Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
28 pending office actions • 18 art units • 24 examiners • 0 of 28 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 74 patents granted in the last 365 days
Xerox Corporation has 28 pending office actions in Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics. The docket spans 24 examiners and 17 art units, indicating broad prosecution activity across multiple examination settings.
VALENCIA, ALEJANDRO is the busiest examiner, with 5 pending matters. This assignment is the clearest examiner-specific concentration in the profile, but the broader distribution means that portfolio management cannot depend on a single examiner relationship.
The difference between total actions, examiner assignments, and art-unit assignments suggests that some matters share examination context while others do not. Counsel should maintain centralized tracking for recurring claim and prior-art issues, then tailor responses to the relevant examiner and art unit.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 10 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. 10 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 only | 1 (4%) |
| §101 + other | 2 (7%) |
| §103 only | 8 (29%) |
| §102 only | 3 (11%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (4%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (4%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 12 (43%) |
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 | 5 | 42.7% | +6.2% |
| QUINN, NATASHA DEPHENIA | 1 | 90.9% | +9.7% |
| SOLOMON, LISA | 1 | 90.5% | +6.8% |
| LIN, JESSICA YIFANG | 1 | 81.3% | +12.5% |
| VO, QUANG N | 1 | 72.7% | +6.1% |
| WAIT, CHRISTOPHER | 1 | 76.7% | +13.4% |
| MELENDEZ, ARMAND | 1 | 46.1% | +43.1% |
| HIGGINS, GERARD T | 1 | 63.3% | +39.4% |
| COLLINS, MICHAEL | 1 | 70.8% | +22.9% |
| DHINGRA, PAWANDEEP | 1 | 60.4% | +16.7% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19012632 | METHOD FOR PREDICTING PRINT PERFORMANCE AND A RELATED PRINTER | SOLOMON, LISA | — |
| 18977722 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DETECTING A SECURITY MARK IN A COLORED MEDIA DOCUMENT | LIN, JESSICA YIFANG | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18586954 | FLUORESCENT WATERMARK FOR PARTIALLY REFLECTING/ABSORBING INKS IN THE UV SPECTRUM | GRABOWSKI, KYLE ROBERT | 86d overdue |
| 18660727 | ESSENTIAL OIL MICROPARTICLES FOR POWDER COATING APPLICATIONS | WEDDLE, ALEXANDER MARION | 34d |
| 18616956 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRESERVING INKJET OPERATIONAL STATUS DURING LONG PERIODS OF PRINTHEAD INACTIVITY | VALENCIA, ALEJANDRO | 41d |
| 17706068 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATED DESIGN GENERATION FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING UTILIZING MACHINE LEARNING BASED SURROGATE MODEL FOR CRACKING | HAO, YI | 56d |
| 17831790 | CO-GENERATION OF COLLISION-FREE SHAPES IN ARBITRARY RELATIVE MOTION | MAPAR, BIJAN | 72d |
| 18480907 | THERMOPLASTIC POLYESTER PARTICLES AND METHODS OF PRODUCTION AND USES THEREOF | BROOKS, KREGG T | 84d |
| 19051763 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR JET HEALTH PRESERVATION IN CUT SHEET AQUEOUS INKJET SYSTEMS | QUINN, NATASHA DEPHENIA | — |
| 18904662 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SUPPORTING AND EXTRACTING A BUILD PART FORMED IN AN ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING PROCESS | MELENDEZ, ARMAND | — |
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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18977722 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DETECTING A SECURITY MARK IN A COLORED MEDIA DOCUMENT | LIN, JESSICA YIFANG | — |
| 18957735 | IR (INFRARED) MARK DESTROYED ON COPY | WAIT, CHRISTOPHER | — |
| 18904662 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SUPPORTING AND EXTRACTING A BUILD PART FORMED IN AN ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING PROCESS | MELENDEZ, ARMAND | — |
| 18848977 | 3D-PRINTABLE PIEZOELECTRIC CERAMIC COMPOSITIONS WITH CARBON NANOMATERIALS | HIGGINS, GERARD T | — |
| 18747583 | VERTICAL CAROUSEL PADDING SYSTEM FOR RETAIL SIGNAGE | COLLINS, MICHAEL | — |
| 18680624 | INTELLIGENT DEVICE CONNECTION LAYER UTILIZED WITH MULTI-FUNCTION DEVICE (MFD) SYSTEMS | DHINGRA, PAWANDEEP | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2853 | 7 |
| 2683 | 3 |
| 1764 | 2 |
| 2187 | 2 |
| 2668 | 1 |
| 1759 | 1 |
| 1734 | 1 |
| 3655 | 1 |
| 1762 | 1 |
| 1712 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19051763 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR JET HEALTH PRESERVATION IN CUT SHEET AQUEOUS INKJET SYSTEMS | QUINN, NATASHA DEPHENIA | 2853 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 12, 2025 |
| 19012632 | METHOD FOR PREDICTING PRINT PERFORMANCE AND A RELATED PRINTER | SOLOMON, LISA | 2853 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 07, 2025 |
| 18977722 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DETECTING A SECURITY MARK IN A COLORED MEDIA DOCUMENT | LIN, JESSICA YIFANG | 2668 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 11, 2024 |
