND PROCESS FOR PREPARING COMPOUND PARTICLES | January 2025 | September 2025 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18996263 | FLUX AND SOLDER PASTE | January 2025 | September 2025 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18992675 | FLUX AND SOLDER PASTE | January 2025 | October 2025 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 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 |
| 18870462 | SYSTEM FOR PREPARING NEW ENERGY NI-CO-MN RAW MATERIAL FROM LATERITE NICKEL ORE | November 2024 | November 2025 | Allow | 11 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18870459 | TREATMENT SYSTEM FOR REMOVING IRON-ALUMINUM-CHROMIUM REACTION PRODUCTS IN LEACHING SOLUTION OF LATERITE NICKEL ORE | November 2024 | November 2025 | Allow | 12 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18870463 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REGULATING ALUMINUM PRECIPITATION DURING HIGH-PRESSURE ACID LEACHING OF LATERITE NICKEL ORE | November 2024 | January 2026 | Allow | 14 | 4 | 0 | No | No |
| 18948855 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A TIBIAL IMPLANT | November 2024 | February 2025 | Allow | 3 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18864809 | DEVICE FOR MANUFACTURING PERMANENT MAGNET | November 2024 | March 2026 | Allow | 16 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 18925078 | INTELLIGENT TEMPERATURE CONTROL METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DIE-CASTING DIE | October 2024 | January 2026 | Allow | 15 | 3 | 1 | 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 |
| 18844653 | Device for Monitoring an Apparatus for Induction Heating of a Metal Material, Method for Automatic Loading and Control System | September 2024 | February 2026 | Allow | 17 | 2 | 1 | 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 |
| 18840595 | METHOD OF EXTRACTING LITHIUM FROM SPODUMENE AND MEANWHILE RECOVERING LOW IRON AND LOW SULFUR SILICON ALUMINUM MICRO-POWDER, HIGH PURITY GYPSUM, TANTALUM NIOBIUM CONCENTRATE AND LITHIUM RICH IRON MATERIAL | August 2024 | August 2025 | Allow | 11 | 2 | 0 | Yes | 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 |
| 18784656 | METHOD FOR FORMING GOURD PETAL COMPONENT USING ELECTRIC PULSE CREEP AGING | July 2024 | July 2025 | Allow | 12 | 2 | 0 | No | 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 |
| 18778107 | THERMAL SPRAY POWDER FOR COATING ELECTRODES IN HYDROGEN PRODUCTION BY ALKALINE WATER ELECTROLYSIS | July 2024 | September 2025 | Allow | 14 | 2 | 0 | Yes | 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 |
| 18757564 | DEVICE AND METHOD OF REGULATING MELTING SPEED OF ALUMINUM ALLOY SMELTING FURNACE BURNER | June 2024 | March 2026 | Allow | 20 | 4 | 1 | No | 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 |
| 18745041 | SLAG DOOR PUSHER | June 2024 | September 2025 | Abandon | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18717531 | ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING APPARATUS AND ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING METHOD | June 2024 | October 2025 | Allow | 16 | 2 | 1 | Yes | 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 |
| 18735822 | CONVERSION COATING APPLICATION SYSTEM INCLUDING HYDROGELS AND METHODS OF USING SAME | June 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 10 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18716757 | MANIPULATOR ARM, AND MANIPULATOR COMPRISING A MANIPULATOR ARM | June 2024 | July 2025 | Allow | 13 | 2 | 0 | Yes | 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 |
| 18669041 | PHASE SHIFT MASK FOR EUV LITHOGRAPHY AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR THE PHASE SHIFT MASK | May 2024 | September 2025 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | Yes | 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 |
| 18707687 | A FeCrAl powder and an object made thereof | May 2024 | September 2025 | Abandon | 16 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18705987 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A DUAL-PHASE STEEL STRIP IN A COMBINED CASTING AND ROLLING SYSTEM, A DUAL-PHASE STEEL STRIP PRODUCED BY MEANS OF THE METHOD, AND A COMBINED CASTING AND ROLLING SYSTEM | April 2024 | January 2026 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18644547 | METHOD FOR HEAT TREATING AN OBJECT | April 2024 | October 2025 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18642878 | Alkaline Oxidation Methods and Systems for Recovery of Metals from Ores | April 2024 | December 2025 | Allow | 20 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18637781 | METHOD FOR RECYCLING LITHIUM BATTERIES | April 2024 | February 2026 | Abandon | 22 | 4 | 0 | No | No |
