Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Kyocera Document Solutions Inc.

Technology areas: Communications • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics

147 pending office actions • 35 art units • 99 examiners • 0 of 147 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 298 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Kyocera Document Solutions Inc. maintains 147 pending office actions within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. These actions are distributed among 34 distinct art units, suggesting a focused but substantial presence in these technical fields. The company works with 98 distinct examiners, creating a scenario where many examiners handle multiple applications for the firm.

Jeremy R. Severson is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, currently overseeing 4 pending office actions. While Severson has the highest individual count, the 98 distinct examiners involved across the 147 actions indicate a significant diversity in the prosecution environment. This volume of pending actions across a moderate number of 34 distinct art units suggests a consistent filing strategy in specific technological domains. Practitioners can anticipate some level of examiner familiarity with the company's core technologies.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

147
Total Pending OAs
102
Non-Final OAs
43
Final Rejections
2
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 29 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

11
Overdue
0
Due this week
9
Due this month
4
Due in next 60 days
5
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

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. 29 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (11)Due ≤ 30 days (9)Due ≤ 60 days (4)Due later (5)

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.

57
Hard (39%)
86
Medium (59%)
4
Easy (3%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (1%)
§101 + other12 (8%)
§103 only58 (39%)
§102 only25 (17%)
§112 only2 (1%)
Double-patenting only2 (1%)
Double-patenting + other3 (2%)
Multi-statute (no §101)44 (30%)

Industry Mix

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

11
Life Sciences
7% of docket
6
Information Tech
4% of docket
25
Communications
17% of docket
26
Semiconductors
18% of docket
11
Mechanical / Eng
7% of docket
68
Business / Other
46% 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.

1,470 h
Manual time on pending OAs
294 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
514 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
12.9 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
EVANS, BOONE ALEXANDER 5 66.0% +23.3%
SEVERSON, JEREMY R 4 87.7% +10.8%
LEBRON, JANNELLE M 4 84.1% +3.3%
TIEU, BENNY QUOC 4 22.2% -1.4%
ZHANG, FAN 4 55.3% +16.2%
VALENCIA, ALEJANDRO 4 42.7% +6.0%
SULLIVAN IV, CHARLES COLLINS 4 69.0% +12.5%
HEREDIA OCASIO, ARLENE J 3 75.4% +3.0%
KNIEF, THOMAS RAY 3 90.6% +10.4%
UHLENHAKE, JASON S 3 87.3% -2.3%

Quick Wins (6)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19081555 DOCUMENT CONVEYING DEVICE SEVERSON, JEREMY R 5d overdue
18662501 LIQUID EJECTION DEVICE CAPABLE OF SUPPRESSING DRYING OF LIQUID SURFACE OF EJECTION PORT, AND LIQUID CIRCULATION METHOD LEBRON, JANNELLE M 14d
18810826 MAINTENANCE DEVICE AND INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS KNIEF, THOMAS RAY 36d
19077987 INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS UHLENHAKE, JASON S —
19068853 INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS LEBRON, JANNELLE M —
18888788 INKJET IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS KNIEF, THOMAS RAY —

Hard Cases (58)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18632410 DEGASSING DEVICE AND INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS VALENCIA, ALEJANDRO 32d overdue
18226398 SCHEDULER FOR A PROCESSING DEVICE INCORPORATING EXTERNAL FACTORS ALAM, SHIHAB 32d overdue
18584605 METHODS AND PRINTING SYSTEM FOR PEER-TO-PEER OUTPUT MANAGEMENT TIEU, BENNY QUOC 15d overdue
19174401 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE FOR SERVICE DELIVERY AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM WITH SERVICE DELIVERY PROGRAM STORED THEREON WALSH, EMMETT K 11d overdue
18668078 DEGASSING DEVICE AND INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS VALENCIA, ALEJANDRO 3d overdue
19084200 SHEET DISCHARGING DEVICE AND SHEET POST-PROCESSING APPARATUS THEREWITH, AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM GOKHALE, PRASAD V 15d
19054163 MAGNET ROLLER, MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR A MAGNET ROLLER, AND DEVELOPING APPARATUS ROTH, LAURA K 19d
18972033 FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS PROVIDED THEREWITH HEREDIA OCASIO, ARLENE J 26d

