Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Communications • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
161 pending office actions • 73 art units • 137 examiners • 0 of 161 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 177 patents granted in the last 365 days
Konica Minolta Inc. has 167 pending office actions in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. These actions are assigned to 139 distinct examiners across 58 distinct art units. The spread of 167 actions across 58 art units suggests a diverse range of optical and electronic technologies under prosecution. With 139 distinct examiners involved, the company's prosecution efforts are highly decentralized, with most examiners handling only one case.
HEREDIA OCASIO, ARLENE J is the busiest examiner for the company, handling 5 pending actions. This concentration of 5 actions is the highest among the 139 distinct examiners but still represents a small portion of the 167 total pending office actions. This distribution indicates that the company's patent outcomes are spread across many different officials. The 58 distinct art units involved show a broad technical footprint within the semiconductor and optics field.
For practitioners, the 167 pending office actions represent a significant volume of work. The involvement of 139 distinct examiners and 58 distinct art units means that the company must navigate a wide variety of examination styles and technical standards. ARLENE J HEREDIA OCASIO, as the busiest examiner with 5 pending actions, is a key figure, but the overall portfolio remains widely distributed across the patent office.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 37 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. 37 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 | 3 (2%) |
| §101 + other | 27 (17%) |
| §103 only | 60 (37%) |
| §102 only | 13 (8%) |
| §112 only | 2 (1%) |
| Double-patenting only | 2 (1%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 2 (1%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 50 (31%) |
| No statute on record | 2 (1%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HEREDIA OCASIO, ARLENE J | 4 | 75.4% | +3.0% |
| GUILLERMETY, JUAN M | 3 | 72.6% | +14.2% |
| SABAH, HARIS | 3 | 77.0% | +15.6% |
| SHAH, MANISH S | 3 | 85.9% | +7.2% |
| SEILER, GRANT STEVEN | 3 | 54.3% | +6.7% |
| AYDIN, SEVAN A | 2 | 80.1% | +4.6% |
| ELEY, JESSICA L | 2 | 83.4% | +5.7% |
| KEFAYATI, SOORENA | 2 | 83.7% | +7.5% |
| MALEVIC, DJURA | 2 | 78.1% | +10.0% |
| LEBRON, JANNELLE M | 2 | 84.2% | +3.2% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18537038 | FABRIC PRINTING METHOD | SHAH, MANISH S | 2d overdue |
| 19216901 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS | AYDIN, SEVAN A | — |
| 18967741 | CONVEYANCE SECTION CLEANING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS | SHAH, MANISH S | — |
| 17972877 | PRETREATMENT LIQUID AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18678435 | ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS, DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, DATA ESTIMATION METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM | FARAG, AMAL ALY | 149d overdue |
| 19021726 | IMAGE DETERMINATION APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM | MPAMUGO, CHINYERE | 56d overdue |
| 18776420 | ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION DISPLAY METHOD OF ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS | LI, JOHN DENNY | 45d overdue |
| 18613668 | MEDICAL IMAGE OUTPUT APPARATUS, RECORDING MEDIUM, MEDICAL IMAGE OUTPUT METHOD, AND MEDICAL IMAGE OUTPUT SYSTEM | COLEMAN, STEPHEN P | 30d overdue |
| 18922843 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM | DINH, KHANH Q | 14d |
| 17932106 | ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM FOR CONTROLLING ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS | BRUCE, FAROUK A | 21d |
| 18970301 | ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS, ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | POPESCU, GABRIEL VICTOR | 28d |
| 18811626 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM AND STORAGE MEDIUM | DO, ANDREW V | 29d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18762173 | PHOTOMETRIC APPARATUS, CALIBRATION SYSTEM, CALIBRATION METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM | MALEVIC, DJURA | 16d |
| 19171495 | RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGING APPARATUS | MALEVIC, DJURA | — |
| 18975368 | IMAGE READING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM | GUILLERMETY, JUAN M | — |
| 18971485 | PRINTING SYSTEM, PRINTER, COLORIMETER, COLOR MATERIAL STABILIZATION DETERMINATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM | SABAH, HARIS | — |
| 18952083 | IMAGE INSPECTION SYSTEM, INSPECTION DEVICE, INSPECTION METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM | SABAH, HARIS | — |
| 18934367 | IMAGE INSPECTION APPARATUS, IMAGE INSPECTION METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING IMAGE INSPECTION PROGRAM | GUILLERMETY, JUAN M | — |
| 18928704 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM | GUILLERMETY, JUAN M | — |
