Technology areas: Networking & Security • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
7 pending office actions • 5 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 18 patents granted in the last 365 days
Nbcuniversal Media LLC is currently managing 6 pending office actions within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These 6 pending matters are distributed among 6 distinct examiners, meaning that each individual examiner is responsible for exactly 1 office action. This distribution shows a high degree of examiner variety for the company's current prosecution pipeline in this specific technology sector.
The workload is spread across 4 distinct art units, which indicates that the company's patent filings in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems are being reviewed by several different technical groups at the USPTO. The busiest examiner identified is SANTIAGO-MERCED, FRANCIS Z, who is handling 1 busiest examiner pending action. Since the total number of 6 pending office actions matches the 6 distinct examiners, the workload is split, with no single examiner managing more than 1 case. This requires the company to engage with 4 distinct art units simultaneously to advance its patent portfolio.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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.
| Bucket | Cases |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 3 (43%) |
| §103 only | 2 (29%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (29%) |
How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.
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.
| Examiner | Apps on this docket | Allow rate | Interview lift |
|---|---|---|---|
| SANTIAGO-MERCED, FRANCIS Z | 1 | 26.4% | +37.5% |
| PARRA, OMAR S | 1 | 74.6% | +9.1% |
| OSMAN BILAL AHMED, AFAF | 1 | 16.1% | +13.9% |
| CHAE, KYU | 1 | 70.3% | +13.2% |
| HENRY, MATTHEW D | 1 | 29.7% | +19.7% |
| TELAN, MICHAEL R | 1 | 42.7% | +27.4% |
| NGUYEN, THUONG | 1 | 68.2% | +31.9% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18644737 | DIGITAL FORECASTER | SANTIAGO-MERCED, FRANCIS Z | 12d |
| 18338097 | DYNAMIC IN-SCENE SECONDARY CONTENT INSERTION | TELAN, MICHAEL R | 23d |
| 18475947 | DYNAMIC MODEL SELECTION FOR ACCURATE TIME SERIES FORECASTING | HENRY, MATTHEW D | 70d |
| 18630751 | POST-PRODUCTION PLATFORM SYSTEMS AND METHODS | PARRA, OMAR S | — |
| 18538643 | CREATIVE GATEWAY | OSMAN BILAL AHMED, AFAF | — |
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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17066279 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING MACHINE LEARNING-DRIVEN TELECAST FORECASTS | NGUYEN, THUONG | 2d overdue |
| 18644737 | DIGITAL FORECASTER | SANTIAGO-MERCED, FRANCIS Z | 12d |
| 18338097 | DYNAMIC IN-SCENE SECONDARY CONTENT INSERTION | TELAN, MICHAEL R | 23d |
| 18475947 | DYNAMIC MODEL SELECTION FOR ACCURATE TIME SERIES FORECASTING | HENRY, MATTHEW D | 70d |
| 18538643 | CREATIVE GATEWAY | OSMAN BILAL AHMED, AFAF | — |
| 18538615 | TIMED METADATA FOR OVERLAYS | CHAE, KYU | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3625 | 2 |
| 2426 | 2 |
| 2421 | 1 |
| 3622 | 1 |
| 2416 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18644737 | DIGITAL FORECASTER | SANTIAGO-MERCED, FRANCIS Z | 3625 | §101§102§103 | Final Rejection | 12d | Pending | Apr 24, 2024 |
| 18630751 | POST-PRODUCTION PLATFORM SYSTEMS AND METHODS | PARRA, OMAR S | 2421 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 09, 2024 |
| 18538643 | CREATIVE GATEWAY | OSMAN BILAL AHMED, AFAF | 3622 | §101§102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 13, 2023 |
| 18538615 | TIMED METADATA FOR OVERLAYS | CHAE, KYU | 2426 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 13, 2023 |
| 18475947 | DYNAMIC MODEL SELECTION FOR ACCURATE TIME SERIES FORECASTING | HENRY, MATTHEW D | 3625 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 70d | Pending | Sep 27, 2023 |
| 18338097 | DYNAMIC IN-SCENE SECONDARY CONTENT INSERTION | TELAN, MICHAEL R | 2426 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 23d | Pending | Jun 20, 2023 |
| 17066279 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING MACHINE LEARNING-DRIVEN TELECAST FORECASTS | NGUYEN, THUONG | 2416 | §103 | Final Rejection | 2d overdue | Pending | Oct 08, 2020 |
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Start Free TrialNbcuniversal Media LLC has 7 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 5 art units and 7 examiners.
Francis Z Santiago-Merced has the most, with 1 of Nbcuniversal Media LLC's pending office actions.
Mostly Networking & Security (USPTO Tech Center 2400), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
