Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
597 pending office actions • 186 art units • 446 examiners • 0 of 597 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 999 patents granted in the last 365 days
Fujifilm Corporation has 592 pending office actions in Chemistry & Materials. Those matters are assigned to 447 distinct examiners and 186 distinct art units, reflecting broad technical and examiner coverage. The profile calls for portfolio systems that preserve consistency in filing and response quality without assuming that one prosecution approach fits every matter.
SHAH, MANISH S is the busiest identified examiner, with 8 pending matters. Examiner-specific preparation may be valuable for that cluster, particularly when reviewing recurring claim or prior-art issues. The wider distribution remains the central management feature, so counsel should pair focused examiner work with art-unit and technology-level monitoring.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 135 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. 135 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 |
|---|---|
| §101 only | 14 (2%) |
| §101 + other | 65 (11%) |
| §103 only | 255 (43%) |
| §102 only | 28 (5%) |
| §112 only | 18 (3%) |
| Double-patenting only | 7 (1%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 12 (2%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 198 (33%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHAH, MANISH S | 8 | 86.0% | +7.2% |
| DELCOTTO, GREGORY R | 7 | 54.1% | +75.7% |
| ABBASI, ABDUL HADI | 5 | 0.0% | +0.0% |
| CHAMPION, RICHARD DAVID | 5 | 46.2% | +11.1% |
| SEBASTIAN, KAITLYN E | 4 | 73.8% | +20.3% |
| PEHLKE, CAROLYN A | 4 | 62.1% | +28.1% |
| SONG, LI-TING | 4 | 66.3% | +33.6% |
| ROBINSON, CHANCEITY N | 4 | 72.4% | -13.0% |
| WU, PAMELA F | 4 | 57.6% | +22.5% |
| CELESTINE, NYROBI I | 4 | 81.4% | +23.1% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18765333 | ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS AND MODEL OPERATION VERIFICATION METHOD | CELESTINE, NYROBI I | 86d overdue |
| 18181352 | ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM | CELESTINE, NYROBI I | 54d |
| 19080962 | INK JET INK, IMAGE RECORDING METHOD, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF LAMINATE | SHAH, MANISH S | — |
| 19062031 | INK JET INK AND INK JET RECORDING METHOD | SHAH, MANISH S | — |
| 19047630 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM | CELESTINE, NYROBI I | — |
| 19042977 | ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS | CELESTINE, NYROBI I | — |
| 19038849 | IMAGE RECORDING METHOD AND IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS | SHAH, MANISH S | — |
| 18907601 | INK SET, IMAGE RECORDING METHOD, AND IMAGE RECORDED MATERIAL | SHAH, MANISH S | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17400899 | PROJECTION OPTICAL SYSTEM AND PROJECTION TYPE DISPLAY DEVICE | JORDAN, DANIEL JEFFERY | 162d overdue |
| 18479832 | METHOD FOR ACQUIRING EVALUATION VALUE | AZARIAN, SEYED H | 156d overdue |
| 18791466 | MAGNETIC TAPE CARTRIDGE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF MAGNETIC TAPE CARTRIDGE | KLIMOWICZ, WILLIAM JOSEPH | 125d overdue |
| 19056012 | PLANOGRAPHIC PRINTING PLATE PRECURSOR, MANUFACTURING METHOD OF PLANOGRAPHIC PRINTING PLATE, AND PRINTING METHOD | ROBINSON, CHANCEITY N | 114d overdue |
| 17822358 | ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS, AND PROCESSOR FOR ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS | BEGEMAN, ANDREW W | 73d overdue |
| 18465371 | ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD OF ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS | BEGEMAN, ANDREW W | 46d overdue |
| 18177733 | IMAGE ENCODING DEVICE, IMAGE ENCODING METHOD, IMAGE ENCODING PROGRAM, IMAGE DECODING DEVICE, IMAGE DECODING METHOD, IMAGE DECODING PROGRAM, IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, LEARNING DEVICE, LEARNING METHOD, LEARNING PROGRAM, SIMILAR IMAGE SEARCH DEVICE, SIMILAR IMAGE SEARCH METHOD, AND SIMILAR IMAGE SEARCH PROGRAM | DRYDEN, EMMA ELIZABETH | 46d overdue |
| 18735153 | ENDOSCOPIC IMAGE OBSERVATION SUPPORT DEVICE AND ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM | WU, PAMELA F | 45d overdue |
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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18765333 | ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS AND MODEL OPERATION VERIFICATION METHOD | CELESTINE, NYROBI I | 86d overdue |
| 18533556 | CLEANING COMPOSITION, CLEANING METHOD OF SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF SEMICONDUCTOR ELEMENT | DELCOTTO, GREGORY R | 50d overdue |
| 18735153 | ENDOSCOPIC IMAGE OBSERVATION SUPPORT DEVICE AND ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM | WU, PAMELA F | 45d overdue |
| 17466211 | CLEANING LIQUID | DELCOTTO, GREGORY R | 24d overdue |
| 18887046 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM | PEHLKE, CAROLYN A | 2d overdue |
| 18402767 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM, AND REPORT CREATION SUPPORT DEVICE | WU, PAMELA F | 2d overdue |
| 18356507 | CLEANING LIQUID FOR SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE | DELCOTTO, GREGORY R | 22d |
