Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Networking & Security • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
23 pending office actions • 12 art units • 23 examiners • 0 of 23 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 19 patents granted in the last 365 days
Kakao Corp. maintains a significant portfolio in Networking & Security with 20 pending office actions. These 20 pending office actions are handled by 20 distinct examiners, meaning every single pending application is under the review of a different individual. This complete lack of examiner overlap suggests that the company faces a wide array of perspectives and prosecution styles across its 20 active matters.
The 20 pending office actions are distributed across 11 distinct art units, indicating that Kakao Corp.'s networking and security innovations cover a broad spectrum of technical classifications. MATTHEW COBB is identified as the busiest examiner, but currently holds 1 pending office action. Because the busiest examiner pending count is 1, the workload is entirely spread out, with no concentration in any single examiner's docket. For practitioners, this necessitates a highly individualized approach for each of the 20 pending office actions across the 11 distinct art units. Strategies must be flexible enough to address the diverse requirements of 20 different examiners.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 7 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. 7 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 | 3 (13%) |
| §101 + other | 4 (17%) |
| §103 only | 8 (35%) |
| §102 only | 2 (9%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 6 (26%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| COBB, MATTHEW | 1 | 72.9% | +35.2% |
| SHITAYEWOLDETSADI, BERHANU | 1 | 84.1% | +24.4% |
| BENGZON, GREG C | 1 | 57.9% | +7.0% |
| PATEL, CHIRAG R | 1 | 87.2% | +15.6% |
| BUI, JONATHAN A | 1 | 81.6% | +24.1% |
| HENDERSON, ESTHER BENOIT | 1 | 79.1% | +23.3% |
| DURAN, ARTHUR D | 1 | 15.8% | +23.6% |
| MURPHY, JOSEPH B | 1 | 90.2% | +12.9% |
| HWANG, JOON H | 1 | 13.0% | +4.1% |
| CHOUDHURY, AZIZUL Q | 1 | 77.4% | +12.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19214911 | METHOD, SERVER, AND USER TERMINAL FOR PROVIDING CHATBOT SERVICE | PATEL, CHIRAG R | — |
| 19004110 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INSTANT MESSAGING SERVICE | MURPHY, JOSEPH B | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18598986 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PAYMENT SERVICE | MALHOTRA, SANJEEV | 9d |
| 18343572 | METHOD, SERVER, AND USER TERMINAL FOR PROVIDING GIFT INFORMATION | WEINER, ARIELLE E | 19d |
| 18532452 | METHOD OF DISPLAYING PROFILE VIEW IN INSTANT MESSAGING SERVICE | SULLIVAN, THOMAS J | 27d |
| 18764995 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MESSAGING SERVICE | MAHMUD, GOLAM | 29d |
| 19261117 | Method and Apparatus for Remittance Service | COBB, MATTHEW | — |
| 19215925 | METHOD, USER TERMINAL, AND SERVER FOR DISPLAYING EMOTICONS | SHITAYEWOLDETSADI, BERHANU | — |
| 19214557 | METHOD, SERVER, AND USER TERMINAL FOR DISPLAYING COMMAND GUIDE INFORMATION FOR CHATBOT | BENGZON, GREG C | — |
| 19183575 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DISPLAYING MESSAGE | BUI, JONATHAN A | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19261117 | Method and Apparatus for Remittance Service | COBB, MATTHEW | — |
| 19215925 | METHOD, USER TERMINAL, AND SERVER FOR DISPLAYING EMOTICONS | SHITAYEWOLDETSADI, BERHANU | — |
| 19214911 | METHOD, SERVER, AND USER TERMINAL FOR PROVIDING CHATBOT SERVICE | PATEL, CHIRAG R | — |
| 19183575 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DISPLAYING MESSAGE | BUI, JONATHAN A | — |
| 19096413 | MESSAGE SERVICE PROVISION METHOD FOR PROVIDING MESSAGE SERVICE VIA OPEN CHAT ROOM CORRESPONDING TO LINK INFORMATION, AND MESSAGE SERVER AND TERMINAL FOR EXECUTING SAME | HENDERSON, ESTHER BENOIT | — |
| 19040556 | METHOD OF DISPLAYING PROFILE VIEW IN INSTANT MESSAGING SERVICE | DURAN, ARTHUR D | — |
| 19004110 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INSTANT MESSAGING SERVICE | MURPHY, JOSEPH B | — |
| 18924665 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INSTANT MESSAGING SERVICE | CHOUDHURY, AZIZUL Q | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2455 | 2 |
| 2458 | 2 |
| 3691 | 2 |
| 3689 | 2 |
| 2435 | 1 |
| 3622 | 1 |
| 2172 | 1 |
