Technology areas: Communications • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
49 pending office actions • 38 art units • 48 examiners • 0 of 49 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 103 patents granted in the last 365 days
Disney Enterprises Inc. has 46 pending office actions in Communications. The matters involve 45 distinct examiners and 36 distinct art units, showing broad examiner distribution alongside repeated placement in certain art units. The docket warrants centralized controls for deadlines, disclosure consistency, and recurring communications claim issues.
KIM, STEVEN S is the busiest examiner, with 2 pending matters. That assignment is limited relative to the full portfolio, so examiner-specific coordination should supplement rather than replace application-level analysis. Art-unit review may help identify repeat practices affecting communications claims and amendment strategy.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 15 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. 15 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 | 2 (4%) |
| §101 + other | 14 (29%) |
| §103 only | 26 (53%) |
| §102 only | 1 (2%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 6 (12%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KIM, STEVEN S | 2 | 38.7% | +39.7% |
| MENDOZA, JUNIOR O | 1 | 65.7% | +20.9% |
| CHOI, YUE YIN | 1 | 60.0% | +8.2% |
| LOWEN, NICHOLAS DANIEL | 1 | 64.7% | +61.4% |
| ZHANG, YINGCHUAN | 1 | 68.9% | +28.4% |
| PROTAZI, BRIGITER DIVULALE | 1 | 50.0% | +100.0% |
| BROWN, SHEREE N | 1 | 65.6% | +26.5% |
| CHIN, MICHELLE | 1 | 85.5% | +11.5% |
| GOCO, JOHN PATRICK | 1 | 50.0% | +75.0% |
| AVILA, STEPHEN P | 1 | 80.2% | +10.5% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18990819 | PATH GUIDING USING NEURAL RADIANCE CACHING WITH RESAMPLED IMPORTANCE SAMPLING | CHIN, MICHELLE | — |
| 18955968 | HOODED HANDLE ASSEMBLY OF A WATER VESSEL OR SNOW VESSEL | AVILA, STEPHEN P | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16995200 | Systems and Methods for Providing Media Content | KIM, STEVEN S | 29d overdue |
| 18405511 | VULNERABILITY AND REMEDIATION VALIDATION AUTOMATION | MARTINEZ, TOMMY NMN | 18d overdue |
| 18348550 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO IMPLEMENT PHYSICAL AND/OR BEHAVIORAL ATTRIBUTES THAT DEFINE A PERSONALITY ENTITY ASSOCIATED WITH A DIGITAL ASSET VIA A PHYSICAL OBJECT | HYDER, MD SAKIB | 8d overdue |
| 17696329 | Machine Learning Model Based Embedding for Adaptable Content Evaluation | HONORE, EVEL NMN | 15d |
| 17972285 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO MANAGE DIGITAL ASSET FUNCTIONALITY BASED ON FULFILLMENT OF CRITERIA | SHARVIN, DAVID P | 23d |
| 19255949 | CONTEXTUAL SUPPLEMENTAL CONTENT INSERTION AND OPTIMIZATION | MENDOZA, JUNIOR O | — |
| 19179523 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SERVER OVERLOAD PROTECTION | CHOI, YUE YIN | — |
| 19062221 | LOGICAL WIDTH-BASED PROMPT CONDITIONING FOR GENERATIVE AI AND LLM | LOWEN, NICHOLAS DANIEL | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16995200 | Systems and Methods for Providing Media Content | KIM, STEVEN S | 29d overdue |
| 19255949 | CONTEXTUAL SUPPLEMENTAL CONTENT INSERTION AND OPTIMIZATION | MENDOZA, JUNIOR O | — |
| 19062221 | LOGICAL WIDTH-BASED PROMPT CONDITIONING FOR GENERATIVE AI AND LLM | LOWEN, NICHOLAS DANIEL | — |
| 19045451 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRANSFERRING A PASSENGER COMPARTMENT BETWEEN RIDE SYSTEMS USING ROBOTIC TOOL CHANGERS | ZHANG, YINGCHUAN | — |
| 19035318 | Controllable and Temporally Coherent Neural Mesh Stylization | PROTAZI, BRIGITER DIVULALE | — |
| 19019300 | NEURAL SHAPE DEFORMATION TRANSFER | BROWN, SHEREE N | — |
| 18990819 | PATH GUIDING USING NEURAL RADIANCE CACHING WITH RESAMPLED IMPORTANCE SAMPLING | CHIN, MICHELLE | — |
| 18976025 | PARAMETRIC LANDMARK DETECTION | GOCO, JOHN PATRICK | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3698 | 4 |
| 3699 | 2 |
| 3711 | 2 |
| 2612 | 2 |
| 2614 | 2 |
| 2611 | 2 |
| 2654 | 2 |
| 2142 | 2 |
| 3692 | 2 |
| 2424 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19255949 | CONTEXTUAL SUPPLEMENTAL CONTENT INSERTION AND OPTIMIZATION | MENDOZA, JUNIOR O | 2424 | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 30, 2025 |
