Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Ricoh Company Ltd.

174 pending office actions • 100 art units • 149 examiners • 0 of 174 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 459 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

174
Total Pending OAs
110
Non-Final OAs
58
Final Rejections
6
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 169 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

79
Overdue
7
Due this week
47
Due this month
25
Due in next 60 days
11
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. 169 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (79)Due ≤ 7 days (7)Due ≤ 30 days (47)Due ≤ 60 days (25)Due later (11)

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.

6
Hard (3%)
158
Medium (91%)
7
Easy (4%)
3
Unknown (2%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only6 (3%)
§103 only138 (79%)
§102 only20 (11%)
§112 only7 (4%)
No statute on record3 (2%)

Industry Mix

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

35
Life Sciences
20% of docket
21
Information Tech
12% of docket
44
Communications
25% of docket
40
Semiconductors
23% of docket
34
Mechanical / Eng
20% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% 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.

1,740 h
Manual time on pending OAs
348 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
609 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
15.2 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
KUIPERS, JENNA ANN 5 76.0% +26.1%
VALENCIA, ALEJANDRO 4 42.8% +5.7%
SEILER, GRANT STEVEN 4 75.0% +26.3%
GRAINGER, QUANA MASHELLE 3 88.7% -3.9%
HEREDIA OCASIO, ARLENE J 3 75.2% +3.9%
VAJDA, PETER L 3 74.9% +12.9%
GONZALEZ, LUIS A 2 84.8% +4.5%
SANDERS, HOWARD J 2 80.9% +7.9%
FEGGINS, KRISTAL J 2 90.1% +8.2%
ZHENG, JACKY X 2 79.7% +17.3%

Quick Wins (9)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18605497 LASER TREATMENT OF PRINTHEAD SURFACES FEGGINS, KRISTAL J 6d
19045025 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD GRAINGER, QUANA MASHELLE 12d
18981657 ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, ANOMALY DETECTION SYSTEM, AND ANOMALY DETECTION METHOD GRAINGER, QUANA MASHELLE 15d
19224965 SHEET FEEDING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCORPORATING SAME GONZALEZ, LUIS A 22d
18785707 AN IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING A SPRING MEMBER CONNECTED TO A CONDUCTIVE PLATE GRAINGER, QUANA MASHELLE 28d
18941449 SHEET SEPARATION DEVICE, SHEET LAMINATOR, AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM SANDERS, HOWARD J 29d
18772595 LIQUID DISCHARGE APPARATUS FEGGINS, KRISTAL J 56d
18443326 SHEET FEEDING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCORPORATING THE SAME SANDERS, HOWARD J 63d

Hard Cases (6)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17945096 TRACKING SYSTEM, TRACKING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM PADUA, NICO LAUREN 19d overdue
17694676 SERVER APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD WALKER, MICHAEL JARED 10d overdue
18181081 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD REYES, REGINALD R 5d overdue
18629940 INSPECTION APPARATUS, INSPECTION METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM SABAH, HARIS 3d overdue
18123369 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM JAMES, GREGORY MARK 33d
18372882 INTERMEDIARY SYSTEM, TRANSACTION SYSTEM, METHOD OF INTERMEDIATING, AND RECORDING MEDIUM JONES, COURTNEY PATRICE 47d

Interview Candidates (14)

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
18116855 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD SEILER, GRANT STEVEN 88d overdue
17991846 TONER, TONER PRODUCTION METHOD, TONER STORAGE UNIT, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS VAJDA, PETER L 50d overdue
17657471 TONER, DEVELOPING AGENT, TONER HOUSING UNIT, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND A METHOD OF FORMING IMAGES KUIPERS, JENNA ANN 43d overdue
18323377 TONER, TONER ACCOMMODATING UNIT, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD VAJDA, PETER L 2d overdue
18183282 RESIN PARTICLES, TONER, DEVELOPER, TONER HOUSING UNIT, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF FORMING IMAGE KUIPERS, JENNA ANN 2d overdue
18636221 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM ZHENG, JACKY X 15d
17811692 TONER, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING TONER, TONER STORAGE UNIT, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF FORMING IMAGE VAJDA, PETER L 16d
18020641 LAMINATE, DEVICE USING THE SAME, AND PRODUCTION METHODS THEREOF SEILER, GRANT STEVEN 26d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2853 19
1734 9
3653 8
2681 8
2852 6
2682 4
2882 4
1737 4
2658 3
2118 3

