Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Stratasys Ltd.

26 pending office actions • 15 art units • 23 examiners • 0 of 26 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 40 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

26
Total Pending OAs
14
Non-Final OAs
11
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 8 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

6
Overdue
1
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
1
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. 8 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (6)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due later (1)

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.

10
Hard (38%)
15
Medium (58%)
1
Easy (4%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other2 (8%)
§103 only13 (50%)
§112 only1 (4%)
Double-patenting + other2 (8%)
Multi-statute (no §101)8 (31%)

Industry Mix

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

22
Life Sciences
85% of docket
2
Information Tech
8% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
2
Business / Other
8% 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.

260 h
Manual time on pending OAs
52 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
91 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
SONG, INJA 2 66.5% +48.6%
AMEEN, MOHAMMAD M 2 76.5% +20.0%
THROWER, LARRY W 2 65.8% +12.9%
YE, XINWEN 1 43.2% +44.2%
BARTLETT, VICTORIA 1 50.8% +31.1%
KHARE, ATUL P 1 54.8% +72.6%
MINSKEY, JACOB T 1 69.0% +33.3%
NELSON, JAMEL M 1 74.6% +16.0%
ROSWELL, JESSICA MARIE 1 52.2% +36.5%
SANDERS, JOSHUA T 1 73.4% +36.4%

Hard Cases (10)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18540535 DETECTION AND USE OF PRINTER CONFIGURATION INFORMATION SANDERS, JOSHUA T 89d overdue
18283230 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MEASURING A JETTING CHARACTERISTIC SWANSON, ANDREW L 42d overdue
18028772 NEW POLYAMIDE-CONTAINING POWDERS FOR POWDER BED FUSION PRINTING PROCESS AND PRINTED ARTICLES THEREOF WOODWARD, ANA LUCRECIA 10d overdue
18777593 ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING EMPLOYING POLYIMIDE-CONTAINING FORMULATIONS GHORISHI, SEYED BEHROOZ 2d overdue
18957161 METHOD FOR BUILD SEPARATION FROM A CURING INTERFACE IN AN ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING PROCESS KHARE, ATUL P
18775296 NETWORKED THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRINTING MINSKEY, JACOB T
18583995 WATER DISPERSIBLE SULFONATED THERMOPLASTIC COPOLYMER FOR USE IN ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING SONG, INJA
18282638 APPARATUS FOR GENERATING A LIBRARY OF PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF PERIODICALLY STRUCTURED POROUS BODIES AND A CONTROL FILE FOR MANUFACTURING A PHYSICAL PART LIN, JASON

Interview Candidates (13)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18540535 DETECTION AND USE OF PRINTER CONFIGURATION INFORMATION SANDERS, JOSHUA T 89d overdue
18574350 NOVEL URETHANE ACRYLATE COMPOSITION ROSWELL, JESSICA MARIE 46d overdue
19295878 SYSTEMS FOR PHOTOCURING LIQUID RESIN WITH REDUCED HEAT GENERATION YE, XINWEN
18987873 SYSTEM FOR BUILD SEPARATION FROM A CURING INTERFACE IN AN ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING PROCESS BARTLETT, VICTORIA
18957161 METHOD FOR BUILD SEPARATION FROM A CURING INTERFACE IN AN ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING PROCESS KHARE, ATUL P
18775296 NETWORKED THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRINTING MINSKEY, JACOB T
18772872 METHOD OF ANALYZING AND UTILIZING SURFACE TOPOLOGY FOR TARGETED LOCAL THERMAL MANAGEMENT IN ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS NELSON, JAMEL M
18583995 WATER DISPERSIBLE SULFONATED THERMOPLASTIC COPOLYMER FOR USE IN ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING SONG, INJA

