Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Markforged Inc.

3 pending office actions • 2 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 8 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

3
Total Pending OAs
2
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

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.

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

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.

3
Hard (100%)
0
Medium (0%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (33%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (67%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
33% of docket
1
Information Tech
33% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
1
Business / Other
33% 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.

30 h
Manual time on pending OAs
6 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
10 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
WANG, ZHIPENG 1 81.1% +22.4%
TRAN, VINCENT HUY 1 86.6% +9.6%
HA, STEVEN S 1 70.2% +30.4%

Hard Cases (3)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17376689 COMPOSITES, TOOLING AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING THEREOF HA, STEVEN S 110d overdue
18785523 SIDE SUPPORTS FOR TALL PARTS WANG, ZHIPENG
18450641 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING CRITICAL FEATURES USING MACHINE LEARNING TRAN, VINCENT HUY

Interview Candidates (2)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
17376689 COMPOSITES, TOOLING AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING THEREOF HA, STEVEN S 110d overdue
18785523 SIDE SUPPORTS FOR TALL PARTS WANG, ZHIPENG

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2115 1
1735 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18785523 SIDE SUPPORTS FOR TALL PARTS WANG, ZHIPENG §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 26, 2024
18450641 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING CRITICAL FEATURES USING MACHINE LEARNING TRAN, VINCENT HUY 2115 §101§102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 16, 2023
17376689 COMPOSITES, TOOLING AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING THEREOF HA, STEVEN S 1735 §102§103§112 Final Rejection 110d overdue Pending Jul 15, 2021

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