Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Kakao Corp.

11 pending office actions • 9 art units • 11 examiners • 0 of 11 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 24 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

11
Total Pending OAs
5
Non-Final OAs
6
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 11 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

6
Overdue
0
Due this week
4
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
0
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. 11 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (6)Due ≤ 30 days (4)Due ≤ 60 days (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.

2
Hard (18%)
9
Medium (82%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only2 (18%)
§103 only9 (82%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
7
Information Tech
64% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
4
Mechanical / Eng
36% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% 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.

110 h
Manual time on pending OAs
22 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
38 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.0 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
LOUIE, OSCAR A 1 64.3% +34.0%
RUIZ, ANGELICA 1 83.0% +14.7%
DONABED, NINOS 1 75.2% +66.3%
MAHMUD, GOLAM 1 60.6% +30.8%
FABER, DAVID 1 51.5% +36.7%
MALHOTRA, SANJEEV 1 66.1% +30.0%
SULLIVAN, THOMAS J 1 28.5% +21.9%
TILLERY, RASHAWN N 1 64.4% +11.3%
CADORNA, CHRISTOPHER PALACA 1 66.8% +21.4%
WEINER, ARIELLE E 1 43.3% +53.0%

Quick Wins (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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18896400 METHOD, SERVER, AND USER TERMINAL FOR DISPLAYING SUMMARY INFORMATION ABOUT CHAT MESSAGE RUIZ, ANGELICA 28d overdue

Hard Cases (3)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17853943 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING COUNSELING SERVICE EL-CHANTI, KARMA AHMAD 37d overdue
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

Interview Candidates (10)

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
18896400 METHOD, SERVER, AND USER TERMINAL FOR DISPLAYING SUMMARY INFORMATION ABOUT CHAT MESSAGE RUIZ, ANGELICA 28d overdue
18741676 CONTENT BOX PROVIDING METHOD AND USER TERMINAL FABER, DAVID 9d overdue
18941984 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INSTANT MESSAGING SERVICE LOUIE, OSCAR A 2d overdue
18782585 METHOD, TERMINAL, AND SERVER FOR PROVIDING REACTION SET FOR CONTENT DONABED, NINOS 1d overdue
18505001 METHOD OF DISPLAYING PROFILE VIEW ON INSTANT MESSAGING SERVICE CADORNA, CHRISTOPHER PALACA 1d overdue
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

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2444 2
3689 2
2445 1
2154 1
2458 1
2172 1
3691 1
2174 1
3629 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18941984 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INSTANT MESSAGING SERVICE LOUIE, OSCAR A 2445 §103 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Nov 08, 2024
18896400 METHOD, SERVER, AND USER TERMINAL FOR DISPLAYING SUMMARY INFORMATION ABOUT CHAT MESSAGE RUIZ, ANGELICA 2154 §103 Non-Final OA 28d overdue Pending Sep 25, 2024
18782585 METHOD, TERMINAL, AND SERVER FOR PROVIDING REACTION SET FOR CONTENT DONABED, NINOS 2444 §103 Non-Final OA 1d overdue Pending Jul 24, 2024
18764995 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MESSAGING SERVICE MAHMUD, GOLAM 2458 §103 Final Rejection 29d Pending Jul 05, 2024
18741676 CONTENT BOX PROVIDING METHOD AND USER TERMINAL FABER, DAVID 2172 §103 Non-Final OA 9d overdue Pending Jun 12, 2024
18598986 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PAYMENT SERVICE MALHOTRA, SANJEEV 3691 §103 Final Rejection 9d Pending Mar 07, 2024
18532452 METHOD OF DISPLAYING PROFILE VIEW IN INSTANT MESSAGING SERVICE SULLIVAN, THOMAS J 3689 §103 Final Rejection 27d Pending Dec 07, 2023
18520236 METHOD, USER TERMINAL, AND SERVER FOR DISPLAYING CHAT ROOM BASED ON LOCATION INFORMATION TILLERY, RASHAWN N 2174 §103 Final Rejection 33d Pending Nov 27, 2023
18505001 METHOD OF DISPLAYING PROFILE VIEW ON INSTANT MESSAGING SERVICE CADORNA, CHRISTOPHER PALACA 2444 §103 Non-Final OA 1d overdue Pending Nov 08, 2023
18343572 METHOD, SERVER, AND USER TERMINAL FOR PROVIDING GIFT INFORMATION WEINER, ARIELLE E 3689 §101 Final Rejection 19d Pending Jun 28, 2023
17853943 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING COUNSELING SERVICE EL-CHANTI, KARMA AHMAD 3629 §101 Final Rejection 37d overdue Pending Jun 30, 2022

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