Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
155 pending office actions • 12 art units • 60 examiners • 0 of 155 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 309 patents granted in the last 365 days
Igt has 172 pending office actions in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering. The docket is handled by 65 examiners across 13 art units, showing substantial matter volume with much greater concentration at the art-unit level than at the examiner level. This structure supports technical-group coordination while requiring management of many examiner relationships.
MOSSER, ROBERT E is the busiest examiner, with 17 pending matters. That repeated assignment creates a meaningful opportunity to review Office Action reasoning, claim treatment, and amendment outcomes together. Counsel should still distinguish examiner-specific issues across the broader docket and use art-unit organization to coordinate technical positions, prior-art analysis, and response priorities.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 57 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. 57 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 | 44 (28%) |
| §101 + other | 76 (49%) |
| §103 only | 13 (8%) |
| §102 only | 5 (3%) |
| Double-patenting only | 5 (3%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 11 (7%) |
| No statute on record | 1 (1%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MOSSER, ROBERT E | 16 | 46.8% | +10.0% |
| HSU, RYAN | 9 | 56.4% | +17.1% |
| D'AGOSTINO, PAUL ANTHONY | 8 | 73.2% | +13.9% |
| GARNER, WERNER G | 7 | 60.1% | +24.2% |
| WILLIAMS, ROSS A | 7 | 61.4% | +17.0% |
| MYHR, JUSTIN L | 6 | 63.8% | +28.1% |
| PINHEIRO, JASON PAUL | 6 | 63.8% | +32.2% |
| YOO, JASSON H | 6 | 62.4% | +32.9% |
| HALL, SHAUNA-KAY N | 5 | 81.1% | +18.5% |
| GRANT, MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER | 5 | 22.0% | +7.1% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18671066 | TICKET VOUCHERS EMPLOYED TO REFUND FINANCIAL INSTITUTION FEES BASED ON GAMING ESTABLISHMENT DEVICE ACTIVITY | HALL, SHAUNA-KAY N | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18670997 | GAMING ESTABLISHMENT DEVICE ACTIVITY EMPLOYED TO REFUND FINANCIAL INSTITUTION FEES | CHAKRAVARTI, ARUNAVA | 52d overdue |
| 18132023 | PARTIAL GAMBLE FEATURE FOR A WAGERING GAME | HSU, RYAN | 46d overdue |
| 18383262 | ACCUMULATING SYMBOLS TO ACTIVATE REEL SETS WITH DIFFERENT AWARDS AVAILABLE | MYHR, JUSTIN L | 31d overdue |
| 18333279 | REMOTE GAME SERVER EMPLOYING A GAMING ESTABLISHMENT ACCOUNT THAT FUNDS HIGH FREQUENCY TRANSACTIONS | PINHEIRO, JASON PAUL | 30d overdue |
| 18624883 | GAMING ESTABLISHMENT MARKER AUDIT REPORTING AND ADJUSTMENTS | MOORE, REVA R | 26d overdue |
| 18503825 | CONDITIONAL NOTIFICATIONS IN A GAME STREAMING ENVIRONMENT | BIANCAMANO, ALYSSA N | 19d overdue |
| 18616597 | DYNAMIC FUNDING PATHWAY DETERMINATION OF GAMING ESTABLISHMENT DEVICE FUNDED FROM AN EXTERNAL ACCOUNT | WONG, JEFFREY KEITH | 10d overdue |
| 18609775 | RETAINING INCREMENTED VALUE OF AWARDS | GRANT, MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER | 10d overdue |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18132023 | PARTIAL GAMBLE FEATURE FOR A WAGERING GAME | HSU, RYAN | 46d overdue |
| 18383262 | ACCUMULATING SYMBOLS TO ACTIVATE REEL SETS WITH DIFFERENT AWARDS AVAILABLE | MYHR, JUSTIN L | 31d overdue |
| 18333279 | REMOTE GAME SERVER EMPLOYING A GAMING ESTABLISHMENT ACCOUNT THAT FUNDS HIGH FREQUENCY TRANSACTIONS | PINHEIRO, JASON PAUL | 30d overdue |
