Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Communications
206 pending office actions • 62 art units • 184 examiners • 0 of 206 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 528 patents granted in the last 365 days
Snap Inc. currently manages 200 pending office actions in the Communications technology area. These actions are distributed across 62 distinct art units, reflecting a broad technical range within the communications and software sectors. With 176 distinct examiners involved in these 200 cases, the company faces a very high level of examiner variety, as almost every pending action is being reviewed by a unique individual.
HARRISON, CHANTE E is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, currently overseeing 3 pending office actions. In a portfolio of 200 total actions, the fact that the busiest examiner handles 3 cases highlights a lack of examiner concentration. This means that the company's legal strategy must be prepared for 176 different sets of examiner preferences and interpretations across the 62 art units.
The presence of 62 distinct art units for 200 pending office actions suggests that the company's research is multi-faceted within Communications. Because the work is spread among 176 distinct examiners, the prosecution team must manage a wide range of feedback and requirements. With 3 actions assigned to HARRISON, CHANTE E, the remaining actions are distributed among other examiners, highlighting the need for a highly individualized approach to each pending matter.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 41 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. 41 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 | 7 (3%) |
| §101 + other | 24 (12%) |
| §103 only | 85 (41%) |
| §102 only | 12 (6%) |
| §112 only | 7 (3%) |
| Double-patenting only | 18 (9%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 12 (6%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 38 (18%) |
| No statute on record | 3 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HARRISON, CHANTE E | 4 | 68.8% | +29.2% |
| TOPGYAL, GELEK W | 2 | 59.6% | +19.3% |
| FOSSELMAN, JOEL W | 2 | 78.3% | +13.7% |
| HUNTER, MISHAWN N | 2 | 78.2% | +14.4% |
| CHIN, MICHELLE | 2 | 85.4% | +11.6% |
| CASCHERA, ANTONIO A | 2 | 87.2% | +8.3% |
| LE, MICHAEL | 2 | 65.9% | +21.6% |
| YANG, YI | 2 | 72.2% | +18.0% |
| LETT, THOMAS J | 2 | 84.0% | -34.9% |
| CHEN, FRANK S | 2 | 82.2% | +8.3% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19192277 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL ASSET RECONSTRUCTION | CHIN, MICHELLE | — |
| 19051957 | PIXEL DEPTH DETERMINATION FOR OBJECT | CHIN, MICHELLE | — |
| 19010978 | OPACITY CONTROL OF AUGMENTED REALITY DEVICES | LETT, THOMAS J | — |
| 19006543 | MIRROR-BASED AUGMENTED REALITY EXPERIENCE | CHEN, FRANK S | — |
| 18965798 | SKELETAL TRACKING USING PREVIOUS FRAMES | LETT, THOMAS J | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18523554 | COMMERCIAL INTENT DETECTION AND KEYWORD EXTRACTION | SPAR, ILANA L | 28d overdue |
| 18679847 | TIMELAPSE OF GENERATING A COLLABORATIVE OBJECT | CHEN, FRANK S | 16d overdue |
| 18536951 | REMOTELESS CONTROL OF DRONE BEHAVIOR | KHUU, IRENE C | 3d overdue |
| 18179784 | DEPTH ESTIMATION FROM RGB IMAGES | SORRIN, AARON JOSEPH | 1d overdue |
| 18646446 | AUGMENTED REALITY EXPERIENCES USING SPEECH AND TEXT CAPTIONS | GOOD JOHNSON, MOTILEWA | 8d |
| 18657488 | VIDEO EDITING APPLICATION FOR MOBILE DEVICES | KELLS, ASHER | 21d |
| 18646336 | COLLECTING EMG SPEECH SIGNAL DATA | HUTCHESON, CODY DOUGLAS | 21d |
| 18534342 | ADDING NEARBY USERS | NGUYEN, VINH | 22d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19263198 | AUTO TRIMMING FOR AUGMENTED REALITY CONTENT IN MESSAGING SYSTEMS | TOPGYAL, GELEK W | — |
| 19223266 | AUTOMATED ADJUSTMENT OF DIGITAL CAMERA IMAGE CAPTURE PARAMETERS | FOSSELMAN, JOEL W | — |
| 19216333 | PROVIDING DRAGGABLE SHUTTER BUTTON DURING VIDEO RECORDING | HUNTER, MISHAWN N | — |
| 19200095 | AUGMENTED REALITY CONTENT GENERATORS FOR SPATIALLY BROWSING TRAVEL DESTINATIONS | HARRISON, CHANTE E | — |
| 19192277 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL ASSET RECONSTRUCTION | CHIN, MICHELLE | — |
| 19089687 | AVATAR FASHION DELIVERY | LE, MICHAEL | — |
| 19073845 | AUGMENTED REALITY EXPERIENCES WITH DUAL CAMERAS | YANG, YI | — |
