Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

PIONEER Corporation

Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems

10 pending office actions • 7 art units • 10 examiners • 0 of 10 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 21 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

PIONEER Corporation has 10 pending office actions in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems. The matters are assigned to 10 examiners and 6 art units, showing examiner-level dispersion across a more limited set of technical groupings.

ALZATEEMEH, HUSSAM ALDEEN is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. The reported distribution gives counsel little basis for a single-examiner strategy, making application-specific review and art-unit coordination more relevant.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

10
Total Pending OAs
6
Non-Final OAs
4
Final Rejections
0
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
1
Due this month
0
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 ≤ 30 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.

5
Hard (50%)
5
Medium (50%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other4 (40%)
§103 only5 (50%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (10%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
1
Information Tech
10% of docket
1
Communications
10% of docket
1
Semiconductors
10% of docket
7
Mechanical / Eng
70% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% 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.

100 h
Manual time on pending OAs
20 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
35 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.9 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
ALZATEEMEH, HUSSAM ALDEEN 1 58.8% +33.6%
LOWEN, NICHOLAS DANIEL 1 64.7% +61.4%
KIM, PETER B 1 83.1% +9.4%
WANG, KAI NMN 1 56.6% +16.1%
LIANG, HONGYE 1 63.4% +52.6%
RATCLIFFE, LUKE D 1 87.2% +10.4%
THOMPSON, JOSEPH LEIGH 1 40.9% +67.7%
STRYKER, NICHOLAS F 1 34.0% +19.8%
PHUNG, LUAT 1 76.3% +11.4%
SHARMA, SHIVAM 1 43.4% +8.7%

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
18612082 FEATURE DATA STRUCTURE, CONTROL DEVICE, STORAGE DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, PROGRAM AND STORAGE MEDIUM RATCLIFFE, LUKE D —

Hard Cases (5)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18689037 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM THOMPSON, JOSEPH LEIGH 9d overdue
19473697 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM ALZATEEMEH, HUSSAM ALDEEN —
19108677 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM LOWEN, NICHOLAS DANIEL —
18926234 SENSOR DEVICE AND HOUSING KIM, PETER B —
18690548 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE LIANG, HONGYE —

Interview Candidates (8)

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
18689037 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM THOMPSON, JOSEPH LEIGH 9d overdue
18038376 COMMUNICATION CONTROL TERMINAL, COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD, AND COMMUNICATION CONTROL PROGRAM PHUNG, LUAT 28d
19473697 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM ALZATEEMEH, HUSSAM ALDEEN —
19108677 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM LOWEN, NICHOLAS DANIEL —
18690596 DISPLAY DEVICE WANG, KAI NMN —
18690548 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE LIANG, HONGYE —
18612082 FEATURE DATA STRUCTURE, CONTROL DEVICE, STORAGE DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, PROGRAM AND STORAGE MEDIUM RATCLIFFE, LUKE D —
18688680 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STRYKER, NICHOLAS F —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3665 3
3664 2
3662 1
2653 1
2882 1
3645 1
2468 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19473697 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM ALZATEEMEH, HUSSAM ALDEEN 3662 §101§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 08, 2025
19108677 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM LOWEN, NICHOLAS DANIEL 2653 §101§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 04, 2025
18926234 SENSOR DEVICE AND HOUSING KIM, PETER B 2882 §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Oct 24, 2024
18690596 DISPLAY DEVICE WANG, KAI NMN 3664 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Sep 09, 2024
18690548 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE LIANG, HONGYE 3664 §101§103 Final Rejection — Pending Sep 09, 2024
18612082 FEATURE DATA STRUCTURE, CONTROL DEVICE, STORAGE DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, PROGRAM AND STORAGE MEDIUM RATCLIFFE, LUKE D 3645 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 21, 2024
18689037 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM THOMPSON, JOSEPH LEIGH 3665 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA 9d overdue Pending Mar 04, 2024
18688680 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STRYKER, NICHOLAS F 3665 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 01, 2024
18038376 COMMUNICATION CONTROL TERMINAL, COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD, AND COMMUNICATION CONTROL PROGRAM PHUNG, LUAT 2468 §103 Non-Final OA 28d Pending May 23, 2023
18252114 INFORMATION PRESENTATION DEVICE SHARMA, SHIVAM 3665 §103 Final Rejection 117d overdue Pending May 08, 2023

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does PIONEER Corporation have?

PIONEER Corporation has 10 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 7 art units and 10 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most PIONEER Corporation applications?

Hussam Aldeen Alzateemeh has the most, with 1 of PIONEER Corporation's pending office actions.

What technology area are PIONEER Corporation's patent applications in?

Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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