Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
104 pending office actions • 9 art units • 39 examiners • 0 of 104 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 364 patents granted in the last 365 days
Aristocrat Technologies Inc. currently manages 104 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These matters are distributed across 39 distinct examiners, which indicates that many examiners are responsible for multiple applications. The portfolio spans 7 distinct art units, requiring the company to align its prosecution strategy with the specific technical standards of these groups.
The examiner HSU, RYAN is handling 15 pending office actions for the company. This concentration of 15 actions under this individual represents a portion of the 104 pending office actions. Practitioners should prioritize understanding the specific preferences and examination patterns of HSU, RYAN, as this examiner has a larger impact on the portfolio than other assigned professionals.
The distribution of work across 7 distinct art units suggests that the company's innovations in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering are focused on specialized areas. Coordinating responses across the 39 distinct examiners is necessary to ensure that the company maintains a consistent position. The number of actions assigned to HSU, RYAN provides an opportunity to develop a specialized approach for that segment of the portfolio.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 24 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. 24 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 | 36 (35%) |
| §101 + other | 36 (35%) |
| §103 only | 17 (16%) |
| §102 only | 2 (2%) |
| Double-patenting only | 4 (4%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 2 (2%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 5 (5%) |
| No statute on record | 2 (2%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HSU, RYAN | 15 | 56.5% | +17.3% |
| MOSSER, ROBERT E | 9 | 46.7% | +9.8% |
| PINHEIRO, JASON PAUL | 6 | 63.8% | +32.2% |
| MYHR, JUSTIN L | 5 | 63.9% | +27.9% |
| RENWICK, REGINALD A | 5 | 70.3% | +9.8% |
| THOMAS, ERIC M | 4 | 69.9% | +14.7% |
| LANEAU, RONALD | 4 | 88.1% | +9.9% |
| SHAH, MILAP | 4 | 69.7% | +40.0% |
| MCCLELLAN, JAMES S | 4 | 79.0% | +13.7% |
| LEICHLITER, CHASE E | 3 | 64.3% | +22.6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17854390 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LINKED PROGRESSIVE SPINS IN ELECTRONIC GAMING | LIDDLE, JAY TRENT | 56d overdue |
| 18430417 | GAMING DEVICE WITH QUALIFIER SYMBOL LINKED GAME EVENTS AND METHODS OF PERFORMING THE SAME | HSU, RYAN | 42d overdue |
| 18372992 | ELECTRONIC GAME WITH MULTIPLE REEL AREAS AND PERSISTENT BLOCKING SYMBOLS | HSU, RYAN | 36d overdue |
| 18459846 | Randomly Improving Winning Combinations Through Additional Game Windows in a Random Based Gaming Environment | HSU, RYAN | 26d overdue |
| 18602682 | GAMING SYSTEM WITH SYMBOL-DRIVEN APPROACH TO RANDOMLY-SELECTED TRIGGER VALUE FOR FEATURE | RENWICK, REGINALD A | 17d overdue |
| 18657693 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR A TABLE GAME USING A SPECIAL DECK OF CARDS AND A CONVENTIONAL DECK OF CARDS | THOMAS, ERIC M | 11d overdue |
| 18649421 | ELECTRONIC GAMING SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRIGGERING MULTIPLE METAMORPHIC FEATURES | LIM, SENG HENG | 11d overdue |
| 18624599 | GAMING DEVICE WITH CLONING REEL SUBSET AND EXPANDING REEL SUBSET | MOSSER, ROBERT E | 3d overdue |
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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18430417 | GAMING DEVICE WITH QUALIFIER SYMBOL LINKED GAME EVENTS AND METHODS OF PERFORMING THE SAME | HSU, RYAN | 42d overdue |