| 2451 | 1 |
| 2174 | 1 |
| 2444 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19261117 | Method and Apparatus for Remittance Service | COBB, MATTHEW | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 07, 2025 |
| 19215925 | METHOD, USER TERMINAL, AND SERVER FOR DISPLAYING EMOTICONS | SHITAYEWOLDETSADI, BERHANU | 2455 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 22, 2025 |
| 19214557 | METHOD, SERVER, AND USER TERMINAL FOR DISPLAYING COMMAND GUIDE INFORMATION FOR CHATBOT | BENGZON, GREG C | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 21, 2025 |
| 19214911 | METHOD, SERVER, AND USER TERMINAL FOR PROVIDING CHATBOT SERVICE | PATEL, CHIRAG R | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 21, 2025 |
| 19183575 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DISPLAYING MESSAGE | BUI, JONATHAN A | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 18, 2025 |
| 19096413 | MESSAGE SERVICE PROVISION METHOD FOR PROVIDING MESSAGE SERVICE VIA OPEN CHAT ROOM CORRESPONDING TO LINK INFORMATION, AND MESSAGE SERVER AND TERMINAL FOR EXECUTING SAME | HENDERSON, ESTHER BENOIT | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 31, 2025 |
| 19040556 | METHOD OF DISPLAYING PROFILE VIEW IN INSTANT MESSAGING SERVICE | DURAN, ARTHUR D | — | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 29, 2025 |
| 19004110 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INSTANT MESSAGING SERVICE | MURPHY, JOSEPH B | 2435 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 27, 2024 |
| 19002967 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING SEARCH SERVICE WITH CHATROOM | HWANG, JOON H | 2458 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 27, 2024 |
| 18924665 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INSTANT MESSAGING SERVICE | CHOUDHURY, AZIZUL Q | 2455 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 23, 2024 |
| 18905151 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING CAREER VERIFICATION INFORMATION AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE SUPPORTING THE SAME | KANERVO, VIRPI H | 3691 | §101 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 03, 2024 |
| 18888052 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CHATTING SERVICE | KELLS, ASHER | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 17, 2024 |
| 18798660 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SOCIAL NETWORKING SERVICE | CIRNU, ALEXANDRU | 3622 | §101 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 08, 2024 |
| 18764995 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MESSAGING SERVICE | MAHMUD, GOLAM | 2458 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 29d | Pending | Jul 05, 2024 |
| 18741676 | CONTENT BOX PROVIDING METHOD AND USER TERMINAL | FABER, DAVID | 2172 | §103 | Final Rejection | 9d overdue | Pending | Jun 12, 2024 |
| 18643129 | METHOD OF PROVIDING CHAT SERVICE, SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM IMPLEMENTING THE METHOD | WALSH, JOHN B | 2451 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 23, 2024 |
| 18598986 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PAYMENT SERVICE | MALHOTRA, SANJEEV | 3691 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | 9d | Pending | Mar 07, 2024 |
| 18532452 | METHOD OF DISPLAYING PROFILE VIEW IN INSTANT MESSAGING SERVICE | SULLIVAN, THOMAS J | 3689 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 27d | Pending | Dec 07, 2023 |
| 18520236 | METHOD, USER TERMINAL, AND SERVER FOR DISPLAYING CHAT ROOM BASED ON LOCATION INFORMATION | TILLERY, RASHAWN N | 2174 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 33d | Pending | Nov 27, 2023 |
| 18505001 | METHOD OF DISPLAYING PROFILE VIEW ON INSTANT MESSAGING SERVICE | CADORNA, CHRISTOPHER PALACA | 2444 | §103 | Final Rejection | 1d overdue | Pending | Nov 08, 2023 |
| 18343572 | METHOD, SERVER, AND USER TERMINAL FOR PROVIDING GIFT INFORMATION | WEINER, ARIELLE E | 3689 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | 19d | Pending | Jun 28, 2023 |
| 18318629 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MESSAGING SERVICE | NGUYEN, DUSTIN | 2446 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 16, 2023 |
| 17853937 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING COUNSELING SERVICE | JOSEPH, TONYA S | 3628 | §101 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 30, 2022 |
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