Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Communications
262 pending office actions • 102 art units • 178 examiners • 0 of 262 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 454 patents granted in the last 365 days
Fujifilm Holdings Corporation maintains a massive presence in the Communications technology area with 269 pending office actions. This extensive portfolio is distributed across 81 distinct art units, indicating a vast technological footprint that spans many specialized groups within the communications sector. The involvement of 184 distinct examiners suggests a highly decentralized prosecution landscape where individual examiner preferences play a critical role in outcomes. This distribution across 81 distinct art units requires a highly sophisticated and versatile prosecution strategy.
Grant Steven Seiler is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, currently overseeing 12 pending office actions. While Seiler manages a significant number of cases, the remaining 269 pending office actions are spread among the other 184 distinct examiners. With 184 distinct examiners involved, practitioners must be prepared for a wide variety of examination styles and interpretations. The ratio of pending office actions to examiners underscores that while some individuals handle multiple cases, the vast majority of the portfolio remains widely dispersed across the USPTO. Managing this volume requires a balance of technical consistency across 81 distinct art units and highly tailored examiner-specific arguments.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 62 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. 62 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 | 5 (2%) |
| §101 + other | 22 (8%) |
| §103 only | 109 (42%) |
| §102 only | 27 (10%) |
| §112 only | 8 (3%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 4 (2%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 87 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SEILER, GRANT STEVEN | 12 | 54.3% | +6.7% |
| KUIPERS, JENNA ANN | 10 | 72.5% | -1.3% |
| VAJDA, PETER L | 9 | 75.0% | +12.9% |
| SULLIVAN IV, CHARLES COLLINS | 8 | 69.3% | +12.0% |
| EVANS, BOONE ALEXANDER | 7 | 65.7% | +24.0% |
| HEREDIA OCASIO, ARLENE J | 6 | 75.4% | +3.0% |
| SANDERS, HOWARD J | 4 | 81.1% | +7.9% |
| BRASE, SANDRA L | 4 | 92.1% | -2.5% |
| ROTH, LAURA K | 4 | 82.7% | +1.7% |
| ROGERS, SCOTT A | 3 | 91.8% | +0.1% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18429443 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING PROTRUDING-END CLEANING BLADE FOR CLEANING MEMBER TO BE CLEANED | ROTH, LAURA K | 146d overdue |
| 19028691 | RECORDING-MATERIAL-TRANSPORTING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM | SANDERS, HOWARD J | 17d overdue |
| 19004473 | FIXING MEMBER, FIXING DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS | BRASE, SANDRA L | 21d |
| 18970377 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS | ROTH, LAURA K | — |
| 18925072 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND DEVELOPING DEVICE | ROTH, LAURA K | — |
| 18748829 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD | ROGERS, SCOTT A | — |
| 18442051 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM | ROGERS, SCOTT A | — |
| 18523902 | MEDIUM SUPPLY SYSTEM AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM | SANDERS, HOWARD J | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18188490 | CONTROL DEVICE, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING EXECUTION PROGRAM, IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS | TIEU, BENNY QUOC | 43d overdue |
| 18352354 | PROCESSING APPARATUS, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM, AND MANAGEMENT SYSTEM | ZONG, HELEN | 29d overdue |
| 17705809 | TONER FOR DEVELOPING ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE, ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE DEVELOPER, TONER CARTRIDGE, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS | KUIPERS, JENNA ANN | 25d overdue |
| 18324119 | SYSTEM AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM | WONG, WILLIAM | 19d overdue |
| 18304352 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTORECEPTOR, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS | SULLIVAN IV, CHARLES COLLINS | 18d overdue |
| 18447306 | PRINTING SYSTEM, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING PRINTED MATTER, AND CONTROL DEVICE | SANDERS, HOWARD J | 17d overdue |
| 17859014 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, DISTRIBUTED PROCESSING SYSTEM, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD | TODD, GREGORY G | 17d overdue |
| 18366188 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTORECEPTOR, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS | VAJDA, PETER L | 4d 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18304352 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTORECEPTOR, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS | SULLIVAN IV, CHARLES COLLINS | 18d overdue |
| 18366188 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTORECEPTOR, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS | VAJDA, PETER L | 4d overdue |
| 18456089 | ELECTROSTATIC IMAGE DEVELOPING TONER, ELECTROSTATIC IMAGE DEVELOPER, TONER CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS | SULLIVAN IV, CHARLES COLLINS | 2d overdue |
| 18929512 | ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE DEVELOPING TONER, ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE DEVELOPER, TONER CARTRIDGE, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD | VAJDA, PETER L | — |
