Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Computing & Software
5 pending office actions • 4 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 15 patents granted in the last 365 days
Formlabs Inc. has 5 pending office actions in Chemistry & Materials. The matters involve 4 examiners and 4 art units, indicating that at least one examination channel handles more than one pending matter.
THROWER, LARRY W is the busiest examiner, with 2 pending matters. That concentration creates an opportunity to coordinate related responses, while the remaining matters require separate examiner-specific preparation.
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 | 1 (20%) |
| §103 only | 2 (40%) |
| §102 only | 1 (20%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (20%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| THROWER, LARRY W | 2 | 65.9% | +12.6% |
| LIU, XUE H | 1 | 73.1% | +12.6% |
| AHMED, ISTIAQUE | 1 | 69.5% | +20.5% |
| MORENO HERNANDEZ, JERZI H | 1 | 73.3% | +15.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19043882 | Blade Assist Part Peel for Additive Manufacturing | LIU, XUE H | — |
| 18758109 | ENHANCED SUPPORT GENERATION TECHNIQUES FOR ADDITIVE FABRICATION | AHMED, ISTIAQUE | — |
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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18581519 | RECOATING TECHNIQUES FOR POWDER-BASED ADDITIVE FABRICATION AND RELATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS | MORENO HERNANDEZ, JERZI H | 11d overdue |
| 19092183 | TECHNIQUES FOR INTEGRATED PREHEATING AND COATING OF POWDER MATERIAL IN ADDITIVE FABRICATION AND RELATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS | THROWER, LARRY W | — |
| 19043882 | Blade Assist Part Peel for Additive Manufacturing | LIU, XUE H | — |
| 18758109 | ENHANCED SUPPORT GENERATION TECHNIQUES FOR ADDITIVE FABRICATION | AHMED, ISTIAQUE | — |
| 18597061 | TECHNIQUES FOR INTEGRATED PREHEATING AND COATING OF POWDER MATERIAL IN ADDITIVE FABRICATION AND RELATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS | THROWER, LARRY W | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1754 | 2 |
| 1742 | 1 |
| 2116 | 1 |
| 1743 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19092183 | TECHNIQUES FOR INTEGRATED PREHEATING AND COATING OF POWDER MATERIAL IN ADDITIVE FABRICATION AND RELATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS | THROWER, LARRY W | 1754 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 27, 2025 |
| 19043882 | Blade Assist Part Peel for Additive Manufacturing | LIU, XUE H | 1742 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 03, 2025 |
| 18758109 | ENHANCED SUPPORT GENERATION TECHNIQUES FOR ADDITIVE FABRICATION | AHMED, ISTIAQUE | 2116 | §101§103DPOther | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 28, 2024 |
| 18597061 | TECHNIQUES FOR INTEGRATED PREHEATING AND COATING OF POWDER MATERIAL IN ADDITIVE FABRICATION AND RELATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS | THROWER, LARRY W | 1754 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 06, 2024 |
| 18581519 | RECOATING TECHNIQUES FOR POWDER-BASED ADDITIVE FABRICATION AND RELATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS | MORENO HERNANDEZ, JERZI H | 1743 | §103 | Final Rejection | 11d overdue | Pending | Feb 20, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialFormlabs Inc. has 5 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 4 art units and 4 examiners.
Larry W Thrower has the most, with 2 of Formlabs Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
