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Patent Examiner Alejandro Valencia

Art Unit 2853 · Inkjet Printheads, Ink Supply, Inks & Recording Media · Tech Center 2800 · 470 applications filed 2021–2026

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Alejandro Valencia is a USPTO patent examiner in Art Unit 2853 (Inkjet Printheads, Ink Supply, Inks & Recording Media) with 470 applications from filing years 2021–2026. Examiner Valencia's allowance rate is 36.0%, below the 82.2% USPTO average for applications filed in the same years. The examiner ranks harder than 95% of examiners. In 2022, decided applications with an examiner interview were allowed 15.2 percentage points more often than those without.

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Data through October 2026 from USPTO Patent Center (formerly PAIR) · Methodology

Overview

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Difficulty · Extremely Hard
harder than 95% of examiners
Easier95th percentileHarder
Allowance rate vs peers
Examiner Valencia36.0%
Art Unit 285385.9%
USPTO average82.2%
Allowance rate
36.0%
▼ USPTO avg 82.2%
Applications
470
filing years 2021–2026
First-action allowance
1.1%
patented with no rejection
Abandoned
37.4%
share of applications
Avg office actions
2.8
USPTO avg 1.2
Days to first OA
547
▼ USPTO 610
RCE rate
48.1%
USPTO 17.6%
Interview rate
14.7%
USPTO 25.1%

Examiner details

  • Art unit2853 · Inkjet Printheads, Ink Supply, Inks & Recording Media
  • Title / gradePrimary Patent Examiner · GS-14
  • Service17 years
  • PhoneOn each office action
  • Email[email protected]
  • In USPTO recordsVALENCIA, ALEJANDRO
Full signatory authority

Examiner Valencia can allow an application without a supervisory sign-off.

Examines (USPC classes)
347 · Incremental Printing of Symbolic Information

How to improve your odds with Examiner Valencia

  • The data favors an interview. Interviewed cases were allowed more often in both measured years, by 15.2 to 29.8 points.
  • The timeline runs ahead of the norm. First office action averages 547 days vs the 610-day USPTO norm.
  • Expect a §103. Obviousness is the most-issued rejection (773), and applicants overcame it 18.2% of the time.
  • The data favors an RCE here. Cases with an RCE were allowed more often in all 3 measured years, by 3.7 to 42.7 points.

Historical patterns from this examiner's past cases, shown for general information. This is not legal advice and does not predict the outcome of any specific application. Decisions about interviews, RCEs, and claim strategy should be made with a licensed patent attorney or agent.

Rejection patterns & how they get overcome

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§102 Novelty312 issued · 42.4% overcome
§103 Obviousness773 issued · 18.2% overcome
§112 Definiteness & disclosure416 issued · 39.9% overcome
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RCE behavior

Allowance after a Request for Continued Examination versus without one, per year. Use it to judge whether an RCE is worth the cost in front of Examiner Valencia.

YearRCE rateAllowance w/ RCEAllowance w/oDelta
202358.8%75.0%32.3%+42.7pp
202255.1%43.5%14.6%+28.9pp
202171.3%38.0%34.3%+3.7pp

Recent outcomes

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App #TitleOutcomeOAsArguments & redline
18/668078Degassing Device and Inkjet Recording ApparatusAbandoned0🔒 View
18/330521Controlling SystemPatented4🔒 View
19/081638Printing DeviceAbandoned1🔒 View
17/481707Liquid Discharging ApparatusPatented8🔒 View
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Art Unit 2853 technology

Inkjet printheads & controlInk supply & cartridgesInks & recording mediaMeasurement & sensor systemsTop CPC B41J · C09D · B41M
About this examiner. Alejandro Valencia examines in Art Unit 2853 (Inkjet Printheads, Ink Supply, Inks & Recording Media, Tech Center 2800). The art unit's docket includes inkjet printheads & control, ink supply & cartridges, inks & recording media, and measurement & sensor systems.

Frequently asked questions

What is Examiner Alejandro Valencia's allowance rate?
Examiner Valencia's allowance rate is 36.0%, compared with 82.2% across the USPTO and 85.9% in Art Unit 2853 for applications filed in the same years. That rate ranks Examiner Valencia harder than 95% of examiners.
Is Examiner Valencia a hard examiner?
Yes, markedly. Examiner Valencia ranks harder than 95% of examiners, in the 95th difficulty percentile (extremely hard). Examiner Valencia has a 36.0% allowance rate versus 82.2% across the USPTO and 85.9% in Art Unit 2853, 2.8 office actions per application versus 1.2, and an RCE rate of 48.1% versus 17.6% across the USPTO, for applications filed in the same years.
Do examiner interviews help with Examiner Valencia?
In this examiner's record, yes. Decided applications with an interview were allowed more often in both measured years, by 15.2 to 29.8 percentage points. In 2022, 41.2% of decided applications with an interview were allowed, versus 26.0% of those without.
What is Examiner Valencia's most common rejection?
§103 obviousness, issued 773 times in the data. Applicants overcame it 18.2% of the time. Of the 61 winning responses Boundly has classified, 53 amended the claims and argued.
Is an RCE worth filing with Examiner Valencia?
In this examiner's record, yes. Decided applications with an RCE were allowed more often in each of the 3 measured years, by 3.7 to 42.7 percentage points. In 2021, 38.0% of decided applications with an RCE were allowed, versus 34.3% of those without one.
How long until the first office action from Examiner Valencia?
About 547 days on average, versus 610 days across the USPTO for applications filed in the same years.
How do I contact Examiner Alejandro Valencia?
Examiner Valencia can be reached by email at [email protected]. The examiner's direct line is listed at the end of the examiner's office actions.

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Statistics are computed by Boundly Prosecution Intel from USPTO Patent Center (formerly PAIR) file wrappers for filing years 2021–2026, refreshed regularly. Allowance rate (sometimes called grant rate) is the share of disposed applications that issued as patents. Office actions here are non-final and final rejections, so restriction requirements and allowances are not counted. USPTO benchmarks are weighted to each examiner's mix of filing years, and art-unit benchmarks to the art units and filing years of the examiner's own applications, so they compare like for like. The difficulty percentile ranks examiners, each counted once, so it can point the other way from the USPTO average, which counts applications. See how each number is computed. The year-by-year interview and RCE tables show up to four recent filing years, leaving out the newest one and any year with fewer than ten applications or five decided applications on either side. Historical data is provided for informational purposes only. Past examiner behavior does not guarantee future outcomes, and nothing here is legal advice or a substitute for advice from a licensed patent attorney or agent. Are you Alejandro Valencia, or see an error? Request a correction.