Interview Candidates (20)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
19081555 DOCUMENT CONVEYING DEVICE SEVERSON, JEREMY R 5d overdue
18651858 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS THAT DECIDES IMAGE QUALITY ZHANG, FAN 3d overdue
18603596 INDUSTRIAL PRINTING SYSTEM, PRINT SERVER, AND PROCESS MANAGEMENT METHOD THAT PERFORMS PEER-TO-PEER DISTRIBUTED PROCESSING OF PRODUCTION PRINTING BASED ON LICENSES ON AVAILABLE DATES AND TIMES ZHANG, FAN 3d overdue
18810826 MAINTENANCE DEVICE AND INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS KNIEF, THOMAS RAY 36d
18497963 TONER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS EVANS, BOONE ALEXANDER 48d
19380462 SHEET CONVEYING APPARATUS SEVERSON, JEREMY R —
19371745 SHEET CONVEYING APPARATUS SEVERSON, JEREMY R —
19348229 SHEET FEED DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME SEVERSON, JEREMY R —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2853 15
2682 13
2852 10
1759 4
2681 3
2683 3
2676 2
1737 2
3733 1
2447 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19396147 SHEET FEED CONTROL SYSTEM AND SHEET FEED CONTROL METHOD GRAY, FRANCIS C 2852 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 20, 2025
19380462 SHEET CONVEYING APPARATUS SEVERSON, JEREMY R 1759 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 05, 2025
19371745 SHEET CONVEYING APPARATUS SEVERSON, JEREMY R 1759 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 28, 2025
19365789 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS PRINTING IMAGES ON LONG RECORDING SHEET GIAMPAOLO II, THOMAS S 2852 §101§102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 22, 2025
19348229 SHEET FEED DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME SEVERSON, JEREMY R 1759 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 02, 2025
19348261 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS WONG, JOSEPH S 2852 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 02, 2025
19289101 BUFFER MATERIAL FOR PACKING VOLZ, ELIZABETH J 3733 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 03, 2025
19218593 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM MISIURA, BRIAN THOMAS — §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending May 26, 2025
19218589 INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, SERVER APPARATUS, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM KIM, HEE SOO 2447 §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending May 26, 2025
19205388 SHEET CONVEYANCE DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE READING APPARATUS SANDERS, HOWARD J — §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending May 12, 2025
19204958 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD THERRIEN, CARLA J — §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending May 12, 2025
19205855 ELECTRONIC APPARATUS REHMAN, MOHAMMED H — §103 Non-Final OA — Pending May 12, 2025
19189745 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS CAPABLE OF SHORTENING INTERVAL OF SHEET FEED OPERATION BY SHEET FEED PORTION, AND DRIVE CONTROL METHOD HEREDIA OCASIO, ARLENE J 2852 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 25, 2025
19185361 IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS SHEHNI, GHAZAL B — §101§103Other Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 22, 2025
19185372 IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS PARK, SANGSEOK — §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 22, 2025
19184778 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS CAPABLE OF DETERMINING WHETHER ENOUGH INK REMAINS FEGGINS, KRISTAL J — §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 21, 2025
19180849 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING METHOD GRAINGER, QUANA M — §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 16, 2025
19176636 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS CAPABLE OF DETERMINING WHETHER OR NOT TO-BE-TRANSFERRED TONER IMAGE WILL STICK OUT FROM CONTACT AREA OF IMAGE-CARRYING MEMBER WITH SHEET, AND DETERMINATION METHOD THERRIEN, CARLA J 2852 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Apr 11, 2025
