Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Netease (hangzhou) Network Co., Ltd.

14 pending office actions • 2 art units • 12 examiners • 0 of 14 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 52 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

14
Total Pending OAs
9
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
2
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
0
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. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)Due ≤ 60 days (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.

9
Hard (64%)
4
Medium (29%)
0
Easy (0%)
1
Unknown (7%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only2 (14%)
§101 + other3 (21%)
§103 only3 (21%)
§102 only1 (7%)
Multi-statute (no §101)4 (29%)
No statute on record1 (7%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
1
Information Tech
7% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
8
Mechanical / Eng
57% of docket
5
Business / Other
36% 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.

140 h
Manual time on pending OAs
28 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
49 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.2 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
THOMAS, ERIC M 3 70.1% +14.2%
AZAD, ABUL K 1 85.4% +14.2%
PANDYA, SUNIT 1 65.7% +27.9%
DETWEILER, JAMES M 1 38.7% +43.3%
LAM, CHAK FUNG ANTHONY 1
YOO, JASSON H 1 62.1% +33.3%
SHIBEROU, MAHELET 1 73.4% +26.7%
SINGH, ISHAYU NMN 1 100.0% +0.0%
HU, KANG 1 35.8% +35.5%
MOSSER, ROBERT E 1 46.6% +10.0%

Hard Cases (9)

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
18712734 GAME INTERACTION METHOD AND APPARATUS, COMPUTER STORAGE MEDIUM, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE SINGH, ISHAYU NMN 3d overdue
18001720 METHOD FOR PROCESSING RECOMMENDATION INFORMATION, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND NON-VOLATILE COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM MOSSER, ROBERT E 42d
18555406 VOICE PROCESSING METHODS, APPARATUSES, COMPUTER DEVICES, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIA AZAD, ABUL K
18874484 GAME SCENE GENERATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, STORAGE MEDIUM AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS PANDYA, SUNIT
18874465 VIRTUAL OBJECT SWITCHING METHOD AND APPARATUS, STORAGE MEDIUM AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE DETWEILER, JAMES M
18838627 DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE SHIBEROU, MAHELET
18567038 GAME INTERACTION METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND READABLE MEDIUM THOMAS, ERIC M
18549592 METHOD FOR CONTROLLING GAME SCENE, APPARATUSE, COMPUTER DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM THOMAS, ERIC M

Interview Candidates (10)

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
18681531 METHOD FOR CONTROLLING VIRTUAL CHARACTER, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM THEREOF HU, KANG 10d overdue
18001720 METHOD FOR PROCESSING RECOMMENDATION INFORMATION, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND NON-VOLATILE COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM MOSSER, ROBERT E 42d
18555406 VOICE PROCESSING METHODS, APPARATUSES, COMPUTER DEVICES, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIA AZAD, ABUL K
18874484 GAME SCENE GENERATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, STORAGE MEDIUM AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS PANDYA, SUNIT
18874465 VIRTUAL OBJECT SWITCHING METHOD AND APPARATUS, STORAGE MEDIUM AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE DETWEILER, JAMES M
18841691 DISPLAY METHOD FOR SKILL INDICATOR, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM THEREOF YOO, JASSON H
18838627 DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE SHIBEROU, MAHELET
18567038 GAME INTERACTION METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND READABLE MEDIUM THOMAS, ERIC M

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3715 8
2171 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18555406 VOICE PROCESSING METHODS, APPARATUSES, COMPUTER DEVICES, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIA AZAD, ABUL K §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 13, 2025
18874484 GAME SCENE GENERATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, STORAGE MEDIUM AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS PANDYA, SUNIT 3715 §101 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 12, 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
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
18841691 DISPLAY METHOD FOR SKILL INDICATOR, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM THEREOF YOO, JASSON H Other Non-Final OA Pending Aug 27, 2024
18838627 DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE SHIBEROU, MAHELET §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 15, 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
18681531 METHOD FOR CONTROLLING VIRTUAL CHARACTER, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM THEREOF HU, KANG 3715 §102 Final Rejection 10d overdue Pending Feb 06, 2024
18567038 GAME INTERACTION METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND READABLE MEDIUM THOMAS, ERIC M 3715 §101§102 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 05, 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
18549592 METHOD FOR CONTROLLING GAME SCENE, APPARATUSE, COMPUTER DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM THOMAS, ERIC M 3715 §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 08, 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
17904227 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SHARING INFORMATION, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE MERCADO, GABRIEL S 2171 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Aug 15, 2022

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