| 18959517 | SECURITY PRINTING USING MIXED SPOT SIZES IN STOCHASTIC OR FREQUENCY MODULATED HALFTONE IMAGES | VO, QUANG N | 2683 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 25, 2024 |
| 18957735 | IR (INFRARED) MARK DESTROYED ON COPY | WAIT, CHRISTOPHER | 2683 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 23, 2024 |
| 18904662 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SUPPORTING AND EXTRACTING A BUILD PART FORMED IN AN ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING PROCESS | MELENDEZ, ARMAND | 1759 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 02, 2024 |
| 18848977 | 3D-PRINTABLE PIEZOELECTRIC CERAMIC COMPOSITIONS WITH CARBON NANOMATERIALS | HIGGINS, GERARD T | 1734 | §102§103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 20, 2024 |
| 18747583 | VERTICAL CAROUSEL PADDING SYSTEM FOR RETAIL SIGNAGE | COLLINS, MICHAEL | 3655 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 19, 2024 |
| 18680624 | INTELLIGENT DEVICE CONNECTION LAYER UTILIZED WITH MULTI-FUNCTION DEVICE (MFD) SYSTEMS | DHINGRA, PAWANDEEP | 2683 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 31, 2024 |
| 18668360 | INK COMPOSITIONS SUBSTANTIALLY FREE OF LOW-BOILING ORGANIC SOLVENTS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME | YOON, TAE H | 1762 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 20, 2024 |
| 18660727 | ESSENTIAL OIL MICROPARTICLES FOR POWDER COATING APPLICATIONS | WEDDLE, ALEXANDER MARION | 1712 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 34d | Pending | May 10, 2024 |
| 18627952 | DEFECTIVE INKJET COMPENSATION USING HALFTONE SCREEN PERMUTATIONS | VALENCIA, ALEJANDRO | 2853 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 05, 2024 |
| 18627965 | COOLING DEVICE INCLUDING HEAT PIPES FOR IMPROVED HEAT REMOVAL EFFICIENCY IN A PRINTING SYSTEM | VALENCIA, ALEJANDRO | 2853 | §103 | Final Rejection | 8d overdue | Pending | Apr 05, 2024 |
| 18626108 | DIAGNOSTIC AND DETECTION METHOD FOR INKJET PRINTS USING PAPER PRECOAT SOLUTIONS | VALENCIA, ALEJANDRO | 2853 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 03, 2024 |
| 18616956 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRESERVING INKJET OPERATIONAL STATUS DURING LONG PERIODS OF PRINTHEAD INACTIVITY | VALENCIA, ALEJANDRO | 2853 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 41d | Pending | Mar 26, 2024 |
| 18586954 | FLUORESCENT WATERMARK FOR PARTIALLY REFLECTING/ABSORBING INKS IN THE UV SPECTRUM | GRABOWSKI, KYLE ROBERT | 3637 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 86d overdue | Pending | Feb 26, 2024 |
| 18408280 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MEASURING PRIMER PARAMETERS IN INKJET PRINTERS | VALENCIA, ALEJANDRO | 2853 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 112d overdue | Pending | Jan 09, 2024 |
| 18522016 | FAST FABRICATION OF FIBER REINFORCED POLYMERS USING SOLID EPOXY POWDER CONTAINING AN INITIATOR | PAK, HANNAH J | 1764 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 28, 2023 |
| 18480907 | THERMOPLASTIC POLYESTER PARTICLES AND METHODS OF PRODUCTION AND USES THEREOF | BROOKS, KREGG T | 1764 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 84d | Pending | Oct 04, 2023 |
| 18462059 | PARTICLES COMPRISING POLYAMIDES WITH PENDENT OPTICAL ABSORBERS AND RELATED METHODS | JOHNSTON, BRIEANN R | 1766 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 06, 2023 |
| 18358369 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FORMING INTERNAL STRUCTURES OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) OBJECTS | LUK, VANESSA TIBAY | 1733 | §103 | Final Rejection | 34d | Pending | Jul 25, 2023 |
| 18209562 | TRANSFER HEAD AND METHOD OF FORMING SAME | RODDEN, JOSHUA E | 3642 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 14, 2023 |
| 18297506 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC FLOORPLAN GENERATION | COOK, BRIAN S | 2187 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 07, 2023 |
| 18172138 | GENERATING CONSOLIDATED DESIGNS OF A PRODUCTION MODEL TO REPLACE MULTIPLE PARTS OF AN ASSEMBLY | COTHRAN, BERNARD E | 2188 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 21, 2023 |
| 17879667 | TECHNIQUES TO DETERMINE A HYBRID MANUFACTURING PLAN | BOROWSKI, MICHAEL | 3624 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 02, 2022 |
| 17815998 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS OF GENERATING GEOMETRIC DESIGNS BASED ON SYSTEM-LEVEL DESIGNS | ALHIJA, SAIF A | 2186 | §103 | Final Rejection | 10d overdue | Pending | Jul 29, 2022 |
| 17831790 | CO-GENERATION OF COLLISION-FREE SHAPES IN ARBITRARY RELATIVE MOTION | MAPAR, BIJAN | 2189 | §101 | Final Rejection | 72d | Pending | Jun 03, 2022 |
| 17706068 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATED DESIGN GENERATION FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING UTILIZING MACHINE LEARNING BASED SURROGATE MODEL FOR CRACKING | HAO, YI | 2187 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 56d | Pending | Mar 28, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialXerox Corporation has 28 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 18 art units and 24 examiners.
Alejandro Valencia has the most, with 5 of Xerox Corporation's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