| 18473501 | CLEANING LIQUID FOR SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE AND CLEANING METHOD FOR SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE | DELCOTTO, GREGORY R | 29d |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3795 | 37 |
| 3798 | 30 |
| 3797 | 28 |
| 1737 | 26 |
| 2872 | 19 |
| 2853 | 18 |
| 1761 | 13 |
| 2639 | 10 |
| 2884 | 9 |
| 2871 | 7 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19658747 | MAGNETIC TAPE, MAGNETIC TAPE CARTRIDGE, MAGNETIC TAPE SYSTEM, TEST METHOD, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF MAGNETIC TAPE | HINDI, NABIL Z | 2688 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 27, 2026 |
| 19455712 | APPARATUS, NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM, AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING EVALUATION INDEX BASED ON ABNORMAL SHADOW IN MEDICAL IMAGE | BURKE, TIONNA M | 2178 | §101§102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 21, 2026 |
| 19444225 | ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS | JASANI, ASHISH SHIRISH | 3798 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 09, 2026 |
| 19437357 | ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS AND ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC PROGRAM | JASANI, ASHISH SHIRISH | 3798 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 31, 2025 |
| 19430501 | ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS | SHENG, CHAO | 3797 | §102§103§112Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 23, 2025 |
| 19400364 | ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD OF ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS | ROBINSON, NICHOLAS A | 3798 | §101 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 25, 2025 |
| 19380681 | ULTRASONIC ENDOSCOPE | DEUTSCH, TAYLOR M | 3798 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 05, 2025 |
| 19378342 | ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS AND ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC PROGRAM | BURGESS, JOSEPH D | 3685 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 04, 2025 |
| 19366529 | HEALTH DATA MANAGEMENT DEVICE, HEALTH DATA MANAGEMENT PROGRAM, AND HEALTH DATA MANAGEMENT METHOD | SANGHERA, STEVEN G.S. | 3684 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 23, 2025 |
| 19365150 | ULTRASOUND IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS, AND ULTRASOUND IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM | LI, JOHN DENNY | 3798 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 21, 2025 |
| 19347718 | MEDICAL DATA MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, MEDICAL DATA MANAGEMENT PROGRAM, AND MEDICAL DATA MANAGEMENT METHOD | HUYNH, EMILY | 3683 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 02, 2025 |
| 19332088 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, MEDICAL IMAGING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM | PENG, BO JOSEPH | 3797 | §101§102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 18, 2025 |
| 19329493 | OPERATION SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR ULTRASOUND PROBE AND OPERATION SUPPORT PROGRAM FOR ULTRASOUND PROBE | BRUCE, FAROUK A | 3797 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 15, 2025 |
| 19319687 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM | CWERN, JONATHAN | 3797 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 04, 2025 |
| 19316201 | MAGNETIC TAPE, MAGNETIC TAPE CARTRIDGE, AND MAGNETIC TAPE APPARATUS | KLIMOWICZ, WILLIAM JOSEPH | 2688 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 02, 2025 |
| 19317045 | ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS | SEBASTIAN, KAITLYN E | 3797 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 02, 2025 |
| 19315703 | MEDICAL SUPPORT DEVICE, ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM, MEDICAL SUPPORT METHOD, AND PROGRAM | PEHLKE, CAROLYN A | 3793 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 01, 2025 |
| 19315694 | MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM | JIANG, ZAIHAN | 2488 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 01, 2025 |
| 19309532 | MEDICAL IMAGE CAPTURING SUPPORT APPARATUS, OPERATION METHOD OF MEDICAL IMAGE CAPTURING SUPPORT APPARATUS, PROGRAM, AND MEDICAL IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS | PEHLKE, CAROLYN A | 3799 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 25, 2025 |
| 19303309 | MEDICAL SUPPORT DEVICE, ENDOSCOPE, MEDICAL SUPPORT METHOD, AND PROGRAM | SONG, LI-TING | 3795 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 18, 2025 |
| 19302819 | ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS, AND PROCESSOR FOR ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS | KOLKIN, ADAM D. | 3798 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 18, 2025 |
| 19300634 | PROCESSING DEVICE | KHAN, USMAN A | 2637 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 14, 2025 |
| 19290600 | BACKING MATERIAL, ULTRASOUND PROBE, ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS, AND CURABLE RESIN COMPOSITION | KOLKIN, ADAM D. | 3798 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 05, 2025 |
| 19289633 | IMAGING ASSISTANCE APPARATUS, IMAGING SYSTEM, IMAGING ASSISTANCE METHOD, AND IMAGING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM | HSU, AMY R | 2638 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 04, 2025 |