| 18929522 | ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE DEVELOPING CARRIER, ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE DEVELOPER, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS | VAJDA, PETER L | — |
| 18922459 | ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE DEVELOPING TONER, ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE DEVELOPER, TONER CARTRIDGE, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD | VAJDA, PETER L | — |
| 18826403 | TONER SET FOR ELECTROSTATIC IMAGE DEVELOPMENT, ELECTROSTATIC IMAGE DEVELOPER SET, TONER CARTRIDGE SET, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD | EVANS, BOONE ALEXANDER | — |
| 18800109 | MANUFACTURING METHOD OF ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE DEVELOPING TONER | VAJDA, PETER L | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2852 | 26 |
| 1737 | 24 |
| 1734 | 22 |
| 2682 | 15 |
| 3653 | 12 |
| 2681 | 10 |
| 3645 | 9 |
| 2683 | 8 |
| 1713 | 6 |
| 2668 | 4 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19215817 | DRY FILM | BAREFORD, KATHERINE A | 1718 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 22, 2025 |
| 19047786 | CLEANING COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF | PAUL, SHREYA | 1761 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 07, 2025 |
| 18931148 | Etching Compositions | TRAN, BINH X | 1713 | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 30, 2024 |
| 18889658 | POLISHING COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF | CULBERT, ROBERTS P | 1716 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 19, 2024 |
| 18888714 | ETCHING COMPOSITIONS | DUCLAIR, STEPHANIE P. | 1713 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 18, 2024 |
| 18766908 | POLISHING COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF | PHAM, THOMAS T | 1713 | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 09, 2024 |
| 18616347 | POLISHING COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF | ALANKO, ANITA KAREN | 1713 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 26, 2024 |
| 18436073 | ETCHING COMPOSITIONS | LU, JIONG-PING | 1700 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 08, 2024 |
| 18434199 | Surface Treatment Compositions and Methods | LIU, BENJAMIN T | 2893 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 06, 2024 |
| 18356486 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF | LEE, DOUGLAS | 1714 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 21, 2023 |
| 18104323 | CLEANING COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF | DELCOTTO, GREGORY R | 1761 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 01, 2023 |
| 17970667 | POLISHING COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF | CASE, SARAH CATHERINE | 1731 | §103 | Final Rejection | 30d | Pending | Oct 21, 2022 |
| 17875458 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF | AHMED, SHAMIM | 1713 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 28, 2022 |
| 17699655 | POLISHING COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME | DUCLAIR, STEPHANIE P. | 1713 | §103 | Final Rejection | 44d overdue | Pending | Mar 21, 2022 |
| 17498813 | Dielectric Film-Forming Composition | MCCULLEY, MEGAN CASSANDRA | 1767 | §103 | Final Rejection | 3d overdue | Pending | Oct 12, 2021 |
| 19199373 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS | CHEN, SOPHIA S | 2852 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 05, 2025 |
| 19050493 | RESIN PARTICLES AND COSMETIC PREPARATION | WISTNER, SARAH CLINKSCALES | 1616 | §103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 11, 2025 |
| 19028691 | RECORDING-MATERIAL-TRANSPORTING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM | SANDERS, HOWARD J | 3653 | §102 | Final Rejection | 17d overdue | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 19004473 | FIXING MEMBER, FIXING DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS | BRASE, SANDRA L | 2852 | §103 | Final Rejection | 21d | Pending | Dec 30, 2024 |
| 18970377 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS | ROTH, LAURA K | 2852 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 05, 2024 |
| 18929512 | ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE DEVELOPING TONER, ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE DEVELOPER, TONER CARTRIDGE, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD | VAJDA, PETER L | 1737 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 28, 2024 |
| 18929522 | ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE DEVELOPING CARRIER, ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE DEVELOPER, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS | VAJDA, PETER L | 1737 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 28, 2024 |
| 18925072 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND DEVELOPING DEVICE | ROTH, LAURA K | 2852 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 24, 2024 |
| 18922459 | ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE DEVELOPING TONER, ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE DEVELOPER, TONER CARTRIDGE, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD | VAJDA, PETER L | 1737 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 22, 2024 |
| 18826394 | ELECTROSTATIC-IMAGE DEVELOPING TONER SET, ELECTROSTATIC-IMAGE DEVELOPER SET, TONER CARTRIDGE SET, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD | SEILER, GRANT STEVEN | 1734 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 06, 2024 |
| 18826403 | TONER SET FOR ELECTROSTATIC IMAGE DEVELOPMENT, ELECTROSTATIC IMAGE DEVELOPER SET, TONER CARTRIDGE SET, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD | EVANS, BOONE ALEXANDER | 1737 | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 06, 2024 |
