Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Networking & Security • Communications
277 pending office actions • 108 art units • 236 examiners • 0 of 277 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 496 patents granted in the last 365 days
Sharp Corporation has 277 pending office actions in Networking & Security. The portfolio spans 236 examiners and 108 art units, requiring coordinated management across a large number of examiner relationships and technical groupings.
AYDIN, SEVAN A is the busiest examiner, with 3 pending matters. The limited size of that assignment relative to the full record shows that activity is widely distributed. Counsel can use art-unit patterns to coordinate recurring technical issues, while maintaining matter-level tracking for the many distinct examiner assignments.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 61 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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. 61 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 (0%) |
| §101 + other | 11 (4%) |
| §103 only | 136 (49%) |
| §102 only | 43 (16%) |
| §112 only | 4 (1%) |
| Double-patenting only | 2 (1%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (0%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 77 (28%) |
| No statute on record | 2 (1%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AYDIN, SEVAN A | 3 | 80.1% | +4.6% |
| CICCHINO, PATRICK D | 3 | 80.5% | +13.5% |
| RODRIGUEZGONZALEZ, LENNIN R | 3 | 82.0% | +7.2% |
| WASHINGTON, JAMARES | 3 | 81.3% | +11.5% |
| ACOLATSE, KODZOVI | 3 | 83.9% | +20.6% |
| DHINGRA, PAWANDEEP | 3 | 60.4% | +16.7% |
| SHEKER, RHYS PONIENTE | 3 | 84.5% | +6.8% |
| WALLACE, JOHN R | 2 | 78.3% | +22.7% |
| LE, BAO-LUAN Q | 2 | 52.3% | +16.4% |
| TROST IV, WILLIAM GEORGE | 2 | 73.5% | -4.6% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18809668 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD | AYDIN, SEVAN A | 5d |
| 17912495 | LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE | SHEKER, RHYS PONIENTE | 34d |
| 19208874 | EXPOSURE DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS | AYDIN, SEVAN A | — |
| 19001288 | SHEET FEEDING CASSETTE | CICCHINO, PATRICK D | — |
| 18969575 | DOCUMENT FEEDING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME | CICCHINO, PATRICK D | — |
| 18964778 | IMAGE FORMING DEVICE AND OUTPUT METHOD | RODRIGUEZGONZALEZ, LENNIN R | — |
| 18919876 | IMAGE READING DEVICE | WASHINGTON, JAMARES | — |
| 18822375 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF OPERATING IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS | WASHINGTON, JAMARES | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18019479 | PUCCH RESOURCE SELECTION AND MULTIPLEXING OF HARQ-ACK WITH DIFFERENT PRIORITIES ON PUCCH | TRAN, THINH D | 4d overdue |
| 18683875 | TERMINAL DEVICES AND COMMUNICATION METHODS | AHMED, SYED MUZAKKIR | 5d |
| 18271683 | LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENT | WHALEN, DANIEL B | 8d |
| 18202904 | BIOLOGICAL INFORMATION ESTIMATING DEVICE AND BIOLOGICAL INFORMATION ESTIMATING METHOD | BLOCH, MICHAEL RYAN | 14d |
| 18202603 | BIOLOGICAL INFORMATION ESTIMATING DEVICE AND BIOLOGICAL INFORMATION ESTIMATING METHOD | BLOCH, MICHAEL RYAN | 14d |
| 18690088 | USER EQUIPMENT (UE), COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD | MOHEBBI, KOUROUSH | 15d |
| 18622077 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD | MCLEAN, NEIL R | 16d |
| 18009970 | DISPLAY DEVICE WITH BENDING REGION REINFORCING STRUCTURE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF | JONES, ERIC W | 16d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18611947 | PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, AND IMPORT DATA PROCESSING METHOD | DHINGRA, PAWANDEEP | 9d overdue |
| 19074663 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS | WALLACE, JOHN R | — |
| 19050343 | COOLING STRUCTURE FOR LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE AND PROJECTOR | LE, BAO-LUAN Q | — |
| 19001288 | SHEET FEEDING CASSETTE | CICCHINO, PATRICK D | — |
| 18976417 | DOCUMENT TRANSPORT DEVICE | CICCHINO, PATRICK D | — |
| 18969575 | DOCUMENT FEEDING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME | CICCHINO, PATRICK D | — |
| 18960156 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS | WALLACE, JOHN R | — |
| 18919876 | IMAGE READING DEVICE | WASHINGTON, JAMARES | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2466 | 10 |
| 2683 | 9 |
| 2469 | 8 |
| 2681 | 8 |
| 2411 | 7 |
| 2471 | 7 |
| 2473 | 7 |
| 2478 | 7 |
