Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

GoPro Inc.

Technology areas: Communications • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics

22 pending office actions • 9 art units • 19 examiners • 0 of 22 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 139 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

22
Total Pending OAs
20
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

0
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
1
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

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. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Due ≤ 30 days (1)Due ≤ 60 days (1)Due later (1)

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.

7
Hard (32%)
14
Medium (64%)
1
Easy (5%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only8 (36%)
§102 only3 (14%)
§112 only1 (5%)
Double-patenting + other3 (14%)
Multi-statute (no §101)7 (32%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
5% of docket
2
Information Tech
9% of docket
5
Communications
23% of docket
5
Semiconductors
23% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
9
Business / Other
41% 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.

220 h
Manual time on pending OAs
44 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
77 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.9 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
VIEAUX, GARY C 2 78.9% +9.1%
HALIYUR, PADMA 2 86.6% +13.3%
RHODES, JR, LEON W 2 82.4% +11.6%
LE, TUAN H 1 74.5% +26.2%
FULLER, RODNEY EVAN 1 83.9% +7.9%
HENN, TIMOTHY J 1 85.8% +11.6%
BOYLAN, JAMES T 1 63.2% +10.7%
JERABEK, KELLY L 1 85.3% +11.3%
CHEN, CHIA WEI A 1 77.2% +19.3%
DUDEK, JAMES A 1 82.2% +3.1%

Quick Wins (5)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19203017 CONVERSION BETWEEN ASPECT RATIOS IN CAMERA HALIYUR, PADMA —
19095173 BOOT SEQUENCE IN COLD TEMPERATURES HALIYUR, PADMA —
19089496 IMAGING SYSTEM FOR PROTECTIVE EYEWEAR FULLER, RODNEY EVAN —
19071222 REMOVABLE BATTERY DOOR ASSEMBLIES FOR IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICES RHODES, JR, LEON W —
19063474 IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE HENN, TIMOTHY J —

Hard Cases (7)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18759992 METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR FRAME DENOISING HANSELL JR., RICHARD A 28d
19189752 INTERCHANGEABLE LENS MODULE LE, TUAN H —
19182394 MODULAR CAMERA WITH INTERCHANGEABLE IMAGE HEAD AND SUB-SYSTEM BASES VIEAUX, GARY C —
19039858 SKI POLE WITH CAMERA MOUNT JERABEK, KELLY L —
19035690 ADJUSTABLE HELMET DISPLAY SYSTEM DUDEK, JAMES A —
19012030 CAMERA HOUSING RHODES, JR, LEON W —
18917314 OMNIDIRECTIONAL IMAGE CAPTURE APPARATUS ARCHITECTURE HASSAN, MEHEDI NMN —

Interview Candidates (9)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
19203017 CONVERSION BETWEEN ASPECT RATIOS IN CAMERA HALIYUR, PADMA —
19189752 INTERCHANGEABLE LENS MODULE LE, TUAN H —
19095173 BOOT SEQUENCE IN COLD TEMPERATURES HALIYUR, PADMA —
19071222 REMOVABLE BATTERY DOOR ASSEMBLIES FOR IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICES RHODES, JR, LEON W —
19063474 IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE HENN, TIMOTHY J —
19060580 METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR ELECTRONIC IMAGE STABILIZATION BASED ON A LENS POLYNOMIAL BOYLAN, JAMES T —
19039858 SKI POLE WITH CAMERA MOUNT JERABEK, KELLY L —
19037536 HEAT TRANSFER BETWEEN INTEGRATED SENSOR-LENS ASSEMBLIES IN AN IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE CHEN, CHIA WEI A —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2852 2
2486 2
2637 2
2871 2
2639 1
2653 1
2699 1
2834 1
1725 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19240753 Removable Lens Accessories For Image Capture Devices VIEAUX, GARY C — §102DP Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 17, 2025
19203017 CONVERSION BETWEEN ASPECT RATIOS IN CAMERA HALIYUR, PADMA — §112Other Non-Final OA — Pending May 08, 2025
19189752 INTERCHANGEABLE LENS MODULE LE, TUAN H — §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 25, 2025
19182394 MODULAR CAMERA WITH INTERCHANGEABLE IMAGE HEAD AND SUB-SYSTEM BASES VIEAUX, GARY C — §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 17, 2025
19095173 BOOT SEQUENCE IN COLD TEMPERATURES HALIYUR, PADMA 2639 §103DP Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 31, 2025
19089496 IMAGING SYSTEM FOR PROTECTIVE EYEWEAR FULLER, RODNEY EVAN 2852 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 25, 2025
19071222 REMOVABLE BATTERY DOOR ASSEMBLIES FOR IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICES RHODES, JR, LEON W — §102Other Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 05, 2025
19063474 IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE HENN, TIMOTHY J — §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 26, 2025
19060580 METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR ELECTRONIC IMAGE STABILIZATION BASED ON A LENS POLYNOMIAL BOYLAN, JAMES T 2486 §103DP Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 21, 2025
19039858 SKI POLE WITH CAMERA MOUNT JERABEK, KELLY L — §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 29, 2025
19037536 HEAT TRANSFER BETWEEN INTEGRATED SENSOR-LENS ASSEMBLIES IN AN IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE CHEN, CHIA WEI A 2637 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 27, 2025
19035690 ADJUSTABLE HELMET DISPLAY SYSTEM DUDEK, JAMES A 2871 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 23, 2025
19018748 DYNAMIC POWER ALLOCATION FOR MEMORY USING MULTIPLE INTERLEAVING PATTERNS DEROSE, VOLVICK — §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 13, 2025
19012030 CAMERA HOUSING RHODES, JR, LEON W — §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 07, 2025
18917314 OMNIDIRECTIONAL IMAGE CAPTURE APPARATUS ARCHITECTURE HASSAN, MEHEDI NMN 2637 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 16, 2024
18819194 ANAMORPHIC LENS MODULE MERLIN, JESSICA M 2871 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 29, 2024
18795504 WIND AVOIDANCE AUDIO OPTIMIZATION FOR VOICE SOLAIMAN, FOUZIA HYE 2653 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 06, 2024
18785818 ADAPTIVE ACQUISITION CONTROL WITH LIMITED ILLUMINATION MOTION BLUR REDUCTION PASIEWICZ, DANIEL M 2699 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 26, 2024
18759992 METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR FRAME DENOISING HANSELL JR., RICHARD A 2486 §102§103 Final Rejection 28d Pending Jun 30, 2024
18606628 MOUNTING SYSTEM FOR AN IMAGE CAPTURE APPARATUS REISNER, NOAM S 2852 §103 Final Rejection 86d Pending Mar 15, 2024
18545421 AUDIO ENHANCEMENTS IN MOTOR-DRIVEN DEVICES MULLINS, BURTON S 2834 §103 Non-Final OA 60d Pending Dec 19, 2023
18218812 BATTERY THERMAL MANAGEMENT KRONE, TAYLOR HARRISON 1725 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 06, 2023

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