| 19067368 | POST-CAPTURE PROCESSING IN A MESSAGING SYSTEM | YANG, YI | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2611 | 8 |
| 2619 | 5 |
| 2872 | 5 |
| 2615 | 4 |
| 2143 | 3 |
| 2613 | 3 |
| 3626 | 3 |
| 2621 | 2 |
| 2628 | 2 |
| 2154 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19452608 | PERSONALIZED CALIBRATION OF USER INTERFACES | NADKARNI, SARVESH J | 2629 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 19, 2026 |
| 19439680 | WAVEGUIDE AND DIFFRACTION GRATING FOR AUGMENTED REALITY OR VIRTUAL REALITY DISPLAY | JOSEPH, DENNIS P | 2621 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 05, 2026 |
| 19435517 | PINCH SLIDERS FOR USE WITH HANDS | SHARIFI-TAFRESHI, KOOSHA | 2628 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 29, 2025 |
| 19433585 | LOW-POWER HAND-TRACKING SYSTEM FOR WEARABLE DEVICE | GUPTA, PARUL H | 2627 | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 26, 2025 |
| 19432558 | EYEWEAR DEVICE DYNAMIC POWER CONFIGURATION | BOLOTIN, DMITRIY | 2623 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 24, 2025 |
| 19359376 | CONTEXT BASED MEDIA CURATION | CHANNAVAJJALA, SRIRAMA T | 2154 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 15, 2025 |
| 19323677 | DUAL SYSTEM ON A CHIP EYEWEAR | SENFI, BEHROOZ M | 2482 | §102Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 09, 2025 |
| 19301792 | UNLOCKABLE CONTENT CREATION PORTAL | MOORTHY, ARAVIND K | — | §112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 15, 2025 |
| 19301681 | CUSTOMIZING A CAPTURE BUTTON USED DURING VIDEO RECORDING | CUTLER, ALBERT H | — | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 15, 2025 |
| 19296928 | ADAPTIVE ILLUMINATOR SEQUENCING | MONSHI, SAMIRA | — | §102Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 11, 2025 |
| 19293885 | GENERATING AUGMENTED REALITY CONTENT BASED ON USER-SELECTED PRODUCT DATA | CIVAN, ETHAN D | — | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 07, 2025 |
| 19288749 | SCREEN RECORDING CAMERA MODE | TEKLE, DANIEL T | — | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 01, 2025 |
| 19274202 | USER INTERFACE TO AUGMENT AN IMAGE USING GEOLOCATION | DORAISWAMY, RANJIT P | — | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 18, 2025 |
| 19270311 | USER CONTACT CONTROL IN A NETWORK APPLICATION | SHAIFER HARRIMAN, DANT B | — | Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 15, 2025 |
| 19270334 | AUDIO RECOMMENDATION SYSTEM | PEREZ-ARROYO, RAQUEL | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 15, 2025 |
| 19263198 | AUTO TRIMMING FOR AUGMENTED REALITY CONTENT IN MESSAGING SYSTEMS | TOPGYAL, GELEK W | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 08, 2025 |
| 19257817 | UNLOCKING AN AUTONOMOUS DRONE FOR TAKEOFF | MATTA, ALEXANDER GEORGE | 3661 | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 02, 2025 |
| 19255615 | ON-DEVICE TWO STEP APPROXIMATE STRING MATCHING | ORTIZ DITREN, BELIX M | 2164 | §101§102Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 30, 2025 |
| 19247814 | REAL-TIME CONTENT INTEGRATION BASED ON MACHINE LEARNED SELECTIONS | TIV, BACKHEAN | 2447 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 24, 2025 |
| 19241209 | DYNAMIC COLOR UNIFORMITY CORRECTION DISPLAY SYSTEM | LAM, VINH TANG | 2628 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 19d | Pending | Jun 17, 2025 |
| 19236406 | METHOD, DEVICE, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM FOR PROVIDING AUGMENTED REALITY-BASED MAKEUP PRODUCT SETS IN A MESSAGING SYSTEM | PRESTON, ASHLEY DAWN | — | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 12, 2025 |
| 19233808 | CROSS-DOMAIN VIRTUAL CURRENCY STORE TRANSACTIONS | MIAN, MOHAMMAD YOU A | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 10, 2025 |
| 19233779 | STABILIZATION AND NAVIGATION OF AN AUTONOMOUS DRONE | KRESS, TABITHA LYNN | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 10, 2025 |
| 19231248 | IMAGE-CAPTURE CONTROL | HANNETT, JAMES M | — | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 06, 2025 |
| 19228473 | FULLY AUTONOMOUS DRONE FLIGHTS | LOUIE, WAE LENNY | — | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 04, 2025 |
| 19223266 | AUTOMATED ADJUSTMENT OF DIGITAL CAMERA IMAGE CAPTURE PARAMETERS | FOSSELMAN, JOEL W | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 30, 2025 |