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19224965 SHEET FEEDING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCORPORATING SAME GONZALEZ, LUIS A 3653 §103 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Jun 02, 2025
19197244 WRITING DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM PHAM, LONG D 2623 §103 Non-Final OA 10d overdue Pending May 02, 2025
19190043 APPARATUS, DISPLAY SYSTEM, GESTURE RECOGNITION METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM TAYLOR JR, DUANE N 2626 §102 Non-Final OA 42d Pending Apr 25, 2025
19186686 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, SCREEN GENERATING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM ILUYOMADE, IFEDAYO B 2624 §103 Non-Final OA 20d Pending Apr 23, 2025
19172667 INPUT APPARATUS, INPUT METHOD, PROGRAM, AND INPUT SYSTEM GYAWALI, BIPIN 2625 §103 Non-Final OA 52d overdue Pending Apr 08, 2025
19171372 MEDIUM FEEDER AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM GOKHALE, PRASAD V 3653 §103 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Apr 07, 2025
19069826 INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM CLARE, MARK C 3628 §103 Non-Final OA 8d overdue Pending Mar 04, 2025
19103009 CONTAINER CASTRIOTTA, JENNIFER 3733 §103 Non-Final OA 43d overdue Pending Feb 11, 2025
19045025 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD GRAINGER, QUANA MASHELLE 2852 §103 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Feb 04, 2025
19026642 INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND IMAGE SHARING METHOD NIRJHAR, NASIM NAZRUL 2896 §103 Non-Final OA 22d overdue Pending Jan 17, 2025
19022197 INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE LEE, PO HAN 3623 §103 Non-Final OA 16d Pending Jan 15, 2025
19014411 DISPLAY TERMINAL, DISPLAYING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM BROWN JR, HOWARD D 2488 §103 Non-Final OA 35d Pending Jan 09, 2025
18981657 ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, ANOMALY DETECTION SYSTEM, AND ANOMALY DETECTION METHOD GRAINGER, QUANA MASHELLE 2852 §102 Non-Final OA 15d Pending Dec 16, 2024
18968541 HEATING DEVICE, FIXING DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HEREDIA OCASIO, ARLENE J 2852 §103 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Dec 04, 2024
18955969 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND CONVERSATION SYSTEM LEE, JENNIFER V 3688 §103 Non-Final OA 11d overdue Pending Nov 21, 2024
18941449 SHEET SEPARATION DEVICE, SHEET LAMINATOR, AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM SANDERS, HOWARD J 3653 §102 Non-Final OA 29d Pending Nov 08, 2024
18929678 METHOD OF MANUFACTURING BONDED BODY, BONDED BODY, AND HEAT SINK PATEL, DEVANG R 1735 §103 Final Rejection 71d Pending Oct 29, 2024
18929622 IMAGING DEVICE AND MOBILE APPARATUS ABDOU TCHOUSSOU, BOUBACAR 2482 §102 Non-Final OA 24d overdue Pending Oct 29, 2024
18908840 EVENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, EVENT MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM VANG, MENG 2443 §103 Non-Final OA 7d Pending Oct 08, 2024
18897478 CHARGE NEUTRALIZER, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM BANH, DAVID H 2853 §103 Final Rejection 88d overdue Pending Sep 26, 2024
18895458 SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING DISPLAY, AND RECORDING MEDIUM XIE, KWIN 2626 §103 Final Rejection 80d overdue Pending Sep 25, 2024
18888521 DISPLAY APPARATUS, DISPLAYING OPERATIONAL MENU USING ROTATIONAL ANGLE INPUT NADKARNI, SARVESH J 2629 §103 Non-Final OA 9d Pending Sep 18, 2024
18883157 MOLDED ARTICLE, PRESSING DEVICE, SHEET CONVEYING DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS GONZALEZ, LUIS A 3653 §102 Non-Final OA 76d Pending Sep 12, 2024
18846292 PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT, PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION MODULE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND SOLAR CELL MODULE TRIVISONNO, ANGELO 1722 §103 Non-Final OA 22d overdue Pending Sep 12, 2024
18824916 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS ZIMMERMANN, JOHN P 2853 §103 Non-Final OA 33d Pending Sep 05, 2024
18819133 WIRELESS APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM JOHNSON, AMY COHEN 2400 §103 Non-Final OA 1d overdue Pending Aug 29, 2024
