Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
9 pending office actions • 7 art units • 9 examiners • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 11 patents granted in the last 365 days
Nikon SLM Solutions AG currently manages 8 pending office actions in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These actions are distributed among 8 distinct examiners, meaning each examiner is responsible for a single pending matter. The portfolio is active across 7 distinct art units, which indicates that most examiners are working in different administrative groups.
SMITH JR., JIMMY R is the busiest examiner with 1 pending office action. Because the 8 pending office actions are spread evenly across 8 distinct examiners, no single examiner holds a majority of the workload. This distribution requires the company to manage prosecution across 7 distinct art units, each with potentially different internal practices and procedural requirements.
For the practitioner, the lack of concentration under any single examiner means that outcomes are subject to the varied perspectives of 8 different individuals. However, the 7 distinct art units provide some level of administrative grouping that may be useful for predicting procedural trends. Success for these 8 pending office actions depends on a tailored strategy for each unique examiner and unit combination.
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.
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 | 3 (33%) |
| §102 only | 2 (22%) |
| §112 only | 1 (11%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (11%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (22%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SMITH JR., JIMMY R | 1 | 65.2% | +42.4% |
| NELSON, JAMEL M | 1 | 74.9% | +15.8% |
| KRASNOW, NICHOLAS R | 1 | 66.4% | +12.9% |
| SURYAWANSHI, SURESH | 1 | 88.4% | +12.6% |
| ROE, JESSEE RANDALL | 1 | 76.5% | +7.8% |
| SANDERS, JOSHUA T | 1 | 73.4% | +36.2% |
| ROBITAILLE, JOHN P | 1 | 62.5% | +22.1% |
| DERUSSO, JOHN J | 1 | 80.5% | +14.0% |
| DODSON, JUSTIN C | 1 | 46.7% | +36.1% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18862029 | A METHOD FOR CALIBRATING AN IRRADIATION DEVICE OF AN APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL WORKPIECE | SURYAWANSHI, SURESH | — |
| 18281808 | TECHNIQUE FOR REMOVING POWDER AND/OR PARTICLES FROM A POWDER BED | DERUSSO, JOHN J | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18952391 | PRODUCTION OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL WORKPIECES BY MEANS OF A PLURALITY OF IRRADIATION UNITS | KRASNOW, NICHOLAS R | — |
| 18021271 | METHOD OF OPERATING AN IRRADIATION SYSTEM, IRRADIATION SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL WORK PIECE | DODSON, JUSTIN C | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18502639 | PROCESS CHAMBER FOR AN ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE PROCESS CHAMBER | ROBITAILLE, JOHN P | 17d overdue |
| 19193431 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING AN IRRADATION SYSTEM FOR PRODUCING WORKPIECES | SMITH JR., JIMMY R | — |
| 19085056 | APPARATUS AND METHOD | NELSON, JAMEL M | — |
| 18952391 | PRODUCTION OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL WORKPIECES BY MEANS OF A PLURALITY OF IRRADIATION UNITS | KRASNOW, NICHOLAS R | — |
| 18862029 | A METHOD FOR CALIBRATING AN IRRADIATION DEVICE OF AN APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL WORKPIECE | SURYAWANSHI, SURESH | — |
| 18293159 | MAGNIFICATION OFFSET CORRECTION PROCEDURE | SANDERS, JOSHUA T | — |
| 18281808 | TECHNIQUE FOR REMOVING POWDER AND/OR PARTICLES FROM A POWDER BED | DERUSSO, JOHN J | — |
| 18021271 | METHOD OF OPERATING AN IRRADIATION SYSTEM, IRRADIATION SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL WORK PIECE | DODSON, JUSTIN C | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1743 | 2 |
| 1744 | 2 |
| 1745 | 1 |
| 2116 | 1 |
| 1759 | 1 |
| 1733 | 1 |
| 3761 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19193431 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING AN IRRADATION SYSTEM FOR PRODUCING WORKPIECES | SMITH JR., JIMMY R | 1745 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 29, 2025 |
| 19085056 | APPARATUS AND METHOD | NELSON, JAMEL M | 1743 | §103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 20, 2025 |
| 18952391 | PRODUCTION OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL WORKPIECES BY MEANS OF A PLURALITY OF IRRADIATION UNITS | KRASNOW, NICHOLAS R | 1744 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 19, 2024 |
| 18862029 | A METHOD FOR CALIBRATING AN IRRADIATION DEVICE OF AN APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL WORKPIECE | SURYAWANSHI, SURESH | 2116 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 31, 2024 |
| 18695075 | GENERATIVE LAYER-BUILDING PROCESS WITH VARIOUS RAW-MATERIAL POWDERS, AND INSTALLATION THEREFOR | ROE, JESSEE RANDALL | 1759 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 25, 2024 |
| 18293159 | MAGNIFICATION OFFSET CORRECTION PROCEDURE | SANDERS, JOSHUA T | 1733 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 29, 2024 |
| 18502639 | PROCESS CHAMBER FOR AN ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE PROCESS CHAMBER | ROBITAILLE, JOHN P | 1743 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 17d overdue | Pending | Nov 06, 2023 |
| 18281808 | TECHNIQUE FOR REMOVING POWDER AND/OR PARTICLES FROM A POWDER BED | DERUSSO, JOHN J | 1744 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 13, 2023 |
| 18021271 | METHOD OF OPERATING AN IRRADIATION SYSTEM, IRRADIATION SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL WORK PIECE | DODSON, JUSTIN C | 3761 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 14, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialNikon SLM Solutions AG has 9 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 7 art units and 9 examiners.
Jimmy R Smith Jr. has the most, with 1 of Nikon SLM Solutions AG's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
