Last updated: October 11, 2026

Sony Group Corporation

Technology areas: Communications • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics

1,203 pending office actions • 287 art units • 909 examiners • 0 of 1,203 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1,826 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Sony Group Corporation exhibits a massive prosecution presence in the Communications technology area, currently managing 1211 pending office actions. This high volume of activity is spread across 911 distinct examiners, indicating that the company interacts with a vast portion of the patent office's personnel. The technical scope is similarly broad, with applications distributed among 246 distinct art units.

The busiest examiner, LIM, SENG HENG, is responsible for 9 busiest examiner pending actions. While this is the highest concentration for a single individual, it represents a very small fraction of the 1211 total pending office actions. This distribution suggests that Sony's prosecution strategy is highly decentralized across the patent office. The presence of 911 distinct examiners for 1211 actions implies a high degree of variety in examiner perspectives and potential prosecution outcomes. Practitioners should be prepared for a wide range of examination styles, as the company's matters are rarely concentrated under a single individual or even a small group of examiners. The use of 246 distinct art units further underscores the complexity of managing such a diverse and expansive portfolio.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

1,203

Total Pending OAs

774

Non-Final OAs

358

Final Rejections

Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 294 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

122

Overdue

Due this week

Due this month

Due in next 60 days

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. 294 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

Overdue (122)Due ≤ 7 days (14)Due ≤ 30 days (84)Due ≤ 60 days (54)Due later (20)

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.

662

Hard (55%)

489

Medium (41%)

Easy (4%)

Unknown (1%)

Rejection Statute Mix

Bucket	Cases
§101 only	29 (2%)
§101 + other	204 (17%)
§103 only	383 (32%)
§102 only	94 (8%)
§112 only	24 (2%)
Double-patenting only	21 (2%)
Double-patenting + other	12 (1%)
Multi-statute (no §101)	429 (36%)
No statute on record	7 (1%)

Industry Mix

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

Life Sciences

2% of docket

268

Information Tech

22% of docket

324

Communications

27% of docket

251

Semiconductors

21% of docket

309

Mechanical / Eng

26% of docket

Business / Other

2% 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.

12,030 h

Manual time on pending OAs

2,406 h

Time saved (low, 20%)

4,210 h

Time saved (mid, 35%)

105.3 wks

FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

Examiner	Apps on this docket	Allow rate	Interview lift
LIM, SENG HENG	8	65.7%	+29.4%
WILLIAMS, ROSS A	7	61.4%	+17.0%
YEN, JASON TAHAI	7	76.9%	+23.7%
D'AGOSTINO, PAUL ANTHONY	7	73.2%	+13.9%
RENWICK, REGINALD A	7	70.3%	+9.8%
HARPER, TRAMAR YONG	7	65.5%	+23.9%
MCCLELLAN, JAMES S	5	79.0%	+13.7%
GARBER, ERIN R	5	82.9%	+17.9%
TISSIRE, ABDELAAZIZ	5	84.1%	+13.8%
CHANG, AUDREY Y	5	46.5%	+20.4%

Quick Wins (3)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 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
18808536	STACKED LIGHT RECEIVING SENSOR AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS	TISSIRE, ABDELAAZIZ	—

Hard Cases (662)

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

Interview Candidates (56)

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
18590538	GENERATION OF HIGHLIGHT REEL FROM STORED USER GENERATED CONTENT FOR A USER SPECIFIED TIME PERIOD	YEN, JASON TAHAI	45d 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
18090362	IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE	CHANG, AUDREY Y	16d overdue

Top Art Units

Art Unit	Apps
3715	144
3645	30
2893	21
2812	21
2897	19
2828	18
2639	17
2817	15
2611	13
3648	13

Pending Office Actions

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
19337499	INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND ADJUSTMENT SCREEN DISPLAY METHOD	ELNAFIA, SAIFELDIN E	2625	§102§103Other	Non-Final OA	—	Pending	Sep 23, 2025
19267362	DISPLAY IMAGE GENERATION APPRATUS AND IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD	HUYNH, THANG GIA	2611	§102§103Other	Non-Final OA	—	Pending	Jul 11, 2025
19206762	STREAMING SYSTEM	BOYD, JONATHAN A	2627	§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
19201649	BAND	SULLIVAN, MATTHEW J	3677	§102§103§112	Non-Final OA	—	Pending	May 07, 2025
19122848	OPERATION APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM	LIM, SENG HENG	3715	§101§102§103	Non-Final OA	—	Pending	Apr 21, 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
19120237	INPUT DEVICE AND OPERATION BUTTON	ADAMS, CARL	2627	§102	Final Rejection	21d	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
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
19068609	CUSTOMISABLE PERIPHERAL DEVICE AND ASSOCIATED METHOD	LIM, SENG HENG	3715	§102§103§112	Non-Final OA	—	Pending	Mar 03, 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
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
19046753	SYSTEM FOR ANIMATING A FIRST VIRTUAL ELEMENT WITHIN A VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT, AND A METHOD THEREOF	BARHAM, RYAN ALLEN	2613	§102§103	Non-Final OA	—	Pending	Feb 06, 2025
19046562	APPARATUS, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VIDEO GAMES	WILLIAMS, ROSS A	3715	§101§103	Non-Final OA	—	Pending	Feb 06, 2025
19040930	Providing Directional Hints to a Video Game Player	MCCLELLAN, JAMES S	3715	§103	Non-Final OA	—	Pending	Jan 30, 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
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
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
19010691	IMAGE RENDERING SYSTEM AND METHOD	PARK, HYORIM NMN	2615	§103§112	Non-Final OA	—	Pending	Jan 06, 2025
19008339	METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM AND APPARATUS FOR TRAINING AN AUTONOMOUS AGENT	BIANCAMANO, ALYSSA N	3715	§102§103§112	Non-Final OA	—	Pending	Jan 02, 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
18962239	APPARATUS, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VISUAL DESCRIPTION	YEN, JASON TAHAI	3715	§101§102	Non-Final OA	—	Pending	Nov 27, 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
18958955	DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD	ANGELES, JOSE	3715	§103	Non-Final OA	—	Pending	Nov 25, 2024
18956993	DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD	GARNER, WERNER G	3715	§103§112	Non-Final OA	—	Pending	Nov 22, 2024

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Sony Group Corporation have?

Sony Group Corporation has 1,203 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 287 art units and 909 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Sony Group Corporation applications?

Seng Heng Lim has the most, with 8 of Sony Group Corporation's pending office actions.

What technology area are Sony Group Corporation's patent applications in?

Mostly Communications (USPTO Tech Center 2600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.