Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: CHIDIAC, NICHOLAS J

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 1741 1744 3763 3783

This examiner grants 53% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

53.1%
Allow Rate
-16.9% vs TC avg
240
Total Applications
+35.2%
Interview Lift
1091
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 196 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

3.9%
§101 Eligibility
21.4%
§102 Novelty
46.6%
§103 Obviousness
22.9%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17532925 METHODS AND APPARATUS TO OPTIMIZE STITCH QUALITY IN ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING Final Rejection General Electric Company
18278391 Methods of Manufacturing Electromagnetic Radiation Altering Articles, Articles Made by the Methods, Apparatuses, and Methods of Altering Electromagnetic Radiation Non-Final OA 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
18885084 Film Preparation Apparatus and Electrode Plate Manufacturing Device Non-Final OA CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY (HONG KONG) LIMITED
18490165 THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING APPARATUS AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING METHOD Final Rejection Screen Holdings Co., Ltd.
18678315 ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING OF POLYMER CERAMICS Non-Final OA Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
18816602 METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A SOLE UNIT Non-Final OA ON CLOUDS GMBH
18651360 POWDER COMPACTION ASSEMBLY, POWDER LAYING MECHANISM AND ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING EQUIPMENT Non-Final OA HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
18278267 METHOD OF MANUFACTURING 3-DIMENSIONAL MODEL OBJECT USING RESIN GRANULAR MATERIAL, 3-DIMENSIONAL MODEL OBJECT AND RESIN GRANULAR MATERIAL Non-Final OA Toray Industries, Inc.
17751106 TISSUE ARRAY PRINTING Final Rejection Scripps Health
18711601 LINK MECHANISM, LINK DEVICE, AND STRETCHING MACHINE Non-Final OA THE JAPAN STEEL WORKS, LTD.
18572099 FUSING AGENTS WITH BENZOTRIAZOLE RADIATION ABSORBERS FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRINTING Non-Final OA PERIDOT PRINT LLC
18285794 ENERGY LEVELS FOR FUSING ENERGY MODULES Non-Final OA Peridot Print LLC
18755606 POWDER LOADING IN THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRINTING Non-Final OA Velo3D, Inc.
18098022 ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING PLATFORM SYSTEM Final Rejection FERMI RESEARCH ALLIANCE, LLC
18763945 PIPE EXPANDER Non-Final OA Taizhou Naibo Machinery Co., Ltd.
18734286 HIGH RESOLUTION PRINTING SYSTEM AND A METHOD OF ALIGNING PIXELATED TILES Non-Final OA Lung Biotechnology PBC
17410159 APPARATUS AND METHOD IN 3D PRINTING Non-Final OA Lung Biotechnology PBC
18712150 ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING SYSTEM Non-Final OA GENERATIVE PARAMETRICS LIMITED
18511352 FORMING A CONTOURED FINISHED SOFT GOOD FROM A FLATTER FIBROUS INTERMEDIATE PART Final Rejection Simplifyber, Inc.
18292657 SYSTEM FOR THE CONTINUOUS PREPARATION OF A FOOD PRODUCT EXTRUDED FROM A PROTEIN-RICH AND WATER-RICH MATERIAL Non-Final OA CLEXTRAL
18417547 PORTABLE CASE WITH INSERT Non-Final OA KRAKEN CASE COMPANY, LLC
18576701 MATERIAL HANDLING, RELATED METHOD OF HANDLING AND/OR TRANSPORTATION AND RELATED PROCESS Non-Final OA O.C.O. TECHNOLOGY LTD
18200185 METHOD FOR BRAIDING AUTOMATION FOR CERAMIC MATRIX COMPOSITES Final Rejection Raytheon Technologies Corporation
18043657 SYSTEM FOR THE PRODUCTION OF AT LEAST ONE PARTICLE FOAM MOLDING Final Rejection Siegfried Hofmann GmbH
18013595 MOLD PART USED FOR INJECTION MOLDING OF THERMOPLASTIC RESIN AND INJECTION MOLDING METHOD OF THERMOPLASTIC RESIN Final Rejection CHEMOURS-MITSUI FLUOROPRODUCTS CO., LTD.
17480106 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DESIGNING DENTAL SPLINTS Final Rejection Great Lakes Dental Technologies, Ltd.
17595532 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR REGENERATING A SOLVENT OF CELLULOSE FROM A SPINNING PROCESS Final Rejection AUROTECH GMBH

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