18816240 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM SAINT CYR, LEONARD 2658 §102 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Aug 27, 2024
18796309 HEATING DEVICE, FIXING DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HEREDIA OCASIO, ARLENE J 2852 §103 Non-Final OA 38d overdue Pending Aug 07, 2024
18836015 ELECTRODE PRODUCTION APPARATUS, STACK SEPARATOR PRODUCTION APPARATUS, LIQUID APPLICATION APPARATUS, ELECTRODE PRODUCTION METHOD, STACK SEPARATOR PRODUCTION METHOD, AND LIQUID APPLICATION METHOD MURATA, AUSTIN 1712 §103 Non-Final OA 20d Pending Aug 06, 2024
18835738 LIQUID DISCHARGE HEAD, LIQUID DISCHARGE APPARATUS, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING LIQUID DISCHARGE HEAD LEBRON, JANNELLE M 2853 §103 Non-Final OA 24d overdue Pending Aug 05, 2024
18791694 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM WYSZYNSKI, AUBREY H 2434 §102 Final Rejection 17d overdue Pending Aug 01, 2024
18784923 SYSTEM, METHOD, NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM, AND DISPLAY DEVICE SHI, IRVING NMN 2611 §103 Non-Final OA 23d Pending Jul 26, 2024
18785707 AN IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING A SPRING MEMBER CONNECTED TO A CONDUCTIVE PLATE GRAINGER, QUANA MASHELLE 2852 §102 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Jul 26, 2024
18777681 SHEET CONVEYING DEVICE, AUTOMATIC DOCUMENT FEEDER, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS TAWFIK, SAMEH 3731 §102 Final Rejection 14d Pending Jul 19, 2024
18775299 SERVER SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF INTERMEDIATING COMMUNICATION LU, HUA 2118 §103 Non-Final OA 55d Pending Jul 17, 2024
18772595 LIQUID DISCHARGE APPARATUS FEGGINS, KRISTAL J 2853 §112 Non-Final OA 56d Pending Jul 15, 2024
18766846 METHOD FOR PRODUCING THREE-DIMENSIONAL FABRICATED OBJECT, FABRICATION APPARATUS, AND FABRICATION SYSTEM WOLLSCHLAGER, JEFFREY MICHAEL 1742 §103 Non-Final OA 50d Pending Jul 09, 2024
18760238 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONFERENCING WHICH DISPLAYS QUESTIONS HUSSAIN, TAUQIR 2446 Other Final Rejection 5d overdue Pending Jul 01, 2024
18754800 TRANSMISSION TERMINAL, TRANSMISSION METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING TRANSMISSION PROGRAM TIEU, BINH KIEN 2694 Other Non-Final OA 8d overdue Pending Jun 26, 2024
18751752 IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS, TRANSMISSION METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM TEKLE, DANIEL T 2481 §103 Final Rejection 55d Pending Jun 24, 2024
18750548 WAVEFORM DISPLAY APPARATUS, WAVEFORM DISPLAY SYSTEM, WAVEFORM DISPLAY METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM DU, HAIXIA 2611 §112 Non-Final OA 44d overdue Pending Jun 21, 2024
18745129 LIQUID COATER, COATING METHOD, AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM EDWARDS, MARK 2624 §103 Non-Final OA 74d overdue Pending Jun 17, 2024
18669908 MEDIUM DETECTOR AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AMEH, YAOVI M 2853 §103 Final Rejection 35d Pending May 21, 2024
18668648 IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM LAM, ANDREW H 2682 §103 Non-Final OA 14d Pending May 20, 2024
18710644 DISPLACEMENT MEASUREMENT APPARATUS, NON-CONTACT INPUT APPARATUS, AND BIOLOGICAL MICROMOTION MEASUREMENT APPARATUS LEE, HWA S 2877 §103 Non-Final OA 30d overdue Pending May 16, 2024
18664747 DRIVE TRANSMISSION DEVICE, SHEET CONVEYING DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS MCCULLOUGH, MICHAEL C 3653 §103 Non-Final OA 9d overdue Pending May 15, 2024
18663630 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, ANALYSIS SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING DEVICE, ANALYSIS METHOD, AND PROGRAM ZHENG, JACKY X 2681 §103 Non-Final OA 29d Pending May 14, 2024
18662058 TEXT CHAT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM CONNECTED TO A VIDEO CONFERENCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM CHAO, MICHAEL W 2492 §103 Final Rejection 56d overdue Pending May 13, 2024
18660280 LIQUID DISCHARGE HEAD, LIQUID DISCHARGE UNIT, AND LIQUID DISCHARGE APPARATUS MRUK, GEOFFREY S 2853 §103 Non-Final OA 29d overdue Pending May 10, 2024
18658149 PROCESSING APPARATUS, COLOR MANAGEMENT METHOD, NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM, AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM WASHINGTON, JAMARES 2681 §103 Non-Final OA 29d Pending May 08, 2024