| 2641 | 6 |
| 2462 | 6 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19479958 | LIGHT SOURCE | DELAHOUSSAYE, KEITH G | 2875 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 29, 2025 |
| 19341612 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND NON-TRANSITORY MACHINE-READABLE MEDIUM FOR DECODING AND/OR ENCODING VIDEO DATA | NIRJHAR, NASIM NAZRUL | 2896 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 26, 2025 |
| 19166727 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DECODING VIDEO DATA | SIANGCHIN, KEVIN | 2486 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 18, 2025 |
| 19299667 | VIDEO CODING APPARATUS AND VIDEO DECODING APPARATUS | RAHMAN, MOHAMMAD J | 2487 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 14, 2025 |
| 19287119 | DISPLAY DEVICE, MULTI-DISPLAY SYSTEM, AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD | PIZIALI, JEFFREY J | 2628 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 31, 2025 |
| 19285248 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM | CIRNU, ALEXANDRU | 3622 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 30, 2025 |
| 19273823 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SIGNALING PICTURE INFORMATION IN VIDEO CODING | HASAN, MAINUL | 2485 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 18, 2025 |
| 19259358 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND AUTHORIZATION METHOD IN IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS | LITTLE, VANCE M | 2494 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 03, 2025 |
| 19142406 | VIDEO CODING APPARATUS AND DECODING APPARATUS | GADOMSKI, STEFAN J | 2485 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 23, 2025 |
| 19243805 | PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND PROCESSING METHOD OF PROCESSING APPARATUS | NGUYEN, PHONG H | 2161 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 20, 2025 |
| 19208874 | EXPOSURE DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS | AYDIN, SEVAN A | 2852 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 15, 2025 |
| 19208114 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANAGING HISTORY INFORMATION OF INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE | TURCHEN, JAMES R | 2439 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 14, 2025 |
| 19191393 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR APPLYING DEBLOCKING FILTERS TO RECONSTRUCTED VIDEO DATA | SALTARELLI, DOMINIC D | 2421 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 28, 2025 |
| 19191581 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, TELEVISION RECEIVER, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD | HONG, MICHAEL HYUN | 2426 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 28, 2025 |
| 19169926 | ACTIVE MATRIX SUBSTRATE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ACTIVE MATRIX SUBSTRATE, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE | GREEN, TRACIE Y | 2875 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 03, 2025 |
| 19091494 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS | AYDIN, SEVAN A | 2852 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 26, 2025 |
| 19083418 | REFRIGERATION CYCLE DEVICE AND AIR CONDITIONER EQUIPPED WITH THE SAME | COMINGS, DANIEL C | 3763 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 18, 2025 |
| 19074663 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS | WALLACE, JOHN R | 2682 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 10, 2025 |
| 19053317 | IMAGE FORMING DEVICE | POON, KING Y | 2617 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 13, 2025 |
| 19050343 | COOLING STRUCTURE FOR LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE AND PROJECTOR | LE, BAO-LUAN Q | 2882 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 11, 2025 |
| 19049340 | MEASUREMENT DEVICE AND MEASUREMENT METHOD | POTTS, RYAN PATRICK | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 10, 2025 |
| 19048081 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM | REFAI, SAM M | 3621 | §101§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 07, 2025 |
| 19036212 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, OUTPUT SYSTEM, TERMINAL DEVICE, AND OUTPUT METHOD | LAM, ANDREW H | 2682 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 24, 2025 |
| 19036593 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS | TIEU, BENNY QUOC | 2682 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 24, 2025 |
| 19035203 | IMAGE FORMING DEVICE | ROTH, LAURA K | 2852 | §103 | Final Rejection | 9d | Pending | Jan 23, 2025 |
