Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Arent Fox LLP And Divergent Technologies Inc.

19 pending office actions • 1 client • 18 examiners • 17 art units • 0 of 19 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 12 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

19
Total Pending OAs
10
Non-Final OAs
8
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 18 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

12
Overdue
1
Due this week
3
Due this month
2
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

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. 18 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (12)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (3)Due ≤ 60 days (2)

Case Difficulty Mix

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.

1
Hard (5%)
17
Medium (89%)
0
Easy (0%)
1
Unknown (5%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (5%)
§103 only15 (79%)
§102 only2 (11%)
No statute on record1 (5%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

10
Life Sciences
53% of docket
1
Information Tech
5% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
5% of docket
6
Mechanical / Eng
32% of docket
1
Business / Other
5% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

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.

190 h
Manual time on pending OAs
38 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
66 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.7 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
SWIER, WAYNE K. 2 67.5% +19.0%
PATWARDHAN, ABHISHEK A 1 74.1% +11.2%
NELSON, JAMEL M 1 73.6% +15.9%
HEDRICK, TYLER DEAN 1 91.7% +16.7%
O'NEILL, MATTHEW JAMES 1 79.4% +23.7%
WU, JENNY R 1 63.2% +16.5%
DUMBRIS, SETH M 1 76.1% +17.0%
DO, TRUC M 1 82.4% +7.3%
TANDY, LAURA ELOISE 1 62.0% +41.0%
LIANG, SHIBIN 1 62.7% +17.8%

Quick Wins (2)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17858933 ASSEMBLY ERROR CORRECTION DO, TRUC M 98d overdue
18594730 MULTI-COMPONENT STRUCTURE OPTIMIZATION FOR COMBINING 3-D PRINTED AND COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE PARTS HEDRICK, TYLER DEAN 30d overdue

Hard Cases (1)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
16833420 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING OF TRANSPORT STRUCTURES DESAI, RACHNA SINGH 30d

Interview Candidates (10)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18490550 COMBINATION ADDITIVE MANUFACTURED STRUCTURES AND METHODS O'NEILL, MATTHEW JAMES 89d overdue
18815568 MONOLITHIC MULTI-OPTICS SCANNER HEAD NELSON, JAMEL M 70d overdue
17744381 ROBOTIC ASSEMBLY OF TRANSPORT STRUCTURES USING ON-SITE ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING LIANG, SHIBIN 60d overdue
18594730 MULTI-COMPONENT STRUCTURE OPTIMIZATION FOR COMBINING 3-D PRINTED AND COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE PARTS HEDRICK, TYLER DEAN 30d overdue
18488780 CRASHWORTHY ALLOY WU, JENNY R 1d overdue
18602844 JOINT DESIGN FOR DAPS ADHESIVE FIXTURING SWIER, WAYNE K. 7d
18158948 ELECTROCOATING (E-COATING) ON A PART BY PART BASIS DUMBRIS, SETH M 29d
18601649 BONDED PRECISION INSERTS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF SWIER, WAYNE K. 41d

Client Portfolio (1 client)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
Divergent Technologies 19

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
17482
37612
17461
17431
21151
36141
17331
17841
36581
28811

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18830311 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ADHESIVE-BASED PART RETENTION FEATURES IN ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURED STRUCTURES Divergent Technologies, Inc. PATWARDHAN, ABHISHEK A 1746 §103 Final Rejection Pending Sep 10, 2024
18815568 MONOLITHIC MULTI-OPTICS SCANNER HEAD Divergent Technologies, Inc. NELSON, JAMEL M 1743 §103 Non-Final OA 70d overdue Pending Aug 26, 2024
18602844 JOINT DESIGN FOR DAPS ADHESIVE FIXTURING Divergent Technologies, Inc. SWIER, WAYNE K. 1748 §103 Final Rejection 7d Pending Mar 12, 2024
18601649 BONDED PRECISION INSERTS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF Divergent Technologies, Inc. SWIER, WAYNE K. 1748 §103 Final Rejection 41d Pending Mar 11, 2024
18594730 MULTI-COMPONENT STRUCTURE OPTIMIZATION FOR COMBINING 3-D PRINTED AND COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE PARTS Divergent Technologies, Inc. HEDRICK, TYLER DEAN 2115 §103 Non-Final OA 30d overdue Pending Mar 04, 2024
18490550 COMBINATION ADDITIVE MANUFACTURED STRUCTURES AND METHODS Divergent Technologies, Inc. O'NEILL, MATTHEW JAMES 3614 §103 Non-Final OA 89d overdue Pending Oct 19, 2023
18488780 CRASHWORTHY ALLOY Divergent Technologies, Inc. WU, JENNY R 1733 Other Non-Final OA 1d overdue Pending Oct 17, 2023
18158948 ELECTROCOATING (E-COATING) ON A PART BY PART BASIS Divergent Technologies, Inc. DUMBRIS, SETH M 1784 §103 Final Rejection 29d Pending Jan 24, 2023
17858933 ASSEMBLY ERROR CORRECTION Divergent Technologies, Inc. DO, TRUC M 3658 §103 Final Rejection 98d overdue Pending Jul 06, 2022
17747597 MECHANISM FOR CURING ADHESIVE IN A ROBOTIC ASSEMBLY CELL Divergent Technologies, Inc. TANDY, LAURA ELOISE 2881 §103 Final Rejection 55d Pending May 18, 2022
17744381 ROBOTIC ASSEMBLY OF TRANSPORT STRUCTURES USING ON-SITE ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING Divergent Technologies, Inc. LIANG, SHIBIN 1741 §103 Non-Final OA 60d overdue Pending May 13, 2022
17584221 HIGH MODULUS LIGHT ALLOY Divergent Technologies, Inc. YANG, JIE 1734 §103 Non-Final OA 25d overdue Pending Jan 25, 2022
17547064 VARIABLE BEAM GEOMETRY LASER-BASED POWDER BED FUSION Divergent Technologies, Inc. WUNDERLICH, ERWIN J 3761 §103 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Dec 09, 2021
17527101 ISOCYANURATE RESIN COMPOSITIONS Divergent Technologies, Inc. WHITELEY, JESSICA 1763 §102 Non-Final OA 23d overdue Pending Nov 15, 2021
17374702 APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURED STRUCTURES WITH AUGMENTED ENERGY ABSORPTION PROPERTIES Divergent Technologies, Inc. ZHUO, WENWEI 3612 §102 Non-Final OA 9d overdue Pending Jul 13, 2021
16926584 ROBOTIC ASSEMBLY CELL Divergent Technologies, Inc. CAIN, AARON G 3656 §103 Non-Final OA 1d overdue Pending Jul 10, 2020
16833420 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING OF TRANSPORT STRUCTURES Divergent Technologies, Inc. DESAI, RACHNA SINGH 3992 §101 Non-Final OA 30d Pending Mar 27, 2020
16526679 ALUMINUM ALLOY COMPOSITIONS Divergent Technologies, Inc. XU, JIANGTIAN 1762 §103 Final Rejection 51d overdue Pending Jul 30, 2019
15582457 ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING CONTROL SYSTEMS Divergent Technologies, Inc. KHLOK, BONITA 3761 §103 Final Rejection 12d Pending Apr 28, 2017

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