Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
19 pending office actions • 1 client • 17 examiners • 14 art units • 0 of 19 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Arent Fox LLP and Divergent Technologies Inc. has 21 pending office actions in Chemistry & Materials and 33400 career applications. The application history provides extensive context for the current docket and the firm’s activity in this technology area.
The resolved allowance rate is 87.96%, and the average is 3.27 office actions per allowance. The record combines frequent successful resolution with several examination exchanges per allowance. Practitioners should plan for iterative prosecution while preserving commercially important distinctions in composition and material performance.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 7 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 7 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 1 (5%) |
| §103 only | 7 (37%) |
| §102 only | 1 (5%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (5%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 9 (47%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HAUTH, GALEN H | 2 | 64.7% | +17.7% |
| WU, JENNY R | 2 | 63.6% | +15.9% |
| PATWARDHAN, ABHISHEK A | 1 | 73.9% | +13.1% |
| SANDERS, JOSHUA T | 1 | 73.4% | +36.2% |
| NELSON, JAMEL M | 1 | 74.9% | +15.8% |
| KIM, YUNJU | 1 | 55.2% | +35.4% |
| SWIER, WAYNE K. | 1 | 67.9% | +19.2% |
| JARRETT, RYAN A | 1 | 80.9% | +7.2% |
| OMGBA, ESSAMA | 1 | 59.2% | +32.9% |
| CARDA, DANIELLE MARIE | 1 | 83.4% | +12.8% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18490533 | TILE-BASED PRINTING WITH DYNAMIC BEAM SHAPING | CARDA, DANIELLE MARIE | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18815568 | MONOLITHIC MULTI-OPTICS SCANNER HEAD | NELSON, JAMEL M | 70d overdue |
| 18594730 | MULTI-COMPONENT STRUCTURE OPTIMIZATION FOR COMBINING 3-D PRINTED AND COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE PARTS | JARRETT, RYAN A | 30d overdue |
| 18158948 | ELECTROCOATING (E-COATING) ON A PART BY PART BASIS | DUMBRIS, SETH M | 29d |
| 18824804 | ADAPTIVE PRODUCTION SYSTEM | SANDERS, JOSHUA T | — |
| 18668039 | ELECTROSTATIC SOOT CAPTURING PLATE ASSOCIATED WITH A BUILD CHAMBER OF A THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3-D) PRINTER | KIM, YUNJU | — |
| 18597693 | MODULAR PRINTER | HAUTH, GALEN H | — |
| 18499072 | DEPOWDERING OF 3D-PRINTED STRUCTURES | OMGBA, ESSAMA | — |
| 18488883 | PRODUCING METAL MATRIX COMPOSITE FEEDSTOCK FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRINTING | STILES, JACOB BENJAMIN | — |
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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18815568 | MONOLITHIC MULTI-OPTICS SCANNER HEAD | NELSON, JAMEL M | 70d overdue |
| 18488780 | CRASHWORTHY ALLOY | WU, JENNY R | 1d overdue |
| 18602844 | JOINT DESIGN FOR DAPS ADHESIVE FIXTURING | SWIER, WAYNE K. | 7d |
| 18830311 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ADHESIVE-BASED PART RETENTION FEATURES IN ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURED STRUCTURES | PATWARDHAN, ABHISHEK A | — |
| 18824804 | ADAPTIVE PRODUCTION SYSTEM | SANDERS, JOSHUA T | — |
| 18668039 | ELECTROSTATIC SOOT CAPTURING PLATE ASSOCIATED WITH A BUILD CHAMBER OF A THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3-D) PRINTER | KIM, YUNJU | — |
| 18597693 | MODULAR PRINTER | HAUTH, GALEN H | — |
| 18499072 | DEPOWDERING OF 3D-PRINTED STRUCTURES | OMGBA, ESSAMA | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| Divergent Technologies | 19 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1743 | 3 |
| 1733 | 3 |
| 1738 | 2 |
| 1746 | 1 |
| 2119 | 1 |
| 1742 | 1 |
| 1748 | 1 |
| 2115 | 1 |
| 3746 | 1 |
| 1784 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18830311 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ADHESIVE-BASED PART RETENTION FEATURES IN ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURED STRUCTURES | Divergent Technologies, Inc. | PATWARDHAN, ABHISHEK A | 1746 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 10, 2024 |
