Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 16, 2026

3Shape A/S

14 pending office actions • 9 art units • 14 examiners • 0 of 14 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 23 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

14
Total Pending OAs
10
Non-Final OAs
4
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 6 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
Overdue
0
Due this week
2
Due this month
2
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 6 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)Due ≤ 30 days (2)Due ≤ 60 days (2)

Case Difficulty Mix

Difficulty is derived from the rejection statutes on the most recent pending office action. §101-driven and multi-statute cases are graded Hard; §112-only and obviousness-type double-patenting cases are graded Easy; everything else is Medium. "Unknown" means we have not yet parsed a statute for that office action.

6
Hard (43%)
8
Medium (57%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other2 (14%)
§103 only6 (43%)
§102 only1 (7%)
Double-patenting + other1 (7%)
Multi-statute (no §101)4 (29%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
4
Information Tech
29% of docket
2
Communications
14% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
4
Mechanical / Eng
29% of docket
4
Business / Other
29% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

Manual office-action response work runs about 10 hours per case. The time-saved bands below show what IP Author's prosecution pipeline typically delivers — a conservative 20% on the low end, 35% in the middle, 50% on the high end.

140 h
Manual time on pending OAs
28 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
49 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.2 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
TSWEI, YU-JANG 1 84.3% +17.2%
PENA-SANTANA, TANIA M 1 71.9% -3.5%
TRAN, TRANG U 1 78.6% +15.7%
GARCIA, GABRIEL I 1 90.5% +6.4%
CODRINGTON, SHANE WRENSFORD 1 100.0% +0.0%
CHU, RANDOLPH I 1 80.4% +6.1%
SZE, BRIANA 1 100.0% +0.0%
TRAN, PHUOC 1 85.3% +8.8%
HODGES, SUSAN E 1 66.9% +13.9%
BROWN, HELENE CATHERINE 1 51.3% +30.1%

Quick Wins (3)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18904237 METHOD FOR GENERATING DENTAL MODELS BASED ON AN OBJECTIVE FUNCTION GARCIA, GABRIEL I
18818868 INTRAORAL SCANNER SYSTEM WITH A CORRECTION FEEDBACK SIGNAL SZE, BRIANA
18839043 METHOD OF GENERATING A TRAINING DATA SET FOR DETERMINING PERIODONTAL STRUCTURES OF A PATIENT TRAN, PHUOC

Hard Cases (6)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17767151 SCANNING SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING A HEALTH-CONDITION MALDONADO, STEVEN 212d overdue
18067047 SCANNER COMPRISING A NOVEL LENS DRIVE MECHANISM BROWN, HELENE CATHERINE 35d
18994395 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TOOTH POSE ESTIMATION TSWEI, YU-JANG
18847941 INTRA ORAL SCANNER AND COMPUTER IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR UPDATING A DIGITAL 3D SCAN CODRINGTON, SHANE WRENSFORD
18843466 TOOTH SUBDIVISION AND ALIGNMENT CHU, RANDOLPH I
16669843 TIP FOR AN OPTICAL SCANNER CHOU, WILLIAM B

Interview Candidates (4)

Cases in front of an examiner whose interview lift is 10 percentage points or more — i.e. interviewed cases historically resolve more favorably than non-interviewed ones. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18872316 AN INTRAORAL SCANNER INCLUDING AN IMPROVED POWER MANAGEMENT UNIT TRAN, TRANG U 3d overdue
18067047 SCANNER COMPRISING A NOVEL LENS DRIVE MECHANISM BROWN, HELENE CATHERINE 35d
18710816 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR STREAMING VIDEO FROM A SCANNING SESSION HODGES, SUSAN E 46d
18994395 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TOOTH POSE ESTIMATION TSWEI, YU-JANG

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3797 2
2443 1
2422 1
2668 1
2614 1
2425 1
2178 1
3795 1
3772 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18994395 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TOOTH POSE ESTIMATION TSWEI, YU-JANG §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 14, 2025
18875320 INTRAORAL SCANNING DEVICE WITH COMMUNICATION PROTECTION AND RELATED METHOD PENA-SANTANA, TANIA M 2443 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 16, 2024
18872316 AN INTRAORAL SCANNER INCLUDING AN IMPROVED POWER MANAGEMENT UNIT TRAN, TRANG U 2422 §103 Final Rejection 3d overdue Pending Dec 06, 2024
18904237 METHOD FOR GENERATING DENTAL MODELS BASED ON AN OBJECTIVE FUNCTION GARCIA, GABRIEL I §112DP Non-Final OA Pending Oct 02, 2024
18847941 INTRA ORAL SCANNER AND COMPUTER IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR UPDATING A DIGITAL 3D SCAN CODRINGTON, SHANE WRENSFORD 2668 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 17, 2024
18843466 TOOTH SUBDIVISION AND ALIGNMENT CHU, RANDOLPH I §101§102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 03, 2024
18818868 INTRAORAL SCANNER SYSTEM WITH A CORRECTION FEEDBACK SIGNAL SZE, BRIANA 2614 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 29, 2024
18839043 METHOD OF GENERATING A TRAINING DATA SET FOR DETERMINING PERIODONTAL STRUCTURES OF A PATIENT TRAN, PHUOC §102 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 16, 2024
18710816 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR STREAMING VIDEO FROM A SCANNING SESSION HODGES, SUSAN E 2425 §103 Final Rejection 46d Pending May 16, 2024
18067047 SCANNER COMPRISING A NOVEL LENS DRIVE MECHANISM BROWN, HELENE CATHERINE 3797 §103§112 Final Rejection 35d Pending Dec 16, 2022
17767151 SCANNING SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING A HEALTH-CONDITION MALDONADO, STEVEN 3797 §103§112 Non-Final OA 212d overdue Pending Apr 07, 2022
17434064 SCANNER DEVICE WITH REPLACEABLE SCANNING-TIPS BURKE, TIONNA M 2178 §103 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Aug 26, 2021
16669843 TIP FOR AN OPTICAL SCANNER CHOU, WILLIAM B 3795 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Oct 31, 2019
16585831 Common Placement Support for Artificial Teeth SAUNDERS, MATTHEW P 3772 §103 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Sep 27, 2019

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