Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
24 pending office actions • 2 art units • 19 examiners • 0 of 24 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 58 patents granted in the last 365 days
Netease (hangzhou) Network Co., Ltd. has 19 pending office actions currently active in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are distributed among 17 distinct examiners, which suggests that examiners are often handling only a single case for the company. Despite the number of examiners, the portfolio is concentrated within only 2 distinct art units. This concentration in 2 distinct art units may allow for some procedural consistency even with 17 distinct examiners involved.
WONG, JEFFREY KEITH is the busiest examiner, responsible for 2 of the 19 pending actions. The fact that 19 pending office actions are spread across 17 distinct examiners means that examiners are frequently managing just one matter. Practitioners should be prepared for a variety of individual examiner styles within the narrow technical confines of the 2 distinct art units. The volume of 19 pending office actions indicates an active and ongoing investment in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering sector.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 5 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. 5 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 only | 5 (21%) |
| §101 + other | 7 (29%) |
| §103 only | 8 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 4 (17%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LARSEN, CARL VICTOR | 3 | 69.6% | +19.9% |
| WONG, JEFFREY KEITH | 2 | 66.2% | +26.1% |
| SINGH, ISHAYU NMN | 2 | 83.3% | +25.0% |
| PINHEIRO, JASON PAUL | 2 | 63.8% | +32.2% |
| AZAD, ABUL K | 1 | 85.5% | +14.0% |
| MYHR, JUSTIN L | 1 | 63.9% | +27.9% |
| HAFIZ, HAMID TARIQ | 1 | 0.0% | +0.0% |
| DETWEILER, JAMES M | 1 | 38.8% | +43.5% |
| PANDYA, SUNIT | 1 | 65.7% | +28.2% |
| LAM, CHAK FUNG ANTHONY | 1 | — | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18557313 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING INFORMATION IN GAME, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | ALSOMAIRY, SELWA ABDO | 10d overdue |
| 18712734 | GAME INTERACTION METHOD AND APPARATUS, COMPUTER STORAGE MEDIUM, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | SINGH, ISHAYU NMN | 3d overdue |
| 18574789 | GAME EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT METHOD AND APPARATUS, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | PINHEIRO, JASON PAUL | 40d |
| 18001720 | METHOD FOR PROCESSING RECOMMENDATION INFORMATION, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND NON-VOLATILE COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | MOSSER, ROBERT E | 42d |
| 18837838 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ADJUSTING VIDEO PROGRESS, COMPUTER DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM | WONG, JEFFREY KEITH | — |
| 18555885 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING GAME SCENE, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM | WONG, JEFFREY KEITH | — |
| 18555406 | VOICE PROCESSING METHODS, APPARATUSES, COMPUTER DEVICES, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIA | AZAD, ABUL K | — |
| 18881740 | METHOD FOR VIRTUAL PROP PROCESSING, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | MYHR, JUSTIN L | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18712734 | GAME INTERACTION METHOD AND APPARATUS, COMPUTER STORAGE MEDIUM, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | SINGH, ISHAYU NMN | 3d overdue |
| 18574789 | GAME EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT METHOD AND APPARATUS, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | PINHEIRO, JASON PAUL | 40d |
| 18837838 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ADJUSTING VIDEO PROGRESS, COMPUTER DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM | WONG, JEFFREY KEITH | — |
| 18555885 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING GAME SCENE, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM | WONG, JEFFREY KEITH | — |
| 18994036 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING VIRTUAL OBJECT, APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING VIRTUAL OBJECT, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | LARSEN, CARL VICTOR | — |
| 18555406 | VOICE PROCESSING METHODS, APPARATUSES, COMPUTER DEVICES, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIA | AZAD, ABUL K | — |
| 18881740 | METHOD FOR VIRTUAL PROP PROCESSING, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | MYHR, JUSTIN L | — |
| 18880301 | VIRTUAL ITEM DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | SINGH, ISHAYU NMN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3715 | 13 |
| 2151 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18837838 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ADJUSTING VIDEO PROGRESS, COMPUTER DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM | WONG, JEFFREY KEITH | — | §101§102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 07, 2025 |
