Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Icon Technology Inc.

11 pending office actions • 5 art units • 9 examiners • 0 of 11 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 7 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

11
Total Pending OAs
7
Non-Final OAs
4
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 10 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
3
Due this month
2
Due in next 60 days
4
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 10 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (1)Due ≤ 30 days (3)Due ≤ 60 days (2)Due later (4)

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.

4
Hard (36%)
7
Medium (64%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only6 (55%)
Double-patenting + other1 (9%)
Multi-statute (no §101)4 (36%)

Industry Mix

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

8
Life Sciences
73% of docket
1
Information Tech
9% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
18% 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.

110 h
Manual time on pending OAs
22 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
38 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.0 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
YE, XINWEN 2 43.2% +44.2%
MALIK, VIPUL 2 64.6% +39.6%
SONG, INJA 1 66.7% +48.0%
LUK, EMMANUEL S 1 71.3% +26.4%
ROBITAILLE, JOHN P 1 63.1% +21.8%
MINTZ, RODNEY K 1 78.9% +10.8%
DARNELL, BAILEIGH K 1 69.7% +27.0%
SHALABY, AHMAD HUSSAM 1 0.0% +0.0%
KWIECINSKI, RYAN D 1 68.4% +19.5%

Hard Cases (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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18677660 SEQUESTRATION, CAPTURE, AND IMPLEMENTATION OF CARBON-BASED MATERIALS IN ASSOCIATION WITH CEMENTITOUS MATERIALS TO FORM ADDITIVE MANUFACTURED STRUCTURES SONG, INJA 19d
18213804 THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRINTER NOZZLE AND ASSEMBLY YE, XINWEN 39d
17676476 METHODS, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM TO PROVIDE REAL-TIME ADJUSTMENT FOR THE THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRINTING OF ARCHITECTURAL STRUCTURES SHALABY, AHMAD HUSSAM 69d
18213805 THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRINTER NOZZLE AND ASSEMBLY YE, XINWEN 82d
18109823 ADDITIVE CONSTRUCTION OF STRUCTURES AND PRODUCTION OF ADDITIVE CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS DARNELL, BAILEIGH K

Interview Candidates (10)

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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18204298 WALL STRUCTURES OF EXTRUDABLE BUILDING MATERIAL MALIK, VIPUL 88d overdue
18586032 ADJUSTMENT OF A SPATIAL POSITION OF A MATERIAL DEPOSITION DEVICE ALIGNED TO DEPOSIT A STRUCTURAL MATERIAL AT A TARGET POINT OF DEPOSITION LUK, EMMANUEL S 12d
18677660 SEQUESTRATION, CAPTURE, AND IMPLEMENTATION OF CARBON-BASED MATERIALS IN ASSOCIATION WITH CEMENTITOUS MATERIALS TO FORM ADDITIVE MANUFACTURED STRUCTURES SONG, INJA 19d
18204328 WALL STRUCTURES OF EXTRUDABLE BUILDING MATERIAL MALIK, VIPUL 22d
18444565 IN-SITU APPLICATION OF ADAPTIVE LEVELS OF ENERGY APPLIED TO A SUBSET OF INDIGENOUS PARTICULATE TO FORM STRUCTURES IN A VACUUM ROBITAILLE, JOHN P 35d
18213804 THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRINTER NOZZLE AND ASSEMBLY YE, XINWEN 39d
17533831 UTILIZING UNPROCESSED CLAY IN THE THREE DIMENSIONAL ADDITIVE PRINTING OF MORTAR ONTO A BUILDING STRUCTURE KWIECINSKI, RYAN D 65d
18213805 THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRINTER NOZZLE AND ASSEMBLY YE, XINWEN 82d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1754 4
1744 2
1743 2
3635 2
2187 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18677660 SEQUESTRATION, CAPTURE, AND IMPLEMENTATION OF CARBON-BASED MATERIALS IN ASSOCIATION WITH CEMENTITOUS MATERIALS TO FORM ADDITIVE MANUFACTURED STRUCTURES SONG, INJA 1744 §103§112 Non-Final OA 19d Pending May 29, 2024
18586032 ADJUSTMENT OF A SPATIAL POSITION OF A MATERIAL DEPOSITION DEVICE ALIGNED TO DEPOSIT A STRUCTURAL MATERIAL AT A TARGET POINT OF DEPOSITION LUK, EMMANUEL S 1744 §103 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Feb 23, 2024
18444565 IN-SITU APPLICATION OF ADAPTIVE LEVELS OF ENERGY APPLIED TO A SUBSET OF INDIGENOUS PARTICULATE TO FORM STRUCTURES IN A VACUUM ROBITAILLE, JOHN P 1743 §103 Non-Final OA 35d Pending Feb 16, 2024
18213804 THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRINTER NOZZLE AND ASSEMBLY YE, XINWEN 1754 §103§112 Non-Final OA 39d Pending Jun 23, 2023
18213805 THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRINTER NOZZLE AND ASSEMBLY YE, XINWEN 1754 §102§103 Final Rejection 82d Pending Jun 23, 2023
18204298 WALL STRUCTURES OF EXTRUDABLE BUILDING MATERIAL MALIK, VIPUL 1754 §103 Final Rejection 88d overdue Pending May 31, 2023
18204327 WALL STRUCTURES OF EXTRUDABLE BUILDING MATERIAL MINTZ, RODNEY K 3635 §103DP Non-Final OA 83d Pending May 31, 2023
18204328 WALL STRUCTURES OF EXTRUDABLE BUILDING MATERIAL MALIK, VIPUL 1754 §103 Non-Final OA 22d Pending May 31, 2023
18109823 ADDITIVE CONSTRUCTION OF STRUCTURES AND PRODUCTION OF ADDITIVE CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS DARNELL, BAILEIGH K 1743 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Feb 14, 2023
17676476 METHODS, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM TO PROVIDE REAL-TIME ADJUSTMENT FOR THE THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRINTING OF ARCHITECTURAL STRUCTURES SHALABY, AHMAD HUSSAM 2187 §103 Final Rejection 69d Pending Feb 21, 2022
17533831 UTILIZING UNPROCESSED CLAY IN THE THREE DIMENSIONAL ADDITIVE PRINTING OF MORTAR ONTO A BUILDING STRUCTURE KWIECINSKI, RYAN D 3635 §103 Non-Final OA 65d Pending Nov 23, 2021

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