19174401 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE FOR SERVICE DELIVERY AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM WITH SERVICE DELIVERY PROGRAM STORED THEREON WALSH, EMMETT K 3628 §101§103 Final Rejection 11d overdue Pending Apr 09, 2025
19088086 NEGATIVE PRESSURE REGULATION VALVE AND INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME LEGESSE, HENOK D — §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 24, 2025
19085518 NEGATIVE PRESSURE REGULATION VALVE AND INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME SHENDEROV, ALEXANDER D — §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 20, 2025
19084200 SHEET DISCHARGING DEVICE AND SHEET POST-PROCESSING APPARATUS THEREWITH, AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM GOKHALE, PRASAD V 3653 §102§112 Final Rejection 15d Pending Mar 19, 2025
19081555 DOCUMENT CONVEYING DEVICE SEVERSON, JEREMY R 1759 §102 Final Rejection 5d overdue Pending Mar 17, 2025
19082010 LIGHT SCANNING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS LIU, KENDRICK X — §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 17, 2025
19080174 CIRCUIT BOARD MOUNTING STRUCTURE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS KRIM, PETER — §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 14, 2025
19078699 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS CAPABLE OF SUPPRESSING GENERATION OF CURLS IN SHEETS, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD KNIEF, THOMAS RAY — §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 13, 2025
19077987 INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS UHLENHAKE, JASON S — §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 12, 2025
19071544 TERMINAL DEVICE THAT WRITES LICENSE KEY IN ELECTRONIC TAG, WHEN INFORMATION RETRIEVED FROM ELECTRONIC TAG ACCORDS WITH SERIAL NUMBER, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND AUTHENTICATION SYSTEM TABOR, AMARE F — §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 05, 2025
19068853 INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS LEBRON, JANNELLE M — §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 03, 2025
19063283 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE QUALITY ADJUSTMENT METHOD CAPABLE OF SUPPRESSING EXPANSION AND CONTRACTION OF FORMED IMAGE IN SHEET CONVEYING DIRECTION WITHOUT CONSUMING INK TIEU, BENNY QUOC — §101§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 25, 2025
19061809 SERVICE DELIVERY SYSTEM CAPABLE OF IDENTIFYING APPLICATION EXECUTION SYSTEM AS FORWARDING DESTINATION OF CONNECT REQUEST ACCORDING TO CONTENTS OF CONNECT REQUEST AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM WITH SERVICE DELIVERY PROGRAM STORED THEREON OBERLY, VAN HONG 2166 §103 Final Rejection 29d Pending Feb 24, 2025
19060630 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND NOZZLE INSPECTION METHOD CAPABLE OF IMPROVING ACCURACY IN DETERMINING WHETHER OR NOT NOZZLES WITH BENT TRAJECTORIES ARE PRESENT AMEH, YAOVI M — §103Other Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 21, 2025
19057198 FLOW PATH CONNECTION MECHANISM AND INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS LINFORD, JAMES ALBERT — §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 19, 2025
19057163 COUPLING MEMBER, FLOW PATH CONNECTION MECHANISM, AND INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS UHLENHAKE, JASON S — §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 19, 2025
19057524 FLOW PATH CONNECTION MECHANISM AND INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS MRUK, GEOFFREY S — §103DP Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 19, 2025
19056253 COUPLING MEMBER, FLOW PATH CONNECTION MECHANISM, AND INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS LEBRON, JANNELLE M — §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 18, 2025
19056164 FLOW PATH CONNECTION MECHANISM AND INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS THIES, BRADLEY W — §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 18, 2025