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1754 4
1744 3
1742 3
1748 2
1743 2
1767 1
2119 1
1732 1
2117 1
1765 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19295878 SYSTEMS FOR PHOTOCURING LIQUID RESIN WITH REDUCED HEAT GENERATION YE, XINWEN 1754 §103DP Non-Final OA Pending Aug 11, 2025
18987873 SYSTEM FOR BUILD SEPARATION FROM A CURING INTERFACE IN AN ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING PROCESS BARTLETT, VICTORIA 1744 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 19, 2024
18957161 METHOD FOR BUILD SEPARATION FROM A CURING INTERFACE IN AN ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING PROCESS KHARE, ATUL P 1742 §102§103§112Other Non-Final OA Pending Nov 22, 2024
18775296 NETWORKED THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRINTING MINSKEY, JACOB T 1748 §101DP Final Rejection Pending Jul 17, 2024
18772872 METHOD OF ANALYZING AND UTILIZING SURFACE TOPOLOGY FOR TARGETED LOCAL THERMAL MANAGEMENT IN ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS NELSON, JAMEL M 1743 §102§103§112DP Non-Final OA Pending Jul 15, 2024
18583995 WATER DISPERSIBLE SULFONATED THERMOPLASTIC COPOLYMER FOR USE IN ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING SONG, INJA 1744 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 22, 2024
18574350 NOVEL URETHANE ACRYLATE COMPOSITION ROSWELL, JESSICA MARIE 1767 §103 Final Rejection 46d overdue Pending Dec 27, 2023
18571874 SINTER POWDER (SP) COMPRISING A THERMOPLASTIC POLYURETHANE AMEEN, MOHAMMAD M 1742 §103 Final Rejection Pending Dec 19, 2023
18540535 DETECTION AND USE OF PRINTER CONFIGURATION INFORMATION SANDERS, JOSHUA T 2119 §102§103Other Final Rejection 89d overdue Pending Dec 14, 2023
18561725 PHOTO- AND THERMALLY CURABLE RESIN USEFUL FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING ROELOFSE, CHRISTIAAN 1732 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 16, 2023
18282638 APPARATUS FOR GENERATING A LIBRARY OF PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF PERIODICALLY STRUCTURED POROUS BODIES AND A CONTROL FILE FOR MANUFACTURING A PHYSICAL PART LIN, JASON 2117 §101§103 Final Rejection Pending Sep 18, 2023
18028772 NEW POLYAMIDE-CONTAINING POWDERS FOR POWDER BED FUSION PRINTING PROCESS AND PRINTED ARTICLES THEREOF WOODWARD, ANA LUCRECIA 1765 §103§112 Final Rejection 10d overdue Pending Mar 28, 2023
17997414 THREE-DIMENSIONALLY PRINTABLE ANTIVIRAL FILAMENT PALENIK, JEFFREY T 1615 §103 Non-Final OA 7d Pending Oct 28, 2022
17878140 FILAMENTS FOR USE AS A SUPPORT MATERIAL IN FUSED DEPOSITION MODELING THROWER, LARRY W 1754 §112 Final Rejection Pending Aug 01, 2022
17768879 A PROCESS FOR PRODUCING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) OBJECT EMPLOYING GRANULATES CARPENTER, JOSHUA S 1733 §103 Final Rejection 72d Pending Apr 14, 2022
19026503 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING A BODY PART MODEL USING MULTI-MATERIAL ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING GAITONDE, MEGHA MEHTA §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 17, 2025
19023387 ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING OF RADIOLOGICAL PHANTOMS AMEEN, MOHAMMAD M 1742 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 16, 2025
18777593 ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING EMPLOYING POLYIMIDE-CONTAINING FORMULATIONS GHORISHI, SEYED BEHROOZ 1748 §103§112 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Jul 19, 2024
18768089 ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING USING REINFORCED MATERIALS BLEDSOE, JOSHUA CALEB 1762 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 10, 2024
18724969 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRINTING A TEXTURED THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECT PROTAZI, BRIGITER DIVULALE §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 27, 2024
18724676 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DELIVERING BUILDING MATERIAL TO A PRINTING HEAD THROWER, LARRY W 1754 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jun 27, 2024
18754228 3D PRINTING TO OBTAIN A PREDEFINED SURFACE QUALITY KENNEDY, TIMOTHY J 1743 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jun 26, 2024
18570117 FORMULATIONS FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING OF ELASTOMERIC MATERIALS STONEHOCKER, VIRGINIA LEE 1766 §103 Final Rejection 18d overdue Pending Dec 14, 2023
18283230 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MEASURING A JETTING CHARACTERISTIC SWANSON, ANDREW L 1745 §103§112 Non-Final OA 42d overdue Pending Sep 21, 2023
17962509 STRUCTURE SUPPORTING AN OBJECT DURING ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING AND METHOD FOR FORMING TAUFIQ, FARAH N 1754 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 09, 2022
17600322 ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING OF AN OBJECT MADE OF A POLYUREA MATERIAL SONG, INJA 1744 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 30, 2021

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