| 19179523 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SERVER OVERLOAD PROTECTION | CHOI, YUE YIN | 3699 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 15, 2025 |
| 19062221 | LOGICAL WIDTH-BASED PROMPT CONDITIONING FOR GENERATIVE AI AND LLM | LOWEN, NICHOLAS DANIEL | 2653 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 25, 2025 |
| 19045451 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRANSFERRING A PASSENGER COMPARTMENT BETWEEN RIDE SYSTEMS USING ROBOTIC TOOL CHANGERS | ZHANG, YINGCHUAN | 3711 | §102Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 04, 2025 |
| 19035318 | Controllable and Temporally Coherent Neural Mesh Stylization | PROTAZI, BRIGITER DIVULALE | 2612 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 23, 2025 |
| 19019300 | NEURAL SHAPE DEFORMATION TRANSFER | BROWN, SHEREE N | 2612 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 13, 2025 |
| 18990819 | PATH GUIDING USING NEURAL RADIANCE CACHING WITH RESAMPLED IMPORTANCE SAMPLING | CHIN, MICHELLE | 2614 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2024 |
| 18976025 | PARAMETRIC LANDMARK DETECTION | GOCO, JOHN PATRICK | 2611 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 10, 2024 |
| 18955968 | HOODED HANDLE ASSEMBLY OF A WATER VESSEL OR SNOW VESSEL | AVILA, STEPHEN P | 3615 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 21, 2024 |
| 18930039 | OMNIDIRECTIONAL ACTUATED SURFACES TO DELIVER OBJECTS | RODRIGUEZ, JOSEPH C | 3653 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 29, 2024 |
| 18911730 | HIDDEN VISUAL INDICATOR SYSTEM AND METHODS | SRIDHAR, SAMANVITHA | 2872 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 10, 2024 |
| 18911165 | ARTIFICAL INTELLIGENCE-ENABLED CYBERSECURITY THREAT ANALYSIS | CAREY, FORREST L | 2491 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 09, 2024 |
| 18906545 | JOINT IMAGE NORMALIZATION AND LANDMARK DETECTION | HERNANDEZ, ALEJANDRO | 2661 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 04, 2024 |
| 18906555 | FLEXIBLE 3D LANDMARK DETECTION | MA, MICHELLE HAU | 2617 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 04, 2024 |
| 18900327 | Machine Learning Model-Based Entity Tracing | ZHU, RICHARD Z | 2654 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 27, 2024 |
| 18825987 | AUTOMATED COMPREHENSIVE SECURITY SCANNING SYSTEM FOR LARGE-SCALE DISTRIBUTED CODE REPOSITORIES | RASUL, MUHAMMAD HASHIR | 2492 | §103 | Final Rejection | 19d | Pending | Sep 05, 2024 |
| 18782268 | RIDE SYSTEM HAVING AN ARTICULATING ARM | BERRY, SAMANTHA MARIE | 3711 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 24, 2024 |
| 18780259 | ANATOMICALLY CONSTRAINED IMPLICIT SHAPE MODELS | SUN, HAI TAO | 2616 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 57d | Pending | Jul 22, 2024 |
| 18776248 | SYSTEM FOR GENERATING SOUND LOCALIZED WITH RESPECT TO A LOCATION OF A FLOATING IMAGE | LEE, PING | 2695 | §103 | Final Rejection | 7d | Pending | Jul 17, 2024 |
| 18766772 | MOTION CONTROLLED CAMERA SYSTEM | CHEN, CHIA WEI A | 2637 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 16d overdue | Pending | Jul 09, 2024 |
| 18760140 | VEHICLE MOVEMENT MANAGEMENT | GENTILE, ALEXANDER VINCENT | 3664 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 01, 2024 |
| 18677529 | APPLIED PROGRAMMATIC DATA LAKE ANALYSIS | DEWAN, KAMAL K | 2163 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 29, 2024 |
| 18658153 | RAPID DESIGN AND ANIMATION OF FREELY-WALKING ROBOTIC DEVICES | CAIN, AARON G | 3656 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 08, 2024 |
| 18655150 | SEMI-SUPERVISED STYLE TRANSFER | HOANG, PHI | 2619 | §103 | Final Rejection | 55d | Pending | May 03, 2024 |
| 18603698 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO GENERATE NARRATIVES BASED ON A COMPREHENSIVE SET OF EXPERIENCES OF USERS | REPSHER III, JOHN T | 2143 | §101§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 13, 2024 |
| 18592863 | DYNAMIC AUGMENTED PROJECTED SHOW ELEMENTS | AHMAD, NAUMAN UDDIN | 2611 | §103 | Final Rejection | 17d overdue | Pending | Mar 01, 2024 |
| 18593725 | Entertainment Character Interaction Quality Evaluation and Improvement | ISKENDER, ALVIN ALIK | 2654 | §103 | Final Rejection | 62d | Pending | Mar 01, 2024 |
