Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Samsung SDS Co., Ltd.

32 pending office actions • 21 art units • 32 examiners • 0 of 32 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 35 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

32
Total Pending OAs
22
Non-Final OAs
9
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 8 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

7
Overdue
1
Due this week
0
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. 8 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (7)Due ≤ 7 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.

20
Hard (62%)
11
Medium (34%)
1
Easy (3%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only2 (6%)
§101 + other15 (47%)
§103 only11 (34%)
§112 only1 (3%)
Multi-statute (no §101)3 (9%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
18
Information Tech
56% of docket
1
Communications
3% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
4
Mechanical / Eng
12% of docket
9
Business / Other
28% 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.

320 h
Manual time on pending OAs
64 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
112 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.8 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
AHMED, ARHAM NMN 1
GEE, JASON KAI YIN 1 77.7% +23.2%
SHANMUGASUNDARAM, KANNAN 1 72.3% +36.2%
PATEL, KAMINI B 1 85.8% +9.9%
SCHWARTZ, DARREN B 1 74.3% +75.5%
KNIGHT, LETORIA G 1 28.4% +49.8%
TRAN, JIMMY H 1 79.4% +17.3%
AUSTIN, JAMIE H 1 24.9% +32.7%
BAKER, IRENE H 1 53.0% +26.7%
LAKHANI, ANDREW C 1 22.2% +29.8%

Hard Cases (21)

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
18384153 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TASK RECORDING USING ROBOTIC PROCESS AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGY DUNN, DARRIN D 16d 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
19195991 SECURITY MANAGEMENT METHOD FOR PASSKEY SERVICE, AND APPARATUS FOR IMPLEMENTING THE SAME AHMED, ARHAM NMN
19095507 METHOD, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR RESPONDING TO SYSTEM INCIDENTS BASED ON GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE PATEL, KAMINI B
19087774 METHOD, APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR ACCOUNT ANALYSIS AND MANAGEMENT SCHWARTZ, DARREN B

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
19066840 GENERATING AI-BASED COLLABORATION METHOD AND SYSTEM LAKHANI, ANDREW C 43d overdue
19193313 PASSKEY SERVICE PROVISION METHOD THAT ENSURES COMPATIBILITY BETWEEN OS VERSIONS, AND APPARATUS FOR IMPLEMENTING THE SAME GEE, JASON KAI YIN
19169611 METHOD FOR RETRIEVAL-AUGMENTED GENERATION INTERACTING WITH GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND APPARATUS THEREFOR SHANMUGASUNDARAM, KANNAN
19087774 METHOD, APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR ACCOUNT ANALYSIS AND MANAGEMENT SCHWARTZ, DARREN B
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
19076640 WORK SUPPORT METHOD AND SYSTEM AUSTIN, JAMIE H
19075174 METHOD FOR GENERATING RESPONSE TO USER QUERY USING MULTIPLE VECTOR DB COLLECTIONS AND APPARATUS THEREOF BAKER, IRENE H