18645636 CONVEYOR AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS NICHOLSON III, LESLIE AUGUST 3653 §112 Non-Final OA 29d Pending Apr 25, 2024
18640017 HEATING DEVICE, DRYER APPARATUS, AND LIQUID APPLYING APPARATUS VALENCIA, ALEJANDRO 2853 §103 Final Rejection 50d Pending Apr 19, 2024
18636221 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM ZHENG, JACKY X 2681 §103 Non-Final OA 15d Pending Apr 15, 2024
18635026 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, INSPECTION METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM POPOVICI, DOV 2681 §102 Non-Final OA 29d Pending Apr 15, 2024
18631553 IMAGE INSPECTION APPARATUS, PRINTING SYSTEM, AND IMAGE INSPECTION METHOD ZONG, HELEN 2683 §103 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Apr 10, 2024
18629940 INSPECTION APPARATUS, INSPECTION METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM SABAH, HARIS 2682 §101 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Apr 09, 2024
18630143 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, DATA GENERATION METHOD, AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM NGUYEN, ALLEN H 2683 §102 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Apr 09, 2024
18626666 SUMMARIZING SYSTEM, SUMMARIZING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM VILLENA, MARK 2658 §103 Final Rejection 40d Pending Apr 04, 2024
18627245 DEPENDENCY RESOLUTION FOR BRANCHES IN SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TRAN, TRAVIS VIET 2191 §103 Non-Final OA 63d Pending Apr 04, 2024
18626832 SHEET STORAGE DEVICE MORRISON, THOMAS A 3653 §103 Non-Final OA 27d Pending Apr 04, 2024
18625878 IMAGE READING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE READING METHOD SAFAIPOUR, BOBBAK 2665 §103 Final Rejection 76d Pending Apr 03, 2024
18623332 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRAINING NAMED ENTITY RECOGNITION MODEL AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM KIM, ETHAN DANIEL 2658 §102 Non-Final OA 35d Pending Apr 01, 2024
18621172 IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, READING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, BIOLOGICAL IMAGING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD RUSH, ERIC 2677 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 29, 2024
18695832 DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM DAO, THUY CHAN 2192 §103 Non-Final OA 63d Pending Mar 27, 2024
18613190 PRINTING APPARATUS BAKHT, SADMAN SAKIB 2853 §103 Non-Final OA 31d overdue Pending Mar 22, 2024
18611782 FABRIC INKJET INK, INKJET RECORDING METHOD, AND RECORDED MATTER BOELITZ, SAMUEL FREDERICK 2853 §103 Non-Final OA 16d Pending Mar 21, 2024
18609323 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD BARNES JR, CARL E 2178 §103 Non-Final OA 31d overdue Pending Mar 19, 2024
18607640 PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATOR, LIQUID DISCHARGE HEAD, AND LIQUID DISCHARGE APPARATUS MRUK, GEOFFREY S 2853 §103 Non-Final OA 54d Pending Mar 18, 2024
18608480 PERSONALIZED VIDEO MECHANISM AHN, CHRISTINE YERA 2615 §103 Non-Final OA 5d Pending Mar 18, 2024
18607623 COOLING DEVICE, LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE, AND IMAGE PROJECTION APPARATUS CHOWDHURY, SULTAN U. 2882 §103 Non-Final OA 21d Pending Mar 18, 2024
18607004 PRIMER, PRINTING SET, PRINTING METHOD, AND PRINTING DEVICE SHAH, MANISH S 2853 §103 Non-Final OA 1d overdue Pending Mar 15, 2024
18607122 PRINT ARTIFACT COMPENSATION MECHANISM DULANEY, BENJAMIN O 2683 §102 Non-Final OA 33d Pending Mar 15, 2024
18607104 PRINT ARTIFACT COMPENSATION MECHANISM MENBERU, BENIYAM 2681 §103 Non-Final OA 27d Pending Mar 15, 2024
18605497 LASER TREATMENT OF PRINTHEAD SURFACES FEGGINS, KRISTAL J 2853 §103 Non-Final OA 6d Pending Mar 14, 2024
18603273 PRINTING METHOD RICHMOND, SCOTT A. 2853 §103 Final Rejection 13d Pending Mar 13, 2024
18603234 ACTUATOR UNIT, LIQUID DISCHARGE HEAD, AND LIQUID DISCHARGE APPARATUS LEGESSE, HENOK D 2853 §102 Non-Final OA 84d Pending Mar 13, 2024
18601026 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD HANKS, BENJAMIN L 3684 §103 Non-Final OA 49d overdue Pending Mar 11, 2024
18598432 INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, NOTIFICATION METHOD, SERVICE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-EXECUTABLE MEDIUM LOFTIS, JOHNNA RONEE 3625 §103 Final Rejection 20d Pending Mar 07, 2024
