Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Computing & Software
6 pending office actions • 2 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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.
| Bucket | Cases |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 2 (33%) |
| §103 only | 1 (17%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (50%) |
How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.
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.
| Examiner | Apps on this docket | Allow rate | Interview lift |
|---|---|---|---|
| JOHANSEN, JOHN E | 3 | 76.5% | +27.0% |
| HEVEY, JOHN A | 1 | 61.6% | +19.9% |
| SHAMS, NAZMUN NAHAR | 1 | 80.6% | +18.4% |
| O'KEEFE, SEAN P | 1 | 65.7% | +12.5% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18690415 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING INERT ENVIRONMENTS FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING AND PROCESSING | HEVEY, JOHN A | — |
| 18566114 | METHODS AND INSTALLATION FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING OF A THREE-DIMENSIONAL METAL PART | SHAMS, NAZMUN NAHAR | — |
| 18122610 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MECHANICAL DISTORTION COMPENSATION | JOHANSEN, JOHN E | — |
| 17898322 | METHOD OF COMPENSATING FOR SINTERING WARPAGE DUE TO POWDER SPREADING DENSITY VARIATIONS IN BINDER JET 3D PRINTING | JOHANSEN, JOHN E | — |
| 17898309 | METHOD OF COMPENSATING FOR SHRINKAGE AND DISTORTION USING SCANS | JOHANSEN, JOHN E | — |
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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18260324 | HIGH DENSITY ALUMINUM PARTS FROM ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING | O'KEEFE, SEAN P | 70d overdue |
| 18690415 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING INERT ENVIRONMENTS FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING AND PROCESSING | HEVEY, JOHN A | — |
| 18566114 | METHODS AND INSTALLATION FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING OF A THREE-DIMENSIONAL METAL PART | SHAMS, NAZMUN NAHAR | — |
| 18122610 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MECHANICAL DISTORTION COMPENSATION | JOHANSEN, JOHN E | — |
| 17898322 | METHOD OF COMPENSATING FOR SINTERING WARPAGE DUE TO POWDER SPREADING DENSITY VARIATIONS IN BINDER JET 3D PRINTING | JOHANSEN, JOHN E | — |
| 17898309 | METHOD OF COMPENSATING FOR SHRINKAGE AND DISTORTION USING SCANS | JOHANSEN, JOHN E | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1738 | 2 |
| 2187 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18690415 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING INERT ENVIRONMENTS FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING AND PROCESSING | HEVEY, JOHN A | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 08, 2024 |
| 18566114 | METHODS AND INSTALLATION FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING OF A THREE-DIMENSIONAL METAL PART | SHAMS, NAZMUN NAHAR | 1738 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 01, 2023 |
| 18260324 | HIGH DENSITY ALUMINUM PARTS FROM ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING | O'KEEFE, SEAN P | 1738 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 70d overdue | Pending | Jul 04, 2023 |
| 18122610 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MECHANICAL DISTORTION COMPENSATION | JOHANSEN, JOHN E | — | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 16, 2023 |
| 17898322 | METHOD OF COMPENSATING FOR SINTERING WARPAGE DUE TO POWDER SPREADING DENSITY VARIATIONS IN BINDER JET 3D PRINTING | JOHANSEN, JOHN E | 2187 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 29, 2022 |
| 17898309 | METHOD OF COMPENSATING FOR SHRINKAGE AND DISTORTION USING SCANS | JOHANSEN, JOHN E | 2187 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 29, 2022 |
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