| 19286248 | CULTIVATION METHOD FOR FRUIT VEGETABLE PLANT | KLOECKER, KATHERINE ANNE | 3642 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 31, 2025 |
| 19287296 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ADAPTIVE QUANTIZATION BASED ON VIDEO CAPTURING MODE | LOTFI, KYLE M | 2425 | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 31, 2025 |
| 19283714 | FLEXOGRAPHIC PRINTING PLATE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME | ZIMMERMAN, JOSHUA D | 2853 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 29, 2025 |
| 19281535 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, TERMINAL DEVICE, EDITING METHOD, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM | JERABEK, KELLY L | 2637 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 25, 2025 |
| 19278810 | ANALYSIS APPARATUS | GRAY, SUNGHEE Y | 2877 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 24, 2025 |
| 19272164 | IMAGING ELEMENT, IMAGING APPARATUS, OPERATION METHOD OF IMAGING ELEMENT, AND PROGRAM | BARRY, STEVEN DANIEL | 2638 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 17, 2025 |
| 19265794 | TARGET TISSUE MODEL DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE AND TARGET TISSUE MODEL DISPLAY CONTROL PROGRAM | CHOI, YOUNHEE JEON | 3797 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 10, 2025 |
| 19257509 | TOMATO AND CULTIVATION METHOD FOR TOMATO PLANT BODY | SPEED, DEQUANTARIUS JAVON | 1663 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 02, 2025 |
| 19257440 | IMAGING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM | NAZRUL, SHAHBAZ | 2638 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 01, 2025 |
| 19251353 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND PROGRAM | RUHL, DENNIS WILLIAM | 3626 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 26, 2025 |
| 19248391 | ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS | SEBASTIAN, KAITLYN E | 3793 | §103 | Final Rejection | 56d | Pending | Jun 24, 2025 |
| 19243674 | ACCESSORY INFORMATION GENERATION METHOD, IMAGING SYSTEM, AND ACCESSORY INFORMATION GENERATION PROGRAM | ZHAO, DAQUAN | 2484 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 19, 2025 |
| 19236668 | DISPERSION LIQUID, PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION FILM, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION FILM, PHOTODETECTOR, AND IMAGE SENSOR | NGUYEN, KHANH TUAN | 1761 | §102Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 12, 2025 |
| 19228724 | IMAGING UNIT OF ENDOSCOPE AND ENDOSCOPE | FAIRCHILD, AARON BENJAMIN | 3795 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 04, 2025 |
| 19228104 | PROCESSOR USING CORRECTION REGION | HONG, RICHARD J | 2623 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 04, 2025 |
| 19226533 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING GAS BARRIER FILM | WALTERS JR, ROBERT S | 1715 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 03, 2025 |
| 19225428 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING GAS BARRIER FILM | PROCTOR, CACHET I | 1715 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 02, 2025 |
| 19223330 | PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT, IMAGING ELEMENT, OPTICAL SENSOR, MANUFACTURING METHOD OF IMAGING ELEMENT, AND COMPOUND | TRINH, THANH TRUC | 1726 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 30, 2025 |
| 19221717 | LITHOGRAPHIC PRINTING PLATE PRECURSOR, METHOD OF PREPARING LITHOGRAPHIC PRINTING PLATE, AND LITHOGRAPHIC PRINTING METHOD | ROBINSON, CHANCEITY N | 1737 | §102 | Final Rejection | 13d | Pending | May 29, 2025 |
| 19216639 | WORK REGISTRATION SYSTEM, WORK REGISTRATION METHOD, AND WORK REGISTRATION SUPPORT DEVICE | AYALA, KEVIN ALEXIS | 2496 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 22, 2025 |
| 19208501 | ULTRASOUND PROBE | ZHANG, LEI | 3798 | §103 | Final Rejection | 70d | Pending | May 14, 2025 |
| 19205773 | ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS | SABOKTAKIN, MARJAN | 3797 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 23d | Pending | May 12, 2025 |
| 19204615 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM | GURSKI, AMANDA KAREN | 3625 | §101§102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 12, 2025 |
| 19201313 | ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSIS SUPPORT APPARATUS AND ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSIS SUPPORT PROGRAM | NGANGA, BONIFACE N | 3797 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 07, 2025 |
| 19200724 | MANUFACTURING METHOD OF BATTERY | PROCTOR, CACHET I | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 07, 2025 |
| 19200637 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE, METHOD FOR OPERATING IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE, AND PROGRAM FOR OPERATING IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE | MAZUMDER, SAPTARSHI | 2612 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 06, 2025 |
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Start Free TrialFujifilm Corporation has 597 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 186 art units and 446 examiners.
Manish S Shah has the most, with 8 of Fujifilm Corporation's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