18597983 DRYING DEVICE, DRYING METHOD, AND MODELING SYSTEM KRASNOW, NICHOLAS R 1744 §103 Non-Final OA 32d overdue Pending Mar 07, 2024
18596998 DYNAMIC PRINT PARAMETER ADJUSTMENT MECHANISM ZHANG, FAN 2682 §103 Final Rejection 62d Pending Mar 06, 2024
18597715 COLOR MATCHING FOR A PRINTER BECK, ALEXANDER S 2600 §103 Non-Final OA 9d Pending Mar 06, 2024
18688842 PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION DEVICE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND POWER SUPPLY MODULE DINH, BACH T 1726 §103 Final Rejection 52d overdue Pending Mar 04, 2024
18593096 PRINT FILE PREPROCESSING MECHANISM WASHINGTON, JAMARES 2681 §103 Non-Final OA 30d Pending Mar 01, 2024
18590021 INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, MAINTENANCE SCHEDULE DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-EXECUTABLE MEDIUM MANEJWALA, ISMAIL A 3628 §102 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Feb 28, 2024
18589588 COMMUNICATION SUPPORT SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, COMMUNICATION SUPPORT METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM WOO, STELLA L 2693 §103 Final Rejection 10d overdue Pending Feb 28, 2024
18586560 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD GARCIA, SANTIAGO 2673 §102 Final Rejection Pending Feb 26, 2024
18443326 SHEET FEEDING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCORPORATING THE SAME SANDERS, HOWARD J 3653 §112 Non-Final OA 63d Pending Feb 16, 2024
18439784 FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCORPORATING THE SAME INCLUDING PLANAR HEATER TO HEAT A FIXING BELT AND A PRESSURE ROTATOR PRESSING THE PLANAR HEATER HEREDIA OCASIO, ARLENE J 2852 §103 Final Rejection 19d Pending Feb 13, 2024
18433675 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND ABNORMALITY DETERMINATION DEVICE CHEN, HUO LONG 2682 §103 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Feb 06, 2024
18433471 IMAGE READING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE READING METHOD PACHOL, NICHOLAS C 2699 §103 Non-Final OA 27d Pending Feb 06, 2024
18428489 JOB SETTING ADJUSTMENT MECHANISM SIDDO, IBRAHIM 2681 §103 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Jan 31, 2024
18426357 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM SHERRILLO, DYLAN JOSEPH 2665 §102 Non-Final OA 46d overdue Pending Jan 30, 2024
18422003 OPTICAL SYSTEM, VIRTUAL IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE, AND HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAY STANFORD, CHRISTOPHER J 2872 §103 Non-Final OA 49d overdue Pending Jan 25, 2024
18422555 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND PRINT MEDIUM VALENCIA, ALEJANDRO 2853 §103 Final Rejection 43d overdue Pending Jan 25, 2024
18418961 SHEET SEPARATION DEVICE AND LAMINATING SYSTEM PATWARDHAN, ABHISHEK A 1746 §103 Non-Final OA 36d overdue Pending Jan 22, 2024
18416931 LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE AND PROJECTOR APPARATUS LAMB II, CHRISTOPHER A 2882 §103 Non-Final OA 29d overdue Pending Jan 19, 2024
18414817 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM PHANTANA ANGKOOL, DAVID 2172 §103 Non-Final OA 47d Pending Jan 17, 2024
18413092 LIQUID APPLICATION APPARATUS, LIQUID APPLICATION METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM SETH, MANAV 2672 §112 Non-Final OA 56d Pending Jan 16, 2024
18407485 MOVABLE DEVICE, PROJECTION APPARATUS, HEAD-UP DISPLAY, LASER HEADLAMP, HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAY, OBJECT RECOGNITION APPARATUS, MOBILE OBJECT, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING MOVABLE DEVICE PAN, JIA X 2871 §103 Non-Final OA 8d overdue Pending Jan 09, 2024
18403745 APPARATUS, AUTHENTICATION SYSTEM, AUTHENTICATION METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM PACHOL, NICHOLAS C 2699 §103 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Jan 04, 2024
18392108 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM AVERY, BRIAN WILLIAM 2495 §103 Final Rejection 89d overdue Pending Dec 21, 2023
18389797 IMAGE RECORDING METHOD AND PRINTING METHOD KHAN, AMINA S 1761 §103 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Dec 20, 2023
