Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 12, 2026

Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd.

8 pending office actions • 2 art units • 8 examiners • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 13 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

8
Total Pending OAs
4
Non-Final OAs
4
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

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

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.

4
Hard (50%)
4
Medium (50%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (12%)
§101 + other2 (25%)
§103 only2 (25%)
§102 only2 (25%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (12%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
6
Mechanical / Eng
75% of docket
2
Business / Other
25% 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.

80 h
Manual time on pending OAs
16 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
28 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.7 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
MYHR, JUSTIN L 1 63.9% +28.6%
ANTOINE, LISA HOPE 1 16.0% +91.3%
D'AGOSTINO, PAUL ANTHONY 1 73.3% +13.5%
SPAR, ILANA L 1 45.8% +26.8%
THOMAS, ERIC M 1 70.1% +14.2%
HALL, SHAUNA-KAY N 1 81.0% +18.4%
YEN, JASON TAHAI 1 77.0% +23.6%
HSU, RYAN 1 56.5% +17.9%

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
18626510 STORAGE MEDIUM, GAME SYSTEM USED IN SAME, AND CONTROL METHOD THOMAS, ERIC M 44d overdue
17717204 RECORDING MEDIUM, CONTROL METHOD FOR GAME APPARATUS, AND GAME SYSTEM HSU, RYAN 27d
18921519 DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, AND CONTROL PROGRAM AND CONTROL METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM ANTOINE, LISA HOPE
18647174 CONTROL SYSTEM, INFORMATION SYSTEM, METHOD FOR OPERATING CONTROL SYSTEM, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM SPAR, ILANA L
18575023 GAME PROGRAM, GAME PROCESSING METHOD, AND GAME DEVICE HALL, SHAUNA-KAY N

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
18626510 STORAGE MEDIUM, GAME SYSTEM USED IN SAME, AND CONTROL METHOD THOMAS, ERIC M 44d overdue
17717204 RECORDING MEDIUM, CONTROL METHOD FOR GAME APPARATUS, AND GAME SYSTEM HSU, RYAN 27d
19010818 GAME SYSTEM, AND GAME PROGRAM AND CONTROL METHOD FOR GAME SYSTEM MYHR, JUSTIN L
18921519 DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, AND CONTROL PROGRAM AND CONTROL METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM ANTOINE, LISA HOPE
18779725 GAME SYSTEM, CONTROL PROGRAM, AND CONTROL METHOD D'AGOSTINO, PAUL ANTHONY
18647174 CONTROL SYSTEM, INFORMATION SYSTEM, METHOD FOR OPERATING CONTROL SYSTEM, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM SPAR, ILANA L
18575023 GAME PROGRAM, GAME PROCESSING METHOD, AND GAME DEVICE HALL, SHAUNA-KAY N
18519843 CONTROL SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM YEN, JASON TAHAI

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3715 5
3622 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19010818 GAME SYSTEM, AND GAME PROGRAM AND CONTROL METHOD FOR GAME SYSTEM MYHR, JUSTIN L §102 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 06, 2025
18921519 DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, AND CONTROL PROGRAM AND CONTROL METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM ANTOINE, LISA HOPE §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 21, 2024
18779725 GAME SYSTEM, CONTROL PROGRAM, AND CONTROL METHOD D'AGOSTINO, PAUL ANTHONY 3715 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 22, 2024
18647174 CONTROL SYSTEM, INFORMATION SYSTEM, METHOD FOR OPERATING CONTROL SYSTEM, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM SPAR, ILANA L 3622 §101§103 Final Rejection Pending Apr 26, 2024
18626510 STORAGE MEDIUM, GAME SYSTEM USED IN SAME, AND CONTROL METHOD THOMAS, ERIC M 3715 §101§102 Final Rejection 44d overdue Pending Apr 04, 2024
18575023 GAME PROGRAM, GAME PROCESSING METHOD, AND GAME DEVICE HALL, SHAUNA-KAY N 3715 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Dec 28, 2023
18519843 CONTROL SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM YEN, JASON TAHAI 3715 §103 Final Rejection Pending Nov 27, 2023
17717204 RECORDING MEDIUM, CONTROL METHOD FOR GAME APPARATUS, AND GAME SYSTEM HSU, RYAN 3715 §101 Non-Final OA 27d Pending Apr 11, 2022

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