Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

LY CORPORATION

16 pending office actions • 9 art units • 16 examiners • 0 of 16 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

16
Total Pending OAs
9
Non-Final OAs
7
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 6 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

3
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. 6 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (3)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 (69%)
5
Medium (31%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only2 (12%)
§101 + other7 (44%)
§103 only4 (25%)
§102 only1 (6%)
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
25% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
9
Mechanical / Eng
56% of docket
3
Business / Other
19% 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.

160 h
Manual time on pending OAs
32 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
56 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
POUNCIL, DARNELL A 1 21.3% +30.6%
HUERTA, ALEXANDER Q 1 67.9% +11.4%
MAYE, AYUB A 1 57.8% +42.1%
PARRY, CHRISTOPHER L 1 55.6% +17.6%
VIG, NARESH 1 36.6% +43.4%
BUSCH, CHRISTOPHER CONRAD 1 29.1% +21.1%
PATEL, DIPEN M 1 20.2% +24.1%
HERSHLEY, MARK E 1 78.4% +19.0%
WEISENFELD, ARYAN E 1 40.9% +25.6%
ANSARI, AZAM A 1 47.4% +49.6%

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
19072794 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM BUSCH, CHRISTOPHER CONRAD 49d overdue
17698674 PROGRAM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND TERMINAL GREGG, MARY M 4d overdue
18907853 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM CIRNU, ALEXANDRU 27d
19072405 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM VIG, NARESH 56d
19294894 NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, CONTROL METHOD, AND TERMINAL APPARATUS POUNCIL, DARNELL A
19291420 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM HUERTA, ALEXANDER Q
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

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
19072794 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM BUSCH, CHRISTOPHER CONRAD 49d overdue
19053208 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM HERSHLEY, MARK E 32d overdue
19072405 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM VIG, NARESH 56d
19294894 NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, CONTROL METHOD, AND TERMINAL APPARATUS POUNCIL, DARNELL A
19291420 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM HUERTA, ALEXANDER Q
19213430 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CREATING PASSWORD USING DYNAMICALLY CHANGEABLE REGULAR EXPRESSION MAYE, AYUB A
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

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3622 3
3621 3
2425 1
2454 1
2164 1
3663 1
2421 1
3697 1
3695 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19294894 NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, CONTROL METHOD, AND TERMINAL APPARATUS POUNCIL, DARNELL A 3622 §101§102 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 08, 2025
19291420 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM HUERTA, ALEXANDER Q 2425 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 05, 2025
19213430 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CREATING PASSWORD USING DYNAMICALLY CHANGEABLE REGULAR EXPRESSION MAYE, AYUB A §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 20, 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
19072405 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM VIG, NARESH 3622 §101§103 Final Rejection 56d Pending Mar 06, 2025
19072794 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM BUSCH, CHRISTOPHER CONRAD 3621 §101§103 Final Rejection 49d overdue Pending Mar 06, 2025
19072225 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM PATEL, DIPEN M 3621 §101 Final Rejection Pending Mar 06, 2025
19053208 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM HERSHLEY, MARK E 2164 §103 Final Rejection 32d overdue Pending Feb 13, 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
18973588 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM ANSARI, AZAM A 3621 §101§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 §101§102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 09, 2024
18973491 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM ORTIZ SANCHEZ, MICHAEL §102 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 09, 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
17698674 PROGRAM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND TERMINAL GREGG, MARY M 3695 §101§103 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Mar 18, 2022

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