Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Technology Research Association For Future Additive Manufacturing

3 pending office actions • 3 art units • 3 examiners • 1 of 3 (33%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

3
Total Pending OAs
2
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
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. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)Due ≤ 30 days (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.

1
Hard (33%)
2
Medium (67%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (33%)
§103 only2 (67%)

Industry Mix

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

2
Life Sciences
67% of docket
1
Information Tech
33% 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.

30 h
Manual time on pending OAs
6 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
10 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
LIN, JASON 1 73.0% +22.6%
KUMAR, SRILAKSHMI K 1 55.4% +15.6%
WOLLSCHLAGER, JEFFREY MICHAEL 1 61.6% +29.9%

Hard Cases (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18278376 MANUFACTURING DEFECT DETECTION METHOD, THREE-DIMENSIONAL ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM LIN, JASON 128d overdue

Interview Candidates (3)

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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17913058 ALUMINUM-BASED POWDER FOR METAL ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING, PRODUCING METHOD THEREOF, AND METAL ADDITIVE MANUFACTURED OBJECTS THEREOF KUMAR, SRILAKSHMI K 134d overdue
18278376 MANUFACTURING DEFECT DETECTION METHOD, THREE-DIMENSIONAL ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM LIN, JASON 128d overdue
17251719 ARITHMETIC DEVICE, DETECTION SYSTEM, MODELING APPARATUS, ARITHMETIC METHOD, DETECTION METHOD, MODELING METHOD, ARITHMETIC PROGRAM, DETECTION PROGRAM, AND MODELING PROGRAM WOLLSCHLAGER, JEFFREY MICHAEL 30d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2117 1
1700 1
1742 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18278376 MANUFACTURING DEFECT DETECTION METHOD, THREE-DIMENSIONAL ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM LIN, JASON 2117 §101 Non-Final OA 128d overdue Pending Aug 22, 2023
17913058 ALUMINUM-BASED POWDER FOR METAL ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING, PRODUCING METHOD THEREOF, AND METAL ADDITIVE MANUFACTURED OBJECTS THEREOF KUMAR, SRILAKSHMI K 1700 §103 Final Rejection 134d overdue Pending Sep 20, 2022
17251719 ARITHMETIC DEVICE, DETECTION SYSTEM, MODELING APPARATUS, ARITHMETIC METHOD, DETECTION METHOD, MODELING METHOD, ARITHMETIC PROGRAM, DETECTION PROGRAM, AND MODELING PROGRAM WOLLSCHLAGER, JEFFREY MICHAEL 1742 §103 Non-Final OA 30d AI Ready May 24, 2021

Managing Technology Research Association For Future Additive Manufacturing's Patent Portfolio?

IP Author helps IP teams respond to office actions faster with AI-generated responses, examiner analytics, and prosecution intelligence.

Start Free Trial

Sign in with your work email

Enter your email to receive a magic link. No password needed.

Personal email addresses (Gmail, Yahoo, etc.) are not accepted.

Free tier: 3 strategy analyses per month