Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Velo3D Inc.

9 pending office actions • 7 art units • 8 examiners • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

9
Total Pending OAs
6
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 9 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

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

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)Due ≤ 30 days (3)Due ≤ 60 days (3)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.

0
Hard (0%)
8
Medium (89%)
1
Easy (11%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only6 (67%)
§102 only2 (22%)
§112 only1 (11%)

Industry Mix

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

6
Life Sciences
67% of docket
2
Information Tech
22% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
11% 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.

90 h
Manual time on pending OAs
18 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
31 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.8 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
GRAHAM, ANDREW D 2 59.7% +21.9%
LUK, EMMANUEL S 1 71.3% +26.3%
NICOLAS, FREDERICK C 1 81.2% +12.5%
TAUFIQ, FARAH N 1 62.2% +26.1%
PAN, YUHUI R 1 83.7% +21.3%
TRAN, VI N 1 46.5% +35.3%
MALEKZADEH, SEYED MASOUD 1 66.8% +32.1%
THROWER, LARRY W 1 65.7% +12.6%

Quick Wins (2)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18724478 MATERIAL DETECTION, CONVEYANCE, AND CONDITIONING SYSTEMS NICOLAS, FREDERICK C 14d
18234115 CALIBRATION IN THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRINTING PAN, YUHUI R 50d

Interview Candidates (9)

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
18228788 CALIBRATION IN THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRINTING TRAN, VI N 49d overdue
18811564 MATERIAL CONVEYANCE IN MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS LUK, EMMANUEL S 15d overdue
18724478 MATERIAL DETECTION, CONVEYANCE, AND CONDITIONING SYSTEMS NICOLAS, FREDERICK C 14d
18225184 CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRINTING MALEKZADEH, SEYED MASOUD 15d
18200659 GAS FLOW IN THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRINTING THROWER, LARRY W 20d
18234115 CALIBRATION IN THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRINTING PAN, YUHUI R 50d
18620085 SKILLFULL ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING TAUFIQ, FARAH N 54d
18740258 PRESSURE CONTROL IN MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS GRAHAM, ANDREW D 55d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1754 3
1744 1
3754 1
1742 1
2116 1
2117 1
1735 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18811564 MATERIAL CONVEYANCE IN MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS LUK, EMMANUEL S 1744 §112 Non-Final OA 15d overdue Pending Aug 21, 2024
18724478 MATERIAL DETECTION, CONVEYANCE, AND CONDITIONING SYSTEMS NICOLAS, FREDERICK C 3754 §103 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Jun 26, 2024
18740258 PRESSURE CONTROL IN MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS GRAHAM, ANDREW D 1742 §102 Final Rejection 55d Pending Jun 11, 2024
18620085 SKILLFULL ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING TAUFIQ, FARAH N 1754 §103 Non-Final OA 54d Pending Mar 28, 2024
18234115 CALIBRATION IN THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRINTING PAN, YUHUI R 2116 §103 Final Rejection 50d Pending Aug 15, 2023
18228788 CALIBRATION IN THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRINTING TRAN, VI N 2117 §103 Non-Final OA 49d overdue Pending Aug 01, 2023
18225184 CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRINTING MALEKZADEH, SEYED MASOUD 1754 §103 Non-Final OA 15d Pending Jul 24, 2023
18200659 GAS FLOW IN THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRINTING THROWER, LARRY W 1754 §103 Final Rejection 20d Pending May 23, 2023
18197861 COORDINATED CONTROL FOR FORMING THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECTS GRAHAM, ANDREW D 1735 §102 Non-Final OA 70d Pending May 16, 2023

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