Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 15, 2026

Ncsoft Corporation

7 pending office actions • 3 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

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

Response Deadline Pressure

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.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

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.

2
Hard (29%)
4
Medium (57%)
1
Easy (14%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (14%)
§101 + other1 (14%)
§103 only4 (57%)
§112 only1 (14%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
2
Information Tech
29% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
29% of docket
3
Business / Other
43% 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.

70 h
Manual time on pending OAs
14 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
24 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.6 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
BOUTAH, ALINA A 1 89.9% +9.2%
CHAN, ALLEN 1 70.0% +35.4%
MISHLER, ROBIN J 1 69.6% +5.9%
GAW, MARK H 1 49.8% +59.7%
POE, KEVIN T 1 39.5% +16.1%
LI, HARRISON 1 64.0% +62.3%
CHU JOY, JORGE A 1 77.1% +35.7%

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
19086528 ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING USER MATCHED TO EXTERNAL ELECTRONIC DEVICE ON BASIS OF LOG INFORMATION BOUTAH, ALINA A

Hard Cases (2)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19040459 COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM AND METHOD FOR MATCHING BLOCKCHAIN-BASED TOKENS TO DIFFERENT ELECTRONIC WALLETS ON BASIS OF EVENT GAW, MARK H
18912079 ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR TRADING CONTENT POE, KEVIN T

Interview Candidates (5)

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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17737365 ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANAGING CACHE DATA CHU JOY, JORGE A 22d overdue
19066502 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING GAME CHAN, ALLEN
19040459 COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM AND METHOD FOR MATCHING BLOCKCHAIN-BASED TOKENS TO DIFFERENT ELECTRONIC WALLETS ON BASIS OF EVENT GAW, MARK H
18912079 ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR TRADING CONTENT POE, KEVIN T
17854631 ELECTRONIC DEVICE, METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM FOR ALLOCATING VIRTUAL MACHINE FOR EXECUTING APPLICATION LI, HARRISON

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2195 2
3693 1
3692 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19086528 ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING USER MATCHED TO EXTERNAL ELECTRONIC DEVICE ON BASIS OF LOG INFORMATION BOUTAH, ALINA A §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 21, 2025
19066502 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING GAME CHAN, ALLEN §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 28, 2025
19066916 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING GAME MISHLER, ROBIN J §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 28, 2025
19040459 COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM AND METHOD FOR MATCHING BLOCKCHAIN-BASED TOKENS TO DIFFERENT ELECTRONIC WALLETS ON BASIS OF EVENT GAW, MARK H 3693 §101 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 29, 2025
18912079 ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR TRADING CONTENT POE, KEVIN T 3692 §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 10, 2024
17854631 ELECTRONIC DEVICE, METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM FOR ALLOCATING VIRTUAL MACHINE FOR EXECUTING APPLICATION LI, HARRISON 2195 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 30, 2022
17737365 ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANAGING CACHE DATA CHU JOY, JORGE A 2195 §112 Non-Final OA 22d overdue Pending May 05, 2022

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