Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Communications • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
14 pending office actions • 12 art units • 14 examiners • 0 of 14 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days
SoftBank Group Corp. is currently managing 14 pending office actions within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These active matters are assigned to 14 distinct examiners, which indicates that no applications share the same reviewer. The portfolio is also spread across 12 distinct art units, showing that the company's mechanical and e-commerce innovations are being evaluated by a variety of specialized technical groups. Managing 14 pending office actions across 12 distinct art units requires addressing many different departmental standards.
HONG, RICHARD J is listed as the busiest examiner with 1 busiest examiner pending office action. Because there are 14 distinct examiners involved, the workload is distributed across many personnel. The presence of 12 distinct art units suggests that the company's filings are technically diverse even within the broader transportation category. Practitioners must manage the 14 separate examiner relationships to resolve the current active cases. This decentralized structure means that each case likely requires an independent prosecution approach.
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 + other | 6 (43%) |
| §103 only | 5 (36%) |
| §102 only | 1 (7%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (14%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HONG, RICHARD J | 1 | 78.7% | +3.9% |
| SITTNER, MATTHEW T | 1 | 57.9% | +56.1% |
| STROUD, CHRISTOPHER | 1 | 28.2% | +20.8% |
| KRAISINGER, EMILY MARIE | 1 | 31.8% | +46.0% |
| BROSH, BENJAMIN J | 1 | 72.8% | +28.2% |
| ABDIN, SHAHEDA A | 1 | 79.2% | +18.7% |
| PRESTON, JOHN O | 1 | 28.4% | +7.7% |
| SALMAN, AVIA ABDULSATTAR | 1 | 48.8% | +42.1% |
| HOLLOWAY, JASON R | 1 | 75.1% | +21.3% |
| KHATIB, RAMI | 1 | 77.1% | +13.9% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19361636 | System | SITTNER, MATTHEW T | — |
| 19353676 | SYSTEM | STROUD, CHRISTOPHER | — |
| 19354096 | SYSTEM | KRAISINGER, EMILY MARIE | — |
| 19318460 | SYSTEM | PRESTON, JOHN O | — |
| 19150744 | MANAGEMENT DEVICE AND MANAGEMENT SYSTEM | SALMAN, AVIA ABDULSATTAR | — |
| 19123269 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, VEHICLE, AND PROGRAM | KHATIB, RAMI | — |
| 19120047 | Humanoid Robot Control System and Program | HOQUE, SHAHEDA SHABNAM | — |
| 19073219 | SYSTEM | WONG, LINDA | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19361636 | System | SITTNER, MATTHEW T | — |
| 19353676 | SYSTEM | STROUD, CHRISTOPHER | — |
| 19354096 | SYSTEM | KRAISINGER, EMILY MARIE | — |
| 19473004 | ACTION CONTROL SYSTEM | BROSH, BENJAMIN J | — |
| 19164277 | ACTION CONTROL SYSTEM AND PROGRAM | ABDIN, SHAHEDA A | — |
| 19150744 | MANAGEMENT DEVICE AND MANAGEMENT SYSTEM | SALMAN, AVIA ABDULSATTAR | — |
| 19129039 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND PROGRAM | HOLLOWAY, JASON R | — |
| 19123269 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, VEHICLE, AND PROGRAM | KHATIB, RAMI | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3658 | 3 |
| 2623 | 1 |
| 3629 | 1 |
| 3621 | 1 |
| 3626 | 1 |
| 2627 | 1 |
| 3693 | 1 |
| 3627 | 1 |
| 3669 | 1 |
| 3664 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19477454 | ACTION CONTROL SYSTEM AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | HONG, RICHARD J | 2623 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 21, 2025 |
| 19361636 | System | SITTNER, MATTHEW T | 3629 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 17, 2025 |
| 19353676 | SYSTEM | STROUD, CHRISTOPHER | 3621 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 09, 2025 |
| 19354096 | SYSTEM | KRAISINGER, EMILY MARIE | 3626 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 09, 2025 |
| 19473004 | ACTION CONTROL SYSTEM | BROSH, BENJAMIN J | 3658 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 06, 2025 |
| 19164277 | ACTION CONTROL SYSTEM AND PROGRAM | ABDIN, SHAHEDA A | 2627 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 11, 2025 |
| 19318460 | SYSTEM | PRESTON, JOHN O | 3693 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 04, 2025 |
| 19150744 | MANAGEMENT DEVICE AND MANAGEMENT SYSTEM | SALMAN, AVIA ABDULSATTAR | 3627 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 24, 2025 |
| 19129039 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND PROGRAM | HOLLOWAY, JASON R | 3658 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 12, 2025 |
| 19123269 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, VEHICLE, AND PROGRAM | KHATIB, RAMI | 3669 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 22, 2025 |
| 19123239 | COOLING EXECUTION DEVICE, COOLING EXECUTION METHOD, COOLING EXECUTION PROGRAM, AND VEHICLE | GOODBODY, JOAN T | 3664 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 22, 2025 |
| 19120064 | Control Device for Autonomous Vehicle, Program, Signal Control Device, Traffic Signal Device, Traffic Signal System, Signal Control Program, Information Notification Device, and Information Notification Program | NGUYEN, TAN QUANG | 3661 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 10, 2025 |
| 19120047 | Humanoid Robot Control System and Program | HOQUE, SHAHEDA SHABNAM | 3658 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 10, 2025 |
| 19073219 | SYSTEM | WONG, LINDA | 2655 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 07, 2025 |
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