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App. No. 14/280,045 · Confirmation No. 1783

High Strength Steel Exhibiting Good Ductility and Method of Production via Quenching and Partitioning Treatment by Zinc Bath

Inventors: Grant A. Thomas, Luis G. Garza-Martinez

Applicant: AK Steel Properties, Inc.

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2020-03-23	`CTFR`	Final Rejection	17	View
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2020-03-23	`SRNT`	Examiner's search strategy and results	5	View
2019-12-05	`WFEE`	Fee Worksheet (SB06)	1	View
2019-12-05	`A...`	Amendment/Request for Reconsideration-After Non-Final Rejection	1	View
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2019-12-05	`N417`	Electronic Filing System Acknowledgment Receipt	2	View
2019-09-06	`CTNF`	Non-Final Rejection	16	View
2019-09-06	`892`	List of references cited by examiner	1	View
2019-09-06	`SRFW`	Search information including classification, databases and other search related notes	2	View
2019-09-06	`FOR`	Foreign Reference	57	View
2019-09-06	`SRNT`	Examiner's search strategy and results	3	View
2019-09-06	`1449`	List of References cited by applicant and considered by examiner	2	View
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2019-08-29	`FOR`	Foreign Reference	69	View
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2019-08-29	`N417`	Electronic Filing System Acknowledgment Receipt	4	View
2019-08-29	`TRAN.LET`	Transmittal Letter	2	View
2019-08-15	`SRNT`	Examiner's search strategy and results	1	View
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2019-08-01	`RCEX`	Request for Continued Examination (RCE)	3	View
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2019-08-01	`N417`	Electronic Filing System Acknowledgment Receipt	2	View
2019-08-01	`AMSB`	Amendment Submitted/Entered with Filing of Continued Prosecution Application (CPA)/Request for Continued Examination(RCE)	1	View
2019-08-01	`CLM`	Claims	2	View
2019-08-01	`REM`	Applicant Arguments/Remarks Made in an Amendment	3	View
2019-08-01	`WFEE`	Fee Worksheet (SB06)	1	View
2019-05-02	`CTFR`	Final Rejection	11	View
2019-05-02	`892`	List of references cited by examiner	1	View
2019-05-02	`SRFW`	Search information including classification, databases and other search related notes	2	View
2019-05-02	`SRNT`	Examiner's search strategy and results	1	View
2019-05-02	`1449`	List of References cited by applicant and considered by examiner	2	View
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2019-02-19	`A...`	Amendment/Request for Reconsideration-After Non-Final Rejection	1	View
2019-02-19	`CLM`	Claims	2	View
2019-02-19	`REM`	Applicant Arguments/Remarks Made in an Amendment	7	View
2019-02-19	`WFEE`	Fee Worksheet (SB06)	2	View
2019-02-19	`N417`	Electronic Filing System Acknowledgment Receipt	10	View
2019-02-19	`TRAN.LET`	Transmittal Letter	2	View
2018-11-19	`CTNF`	Non-Final Rejection	15	View
2018-11-19	`SRFW`	Search information including classification, databases and other search related notes	2	View
2018-11-19	`SRNT`	Examiner's search strategy and results	1	View
2018-07-05	`RCEX`	Request for Continued Examination (RCE)	3	View
2018-07-05	`WFEE`	Fee Worksheet (SB06)	2	View
2018-07-05	`N417`	Electronic Filing System Acknowledgment Receipt	3	View
2018-07-05	`AMSB`	Amendment Submitted/Entered with Filing of Continued Prosecution Application (CPA)/Request for Continued Examination(RCE)	1	View
2018-07-05	`REM`	Applicant Arguments/Remarks Made in an Amendment	5	View
2018-07-05	`AF/D.132`	Affidavit-traversing rejections or objections rule 132	14	View
2018-03-21	`SRFW`	Search information including classification, databases and other search related notes	1	View
