Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
4 pending office actions • 3 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Xtpl S A has 4 pending office actions in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These actions are assigned to 4 distinct examiners. The portfolio involves 3 distinct art units. AHMED ALI, MOHAMED K is the busiest examiner and is responsible for 1 pending office action. The number of distinct examiners matches the number of pending office actions, ensuring that each case has a unique reviewer.
The 3 distinct art units suggest that the Chemistry & Materials filings are concentrated within a limited number of technical groups. Practitioners can use the 4 pending office actions to identify potential trends in how the 3 distinct art units interpret chemical and material claims. AHMED ALI, MOHAMED K handles 1 of the actions, while the remaining cases are split among other examiners. This distribution requires monitoring 4 separate prosecution timelines.
The Chemistry & Materials technology area is the primary focus of the 4 pending office actions. Because there are 3 distinct art units, at least one unit is handling multiple applications for the company. This can provide a more cohesive understanding of that specific art unit's requirements. The 4 distinct examiners will each provide their own feedback on the company's technical disclosures. AHMED ALI, MOHAMED K is the busiest examiner with 1 pending office action.
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 | 4 (100%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AHMED ALI, MOHAMED K | 1 | 70.9% | +26.6% |
| ROBINSON, MICHAEL | 1 | 62.1% | +20.4% |
| NGUYEN, TRI V | 1 | 67.6% | +57.2% |
| MCDONOUGH, JAMES E | 1 | 71.2% | +10.9% |
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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19243997 | ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS COMPRISING AT LEAST TWO NOZZLES AND METHODS FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING | AHMED ALI, MOHAMED K | — |
| 18975484 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR FILLING MICROCAVITIES | ROBINSON, MICHAEL | — |
| 18887101 | CONDUCTIVE COMPOSITIONS FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING, ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING METHODS, ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE TRACES PRODUCED THEREFROM, AND ELECTRONIC ARTICLES | NGUYEN, TRI V | — |
| 17425660 | CONDUCTIVE INK COMPOSITIONS | MCDONOUGH, JAMES E | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1743 | 1 |
| 1744 | 1 |
| 1734 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19243997 | ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS COMPRISING AT LEAST TWO NOZZLES AND METHODS FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING | AHMED ALI, MOHAMED K | 1743 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 20, 2025 |
| 18975484 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR FILLING MICROCAVITIES | ROBINSON, MICHAEL | 1744 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 10, 2024 |
| 18887101 | CONDUCTIVE COMPOSITIONS FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING, ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING METHODS, ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE TRACES PRODUCED THEREFROM, AND ELECTRONIC ARTICLES | NGUYEN, TRI V | — | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 17, 2024 |
| 17425660 | CONDUCTIVE INK COMPOSITIONS | MCDONOUGH, JAMES E | 1734 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 23, 2021 |
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Start Free TrialXtpl S A has 4 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 3 art units and 4 examiners.
Mohamed K Ahmed Ali has the most, with 1 of Xtpl S A's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
