Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

NAVER Corporation

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

33 pending office actions • 25 art units • 31 examiners • 0 of 33 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 41 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

NAVER Corporation has 34 pending office actions in Computing & Software. Those matters are handled by 32 examiners across 26 art units, showing a broad examination footprint rather than a single concentrated queue.

MA, MICHELLE HAU is the busiest examiner, with 2 pending matters. The limited concentration at that examiner suggests that portfolio management should emphasize consistent claim strategy, disclosure support, and docket controls across many prosecution relationships.

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

Portfolio Summary

33
Total Pending OAs
22
Non-Final OAs
10
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 8 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

3
Overdue
0
Due this week
3
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
1
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. 8 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (3)Due ≤ 30 days (3)Due ≤ 60 days (1)Due later (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.

14
Hard (42%)
18
Medium (55%)
1
Easy (3%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (3%)
§101 + other8 (24%)
§103 only18 (55%)
§112 only1 (3%)
Multi-statute (no §101)5 (15%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
11
Information Tech
33% of docket
11
Communications
33% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
10
Mechanical / Eng
30% of docket
1
Business / Other
3% 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.

330 h
Manual time on pending OAs
66 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
115 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.9 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
MA, MICHELLE HAU 2 72.5% +47.8%
MEYER, JACQUELINE CHRISTINE 2 66.7% +62.5%
WOODWORTH, II, ALLAN J 1 38.5% +39.7%
ALLEN, WILLIAM J 1 62.4% +32.4%
EVANS, KARSTON G 1 69.8% +16.8%
RENZE, GEORGE NICHOLAS 1 74.4% +16.7%
WHITAKER, ANDREW B 1 18.7% +18.6%
AGAHI, DARIOUSH 1 84.0% +30.3%
THOMAS-HOMESCU, ANNE L 1 77.1% +37.3%
TSENG, CHENG YUAN 1 84.1% +15.3%

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
18984820 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING A BIRD-EYE VIEW MAP TSENG, CHENG YUAN —

Hard Cases (14)

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
17383860 SUPERLOSS: A GENERIC LOSS FOR ROBUST CURRICULUM LEARNING SITIRICHE, LUIS A 31d overdue
18165022 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR EVALUATING PERFORMANCE OF IMAGE TAGGING MODEL CAI, PHUONG HAU 17d overdue
19090945 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING REVIEW MANAGEMENT SERVICE WHITAKER, ANDREW B 16d
18054327 METHOD, COMPUTER DEVICE, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM FOR PROVIDING OPTIMAL PATH HARRINGTON, MICHAEL P 30d
18777986 METHOD, COMPUTER DEVICE, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR REAL-TIME INSPECTOR IN LIVE COMMERCE PLATFORM SERRAGUARD, SEAN ERIN 43d
19264005 METHOD AND COMPUTER SYSTEM FOR DISPLAYING ADVERTISING CHANNEL INFORMATION AND ADVERTISING CONTENT ITEM ABOUT PRODUCT OR SERVICE BASED ON SEARCH KEYWORD WOODWORTH, II, ALLAN J —
19263294 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING LIVE CONTENT STREAMING SERVICE ALLEN, WILLIAM J —
19261503 METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ROBOT BASED ON WEB BROWSER AND ROBOT USING SAME EVANS, KARSTON G —

Interview Candidates (12)

