Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Communications • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
12 pending office actions • 7 art units • 10 examiners • 0 of 12 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 11 patents granted in the last 365 days
Mimaki Engineering Co., Ltd. has 11 pending office actions in Chemistry & Materials. The matters span 10 examiners and 7 art units, indicating considerable examiner diversity with recurring art-unit assignments.
VALENCIA, ALEJANDRO is the busiest examiner, with 2 pending matters. That relationship merits targeted review, but the broader profile favors consistent portfolio practices and separate analysis of examiner-specific issues.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 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. 3 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 + other | 1 (8%) |
| §103 only | 4 (33%) |
| §102 only | 1 (8%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 6 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| VALENCIA, ALEJANDRO | 3 | 42.7% | +6.2% |
| TAUFIQ, FARAH N | 1 | 61.3% | +23.9% |
| CIGNA, JACOB JAMES | 1 | 63.9% | +32.2% |
| SULTANA, NAHIDA | 1 | 78.4% | +9.0% |
| TALLMAN, BRIAN A | 1 | 24.1% | +38.8% |
| CRUZ, IRIANA | 1 | 81.8% | +9.5% |
| VO, QUANG N | 1 | 72.7% | +6.1% |
| NELSON, JAMEL M | 1 | 74.9% | +15.8% |
| FIDLER, SHELBY LEE | 1 | 79.1% | +14.3% |
| KONVES, ADRIANNA N | 1 | 76.3% | +14.7% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19208531 | 3D SHAPING INKJET INK | CIGNA, JACOB JAMES | 11d overdue |
| 19106232 | PRINTING DEVICE MANAGEMENT DEVICE, PRINTING DEVICE MANAGEMENT METHOD, PRINTING DEVICE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM, PRINTING DEVICE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, AND PRINTING DEVICE | TALLMAN, BRIAN A | 13d |
| 19106231 | SHAPED-OBJECT MANUFACTURING DEVICE AND SHAPED-OBJECT MANUFACTURING METHOD | SULTANA, NAHIDA | — |
| 18854546 | PRINTING SYSTEM | CRUZ, IRIANA | — |
| 18730322 | TEST PATTERN, TEST PATTERN PRINTING METHOD, AND PRINTING DEVICE | FIDLER, SHELBY LEE | — |
| 18728887 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD | KONVES, ADRIANNA N | — |
| 17341339 | LIQUID EJECTING DEVICE AND LIQUID EJECTING METHOD | VALENCIA, ALEJANDRO | — |
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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19208531 | 3D SHAPING INKJET INK | CIGNA, JACOB JAMES | 11d overdue |
| 19106232 | PRINTING DEVICE MANAGEMENT DEVICE, PRINTING DEVICE MANAGEMENT METHOD, PRINTING DEVICE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM, PRINTING DEVICE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, AND PRINTING DEVICE | TALLMAN, BRIAN A | 13d |
| 18689075 | SHAPING DEVICE, SHAPING DEVICE MAINTENANCE METHOD, AND SHAPING METHOD | NELSON, JAMEL M | 13d |
| 18859987 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECT | TAUFIQ, FARAH N | — |
| 18730322 | TEST PATTERN, TEST PATTERN PRINTING METHOD, AND PRINTING DEVICE | FIDLER, SHELBY LEE | — |
| 18728887 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD | KONVES, ADRIANNA N | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2853 | 4 |
| 1743 | 2 |
| 2681 | 2 |
| 1754 | 1 |
| 3726 | 1 |
| 3628 | 1 |
| 2683 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18859987 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECT | TAUFIQ, FARAH N | 1754 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 07, 2025 |
| 19208531 | 3D SHAPING INKJET INK | CIGNA, JACOB JAMES | 3726 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 11d overdue | Pending | May 14, 2025 |
| 19110091 | PRINTING DEVICE AND PRINTING METHOD | VALENCIA, ALEJANDRO | 2853 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 09, 2025 |
| 19106231 | SHAPED-OBJECT MANUFACTURING DEVICE AND SHAPED-OBJECT MANUFACTURING METHOD | SULTANA, NAHIDA | 1743 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 25, 2025 |
| 19106232 | PRINTING DEVICE MANAGEMENT DEVICE, PRINTING DEVICE MANAGEMENT METHOD, PRINTING DEVICE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM, PRINTING DEVICE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, AND PRINTING DEVICE | TALLMAN, BRIAN A | 3628 | §101§103§112 | Final Rejection | 13d | Pending | Feb 25, 2025 |
| 18854546 | PRINTING SYSTEM | CRUZ, IRIANA | 2681 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 07, 2024 |
| 18844985 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD | VO, QUANG N | 2683 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 09, 2024 |
| 18689075 | SHAPING DEVICE, SHAPING DEVICE MAINTENANCE METHOD, AND SHAPING METHOD | NELSON, JAMEL M | 1743 | §103 | Final Rejection | 13d | Pending | Aug 09, 2024 |
| 18730322 | TEST PATTERN, TEST PATTERN PRINTING METHOD, AND PRINTING DEVICE | FIDLER, SHELBY LEE | 2853 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 19, 2024 |
| 18728887 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD | KONVES, ADRIANNA N | 2681 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 14, 2024 |
| 17785411 | INKJET PRINTER AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING INKJET PRINTER | VALENCIA, ALEJANDRO | 2853 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 15, 2022 |
| 17341339 | LIQUID EJECTING DEVICE AND LIQUID EJECTING METHOD | VALENCIA, ALEJANDRO | 2853 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 07, 2021 |
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Start Free TrialMimaki Engineering Co., Ltd. has 12 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 7 art units and 10 examiners.
Alejandro Valencia has the most, with 3 of Mimaki Engineering Co., Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
