Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
21 pending office actions • 2 art units • 17 examiners • 0 of 21 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 16 patents granted in the last 365 days
Canon Production Printing Holding B.V. has 20 pending office actions in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. These actions are being reviewed by 16 distinct examiners, which indicates a relatively high level of individual attention per application. Despite the number of examiners, the portfolio is concentrated within only 2 distinct art units, suggesting a very specific technical focus for these 20 pending actions. This concentration within 2 art units may lead to more uniform examination standards.
FIDLER, SHELBY LEE is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, currently managing 2 pending office actions. This is a low concentration of work, as the 20 pending actions are spread across 16 different examiners. The fact that 20 actions are housed in only 2 art units is a key metric, as it implies that the examiners likely share similar technical backgrounds. Practitioners should focus on the specific trends within these 2 distinct art units to optimize prosecution for the 20 pending actions, while addressing the unique perspectives of the 16 distinct examiners.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 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. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 4 (19%) |
| §102 only | 1 (5%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 16 (76%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FIDLER, SHELBY LEE | 2 | 79.1% | +14.2% |
| QUINN, NATASHA DEPHENIA | 2 | 90.0% | +10.7% |
| AMEH, YAOVI M | 2 | 91.2% | +7.8% |
| UHLENHAKE, JASON S | 2 | 87.3% | -2.3% |
| CHELST, SHLOMIT ESTHER | 1 | 88.9% | +14.3% |
| LEBRON, JANNELLE M | 1 | 84.1% | +3.3% |
| FEGGINS, KRISTAL J | 1 | 89.9% | +8.4% |
| POLK, SHARON A | 1 | 91.6% | +6.0% |
| ALSHOROOGI, RAMI ABDELNASER | 1 | 77.8% | +25.0% |
| BATAILLE, FRANTZ | 1 | 81.9% | +0.7% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19048154 | METHOD AND PRINTER FOR MULTI-LAYER INK JET PRINTING AND CURING | FEGGINS, KRISTAL J | — |
| 19008282 | METHOD FOR A PRINT FLEET SYSTEM | BATAILLE, FRANTZ | — |
| 18679258 | METHOD FOR MAINTENANCE OF A PRINT HEAD OF AN INKJET PRINTER | QUINN, NATASHA DEPHENIA | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18813317 | Tempering Device and Method for Tempering Ink for an Ink Printer | UHLENHAKE, JASON S | 4d overdue |
| 18813350 | Tempering Device and Method for Tempering Ink for an Ink Printer | UHLENHAKE, JASON S | 9d |
| 19173091 | METHOD FOR PRINTING A ROBUST INK LAYER | CHELST, SHLOMIT ESTHER | — |
| 19079942 | Device and Method for Exhausting Aerosols | LEBRON, JANNELLE M | — |
| 19048666 | PRINTING METHOD, PRINTER AND INK SET | FIDLER, SHELBY LEE | — |
| 19014331 | Method and Processing Unit for Stabilizing the Printing Operation of an Inkjet Printing Device | POLK, SHARON A | — |
| 19014393 | Method and Device for Determining a State of a Filter Unit in an Ink Circuit of a Printer | ALSHOROOGI, RAMI ABDELNASER | — |
| 19013751 | INK JET PRINT HEAD WITH MIST REMOVING SYSTEM | QUINN, NATASHA DEPHENIA | — |
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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19173091 | METHOD FOR PRINTING A ROBUST INK LAYER | CHELST, SHLOMIT ESTHER | — |
| 19048666 | PRINTING METHOD, PRINTER AND INK SET | FIDLER, SHELBY LEE | — |
| 19014393 | Method and Device for Determining a State of a Filter Unit in an Ink Circuit of a Printer | ALSHOROOGI, RAMI ABDELNASER | — |
| 19013751 | INK JET PRINT HEAD WITH MIST REMOVING SYSTEM | QUINN, NATASHA DEPHENIA | — |
| 18679258 | METHOD FOR MAINTENANCE OF A PRINT HEAD OF AN INKJET PRINTER | QUINN, NATASHA DEPHENIA | — |