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2168 2
2163 2
2128 2
2114 1
3623 1
3625 1
2152 1
3629 1
2441 1
2438 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19195991 SECURITY MANAGEMENT METHOD FOR PASSKEY SERVICE, AND APPARATUS FOR IMPLEMENTING THE SAME AHMED, ARHAM NMN §101§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending May 01, 2025
19193313 PASSKEY SERVICE PROVISION METHOD THAT ENSURES COMPATIBILITY BETWEEN OS VERSIONS, AND APPARATUS FOR IMPLEMENTING THE SAME GEE, JASON KAI YIN §112 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 29, 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
19095507 METHOD, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR RESPONDING TO SYSTEM INCIDENTS BASED ON GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE PATEL, KAMINI B 2114 §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 31, 2025
19087774 METHOD, APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR ACCOUNT ANALYSIS AND MANAGEMENT SCHWARTZ, DARREN B §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 24, 2025
19085918 SYSTEM, METHOD, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR AUTOMATICALLY GENERATING NATURAL LANGUAGE-BASED BUSINESS PROCESS KNIGHT, LETORIA G 3623 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 20, 2025
19079991 METHOD FOR REBALANCING TRAFFIC AND SYSTEM THEREFOR TRAN, JIMMY H §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 14, 2025
19076640 WORK SUPPORT METHOD AND SYSTEM AUSTIN, JAMIE H 3625 §101§102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 11, 2025
19075174 METHOD FOR GENERATING RESPONSE TO USER QUERY USING MULTIPLE VECTOR DB COLLECTIONS AND APPARATUS THEREOF BAKER, IRENE H 2152 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 10, 2025
19066840 GENERATING AI-BASED COLLABORATION METHOD AND SYSTEM LAKHANI, ANDREW C 3629 §101 Final Rejection 43d overdue Pending Feb 28, 2025
19064062 PRODUCT PURCHASE SUPPORT METHOD AND SYSTEM POND, ROBERT M §101§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 26, 2025
19056482 QUESTION ANSWERING SYSTEM USING GENERATIVE MODEL AND METHOD THEREOF HU, XIAOQIN 2168 §103 Final Rejection Pending Feb 18, 2025
18929042 METHOD OF PROVIDING MULTI-TRANSMISSION PATH SERVICE ON CLOUD VIRTUAL NETWORK AND APPARATUS FOR IMPLEMENTING THE METHOD KATSIKIS, KOSTAS J 2441 §101§103 Final Rejection Pending Oct 28, 2024
18917897 METHOD, APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR AUTOMATIC PQC MIGRATION FOR APPLICATION WHITE, JOSHUA RAYMOND 2438 §101§103§112 Final Rejection 2d overdue Pending Oct 16, 2024
18767366 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CREATING RPA SCENARIO NABI, REZA U 2174 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 09, 2024
18764780 METHOD FOR PROVIDING USER DATA ENCRYPTION KEY PROTECTION IN SIMPLE AUTHENTICATION ENVIRONMENT AND SYSTEM THEREOF CARNES, THOMAS A 2436 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 05, 2024
18745405 METHOD FOR PROTECTING MESSAGE AND APPARATUS IMPLEMENTING THE SAME HTUN, SAN A 2643 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 17, 2024
18678938 METHOD FOR PREDICTIVE MAINTENANCE THROUGH AUTOMATIC PREDICTION OF PUMP ANOMALY NOH, JAE NAM §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 30, 2024
18654632 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IDENTIFYING ATTRIBUTE OF ENTITY BLACK, LINH 2163 §101§103 Final Rejection Pending May 03, 2024
18652450 METHOD, APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR FUNCTION NOTIFICATION OF FUNCTION ACCELERATOR CARD IN CLOUD SYSTEM AQUINO, WYNUEL S §101§102§103 Non-Final OA Pending May 01, 2024
18638253 METHOD FOR EMBEDDING GRAPH AND SYSTEM THEREFOR MIAN, MUHAMMAD U 2163 §101 Final Rejection 52d overdue Pending Apr 17, 2024
18507766 METHOD FOR PROCESSING GRAPH AND SYSTEM THEREFOR SMITH, BRIAN M §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
18384153 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TASK RECORDING USING ROBOTIC PROCESS AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGY DUNN, DARRIN D 2117 §101§103 Final Rejection 16d overdue Pending Oct 26, 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
18370529 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CALIBRATING PREDICTION MODELS TRAN, DAVID HOANG 2147 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 20, 2023
18221742 METHOD FOR EMBEDDING DATA AND SYSTEM THEREOF CASANOVA, JORGE A 2165 §103 Non-Final OA 19d overdue Pending Jul 13, 2023
18203393 METHOD FOR CONTROLLING LEGACY SYSTEM BASED ON CHATBOT SERVICE CADORNA, CHRISTOPHER PALACA 2444 §103 Final Rejection Pending May 30, 2023
18091940 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONVERTING IMAGE USING QUANTUM CIRCUIT LEE, MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER 2128 §103 Final Rejection 10d overdue Pending Dec 30, 2022
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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