| 18372992 | ELECTRONIC GAME WITH MULTIPLE REEL AREAS AND PERSISTENT BLOCKING SYMBOLS | HSU, RYAN | 36d overdue |
| 18459846 | Randomly Improving Winning Combinations Through Additional Game Windows in a Random Based Gaming Environment | HSU, RYAN | 26d overdue |
| 18657693 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR A TABLE GAME USING A SPECIAL DECK OF CARDS AND A CONVENTIONAL DECK OF CARDS | THOMAS, ERIC M | 11d overdue |
| 18658857 | GAMING DEVICE WITH SYMBOL MERGE FUNCTIONALITY | MYHR, JUSTIN L | 1d overdue |
| 18474057 | GAMING DEVICE WITH PERSISTENCE SYMBOL CHANGING | LEICHLITER, CHASE E | 14d |
| 18099768 | Method of Gaming, a Gaming System and a Game Controller Having Moveable Symbols at Increasing Display Positions with Different Appearances | HSU, RYAN | 16d |
| 18225469 | Electronic Gaming Machine Having Spinning Reels with Dynamically Allocated Symbol Stacks | HSU, RYAN | 19d |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3715 | 96 |
| 3677 | 1 |
| 2424 | 1 |
| 3619 | 1 |
| 2837 | 1 |
| 2175 | 1 |
| 2171 | 1 |
| 2449 | 1 |
| 3700 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19540461 | CRYPTOCURRENCY TRANSACTIONAL SYSTEMS AND METHODS | LEICHLITER, CHASE E | 3715 | §101 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 13, 2026 |
| 19195704 | BILL VALIDATOR MOUNT FOR ELECTRONIC GAMING MACHINES | MILLER, WILLIAM L | 3677 | §102Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 30, 2025 |
| 19097713 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING AND PROVIDING SHARED BONUS FEATURES IN ELECTRONIC WAGERING GAMES | WONG, JEFFREY KEITH | 3715 | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 01, 2025 |
| 19097712 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING AND PROVIDING SHARED BONUS FEATURES IN ELECTRONIC WAGERING GAMES | WONG, JEFFREY KEITH | 3715 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 01, 2025 |
| 19090913 | Electronic Game Systems and Methods with Multilevel Metamorphic Features | CHIN, RICKY | 2424 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 26, 2025 |
| 19084435 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SUPPORTING ONE OR MORE EXTERNAL APPLICATIONS AT A GAMING DEVICE | LARSEN, CARL VICTOR | 3715 | §101§102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 19, 2025 |
| 19056438 | ELECTRONIC GAMING SYSTEMS AND METHODS WITH PERSISTENT GAME TIERS | ELISCA, PIERRE E | 3715 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 18, 2025 |
| 19056580 | INTEGRATED MODULAR SEATING SYSTEMS FOR ELECTRONIC GAMING SYSTEMS AND METHODS | ALVESTEFFER, STEPHEN D | 3715 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 18, 2025 |
| 19050723 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PLAYING A WAGERING GAME IN WHICH SYMBOLS ARE POPULATED FROM ONE OR MORE REELS TO BINGO CARDS | ELISCA, PIERRE E | 3715 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 11, 2025 |
| 19049947 | LOW-COMPLEXITY REEL SYMBOL REPLACEMENT STRATEGY WITH CLUSTERING | THOMAS, ERIC M | 3715 | §101DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 10, 2025 |
| 19047834 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ELECTRONIC GAMING USING HISTORICAL DATA | CUFF, MICHAEL A | 3715 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 07, 2025 |
| 19047897 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING A MULTI-GAME BINGO GAME | LANEAU, RONALD | 3715 | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 07, 2025 |
| 19047931 | PREPARATION AND INSTALLATION OF GAMING DEVICES USING BLOCKCHAIN | LANEAU, RONALD | 3715 | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 07, 2025 |
