Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
7 pending office actions • 1 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 11 patents granted in the last 365 days
Roland DG Corporation has 7 pending office actions within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. These actions are distributed among 6 distinct examiners, which indicates that at least one examiner is handling multiple matters for the company. Despite the involvement of 6 distinct examiners, all 7 pending office actions are located within 1 distinct art unit, centralizing the technical review process. This concentration suggests that the company's semiconductor technology is being evaluated by a single specialized group.
UHLENHAKE, JASON S is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, currently managing 2 busiest examiner pending actions. The concentration of the 7 pending office actions in 1 distinct art unit suggests that the company's technology is being evaluated against a consistent set of internal guidelines. Practitioners can leverage the fact that multiple examiners are working in the same unit to identify potential trends in how this specific art unit handles similar claims. This centralized oversight can be an advantage, as it may lead to more predictable outcomes across the pending office actions. The applicant should monitor the feedback from UHLENHAKE, JASON S closely, as their handling of 2 busiest examiner pending actions may influence the approach taken by other examiners in the same unit.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 4 (57%) |
| §102 only | 2 (29%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (14%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| UHLENHAKE, JASON S | 2 | 87.3% | -2.3% |
| SHENDEROV, ALEXANDER D | 1 | 90.2% | +6.2% |
| RICHMOND, SCOTT A. | 1 | 87.0% | +4.9% |
| BAKHT, SADMAN SAKIB | 1 | — | — |
| QUINN, NATASHA DEPHENIA | 1 | 90.0% | +10.7% |
| VALENCIA, ALEJANDRO | 1 | 42.7% | +6.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18773643 | PRINTER | QUINN, NATASHA DEPHENIA | 19d overdue |
| 19010457 | PRINTER | SHENDEROV, ALEXANDER D | — |
| 19003005 | PRINTER AND PRINT POSITION ALIGNMENT METHOD | UHLENHAKE, JASON S | — |
| 18726039 | INKJET PRINTER INCLUDING WIPER FOR WIPING HEAD EJECTION SURFACE | UHLENHAKE, JASON S | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18899804 | INK CARTRIDGE AND INKJET RECORDING DEVICE INCLUDING INK CARTRIDGE | RICHMOND, SCOTT A. | — |
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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18773643 | PRINTER | QUINN, NATASHA DEPHENIA | 19d overdue |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2853 | 5 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19010457 | PRINTER | SHENDEROV, ALEXANDER D | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 06, 2025 |
| 19003005 | PRINTER AND PRINT POSITION ALIGNMENT METHOD | UHLENHAKE, JASON S | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 27, 2024 |
| 18899804 | INK CARTRIDGE AND INKJET RECORDING DEVICE INCLUDING INK CARTRIDGE | RICHMOND, SCOTT A. | 2853 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 27, 2024 |
| 18897229 | CAP DEVICE | BAKHT, SADMAN SAKIB | 2853 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 26, 2024 |
| 18773643 | PRINTER | QUINN, NATASHA DEPHENIA | 2853 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 19d overdue | Pending | Jul 16, 2024 |
| 18726039 | INKJET PRINTER INCLUDING WIPER FOR WIPING HEAD EJECTION SURFACE | UHLENHAKE, JASON S | 2853 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 01, 2024 |
| 17747029 | PROCESSING APPARATUS | VALENCIA, ALEJANDRO | 2853 | §103 | Final Rejection | 139d overdue | Pending | May 18, 2022 |
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