Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Dentsu Inc.

3 pending office actions • 2 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

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

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 (100%)
0
Medium (0%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other3 (100%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
67% of docket
1
Business / Other
33% 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.

30 h
Manual time on pending OAs
6 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
10 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
VIG, NARESH 1 36.6% +43.4%
WASAFF, JOHN S. 1 33.5% +44.0%
LEE, JENNIFER V 1 25.3% +40.3%

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
18870575 ADVERTISEMENT MATERIAL ALLOCATION SYSTEM, ADVERTISEMENT MATERIAL ALLOCATION DEVICE, ADVERTISEMENT MATERIAL ALLOCATION METHOD, AND ADVERTISEMENT MATERIAL ALLOCATION PROGRAM VIG, NARESH
19130065 INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, METHOD, PROGRAM, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE WASAFF, JOHN S.
18723769 ITEM DISTRIBUTION CONTROL DEVICE, ITEM DISTRIBUTION CONTROL PROGRAM, ITEM DISTRIBUTION CONTROL METHOD, VR TERMINAL, VR TERMINAL PROGRAM, AND VR TERMINAL CONTROL METHOD LEE, JENNIFER V

Interview Candidates (3)

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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18870575 ADVERTISEMENT MATERIAL ALLOCATION SYSTEM, ADVERTISEMENT MATERIAL ALLOCATION DEVICE, ADVERTISEMENT MATERIAL ALLOCATION METHOD, AND ADVERTISEMENT MATERIAL ALLOCATION PROGRAM VIG, NARESH
19130065 INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, METHOD, PROGRAM, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE WASAFF, JOHN S.
18723769 ITEM DISTRIBUTION CONTROL DEVICE, ITEM DISTRIBUTION CONTROL PROGRAM, ITEM DISTRIBUTION CONTROL METHOD, VR TERMINAL, VR TERMINAL PROGRAM, AND VR TERMINAL CONTROL METHOD LEE, JENNIFER V

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3629 1
3688 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18870575 ADVERTISEMENT MATERIAL ALLOCATION SYSTEM, ADVERTISEMENT MATERIAL ALLOCATION DEVICE, ADVERTISEMENT MATERIAL ALLOCATION METHOD, AND ADVERTISEMENT MATERIAL ALLOCATION PROGRAM VIG, NARESH §101§102 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 28, 2025
19130065 INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, METHOD, PROGRAM, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE WASAFF, JOHN S. 3629 §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending May 14, 2025
18723769 ITEM DISTRIBUTION CONTROL DEVICE, ITEM DISTRIBUTION CONTROL PROGRAM, ITEM DISTRIBUTION CONTROL METHOD, VR TERMINAL, VR TERMINAL PROGRAM, AND VR TERMINAL CONTROL METHOD LEE, JENNIFER V 3688 §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 24, 2024

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