Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Networking & Security • Communications • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
10 pending office actions • 10 art units • 10 examiners • 0 of 10 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 32 patents granted in the last 365 days
Softbank Corp. has 10 pending office actions in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems. Each action is assigned to a distinct examiner and a distinct art unit, with 10 of each recorded. The docket therefore has no repeated examiner or art-unit assignment in the reported data.
SUN, MICHAEL Y is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. The current record supports an application-by-application prosecution plan, with no stated concentration requiring a separate examiner-wide approach.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 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. 3 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 | 2 (20%) |
| §103 only | 3 (30%) |
| §102 only | 2 (20%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (30%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SUN, MICHAEL Y | 1 | 57.4% | +26.3% |
| LE, VU | 1 | 56.5% | +9.8% |
| SUN, HAI TAO | 1 | 73.6% | +24.0% |
| KENLAW, GRACE A | 1 | 50.8% | +36.8% |
| CARDIMINO, CHRISTOPHER RYAN | 1 | 58.1% | +22.8% |
| CROMER, ANDREW J | 1 | 75.8% | +18.2% |
| CASS, JEAN PAUL | 1 | 72.9% | +25.6% |
| KIM, CHONG G | 1 | 83.3% | +3.4% |
| LA, PHONG | 1 | 89.2% | +11.4% |
| KOTOWSKI, LISA MICHELLE | 1 | 46.7% | +50.9% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18600745 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, CONTROLLER, COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD | KIM, CHONG G | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19051155 | PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION APPARATUS AND FLIGHT VEHICLE | SUN, MICHAEL Y | 34d |
| 18024974 | INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS | SUN, HAI TAO | — |
| 18786502 | SERVER, SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | CARDIMINO, CHRISTOPHER RYAN | — |
| 18786505 | RISK AREA INFORMATION STORAGE APPARATUS, RISK AREA INFORMATION STORAGE METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | CROMER, ANDREW J | — |
| 18583799 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, GATEWAY, CONTROLLER AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | LA, PHONG | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17960150 | SYSTEM, PROGRAM, MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND AIRCRAFT | KOTOWSKI, LISA MICHELLE | 3d overdue |
| 18938284 | STACK, ELECTRODE STRUCTURE, BATTERY, FLIGHT VEHICLE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING STACK, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING ELECTRODE STRUCTURE | KENLAW, GRACE A | 27d |
| 19051155 | PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION APPARATUS AND FLIGHT VEHICLE | SUN, MICHAEL Y | 34d |
| 18024974 | INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS | SUN, HAI TAO | — |
| 18786502 | SERVER, SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | CARDIMINO, CHRISTOPHER RYAN | — |
| 18786505 | RISK AREA INFORMATION STORAGE APPARATUS, RISK AREA INFORMATION STORAGE METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | CROMER, ANDREW J | — |
| 18607584 | POWER FEED MANAGEMENT DEVICE, COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, SYSTEM, FLIGHT VEHICLE, AND METHOD | CASS, JEAN PAUL | — |
| 18583799 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, GATEWAY, CONTROLLER AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | LA, PHONG | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1728 | 1 |
| 2668 | 1 |
| 2616 | 1 |
| 1723 | 1 |
| 3661 | 1 |
| 3667 | 1 |
| 3666 | 1 |
| 2443 | 1 |
| 2469 | 1 |
| 2859 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19051155 | PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION APPARATUS AND FLIGHT VEHICLE | SUN, MICHAEL Y | 1728 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 34d | Pending | Feb 11, 2025 |
| 19051153 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD | LE, VU | 2668 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 11, 2025 |
| 18024974 | INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS | SUN, HAI TAO | 2616 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 26, 2024 |
| 18938284 | STACK, ELECTRODE STRUCTURE, BATTERY, FLIGHT VEHICLE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING STACK, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING ELECTRODE STRUCTURE | KENLAW, GRACE A | 1723 | §103 | Final Rejection | 27d | Pending | Nov 06, 2024 |
| 18786502 | SERVER, SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | CARDIMINO, CHRISTOPHER RYAN | 3661 | §101 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 28, 2024 |
| 18786505 | RISK AREA INFORMATION STORAGE APPARATUS, RISK AREA INFORMATION STORAGE METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | CROMER, ANDREW J | 3667 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 28, 2024 |
| 18607584 | POWER FEED MANAGEMENT DEVICE, COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, SYSTEM, FLIGHT VEHICLE, AND METHOD | CASS, JEAN PAUL | 3666 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 18, 2024 |
| 18600745 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, CONTROLLER, COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD | KIM, CHONG G | 2443 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 10, 2024 |
| 18583799 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, GATEWAY, CONTROLLER AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | LA, PHONG | 2469 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 21, 2024 |
| 17960150 | SYSTEM, PROGRAM, MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND AIRCRAFT | KOTOWSKI, LISA MICHELLE | 2859 | §103 | Final Rejection | 3d overdue | Pending | Oct 05, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialSoftbank Corp. has 10 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 10 art units and 10 examiners.
Michael Y Sun has the most, with 1 of Softbank Corp.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
