Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Metalprinting Inc. shows 1 pending office action within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. This represents the only active prosecution matter for the company at this time. The portfolio is currently managed by 1 distinct examiner within 1 distinct art unit, indicating that the technical focus is specialized. This concentration allows for a focus on the procedural requirements of a specific department.
DARNELL, BAILEIGH K is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, managing 1 busiest examiner pending action. With 1 distinct examiner involved, the outcome of the current prosecution depends on the interactions with this specific official. The presence of 1 distinct art unit confirms that the chemistry and materials filings are grouped together for review. For the practitioner, the 1 pending office action requires a targeted response tailored to the expertise of DARNELL, BAILEIGH K. The data shows no distribution of work across other units, keeping the administrative burden low for this Chemistry & Materials portfolio.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (100%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DARNELL, BAILEIGH K | 1 | 70.2% | +25.9% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17659555 | Three-Dimensional Printing Head Device and Ink | DARNELL, BAILEIGH K | — |
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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17659555 | Three-Dimensional Printing Head Device and Ink | DARNELL, BAILEIGH K | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1743 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17659555 | Three-Dimensional Printing Head Device and Ink | DARNELL, BAILEIGH K | 1743 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 18, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialMetalprinting Inc. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Baileigh K Darnell has the most, with 1 of Metalprinting Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