| 18737231 | IMAGE INSPECTION APPARATUS, IMAGE INSPECTION METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM | SABAH, HARIS | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2852 | 13 |
| 2853 | 10 |
| 2884 | 9 |
| 2682 | 9 |
| 3797 | 7 |
| 3798 | 7 |
| 2681 | 6 |
| 2683 | 6 |
| 1737 | 5 |
| 2671 | 3 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19403815 | ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS, ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | TALTY, MARIA CHRISTINA | 3797 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 29, 2025 |
| 19394047 | CONVEYANCE DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM | SEVERSON, JEREMY R | 1759 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 19, 2025 |
| 19384273 | STIFFNESS MEASUREMENT APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM | VILLALUNA, ERIKA J | 2852 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 10, 2025 |
| 19236305 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS | AYDIN, SEVAN A | 2852 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 12, 2025 |
| 19225464 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND STORAGE MEDIUM | THERRIEN, CARLA J | 2852 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 02, 2025 |
| 19223713 | RECORDING MEDIUM AND TERMINAL DEVICE | GRIJALVA LOBOS, BORIS D | 2496 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 30, 2025 |
| 19219130 | ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS, ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC PROGRAM, AND ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC METHOD | BRUTUS, JOEL F | 3797 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 27, 2025 |
| 19216901 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS | AYDIN, SEVAN A | 2852 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 23, 2025 |
| 19216858 | ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC METHOD | CELESTINE, NYROBI I | 3798 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 23, 2025 |
| 19216937 | CALIBRATION DEVICE | HEREDIA OCASIO, ARLENE J | 2852 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 23, 2025 |
| 19214816 | ULTRASONIC IMAGE DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM, ULTRASONIC IMAGE DIAGNOSTIC PROGRAM, ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS, AND ULTRASONIC IMAGE DIAGNOSTIC METHOD | FRITH, SEAN A | 3798 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 21, 2025 |
| 19212305 | SHEET CONVEYING MECHANISM AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS | MORRISON, THOMAS A | 3653 | §102 | Final Rejection | 15d | Pending | May 19, 2025 |
| 19206907 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, RECORDING MEDIUM EJECTION METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | HEREDIA OCASIO, ARLENE J | 2852 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 13, 2025 |
| 19206273 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM | HEREDIA OCASIO, ARLENE J | 2852 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 13, 2025 |
| 19203750 | RECORDING MEDIUM, IMAGE GENERATION SUPPORTING APPARATUS, IMAGE GENERATION SUPPORTING SYSTEM, AND IMAGE GENERATION SUPPORTING METHOD | GALERA, PATRICK PAUL CONTRER | 2617 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 09, 2025 |
| 19200923 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | ELEY, JESSICA L | 2852 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 07, 2025 |
| 19127262 | SPECTROSCOPIC DEVICE AND WAVELENGTH CORRECTION METHOD | SMITH, MAURICE C | 2877 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 05, 2025 |
| 19196180 | RECORDING MEDIUM, IMAGE GENERATION SUPPORTING SYSTEM, AND IMAGE GENERATION SUPPORTING METHOD | ARYAL, AAYUSH | 2435 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 01, 2025 |
| 19184357 | RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGING APPARATUS OF MOBILE TYPE, PROGRAM, AND MOVING IMAGE CAPTURING METHOD | KEFAYATI, SOORENA | 2884 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 21, 2025 |
| 19181675 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM | GAMMON, MATTHEW CHRISTOPHER | 3657 | §101§102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 17, 2025 |
| 19171495 | RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGING APPARATUS | MALEVIC, DJURA | 2884 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 07, 2025 |
| 18848923 | PREDICTION DEVICE, PREDICTION SYSTEM, AND PREDICTION PROGRAM | GUTIERREZ, GISSELLE M | 2884 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 31, 2025 |
| 19082778 | CUSHIONING MATERIAL | RODRIGUEZ MOLINA, MARCOS JAVIER | 3735 | §102§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 18, 2025 |
| 19080377 | DYNAMIC ANALYSIS APPARATUS, DYNAMIC ANALYSIS METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | PARK, PATRICIA JOO YOUNG | 3798 | §101§103§112 | Final Rejection | 40d | Pending | Mar 14, 2025 |
| 19080149 | MEDICAL INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, MEDICAL INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, MEDICAL INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | WANG, CLAIRE X | 1774 | §101§102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 14, 2025 |