2018-03-21	`CTFR`	Final Rejection	11	View
2018-03-21	`SRNT`	Examiner's search strategy and results	1	View
2017-12-27	`A...`	Amendment/Request for Reconsideration-After Non-Final Rejection	1	View
2017-12-27	`SPEC`	Specification	1	View
2017-12-27	`CLM`	Claims	2	View
2017-12-27	`REM`	Applicant Arguments/Remarks Made in an Amendment	5	View
2017-12-27	`N417`	Electronic Filing System Acknowledgment Receipt	2	View
2017-12-27	`WFEE`	Fee Worksheet (SB06)	1	View
2017-10-02	`CTNF`	Non-Final Rejection	12	View
2017-10-02	`SRNT`	Examiner's search strategy and results	1	View
2017-10-02	`SRFW`	Search information including classification, databases and other search related notes	1	View
2017-08-31	`RCEX`	Request for Continued Examination (RCE)	2	View
2017-08-31	`WFEE`	Fee Worksheet (SB06)	2	View
2017-08-31	`N417`	Electronic Filing System Acknowledgment Receipt	3	View
2017-08-31	`AMSB`	Amendment Submitted/Entered with Filing of Continued Prosecution Application (CPA)/Request for Continued Examination(RCE)	1	View
2017-08-31	`SPEC`	Specification	1	View
2017-08-31	`CLM`	Claims	2	View
2017-08-31	`REM`	Applicant Arguments/Remarks Made in an Amendment	5	View
2017-08-31	`WFEE`	Fee Worksheet (SB06)	1	View
2017-06-01	`CTFR`	Final Rejection	12	View
2017-06-01	`SRFW`	Search information including classification, databases and other search related notes	1	View
2017-06-01	`1449`	List of References cited by applicant and considered by examiner	2	View
2017-06-01	`SRNT`	Examiner's search strategy and results	2	View
2017-02-17	`A...`	Amendment/Request for Reconsideration-After Non-Final Rejection	1	View
2017-02-17	`WFEE`	Fee Worksheet (SB06)	2	View
2017-02-17	`N417`	Electronic Filing System Acknowledgment Receipt	5	View
2017-02-17	`IDS`	Information Disclosure Statement (IDS) Form (SB08)	2	View
2017-02-17	`TRAN.LET`	Transmittal Letter	2	View
2017-02-17	`FOR`	Foreign Reference	24	View
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2017-02-17	`REM`	Applicant Arguments/Remarks Made in an Amendment	5	View
2017-02-17	`CLM`	Claims	3	View
2017-02-17	`SPEC`	Specification	4	View
2017-02-17	`WFEE`	Fee Worksheet (SB06)	1	View
2016-10-18	`CTNF`	Non-Final Rejection	12	View
2016-10-18	`892`	List of references cited by examiner	1	View
2016-10-18	`SRNT`	Examiner's search strategy and results	3	View
2016-10-18	`BIB`	Bibliographic Data Sheet	1	View
2016-10-18	`1449`	List of References cited by applicant and considered by examiner	1	View
2016-10-18	`SRFW`	Search information including classification, databases and other search related notes	1	View
2016-10-18	`1449`	List of References cited by applicant and considered by examiner	5	View
2016-10-18	`1449`	List of References cited by applicant and considered by examiner	12	View
2016-08-09	`ELC.`	Response to Election / Restriction Filed	1	View
2016-08-09	`CLM`	Claims	2	View
2016-08-09	`REM`	Applicant Arguments/Remarks Made in an Amendment	2	View
2016-08-09	`N417`	Electronic Filing System Acknowledgment Receipt	2	View
2016-08-09	`WFEE`	Fee Worksheet (SB06)	1	View
2016-06-20	`CTRS`	Requirement for Restriction/Election	8	View
2016-06-01	`IDS`	Information Disclosure Statement (IDS) Form (SB08)	5	View
2016-06-01	`FOR`	Foreign Reference	18	View
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2016-06-01	`REF.OTHER`	Other reference-Patent/Application/Search Documents	15	View
2016-06-01	`N417`	Electronic Filing System Acknowledgment Receipt	7	View
2016-06-01	`TRAN.LET`	Transmittal Letter	2	View
2015-12-09	`N570`	Communication - Re: Power of Attorney (PTOL-308)	1	View
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2015-12-02	`N417`	Electronic Filing System Acknowledgment Receipt	2	View
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Inventors