| 19047166 | ELECTRONIC GAMING SYSTEMS AND METHODS HAVING ACTIVATABLE AND DEACTIVATABLE MATRIX POSITIONS | ALLEN, WILLIAM J | 3619 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 06, 2025 |
| 19046186 | GAMING SYSTEMS FOR PROVIDING A MUST HIT BY PROGRESSIVE AWARD | ALVESTEFFER, STEPHEN D | 3715 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 05, 2025 |
| 19043286 | ELECTRONIC GAMING MACHINE HAVING A VARIABLE POSITION GAMING DISPLAY AND A FLEXIBLE GAMING DISPLAY RESPONSIVE TO GAMING CONDITIONS | MYHR, JUSTIN L | 3715 | §102DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 31, 2025 |
| 19033585 | TICKETING SYSTEMS ON A DISTRIBUTED LEDGER | SHAH, MILAP | 3715 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 22, 2025 |
| 19034167 | DYNAMICALLY COMPUTING PROGRESSIVE FEATURE PARAMETERS FOR SELECTABLE VOLATILITY PICK OPTIONS IN RANDOM-BASED OUTCOME GAMES | MOSSER, ROBERT E | 3715 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 22, 2025 |
| 19026139 | ELECTRONIC GAMING MACHINE INCLUDING HYBRID VIRTUAL AND PHYSICAL BUTTON AREA | MYHR, JUSTIN L | 3715 | §102DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 16, 2025 |
| 18977747 | MULTIPLAYER GAME SERVER FOR WAGERING GAME TOURNAMENT ADMINISTRATION | MCCLELLAN, JAMES S | 3715 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 11, 2024 |
| 18970342 | INTEGRATED JACKPOT GAMING SYSTEMS AND METHODS | MOSSER, ROBERT E | 3715 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 05, 2024 |
| 18957353 | MEMORY-EFFICIENT SYMBOL CREDIT VALUE GENERATION SYSTEM | MOSSER, ROBERT E | 3715 | §101§102Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 22, 2024 |
| 18931195 | LIFT ASSEMBLY AND MOUNT FOR A MONITOR OF AN ELECTRONIC GAMING MACHINE | PINHEIRO, JASON PAUL | 3715 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 30, 2024 |
| 18929584 | TOURNAMENT GAMING SYSTEM WITH ALL WINS MULTIPLIER MODE | PINHEIRO, JASON PAUL | 3715 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 28, 2024 |
| 18914790 | BUTTON DECK WITH NON-PENETRATING PUSHBUTTON | HOMZA, LISA NHUNG | 2837 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 14, 2024 |
| 18900300 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF ELECTRONIC GAMING INCLUDING PERSISTENT OUTPUT PRESENTATION | MCCLELLAN, JAMES S | 3715 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 27, 2024 |
| 18897990 | ELECTRONIC GAMING SYSTEM AND METHOD HAVING A COMMUNITY GAME PLAY DISPLAY AREA | SHAH, MILAP | 3715 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 26, 2024 |
| 18894871 | PLAYER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD WITH INTEROPERABILITY IN CASINO ENVIRONMENTS | ANGELES, JOSE | 3715 | §101§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 24, 2024 |
| 18893417 | WIDE AREA PROGRESSIVE BONUS SYSTEM AND METHOD WITHIN A MOBILE CASINO GAMING APPLICATION | CUFF, MICHAEL A | 3715 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 23, 2024 |
| 18890115 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING POWER CONSUMPTION IN AN ELECTRONIC GAMING ENVIRONMENT | YEN, PAUL JUEI-FU | 2175 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 30d | Pending | Sep 19, 2024 |
| 18884846 | ELECTRONIC GAMING SYSTEMS HAVING BONUS EVENTS WITH PERSISTENT CREDIT VALUES | KIM, KEVIN Y | 3715 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 13, 2024 |
| 18885212 | SYSTEMS, APPARATUS, AND METHODS FOR UNLOCKING HIGHER RTP GAMES | SHAH, MILAP | 3715 | §101§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 13, 2024 |
