Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: THROWER, LARRY W

Tech Center 1700 • Art Units: 1742 1754 1791

This examiner grants 66% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

65.7%
Allow Rate
+0.7% vs TC avg
1016
Total Applications
+12.4%
Interview Lift
1419
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 947 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.6%
§101 Eligibility
29.4%
§102 Novelty
42.0%
§103 Obviousness
25.5%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18743509 3-D LATTICE REINFORCED COMPOSITE WITH STRAIN LIMITER Non-Final OA RTX Corporation
18668649 ULTRASONIC NEEDLE INSERTION OF PREFORMS Non-Final OA RTX Corporation
18278641 PELLETIZATION OF A POLYMER STABILIZER MIXTURE Non-Final OA BASF SE
18806358 LIQUID POLYMER APPLICATION TO SPORTING GOODS PRODUCTS Non-Final OA adidas AG
18518280 SOLVENT-CAST MICROPROTRUSION ARRAYS CONTAINING ACTIVE INGREDIENT Final Rejection Panther Life Sciences Corporation
17456978 Thermally Conductive Thermoplastics for Fused Filament Fabrication Non-Final OA Eaton Intelligent Power Limited
18732507 Method and apparatus for forming plastic preforms into plastic containers with four pressure levels and bottom cooling Non-Final OA KRONES AG
18038846 METHOD FOR GENERATING AUXILIARY SUPPORT FOR 3D PRINTING OUTPUT STABILITY Non-Final OA Korea Electronics Technology Institute
19112430 OPTIMIZED ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING OF OPTICS Non-Final OA Vadient Optics, LLC
18113801 FLUID-FILLED BALANCE RING FOR A WASHING MACHINE Non-Final OA Whirlpool Corporation
18112912 BUILD-PLATE USED IN FORMING DEVICES AND LOCATING FEATURES FORMED ON THE BUILD-PLATE TO FACILITATE USE OF ADDITIVE AND SUBTRACTIVE MANUFACTURING PROCESSES AND METHOD FOR USE THEREOF Final Rejection Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc.
18992157 METHOD FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING Non-Final OA GENERA PRINTER GMBH
18612513 SYSTEM AND METHOD OF FORMING A MESH STRUCTURE Non-Final OA Lear Corporation
17555922 METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A FORMING TOOL Final Rejection Lear Corporation
18710496 DIRECT INJECTION FOOTWEAR MOULD ASSEMBLY AND DIRECT INJECTION FOOTWEAR BOTTOM MOULD ASSEMBLY Non-Final OA ECCO Sko A/S
17955054 PROGRAMMABLE MATTER Final Rejection Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
18775766 WASTE PLASTIC GASIFICATION DEVICE AND WASTE PLASTIC GASIFICATION METHOD Non-Final OA Korea Institute of Energy Research
18751928 AUTOMATED FOLDING CALENDER FOR ELECTRODE MANUFACTURING Non-Final OA GM Global Technology Operations LLC
18724676 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DELIVERING BUILDING MATERIAL TO A PRINTING HEAD Non-Final OA Stratasys Ltd.
18072530 3D PRINTER WITH A UV LIGHT ABSORBING AGENT Non-Final OA PERIDOT PRINT LLC
18200659 GAS FLOW IN THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRINTING Final Rejection Velo3D, Inc.
18547983 METHOD OF ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURING A COMPONENT, LOAD TRANSFER ELEMENT, REINFORCEMENT FOR USE WITHIN A COMPONENT, AND ACTIVELY MANUFACTURED COMPONENT Non-Final OA PERI SE
17904668 ONE PART MOISTURE CURABLE RESINS FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING Final Rejection CARBON, INC.
18134795 METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A TUBE LAMINATE, TUBE LAMINATE AND TUBE PACKAGING Non-Final OA Huhtamaki Flexible Packaging Germany GmbH & Co. KG
18710824 POWDERY MATERIAL FOR 3D PRINTER, THREE-DIMENSIONAL SHAPED OBJECT, AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREFOR Final Rejection Polyplastics Co., Ltd.
17703574 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR 3D PRINTING WITH A NARROW WAVELENGTH SPECTRUM Non-Final OA Voxeljet AG
18691883 MATERIAL PREPARATION AND FEEDING SYSTEM OF A CONSTRUCTION 3D PRINTER Non-Final OA AC3D, INC.
18543725 GAS SHIELD GENERATOR FOR A BLOW/FILL/SEAL MACHINE Non-Final OA Weiler Engineering Inc.
18276468 PRODUCTION METHOD FOR PROTEIN PROCESSED FOOD, PRODUCTION DEVICE FOR PROTEIN PROCESSED FOOD, AND PROTEIN PROCESSED FOOD Non-Final OA NISSUI CORPORATION
18566177 PULVERULENT COMPOSITION, MOLDING CONSISTING THEREOF, PROCESS FOR PRODUCING A MOLDING, AND USE OF A PULVERULENT COMPOSITION Non-Final OA AM POLYMERS GmbH

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