Grant A. Thomas Liberty Township, OH

Luis G. Garza-Martinez Wyoming, OH

Attorneys & Agents of Record

ROBERT RUDNICK Reg. 36260 Attorney · GIBBONS P.C.

DANIEL MURRAY Reg. 60862 Attorney · FROST BROWN TODD LLP

LUCAS HAUGH Reg. 60795 Attorney · FROST BROWN TODD LLP

JEFFREY KERSTING Reg. 63100 Attorney · FBT GIBBONS LLP

ALEXANDER JOHNSON Reg. 73767 Attorney · FROST BROWN TODD LLP

LAUREN SCHNEIDER Reg. 63712 Attorney · FROST BROWN TODD LLP

KARISSA SMITH Reg. 84794 Attorney · FBT GIBBONS LLP

VANCE VANDRAKE Reg. 50459 Attorney · FROST BROWN TODD LLP

BARRY VISCONTE Reg. 52325 Attorney · FROST BROWN TODD LLC

CHARLES CHEVALIER Reg. 52735 Agent · GIBBONS P.C.

JONATHAN SIDERITS Reg. 77007 Attorney · FROST BROWN TODD LLP

NICOLE TEPE Reg. 61521 Attorney · FROST BROWN TODD LLC

BENNETT HERBERT Reg. 84828 Attorney · FBT GIBBONS

JORGE TAMERON Reg. 83967 Attorney · FROST BROWN TODD LLP

ESTELLE TSEVDOS Reg. 31145 Attorney · GIBBONS P.C.

MATTHEW SCHANTZ Reg. 40800 Attorney · FROST BROWN TODD LLC

ALEXANDER CZANIK Reg. 68756 Attorney · FROST BROWN TODD LLC

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Classification

USPC 148/533

C22C38/04 C22C38/12 C22C38/38 C23C2/024 C23C2/0224 C21D1/18 C21D1/785 C21D6/005 C21D8/02 C21D9/46 C21D2211/001 C21D2211/008 C22C38/00 C22C38/002 C22C38/02 C22C38/06 C22C38/18 C22C38/22 C22C38/26 C22C38/32 C22C38/34 C23C2/06 C23C2/28 C23C2/40

Prosecution

Examiner: KOSHY, JOPHY STEPHEN
Art Unit: 1733
Customer No.: 26874
Docket No.: 1606001/0374644
Confirmation No.: 1783

Publication

Pub. No.: US20140338798A1
Pub. Date: 2014-11-20

CLEVELAND-CLIFFS INC., CLEVELAND-CLIFFS STEEL CORPORATION (F/K/A AK STEEL CORPORATION), CLEVELAND-CLIFFS STEEL PROPERTIES INC. (F/K/A AK STEEL PROPERTIES, INC.)

from U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded 2024-04-05

067025/0974 →

CLEVELAND-CLIFFS INC., CLEVELAND-CLIFFS STEEL CORPORATION (F/K/A AK STEEL CORPORATION),, CLEVELAND-CLIFFS STEEL PROPERTIES, INC. (F/K/A AK STEEL PROPERTIES, INC.), IRONUNITS LLC

from U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded 2022-05-11

063272/0001 →

AK STEEL CORPORATION, AK STEEL PROPERTIES, INC.

from U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded 2021-03-15

055587/0118 →

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS NOTES COLLATERAL AGENT

from AK STEEL CORPORATION, AK STEEL PROPERTIES, INC., CLEVELAND-CLIFFS INC.

PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded 2020-04-17

052432/0166 →

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS NOTES COLLATERAL AGENT