| 18997273 | USER EQUIPMENT AND METHODS | TROST IV, WILLIAM GEORGE | 2641 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 21, 2025 |
| 18996816 | USER EQUIPMENT (UE) | MILLER, BRANDON J | 2647 | §102§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 18996827 | USER EQUIPMENT (UE) | TROST IV, WILLIAM GEORGE | 2641 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 18996949 | USER EQUIPMENT (UE) | WASHINGTON, ERIKA ALISE | 2644 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 19024429 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD | SNIDER, SCOTT | 3621 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 39d | Pending | Jan 16, 2025 |
| 19019072 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM IN WHICH INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM IS RECORDED | CHUNG, DANIEL WONSUK | 2659 | §101§102Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 13, 2025 |
| 18992684 | APPARATUS AND METHODS WITH DOWNLINK CHANNEL RESOURCE MAPPING | FOLLANSBEE, KEITH TRAN-DANH | 2411 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 09, 2025 |
| 19012034 | 3D DATA DECODING APPARATUS AND 3D DATA CODING APPARATUS | BOYAR, NOAH WILLIAM | 2669 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 07, 2025 |
| 18878972 | CCLM PREDICTION UNIT, VIDEO DECODING APPARATUS, AND VIDEO CODING APPARATUS | DANG, PHILIP | 2488 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 26, 2024 |
| 18878963 | USER EQUIPMENT (UE) AND ACCESS MOBILITY MANAGEMENT FUNCTION (AMF) | LOPATA, ROBERT J | 2471 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 26, 2024 |
| 19001288 | SHEET FEEDING CASSETTE | CICCHINO, PATRICK D | 3619 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 24, 2024 |
| 18878812 | METHOD PERFORMED BY USER EQUIPMENT, AND USER EQUIPMENT | TRAN, THINH D | 2466 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 24, 2024 |
| 18877337 | METHOD EXECUTED BY MEANS OF USER EQUIPMENT, AND USER EQUIPMENT | LIN, KENNY S | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2024 |
| 18877561 | USER EQUIPMENTS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING TIME-FREQUENCY RESOURCE SET FOR ENHANCED DUPLEX OPERATION | BLAIR, DOUGLAS B | 2454 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2024 |
| 18876845 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SIGNALING NEURAL NETWORK POST-FILTER PARAMETER INFORMATION IN VIDEO CODING | NAWAZ, TALHA M | 2483 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 19, 2024 |
| 18875241 | METHOD PERFORMED BY USER EQUIPMENT, AND USER EQUIPMENT | ASHLEY, HUGH MARK | 2463 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 16, 2024 |
| 18875237 | METHOD PERFORMED BY USER EQUIPMENT, AND USER EQUIPMENT | ASHLEY, HUGH MARK | 2463 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 16, 2024 |
| 18874230 | TERMINAL APPARATUS, BASE STATION APPARATUS, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD | CHEN, PETER | 2462 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 12, 2024 |
| 18874222 | TERMINAL APPARATUS, BASE STATION APPARATUS, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD | BLAIR, DOUGLAS B | 2454 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 12, 2024 |
| 18976420 | MEASURING DEVICE AND MEASURING METHOD | JIA, XIN | 2663 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 11, 2024 |
| 18976417 | DOCUMENT TRANSPORT DEVICE | CICCHINO, PATRICK D | 3619 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 11, 2024 |
| 18723477 | USER EQUIPMENT (UE) AND COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD PERFORMED BY UE | MADANI, FARIDEH | 2643 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 06, 2024 |
| 18969575 | DOCUMENT FEEDING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME | CICCHINO, PATRICK D | 3619 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 05, 2024 |
| 18964778 | IMAGE FORMING DEVICE AND OUTPUT METHOD | RODRIGUEZGONZALEZ, LENNIN R | 2683 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 02, 2024 |
| 18964850 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CALLING SETTING VALUES | DULANEY, BENJAMIN O | 2683 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 02, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialSharp Corporation has 277 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 108 art units and 236 examiners.
Sevan A Aydin has the most, with 3 of Sharp Corporation's pending office actions.
Mostly Networking & Security (USPTO Tech Center 2400), based on where its pending office actions are examined.