Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
5 pending office actions • 5 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
Voxeljet AG has 6 pending office actions in Chemistry & Materials. The matters are assigned among 5 distinct examiners and 5 distinct art units, so the pending work is spread across the available examination assignments represented in this profile.
GHORISHI, SEYED BEHROOZ is the busiest examiner, with 2 pending matters. That concentration is limited relative to the portfolio total. A prosecution review should therefore address examiner-specific issues while preserving a coordinated approach to material formulations, process limitations, and supporting technical evidence across the 5 art units.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 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 | 2 (40%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (60%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FERGUSON, LAWRENCE D | 1 | 78.5% | +13.0% |
| GHORISHI, SEYED BEHROOZ | 1 | 69.0% | +43.7% |
| CARPENTER, JOSHUA S | 1 | 51.6% | +37.2% |
| THROWER, LARRY W | 1 | 65.9% | +12.6% |
| HAUTH, GALEN H | 1 | 64.7% | +17.7% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17703574 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR 3D PRINTING WITH A NARROW WAVELENGTH SPECTRUM | THROWER, LARRY W | 86d overdue |
| 18632380 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PRODUCING 3D MOULDED PARTS BY MEANS OF A LAYER CONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUE | FERGUSON, LAWRENCE D | — |
| 18562485 | 3D PRINTING METHOD AND MOLDING PART PRODUCED THEREWITH USING A WATER GLASS BINDER AND ESTER | CARPENTER, JOSHUA S | — |
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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17703574 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR 3D PRINTING WITH A NARROW WAVELENGTH SPECTRUM | THROWER, LARRY W | 86d overdue |
| 18612217 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PRODUCING 3D MOLDED PARTS USING A LAYER CONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUE AND A CONTROLLABLE POWDER ROLL | GHORISHI, SEYED BEHROOZ | 74d overdue |
| 18632380 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PRODUCING 3D MOULDED PARTS BY MEANS OF A LAYER CONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUE | FERGUSON, LAWRENCE D | — |
| 18562485 | 3D PRINTING METHOD AND MOLDING PART PRODUCED THEREWITH USING A WATER GLASS BINDER AND ESTER | CARPENTER, JOSHUA S | — |
| 17210242 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PRODUCING THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELS WITH A TEMPERATURE-CONTROLLABLE PRINT HEAD | HAUTH, GALEN H | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1781 | 1 |
| 1748 | 1 |
| 1733 | 1 |
| 1754 | 1 |
| 1743 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18632380 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PRODUCING 3D MOULDED PARTS BY MEANS OF A LAYER CONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUE | FERGUSON, LAWRENCE D | 1781 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 11, 2024 |
| 18612217 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PRODUCING 3D MOLDED PARTS USING A LAYER CONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUE AND A CONTROLLABLE POWDER ROLL | GHORISHI, SEYED BEHROOZ | 1748 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 74d overdue | Pending | Mar 21, 2024 |
| 18562485 | 3D PRINTING METHOD AND MOLDING PART PRODUCED THEREWITH USING A WATER GLASS BINDER AND ESTER | CARPENTER, JOSHUA S | 1733 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 20, 2023 |
| 17703574 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR 3D PRINTING WITH A NARROW WAVELENGTH SPECTRUM | THROWER, LARRY W | 1754 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 86d overdue | Pending | Mar 24, 2022 |
| 17210242 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PRODUCING THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELS WITH A TEMPERATURE-CONTROLLABLE PRINT HEAD | HAUTH, GALEN H | 1743 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 23, 2021 |
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Start Free TrialVoxeljet AG has 5 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 5 art units and 5 examiners.
Lawrence D Ferguson has the most, with 1 of Voxeljet AG's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