| 18584733 | ATTRIBUTION OF GENERATIVE MODEL OUTPUTS | LANE, THOMAS BERNARD | 2142 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 22, 2024 |
| 18439152 | Proxy Processor Based Monitoring of Control System Processor Operational State | HISHAM, MOSTOFA AHMED | 4100 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 12, 2024 |
| 18405511 | VULNERABILITY AND REMEDIATION VALIDATION AUTOMATION | MARTINEZ, TOMMY NMN | 2496 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | 18d overdue | Pending | Jan 05, 2024 |
| 18526441 | Interactive System Rendering Human Speaker Specified Expressions | WOZNIAK, JAMES S | 2655 | §103 | Final Rejection | 60d | Pending | Dec 01, 2023 |
| 18389346 | High Frame Rate Light Beam Collision Detection | ANGELES, JOSE | 3715 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 39d | Pending | Nov 14, 2023 |
| 18505017 | FLEXIBLE LANDMARK DETECTION | THOMAS, SOUMYA | 2664 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 08, 2023 |
| 18372510 | Deep SDR-HDR Conversion | BALI, VIKKRAM | 2663 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 25, 2023 |
| 18226128 | Methods and Systems for Determining Consumer Entitlements for Playback Interoperability | KIM, STEVEN S | 3698 | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 25, 2023 |
| 18348550 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO IMPLEMENT PHYSICAL AND/OR BEHAVIORAL ATTRIBUTES THAT DEFINE A PERSONALITY ENTITY ASSOCIATED WITH A DIGITAL ASSET VIA A PHYSICAL OBJECT | HYDER, MD SAKIB | 3698 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 8d overdue | Pending | Jul 07, 2023 |
| 18348569 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO DETERMINE CONTENT FOR A NARRATIVE BASED ON USER INPUT RELATED TO THE NARRATIVE | ASGARI, SIMA | 3698 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 07, 2023 |
| 18347291 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO GENERATE A COMPOSITE REPRESENTATION OF A DIGITAL WALLET BASED ON DIGITAL ASSETS INDICATED BY THE DIGITAL WALLET | BORLINGHAUS, JASON M | 3692 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 05, 2023 |
| 18137270 | Efficient Neural Style Transfer For Fluid Simulations | LYON, ALEXANDER WALKER | 2187 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 20, 2023 |
| 18172201 | VIDEO REMASTERING VIA DEEP LEARNING | SATCHER, DION JOHN | 2676 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 21, 2023 |
| 18111189 | Distributed Asset Redemption | ALI, JAHED | 3699 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 17, 2023 |
| 18098008 | Automated Performative Sequence Generation | LE, JOHNNY TRAN | 2614 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2023 |
| 18094271 | Heuristic Detection of Potential Digital Media Artifacts and Defects in Digital Media Assets | GINGRICH, SHADAN HAGHANI | 2485 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 06, 2023 |
| 18079230 | Location-Specific Non-Fungible Tokens | JIMENEZ, JUSTIN ABEL | 3697 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 12, 2022 |
| 17972285 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO MANAGE DIGITAL ASSET FUNCTIONALITY BASED ON FULFILLMENT OF CRITERIA | SHARVIN, DAVID P | 3692 | §101 | Non-Final OA | 23d | Pending | Oct 24, 2022 |
| 17696329 | Machine Learning Model Based Embedding for Adaptable Content Evaluation | HONORE, EVEL NMN | 2142 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 15d | Pending | Mar 16, 2022 |
| 17584226 | Automation of User-Initiated Content Modification | LIN, JASON K | 2425 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 35d overdue | Pending | Jan 25, 2022 |
| 16995200 | Systems and Methods for Providing Media Content | KIM, STEVEN S | 3698 | §101§103§112DP | Non-Final OA | 29d overdue | Pending | Aug 17, 2020 |
| 16106817 | AUTOMATED ASSESSMENT OF MEDIA CONTENT DESIRABILITY | STEWART, CRYSTOL | 3624 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 21, 2018 |
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Start Free TrialDisney Enterprises Inc. has 49 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 38 art units and 48 examiners.
Steven S Kim has the most, with 2 of Disney Enterprises Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Communications (USPTO Tech Center 2600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