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
19090945 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING REVIEW MANAGEMENT SERVICE WHITAKER, ANDREW B 16d
19264005 METHOD AND COMPUTER SYSTEM FOR DISPLAYING ADVERTISING CHANNEL INFORMATION AND ADVERTISING CONTENT ITEM ABOUT PRODUCT OR SERVICE BASED ON SEARCH KEYWORD WOODWORTH, II, ALLAN J —
19263294 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING LIVE CONTENT STREAMING SERVICE ALLEN, WILLIAM J —
19261503 METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ROBOT BASED ON WEB BROWSER AND ROBOT USING SAME EVANS, KARSTON G —
19201605 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING VISUAL FEATURE MAP USING THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODEL AND STREET VIEW IMAGE RENZE, GEORGE NICHOLAS —
19050911 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING USER TERMINAL ON BASIS OF USER TERMINAL BEING POSITIONED IN PRESET CUSTOM AREA MA, MICHELLE HAU —
19025600 CONTEXT PRUNING FOR RETRIEVAL AUGMENTED GENERATION AGAHI, DARIOUSH —
18990462 METHOD FOR PROVIDING CONVERSATION AND SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING THE CONVERSATION THOMAS-HOMESCU, ANNE L —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3628 2
2617 2
2656 2
3662 2
2673 2
2144 2
2145 2
3622 1
3619 1
3657 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19264005 METHOD AND COMPUTER SYSTEM FOR DISPLAYING ADVERTISING CHANNEL INFORMATION AND ADVERTISING CONTENT ITEM ABOUT PRODUCT OR SERVICE BASED ON SEARCH KEYWORD WOODWORTH, II, ALLAN J 3622 §101§102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Jul 09, 2025
19263294 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING LIVE CONTENT STREAMING SERVICE ALLEN, WILLIAM J 3619 §101§103§112Other Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 08, 2025
19261503 METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ROBOT BASED ON WEB BROWSER AND ROBOT USING SAME EVANS, KARSTON G 3657 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 07, 2025
19201605 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING VISUAL FEATURE MAP USING THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODEL AND STREET VIEW IMAGE RENZE, GEORGE NICHOLAS — §103 Non-Final OA — Pending May 07, 2025
19090945 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING REVIEW MANAGEMENT SERVICE WHITAKER, ANDREW B 3628 §101§103 Final Rejection 16d Pending Mar 26, 2025
19050911 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING USER TERMINAL ON BASIS OF USER TERMINAL BEING POSITIONED IN PRESET CUSTOM AREA MA, MICHELLE HAU 2617 §102§103Other Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 11, 2025
19025600 CONTEXT PRUNING FOR RETRIEVAL AUGMENTED GENERATION AGAHI, DARIOUSH 2656 §101§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 16, 2025
18990462 METHOD FOR PROVIDING CONVERSATION AND SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING THE CONVERSATION THOMAS-HOMESCU, ANNE L 2656 §101§102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 20, 2024
18987215 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR RECOVERING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL HUMAN MESH IN CAMERA SPACE MA, MICHELLE HAU 2617 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 19, 2024
18984820 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING A BIRD-EYE VIEW MAP TSENG, CHENG YUAN 2615 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Dec 17, 2024
18980813 ROBOT-FRIENDLY BUILDINGS, AND MAP GENERATION METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ROBOT OPERATION KAN, YURI 3662 §103Other Final Rejection — Pending Dec 13, 2024
18976981 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR GENERATING 3D REPRESENTATIONS OF SCENES FROM A PLURALITY OF IMAGES USING POINTMAPS WANG, YI 2619 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 11, 2024
18940140 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMAGE RETRIEVAL USING SUPER FEATURES FITZPATRICK, ATIBA O 2677 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 07, 2024
18919738 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PERFORMING TASKS USING LIGHTWEIGHT MODELS TRAINED USING DISTILLATION METHODS SHIMELES, BEZAWIT NOLAWI 2673 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 18, 2024
18908091 ROBOT-FRIENDLY BUILDING, METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MONITORING ROBOT OPERATION LU, HUA 3662 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 07, 2024
18819206 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE CONTENT HUYNH, LINDA TANG 2172 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 29, 2024
18813625 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DYNAMICALLY CREATING INSTANCE FOR CONTENT OF INFORMATION PROVIDER SONIFRANK, RICHA MISHRA 2654 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Aug 23, 2024
18777986 METHOD, COMPUTER DEVICE, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR REAL-TIME INSPECTOR IN LIVE COMMERCE PLATFORM SERRAGUARD, SEAN ERIN 2657 §101§102§103§112 Final Rejection 43d Pending Jul 19, 2024
18658179 METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR MANAGING MULTI-ZONE DATA CENTER FAILURES DUNCAN, MARC M 2113 §103 Final Rejection 29d Pending May 08, 2024
18653424 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING KEYWORD REVIEWS LEE, CLAY C 3699 §103 Final Rejection 84d Pending May 02, 2024
18634466 DATA AUGMENTATION FOR TRAINING NEURAL NETWORKS BASOM, BLAINE T 2141 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 12, 2024
18588368 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING REACTIONS DUE TO FRICTION OF OBJECTS WITH MULTIPLE CONTACTS MOLNAR, SIDNEY LEIGH 3656 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 27, 2024
18524235 SLATE RECOMMENDER SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRAINING SAME MEYER, JACQUELINE CHRISTINE 2144 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 30, 2023
18478674 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING LANGUAGE LEARNING SERVICES FRENCH, CORRELL T 3715 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 29, 2023
18165022 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR EVALUATING PERFORMANCE OF IMAGE TAGGING MODEL CAI, PHUONG HAU 2673 §101§102 Non-Final OA 17d overdue Pending Feb 06, 2023
18054327 METHOD, COMPUTER DEVICE, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM FOR PROVIDING OPTIMAL PATH HARRINGTON, MICHAEL P 3628 §101 Non-Final OA 30d Pending Nov 10, 2022
17949180 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRAINING USING CONTRASTIVE LOSSES TAN, DAVID H 2145 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 20, 2022
17829848 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MACHINE LEARNING FROM IMBALANCED DATA WITH NOISY LABELS MEYER, JACQUELINE CHRISTINE 2144 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 01, 2022
17708214 SYSTEM AND METHOD OF SEMI-SUPERVISED LEARNING WITH FEW LABELED IMAGES PER CLASS HINCKLEY, CHASE PAUL 2145 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 30, 2022
17518695 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING ACTION OF DEVICE FOR GIVEN STATE USING MODEL TRAINED BASED ON RISK-MEASURE PARAMETER BREEN, JAKE TIMOTHY 2143 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Nov 04, 2021
17514698 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR LEARNING REPRESENTATIONS LESS PRONE TO CATASTROPHIC FORGETTING HONORE, EVEL NMN 2142 §103 Non-Final OA 70d overdue Pending Oct 29, 2021
17383860 SUPERLOSS: A GENERIC LOSS FOR ROBUST CURRICULUM LEARNING SITIRICHE, LUIS A 2100 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA 31d overdue Pending Jul 23, 2021
17082874 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING POINT-OF-INTEREST DATA RAMIREZ BRAVO, BEATRIZ A 2146 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Oct 28, 2020

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does NAVER Corporation have?

NAVER Corporation has 33 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 25 art units and 31 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most NAVER Corporation applications?

Michelle Hau Ma has the most, with 2 of NAVER Corporation's pending office actions.

What technology area are NAVER Corporation's patent applications in?

Mostly Communications (USPTO Tech Center 2600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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