Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: THROWER, LARRY W

Tech Center 1700 • Art Units: 1700 1742 1754 1791

This examiner grants 66% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

65.7%
Allow Rate
+0.7% vs TC avg
1,020
Total Applications
+12.6%
Interview Lift
1315
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 954 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.1%
§101 Eligibility
17.4%
§102 Novelty
68.4%
§103 Obviousness
9.5%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18743509 3-D LATTICE REINFORCED COMPOSITE WITH STRAIN LIMITER 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
18520969 Three-Dimensional Shaped Object Manufacturing Method And Information Processing Device Non-Final OA SEIKO EPSON 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
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.
18539522 Loop Variable Timer For Additive Manufacturing Final Rejection Seurat Technologies, Inc.
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
18719271 METHOD FOR PRODUCING CONSTRUCTION ELEMENTS FROM FLY ASH Non-Final OA Nghia Tran Trung
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.
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
18549129 Material and Process for Fabricating and Shaping of Transparent Multicomponent Fused Silica Glasses Non-Final OA Glassomer GmbH
18453151 EQUIPMENT AND PROCESS FOR CREATING PARTICLE FREE REGIONS IN A PARTICLE LOADED FIBROUS WEB Non-Final OA CONCEPTS FOR SUCCESS
17282949 SUPPORT MATERIALS FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRINTING Final Rejection HERCULES LLC
15911930 HEATING PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR FUSED DEPOSITION MODELING MACHINERY Final Rejection INGERSOLL MACHINE TOOLS, INC.

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