| 18087267 | USER INTERACTIONS IN A GAME STREAMING ENVIRONMENT | WILLIAMS, ROSS A | 9d overdue |
| 18754961 | SLOT GAME BLOCKCHAIN | HALL, SHAUNA-KAY N | 3d overdue |
| 17214427 | ROULETTE STYLE BETTING STRUCTURE | PINHEIRO, JASON PAUL | 7d |
| 18652479 | SHAREABLE SPORTING EVENT WAGERS | WILLIAMS, ROSS A | 9d |
| 18087208 | USER INTERACTIONS IN A GAME STREAMING ENVIRONMENT | WILLIAMS, ROSS A | 13d |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3715 | 139 |
| 3692 | 5 |
| 3621 | 2 |
| 3697 | 1 |
| 3992 | 1 |
| 3696 | 1 |
| 3693 | 1 |
| 2499 | 1 |
| 3627 | 1 |
| 3622 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19235131 | FUNDING OF PREPAID ACCESS ACCOUNT ASSOCIATED WITH GAMING ESTABLISHMENT ACCOUNT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM | POE, KEVIN T | 3692 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 11, 2025 |
| 19225398 | COORDINATING FUND TRANSFERS BETWEEN A GAMING DEVICE AND A GAMING ESTABLISHMENT ACCOUNT UTILIZING A MOBILE DEVICE | ELISCA, PIERRE E | 3715 | Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 02, 2025 |
| 19215894 | GAMING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MODIFYING AWARDS BASED ON A SPORTING EVENT | HARPER, TRAMAR YONG | 3715 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 22, 2025 |
| 19215906 | SECURING GAMING ESTABLISHMENT RETAIL PURCHASES | KUO, CHENYUH | 3697 | §101 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 22, 2025 |
| 19186346 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND DEVICE FOR BACK-BETTING PROGRESSIVE PRIZE POOLS IN A GAMING SYSTEM | CUFF, MICHAEL A | 3715 | §101Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 22, 2025 |
| 19173877 | Wagering Game Tournament For Distributed Gaming Device Networks | HSU, RYAN | 3715 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 09, 2025 |
| 19083321 | PARTICIPATION AWARDS FOR WIDE-AREA PROGRESSIVE WAGERING GAMES | SHAH, MILAP | 3715 | §101§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 18, 2025 |
| 19081572 | FUNDING A GAMING ESTABLISHMENT ACCOUNT AS PART OF A FINANCIAL ACCOUNT REWARDS PROGRAM | VANDERHORST, MARIA VICTORIA | 3621 | §101§102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 17, 2025 |
| 19075396 | CREATING TICKET VOUCHERS ASSOCIATED WITH GAMING ESTABLISHMENT ACCOUNTS | HSU, RYAN | 3715 | §101§102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 10, 2025 |
| 19050729 | SECONDARY MARKET AWARD PREDICTIONS | WONG, JEFFREY KEITH | 3715 | §101DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 11, 2025 |
| 19029904 | ELECTRONIC GAMING MACHINES AND ELECTRONIC GAMES USING MIXED REALITY HEADSETS | WONG, JEFFREY KEITH | 3715 | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 19030166 | SLOT MACHINE IMPLEMENTING A MIRROR OPERATION | MYHR, JUSTIN L | 3715 | §101DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 19030220 | CARDLESS LOGIN AT TABLE GAMES | HALL, SHAUNA-KAY N | 3715 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 19028683 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING BENEFITS BASED ON SKILL | HYLINSKI, STEVEN J | 3715 | §101§102Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 19028747 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A MASTER GAMING ESTABLISHMENT ACCOUNT AND A SUBSIDIARY GAMING ESTABLISHMENT ACCOUNT | ELISCA, PIERRE E | 3715 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 19024604 | INDEPENDENTLY RANDOMLY GENERATED DIFFERENT AWARD SETS ASSOCIATED WITH DIFFERENT TRIGGERING SYMBOLS | HALL, SHAUNA-KAY N | 3715 | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 16, 2025 |