19056671 CONTROL DEVICE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND CONTROL METHOD CAPABLE OF REDUCING NUMBER OF OUTPUT TERMINALS OF PROCESSOR EXECUTING DATA COMMUNICATION WITH INTEGRATED CIRCUIT NGUYEN, LONG T 2842 §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 18, 2025
19055177 CONSUMABLES ORDERING SYSTEM THAT KEEPS FROM ORDERING CONSUMABLES WHEN ORDER THEREOF IS PROHIBITED, AND ORDERS CONSUMABLES WHEN ORDER THEREOF IS NOT PROHIBITED, AND COMPUTER-READABLE, NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING CONSUMABLES ORDERING PROGRAM RECORDED THEREON FRUNZI, VICTORIA E. — §101§102 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 17, 2025
19054163 MAGNET ROLLER, MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR A MAGNET ROLLER, AND DEVELOPING APPARATUS ROTH, LAURA K 2852 §103§112 Final Rejection 19d Pending Feb 14, 2025
19052676 REMAINING AMOUNT PREDICTION SYSTEM SWITCHING PREDICTION METHOD TO BE USED TO PREDICT EMPTY DAY AND COMPUTER-READABLE NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM STORING REMAINING AMOUNT PREDICTION PROGRAM HEREDIA OCASIO, ARLENE J 2852 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Feb 13, 2025
19052011 IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM NASHER, AHMED ABDULLALIM-M — §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 12, 2025
19052074 IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM DUONG, JOHNNYKHOI BAO — §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 12, 2025
19047478 DEVELOPING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS GRAINGER, QUANA M 2852 §102 Final Rejection — Pending Feb 06, 2025
19046304 LASER SCANNING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS MILIA, MARK R — §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 05, 2025
19045222 SHEET CONVEYING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS CICCHINO, PATRICK D 3619 §103 Final Rejection 40d Pending Feb 04, 2025
19043839 SUBSCRIPTION PLAN MANAGEMENT PLATFORM FOR DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD DAVISON, KATHLEEN GAGE 3688 §101§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 03, 2025
19041393 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS CAPABLE OF FORMING IMAGE ON WHICH TILT OF IMAGE PICKUP PORTION IS REFLECTED, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD VAN KREUNINGEN, KYRA MELOR — §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 30, 2025
19040393 PRINTING SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR ENHANCED PAPER SELECTION CRUZ, IRIANA — §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 29, 2025
19038666 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS ZIMMERMANN, JOHN P — §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 27, 2025
19037607 AUTOMATIC DOCUMENT CONTENT SEARCH AND REPLACE FOR DOCUMENTS WITH MATCHING METADATA METHODS HOANG, HAU HAI 2154 §101 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 27, 2025
19034478 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND OPERATION CONTROL METHOD CAPABLE OF EXECUTING PRINT JOB HELD IN PRINT SERVER ZONG, HELEN — §101§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 22, 2025
19033052 SHEET CONVEYING DEVICE CAPABLE OF DETERMINING WHETHER OR NOT SHEET HAS ANOMALOUS SHAPE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND DETERMINATION METHOD MILIA, MARK R — §101§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 21, 2025
19024263 IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM CAPABLE OF SUPPRESSING VARIATION OF INK DISCHARGE AMOUNTS IN PLURALITY OF DISCHARGE ELEMENTS, AND ADJUSTMENT METHOD QUINN, NATASHA DEPHENIA — §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 16, 2025
19022080 PRINT SPEED SETTING SYSTEM CAPABLE OF CHANGING PRINT SPEED OF IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCAPABLE OF COMMUNICATING VIA NETWORK, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND PRINT SPEED SETTING METHOD AUGUSTIN, MARCELLUS — §102Other Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 15, 2025
19021972 INKJET CONTROL METHOD AND INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS CHELST, SHLOMIT ESTHER — §103 Final Rejection — Pending Jan 15, 2025
