Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19030218 | RADIATION SOURCE ASSEMBLY AND APPARATUS FOR LAYER-BY-LAYER FORMATION OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECTS | January 2025 | November 2025 | Allow | 10 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18908308 | IN SPACE ASSEMBLY | October 2024 | November 2025 | Allow | 14 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18845500 | METHODS FOR HEATING A HOT RUNNER OF AN INJECTION MOLDING SYSTEM | September 2024 | February 2026 | Allow | 17 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18805675 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A MOLDED BODY AND MOLDED BODY | August 2024 | September 2025 | Abandon | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18765151 | MECHANISM TO CONTROL THE DENSITY GRADIENT IN THREE-DIMENSIONALLY PRINTED MATERIAL | July 2024 | January 2026 | Allow | 18 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18662028 | IMPRINT APPARATUS AND ARTICLE MANUFACTURING METHOD | May 2024 | March 2026 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18653640 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING A PORTION OF AN ARTICLE OF FOOTWEAR FROM A MOLD | May 2024 | October 2025 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18696767 | METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR CUTTING A SUBSTRATE OR PREPARING A SUBSTRATE FOR CLEAVING | March 2024 | January 2026 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18691206 | ARTICLES OF MANUFACTURE PRODUCED FROM ACRYLIC/ABS LAMINATED SHEET | March 2024 | March 2026 | Abandon | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18417371 | INJECTION MOLDED CUTLERY AND METHOD AND SYSTEM THEREFOR | January 2024 | November 2025 | Allow | 21 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 18524099 | WIRE HARNESS CONNECTOR BOOT MOLDING | November 2023 | March 2026 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18482552 | GRAPHITE ARTICLE AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME | October 2023 | September 2025 | Allow | 23 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18463843 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATING AN ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING NOZZLE | September 2023 | February 2025 | Allow | 18 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18461220 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DIGITALLY MASKED PRINT AREA HEATING | September 2023 | November 2024 | Abandon | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18546588 | HEAD FOR ADDITIVE PRODUCTION MACHINE, MACHINE AND SYSTEM COMPRISING THE HEAD | August 2023 | March 2026 | Abandon | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18364595 | COMPOSITE RESIN DENTURE PORCELAIN BLOCK, PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF AND COMPOSITE RESIN DENTURE | August 2023 | October 2025 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18362246 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF SUPPOSITORY COMPOUNDS | July 2023 | February 2026 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18349759 | FLEXIBLE TUBULAR STRUCTURE | July 2023 | August 2025 | Allow | 25 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18347124 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING SUPERHYDROPHOBIC CARBON NANOTUBE SHEETS | July 2023 | December 2025 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18343424 | SELF-ALIGNED LENS ASSEMBLY FOR HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAYS | June 2023 | September 2025 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18208301 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ULTRA-THIN ANTIREFLECTION STICKER AND ULTRA-THIN ANTIREFLECTION STICKER | June 2023 | November 2025 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18205990 | METHODS FOR CURING DENTAL APPLIANCES | June 2023 | November 2025 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18251408 | DUAL FILAMENT FEEDER ASSEMBLY FOR AN ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING SYSTEM | May 2023 | October 2025 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18137059 | Systems for three-dimentional printing | April 2023 | September 2025 | Allow | 29 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18297247 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MAKING FIBROUS MATERIALS | April 2023 | September 2025 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18296041 | EQUINE SHOE WITH CONCAVE TOPSIDE | April 2023 | September 2025 | Allow | 29 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18044624 | POROUS CARBON MATERIAL AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREFOR | March 2023 | January 2026 | Abandon | 34 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18118443 | METHODS FOR COMPLEX GEOMETRY MANDREL REMOVAL OF CERAMIC MATRIX COMPOSITE COMPONENTS | March 2023 | November 2025 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18111120 | MOLD SYSTEM, MOLD OPENING APPARATUS, AND METHODS FOR OPENING AND CLOSING A MOLD ASSEMBLY | February 2023 | October 2025 | Allow | 32 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18108904 | HIGH DENSITY MESH FOR INVERTED 3D PRINTING | February 2023 | December 2025 | Allow | 34 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18020807 | MOLD-CLAMPING DEVICE | February 2023 | October 2025 | Abandon | 32 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18108066 | LEVELING DEVICE AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRINTING DEVICE | February 2023 | February 2025 | Abandon | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18019370 | MECHANICALLY STABLE CORE-SHELL FDM PRINTS CONTAINING POROUS CORE | February 2023 | July 2025 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18013536 | DEVICE FOR EJECTING A MOULD, COMPRISING A CHAIN WITH SLIDING LINKS AND AN ADJUSTMENT SHIM | December 2022 | April 2025 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18013469 | ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING OF ENGINEERED CEMENTITIOUS COMPOSITES | December 2022 | September 2025 | Allow | 33 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18003378 | MOLDING METHOD FOR MAKING A MONOLITHIC COMPONENT INTERNALLY PROVIDED WITH AT LEAST ONE CAVITY INSIDE | December 2022 | November 2025 | Allow | 35 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 18011936 | METHOD AND APPLICATION UNIT FOR APPLYING A SOUND-ABSORBING MATERIAL IN AN INNER CAVITY OF A PNEUMATIC TIRE | December 2022 | June 2025 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18000803 | EXTRUDER, GRANULE FEED, AND LIQUID ADDITIVE DISPENSER SYSTEM FOR 3D PRINTERS | December 2022 | January 2025 | Abandon | 25 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17928114 | INJECTION TOOLING FOR BARREL-SHAPED ROTATING PART | November 2022 | December 2024 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17927067 | Method for Producing a Component Having a Cooling Channel System | November 2022 | June 2025 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17998145 | MAINTENANCE METHOD FOR INJECTION MOLDING MACHINE, INJECTION MOLDING UNIT, AND MAINTENANCE JIG FOR INJECTION MOLDING MACHINE | November 2022 | March 2025 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17923155 | ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING OF SILICON COMPONENTS | November 2022 | December 2025 | Abandon | 37 | 3 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17973479 | Candle Creating Kit | October 2022 | June 2025 | Abandon | 32 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17921229 | ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING SYSTEM FOR POWDERY STARTING MATERIAL AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A COMPONENT | October 2022 | February 2025 | Allow | 28 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 17969909 | IMPRINT APPARATUS AND ARTICLE MANUFACTURING METHOD | October 2022 | August 2025 | Allow | 34 | 3 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17967225 | IMPRINT APPARATUS | October 2022 | October 2025 | Allow | 36 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17918996 | OPTIMIZED INJECTION MOLD PLATE, AND INJECTION MOLD COMPRISING SAME | October 2022 | July 2025 | Allow | 33 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17996159 | COMPOSITE TAPE APPLICATOR HEAD | October 2022 | September 2025 | Allow | 35 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17917347 | Device and Method for Producing a Patch Which Has a Plurality of Microstructures | October 2022 | January 2026 | Allow | 39 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17959853 | POLYMER FOAM PROCESSING METHODS AND ARTICLES | October 2022 | December 2025 | Allow | 39 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17915859 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM | September 2022 | September 2024 | Abandon | 24 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17945583 | MOLTEN LIQUID-MARBLES AND CURTAILING AGENT FOR FORMING 3D PARTS | September 2022 | September 2025 | Allow | 36 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17944883 | LASING MODULE FOR 3D PRINTING SYSTEM | September 2022 | April 2025 | Allow | 31 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17909859 | Pulp Bottle with Molded Interior Lining and Methods of Making Same | September 2022 | October 2025 | Abandon | 37 | 3 | 1 | No | No |
| 17896128 | Three-Dimensional Shaping Device | August 2022 | June 2024 | Allow | 22 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17887567 | ENERGY BEAM DIRECTING DEVICE | August 2022 | November 2025 | Allow | 39 | 6 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17799228 | METHOD FOR GENERATING A TOOL PATH AS WELL AS METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING OF A WORKPIECE USING SUCH A TOOL PATH | August 2022 | January 2026 | Abandon | 41 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17884041 | CONTAINER CONSISTING OF A RIGID OUTER CONTAINER AND A DEFORMABLE INNER BAG, AND A METHOD FOR PRODUCING SUCH A CONTAINER | August 2022 | October 2025 | Allow | 38 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17880921 | EXTERIOR MEMBER, CASE AND TIMEPIECE | August 2022 | November 2025 | Allow | 40 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17877234 | FLEX PLATE FOR GUIDING DEVICE OF INJECTION MOLDING MACHINE | July 2022 | August 2025 | Allow | 36 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17814939 | CONNECTING DEVICE FOR RECEIVING A CARTRIDGE CONTAINER AND FOR POSITIONING IN AN INSTALLATION FOR PRODUCING THREE-DIMENSIONAL COMPONENTS | July 2022 | November 2024 | Abandon | 28 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17812930 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ASSEMBLY OF A LOW PROFILE PASSIVE PROTECTOR FOR AN I.V. CATHETER | July 2022 | July 2025 | Allow | 36 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17812174 | INJECTION MOLDING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF EXTERNAL INDUCTION HEATING WITH ALTERNATING INSERT PLATES | July 2022 | May 2024 | Allow | 22 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 17808475 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL SHAPING APPARATUS | June 2022 | August 2025 | Allow | 38 | 6 | 0 | No | No |
| 17845027 | Heated Nozzle Assembly for a Three-Dimensional Printer Head Including a Plurality of Heater Segments | June 2022 | May 2024 | Abandon | 23 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17842615 | TEMPLATE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE | June 2022 | July 2025 | Abandon | 37 | 4 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17838026 | Elongated Nozzle FDM 3D printer | June 2022 | September 2023 | Abandon | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17829175 | SHAPING METHOD AND SHAPING DEVICE | May 2022 | October 2024 | Allow | 28 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17781155 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING AN OBJECT | May 2022 | December 2024 | Abandon | 31 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 17749114 | METHOD OF FORMING PATTERNS ON SUBSTRATE BY DOUBLE NANOIMPRINT LITHOGRAPHY | May 2022 | February 2024 | Allow | 21 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17662455 | ROTATING MANIFOLDS AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VACUUM BAGGING LARGE COMPOSITE STRUCTURES | May 2022 | March 2024 | Allow | 22 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17774803 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) PRINTED OBJECTS WITH FRACTURE CHANNELS | May 2022 | February 2024 | Allow | 21 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17773839 | ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING TRAY | May 2022 | May 2025 | Allow | 37 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17729142 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING | April 2022 | December 2025 | Allow | 43 | 5 | 1 | Yes | Yes |
| 17720441 | An Evenly Heating Method for Enhancing Heating Result | April 2022 | October 2023 | Abandon | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17719826 | FORCED CONVECTION THERMAL HISTORY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM | April 2022 | August 2024 | Abandon | 28 | 3 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17657995 | ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING SYSTEM | April 2022 | March 2024 | Allow | 23 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17702209 | SELF-HEATING TOOLING DEVICE FOR CURING OF COMPOSITES | March 2022 | November 2024 | Allow | 32 | 4 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17698326 | IN-SITU MEASUREMENT AND FEEDBACK CONTROL OF ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURED ELECTRICAL PASSIVE COMPONENTS | March 2022 | June 2024 | Allow | 27 | 3 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17694914 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING A PORTION OF AN ARTICLE OF FOOTWEAR FROM A MOLD | March 2022 | January 2024 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17689924 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMAGE GUIDED TRANSORAL ROBOTIC SURGERY USING AN IMAGING COMPATIBLE ORAL RETRACTOR SYSTEM | March 2022 | January 2026 | Allow | 46 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17687618 | Methods for Repairing Composite Material Using Pre-Cured Plugs | March 2022 | August 2024 | Allow | 29 | 4 | 0 | Yes | Yes |
| 17653249 | PROCESS OF CHANGING CROSS SECTIONAL SHAPE WITHIN A TEXTILE | March 2022 | July 2025 | Allow | 41 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17652313 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THREE-DIMENSIONAL SHAPED OBJECT AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL SHAPING APPARATUS | February 2022 | July 2025 | Abandon | 40 | 6 | 1 | No | No |
| 17652147 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THREE-DIMENSIONAL SHAPED OBJECT AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL SHAPING APPARATUS | February 2022 | December 2023 | Allow | 22 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17651748 | ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING SYSTEM | February 2022 | October 2023 | Allow | 20 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17673354 | Additive Manufacturing System Comprising a Plurality of Manufacturing Stations and Method for Additively Manufacturing a Plurality of Work Pieces | February 2022 | June 2024 | Allow | 28 | 3 | 1 | No | No |
