Prosecution Insights
Last updated: July 17, 2026

Electronics for Imaging Inc.

4 pending office actions • 3 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 9 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

4
Total Pending OAs
4
Non-Final OAs
0
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

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.

0
Hard (0%)
3
Medium (75%)
1
Easy (25%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only3 (75%)
§112 only1 (25%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
25% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
50% of docket
1
Business / Other
25% 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.

40 h
Manual time on pending OAs
8 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
14 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
SHENDEROV, ALEXANDER D 1 90.2% +6.2%
LESLIE, MICHAEL S 1 81.0% +14.5%
BANH, DAVID H 1 71.4% +12.6%
TADESSE, YEWEBDAR T 1 81.2% +19.4%

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
18967896 PRINTING SYSTEMS AND ASSOCIATED STRUCTURES AND METHODS HAVING INK DROP DEFLECTION COMPENSATION SHENDEROV, ALEXANDER D
18947951 CONTROLLING MULTIPLE EVERSION-BASED ACTUATORS LESLIE, MICHAEL S
18038655 PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR FABRIC TREATMENT PROCESSING TADESSE, YEWEBDAR T

Interview Candidates (3)

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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18947951 CONTROLLING MULTIPLE EVERSION-BASED ACTUATORS LESLIE, MICHAEL S
18670465 ROBOT ASSISTED DIRECT TO GARMENT PRINTING BANH, DAVID H
18038655 PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR FABRIC TREATMENT PROCESSING TADESSE, YEWEBDAR T

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3745 1
3651 1
1786 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18967896 PRINTING SYSTEMS AND ASSOCIATED STRUCTURES AND METHODS HAVING INK DROP DEFLECTION COMPENSATION SHENDEROV, ALEXANDER D §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 04, 2024
18947951 CONTROLLING MULTIPLE EVERSION-BASED ACTUATORS LESLIE, MICHAEL S 3745 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 14, 2024
18670465 ROBOT ASSISTED DIRECT TO GARMENT PRINTING BANH, DAVID H 3651 §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 21, 2024
18038655 PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR FABRIC TREATMENT PROCESSING TADESSE, YEWEBDAR T 1786 §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 24, 2023

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