19019997 PRINT SPEED SETTING SYSTEM CAPABLE OF CHANGING PRINT SPEED OF IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCAPABLE OF COMMUNICATING VIA NETWORK, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND PRINT SPEED SETTING METHOD ZHENG, JACKY X — §102Other Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 14, 2025
19011988 CONTROL DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS RODRIGUEZGONZALEZ, LENNIN R — §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 07, 2025
19010854 IMAGE READING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS THEREWITH CHEN, HUO LONG — §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 06, 2025
18878190 CLOUD SYSTEM WOO, ISAAC M 2163 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 23, 2024
18987062 METHODS AND PRINTING SYSTEM USING SUB-PAGE PARALLEL RENDERING YIP, KENT 2681 DP Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 19, 2024
18987075 METHODS AND PRINTING SYSTEM USING SUB-PAGE PARALLEL RENDERING SABAH, HARIS 2682 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 19, 2024
18987639 IMAGE FORMATION CONTROL METHOD AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS DOTTIN, DARRYL V — §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 19, 2024
18986174 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND PRINT SETTING CHANGING METHOD POON, KING Y — §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 18, 2024
18984883 ELECTRONIC APPARATUS DIABY, MOUSTAPHA — §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 17, 2024
18981292 INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS MCMILLION, TRACEY M — §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 13, 2024
18977257 NOZZLE UNIT CONTROL METHOD AND INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS SHAH, MANISH S — §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 11, 2024
18975042 IMAGE READING APPARATUS THAT READS IMAGE OF DOCUMENT TIEU, BENNY QUOC — §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 10, 2024
18975436 METHODS AND PRINTING SYSTEM USING RASTER IMAGE PROCESSORS CONFIGURED FOR PROCESSING A JOB SABAH, HARIS — §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 10, 2024
18972033 FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS PROVIDED THEREWITH HEREDIA OCASIO, ARLENE J 2852 §102§103§112 Final Rejection 26d Pending Dec 06, 2024
18968216 METHODS AND PRINTING SYSTEM FOR USING OPTIMIZATION OPERATIONS IN PRINTING OPERATIONS CRUZ, IRIANA 2681 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 04, 2024
18969196 INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS POLK, SHARON A — §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 04, 2024
18967556 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AYDIN, SEVAN A 2852 §102§112 Final Rejection — Pending Dec 03, 2024
18965598 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS CAPABLE OF RETURNING FROM SECOND POWER STATE TO FIRST POWER STATE ACCORDING TO NUMBER OF TIMES PERSON HAS BEEN DETECTED WITHIN PREDETERMINED PERIOD DULANEY, BENJAMIN O — §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 02, 2024
18963049 ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND DATA STORAGE METHOD CAPABLE OF REDUCING THE NUMBER OF STORAGE PORTIONS CONNECTABLE TO LOGIC CIRCUIT ZHANG, FAN — §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 27, 2024
18963010 IMAGE READING DEVICE CAPABLE OF READING PLURALITY OF DOCUMENT SHEETS OF DIFFERENT SIZES THAT ARE PLACED ON DOCUMENT SHEET PLACING PORTION, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE READING METHOD WASHINGTON, JAMARES — §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 27, 2024
18948177 OPTICAL SCANNING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS CHERRY, EUNCHA P — §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 14, 2024
18947966 METHODS AND PRINTING SYSTEM USING RASTER IMAGE PROCESSORS CONFIGURED FOR PROCESSING A JOB CHEN, HUO LONG — §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 14, 2024
18946223 DRYING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM GARBER, ERIN R — §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 13, 2024