| 18824804 | ADAPTIVE PRODUCTION SYSTEM | Divergent Technologies, Inc. | SANDERS, JOSHUA T | 2119 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 04, 2024 |
| 18815568 | MONOLITHIC MULTI-OPTICS SCANNER HEAD | Divergent Technologies, Inc. | NELSON, JAMEL M | 1743 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 70d overdue | Pending | Aug 26, 2024 |
| 18668039 | ELECTROSTATIC SOOT CAPTURING PLATE ASSOCIATED WITH A BUILD CHAMBER OF A THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3-D) PRINTER | Divergent Technologies, Inc. | KIM, YUNJU | 1742 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 17, 2024 |
| 18602844 | JOINT DESIGN FOR DAPS ADHESIVE FIXTURING | Divergent Technologies, Inc. | SWIER, WAYNE K. | 1748 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 7d | Pending | Mar 12, 2024 |
| 18597693 | MODULAR PRINTER | Divergent Technologies, Inc. | HAUTH, GALEN H | 1743 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 06, 2024 |
| 18594730 | MULTI-COMPONENT STRUCTURE OPTIMIZATION FOR COMBINING 3-D PRINTED AND COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE PARTS | Divergent Technologies, Inc. | JARRETT, RYAN A | 2115 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 30d overdue | Pending | Mar 04, 2024 |
| 18499072 | DEPOWDERING OF 3D-PRINTED STRUCTURES | Divergent Technologies, Inc. | OMGBA, ESSAMA | 3746 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 31, 2023 |
| 18490533 | TILE-BASED PRINTING WITH DYNAMIC BEAM SHAPING | Divergent Technologies, Inc. | CARDA, DANIELLE MARIE | 1738 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 19, 2023 |
| 18488883 | PRODUCING METAL MATRIX COMPOSITE FEEDSTOCK FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRINTING | Divergent Technologies, Inc. | STILES, JACOB BENJAMIN | 1733 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 17, 2023 |
| 18488780 | CRASHWORTHY ALLOY | Divergent Technologies, Inc. | WU, JENNY R | 1733 | §103§112DP | Non-Final OA | 1d overdue | Pending | Oct 17, 2023 |
| 18487020 | IN-SITU WELD POOL SPECTRUM RADIATION PROCESS CHARACTERIZATION | Divergent Technologies, Inc. | WU, JENNY R | 1733 | §101§102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 13, 2023 |
| 18484319 | TUNED SUPPORT GEOMETRIES FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING SUPPORT REMOVAL AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF | Divergent Technologies, Inc. | SHAMS, NAZMUN NAHAR | 1738 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 10, 2023 |
| 18158948 | ELECTROCOATING (E-COATING) ON A PART BY PART BASIS | Divergent Technologies, Inc. | DUMBRIS, SETH M | 1784 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 29d | Pending | Jan 24, 2023 |
| 17858933 | ASSEMBLY ERROR CORRECTION | Divergent Technologies, Inc. | DO, TRUC M | 3658 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 98d overdue | Pending | Jul 06, 2022 |
| 17855396 | STRUCTURALLY INTEGRATED HEAT-EXCHANGERS | Divergent Technologies, Inc. | JONES, GORDON A | 3763 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 30, 2022 |
| 17747597 | MECHANISM FOR CURING ADHESIVE IN A ROBOTIC ASSEMBLY CELL | Divergent Technologies, Inc. | GOURLIE, LAURA ELOISE | 2881 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 55d | Pending | May 18, 2022 |
| 17478525 | IN SITU MULTI-PHASE SENSING FOR 3D PRINTING | Divergent Technologies, Inc. | CHEN, SIMPSON ABRAHAM | 3761 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 17, 2021 |
| 15607055 | MATERIAL HANDLING IN ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING | Divergent Technologies, Inc. | HAUTH, GALEN H | 1743 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 26, 2017 |
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Start Free Trial88.0% of resolved applications prosecuted by Arent Fox LLP And Divergent Technologies Inc. were allowed, across 33,400 applications in USPTO records.
3.27 office actions per allowed application on average.
19 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 1 client, before 17 examiners in 14 art units.
