Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Samsung SDS Co., Ltd.

Technology areas: Computing & Software • Networking & Security

29 pending office actions • 25 art units • 29 examiners • 0 of 29 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 45 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Samsung SDS Co., Ltd. has 31 pending office actions in Computing & Software. The docket includes 31 distinct examiners and 27 distinct art units, indicating that every listed matter has a distinct examiner assignment while some art-unit settings recur. This structure creates substantial examiner coordination requirements alongside a narrower set of art-unit contexts.

YEN, SYLING is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. No examiner concentration is shown, so examiner-specific tactics will have limited portfolio reach. Counsel should rely on strong centralized docket control, compare issues within recurring art units, and tailor each response to its individual examination record.

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

Portfolio Summary

29
Total Pending OAs
18
Non-Final OAs
9
Final Rejections
2
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 7 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

4
Overdue
1
Due this week
2
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. 7 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (4)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (2)

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.

19
Hard (66%)
9
Medium (31%)
1
Easy (3%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only2 (7%)
§101 + other11 (38%)
§103 only9 (31%)
§112 only1 (3%)
Multi-statute (no §101)6 (21%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
19
Information Tech
66% of docket
5
Communications
17% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
4
Mechanical / Eng
14% of docket
1
Business / Other
3% 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.

290 h
Manual time on pending OAs
58 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
102 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
GEE, JASON KAI YIN 1 77.5% +23.7%
ULLAH, SHARIF E 1 84.8% +21.2%
MOHAMMED, ASSAD 1 73.5% +11.7%
SHANMUGASUNDARAM, KANNAN 1 72.4% +36.0%
ELAHIAN, DANIEL 1 74.4% +52.4%
KNIGHT, LETORIA G 1 29.1% +50.2%
TRAN, JIMMY H 1 79.5% +17.2%
LE, THUYKHANH 1 78.2% +34.2%
WILSON, KIMBERLY LOVEL 1 71.0% +17.1%
LEE, JANGWOEN 1 86.9% +16.2%

Quick Wins (2)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19189626 PASSKEY MANAGEMENT METHOD FOR MULTI-PLATFORM ENVIRONMENT, AND APPARATUS FOR IMPLEMENTING THE SAME ULLAH, SHARIF E —
19066987 METHOD FOR GENERATING RESPONSE MESSAGE USING GENERATIVE AI MODEL AND SYSTEM THEREFOR LEE, JANGWOEN —

Hard Cases (19)

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
18638253 METHOD FOR EMBEDDING GRAPH AND SYSTEM THEREFOR MIAN, MUHAMMAD U 52d overdue
19066840 GENERATING AI-BASED COLLABORATION METHOD AND SYSTEM LAKHANI, ANDREW C 43d overdue
18917897 METHOD, APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR AUTOMATIC PQC MIGRATION FOR APPLICATION WHITE, JOSHUA RAYMOND 2d overdue
18505421 METHOD FOR AUTOMATING CLOUD BUILDING CHEN, SHIN HON 7d
19072475 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATICALLY CREATING FILE NAME WILSON, KIMBERLY LOVEL 9d
19193313 PASSKEY SERVICE PROVISION METHOD THAT ENSURES COMPATIBILITY BETWEEN OS VERSIONS, AND APPARATUS FOR IMPLEMENTING THE SAME GEE, JASON KAI YIN —
19176034 METHOD FOR PROVIDING VIDEO COMMUNICATION SERVICE USING GENERATIVE AI AND APPARATUS THEREOF MOHAMMED, ASSAD —
19085918 SYSTEM, METHOD, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR AUTOMATICALLY GENERATING NATURAL LANGUAGE-BASED BUSINESS PROCESS KNIGHT, LETORIA G —