18945084 MAINTENANCE DEVICE AND INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS POLK, SHARON A — §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 12, 2024
18937531 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS CAPABLE OF BACKING UP CONTENTS OF SETTINGS FOR JOB CRUZ, IRIANA 2681 §103Other Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 05, 2024
18937477 METHODS AND PRINTING SYSTEM USING INTELLIGENT RIP I/O FOR PRINTING OPERATIONS WALLACE, JOHN R — §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 05, 2024
18921595 METHODS FOR INTELLIGENTLY MANAGING CLOUD PRINTING OPERATIONS TIEU, BENNY QUOC 2682 §101§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 21, 2024
18900084 USER AUTHENTICATION SYSTEM CAPABLE OF GENERATING ONE-TIME PASSWORD HAVING FIXED EFFECTIVE PERIOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM BROWN, CHRISTOPHER J 2439 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Sep 27, 2024
18898257 COMPLEX COLOR SPACE CONVERSION USING CONVOLUTIONAL NEURAL NETWORKS DULANEY, BENJAMIN O — §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 26, 2024
18850523 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HUNTSINGER, PETER K 2682 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 24, 2024
18893376 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS EVANS, BOONE ALEXANDER — §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 23, 2024
18893900 INKJET IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS FIDLER, SHELBY LEE 2853 §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Sep 23, 2024
18892836 METHODS AND PRINTING SYSTEM FOR ENHANCED JOB SUBMISSION IN A PRINTING SYSTEM LAM, ANDREW H 2682 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 23, 2024
18888788 INKJET IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS KNIEF, THOMAS RAY 2853 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Sep 18, 2024
18848412 IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND JOB MANAGEMENT PROGRAM WALLACE, JOHN R 2676 §101§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 18, 2024
18811255 MAINTENANCE DEVICE AND INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS AMEH, YAOVI M 2853 §103DPOther Final Rejection — Pending Aug 21, 2024
18810826 MAINTENANCE DEVICE AND INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS KNIEF, THOMAS RAY 2853 §103 Final Rejection 36d Pending Aug 21, 2024
18806651 DRYING APPARATUS WAN, DEMING — §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 15, 2024
18791656 TRANSPORT APPARATUS THAT CORRECTS SKEW OF SHEET, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING SUCH TRANSPORT APPARATUS LEE, CHEUKFAN 2682 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 01, 2024
18790259 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD THOMPSON, LESLIE J. 2853 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 31, 2024
18786076 GEAR CONNECTION STRUCTURE CONNECTING ROTARY SHAFT WITH PIN, DRIVE DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS MCMAHON, MATTHEW R 3678 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 26, 2024
18773620 CO2 EMISSION ESTIMATION SYSTEM AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM WITH CO2 EMISSION ESTIMATION PROGRAM STORED THEREON RAMIREZ, ELLIS B — §101§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 16, 2024
18772053 ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOSENSITIVE MEMBER, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS EVANS, BOONE ALEXANDER — §103Other Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 12, 2024
18765352 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS THAT CHANGES PERIOD OF TIME REQUIRED TO TRANSITION FROM FIRST POWER STATE TO SECOND POWER STATE WHEN IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS IS NO LONGER USED RODRIGUEZGONZALEZ, LENNIN R 2683 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Jul 08, 2024
18761502 DOCUMENT PROCESSING SYSTEM THAT EXECUTES SPECIFIC PROCESS ON DOCUMENT, AND COMPUTER-READABLE, NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM STORING THEREIN DOCUMENT PROCESSING PROGRAM HSIEH, PING Y 2664 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Jul 02, 2024
