Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

X-Celeprint Limited

Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering

5 pending office actions • 3 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 10 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

X-Celeprint Limited has 4 pending office actions in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. These actions are spread across 4 distinct examiners, showing that each pending matter is being handled by a different individual at the patent office. The company's prosecution activity is situated within 3 distinct art units, indicating some technical variety in the groups reviewing these applications while maintaining a focus on semiconductor and optical technologies.

The busiest examiner for the portfolio is FERGUSON SAMRETH, MARISSA LIANA, who is responsible for 1 pending office action. With 4 pending office actions and 4 distinct examiners, the workload is evenly distributed across the patent office staff. This arrangement across 3 distinct art units suggests that the company's innovations are being evaluated by a diverse set of reviewers, ensuring that each of the 4 pending actions receives individual attention from a specialized examiner.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

5
Total Pending OAs
4
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

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.

3
Hard (60%)
2
Medium (40%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only2 (40%)
Multi-statute (no §101)3 (60%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
20% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
20% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
20% of docket
2
Business / Other
40% 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.

50 h
Manual time on pending OAs
10 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
18 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
FERGUSON SAMRETH, MARISSA LIANA 1 69.9% +11.0%
KONVES, ADRIANNA N 1 76.2% +14.8%
ARROYO, TERESA M 1 71.9% +23.2%
POLLEY, CHRISTOPHER M 1 72.9% +26.4%
CARLEY, JEFFREY T. 1 74.0% +26.5%

Hard Cases (3)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18989413 STAMPS FOR MICRO-TRANSFER-PRINTING WITH CURVED STAMP POST ENDS KONVES, ADRIANNA N —
18771086 ENCLOSED CAVITY STRUCTURES ARROYO, TERESA M —
17693253 PRINTING COMPONENTS SUSPENDED BY FRAMES CARLEY, JEFFREY T. —

Interview Candidates (5)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
17955346 HIGH-PRECISION PRINTED STRUCTURES AND METHODS OF MAKING POLLEY, CHRISTOPHER M 18d overdue
19283387 TRANSFER PRINTING STAMPS AND METHODS OF STAMP DELAMINATION FERGUSON SAMRETH, MARISSA LIANA —
18989413 STAMPS FOR MICRO-TRANSFER-PRINTING WITH CURVED STAMP POST ENDS KONVES, ADRIANNA N —
18771086 ENCLOSED CAVITY STRUCTURES ARROYO, TERESA M —
17693253 PRINTING COMPONENTS SUSPENDED BY FRAMES CARLEY, JEFFREY T. —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2853 1
1785 1
3729 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19283387 TRANSFER PRINTING STAMPS AND METHODS OF STAMP DELAMINATION FERGUSON SAMRETH, MARISSA LIANA 2853 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 29, 2025
18989413 STAMPS FOR MICRO-TRANSFER-PRINTING WITH CURVED STAMP POST ENDS KONVES, ADRIANNA N — §102§103§112Other Final Rejection — Pending Dec 20, 2024
18771086 ENCLOSED CAVITY STRUCTURES ARROYO, TERESA M — §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 12, 2024
17955346 HIGH-PRECISION PRINTED STRUCTURES AND METHODS OF MAKING POLLEY, CHRISTOPHER M 1785 §103 Non-Final OA 18d overdue Pending Sep 28, 2022
17693253 PRINTING COMPONENTS SUSPENDED BY FRAMES CARLEY, JEFFREY T. 3729 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 11, 2022

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