Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: YE, XINWEN

Tech Center 1700 • Art Units: 1754 1789

This examiner grants 43% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

43.4%
Allow Rate
-21.6% vs TC avg
163
Total Applications
+46.1%
Interview Lift
1134
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 113 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.9%
§101 Eligibility
2.4%
§102 Novelty
89.9%
§103 Obviousness
3.1%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17440570 Extruder Head, Extruder System and Use of an Extruder Head and/or an Extruder System Non-Final OA Putzmeister Engineering GmbH
18291442 STEREOLITHOGRAPHY APPARATUS Final Rejection SONY GROUP CORPORATION
17892458 IRRADIATION DEVICES WITH LASER DIODE ARRAYS FOR ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURING THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECTS Final Rejection General Electric Company
17892532 IRRADIATION DEVICES WITH LASER DIODE ARRAYS FOR ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURING THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECTS Final Rejection General Electric Company
18490580 POWDER RECYCLING IN ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS, AND RELATED METHODS Non-Final OA Blue Origin Manufacturing, LLC
18318801 IMPRINT APPARATUS, IMPRINT METHOD AND ARTICLE MANUFACTURING METHOD Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18670325 THREE-DIMENSIONAL SHAPING APPARATUS Final Rejection SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
18427330 ELASTIC ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING WITH INTEGRATED THREE DIMENSIONAL REINFORCEMENT Non-Final OA Airbus Operations GmbH
18328079 THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRINTING WITH PHOTOSENSITIVE RESIN Final Rejection International Business Machines Corporation
18632350 STEREO LITHOGRAPHY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING MODELING OBJECT Final Rejection JVCKENWOOD Corporation
17476921 TWIN-SCREW EXTRUDER Non-Final OA Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
18776801 METHOD FOR PRODUCING A FILM HAVING A SECURITY FEATURE FOR A CARD-SHAPED DATA CARRIER, FILM AND CARD-SHAPED DATA CARRIER Non-Final OA Giesecke+Devrient ePayments GmbH
18553390 IMPRINTING DEVICE AND IMPRINTING METHOD Non-Final OA KOREA INSTITUTE OF MACHINERY & MATERIALS
18349922 MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECT Non-Final OA Sodick Co., Ltd.
18908762 COTTON CANDY MACHINE WITH ENHANCED SAFETY Non-Final OA PS Gems LLC
18819729 METHOD FOR FABRICATING FOOTWEAR USING SACRIFICIAL MOLD Non-Final OA Koobz
18791076 PRECONDITIONED RESIN AGGREGATE Non-Final OA CRDC GLOBAL LIMITED
18213804 THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRINTER NOZZLE AND ASSEMBLY Non-Final OA ICON Technology, Inc.
18213805 THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRINTER NOZZLE AND ASSEMBLY Final Rejection ICON Technology, Inc.
18703452 PHOTORESIST COMPOSITION, SYSTEM COMPRISING A PHOTORESIST COMPOSITION, METHOD FOR PRODUCING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURE, AND USE OF A PHOTORESIST COMPOSITION IN 3D-PRINTING Non-Final OA KARLSRUHER INSTITUT FÜR TECHNOLOGIE
18691873 SYSTEM FOR EXTRUDING BUILDING MATERIAL ENRICHED WITH AGGREGATES AND/OR STEEL FIBRES FOR THE ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING OF ARCHITECTURAL STRUCTURES Non-Final OA XTREEE
18682743 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRINTING Final Rejection The Regents of the University of Colorado, a Body Corporatate
17768393 PATTERNING DEVICE FOR THE PREPARATION OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURES AND METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION THEREOF Non-Final OA AO Technology AG
18067556 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING PHARMACEUTICAL OBJECTS VIA 3D PRINTING Non-Final OA PHARMAPRINT LIMITED LLC

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