Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Live Nation Entertainment Inc.

5 pending office actions • 5 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 7 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

5
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
2
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.

2
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
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 (80%)
0
Medium (0%)
1
Easy (20%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other3 (60%)
Double-patenting only1 (20%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (20%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
2
Information Tech
40% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
3
Mechanical / Eng
60% 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.

50 h
Manual time on pending OAs
10 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
18 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
MILLER, ALAN S 1 70.7% +26.3%
SMITH, LINDSEY B 1 51.5% +54.5%
ZONG, RUOLEI 1 86.8% +12.1%
DANG, CHRISTINE 1 49.1% +50.3%
RIVERA GONZALEZ, IVONNEMARY 1 4.7% +7.9%

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
18419270 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OBJECTIVE-BASED SCORING USING MACHINE LEARNING TECHNIQUES ZONG, RUOLEI 49d overdue

Hard Cases (4)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17572581 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR BIG-DATA RESOURCE MANAGEMENT RIVERA GONZALEZ, IVONNEMARY 42d overdue
19044385 DYNAMIC DETERMINATION OF THRESHOLD ROUTING VALUE USING MACHINE-LEARNING MODELS MILLER, ALAN S
18932362 HYBRID INTERFACE WITH AI-ENABLED SYSTEM FOR LIVE EVENT TICKET BOOKING SMITH, LINDSEY B
18157004 LONGITUDINAL SYSTEM USING NON-FUNGIBLE TOKENS THAT EVOLVE OVER TIME DANG, CHRISTINE

Interview Candidates (4)

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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18419270 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OBJECTIVE-BASED SCORING USING MACHINE LEARNING TECHNIQUES ZONG, RUOLEI 49d overdue
19044385 DYNAMIC DETERMINATION OF THRESHOLD ROUTING VALUE USING MACHINE-LEARNING MODELS MILLER, ALAN S
18932362 HYBRID INTERFACE WITH AI-ENABLED SYSTEM FOR LIVE EVENT TICKET BOOKING SMITH, LINDSEY B
18157004 LONGITUDINAL SYSTEM USING NON-FUNGIBLE TOKENS THAT EVOLVE OVER TIME DANG, CHRISTINE

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2409 1
3688 1
2441 1
3698 1
3626 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19044385 DYNAMIC DETERMINATION OF THRESHOLD ROUTING VALUE USING MACHINE-LEARNING MODELS MILLER, ALAN S 2409 §101§102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 03, 2025
18932362 HYBRID INTERFACE WITH AI-ENABLED SYSTEM FOR LIVE EVENT TICKET BOOKING SMITH, LINDSEY B 3688 §101§102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 30, 2024
18419270 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OBJECTIVE-BASED SCORING USING MACHINE LEARNING TECHNIQUES ZONG, RUOLEI 2441 DP Final Rejection 49d overdue Pending Jan 22, 2024
18157004 LONGITUDINAL SYSTEM USING NON-FUNGIBLE TOKENS THAT EVOLVE OVER TIME DANG, CHRISTINE 3698 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 19, 2023
17572581 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR BIG-DATA RESOURCE MANAGEMENT RIVERA GONZALEZ, IVONNEMARY 3626 §101§103§112 Final Rejection 42d overdue Pending Jan 10, 2022

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