| 19220660 | OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE COMBINER SYSTEMS AND METHODS | TRUONG, NGUYEN T | — | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 28, 2025 |
| 19217760 | DYNAMICALLY ADAPTIVE MEDIA CONTENT DELIVERY | DOAN, TAN | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 23, 2025 |
| 19217137 | DYNAMIC ADJUSTMENT OF EXPOSURE AND ISO TO LIMIT MOTION BLUR | BHUIYAN, FAYEZ A | — | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 23, 2025 |
| 19216333 | PROVIDING DRAGGABLE SHUTTER BUTTON DURING VIDEO RECORDING | HUNTER, MISHAWN N | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 22, 2025 |
| 19208154 | REAL-TIME DISPLAY OF MULTIPLE IMAGES | DESROSIERS, EVANS | — | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 14, 2025 |
| 19207724 | CUSTOMIZED DIGITAL AVATAR ACCESSORIES | ZONG, RUOLEI | — | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 14, 2025 |
| 19207128 | STATED AGE FILTER | CHIANG, JASON | — | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 13, 2025 |
| 19204310 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND ONE OR MORE NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIA INCLUDING TEMPLATES TO GENERATE AUGMENTED REALITY CONTENT ITEMS THAT DISPLAY PRODUCT INFORMATION | WEINER, ARIELLE E | — | §101§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 09, 2025 |
| 19202316 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF GENERATING A LIVE STREAMING VIDEO HAVING REAL-TIME SPECIAL EFFECTS | TAYLOR, JOSHUA D | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 08, 2025 |
| 19200095 | AUGMENTED REALITY CONTENT GENERATORS FOR SPATIALLY BROWSING TRAVEL DESTINATIONS | HARRISON, CHANTE E | — | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 06, 2025 |
| 19194429 | AUTOMATICALLY NAVIGATING BETWEEN ROOMS WITHIN A VIRTUAL CONFERENCING SYSTEM | MEKY, MOUSTAFA M | — | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 30, 2025 |
| 19192277 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL ASSET RECONSTRUCTION | CHIN, MICHELLE | — | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 28, 2025 |
| 19188182 | TECHNIQUE FOR CONSTRUCTING AND MAINTAINING AN APPLICATION-TO-FRIEND INDEX | ELLIS, MATTHEW J | 2152 | §101§102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 24, 2025 |
| 19187887 | MIXING AND MATCHING VOLUMETRIC CONTENTS FOR NEW AUGMENTED REALITY EXPERIENCES | CASCHERA, ANTONIO A | — | §101§103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 23, 2025 |
| 19187510 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF DRIVING A DISPLAY WITH HIGH BIT DEPTH | XIAO, KE | 2622 | §103 | Final Rejection | 30d overdue | Pending | Apr 23, 2025 |
| 19185855 | APPLYING ANIMATED 3D AVATAR IN AR EXPERIENCES | DEMETER, HILINA K | — | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 22, 2025 |
| 19184263 | AUTO-RECOVERY FOR AR WEARABLE DEVICES | HOANG, PHI | — | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 21, 2025 |
| 19175872 | AR POSITION AND ORIENTATION ALONG A PLANE | PATEL, JITESH | — | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 10, 2025 |
| 19169802 | MESSAGE-BASED PROCESSOR WITH TRANSMISSION DISABLING MODE | SPANN, COURTNEY P | — | §112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 03, 2025 |
| 19098750 | AUGMENTED REALITY EXPERIENCE WITH LIGHTING ADJUSTMENT | WU, YANNA | — | §101§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 02, 2025 |
| 19089687 | AVATAR FASHION DELIVERY | LE, MICHAEL | — | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 25, 2025 |
| 19088289 | MEDIA COLLECTION GENERATION AND PRIVACY MECHANISMS | MENGESHA, MULUGETA A | 2424 | §102§103Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 24, 2025 |
| 19081739 | TEMPORALLY-CONTROLLED MULTI-EVENT DATA SEQUENCE GENERATION | BEARD, CHARLES LLOYD | 2611 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 17, 2025 |
| 19078595 | CONTENT COLLECTION NAVIGATION AND AUTOFORWARDING | FIORILLO, JAMES N | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 13, 2025 |
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Start Free TrialSnap Inc. has 206 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 62 art units and 184 examiners.
Chante E Harrison has the most, with 4 of Snap Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Communications (USPTO Tech Center 2600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.