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
19072475 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATICALLY CREATING FILE NAME WILSON, KIMBERLY LOVEL 9d
19193313 PASSKEY SERVICE PROVISION METHOD THAT ENSURES COMPATIBILITY BETWEEN OS VERSIONS, AND APPARATUS FOR IMPLEMENTING THE SAME GEE, JASON KAI YIN —
19189626 PASSKEY MANAGEMENT METHOD FOR MULTI-PLATFORM ENVIRONMENT, AND APPARATUS FOR IMPLEMENTING THE SAME ULLAH, SHARIF E —
19176034 METHOD FOR PROVIDING VIDEO COMMUNICATION SERVICE USING GENERATIVE AI AND APPARATUS THEREOF MOHAMMED, ASSAD —
19169611 METHOD FOR RETRIEVAL-AUGMENTED GENERATION INTERACTING WITH GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND APPARATUS THEREFOR SHANMUGASUNDARAM, KANNAN —
19090570 METHOD, APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR AUTOMATICALLY GENERATING INTER-SERVICE COMMUNICATION SECURITY POLICIES IN REAL TIME ELAHIAN, DANIEL —
19085918 SYSTEM, METHOD, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR AUTOMATICALLY GENERATING NATURAL LANGUAGE-BASED BUSINESS PROCESS KNIGHT, LETORIA G —
19079991 METHOD FOR REBALANCING TRAFFIC AND SYSTEM THEREFOR TRAN, JIMMY H —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2495 2
2168 2
3629 2
2163 2
2691 1
2407 1
3623 1
2451 1
2655 1
2165 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19193313 PASSKEY SERVICE PROVISION METHOD THAT ENSURES COMPATIBILITY BETWEEN OS VERSIONS, AND APPARATUS FOR IMPLEMENTING THE SAME GEE, JASON KAI YIN 2495 §101§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 29, 2025
19189626 PASSKEY MANAGEMENT METHOD FOR MULTI-PLATFORM ENVIRONMENT, AND APPARATUS FOR IMPLEMENTING THE SAME ULLAH, SHARIF E 2495 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 25, 2025
19176034 METHOD FOR PROVIDING VIDEO COMMUNICATION SERVICE USING GENERATIVE AI AND APPARATUS THEREOF MOHAMMED, ASSAD 2691 §101§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 10, 2025
19169611 METHOD FOR RETRIEVAL-AUGMENTED GENERATION INTERACTING WITH GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND APPARATUS THEREFOR SHANMUGASUNDARAM, KANNAN 2168 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 03, 2025
19090570 METHOD, APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR AUTOMATICALLY GENERATING INTER-SERVICE COMMUNICATION SECURITY POLICIES IN REAL TIME ELAHIAN, DANIEL 2407 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 26, 2025
19085918 SYSTEM, METHOD, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR AUTOMATICALLY GENERATING NATURAL LANGUAGE-BASED BUSINESS PROCESS KNIGHT, LETORIA G 3623 §101§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 20, 2025
19079991 METHOD FOR REBALANCING TRAFFIC AND SYSTEM THEREFOR TRAN, JIMMY H 2451 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 14, 2025
19080348 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR EXTENDING CONTEXT WINDOW LE, THUYKHANH 2655 §101§102 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 14, 2025
19072475 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATICALLY CREATING FILE NAME WILSON, KIMBERLY LOVEL 2165 §101§103 Final Rejection 9d Pending Mar 06, 2025
19066987 METHOD FOR GENERATING RESPONSE MESSAGE USING GENERATIVE AI MODEL AND SYSTEM THEREFOR LEE, JANGWOEN 2656 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 28, 2025
19066840 GENERATING AI-BASED COLLABORATION METHOD AND SYSTEM LAKHANI, ANDREW C 3629 §101 Final Rejection 43d overdue Pending Feb 28, 2025
19062825 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATICALLY GENERATING DESIGN DELIVERABLES CREARY, LATRELL ANTHONY 2613 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 25, 2025
19056482 QUESTION ANSWERING SYSTEM USING GENERATIVE MODEL AND METHOD THEREOF HU, XIAOQIN 2168 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 18, 2025
18917897 METHOD, APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR AUTOMATIC PQC MIGRATION FOR APPLICATION WHITE, JOSHUA RAYMOND 2438 §103§112 Final Rejection 2d overdue Pending Oct 16, 2024
18768723 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING TASK AUTOMATION SERVICE CASTANEDA, IVAN ALEXANDER 2171 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 10, 2024
18745405 METHOD FOR PROTECTING MESSAGE AND APPARATUS IMPLEMENTING THE SAME HTUN, SAN A 2643 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 17, 2024
18662479 SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT PLATFORM AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF HASAN, SYED HAROON 2154 §101§103 Final Rejection — Pending May 13, 2024
18654632 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IDENTIFYING ATTRIBUTE OF ENTITY BLACK, LINH 2163 §103 Final Rejection — Pending May 03, 2024
18638253 METHOD FOR EMBEDDING GRAPH AND SYSTEM THEREFOR MIAN, MUHAMMAD U 2163 §101 Final Rejection 52d overdue Pending Apr 17, 2024
18636548 PERFORMANCE EVALUATION METHOD AND SYSTEM ALI, NAYMUR RAHMAN 2123 §101§103§112Other Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 16, 2024
18388993 SYSTEM FOR BUSINESS PROCESS AUTOMATION AND METHOD THEREOF NGUYEN, TAN D 3629 §112 Final Rejection — Pending Nov 13, 2023
18507766 METHOD FOR PROCESSING GRAPH AND SYSTEM THEREFOR SMITH, BRIAN M 2122 §101§102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 13, 2023
18505421 METHOD FOR AUTOMATING CLOUD BUILDING CHEN, SHIN HON 2431 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 7d Pending Nov 09, 2023
18384705 METHOD FOR PROVIDING RECOMMENDED CHAT ROOM FOR SENDING MESSAGE, AND APPARATUS FOR IMPLEMENTING THE SAME CHEN, BILL 3626 §101§102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 27, 2023
18494009 APPARATUS AND METHOD OF SUPPORTING COMMUNICATION TRANSACTIONS VINCENT, ROSS MICHAEL 2196 §103 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Oct 25, 2023
18382733 METHOD FOR PREDICTING USAGE FOR CLOUD STORAGE SERVICE AND SYSTEM THEREFOR BUI, BRIAN DUYQUANG 4100 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 23, 2023
18203393 METHOD FOR CONTROLLING LEGACY SYSTEM BASED ON CHATBOT SERVICE CADORNA, CHRISTOPHER PALACA 2444 §103§112 Final Rejection — Pending May 30, 2023
18142897 GRAPH EMBEDDING METHOD AND SYSTEM THEREOF GODO, MORIAM MOSUNMOLA 2148 §103 Final Rejection 28d Pending May 03, 2023
17972703 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ANALYZING MULTIMODAL DATA RODEN, DONALD THOMAS 2128 §101§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 25, 2022

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Samsung SDS Co., Ltd. have?

Samsung SDS Co., Ltd. has 29 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 25 art units and 29 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Samsung SDS Co., Ltd. applications?

Jason Kai Yin Gee has the most, with 1 of Samsung SDS Co., Ltd.'s pending office actions.

What technology area are Samsung SDS Co., Ltd.'s patent applications in?

Mostly Computing & Software (USPTO Tech Center 2100), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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