Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
7 pending office actions • 6 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days
Voxeljet AG currently manages 8 pending office actions in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These matters are distributed among 7 distinct examiners and 7 distinct art units. GHORISHI, SEYED BEHROOZ is the busiest examiner, overseeing 2 pending office actions.
The prosecution is widely spread, as 7 distinct examiners and 7 distinct art units are involved in the 8 pending office actions. GHORISHI, SEYED BEHROOZ is the only examiner handling more than one case, with 2 pending office actions. This high number of distinct art units suggests a diverse range of technical subject matter within the company's current filings in the Chemistry & Materials sector.
With 7 distinct examiners involved, the company must manage multiple prosecution tracks simultaneously. GHORISHI, SEYED BEHROOZ's pending office actions represent the only point of examiner concentration in the portfolio. The involvement of 7 distinct art units indicates that the company's intellectual property strategy is technically broad, requiring practitioners to navigate the specific requirements of many different specialized sections within the patent office.
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.
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.
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 | 3 (43%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 4 (57%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GHORISHI, SEYED BEHROOZ | 2 | 68.8% | +44.0% |
| FERGUSON, LAWRENCE D | 1 | 78.4% | +13.2% |
| CARPENTER, JOSHUA S | 1 | 51.9% | +36.9% |
| THROWER, LARRY W | 1 | 65.9% | +12.6% |
| HAUTH, GALEN H | 1 | 64.8% | +18.0% |
| FANG, SHANE | 1 | 76.6% | +18.5% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 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 |
| 19003685 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PRODUCING 3D SHAPED PARTS USING LAYERING TECHNOLOGY, AND CONTROLLABLE POWDER ROLLER | GHORISHI, SEYED BEHROOZ | — |
| 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 7 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 |
| 17002420 | PHENOLIC RESIN METHOD | FANG, SHANE | 27d |
| 19003685 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PRODUCING 3D SHAPED PARTS USING LAYERING TECHNOLOGY, AND CONTROLLABLE POWDER ROLLER | GHORISHI, SEYED BEHROOZ | — |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| 1748 | 2 |
| 1781 | 1 |
| 1733 | 1 |
| 1754 | 1 |
| 1743 | 1 |
| 1766 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19003685 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PRODUCING 3D SHAPED PARTS USING LAYERING TECHNOLOGY, AND CONTROLLABLE POWDER ROLLER | GHORISHI, SEYED BEHROOZ | 1748 | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 27, 2024 |
| 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 | Final Rejection | 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 |
| 17002420 | PHENOLIC RESIN METHOD | FANG, SHANE | 1766 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 27d | Pending | Aug 25, 2020 |
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