Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

LY CORPORATION

Technology areas: Communications • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems

17 pending office actions • 12 art units • 16 examiners • 0 of 17 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

LY CORPORATION has 20 pending office actions in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems. The matters involve 18 distinct examiners across 13 distinct art units, indicating distribution across multiple technical assignments with some repeated examiner coverage.

ANSARI, AZAM A is the busiest examiner, with 2 pending matters. A common portfolio framework can support consistency, while responses should remain tailored to the specific examination record for each matter.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

17
Total Pending OAs
7
Non-Final OAs
10
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

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

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

11
Hard (65%)
6
Medium (35%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only3 (18%)
§101 + other6 (35%)
§103 only6 (35%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (12%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
4
Information Tech
24% of docket
4
Communications
24% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
9
Mechanical / Eng
53% 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.

170 h
Manual time on pending OAs
34 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
59 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
LEE, EUNICE SOMIN 2 89.4% +24.5%
BUSCH, CHRISTOPHER CONRAD 1 28.7% +20.8%
HASAN, SYED HAROON 1 81.6% +15.5%
ANSARI, AZAM A 1 47.3% +47.9%
PARRY, CHRISTOPHER L 1 54.6% +17.3%
PATEL, DIPEN M 1 20.0% +23.7%
MCLEAN, IAN SCOTT 1 43.5% +31.1%
WEISENFELD, ARYAN E 1 41.7% +24.9%
WEBB III, JAMES L 1 13.9% +21.9%
LAM, PHILIP HUNG FAI 1 83.8% +50.7%

Quick Wins (3)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19204151 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM HASAN, SYED HAROON —
18973528 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM LEE, EUNICE SOMIN —
18973478 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM LEE, EUNICE SOMIN —

Hard Cases (11)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
19193655 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM ANSARI, AZAM A 28d overdue
18945380 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM SPAR, ILANA L 25d overdue
18907853 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM CIRNU, ALEXANDRU 27d
19278576 TERMINAL APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM BUSCH, CHRISTOPHER CONRAD —
19072572 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM PARRY, CHRISTOPHER L —
19072225 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM PATEL, DIPEN M —
19020265 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM MCLEAN, IAN SCOTT —
19017184 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM WEISENFELD, ARYAN E —

Interview Candidates (11)

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
19193655 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM ANSARI, AZAM A 28d overdue
19278576 TERMINAL APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM BUSCH, CHRISTOPHER CONRAD —
19204151 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM HASAN, SYED HAROON —
19072572 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM PARRY, CHRISTOPHER L —
19072225 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM PATEL, DIPEN M —
19020265 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM MCLEAN, IAN SCOTT —
19017184 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM WEISENFELD, ARYAN E —
19017022 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM WEBB III, JAMES L —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3621 3
2656 3
3622 2
2154 1
2454 1
2654 1
3663 1
3624 1
3628 1
2166 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19278576 TERMINAL APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM BUSCH, CHRISTOPHER CONRAD 3621 §101§103 Final Rejection — Pending Jul 23, 2025
19204151 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM HASAN, SYED HAROON 2154 §103 Final Rejection — Pending May 09, 2025
19193655 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM ANSARI, AZAM A 3621 §101§103 Final Rejection 28d overdue Pending Apr 29, 2025
19072572 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM PARRY, CHRISTOPHER L 2454 §102§103§112Other Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 06, 2025
19072225 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM PATEL, DIPEN M 3621 §101§103 Final Rejection — Pending Mar 06, 2025
19020265 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM MCLEAN, IAN SCOTT 2654 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 14, 2025
19017184 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM WEISENFELD, ARYAN E 3663 §101§102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 10, 2025
19017022 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM WEBB III, JAMES L 3624 §101 Final Rejection — Pending Jan 10, 2025
18973528 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM LEE, EUNICE SOMIN 2656 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 09, 2024
18973478 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM LEE, EUNICE SOMIN 2656 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 09, 2024
18973452 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM LAM, PHILIP HUNG FAI 2656 §101§102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 09, 2024
18951314 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM JOSEPH, TONYA S 3628 §101 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 18, 2024
18945380 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM SPAR, ILANA L 3622 §101§102 Final Rejection 25d overdue Pending Nov 12, 2024
18945372 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM FOROUHARNEJAD, FAEZEH 2166 §103Other Final Rejection 34d Pending Nov 12, 2024
18907853 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM CIRNU, ALEXANDRU 3622 §101 Final Rejection 27d Pending Oct 07, 2024
18667478 INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, TERMINAL, AND SERVER CHOWDHURY, SUMAIYA A 2421 §103 Final Rejection 12d Pending May 17, 2024
18090888 PROGRAM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND TERMINAL REAGAN, JAMES A 3697 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Dec 29, 2022

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does LY CORPORATION have?

LY CORPORATION has 17 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 12 art units and 16 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most LY CORPORATION applications?

Eunice Somin Lee has the most, with 2 of LY CORPORATION's pending office actions.

What technology area are LY CORPORATION's patent applications in?

Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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