Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Sega Corporation

9 pending office actions • 1 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 9 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

9
Total Pending OAs
6
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

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.

6
Hard (67%)
2
Medium (22%)
1
Easy (11%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only2 (22%)
§101 + other2 (22%)
§103 only1 (11%)
§102 only1 (11%)
§112 only1 (11%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (22%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
7
Mechanical / Eng
78% of docket
2
Business / Other
22% 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.

90 h
Manual time on pending OAs
18 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
31 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.8 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
THOMAS, ERIC M 2 70.1% +14.2%
DOSHI, ANKIT B 2 66.6% +22.3%
BOYD, ALEXANDER L 1 74.6% +23.4%
LARSEN, CARL VICTOR 1 69.4% +19.8%
BLAISE, MALINA D 1 57.5% +39.4%
LIDDLE, JAY TRENT 1 57.8% +22.9%
LEICHLITER, CHASE E 1 64.2% +23.3%

Hard Cases (6)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18646004 INSTRUCTIONS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE FOR GAMING THOMAS, ERIC M 24d overdue
18927515 RECORDING MEDIUM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE BOYD, ALEXANDER L
18925398 RECORDING MEDIUM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE LARSEN, CARL VICTOR
18743556 RECORDING MEDIUM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE BLAISE, MALINA D
18404010 RECORDING MEDIUM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE LIDDLE, JAY TRENT
18510955 RECORDING MEDIUM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE LEICHLITER, CHASE E

Interview Candidates (9)

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
18646004 INSTRUCTIONS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE FOR GAMING THOMAS, ERIC M 24d overdue
18927515 RECORDING MEDIUM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE BOYD, ALEXANDER L
18925398 RECORDING MEDIUM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE LARSEN, CARL VICTOR
18743556 RECORDING MEDIUM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE BLAISE, MALINA D
18693096 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND EXECUTION SWITCHING SYSTEM DOSHI, ANKIT B
18404010 RECORDING MEDIUM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE LIDDLE, JAY TRENT
18510955 RECORDING MEDIUM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE LEICHLITER, CHASE E
18388906 RECORDING MEDIUM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE DOSHI, ANKIT B

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3715 7

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18927515 RECORDING MEDIUM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE BOYD, ALEXANDER L §102§103§112Other Non-Final OA Pending Oct 25, 2024
18925398 RECORDING MEDIUM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE LARSEN, CARL VICTOR §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 24, 2024
18743556 RECORDING MEDIUM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE BLAISE, MALINA D 3715 §101§102 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 14, 2024
18646004 INSTRUCTIONS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE FOR GAMING THOMAS, ERIC M 3715 §101Other Non-Final OA 24d overdue Pending Apr 25, 2024
18693096 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND EXECUTION SWITCHING SYSTEM DOSHI, ANKIT B 3715 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 18, 2024
18404010 RECORDING MEDIUM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE LIDDLE, JAY TRENT 3715 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Jan 04, 2024
18510955 RECORDING MEDIUM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE LEICHLITER, CHASE E 3715 §101 Final Rejection Pending Nov 16, 2023
18388906 RECORDING MEDIUM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE DOSHI, ANKIT B 3715 §102 Final Rejection Pending Nov 13, 2023
18471676 RECORDING MEDIUM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE THOMAS, ERIC M 3715 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 21, 2023

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