| 19078672 | MEDICAL INFORMATION MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, MEDICAL INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, MEDICAL INFORMATION MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | SIMONETTI, NICHOLAS J | 2137 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 13, 2025 |
| 19069424 | RADIOGRAPHY DEVICE, RADIATION DEVICE, RADIOGRAPHY SYSTEM, AND MOBILE RADIOGRAPHY SYSTEM | THOMAS, COURTNEY D | 2884 | Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 04, 2025 |
| 19063567 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS | ELEY, JESSICA L | 2852 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 26, 2025 |
| 19062332 | CONVEYANCE STATE DETERMINATION SYSTEM AND STORAGE MEDIUM | BANH, DAVID H | 2853 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 25, 2025 |
| 19055664 | INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS | UHLENHAKE, JASON S | 2853 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 18, 2025 |
| 19044147 | FOOD INSPECTION APPARATUS | SALEH, ZAID MUHAMMAD | 2668 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 03, 2025 |
| 19043781 | IMAGE INSPECTION APPARATUS, IMAGE INSPECTION METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM | WILLIAMS, REBECCA COLETTE | 2677 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 03, 2025 |
| 19041419 | LAMINATING SYSTEM AND STORAGE MEDIUM | DODDS, SCOTT | 1746 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 30, 2025 |
| 19039882 | SHEET TYPE DETERMINATION DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM | GRAINGER, QUANA M | 2852 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 29, 2025 |
| 19028025 | RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ANALYSIS APPARATUS AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ANALYSIS PROGRAM | BAYNES, SAMUEL DAVID | 2665 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 19025009 | MEDICAL INFORMATION DISPLAY APPARATUS, IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM, MEDICAL INFORMATION DISPLAY METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | ISLAM, PROMOTTO TAJRIAN | 2669 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 16, 2025 |
| 19021726 | IMAGE DETERMINATION APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM | MPAMUGO, CHINYERE | 3685 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 56d overdue | Pending | Jan 15, 2025 |
| 19020310 | IMAGE DETERMINATION APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM | WINDSOR, COURTNEY J | 2661 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 14, 2025 |
| 19019026 | RADIATION IMAGING SYSTEM AND STORAGE MEDIUM | YUN, JURIE | 2884 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 13, 2025 |
| 18993678 | RECORDING MEDIUM, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD | HSU, JONI | 2611 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 13, 2025 |
| 19014858 | OPERATION INFORMATION GENERATING APPARATUS AND OPERATION INFORMATION GENERATING METHOD | YIP, KENT | 2681 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 09, 2025 |
| 18879510 | PREDICTION DEVICE, PREDICTION SYSTEM, AND PREDICTION PROGRAM | RUDOLPH, VINCENT M | 2671 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 27, 2024 |
| 18982227 | IMAGE INSPECTION APPARATUS, IMAGE INSPECTION METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING IMAGE INSPECTION PROGRAM | DUONG, JOHNNYKHOI BAO | 2667 | §101§102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 16, 2024 |
| 18982217 | IMAGE INSPECTION APPARATUS, IMAGE INSPECTION METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING IMAGE INSPECTION PROGRAM | HANSEN, CONNOR LEVI | 2672 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 16, 2024 |
| 18977410 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | BAKER, CHARLOTTE M | 2664 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 11, 2024 |
| 18976556 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM | HEREDIA OCASIO, ARLENE J | 2852 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 11, 2024 |
| 18975368 | IMAGE READING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM | GUILLERMETY, JUAN M | 2682 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 10, 2024 |
| 18975336 | MEDICAL IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS, MEDICAL IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND MEDICAL IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD | CHIN, MICHELLE | 2614 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 10, 2024 |
| 18974988 | LIQUID FEEDING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND DIAGNOSIS METHOD FOR LIQUID FEEDING APPARATUS | LEBRON, JANNELLE M | 2853 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 10, 2024 |
| 18971485 | PRINTING SYSTEM, PRINTER, COLORIMETER, COLOR MATERIAL STABILIZATION DETERMINATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM | SABAH, HARIS | 2682 | §101§102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 06, 2024 |
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