Technology areas: Communications • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
1,172 pending office actions • 283 art units • 890 examiners • 0 of 1,172 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1,832 patents granted in the last 365 days
Sony Group Corporation has 1182 pending office actions in Communications. The portfolio covers 893 examiners across 281 art units, demonstrating extensive distribution and a high coordination requirement across communications technologies.
D'AGOSTINO, PAUL ANTHONY is the busiest examiner, with 8 pending matters. The limited concentration relative to the full docket makes systematic art-unit monitoring, technical grouping, and consistent response controls central to prosecution management.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 269 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. 269 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 | 31 (3%) |
| §101 + other | 197 (17%) |
| §103 only | 370 (32%) |
| §102 only | 90 (8%) |
| §112 only | 23 (2%) |
| Double-patenting only | 18 (2%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 12 (1%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 421 (36%) |
| No statute on record | 10 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| D'AGOSTINO, PAUL ANTHONY | 9 | 73.2% | +13.9% |
| WILLIAMS, ROSS A | 8 | 61.4% | +17.0% |
| RENWICK, REGINALD A | 7 | 70.1% | +9.3% |
| HARPER, TRAMAR YONG | 6 | 65.4% | +23.9% |
| VAN ROY, TOD THOMAS | 6 | 54.4% | +38.2% |
| LIM, SENG HENG | 5 | 65.6% | +29.5% |
| GARBER, ERIN R | 5 | 83.2% | +17.9% |
| GILES, NICHOLAS G | 5 | 81.9% | +16.7% |
| TISSIRE, ABDELAAZIZ | 5 | 84.1% | +13.8% |
| BENNETT, JENNIFER D | 5 | 73.6% | +18.2% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18719929 | IMAGING DEVICE, ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT, AND SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD | TISSIRE, ABDELAAZIZ | 153d overdue |
| 18869315 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD | TISSIRE, ABDELAAZIZ | 19d |
| 19105931 | LIGHT DETECTION ELEMENT AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS | GILES, NICHOLAS G | — |
| 18808536 | STACKED LIGHT RECEIVING SENSOR AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS | TISSIRE, ABDELAAZIZ | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17995652 | INFORMATION PROCESSOR AND INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM | KREMER, MATTHEW | 182d overdue |
| 17690665 | SOUND PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND PROGRAM | ESCALANTE, OVIDIO | 162d overdue |
| 18025795 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM | HELCO, NICHOLAS JOHN | 149d overdue |
| 18258303 | MOBILE OBJECT | ARCE, MARLON ALEXANDER | 147d overdue |
| 18690744 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD | MAZUMDER, TAPAS | 146d overdue |
| 18361608 | Generation of 3D Content Moment from Captured Gameplay Video | SONNERS, SCOTT E | 141d overdue |
| 17800900 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, DISPLAY SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM | ALSOMAIRY, IBRAHIM ABDOALATIF | 139d overdue |
| 18553431 | WAVELENGTH SELECTIVE PHASE DIFFERENCE ELEMENT AND PROJECTION DISPLAY APPARATUS | BROOKS, JERRY L. | 132d overdue |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18719929 | IMAGING DEVICE, ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT, AND SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD | TISSIRE, ABDELAAZIZ | 153d overdue |
| 18715532 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM | TISSIRE, ABDELAAZIZ | 127d overdue |
| 18633353 | Consumer Device with Dual Wireless Links and Mixer | D'AGOSTINO, PAUL ANTHONY | 51d overdue |
| 18730880 | SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE, SENSOR DEVICE, SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM | GARBER, ERIN R | 42d overdue |
| 18484914 | CRADLE AND SYSTEM INCLUDING CRADLE AND INPUT DEVICE | HARPER, TRAMAR YONG | 42d overdue |
| 18623749 | ENABLING THE TRACKING OF A REMOTE-PLAY CLIENT IN VIRTUAL REALITY WITHOUT ADDITIONAL SENSORS | HARPER, TRAMAR YONG | 26d overdue |
| 18633853 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR ELECTRONIC GAMING CONTROL AND PERFORMANCE NORMALIZATION USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE | D'AGOSTINO, PAUL ANTHONY | 9d overdue |
| 18489787 | Systems and Methods for Supporting Team-Based Video Game Play | LIM, SENG HENG | 3d overdue |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3715 | 133 |
| 3645 | 30 |
| 2812 | 21 |
| 2639 | 20 |
| 2828 | 20 |
| 2893 | 20 |