| 18237495 | Device and Method for Producing Pre-Fire Pulses | FIDLER, SHELBY LEE | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2853 | 9 |
| 1731 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19173091 | METHOD FOR PRINTING A ROBUST INK LAYER | CHELST, SHLOMIT ESTHER | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 08, 2025 |
| 19079942 | Device and Method for Exhausting Aerosols | LEBRON, JANNELLE M | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 14, 2025 |
| 19048154 | METHOD AND PRINTER FOR MULTI-LAYER INK JET PRINTING AND CURING | FEGGINS, KRISTAL J | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 07, 2025 |
| 19048666 | PRINTING METHOD, PRINTER AND INK SET | FIDLER, SHELBY LEE | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 07, 2025 |
| 19014331 | Method and Processing Unit for Stabilizing the Printing Operation of an Inkjet Printing Device | POLK, SHARON A | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 09, 2025 |
| 19014393 | Method and Device for Determining a State of a Filter Unit in an Ink Circuit of a Printer | ALSHOROOGI, RAMI ABDELNASER | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 09, 2025 |
| 19013751 | INK JET PRINT HEAD WITH MIST REMOVING SYSTEM | QUINN, NATASHA DEPHENIA | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 08, 2025 |
| 19008282 | METHOD FOR A PRINT FLEET SYSTEM | BATAILLE, FRANTZ | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 02, 2025 |
| 18906343 | Arrangement and Method for Supplying a Print Head Cleaning Unit of an Inkjet Printing Device with a Cleaning Fluid | AMEH, YAOVI M | 2853 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 04, 2024 |
| 18906690 | FOOD SAFE AQUEOUS INKJET COMPOSITIONS | SHAH, MANISH S | 2853 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 04, 2024 |
| 18906398 | Method and Processing Unit for Predicting a Servicing Situation | AMEH, YAOVI M | 2853 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 04, 2024 |
| 18906432 | Print Group for an Inkjet Printing Device | MCMILLION, TRACEY M | 2853 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 04, 2024 |
| 18903662 | TRANSPORTING A SHEET THROUGH A PLASMA TREATMENT UNIT | THOMPSON, LESLIE J. | 2853 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 01, 2024 |
| 18813317 | Tempering Device and Method for Tempering Ink for an Ink Printer | UHLENHAKE, JASON S | 2853 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 4d overdue | Pending | Aug 23, 2024 |
| 18813350 | Tempering Device and Method for Tempering Ink for an Ink Printer | UHLENHAKE, JASON S | 2853 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 9d | Pending | Aug 23, 2024 |
| 18717224 | Device for Printing to a Recording Medium | MOJADDEDI, OMAR F | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 06, 2024 |
| 18679258 | METHOD FOR MAINTENANCE OF A PRINT HEAD OF AN INKJET PRINTER | QUINN, NATASHA DEPHENIA | 2853 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 30, 2024 |
| 18631442 | POLYMER, POLYMER DISPERSION, INK COMPOSITION AND PRINTING METHOD | WOODWARD, ANA LUCRECIA | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 10, 2024 |
| 18593120 | RADIATION-CURABLE INK COMPOSITION, METHOD FOR PREPARING THE SAME AND METHOD FOR APPLYING AN IMAGE ONTO A RECORDING MEDIUM | STANLEY, JANE L | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 01, 2024 |
| 18237495 | Device and Method for Producing Pre-Fire Pulses | FIDLER, SHELBY LEE | 2853 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 24, 2023 |
| 18206118 | PRE-TREATMENT LIQUID FOR USE IN INK JET PRINTING | BARZACH, JEFFREY EUGENE | 1731 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 75d | Pending | Jun 06, 2023 |
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