Technology area: Communications
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Esko Software BV manages 2 pending office actions in the Communications technology area. These 2 actions are distributed among 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units. ZHANG, FAN is the busiest examiner for the company, with 1 pending office action. The busiest examiner pending count of 1 indicates that the 2 pending office actions are split evenly between the 2 distinct examiners. This lack of examiner concentration means that each pending matter is being handled by a different individual, requiring separate tactical approaches for each case.
The presence of 2 distinct art units indicates that the 2 pending office actions are located in different administrative divisions of the patent office. With 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units, the company must manage two independent prosecution paths. The busiest examiner pending count of 1 confirms that no single examiner has oversight of both pending actions. This distribution requires the legal team to adapt to the preferences of ZHANG, FAN and the other distinct examiner. The 2 pending office actions represent the current total workload for Esko Software BV in the Communications field.
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 | 2 (100%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ZHANG, FAN | 1 | 55.3% | +16.4% |
| MENBERU, BENIYAM | 1 | 74.3% | +12.9% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18850643 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING A COLOR PREFLIGHT OPERATION | ZHANG, FAN | — |
| 18704550 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DEFINING A PRINT FILE AND PHYSICAL-SAMPLE-BASED COLOR PROFILING | MENBERU, BENIYAM | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2682 | 1 |
| 2681 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18850643 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING A COLOR PREFLIGHT OPERATION | ZHANG, FAN | 2682 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 25, 2024 |
| 18704550 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DEFINING A PRINT FILE AND PHYSICAL-SAMPLE-BASED COLOR PROFILING | MENBERU, BENIYAM | 2681 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 25, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialEsko Software BV has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Fan Zhang has the most, with 1 of Esko Software BV's pending office actions.
Mostly Communications (USPTO Tech Center 2600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
