Technology area: Communications
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Volume Graphics GmbH has 1 pending office action in the Communications technology area. This action is being processed by 1 distinct examiner in 1 distinct art unit. The active prosecution is currently focused on one filing. This concentration means that the outcome of the company's active patent efforts depends on the findings of a specific administrative group. Such a narrow focus allows the applicant to dedicate resources to a specific technical dialogue. The alignment of the technical subject matter within the specified group suggests a focused patenting strategy for the communications technology.
KWIN XIE is the busiest examiner for the company, holding 1 pending office action. Because there is only 1 distinct examiner, this individual handles the entire pending workload. The 1 distinct art unit indicates the communications technology is classified within one specific examination unit. For the applicant, this suggests a focused prosecution environment where consistency in examiner communication is paramount. The limited scope of the current activity simplifies the management of the portfolio. This examiner handles the total active matters for the firm, ensuring that all feedback is filtered through a specific professional perspective.
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 (100%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| XIE, KWIN | 1 | 64.2% | +31.8% |
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.
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.
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2626 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18548792 | COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR DETERMINING A SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF ELEMENT SIZE VALUES FOR GEOMETRIC BASIC ELEMENTS OF A NETWORK DISPLAY FROM A DIGITAL DISPLAY OF AN OBJECT FOR A SIMULATION OF THE OBJECT | XIE, KWIN | 2626 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 01, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialVolume Graphics GmbH has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Kwin Xie has the most, with 1 of Volume Graphics GmbH's pending office actions.
Mostly Communications (USPTO Tech Center 2600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
