Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
11 pending office actions • 9 art units • 10 examiners • 0 of 11 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 7 patents granted in the last 365 days
Velo3D Inc. operates within the Chemistry & Materials technology area, currently managing 11 pending office actions. These actions are distributed among 10 distinct examiners, which suggests that most applications are being reviewed by different personnel. This distribution requires the company to manage multiple simultaneous dialogues across the patent office.
The portfolio spans 9 distinct art units, indicating that the technical subject matter is recognized across several different specialized groups. Because the number of art units is nearly equal to the number of distinct examiners, the prosecution environment is diverse. Strategies must be tailored to the specific standards of these 9 different units to ensure consistent progress across the Chemistry & Materials portfolio.
GRAHAM, ANDREW D is the busiest examiner for Velo3D Inc., with 2 busiest examiner pending actions. While this examiner holds more pending matters than any other individual, the remaining pending office actions are handled by other examiners. This spread reduces the impact of any single examiner's tendencies on the overall health of the 11 pending actions.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 (9%) |
| §102 only | 2 (18%) |
| §112 only | 1 (9%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 7 (64%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GRAHAM, ANDREW D | 2 | 59.8% | +23.3% |
| MCGANN, BERNADETTE KAREN | 1 | 64.1% | +18.0% |
| ROBITAILLE, JOHN P | 1 | 62.5% | +22.1% |
| HENSON, KATINA N | 1 | 56.8% | +31.5% |
| TAUFIQ, FARAH N | 1 | 61.3% | +23.9% |
| ROBINSON, MICHAEL | 1 | 62.1% | +20.4% |
| WOO, JONATHAN BRIAN | 1 | 48.1% | +47.0% |
| TRAN, VI N | 1 | 46.0% | +34.6% |
| SANDERS, JOSHUA T | 1 | 73.4% | +36.2% |
| THROWER, LARRY W | 1 | 65.9% | +12.6% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18200659 | GAS FLOW IN THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRINTING | THROWER, LARRY W | 20d |
| 18620085 | SKILLFULL ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING | TAUFIQ, FARAH N | 54d |
| 18863320 | SAFE TREATMENT OF DEBRIS | MCGANN, BERNADETTE KAREN | — |
| 18899792 | STITCHING IN THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRINTING | ROBITAILLE, JOHN P | — |
| 18612540 | MATERIAL MANIPULATION IN ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING | ROBINSON, MICHAEL | — |
| 18539704 | MATERIAL MANIPULATION IN ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING | WOO, JONATHAN BRIAN | — |
| 18215886 | ASPECTS OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECT FORMATION | SANDERS, JOSHUA T | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18228788 | CALIBRATION IN THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRINTING | TRAN, VI N | 49d overdue |
| 18200659 | GAS FLOW IN THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRINTING | THROWER, LARRY W | 20d |
| 18620085 | SKILLFULL ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING | TAUFIQ, FARAH N | 54d |
| 18740258 | PRESSURE CONTROL IN MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS | GRAHAM, ANDREW D | 55d |
| 18197861 | COORDINATED CONTROL FOR FORMING THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECTS | GRAHAM, ANDREW D | 70d |
| 18863320 | SAFE TREATMENT OF DEBRIS | MCGANN, BERNADETTE KAREN | — |
| 18899792 | STITCHING IN THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRINTING | ROBITAILLE, JOHN P | — |
| 18721097 | ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING, UNPACKING, AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRINTERS | HENSON, KATINA N | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1742 | 2 |
| 1754 | 2 |
| 1711 | 1 |
| 1743 | 1 |
| 3723 | 1 |
| 1744 | 1 |
| 1735 | 1 |
| 2117 | 1 |
| 2119 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18863320 | SAFE TREATMENT OF DEBRIS | MCGANN, BERNADETTE KAREN | 1711 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 05, 2024 |
| 18899792 | STITCHING IN THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRINTING | ROBITAILLE, JOHN P | 1743 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 27, 2024 |
| 18721097 | ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING, UNPACKING, AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRINTERS | HENSON, KATINA N | 3723 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 17, 2024 |
| 18740258 | PRESSURE CONTROL IN MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS | GRAHAM, ANDREW D | 1742 | §102 | Non-Final OA | 55d | Pending | Jun 11, 2024 |
| 18620085 | SKILLFULL ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING | TAUFIQ, FARAH N | 1754 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 54d | Pending | Mar 28, 2024 |
| 18612540 | MATERIAL MANIPULATION IN ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING | ROBINSON, MICHAEL | 1744 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 21, 2024 |
| 18539704 | MATERIAL MANIPULATION IN ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING | WOO, JONATHAN BRIAN | 1735 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 14, 2023 |
| 18228788 | CALIBRATION IN THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRINTING | TRAN, VI N | 2117 | §103 | Final Rejection | 49d overdue | Pending | Aug 01, 2023 |
| 18215886 | ASPECTS OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECT FORMATION | SANDERS, JOSHUA T | 2119 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 29, 2023 |
| 18200659 | GAS FLOW IN THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRINTING | THROWER, LARRY W | 1754 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 20d | Pending | May 23, 2023 |
| 18197861 | COORDINATED CONTROL FOR FORMING THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECTS | GRAHAM, ANDREW D | 1742 | §102 | Final Rejection | 70d | Pending | May 16, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialVelo3D Inc. has 11 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 9 art units and 10 examiners.
Andrew D Graham has the most, with 2 of Velo3D Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