| 18818972 | DISPLAY ASSEMBLIES FOR A GAMING DEVICE HAVING A CURVED EDGE | MCCLELLAN, JAMES S | 3715 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 29, 2024 |
| 18819622 | ELECTRONIC GAMING ENVIRONMENTS WITH 3D IMMERSIVE AUDIO SYSTEMS | MCCLELLAN, JAMES S | 3715 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 29, 2024 |
| 18808741 | HOLD AND SPIN WITH OVERLAPPING FEATURES AND EXPANDING REELS GAMING SYSTEMS AND METHODS | GRANT, MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER | 3715 | §101 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 19, 2024 |
| 18777136 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EVALUATING A PERSISTENT BONUS GAME JACKPOT AGAINST A DYNAMICALLY SELECTED PAYTABLE | YEN, JASON TAHAI | 3715 | §101Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 18, 2024 |
| 18776072 | AUTOMATIC HELPDESK EXPLAINER | LEGGETT, ANDREA C. | 2171 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 17, 2024 |
| 18750556 | ELECTRONIC GAMING SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRESENTING A BONUS GAME WITH MULTIPLE METAMORPHIC GAME ENHANCEMENTS | THOMAS, ERIC M | 3715 | §101 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 21, 2024 |
| 18659909 | DYNAMIC MULTI-GAME LOBBY FOR A RANDOM GAMING ENVIRONMENT | POLLOCK, ZACHARY JOSEPH | 3715 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 55d | Pending | May 09, 2024 |
| 18658857 | GAMING DEVICE WITH SYMBOL MERGE FUNCTIONALITY | MYHR, JUSTIN L | 3715 | §101§102Other | Final Rejection | 1d overdue | Pending | May 08, 2024 |
| 18657693 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR A TABLE GAME USING A SPECIAL DECK OF CARDS AND A CONVENTIONAL DECK OF CARDS | THOMAS, ERIC M | 3715 | §101 | Final Rejection | 11d overdue | Pending | May 07, 2024 |
| 18654836 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DYNAMICALLY CONTROLLING DISPLAYED SYMBOLS IN ELECTRONIC GAMING | MCCULLOCH JR, WILLIAM H | 3715 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 03, 2024 |
| 18649421 | ELECTRONIC GAMING SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRIGGERING MULTIPLE METAMORPHIC FEATURES | LIM, SENG HENG | 3715 | §101§102 | Final Rejection | 11d overdue | Pending | Apr 29, 2024 |
| 18624599 | GAMING DEVICE WITH CLONING REEL SUBSET AND EXPANDING REEL SUBSET | MOSSER, ROBERT E | 3715 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 3d overdue | Pending | Apr 02, 2024 |
| 18596392 | EQUITY-BASED BONUS COMMUNITY GAMING SYSTEMS AND METHODS | HU, KANG | 3715 | §101 | Final Rejection | 3d overdue | Pending | Mar 05, 2024 |
| 18584586 | GAMING DEVICE INCLUDING A HINGE ASSEMBLY FOR A DOOR | RENWICK, REGINALD A | 3715 | §103 | Final Rejection | 9d | Pending | Feb 22, 2024 |
| 18375015 | CASINO PAYMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD WITH INTEROPERABILITY IN CASINO ENVIRONMENTS | TORIMIRO, ADETOKUNBO OLUSEGUN | 3715 | Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 29, 2023 |
| 18477952 | COLLECTION MECHANIC AND PICK FEATURE SYSTEMS AND METHODS IN ELECTRONIC GAMING | HSU, RYAN | 3715 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 29, 2023 |
| 18372992 | ELECTRONIC GAME WITH MULTIPLE REEL AREAS AND PERSISTENT BLOCKING SYMBOLS | HSU, RYAN | 3715 | §101 | Non-Final OA | 36d overdue | Pending | Sep 26, 2023 |
| 18474057 | GAMING DEVICE WITH PERSISTENCE SYMBOL CHANGING | LEICHLITER, CHASE E | 3715 | §101 | Non-Final OA | 14d | Pending | Sep 25, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialAristocrat Technologies Inc. has 104 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 9 art units and 39 examiners.
Ryan Hsu has the most, with 15 of Aristocrat Technologies Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.