Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 27, 2026

DENSO TEN Limited

Technology area: Communications

11 pending office actions • 11 art units • 11 examiners • 0 of 11 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 30 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

DENSO TEN Limited has 10 pending office actions in Communications. The matters involve 10 distinct examiners and 10 distinct art units, showing that each pending action is associated with a separate examiner and technical unit in the available data.

YENKE, BRIAN P is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. The absence of repeated examiner assignments places emphasis on matter-by-matter prosecution management and on maintaining consistent claim strategy across separate examination teams.

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

Portfolio Summary

11
Total Pending OAs
8
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

0
Overdue
1
Due this week
1
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.

4
Hard (36%)
6
Medium (55%)
1
Easy (9%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other2 (18%)
§103 only6 (55%)
§112 only1 (9%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (18%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
3
Information Tech
27% of docket
5
Communications
45% of docket
2
Semiconductors
18% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
9% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% 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.

110 h
Manual time on pending OAs
22 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
38 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.0 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
YENKE, BRIAN P 1 63.4% +13.2%
PATEL, MANGLESH M 1 75.1% +17.9%
NGUYEN, AN T 1 67.8% +18.8%
ADAMS, EILEEN M 1 86.3% +4.1%
ALLISON, ANDRAE S 1 84.1% -15.5%
BRINEY III, WALTER F 1 65.3% +4.5%
KOUSAR, SADIA 1 65.9% +10.9%
ROY, SANCHITA 1 72.3% +47.1%
MARANO, NATASHA YOLANDA 1 100.0% +0.0%
TERRELL, EMILY C 1 58.6% +36.0%

Quick Wins (1)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18596955 CONTROL DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD MARANO, NATASHA YOLANDA —

Hard Cases (4)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19317382 IN-VEHICLE APPARATUS NGUYEN, AN T —
19120627 CONTENT REPRODUCTION DEVICE, VIBRATION CONTROL SIGNAL GENERATION DEVICE, SERVER DEVICE, VIBRATION CONTROL SIGNAL GENERATION METHOD, CONTENT REPRODUCTION SYSTEM, AND DESIGN ASSISTANCE DEVICE ADAMS, EILEEN M —
18956817 IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD ALLISON, ANDRAE S —
18601150 AI TRAINING METHOD, AI TRAINING DEVICE, AND AI TRAINING PROGRAM ROY, SANCHITA —

Interview Candidates (6)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18122929 ONBOARD CAMERA CALIBRATION APPARATUS TERRELL, EMILY C 7d
19423015 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE YENKE, BRIAN P —
19319054 VEHICLE AND VEHICLE CONTROLLER PATEL, MANGLESH M —
19317382 IN-VEHICLE APPARATUS NGUYEN, AN T —
18603504 CHARGING CONTROL DEVICE AND CHARGING CONTROL METHOD KOUSAR, SADIA —
18601150 AI TRAINING METHOD, AI TRAINING DEVICE, AND AI TRAINING PROGRAM ROY, SANCHITA —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2482 1
3665 1
2686 1
2481 1
2673 1
2692 1
2859 1
2146 1
2843 1
2666 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19423015 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE YENKE, BRIAN P 2482 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 17, 2025
19319054 VEHICLE AND VEHICLE CONTROLLER PATEL, MANGLESH M 3665 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 04, 2025
19317382 IN-VEHICLE APPARATUS NGUYEN, AN T 2686 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 03, 2025
19120627 CONTENT REPRODUCTION DEVICE, VIBRATION CONTROL SIGNAL GENERATION DEVICE, SERVER DEVICE, VIBRATION CONTROL SIGNAL GENERATION METHOD, CONTENT REPRODUCTION SYSTEM, AND DESIGN ASSISTANCE DEVICE ADAMS, EILEEN M 2481 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 11, 2025
18956817 IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD ALLISON, ANDRAE S 2673 §101§102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 22, 2024
18821230 SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS BRINEY III, WALTER F 2692 §103 Final Rejection 12d Pending Aug 30, 2024
18603504 CHARGING CONTROL DEVICE AND CHARGING CONTROL METHOD KOUSAR, SADIA 2859 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 13, 2024
18601150 AI TRAINING METHOD, AI TRAINING DEVICE, AND AI TRAINING PROGRAM ROY, SANCHITA 2146 §101§102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 11, 2024
18596955 CONTROL DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD MARANO, NATASHA YOLANDA 2843 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 06, 2024
18122929 ONBOARD CAMERA CALIBRATION APPARATUS TERRELL, EMILY C 2666 §103 Final Rejection 7d Pending Mar 17, 2023
17942305 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM ISLAM, MEHRAZUL NMN 2662 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Sep 12, 2022

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does DENSO TEN Limited have?

DENSO TEN Limited has 11 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 11 art units and 11 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most DENSO TEN Limited applications?

Brian P Yenke has the most, with 1 of DENSO TEN Limited's pending office actions.

What technology area are DENSO TEN Limited's patent applications in?

Mostly Communications (USPTO Tech Center 2600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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