Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
5 pending office actions • 2 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 14 patents granted in the last 365 days
Formlabs Inc. currently manages 5 pending office actions within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These actions are distributed among 4 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units, indicating a focused but slightly varied prosecution landscape. The concentration in 2 distinct art units suggests that the company's chemistry-related innovations are being reviewed by a relatively small group of technical experts.
The busiest examiner for the portfolio is THROWER, LARRY W, who holds 2 busiest examiner pending office actions. This examiner is responsible for a portion of the 5 pending office actions compared to the other 4 distinct examiners. This concentration with THROWER, LARRY W provides a central point of focus for the company's prosecution strategy. Navigating the workload across these art units allows the company to develop an understanding of the specific examination trends within those groups.
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%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 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% |
| AHMED, ISTIAQUE | 1 | 69.5% | +20.5% |
| O'KEEFE, SEAN P | 1 | 65.7% | +12.5% |
| MORENO HERNANDEZ, JERZI H | 1 | 73.1% | +15.4% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | — |
| 18758109 | ENHANCED SUPPORT GENERATION TECHNIQUES FOR ADDITIVE FABRICATION | AHMED, ISTIAQUE | — |
| 18642979 | TECHNIQUES FOR CASTING FROM ADDITIVELY FABRICATED MOLDS AND RELATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS | O'KEEFE, SEAN P | — |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 18758109 | ENHANCED SUPPORT GENERATION TECHNIQUES FOR ADDITIVE FABRICATION | AHMED, ISTIAQUE | — | §101§103DPOther | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 28, 2024 |
| 18642979 | TECHNIQUES FOR CASTING FROM ADDITIVELY FABRICATED MOLDS AND RELATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS | O'KEEFE, SEAN P | — | §103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 23, 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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