18540914 HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAY AND EYEGLASSES PICHLER, MARIN 2872 §103 Non-Final OA 91d overdue Pending Dec 15, 2023
18540923 COLOR IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS LIU, KENDRICK X 2853 §103 Final Rejection 4d overdue Pending Dec 15, 2023
18523904 CRAWLER TRAVELING BODY AND TRAVELING APPARATUS STABLEY, MICHAEL R 3611 §103 Non-Final OA 49d overdue Pending Nov 30, 2023
18521616 INFORMATION PROVIDING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROVIDING METHOD WILSON, DOUGLAS M 2622 §103 Final Rejection 38d overdue Pending Nov 28, 2023
18509794 INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, ACTIVITY SENSOR, AND NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM PADUA, NICO LAUREN 3626 §103 Non-Final OA 50d Pending Nov 15, 2023
18388533 ELONGATED MATERIAL SUPPLY DEVICE AND BENDING APPARATUS IBEKWE, DARLINGTON NDUKA 3725 §103 Non-Final OA 20d Pending Nov 10, 2023
18502358 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION INPUT SUPPORT SYSTEM, AND NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM SIRJANI, FARIBA 2659 §103 Final Rejection 5d Pending Nov 06, 2023
18497373 METHOD FOR FORMING FUNCTIONAL LAYER, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ELECTRONIC COMPONENT, AND ELECTRONIC COMPONENT INCLUDING FUNCTIONAL LAYER TSO, STANLEY 2847 §103 Final Rejection 31d overdue Pending Oct 30, 2023
18379672 TERMINAL DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM CERVETTI, DAVID GARCIA 2409 §103 Non-Final OA 6d Pending Oct 13, 2023
18376869 INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM DAGNEW, SABA 3621 §103 Final Rejection 8d overdue Pending Oct 05, 2023
18372882 INTERMEDIARY SYSTEM, TRANSACTION SYSTEM, METHOD OF INTERMEDIATING, AND RECORDING MEDIUM JONES, COURTNEY PATRICE 3699 §101 Final Rejection 47d Pending Sep 26, 2023
18283223 DISPLAY SYSTEM, COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM ARELLANO, PAUL WOODWARD 3658 §103 Final Rejection 83d Pending Sep 21, 2023
18283211 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD FOR DISPLAYING AN IMAGE AND SENSOR POSITION INFORMATION CATO, MIYA J 2681 §103 Non-Final OA 53d Pending Sep 21, 2023
18281777 IMAGING DEVICE, IMAGING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE HENN, TIMOTHY J 2639 §103 Final Rejection 19d overdue Pending Sep 13, 2023
18356907 METHOD OF MANUFACTURING MOLDED BODY FANG, SHANE 1766 §103 Non-Final OA 29d Pending Jul 21, 2023
18336503 INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM PARK, EDWARD 2675 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jun 16, 2023
18331525 LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE AND DISPLAY APPARATUS LE, BAO-LUAN Q 2882 §103 Final Rejection 15d Pending Jun 08, 2023
18203174 SUPPORTING STRUCTURE FOR TEMPERATURE SENSOR AND DRYING DEVICE NGUYEN, LAM S 2853 §103 Final Rejection 40d Pending May 30, 2023
18323377 TONER, TONER ACCOMMODATING UNIT, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD VAJDA, PETER L 1737 §103 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending May 24, 2023
18253962 LIQUID COMPOSITION FOR ELECTRODE, STORAGE CONTAINER, ELECTRODE MANUFACTURING DEVICE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ELECTRODE, ELECTRODE, AND ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICE MCCONNELL, WYATT P 1727 §103 Non-Final OA 14d Pending May 23, 2023
18198848 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM ELAHEE, MD S 2694 §103 Final Rejection 6d Pending May 18, 2023
18314218 RESIN PARTICLE AND TONER SULLIVAN IV, CHARLES COLLINS 1737 §103 Final Rejection 46d Pending May 09, 2023
18140659 LIQUID DROPLET-FORMING DEVICE AND FINE PARTICLE-MANUFACTURING DEVICE VALENCIA, ALEJANDRO 2853 §103 Final Rejection 43d overdue Pending Apr 28, 2023
18138155 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, SYSTEM, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM OLSHANNIKOV, ALEKSEY 2118 §103 Non-Final OA 35d overdue Pending Apr 24, 2023
18187895 INK, INK SET, SET OF INK AND PRE-PROCESSING FLUID, METHOD OF DISCHARGING INK, AND INK DISCHARGING DEVICE ZHANG, RUIYUN 1782 §103 Non-Final OA 16d overdue Pending Mar 22, 2023
18186290 IN VITRO GENETIC DISEASE MODEL CELL AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME SULLIVAN, STEPHANIE LAUREN 1635 §103 Non-Final OA 22d overdue Pending Mar 20, 2023
