Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Evolve Additive Solutions Inc. has 2 pending office actions in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These are handled by 2 distinct examiners within 1 distinct art unit. CORTES, HOWARD is the busiest examiner with 1 busiest examiner pending action. The concentration in 1 distinct art unit contrasts with the involvement of 2 distinct examiners.
With 2 distinct examiners reviewing the 2 pending office actions, the company faces different perspectives within the same administrative group. CORTES, HOWARD handles 1 of these actions, while the other is assigned to a second official. This structure allows the applicant to compare examiner behaviors within the same art unit. Because both actions are in 1 distinct art unit, the underlying legal and technical standards applied to the portfolio should remain consistent despite the different examiner assignments. Practitioners should monitor both of the 2 pending office actions for any divergent interpretations of the same art unit policies.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (100%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CORTES, HOWARD | 1 | 78.5% | +14.4% |
| SONG, INJA | 1 | 66.4% | +48.8% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18725357 | ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING SYSTEM WITH IMAGE-BASED BUILD CONTROLS | CORTES, HOWARD | — |
| 18620263 | ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING SYSTEM AND METHOD WITH IMPROVED STRUCTURE | SONG, INJA | — |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18725357 | ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING SYSTEM WITH IMAGE-BASED BUILD CONTROLS | CORTES, HOWARD | — |
| 18620263 | ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING SYSTEM AND METHOD WITH IMPROVED STRUCTURE | SONG, INJA | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1744 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18725357 | ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING SYSTEM WITH IMAGE-BASED BUILD CONTROLS | CORTES, HOWARD | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 28, 2024 |
| 18620263 | ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING SYSTEM AND METHOD WITH IMPROVED STRUCTURE | SONG, INJA | 1744 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 28, 2024 |
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