Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 16, 2026

Kakao Corp.

14 pending office actions • 13 art units • 14 examiners • 0 of 14 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 16 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

14
Total Pending OAs
6
Non-Final OAs
6
Final Rejections
2
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
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. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)Due ≤ 30 days (1)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.

5
Hard (36%)
8
Medium (57%)
1
Easy (7%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only3 (21%)
§101 + other2 (14%)
§103 only7 (50%)
§112 only1 (7%)
Double-patenting + other1 (7%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
9
Information Tech
64% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
4
Mechanical / Eng
29% of docket
1
Business / Other
7% 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.

140 h
Manual time on pending OAs
28 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
49 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.2 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
SINGH, AMRESH 1 76.0% +22.3%
DURAN, ARTHUR D 1 15.6% +24.0%
CASANOVA, JORGE A 1 84.8% +20.0%
LAZARO, DAVID R 1 86.9% +3.6%
KANERVO, VIRPI H 1 47.4% +48.0%
DONABED, NINOS 1 75.4% +66.3%
FABER, DAVID 1 51.1% +37.0%
WALSH, JOHN B 1 82.3% +8.6%
LIU, JINGCHEN 1 63.1% +67.5%
RODRIGUEZ, DANIEL 1 62.7% +22.2%

Quick Wins (2)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18972567 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROVIDING CHAT SERVICE IN MAP-BASED VIRTUAL SPACE LAZARO, DAVID R
18643129 METHOD OF PROVIDING CHAT SERVICE, SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM IMPLEMENTING THE METHOD WALSH, JOHN B

Hard Cases (5)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18782585 METHOD, TERMINAL, AND SERVER FOR PROVIDING REACTION SET FOR CONTENT DONABED, NINOS 1d overdue
19040556 METHOD OF DISPLAYING PROFILE VIEW IN INSTANT MESSAGING SERVICE DURAN, ARTHUR D
19002982 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING SEARCH SERVICE USING QUERY DATA CASANOVA, JORGE A
18905151 METHOD FOR PROVIDING CAREER VERIFICATION INFORMATION AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE SUPPORTING THE SAME KANERVO, VIRPI H
17853937 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING COUNSELING SERVICE JOSEPH, TONYA S

Interview Candidates (8)

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
18741676 CONTENT BOX PROVIDING METHOD AND USER TERMINAL FABER, DAVID 9d overdue
18782585 METHOD, TERMINAL, AND SERVER FOR PROVIDING REACTION SET FOR CONTENT DONABED, NINOS 1d overdue
19076898 METHOD OF PROVIDING INDOOR MAP SEARCH SERVICE AND DEVICE FOR IMPLEMENTING THE SAME SINGH, AMRESH
19040556 METHOD OF DISPLAYING PROFILE VIEW IN INSTANT MESSAGING SERVICE DURAN, ARTHUR D
19002982 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING SEARCH SERVICE USING QUERY DATA CASANOVA, JORGE A
18905151 METHOD FOR PROVIDING CAREER VERIFICATION INFORMATION AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE SUPPORTING THE SAME KANERVO, VIRPI H
18639412 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HAZARD RESPONSE FOR BATTERY SYSTEM IN DATA CENTER LIU, JINGCHEN
18609575 METHOD, SERVER AND USER TERMINAL FOR PROVIDING EMOTICON INPUT INTERFACE RODRIGUEZ, DANIEL

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2159 1
2165 1
2455 1
3691 1
2444 1
2172 1
2451 1
3741 1
2178 1
2174 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19076898 METHOD OF PROVIDING INDOOR MAP SEARCH SERVICE AND DEVICE FOR IMPLEMENTING THE SAME SINGH, AMRESH 2159 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 11, 2025
19040556 METHOD OF DISPLAYING PROFILE VIEW IN INSTANT MESSAGING SERVICE DURAN, ARTHUR D §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 29, 2025
19002982 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING SEARCH SERVICE USING QUERY DATA CASANOVA, JORGE A 2165 §101 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 27, 2024
18972567 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROVIDING CHAT SERVICE IN MAP-BASED VIRTUAL SPACE LAZARO, DAVID R 2455 §102§103DP Non-Final OA Pending Dec 06, 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
18782585 METHOD, TERMINAL, AND SERVER FOR PROVIDING REACTION SET FOR CONTENT DONABED, NINOS 2444 §101§103 Final Rejection 1d overdue Pending Jul 24, 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 Final Rejection Pending Apr 23, 2024
18639412 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HAZARD RESPONSE FOR BATTERY SYSTEM IN DATA CENTER LIU, JINGCHEN 3741 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 18, 2024
18609575 METHOD, SERVER AND USER TERMINAL FOR PROVIDING EMOTICON INPUT INTERFACE RODRIGUEZ, DANIEL 2178 §103 Final Rejection Pending Mar 19, 2024
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
18343572 METHOD, SERVER, AND USER TERMINAL FOR PROVIDING GIFT INFORMATION WEINER, ARIELLE E 3689 §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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