| 17672480 | CO-MOLDED OPTICAL LENSES AND METHODS AND DEVICES FOR FORMING SAME | February 2022 | July 2024 | Allow | 29 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 17668205 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ULTRASOUND-INDUCED ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING OF POLYMERS AND COMPOSITES | February 2022 | March 2025 | Allow | 37 | 6 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17630857 | AN ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING MACHINE | January 2022 | October 2024 | Abandon | 32 | 4 | 0 | No | No |
| 17629350 | 3D Printing of Low Melting Point Materials | January 2022 | July 2025 | Abandon | 42 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 17580661 | CONVEYING MECHANISM FOR 3D PRINTER | January 2022 | August 2023 | Abandon | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17628413 | PROCESS AND DEVICE FOR PREPARING PLATES FOR CYLINDERS TO TREAT ITEMS OF THE PAPER PROCESSING INDUSTRY | January 2022 | December 2024 | Abandon | 35 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17597708 | SELECTIVE SINTERING OF POLYMER-BASED COMPOSITE MATERIALS | January 2022 | October 2025 | Allow | 45 | 3 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17627072 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL MOLDING MACHINE AND COMPONENT MOUNTING MACHINE | January 2022 | September 2025 | Allow | 44 | 5 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17569933 | A METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANUFACTURING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL POROUS STRUCTURE | January 2022 | September 2025 | Allow | 44 | 3 | 1 | No | No |
| 17624596 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MONITORING AMOUNT OF SUPPLY MATERIAL IN ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING | January 2022 | May 2025 | Allow | 40 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 17646939 | IN SPACE ASSEMBLY | January 2022 | July 2024 | Allow | 30 | 3 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17624271 | SHORT-LENGTH AND EFFICIENT LIQUID COOLED DISPENSER | December 2021 | July 2025 | Allow | 43 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17563549 | IMPRINT APPARATUS AND ARTICLE MANUFACTURING METHOD | December 2021 | August 2025 | Allow | 43 | 3 | 1 | Yes | No |
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Examiner FUNK, ERICA HARTSELL works in Art Unit 1741 and has examined 55 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 58.2%, this examiner allows applications at a lower rate than most examiners at the USPTO. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 38 months.
Examiner FUNK, ERICA HARTSELL's allowance rate of 58.2% places them in the 18% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner is less likely to allow applications than most examiners at the USPTO.
On average, applications examined by FUNK, ERICA HARTSELL receive 2.24 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 62% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues a slightly above-average number of office actions.
The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by FUNK, ERICA HARTSELL is 38 months. This places the examiner in the 29% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly slower than average with this examiner.
Conducting an examiner interview provides a +19.7% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by FUNK, ERICA HARTSELL. This interview benefit is in the 63% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews provide an above-average benefit with this examiner and are worth considering.
When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 30.0% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 58% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Insight: RCEs show above-average effectiveness with this examiner. Consider whether your amendments or new arguments are strong enough to warrant an RCE versus filing a continuation.
This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 20.8% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 26% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: This examiner shows below-average receptiveness to after-final amendments. You may need to file an RCE or appeal rather than relying on after-final amendment entry.
When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 66.7% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 72% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Note: Petitions show above-average success regarding this examiner's actions. Petitionable matters include restriction requirements (MPEP § 1002.02(c)(2)) and various procedural issues.
Examiner's Amendments: This examiner makes examiner's amendments in 0.0% of allowed cases (in the 5% percentile). This examiner rarely makes examiner's amendments compared to other examiners. You should expect to make all necessary claim amendments yourself through formal amendment practice.
Quayle Actions: This examiner issues Ex Parte Quayle actions in 0.0% of allowed cases (in the 6% percentile). This examiner rarely issues Quayle actions compared to other examiners. Allowances typically come directly without a separate action for formal matters.
Based on the statistical analysis of this examiner's prosecution patterns, here are tailored strategic recommendations:
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