Technology areas: Communications • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
8 pending office actions • 4 art units • 8 examiners • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
Ncsoft Corporation currently has 8 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are split among 8 distinct examiners, but are grouped within 4 distinct art units. The fact that 8 examiners are working within 4 art units suggests that while the individuals vary, the technical subject matter is concentrated in a few specific areas of medical and mechanical engineering. This structure requires the company to manage 8 different examiner relationships while operating within only 4 distinct art units.
POLLOCK, ZACHARY JOSEPH is the busiest examiner for the company, currently handling 1 pending office action. Because each of the 8 pending office actions is assigned to a different person, no single examiner has a dominant influence over the portfolio. However, the concentration in 4 distinct art units means that the 8 distinct examiners likely share similar technical backgrounds and internal unit guidelines. Practitioners should tailor their approach to the specific nuances of these 4 distinct art units while recognizing the individual styles of the 8 distinct examiners. This balance between examiner variety and art unit concentration is a key feature of the company's current prosecution in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 | 4 (50%) |
| §112 only | 1 (12%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (38%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| POLLOCK, ZACHARY JOSEPH | 1 | 26.5% | +39.6% |
| DOSHI, ANKIT B | 1 | 67.3% | +22.1% |
| WONG, JEFFREY KEITH | 1 | 66.5% | +26.3% |
| CHAN, ALLEN | 1 | 70.3% | +35.1% |
| MISHLER, ROBIN J | 1 | 69.8% | +5.6% |
| PIERCE, DAMON JOSEPH | 1 | 75.7% | +28.4% |
| HANSEN, CONNOR LEVI | 1 | 72.7% | +38.4% |
| CHU JOY, JORGE A | 1 | 76.7% | +36.0% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19084094 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING MOTION OF USER CHARACTER | POLLOCK, ZACHARY JOSEPH | — |
| 19066576 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING GAME | DOSHI, ANKIT B | — |
| 19066618 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING GAME | WONG, JEFFREY KEITH | — |
| 19066502 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING GAME | CHAN, ALLEN | — |
| 19066916 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING GAME | MISHLER, ROBIN J | — |
| 19013821 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TARGETING OBJECT IN GAME | PIERCE, DAMON JOSEPH | — |
| 18982059 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR EXTRACTING TIME POINT AT WHICH DESIGNATED MOTION IS CAPTURED | HANSEN, CONNOR LEVI | — |
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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17737365 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANAGING CACHE DATA | CHU JOY, JORGE A | 22d overdue |
| 19084094 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING MOTION OF USER CHARACTER | POLLOCK, ZACHARY JOSEPH | — |
| 19066576 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING GAME | DOSHI, ANKIT B | — |
| 19066618 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING GAME | WONG, JEFFREY KEITH | — |
| 19066502 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING GAME | CHAN, ALLEN | — |
| 19013821 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TARGETING OBJECT IN GAME | PIERCE, DAMON JOSEPH | — |
| 18982059 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR EXTRACTING TIME POINT AT WHICH DESIGNATED MOTION IS CAPTURED | HANSEN, CONNOR LEVI | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3715 | 5 |
| 2628 | 1 |
| 2672 | 1 |
| 2195 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19084094 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING MOTION OF USER CHARACTER | POLLOCK, ZACHARY JOSEPH | 3715 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 19, 2025 |
| 19066576 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING GAME | DOSHI, ANKIT B | 3715 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 28, 2025 |
| 19066618 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING GAME | WONG, JEFFREY KEITH | 3715 | §101§102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 28, 2025 |
| 19066502 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING GAME | CHAN, ALLEN | 3715 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 28, 2025 |
| 19066916 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING GAME | MISHLER, ROBIN J | 2628 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 28, 2025 |
| 19013821 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TARGETING OBJECT IN GAME | PIERCE, DAMON JOSEPH | 3715 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 08, 2025 |
| 18982059 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR EXTRACTING TIME POINT AT WHICH DESIGNATED MOTION IS CAPTURED | HANSEN, CONNOR LEVI | 2672 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 16, 2024 |
| 17737365 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANAGING CACHE DATA | CHU JOY, JORGE A | 2195 | §112 | Final Rejection | 22d overdue | Pending | May 05, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialNcsoft Corporation has 8 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 4 art units and 8 examiners.
Zachary Joseph Pollock has the most, with 1 of Ncsoft Corporation's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