| 18555885 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING GAME SCENE, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM | WONG, JEFFREY KEITH | — | §101§102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 12, 2025 |
| 18994036 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING VIRTUAL OBJECT, APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING VIRTUAL OBJECT, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | LARSEN, CARL VICTOR | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 13, 2025 |
| 18555406 | VOICE PROCESSING METHODS, APPARATUSES, COMPUTER DEVICES, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIA | AZAD, ABUL K | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 13, 2025 |
| 18881740 | METHOD FOR VIRTUAL PROP PROCESSING, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | MYHR, JUSTIN L | — | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 07, 2025 |
| 18880301 | VIRTUAL ITEM DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | SINGH, ISHAYU NMN | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 31, 2024 |
| 18877894 | GAME INTERACTION METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | HAFIZ, HAMID TARIQ | 3715 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2024 |
| 18874465 | VIRTUAL OBJECT SWITCHING METHOD AND APPARATUS, STORAGE MEDIUM AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | DETWEILER, JAMES M | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 12, 2024 |
| 18874484 | GAME SCENE GENERATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, STORAGE MEDIUM AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS | PANDYA, SUNIT | 3715 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 12, 2024 |
| 18872102 | DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD AND DEVICE FOR VIRTUAL OBJECT, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | LAM, CHAK FUNG ANTHONY | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 05, 2024 |
| 18860019 | INFORMATION DISPLAY METHOD, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | LEICHLITER, CHASE E | — | §101§102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 25, 2024 |
| 18846686 | INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM THEREOF | BLAUFELD, JUSTIN R | 2151 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 13, 2024 |
| 18841691 | DISPLAY METHOD FOR SKILL INDICATOR, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM THEREOF | YOO, JASSON H | — | §102§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 27, 2024 |
| 18836788 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING DAMAGE RANGE OF SKILL, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM THEREOF | UTAMA, ROBERT J | 3715 | §101 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 08, 2024 |
| 18712734 | GAME INTERACTION METHOD AND APPARATUS, COMPUTER STORAGE MEDIUM, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | SINGH, ISHAYU NMN | 3715 | §101§102§103 | Final Rejection | 3d overdue | Pending | May 23, 2024 |
| 18574789 | GAME EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT METHOD AND APPARATUS, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | PINHEIRO, JASON PAUL | 3715 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 40d | Pending | Dec 28, 2023 |
| 18557313 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING INFORMATION IN GAME, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | ALSOMAIRY, SELWA ABDO | 3715 | §101 | Final Rejection | 10d overdue | Pending | Oct 26, 2023 |
| 18556110 | GAME PROCESS CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | LARSEN, CARL VICTOR | 3715 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 19, 2023 |
| 18555879 | METHOD FOR ATTACKING TARGET IN GAME AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | LARSEN, CARL VICTOR | 3715 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 18, 2023 |
| 18549598 | INFORMATION SENDING METHOD, INFORMATION SENDING APPARATUS, COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, AND DEVICE | THOMAS, ERIC M | 3715 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 08, 2023 |
| 18266165 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING VIRTUAL OBJECTS IN GAME, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM | PINHEIRO, JASON PAUL | 3715 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 08, 2023 |
| 18321813 | GAME REPLAY CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS, DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | WILLIAMS, ROSS A | 3715 | §103 | Final Rejection | 11d overdue | Pending | May 23, 2023 |
| 18001720 | METHOD FOR PROCESSING RECOMMENDATION INFORMATION, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND NON-VOLATILE COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | MOSSER, ROBERT E | 3715 | §101 | Non-Final OA | 42d | Pending | Dec 14, 2022 |
| 18000825 | INFORMATION CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS IN GAME, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | ANGELES, JOSE | 3715 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 06, 2022 |
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