Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
14 pending office actions • 12 art units • 14 examiners • 0 of 14 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 32 patents granted in the last 365 days
Softbank Corp. is currently processing 14 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These actions are spread across 14 distinct examiners, resulting in a different examiner for each pending matter. This distribution is further reflected in the 12 distinct art units involved in the company's prosecution. The ratio of 12 distinct art units to 14 pending office actions suggests that the company's applications cover a range of technical sub-specialties.
The busiest examiner, LE, VU, is assigned to 1 pending office action. Because there are 14 distinct examiners for the current matters, no single examiner holds a majority of the workload. The presence of 12 distinct art units suggests that the company's applications are categorized into many different technical niches within its primary technology area. Practitioners must be prepared to address the specific nuances of the various examiners, as the lack of examiner overlap prevents the reuse of specific examiner-focused strategies across the 14 pending office actions.
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.
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.
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 (14%) |
| §101 + other | 1 (7%) |
| §103 only | 7 (50%) |
| §102 only | 1 (7%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (21%) |
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 | 57.1% | +26.5% |
| LE, VU | 1 | 54.5% | +9.0% |
| SUN, HAI TAO | 1 | 73.6% | +24.7% |
| KENLAW, GRACE A | 1 | 50.8% | +37.7% |
| PALL, CHARLES J | 1 | 54.4% | +17.9% |
| REDA, MATTHEW J | 1 | 54.9% | +28.7% |
| CARDIMINO, CHRISTOPHER RYAN | 1 | 57.7% | +22.1% |
| CROMER, ANDREW J | 1 | 75.9% | +18.0% |
| CASS, JEAN PAUL | 1 | 73.0% | +25.5% |
| LEE, GIL H | 1 | 83.1% | +28.7% |
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 # | 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 | — |
| 18583823 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, GLOBAL CONTROLLER, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | LEE, GIL H | — |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 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 | — |
| 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 | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1728 | 1 |
| 1723 | 1 |
| 3663 | 1 |
| 3665 | 1 |
| 3661 | 1 |
| 3667 | 1 |
| 3666 | 1 |
| 2473 | 1 |
| 2469 | 1 |
| 3688 | 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 | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 11, 2025 |
| 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 | Final Rejection | — | 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 |
| 18583799 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, GATEWAY, CONTROLLER AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | LA, PHONG | 2469 | §102§103 | 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 | Non-Final OA | 10d overdue | Pending | Nov 21, 2023 |
| 17960150 | SYSTEM, PROGRAM, MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND AIRCRAFT | KOTOWSKI, LISA MICHELLE | 2859 | §103 | Final Rejection | 3d overdue | Pending | Oct 05, 2022 |
IP Author helps IP teams respond to office actions faster with AI-generated responses, examiner analytics, and prosecution intelligence.
Start Free Trial