Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Arent Fox LLP And Divergent Technologies Inc.

20 pending office actions • 1 client • 19 examiners • 14 art units • 0 of 20 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Quality Metrics (n=33105 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

88.1%
Allowance Rate
n=33105
+0.53σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=33105
3.3
OAs to Allowance
n=22173
-0.12σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=22173
1015 days
Time to Allowance
n=22173
+7.4pp
Interview Lift
n=33105
28.9%
RCE Rate
n=33105
1.4%
Appeal Rate
n=33105

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

81.6%
§101 Overcome
n=3320
80.4%
§102 Overcome
n=9027
80.9%
§103 Overcome
n=14466
81.1%
§112 Overcome
n=8656

Specialization & Scale

H04L, H04W, G06F
Top CPC Subclasses
17%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=33105
20
Practitioners
n=33105
1655.2
Apps / Practitioner
n=33105

Portfolio Summary

20
Total Pending OAs
11
Non-Final OAs
8
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 9 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

5
Overdue
0
Due this week
2
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. 9 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (5)Due ≤ 30 days (2)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.

6
Hard (30%)
14
Medium (70%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (5%)
§101 + other1 (5%)
§103 only13 (65%)
Double-patenting + other1 (5%)
Multi-statute (no §101)4 (20%)

Industry Mix

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

8
Life Sciences
40% of docket
1
Information Tech
5% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
5% of docket
7
Mechanical / Eng
35% of docket
3
Business / Other
15% 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.

200 h
Manual time on pending OAs
40 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
70 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.8 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
WU, JENNY R 2 63.4% +16.2%
PATWARDHAN, ABHISHEK A 1 74.3% +11.9%
KIM, YUNJU 1 55.6% +34.8%
SWIER, WAYNE K. 1 67.5% +19.2%
JARRETT, RYAN A 1 80.8% +7.0%
OMGBA, ESSAMA 1 59.3% +33.1%
STILES, JACOB BENJAMIN 1 0.0% +0.0%
SHAMS, NAZMUN NAHAR 1 80.8% +17.4%
SCHWARTZ, CHRISTOPHER P 1 85.6% +6.0%
DO, TRUC M 1 82.6% +7.5%

Quick Wins (3)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17858933 ASSEMBLY ERROR CORRECTION DO, TRUC M 98d overdue
18484319 TUNED SUPPORT GEOMETRIES FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING SUPPORT REMOVAL AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF SHAMS, NAZMUN NAHAR
18360716 BRAKE NODES SCHWARTZ, CHRISTOPHER P

Hard Cases (6)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18594730 MULTI-COMPONENT STRUCTURE OPTIMIZATION FOR COMBINING 3-D PRINTED AND COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE PARTS JARRETT, RYAN A 30d overdue
15582457 ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING CONTROL SYSTEMS KHLOK, BONITA 12d
16833420 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING OF TRANSPORT STRUCTURES DESAI, RACHNA SINGH 30d
18499072 DEPOWDERING OF 3D-PRINTED STRUCTURES OMGBA, ESSAMA
18488883 PRODUCING METAL MATRIX COMPOSITE FEEDSTOCK FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRINTING STILES, JACOB BENJAMIN
18487020 IN-SITU WELD POOL SPECTRUM RADIATION PROCESS CHARACTERIZATION WU, JENNY R

Interview Candidates (7)

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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18488780 CRASHWORTHY ALLOY WU, JENNY R 1d overdue
18601649 BONDED PRECISION INSERTS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF SWIER, WAYNE K. 41d
18830311 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ADHESIVE-BASED PART RETENTION FEATURES IN ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURED STRUCTURES PATWARDHAN, ABHISHEK A
18668039 ELECTROSTATIC SOOT CAPTURING PLATE ASSOCIATED WITH A BUILD CHAMBER OF A THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3-D) PRINTER KIM, YUNJU
18499072 DEPOWDERING OF 3D-PRINTED STRUCTURES OMGBA, ESSAMA
18487020 IN-SITU WELD POOL SPECTRUM RADIATION PROCESS CHARACTERIZATION WU, JENNY R
18484319 TUNED SUPPORT GEOMETRIES FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING SUPPORT REMOVAL AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF SHAMS, NAZMUN NAHAR

Client Portfolio (1 client)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
Divergent Technologies 20

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
17333
37613
17461
17481
21151
17381
36161
36581
37631
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 §103Other Final Rejection Pending Sep 10, 2024
18668039 ELECTROSTATIC SOOT CAPTURING PLATE ASSOCIATED WITH A BUILD CHAMBER OF A THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3-D) PRINTER Divergent Technologies, Inc. KIM, YUNJU §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 17, 2024
18601649 BONDED PRECISION INSERTS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF Divergent Technologies, Inc. SWIER, WAYNE K. 1748 §103 Non-Final OA 41d Pending Mar 11, 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 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 31, 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 Final Rejection 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 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 10, 2023
18360716 BRAKE NODES Divergent Technologies, Inc. SCHWARTZ, CHRISTOPHER P 3616 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 27, 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. TANDY, 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 Final Rejection Pending Sep 17, 2021
17478596 REAL TIME QUALITY ASSURANCE FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING Divergent Technologies, Inc. MILLS JR., JOE E 3761 §103 Final Rejection Pending Sep 17, 2021
16926584 ROBOTIC ASSEMBLY CELL Divergent Technologies, Inc. CAIN, AARON G 3656 §103 Final Rejection 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 Non-Final OA 51d overdue Pending Jul 30, 2019
15607055 MATERIAL HANDLING IN ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING Divergent Technologies, Inc. OCHYLSKI, RYAN M 1743 §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 26, 2017
15582457 ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING CONTROL SYSTEMS Divergent Technologies, Inc. KHLOK, BONITA 3761 §103§112 Final Rejection 12d Pending Apr 28, 2017

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