Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 01, 2026

Arcam AB

Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics

1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

Arcam AB has 1 pending office action in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. This action is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, BACHNER, ROBERT G, and is in 1 distinct art unit.

BACHNER, ROBERT G is the busiest examiner for the company, with 1 pending office action. This single action represents the total active prosecution for Arcam AB in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics field. The 1 distinct art unit indicates a specific technical focus for the company's current filing.

The prosecution is concentrated under 1 distinct examiner. Practitioners can focus on the specific examination style of BACHNER, ROBERT G. With only 1 pending office action, the company's immediate patent success in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics sector depends on this single matter in 1 distinct art unit. A successful response to the 1 pending office action is critical for the company's current patent strategy.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

1
Total Pending OAs
1
Non-Final OAs
0
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

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.

1
Hard (100%)
0
Medium (0%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (100%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
100% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% 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.

10 h
Manual time on pending OAs
2 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
4 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
BACHNER, ROBERT G 1 87.6% +7.8%

Hard Cases (1)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18228198 GENERATION AND EXECUTION OF MELTING PATHS IN ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING BACHNER, ROBERT G —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2898 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18228198 GENERATION AND EXECUTION OF MELTING PATHS IN ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING BACHNER, ROBERT G 2898 §101 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 31, 2023

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