Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
15 pending office actions • 6 art units • 12 examiners • 0 of 15 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 9 patents granted in the last 365 days
Mimaki Engineering Co., Ltd. has 14 pending office actions within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. These actions are distributed among 12 distinct examiners, which indicates a relatively broad spread of personnel reviewing the company's applications. This variety of 12 distinct examiners suggests that the company must navigate different individual preferences and styles during the prosecution of its 14 pending office actions.
The portfolio spans 6 distinct art units, showing that the company's semiconductor and optics work is categorized into several different technical specialties. ALEJANDRO VALENCIA is the busiest examiner, currently responsible for 2 pending office actions. Since VALENCIA handles 2 of the actions, most examiners are handling only a single case for the company. This distribution across 6 distinct art units requires a strategy that accounts for the specific nuances of each unit while managing the active office actions. The presence of many examiners ensures that the 14 pending actions are not overly reliant on the discretion of any single individual.
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 (7%) |
| §103 only | 4 (27%) |
| §102 only | 1 (7%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 9 (60%) |
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% | +6.0% |
| VO, QUANG N | 2 | 72.4% | +6.2% |
| TAUFIQ, FARAH N | 1 | 61.6% | +25.2% |
| CIGNA, JACOB JAMES | 1 | 63.8% | +32.4% |
| TALLMAN, BRIAN A | 1 | 24.2% | +39.0% |
| SULTANA, NAHIDA | 1 | 78.2% | +8.7% |
| FEGGINS, KRISTAL J | 1 | 89.9% | +8.4% |
| CRUZ, IRIANA | 1 | 81.8% | +9.5% |
| NELSON, JAMEL M | 1 | 74.8% | +15.9% |
| FIDLER, SHELBY LEE | 1 | 79.1% | +14.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | — |
| 19106615 | INKJET PRINTER AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING JETTING HEAD | FEGGINS, KRISTAL J | — |
| 18859990 | PRINTING SYSTEM | VO, QUANG N | — |
| 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 | — |
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 5 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 | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2853 | 4 |
| 3726 | 1 |
| 3628 | 1 |
| 1743 | 1 |
| 2681 | 1 |
| 2876 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18859987 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECT | TAUFIQ, FARAH N | — | §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 | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 09, 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 |
| 19106231 | SHAPED-OBJECT MANUFACTURING DEVICE AND SHAPED-OBJECT MANUFACTURING METHOD | SULTANA, NAHIDA | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 25, 2025 |
| 19106615 | INKJET PRINTER AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING JETTING HEAD | FEGGINS, KRISTAL J | 2853 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 25, 2025 |
| 18859990 | PRINTING SYSTEM | VO, QUANG N | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 24, 2024 |
| 18854546 | PRINTING SYSTEM | CRUZ, IRIANA | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 07, 2024 |
| 18844985 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD | VO, QUANG N | — | §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 |
| 18701600 | PRINTING DEVICE AND CUTTING DEVICE | MARSHALL, CHRISTLE I | 2876 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 15, 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 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 07, 2021 |
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