| 2897 | 18 |
| 2637 | 16 |
| 2638 | 16 |
| 2817 | 15 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19542084 | INPUT DEVICE | BUKOWSKI, KENNETH | 2621 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 17, 2026 |
| 19349040 | TUTORIAL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTERACTIVE MEDIA | LANE, DANIEL E | 3715 | §101§102§103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 03, 2025 |
| 19206762 | STREAMING SYSTEM | BOYD, JONATHAN A | 3715 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 13, 2025 |
| 19205428 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INDICATING REAL AND VIRTUAL OBJECTS | PRINGLE-PARKER, JASON A | 2617 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 12, 2025 |
| 19202305 | USING EYE-TRACKING / EYE METRICS TO DETECT VR EYE-STRAIN-LEVELS, THEN USING ADAPTIVE RENDERING TO LOWER LEVELS OF EYE-STRAIN | SHANKAR, VIJAY | 2624 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 08, 2025 |
| 19197009 | TRANSFORMING COMPUTER GAME AUDIO USING IMPULSE RESPONSE OF A VIRTUAL 3D SPACE GENERATED BY NERF INPUT TO A CONVOLUTIONAL REVERBERATION ENGINE | PAUL, DISLER | 2695 | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 02, 2025 |
| 19125550 | OPERATION APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM | DETWEILER, JAMES M | 3715 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 29, 2025 |
| 19120936 | INPUT DEVICE | ADAMS, CARL | 2627 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 14, 2025 |
| 19120243 | INPUT DEVICE AND OPERATION BUTTON | GILLS, KURTIS | 3624 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 11, 2025 |
| 19096794 | DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD | DOSHER, JULIE GRACE | 3715 | §101§102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 01, 2025 |
| 19085137 | MOTION-SENSING CONTROLLER SYSTEM | D'AGOSTINO, PAUL ANTHONY | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 20, 2025 |
| 19085118 | MOTION-SENSING CONTROLLER | CHIN, RICKY | 2424 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 20, 2025 |
| 19082121 | VIDEO GAME CONTROLLER-DRIVEN INFORMATION TRANSFER | ALSOMAIRY, SELWA ABDO | 3715 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 17, 2025 |
| 19080560 | REAL-TIME GAMEPLAY ACCESSIBILITY OUTPUTS | HSU, RYAN | 3715 | §101§102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 14, 2025 |
| 19076858 | UPDATING APPLICATION BINARY DURING VIDEO GAME EXECUTION | ANTOINE, LISA HOPE | 3715 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 11, 2025 |
| 19068498 | Graphics Processing System And Method | ELISCA, PIERRE E | 3715 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 03, 2025 |
| 19062660 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF SPATIAL SOUND PRODUCTION | NEECE, DYLAN MAGUIRE | 2692 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 25, 2025 |
| 19106288 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, RECEPTION DEVICE, TRANSMISSION DEVICE, PROGRAM, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD | WONG, JEFFREY KEITH | 3715 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 25, 2025 |
| 19104366 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND PROGRAM | ALSOMAIRY, SELWA ABDO | 3715 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 18, 2025 |
| 19050511 | DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD | GARLAND, JASON LEE | 3715 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 11, 2025 |
| 19046562 | APPARATUS, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VIDEO GAMES | WILLIAMS, ROSS A | 3715 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 06, 2025 |
| 19041128 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR PERFORMING SHADER OPERATIONS | SHANKAR, VIJAY | 2624 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 30, 2025 |
| 19040132 | HRTF Partitioning for Re-Synthesis | OJO, OYESOLA C | 2695 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 29, 2025 |
| 18998518 | INTERACTION DEVICE | SHAH, SUJIT | 2624 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 26, 2025 |
| 19034488 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATIVE CONTENT CRAFTING AND GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) CONTENT CRAFTING | THOMAS, ERIC M | 3715 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 22, 2025 |
| 18997498 | IMAGE INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM | SALEH, ZAID MUHAMMAD | 2668 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 21, 2025 |
