Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Softbank Corp.

12 pending office actions • 11 art units • 12 examiners • 0 of 12 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 30 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

12
Total Pending OAs
4
Non-Final OAs
6
Final Rejections
2
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

4
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
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. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (4)Due ≤ 30 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.

4
Hard (33%)
8
Medium (67%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only2 (17%)
§101 + other1 (8%)
§103 only8 (67%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (8%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
8% of docket
2
Information Tech
17% of docket
1
Communications
8% of docket
1
Semiconductors
8% of docket
6
Mechanical / Eng
50% of docket
1
Business / Other
8% 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.

120 h
Manual time on pending OAs
24 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
42 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
SUN, HAI TAO 1 73.5% +25.8%
KENLAW, GRACE A 1 50.8% +37.7%
PALL, CHARLES J 1 54.5% +17.2%
REDA, MATTHEW J 1 55.5% +29.8%
CARDIMINO, CHRISTOPHER RYAN 1 60.2% +23.8%
CROMER, ANDREW J 1 76.1% +17.5%
CASS, JEAN PAUL 1 72.9% +25.5%
LEE, GIL H 1 82.9% +29.9%
POND, ROBERT M 1 71.2% +42.2%
TSVEY, GENNADIY 1 60.5% +23.9%

Hard Cases (4)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
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
18583823 COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, GLOBAL CONTROLLER, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM LEE, GIL H

Interview Candidates (10)

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
18795132 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, PROGRAM, SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD FOR FORMING A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION AREA WITH A FLIGHT VEHICLE FUNCTIONING AS A STRATOSPHERIC PLATFORM GUIDED BY A FLIGHT PLAN BASED ON PREDICTED WEATHER REDA, MATTHEW J 35d overdue
18562881 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD AND PROGRAM FOR DETERMINING INSTALLATION POSITION OF RADIO-WAVE REFLECTING MEMBER TSVEY, GENNADIY 10d overdue
18938284 STACK, ELECTRODE STRUCTURE, BATTERY, FLIGHT VEHICLE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING STACK, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING ELECTRODE STRUCTURE KENLAW, GRACE A 27d
18024974 INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS SUN, HAI TAO
18849659 VEHICLE AND SERVER PALL, CHARLES J
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

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1723 1
3663 1
3665 1
3661 1
3667 1
3666 1
2473 1
3688 1
2648 1
2475 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18024974 INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS SUN, HAI TAO §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
18849659 VEHICLE AND SERVER PALL, CHARLES J 3663 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 23, 2024
18795132 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, PROGRAM, SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD FOR FORMING A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION AREA WITH A FLIGHT VEHICLE FUNCTIONING AS A STRATOSPHERIC PLATFORM GUIDED BY A FLIGHT PLAN BASED ON PREDICTED WEATHER REDA, MATTHEW J 3665 §103 Non-Final OA 35d overdue Pending Aug 05, 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 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 18, 2024
18583823 COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, GLOBAL CONTROLLER, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM LEE, GIL H 2473 §101§112 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 21, 2024
18563261 XR MALL GENERATION DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD FOR XR MALL GENERATION DEVICE, AND XR MALL GENERATION PROGRAM POND, ROBERT M 3688 §103 Final Rejection Pending Nov 21, 2023
18562881 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD AND PROGRAM FOR DETERMINING INSTALLATION POSITION OF RADIO-WAVE REFLECTING MEMBER TSVEY, GENNADIY 2648 §103 Final Rejection 10d overdue Pending Nov 21, 2023
18553516 RELAY APPARATUS, RELAY METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM BHATTI, HASHIM S 2475 §103 Final Rejection 23d overdue Pending Sep 29, 2023
17960150 SYSTEM, PROGRAM, MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND AIRCRAFT KOTOWSKI, LISA MICHELLE 2859 §103 Final Rejection 3d overdue Pending Oct 05, 2022

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