18760618 BELT CONVEYOR DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS TAWFIK, SAMEH 3731 §102 Final Rejection 72d Pending Jul 01, 2024
18745900 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS THAT DESIGNATES SHEET SUPPLY DEVICE FOR SUPPLYING RECORDING SHEET FOR ADJUSTMENT OPERATION ALSHOROOGI, RAMI ABDELNASER 2853 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 17, 2024
18718919 COLLAPSIBLE CONTAINER NEWAY, BLAINE GIRMA 3735 §103 Final Rejection 28d Pending Jun 12, 2024
18718229 COLLAPSIBLE CONTAINER ISLAM, SANJIDUL 3736 §103 Final Rejection 23d overdue Pending Jun 10, 2024
18733383 DRYING APPARATUS MCMILLION, TRACEY M — §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 04, 2024
18732553 INK SUPPLYING MECHANISM AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS QUINN, NATASHA DEPHENIA 2853 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Jun 03, 2024
18731920 OPTICAL SCANNING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME VO, ANH T N 2853 §103 Final Rejection 29d Pending Jun 03, 2024
18676173 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS EVANS, BOONE ALEXANDER — §103§112Other Non-Final OA — Pending May 28, 2024
18675906 METHODS AND PRINTING SYSTEM MANAGING OUT OF SEQUENCE RENDERING FOR PRINTING OPERATIONS VO, QUANG N 2683 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending May 28, 2024
18676269 METHODS AND PRINTING SYSTEM FOR MANAGING PRINTING OPERATIONS DURING IDLE TIME WALLACE, JOHN R 2682 §103 Final Rejection — Pending May 28, 2024
18676098 INK SET, AND RECORDING HEAD INSPECTION METHOD VALENCIA, ALEJANDRO 2853 §103 Non-Final OA 8d overdue Pending May 28, 2024
18675950 METHODS AND PRINTING SYSTEM MANAGING OUT OF SEQUENCE RENDERING FOR PRINTING OPERATIONS VO, QUANG N 2683 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending May 28, 2024
18676137 ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOSENSITIVE MEMBER, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS VAJDA, PETER L — §102§103Other Non-Final OA — Pending May 28, 2024
18675058 METHODS FOR CALENDAR-BASED JOB MANAGEMENT IN A PRINTING SYSTEM SHIFERAW, HENOK ASRES 2676 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending May 27, 2024
18671778 INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD HON, MING Y 2666 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending May 22, 2024
18670930 JOB COMMAND GENERATION DEVICE, COMPUTER-READABLE NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING JOB COMMAND GENERATION PROGRAM STORED THEREIN, AND VOICE OPERATION SYSTEM ZHANG, FAN 2682 §103 Final Rejection — Pending May 22, 2024
18671917 INK SUPPLYING MECHANISM AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS UHLENHAKE, JASON S 2853 §102§103§112 Final Rejection — Pending May 22, 2024
18670407 TWO-COMPONENT DEVELOPER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS SULLIVAN IV, CHARLES COLLINS — §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending May 21, 2024
18667260 VOICE OPERATION DEVICE THAT OPERATES OPERATED DEVICE, COMPUTER READABLE NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING VOICE OPERATION PROGRAM STORED THEREIN, AND VOICE OPERATING SYSTEM COLUCCI, MICHAEL C 2655 §102 Final Rejection 70d Pending May 17, 2024
18668078 DEGASSING DEVICE AND INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS VALENCIA, ALEJANDRO 2853 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending May 17, 2024
18662501 LIQUID EJECTION DEVICE CAPABLE OF SUPPRESSING DRYING OF LIQUID SURFACE OF EJECTION PORT, AND LIQUID CIRCULATION METHOD LEBRON, JANNELLE M 2853 §103 Non-Final OA 14d Pending May 13, 2024
18659754 TONER EVANS, BOONE ALEXANDER — §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending May 09, 2024
18651858 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS THAT DECIDES IMAGE QUALITY ZHANG, FAN 2682 §103 Final Rejection 3d overdue Pending May 01, 2024
18646960 INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS VALENCIA, ALEJANDRO 2853 §102 Non-Final OA 32d overdue Pending Apr 26, 2024