| 18995869 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND GAME PLAY CONTROL METHOD | GRANT, MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER | 3715 | §101§102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 18995927 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM | DEODHAR, OMKAR A | 3715 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 18995295 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM | D'AGOSTINO, PAUL ANTHONY | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 16, 2025 |
| 19025248 | MODULAR VIDEO GAME CONTROLLER | BIANCAMANO, ALYSSA N | 3715 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 16, 2025 |
| 18994612 | VIDEO DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND PROGRAM | SHEN, YUZHEN | 2623 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 42d | Pending | Jan 15, 2025 |
| 18994111 | MANIPULATION DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM | DEODHAR, OMKAR A | 3715 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 14, 2025 |
| 19013315 | Systems, Devices And Methods For Transmitting Data To A Virtual Reality Headset | POLLOCK, ZACHARY JOSEPH | 3715 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 08, 2025 |
| 19010788 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MODIFYING USER SENTIMENT FOR PLAYING A GAME | ROWLAND, STEVE | 3715 | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 06, 2025 |
| 19011214 | USER SENTIMENT DETECTION TO IDENTIFY USER IMPAIRMENT DURING GAME PLAY PROVIDING FOR AUTOMATIC GENERATION OR MODIFICATION OF IN-GAME EFFECTS | YEN, JASON TAHAI | — | §101§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 06, 2025 |
| 19011390 | MEDIA-OBJECT BINDING FOR PREDICTING PERFORMANCE IN A MEDIA | TORIMIRO, ADETOKUNBO OLUSEGUN | 3715 | Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 06, 2025 |
| 19010691 | IMAGE RENDERING SYSTEM AND METHOD | PARK, HYORIM NMN | 2615 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 06, 2025 |
| 19002070 | JOINT UNIT | FIX, THOMAS S | 3618 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 26, 2024 |
| 18991264 | PERFORMING GEOMETRY ANALYSIS BEFORE MULTI-GPU RENDERING OF GEOMETRY | TRAN, KIM THANH THI | 2615 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2024 |
| 18986607 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING SHORT RANGE WIRELESS CONNECTION SESSIONS AND DEVICE CONTROL | NGUYEN, HAI V | 2649 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 18, 2024 |
| 18977645 | Bandwidth Reduction for Convolution Reverb | VILLENA, MARK | 2658 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 11, 2024 |
| 18975308 | AI GENERATED GAME SUMMARY | ROWLAND, STEVE | 3715 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 10, 2024 |
| 18871170 | OPERATING DEVICE, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING OPERATING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM | MCCULLOCH JR, WILLIAM H | 3715 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 03, 2024 |
| 18962824 | MODIFYING EXTERNAL MUSIC OF A PLAYER TO CORRESPOND WITH ORIGINAL SCORE OF VIDEO GAME | D'AGOSTINO, PAUL ANTHONY | 3715 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 27, 2024 |
| 18963389 | USING TIMING SIGNALS TO ADJUST RELATIVE TIMING OF VSYNC SIGNALS BETWEEN CLIENT DEVICES TO SYNCHRONIZE DISPLAY OF VIDEO FRAMES | ELISCA, PIERRE E | 3715 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 27, 2024 |
| 18959342 | VISUAL CUES INDICATING WHEN A PLAYER DURING A GAMEPLAY OF A VIDEO GAME IS IN ISOLATION MODE OR IS OPEN TO COMMUNICATION | ANGELES, JOSE | 3715 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 25, 2024 |
| 18868180 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM | LIDDLE, JAY TRENT | 3715 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 22, 2024 |
| 18956993 | DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD | GARNER, WERNER G | 3715 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 22, 2024 |
| 18957546 | OVERLAPPING TRANSMIT AND RECEIVE OPERATIONS AT A SERVER AND A CLIENT IN CLOUD GAMING APPLICATIONS | RENWICK, REGINALD A | 3715 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 22, 2024 |
| 18954982 | CONTROLLER ACTION RECOGNITION FROM VIDEO FRAMES USING MACHINE LEARNING | HYLINSKI, STEVEN J | 3715 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 21, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialSony Group Corporation has 1,172 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 283 art units and 890 examiners.
Paul Anthony D'Agostino has the most, with 9 of Sony Group Corporation's pending office actions.
Mostly Communications (USPTO Tech Center 2600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
