Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Communications • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
17 pending office actions • 3 art units • 9 examiners • 0 of 17 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 35 patents granted in the last 365 days
Roland Corporation manages 17 pending office actions in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. These 17 actions are assigned to 9 distinct examiners, which results in some examiners handling multiple cases. UHLIR, CHRISTOPHER J is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, currently handling 3 pending office actions.
The company's prosecution activity is concentrated within 3 distinct art units. This focus across 3 distinct art units suggests that the 17 pending office actions involve closely related technologies. However, the involvement of 9 distinct examiners means that the company still faces a variety of individual examination styles within those art units.
With 3 pending office actions, UHLIR, CHRISTOPHER J has the largest individual influence on the portfolio's 17 pending office actions. Practitioners should monitor the 9 distinct examiners closely, as their decisions across the 3 distinct art units will determine the outcome for the company's current semiconductor and optics filings.
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 | 1 (6%) |
| §101 + other | 1 (6%) |
| §103 only | 3 (18%) |
| §102 only | 1 (6%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 11 (65%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| UHLIR, CHRISTOPHER J | 3 | 61.9% | +9.7% |
| GILLESPIE, NICOLE KATHLEEN | 3 | 54.5% | +50.3% |
| SCHREIBER, CHRISTINA MARIE | 3 | 79.4% | +15.5% |
| QIN, JIANCHUN | 3 | 69.2% | +14.4% |
| MOORTHY, ARAVIND K | 1 | 84.5% | +12.2% |
| BROWN, SHEREE N | 1 | 65.6% | +26.6% |
| LOCKETT, KIMBERLY R | 1 | 82.5% | +11.0% |
| DONELS, JEFFREY | 1 | 85.7% | +11.2% |
| SCOLES, PHILIP GRANT | 1 | 57.1% | +14.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19235590 | NETWORK SERVER PROCESSING AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM AND METHOD FOR NETWORK SERVER PROCESSING AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | MOORTHY, ARAVIND K | — |
| 18747363 | PERCUSSION INSTRUMENT, TENSILE FORCE APPLICATION METHOD AND PERCUSSION INSTRUMENT MANUFACTURING METHOD | LOCKETT, KIMBERLY R | — |
| 18689845 | PERCUSSION INSTRUMENT AND METHOD FOR REDUCING VOLUME OF PERCUSSION INSTRUMENT | DONELS, JEFFREY | — |
| 18396477 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM | UHLIR, CHRISTOPHER J | — |
| 18505042 | NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM, TIMBRE SETTING DEVICE AND TIMBRE SETTING METHOD | GILLESPIE, NICOLE KATHLEEN | — |
| 18504134 | NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM, TIMBRE SETTING DEVICE AND TIMBRE SETTING METHOD | SCHREIBER, CHRISTINA MARIE | — |
| 18497984 | CONTROL DEVICE, MUSICAL TONE GENERATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM | SCHREIBER, CHRISTINA MARIE | — |
| 18482023 | KEYBOARD DEVICE AND INTERLOCKING METHOD OF HAMMER | GILLESPIE, NICOLE KATHLEEN | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19235590 | NETWORK SERVER PROCESSING AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM AND METHOD FOR NETWORK SERVER PROCESSING AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | MOORTHY, ARAVIND K | — |
| 18824912 | NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM, VIDEO OUTPUT APPARATUS, AND VIDEO OUTPUT METHOD | BROWN, SHEREE N | — |
| 18747363 | PERCUSSION INSTRUMENT, TENSILE FORCE APPLICATION METHOD AND PERCUSSION INSTRUMENT MANUFACTURING METHOD | LOCKETT, KIMBERLY R | — |
| 18689845 | PERCUSSION INSTRUMENT AND METHOD FOR REDUCING VOLUME OF PERCUSSION INSTRUMENT | DONELS, JEFFREY | — |
| 18505042 | NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM, TIMBRE SETTING DEVICE AND TIMBRE SETTING METHOD | GILLESPIE, NICOLE KATHLEEN | — |
| 18504134 | NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM, TIMBRE SETTING DEVICE AND TIMBRE SETTING METHOD | SCHREIBER, CHRISTINA MARIE | — |
| 18497984 | CONTROL DEVICE, MUSICAL TONE GENERATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM | SCHREIBER, CHRISTINA MARIE | — |
| 18496914 | CONTROL DEVICE, MUSICAL TONE GENERATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM | GILLESPIE, NICOLE KATHLEEN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2837 | 3 |
| 2612 | 1 |
| 3619 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19235590 | NETWORK SERVER PROCESSING AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM AND METHOD FOR NETWORK SERVER PROCESSING AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | MOORTHY, ARAVIND K | — | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 12, 2025 |
| 18824912 | NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM, VIDEO OUTPUT APPARATUS, AND VIDEO OUTPUT METHOD | BROWN, SHEREE N | 2612 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 05, 2024 |
| 18747363 | PERCUSSION INSTRUMENT, TENSILE FORCE APPLICATION METHOD AND PERCUSSION INSTRUMENT MANUFACTURING METHOD | LOCKETT, KIMBERLY R | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 18, 2024 |
| 18689845 | PERCUSSION INSTRUMENT AND METHOD FOR REDUCING VOLUME OF PERCUSSION INSTRUMENT | DONELS, JEFFREY | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 06, 2024 |
| 18396477 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM | UHLIR, CHRISTOPHER J | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 26, 2023 |
| 18505042 | NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM, TIMBRE SETTING DEVICE AND TIMBRE SETTING METHOD | GILLESPIE, NICOLE KATHLEEN | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 08, 2023 |
| 18504134 | NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM, TIMBRE SETTING DEVICE AND TIMBRE SETTING METHOD | SCHREIBER, CHRISTINA MARIE | — | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 07, 2023 |
| 18497984 | CONTROL DEVICE, MUSICAL TONE GENERATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM | SCHREIBER, CHRISTINA MARIE | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 30, 2023 |
| 18496914 | CONTROL DEVICE, MUSICAL TONE GENERATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM | GILLESPIE, NICOLE KATHLEEN | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 29, 2023 |
| 18287302 | ELECTRONIC PERCUSSION INSTRUMENT AND NON-PERCUSSION SURFACE FORMING METHOD | UHLIR, CHRISTOPHER J | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 18, 2023 |
| 18482023 | KEYBOARD DEVICE AND INTERLOCKING METHOD OF HAMMER | GILLESPIE, NICOLE KATHLEEN | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 06, 2023 |
| 18481247 | KEYBOARD DEVICE AND KEY DEPRESSION INFORMATION DETECTING METHOD | QIN, JIANCHUN | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 05, 2023 |
| 18481251 | KEYBOARD DEVICE AND MAGNETIC SHIELD FORMING METHOD | QIN, JIANCHUN | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 05, 2023 |
| 18224529 | SOUND SOURCE DEVICE FOR ELECTRONIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENT, MUSICAL SOUND GENERATING METHOD AND ELECTRONIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENT SYSTEM | SCHREIBER, CHRISTINA MARIE | 2837 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 20, 2023 |
| 18022743 | ELECTRONIC PERCUSSION INSTRUMENT AND HIT DETECTION METHOD | SCOLES, PHILIP GRANT | 2837 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 22, 2023 |
| 17925011 | BEAT SOUND GENERATION TIMING GENERATING DEVICE, BEAT SOUND GENERATION TIMING GENERATING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM | QIN, JIANCHUN | 2837 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 14, 2022 |
| 17976883 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, TERMINAL, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM | UHLIR, CHRISTOPHER J | 3619 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 31, 2022 |
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