Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Markforged Inc.

4 pending office actions • 4 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 7 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

4
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

4
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
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. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (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.

0
Hard (0%)
4
Medium (100%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only4 (100%)

Industry Mix

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

3
Life Sciences
75% of docket
1
Information Tech
25% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% 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.

40 h
Manual time on pending OAs
8 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
14 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
AZAD, MD ABUL K 1 81.2% +21.1%
GROUX, JENNIFER LILA 1 35.6% +46.3%
HA, STEVEN S 1 70.3% +30.6%
DARNELL, BAILEIGH K 1 69.7% +26.1%

Quick Wins (1)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18494212 3D PRINTING WITH PARTIAL PART ROTATION AND REINFORCEMENT AZAD, MD ABUL K 60d overdue

Interview Candidates (4)

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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17376689 COMPOSITES, TOOLING AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING THEREOF HA, STEVEN S 110d overdue
18179303 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURING LEAK RESISTANT OBJECTS GROUX, JENNIFER LILA 89d overdue
16134451 THREE DIMENSIONAL PRINTING DARNELL, BAILEIGH K 81d overdue
18494212 3D PRINTING WITH PARTIAL PART ROTATION AND REINFORCEMENT AZAD, MD ABUL K 60d overdue

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2119 1
1754 1
1735 1
1743 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18494212 3D PRINTING WITH PARTIAL PART ROTATION AND REINFORCEMENT AZAD, MD ABUL K 2119 §103 Non-Final OA 60d overdue Pending Oct 25, 2023
18179303 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURING LEAK RESISTANT OBJECTS GROUX, JENNIFER LILA 1754 §103 Non-Final OA 89d overdue Pending Mar 06, 2023
17376689 COMPOSITES, TOOLING AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING THEREOF HA, STEVEN S 1735 §103 Non-Final OA 110d overdue Pending Jul 15, 2021
16134451 THREE DIMENSIONAL PRINTING DARNELL, BAILEIGH K 1743 §103 Final Rejection 81d overdue Pending Sep 18, 2018

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