18638286 ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOSENSITIVE MEMBER, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS SULLIVAN IV, CHARLES COLLINS — §102§103DP Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 17, 2024
18638333 ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOSENSITIVE MEMBER, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS SULLIVAN IV, CHARLES COLLINS — §102Other Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 17, 2024
18635075 INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS LEBRON, JANNELLE M 2853 §103§112 Final Rejection 84d Pending Apr 15, 2024
18632410 DEGASSING DEVICE AND INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS VALENCIA, ALEJANDRO 2853 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 32d overdue Pending Apr 11, 2024
18623626 PACKAGING CASE AND METHOD FOR ASSEMBLING THE PACKAGING CASE DEMEREE, CHRISTOPHER R 3734 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 01, 2024
18617349 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE QUALITY ADJUSTMENT METHOD CAPABLE OF SUPPRESSING USER'S PERCEPTION OF CHANGE IN IMAGE QUALITY CAUSED BY ADJUSTMENT OF IMAGE QUALITY OF OUTPUT IMAGE PACHOL, NICHOLAS C 2699 §102 Final Rejection — Pending Mar 26, 2024
18608023 METHODS FOR INTEGRATED RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IN A PRINTING SYSTEM LEE, CHEUKFAN 2682 DP Final Rejection 43d Pending Mar 18, 2024
18608051 METHODS FOR INTEGRATED RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IN A PRINTING SYSTEM HUNTSINGER, PETER K 2682 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Mar 18, 2024
18603596 INDUSTRIAL PRINTING SYSTEM, PRINT SERVER, AND PROCESS MANAGEMENT METHOD THAT PERFORMS PEER-TO-PEER DISTRIBUTED PROCESSING OF PRODUCTION PRINTING BASED ON LICENSES ON AVAILABLE DATES AND TIMES ZHANG, FAN 2682 §103 Final Rejection 3d overdue Pending Mar 13, 2024
18598569 TWO-COMPONENT DEVELOPER SEILER, GRANT STEVEN — §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 07, 2024
18597290 INDUSTRIAL PRINTING SYSTEM, PRINT SERVER, AND PROCESSING MANAGEMENT METHOD FOR SETTING PROHIBITION IN PEER-TO-PEER PRODUCTION PRINTING AUGUSTIN, MARCELLUS 2682 §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Mar 06, 2024
18584605 METHODS AND PRINTING SYSTEM FOR PEER-TO-PEER OUTPUT MANAGEMENT TIEU, BENNY QUOC 2682 §103§112 Non-Final OA 15d overdue Pending Feb 22, 2024
18391871 CLEANING LIQUID PAUL, SHREYA 1761 §103 Final Rejection 71d Pending Dec 21, 2023
18516918 INKJET INK AND INJKET INK PRODUCTION METHOD KELLEY, HEIDI RIVIERE — §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 21, 2023
18497963 TONER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS EVANS, BOONE ALEXANDER 1737 §103 Final Rejection 48d Pending Oct 30, 2023
18493746 INKJET INK AND INKJET RECORDING METHOD LIOTT, CAROLINE DUSHECK 1732 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 24, 2023
18458713 DEVELOPER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS SEILER, GRANT STEVEN 1734 §103 Final Rejection 26d Pending Aug 30, 2023
18458982 DEVELOPER, DEVELOPER SET, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS SULLIVAN IV, CHARLES COLLINS 1737 §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Aug 30, 2023
18226398 SCHEDULER FOR A PROCESSING DEVICE INCORPORATING EXTERNAL FACTORS ALAM, SHIHAB 2197 §101§103 Non-Final OA 32d overdue Pending Jul 26, 2023
18355272 INKJET INK WU, ANDREA 1763 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Jul 19, 2023
17938655 INKJET INK BARZACH, JEFFREY EUGENE 1731 §103 Final Rejection 26d Pending Oct 06, 2022
17373202 HEATER UNIT, INK SUPPLY DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM WEN, KEVIN GUANHUA 3761 §103 Final Rejection 79d Pending Jul 12, 2021

Managing Kyocera Document Solutions Inc.'s Patent Portfolio?

IP Author helps IP teams respond to office actions faster with AI-generated responses, examiner analytics, and prosecution intelligence.

Start Free Trial

Sign in with your work email

Enter your email to receive a magic link. No password needed.

Personal email addresses (Gmail, Yahoo, etc.) are not accepted.

Free tier: 3 strategy analyses per month