| 18800109 | MANUFACTURING METHOD OF ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE DEVELOPING TONER | VAJDA, PETER L | 1737 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 11, 2024 |
| 18796513 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTORECEPTOR, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS | SEILER, GRANT STEVEN | 1734 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 07, 2024 |
| 18796487 | PEELING LIQUID COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING RECYCLED ALUMINUM SUBSTRATE | HARRIS, BRITTANY SHARON | 1761 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 07, 2024 |
| 18792705 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTORECEPTOR, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS | SEILER, GRANT STEVEN | 1734 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 02, 2024 |
| 18789803 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTORECEPTOR, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS | SEILER, GRANT STEVEN | 1734 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 31, 2024 |
| 18788148 | MANUFACTURING METHOD OF ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE DEVELOPING TONER | SEILER, GRANT STEVEN | 1734 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 30, 2024 |
| 18786058 | MEDIUM CONVEYING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS | KUMAR, RAKESH | 3651 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 26, 2024 |
| 18780861 | CARRIER FOR ELECTROSTATIC IMAGE DEVELOPMENT, ELECTROSTATIC IMAGE DEVELOPER, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD | EVANS, BOONE ALEXANDER | 1737 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 23, 2024 |
| 18769961 | ELECTROSTATIC IMAGE DEVELOPING TONER, ELECTROSTATIC IMAGE DEVELOPER, TONER CARTRIDGE, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD | SEILER, GRANT STEVEN | 1734 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 11, 2024 |
| 18768014 | ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE DEVELOPING TONER SET, ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE DEVELOPER SET, TONER CARTRIDGE SET, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD | SULLIVAN IV, CHARLES COLLINS | 1737 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 10, 2024 |
| 18762643 | MANUFACTURING METHOD OF ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE DEVELOPING TONER | KUIPERS, JENNA ANN | 1734 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 03, 2024 |
| 18748829 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD | ROGERS, SCOTT A | 2683 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 20, 2024 |
| 18741543 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTORECEPTOR, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS | SULLIVAN IV, CHARLES COLLINS | 1737 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 12, 2024 |
| 18735173 | MANUFACTURING METHOD OF ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE DEVELOPING CARRIER, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE DEVELOPER | SULLIVAN IV, CHARLES COLLINS | 1737 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 05, 2024 |
| 18733829 | MANUFACTURING METHOD OF ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE DEVELOPING TONER | SULLIVAN IV, CHARLES COLLINS | 1737 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 04, 2024 |
| 18733817 | MANUFACTURING METHOD OF ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE DEVELOPING TONER | VAJDA, PETER L | 1737 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 04, 2024 |
| 18731759 | GREEN TONER FOR ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE DEVELOPMENT, ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE DEVELOPER, TONER CARTRIDGE, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD | SULLIVAN IV, CHARLES COLLINS | 1737 | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 03, 2024 |
| 18679471 | PRODUCTION METHOD OF RESIN PARTICLE DISPERSION AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE DEVELOPING TONER | EVANS, BOONE ALEXANDER | 1737 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 31, 2024 |
| 18673350 | LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE AND DISTANCE MEASUREMENT APPARATUS | WIGGER, BENJAMIN DAVID | 3645 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 24, 2024 |
| 18673347 | LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE AND DISTANCE MEASUREMENT APPARATUS | CHEN, CHIA-LING | 3645 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 24, 2024 |
| 18646911 | ELECTROSTATIC IMAGE DEVELOPING TONER SET, ELECTROSTATIC IMAGE DEVELOPER SET, TONER CARTRIDGE SET, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD | VAJDA, PETER L | 1737 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 26, 2024 |
| 18646930 | C.I. PIGMENT YELLOW 101, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND COLORING COMPOSITION CONTAINING C.I. PIGMENT YELLOW 101 | VAJDA, PETER L | 1737 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 26, 2024 |
| 18641862 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS | SEILER, GRANT STEVEN | 1734 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 22, 2024 |
| 18639493 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM | ZONG, HELEN | 2683 | §103 | Final Rejection | 56d | Pending | Apr 18, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialFujifilm Holdings Corporation has 262 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 102 art units and 178 examiners.
Grant Steven Seiler has the most, with 12 of Fujifilm Holdings Corporation's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.