Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
4 pending office actions • 3 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Dentsu Inc. is managing 4 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These actions involve 4 distinct examiners and are spread across 3 distinct art units. OSMAN BILAL AHMED, AFAF is the busiest examiner, managing 1 pending office action. This indicates that each of the 4 pending office actions is being reviewed by a different individual, ensuring independent evaluations for each matter.
The distribution across 3 distinct art units suggests that the company's technology touches several specialized areas within Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems. Practitioners must adapt their strategies to the specific guidelines of these 3 distinct art units and the preferences of 4 distinct examiners. With 4 pending office actions in total, the company maintains a diverse prosecution profile. This variety in examiners and art units requires a flexible approach to managing the company's current intellectual property portfolio.
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 + other | 4 (100%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| OSMAN BILAL AHMED, AFAF | 1 | 16.2% | +14.1% |
| VIG, NARESH | 1 | 36.4% | +42.9% |
| WASAFF, JOHN S. | 1 | 33.8% | +44.0% |
| LEE, JENNIFER V | 1 | 25.1% | +39.7% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18880959 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM | OSMAN BILAL AHMED, AFAF | — |
| 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 | — |
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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18880959 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM | OSMAN BILAL AHMED, AFAF | — |
| 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 | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3622 | 1 |
| 3629 | 1 |
| 3688 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18880959 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM | OSMAN BILAL AHMED, AFAF | 3622 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 25, 2025 |
| 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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