| 18637026 | APPARATUS FOR A CHLORINATION METHOD TO RECYCLE METAL ELEMENTSIN LITHIUM BATTERIES | April 2024 | November 2024 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18634707 | LIQUID LITHIUM SUPPLY AND REGULATION | April 2024 | November 2025 | Abandon | 19 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18700014 | STEEL PLATE HAVING HIGH STRENGTH AND EXCELLENT IMPACT TOUGHNESS AFTER DEFORMATION, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME | April 2024 | December 2025 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 1 | 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 |
| 18625591 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING HIGH-STRENGTH STEEL PARTS WITH IMPROVED DUCTILITY, AND PARTS OBTAINED BY SAID METHOD | April 2024 | January 2026 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 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 |
| 18610218 | DIRECT REDUCED IRON SYSTEM AND METHOD USING SYNTHETIC COMBUSTION AIR | March 2024 | January 2026 | Abandon | 22 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18692201 | FLUX AND SOLDER PASTE | March 2024 | December 2024 | Allow | 9 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18602358 | METHOD FOR RECYCLING LITHIUM BATTERIES | March 2024 | October 2025 | Abandon | 20 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18690689 | LEACHING FLUID CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR MINING OPERATIONS | March 2024 | May 2025 | Allow | 14 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18595868 | METHOD OF OPERATING A METAL DROP EJECTING THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) OBJECT PRINTER TO FORM METAL SUPPORT STRUCTURES | March 2024 | August 2025 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18596255 | PROCESS ENVIRONMENT FOR INORGANIC RESIST PATTERNING | March 2024 | September 2025 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18682442 | IRON-CONTAINING POWDER DIRECT STEELMAKING DEVICE IN REDUCING ATMOSPHERE AND METHOD FOR USING SAME | February 2024 | September 2025 | Abandon | 19 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18432842 | METHOD FOR FABRICATING EUV MASK AND PHOTOMASK USING THE EUV MASK | February 2024 | April 2025 | Abandon | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18428251 | EJECTOR FOR METAL JETTING BULK METALLIC GLASS COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS THEREOF | January 2024 | December 2025 | Abandon | 23 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 18421194 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING A COMPOSITE WASTE SOURCE | January 2024 | January 2026 | Allow | 24 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18420010 | SLURRY MIXTURES FOR 3-D SLURRY EXTRUSION OF ARTIFACTS | January 2024 | January 2026 | Allow | 24 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18417759 | Method for producing a press-hardened laser welded steel part and press-hardened laser welded steel part | January 2024 | October 2025 | Allow | 21 | 0 | 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 |
| 18577898 | PURIFICATION METHOD FOR COPPER FOIL | January 2024 | October 2025 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 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 |
| 18400526 | ALUMINUM COATED BLANK AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF | December 2023 | September 2025 | Allow | 21 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18400580 | ALUMINUM COATED BLANK AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF | December 2023 | January 2026 | Allow | 25 | 3 | 0 | 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 |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for art-unit 1733.
With a 29.0% reversal rate, the PTAB affirms the examiner's rejections in the vast majority 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, 34.9% 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 15,888 patent applications in our dataset, with an overall allowance rate of 67.7%. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 33 months.
Art Unit 1733's allowance rate of 67.7% places it in the 26% percentile among all USPTO art units. This art unit has a below-average allowance rate compared to other art units.
Applications in Art Unit 1733 receive an average of 2.08 office actions before reaching final disposition (in the 66% percentile). The median prosecution time is 33 months (in the 36% percentile).
When prosecuting applications in this art unit, consider the following:
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