| 19018946 | GAMING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PLACING AND REDEEMING SPORTS BETS | MOSSER, ROBERT E | 3715 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 13, 2025 |
| 19012440 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRANSFERRING FUNDS TO AND FROM A GAMING TABLE | LANEAU, RONALD | 3715 | §101Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 07, 2025 |
| 18990123 | SETTLING OUTSTANDING LINE OF CREDIT LIABILITY WITH GAMING ESTABLISHMENT CREDIT SYSTEM | D'AGOSTINO, PAUL ANTHONY | 3715 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2024 |
| 18987439 | AUTOMATED CONFIGURATION OF A GAMING DEVICE | ANGELES, JOSE | 3715 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 19, 2024 |
| 18986310 | SECONDARY GAME FEATURE FOR WINNING BACK A PRIMARY WAGERING GAME WAGER | D'AGOSTINO, PAUL ANTHONY | 3715 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 18, 2024 |
| 18980085 | CONTRIBUTION AMOUNT INDEPENDENT VIDEO LOTTERY TERMINAL CASHOUT EVENT AWARD OPPORTUNITIES | ALVESTEFFER, STEPHEN D | 3715 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 13, 2024 |
| 18980339 | VIDEO DISPLAY PROGRAMMABLE PLAYING CARDS | PINHEIRO, JASON PAUL | 3715 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 13, 2024 |
| 18978569 | EMPLOYING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE FOR NOTIFICATIONS IN A GAME STREAMING ENVIRONMENT | ROWLAND, STEVE | 3715 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 12, 2024 |
| 18978746 | HISTORICAL HORSE RACING | LANEAU, RONALD | 3715 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 12, 2024 |
| 18975832 | PRE-PURCHASE RETAIL DISCOUNT FOR EMPLOYING A GAMING ESTABLISHMENT ACCOUNT AND A LINKED FINANCIAL INSTITUTION ACCOUNT | ROWLAND, STEVE | 3715 | §101§102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 10, 2024 |
| 18975749 | PROCESSING OF MULTIPLE BENEFITS AVAILABLE FOR RETAIL PURCHASES EMPLOYING A GAMING ESTABLISHMENT ACCOUNT AND A LINKED FINANCIAL INSTITUTION ACCOUNT | FELTEN, DANIEL S | 3692 | §101 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 10, 2024 |
| 18971610 | GAMING SYSTEM AND METHOD PROVIDING FREE PLAYS OF A GAME WITH INCREASING QUANTITIES OF PAYLINES | MOSSER, ROBERT E | 3715 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 06, 2024 |
| 18969738 | GAMING SYSTEM AND METHOD PROVIDING FREE PLAYS OF A GAME WITH INCREASING QUANTITIES OF PAYLINES | MOSSER, ROBERT E | 3715 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 05, 2024 |
| 18968038 | GAMING SYSTEM AND METHOD PROVIDING FREE PLAYS OF A GAME WITH INCREASING QUANTITIES OF PAYLINES | MOSSER, ROBERT E | 3715 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 04, 2024 |
| 18966890 | GAMING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MODIFYING A PLAY OF A TABLE GAME BASED ON A SPORTING EVENT | HSU, RYAN | 3715 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 03, 2024 |
| 18966927 | GAMING SYSTEM AND METHOD PROVIDING FREE PLAYS OF A GAME WITH INCREASING QUANTITIES OF PAYLINES | MOSSER, ROBERT E | 3715 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 03, 2024 |
| 18964402 | WIRELESS USER INTERFACE ELEMENTS FOR GAMING DEVICES | TORIMIRO, ADETOKUNBO OLUSEGUN | 3715 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 30, 2024 |
| 18958775 | ALLOCATING PART OF A STREAM TO COMMUNITY EVENT PARTICIPANTS IN A GAME STREAMING ENVIRONMENT | D'AGOSTINO, PAUL ANTHONY | 3715 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 25, 2024 |