18123373 LIQUID DISCHARGE HEAD, LIQUID DISCHARGE UNIT, AND LIQUID DISCHARGE APPARATUS VALENCIA, ALEJANDRO 2853 §102 Final Rejection 43d overdue Pending Mar 20, 2023
18123369 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM JAMES, GREGORY MARK 3692 §101 Final Rejection 33d Pending Mar 20, 2023
18184856 INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD MAKHDOOM, SAMARINA 3648 §103 Final Rejection 23d Pending Mar 16, 2023
18183282 RESIN PARTICLES, TONER, DEVELOPER, TONER HOUSING UNIT, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF FORMING IMAGE KUIPERS, JENNA ANN 1734 §103 Final Rejection 2d overdue Pending Mar 14, 2023
18119841 INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM VINCENT, ROSS MICHAEL 2196 §103 Final Rejection 8d overdue Pending Mar 10, 2023
18181081 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD REYES, REGINALD R 3684 §101 Final Rejection 5d overdue Pending Mar 09, 2023
18118140 MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, MODELING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM OLSHANNIKOV, ALEKSEY 2118 §103 Non-Final OA 80d overdue Pending Mar 07, 2023
18044078 LIQUID COMPOSITION SET, POROUS RESIN MANUFACTURING APPARATUS, AND POROUS RESIN MANUFACTURING METHOD KRYLOVA, IRINA 1764 §103 Final Rejection 4d overdue Pending Mar 05, 2023
18116855 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD SEILER, GRANT STEVEN 1734 §103 Final Rejection 88d overdue Pending Mar 03, 2023
18177412 RESIN PARTICLES, METHOD OF PRODUCING RESIN PARTICLES, TONER, TONER STORAGE UNIT, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS STONEHOCKER, VIRGINIA LEE 1766 §103 Final Rejection 7d Pending Mar 02, 2023
18176741 BRAIN FUNCTION DETERMINATION APPARATUS, BRAIN FUNCTION DETERMINATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM BAVA, JANKI MAHESH 3791 Non-Final OA 168d overdue Pending Mar 01, 2023
18175757 TONER, DEVELOPER, TONER HOUSING UNIT, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF FORMING IMAGE SEILER, GRANT STEVEN 1734 §103 Non-Final OA 86d Pending Feb 28, 2023
18114989 LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE AND DISPLAY APPARATUS BROOKS, JERRY L. 2882 §103 Non-Final OA 13d Pending Feb 28, 2023
18171902 INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM FOR GENERATING RELATIONSHIP INDEX BASED ON USER MEETING AND WORK INFORMATION NOVAK, REBECCA R 3629 §103 Non-Final OA 43d overdue Pending Feb 21, 2023
18167185 INFORMATION PROVIDING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROVIDING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM RIVERA VARGAS, MANUEL A 2857 §102 Non-Final OA 41d Pending Feb 10, 2023
18020641 LAMINATE, DEVICE USING THE SAME, AND PRODUCTION METHODS THEREOF SEILER, GRANT STEVEN 1734 §103 Non-Final OA 26d Pending Feb 10, 2023
18166635 INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE-CAPTURING DEVICE, AND DISPLAY METHOD ITSKOVICH, MIKHAIL 2483 §103 Final Rejection 25d overdue Pending Feb 09, 2023
18166711 MEDICATION SUPPORT DEVICE OJOFEITIMI, AYODEJI HARRY 3651 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 09, 2023
18040008 THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECT, TRAINING SYSTEM, THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECT PRODUCING METHOD, AND METHOD FOR EVALUATING ACCURACY OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECT HULL, JAMES B 3715 §103 Non-Final OA 27d Pending Jan 31, 2023
18155298 DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING HOUSING AND STORAGE GROOVE DIVIDING HOUSING MULARSKI, ROSS TERRY 2841 §103 Final Rejection 133d overdue Pending Jan 17, 2023
18149368 LIQUID FABRICATION, FABRICATION KIT, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING FABRICATION OBJECT ROBITAILLE, JOHN P 1743 §103 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Jan 03, 2023
18065015 IMAGE FORMING METHOD, ACTIVE ENERGY RAY-CURABLE COMPOSITION SET, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS BERRO, ADAM JOSEPH 1765 §103 Final Rejection 60d overdue Pending Dec 13, 2022
18070507 RESIN PARTICLE, TONER, TONER ACCOMMODATING UNIT KUIPERS, JENNA ANN 1734 §103 Non-Final OA 33d Pending Nov 29, 2022
17991846 TONER, TONER PRODUCTION METHOD, TONER STORAGE UNIT, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS VAJDA, PETER L 1737 §103 Non-Final OA 50d overdue Pending Nov 22, 2022
