Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
6 pending office actions • 3 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days
Electronics for Imaging Inc. has 6 pending office actions in Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics. The matters involve 6 distinct examiners across 3 distinct art units. MRUK, GEOFFREY S is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter.
The portfolio is broadly distributed by examiner but grouped within a smaller number of technical units. Counsel can use the art-unit structure to compare circuit and optics issues, cited references, and claim terminology. Each response still requires individualized treatment because no examiner has more than one listed matter. The busiest-examiner record is a single assignment rather than a concentration point.
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 |
|---|---|
| Double-patenting only | 2 (33%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (17%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MRUK, GEOFFREY S | 1 | 92.4% | +3.0% |
| LEGESSE, HENOK D | 1 | 86.5% | +2.2% |
| KHAN, AMINA S | 1 | 47.6% | +43.0% |
| LEBRON, JANNELLE M | 1 | 84.2% | +3.2% |
| UHLENHAKE, JASON S | 1 | 87.4% | -2.4% |
| LESLIE, MICHAEL S | 1 | 81.3% | +14.4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19207071 | MODIFYING IMAGE DATA TO COMPENSATE FOR DEFECTIVE PRINTER NOZZLES | MRUK, GEOFFREY S | — |
| 19175326 | PRINTER WITH HIGH PRODUCTIVITY MEDIA SCANNING | LEGESSE, HENOK D | — |
| 18947951 | CONTROLLING MULTIPLE EVERSION-BASED ACTUATORS | LESLIE, MICHAEL S | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19117328 | IMPROVED METHOD FOR A PRINTING PROCESS OF FABRICS | KHAN, AMINA S | — |
| 19106849 | PRINTING APPARATUS FOR DIRECT TO GARMENT INKJET PRINTING THROUGH ROTARY MOTION | LEBRON, JANNELLE M | — |
| 19058505 | SINGLE PASS INKJET PRINTER FOR Z-FOLD (FANFOLD) MATERIALS | UHLENHAKE, JASON S | — |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19117328 | IMPROVED METHOD FOR A PRINTING PROCESS OF FABRICS | KHAN, AMINA S | — |
| 18947951 | CONTROLLING MULTIPLE EVERSION-BASED ACTUATORS | LESLIE, MICHAEL S | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2853 | 4 |
| 1761 | 1 |
| 3745 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19207071 | MODIFYING IMAGE DATA TO COMPENSATE FOR DEFECTIVE PRINTER NOZZLES | MRUK, GEOFFREY S | 2853 | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 13, 2025 |
| 19175326 | PRINTER WITH HIGH PRODUCTIVITY MEDIA SCANNING | LEGESSE, HENOK D | 2853 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 10, 2025 |
| 19117328 | IMPROVED METHOD FOR A PRINTING PROCESS OF FABRICS | KHAN, AMINA S | 1761 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 31, 2025 |
| 19106849 | PRINTING APPARATUS FOR DIRECT TO GARMENT INKJET PRINTING THROUGH ROTARY MOTION | LEBRON, JANNELLE M | 2853 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 26, 2025 |
| 19058505 | SINGLE PASS INKJET PRINTER FOR Z-FOLD (FANFOLD) MATERIALS | UHLENHAKE, JASON S | 2853 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 20, 2025 |
| 18947951 | CONTROLLING MULTIPLE EVERSION-BASED ACTUATORS | LESLIE, MICHAEL S | 3745 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 14, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialElectronics for Imaging Inc. has 6 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 3 art units and 6 examiners.
Geoffrey S Mruk has the most, with 1 of Electronics for Imaging Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
