Technology areas: Computing & Software • Communications
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Materialise N V has 2 pending office actions in the Communications technology area. These actions involve 2 distinct examiners and various art units. This distribution shows that each pending matter is being handled by a different examiner, which may lead to independent prosecution timelines. The presence of the 2 pending office actions across the various units suggests a multi-faceted approach to their communications-related intellectual property. This strategy allows for a broader technical coverage within the sector.
Santiago Garcia is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, with 1 pending office action. With a total of several pending actions, the workload is shared between Santiago Garcia and the other examiner, each operating in their own respective art unit. Practitioners should focus on the specific requirements of Santiago Garcia, as his review of the 1 pending office action represents a significant portion of the company's current prosecution activity. The outcome of this specific case will be a key indicator of the company's success in the Communications sector.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 1 (50%) |
| §102 only | 1 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GARCIA, SANTIAGO | 1 | 87.9% | +13.6% |
| ORTIZ RODRIGUEZ, CARLOS R | 1 | 77.2% | +10.6% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18757104 | OBJECT IDENTIFICATION BASED ON MACHINE VISION AND 3D MODELS | GARCIA, SANTIAGO | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18757104 | OBJECT IDENTIFICATION BASED ON MACHINE VISION AND 3D MODELS | GARCIA, SANTIAGO | — |
| 18752647 | METHOD TO SEMI-AUTOMATICALLY DETERMINE VIRTUAL DENTAL OCCLUSION | ORTIZ RODRIGUEZ, CARLOS R | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2673 | 1 |
| 2119 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18757104 | OBJECT IDENTIFICATION BASED ON MACHINE VISION AND 3D MODELS | GARCIA, SANTIAGO | 2673 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 27, 2024 |
| 18752647 | METHOD TO SEMI-AUTOMATICALLY DETERMINE VIRTUAL DENTAL OCCLUSION | ORTIZ RODRIGUEZ, CARLOS R | 2119 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 24, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialMaterialise N V has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Santiago Garcia has the most, with 1 of Materialise N V's pending office actions.
Mostly Communications (USPTO Tech Center 2600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