18054912 LASER PROCESSING APPARATUS AND LASER PROCESSING METHOD WANG, FRANKLIN JEFFERSON 3761 §103 Final Rejection 9d Pending Nov 14, 2022
17983408 TONER, TONER STORAGE UNIT, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD SEILER, GRANT STEVEN 1734 §103 Non-Final OA 53d Pending Nov 09, 2022
18046436 RESIN PARTICLE, TONER, DEVELOPER, DEVELOPER STORAGE CONTAINER, RESIN PARTICLE PRODUCING METHOD, TONER PRODUCING METHOD, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD KUIPERS, JENNA ANN 1734 §103 Non-Final OA 78d Pending Oct 13, 2022
17936436 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM ORANGE, DAVID BENJAMIN 2663 §103 Final Rejection 66d overdue Pending Sep 29, 2022
17954362 INSPECTION APPARATUS AND INSPECTION METHOD WHICH USES MULTIPLE IMAGE PROCESSING ALGORITHMS TO ANALYZE A SEALING PORTION LAPAGE, MICHAEL P 2877 §103 Final Rejection 30d overdue Pending Sep 28, 2022
17945096 TRACKING SYSTEM, TRACKING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM PADUA, NICO LAUREN 3626 §101 Non-Final OA 19d overdue Pending Sep 15, 2022
17905709 ANTI-PATHOGEN STRUCTURE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING ANTI-PATHOGEN STRUCTURE, APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING ANTI-PATHOGEN STRUCTURE, AND LIQUID COMPOSITION PURDY, KYLE A 1611 §102 Non-Final OA 13d Pending Sep 06, 2022
17907978 LIQUID DROPLET DISCHARGING METHOD, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING CONTAINER INCLUDING TISSUE BODY, AND LIQUID DROPLET DISCHARGING APPARATUS GERHARD, ALISON CLAIRE 1797 §112 Non-Final OA 29d Pending Aug 30, 2022
17876042 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, FLOW GENERATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT KHUU, HIEN DIEU THI 2116 §103 Final Rejection 77d overdue Pending Jul 28, 2022
17873201 OPTICAL ELEMENT, LIGHT RECEIVING DEVICE, DISTANCE MEASUREMENT APPARATUS, MOBILE OBJECT, AND OPTICAL ELEMENT MANUFACTURING METHOD SAMPLE, DAVID R 1784 §103 Non-Final OA 34d Pending Jul 26, 2022
17814644 TONER, DEVELOPER, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND TONER STORAGE UNIT KUIPERS, JENNA ANN 1734 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 25, 2022
17811692 TONER, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING TONER, TONER STORAGE UNIT, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF FORMING IMAGE VAJDA, PETER L 1737 §103 Final Rejection 16d Pending Jul 11, 2022
17847318 SHOCK ABSORBER AND PACKAGING SYSTEM STEVENS, ALLAN D 3736 §103 Non-Final OA 348d overdue Pending Jun 23, 2022
17771491 BIOLOGICAL INFORMATION MEASURING DEVICE AND BIOLOGICAL INFORMATION MEASURING METHOD EPPERT, LUCY CLARE 3791 §103 Final Rejection 147d overdue Pending Apr 25, 2022
17657471 TONER, DEVELOPING AGENT, TONER HOUSING UNIT, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND A METHOD OF FORMING IMAGES KUIPERS, JENNA ANN 1734 §103 Final Rejection 43d overdue Pending Mar 31, 2022
17707982 INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, DATA MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, AND DATA MANAGEMENT METHOD MINCEY, JERMAINE A 2159 §103 Final Rejection 42d overdue Pending Mar 30, 2022
17694676 SERVER APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD WALKER, MICHAEL JARED 3627 §101 Final Rejection 10d overdue Pending Mar 15, 2022
17652992 PROCESSING FLUID, SET OF PROCESSING FLUID AND INK, APPLYING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING DEVICE, APPLYING METHOD, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD BARZACH, JEFFREY EUGENE 1731 §103 Non-Final OA 26d Pending Mar 01, 2022
17596941 PARTICLE PRODUCTION APPARATUS AND PARTICLE PRODUCTION METHOD LEONG, SUSAN DANG 1754 §103 Non-Final OA 107d overdue Pending Dec 22, 2021
17512715 OPTICAL ELEMENT, OPTICAL DEVICE, DISTANCE MEASUREMENT APPARATUS, AND MOBILE OBJECT KIDWELL, KAITLYN ELIZABETH 2877 §103 Non-Final OA 97d overdue Pending Oct 28, 2021
17431184 LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE, DETECTION DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS HAGAN, SEAN P 2828 §103 Final Rejection 93d overdue Pending Aug 16, 2021
17327872 METHOD OF PRODUCING CELL-CONTAINING CONTAINER STAVROU, CONSTANTINA E 1632 §103 Final Rejection 28d Pending May 24, 2021

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