| 18958917 | USER RELATIONSHIPS TO PARTICIPATE IN A COMMUNITY EVENT BROADCAST IN A GAME STREAMING ENVIRONMENT | SINGH, ISHAYU NMN | 3715 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 25, 2024 |
| 18958822 | PARTICIPANT INTERACTIONS WITH A COMMUNITY EVENT BROADCAST IN A GAME STREAMING ENVIRONMENT | SINGH, ISHAYU NMN | 3715 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 25, 2024 |
| 18951205 | SERVICE WINDOW MESSAGING OF DIFFERENT WIRELESS CONNECTION STATUSES BETWEEN A MOBILE DEVICE AND AN ELECTRONIC GAMING MACHINE | HSU, RYAN | 3715 | §102Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 18, 2024 |
| 18948153 | AI BASED RESOURCE CRYPTOCURRENCY MINING IN A CASINO ENVIRONMENT | GRANT, MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER | 3715 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 14, 2024 |
| 18948188 | SUSPENSION OF LIVE SPORTING EVENT INFORMATION BASED ON ACTIVE SPORTS WAGER | YEN, JASON TAHAI | 3715 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 14, 2024 |
| 18943546 | LIVE HOST FACILITATED LIMITED DURATION STREAMING DEVICE OPERATIONS IN A GAME STREAMING ENVIRONMENT | COPPOLA, JACOB C | 3992 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 11, 2024 |
| 18943511 | STREAMING DEVICE REQUESTS TO A LIVE HOST IN A GAME STREAMING ENVIRONMENT | D'AGOSTINO, PAUL ANTHONY | 3715 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 11, 2024 |
| 18943205 | INACTIVITY-BASED INCREMENTS OF PERSISTENCE METERS | MUSA, BUSHIRA | 3715 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 11, 2024 |
| 18938032 | CLIENT DEVICE PROGRESSIVE AWARD ELIGIBILITY IN A GAME STREAMING ENVIRONMENT | YEN, JASON TAHAI | 3715 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 05, 2024 |
| 18936236 | GAMING DEVICE THAT EMPLOYS CENTRALIZED DETERMINATION SYSTEM | ELISCA, PIERRE E | 3715 | §101DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 04, 2024 |
| 18936691 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR UTILIZING A MOBILE DEVICE TO FACILITATE FUND TRANSFERS BETWEEN A CASHLESS WAGERING ACCOUNT AND A GAMING ESTABLISHMENT RETAIL ACCOUNT | ELISCA, PIERRE E | 3715 | §101DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 04, 2024 |
| 18930386 | ANONYMOUS PROCUREMENT OF TICKET VOUCHERS | JACOB, WILLIAM J | 3696 | §101§102§103 | Final Rejection | 50d | Pending | Oct 29, 2024 |
| 18925776 | VERIFYING GAMING ESTABLISHMENT PATRON IDENTIFICATION | HSU, RYAN | 3715 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 24, 2024 |
| 18909192 | AVERAGE EXPECTED RETURN ADJUSTMENT DEVICE FOR GAMING SYSTEMS PROVIDING SINGLE-HAND DRAW POKER AND/OR MULTI-HAND DRAW POKER | TORIMIRO, ADETOKUNBO OLUSEGUN | 3715 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 08, 2024 |
| 18907785 | AREA OF EFFECT SYMBOL ACCUMULATION SEQUENCES | GRANT, MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER | 3715 | §101 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 07, 2024 |
| 18907866 | AREA OF EFFECT SYMBOL ACCUMULATION SEQUENCES WITH VARYING USES OF ACCUMULATED SYMBOLS AND VARYING AMOUNT DETERMINATIONS | BODENDORF, ANDREW | 3715 | §101§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 07, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialIgt has 155 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 12 art units and 60 examiners.
Robert E Mosser has the most, with 16 of Igt's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
