Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC

29 pending office actions • 15 art units • 28 examiners • 0 of 29 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 39 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

29
Total Pending OAs
16
Non-Final OAs
11
Final Rejections
2
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 29 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

13
Overdue
1
Due this week
9
Due this month
4
Due in next 60 days
2
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. 29 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (13)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (9)Due ≤ 60 days (4)Due later (2)

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 (14%)
23
Medium (79%)
0
Easy (0%)
2
Unknown (7%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only4 (14%)
§103 only21 (72%)
§102 only2 (7%)
No statute on record2 (7%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
2
Information Tech
7% of docket
12
Communications
41% of docket
1
Semiconductors
3% of docket
14
Mechanical / Eng
48% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% 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.

290 h
Manual time on pending OAs
58 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
102 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
MCCULLOCH JR, WILLIAM H 2 53.7% +33.5%
MARTINEZ QUILES, IVELISSE 1 72.0% +27.2%
LETT, THOMAS J 1 83.6% -35.9%
ZALALEE, SULTANA MARCIA 1 71.1% +15.0%
RENWICK, REGINALD A 1 70.8% +9.4%
TORIMIRO, ADETOKUNBO OLUSEGUN 1 76.1% +16.7%
HSU, RYAN 1 56.8% +18.7%
WILLIAMS, ROSS A 1 61.9% +17.4%
GALKA, LAWRENCE STEFAN 1 76.4% +18.5%
JOHANSSON, KENNETH HAROLD 1

Quick Wins (1)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18797389 OBJECT-BASED COMPOSITE IMAGE RENDERING USING ALPHA BLENDING LETT, THOMAS J 29d

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
18672585 SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR ELECTRONIC GAMING CONTROL AND FRAGMENTED FUNCTIONALITY NORMALIZATION USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TORIMIRO, ADETOKUNBO OLUSEGUN 19d
18667897 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MAKING FREE-TO-PLAY AND ACTIVITY SUGGESTIONS WILLIAMS, ROSS A 21d
18588793 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM MCCULLOCH JR, WILLIAM H 54d
18231679 DYNAMIC MODERATION BASED ON SPEECH PATTERNS THOMAS, ERIC M 84d

Interview Candidates (8)

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
18670646 DETECTING THE ONSET OF MOTION SICKNESS USING GAME CONSOLE CAMERA HSU, RYAN 30d overdue
18660263 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, OPERATION APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM GALKA, LAWRENCE STEFAN 3d overdue
18374368 AUTOMATIC CREATION AND RECOMMENDATION OF VIDEO GAME FRAGMENTS MCCULLOCH JR, WILLIAM H 12d
18786447 EFFICIENT COMPRESSION MODE SELECTION FOR BC7 TEXTURE ENCODING ZALALEE, SULTANA MARCIA 16d
18672585 SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR ELECTRONIC GAMING CONTROL AND FRAGMENTED FUNCTIONALITY NORMALIZATION USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TORIMIRO, ADETOKUNBO OLUSEGUN 19d
18667897 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MAKING FREE-TO-PLAY AND ACTIVITY SUGGESTIONS WILLIAMS, ROSS A 21d
19009369 Input Prediction for Pre-Loading of Rendering Data MARTINEZ QUILES, IVELISSE 28d
18588793 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM MCCULLOCH JR, WILLIAM H 54d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3715 13
2611 2
2614 2
2626 1
2616 1
2171 1
2619 1
2613 1
2133 1
3658 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19009369 Input Prediction for Pre-Loading of Rendering Data MARTINEZ QUILES, IVELISSE 2626 Other Final Rejection 28d Pending Jan 03, 2025
18797389 OBJECT-BASED COMPOSITE IMAGE RENDERING USING ALPHA BLENDING LETT, THOMAS J 2611 §102 Non-Final OA 29d Pending Aug 07, 2024
18786447 EFFICIENT COMPRESSION MODE SELECTION FOR BC7 TEXTURE ENCODING ZALALEE, SULTANA MARCIA 2614 §103 Non-Final OA 16d Pending Jul 27, 2024
18732608 VIDEO GAME GUIDANCE SYSTEM RENWICK, REGINALD A 3715 §103 Non-Final OA 9d Pending Jun 03, 2024
18672585 SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR ELECTRONIC GAMING CONTROL AND FRAGMENTED FUNCTIONALITY NORMALIZATION USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TORIMIRO, ADETOKUNBO OLUSEGUN 3715 §101 Non-Final OA 19d Pending May 23, 2024
18670646 DETECTING THE ONSET OF MOTION SICKNESS USING GAME CONSOLE CAMERA HSU, RYAN 3715 §103 Non-Final OA 30d overdue Pending May 21, 2024
18667897 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MAKING FREE-TO-PLAY AND ACTIVITY SUGGESTIONS WILLIAMS, ROSS A 3715 §101 Final Rejection 21d Pending May 17, 2024
18660263 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, OPERATION APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM GALKA, LAWRENCE STEFAN 3715 §103 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending May 10, 2024
18658085 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM JOHANSSON, KENNETH HAROLD 3715 §103 Non-Final OA 46d Pending May 08, 2024
18633853 SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR ELECTRONIC GAMING CONTROL AND PERFORMANCE NORMALIZATION USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE D'AGOSTINO, PAUL ANTHONY 3715 §103 Non-Final OA 9d overdue Pending Apr 12, 2024
18623967 TEXTURE-BASED GUIDANCE FOR 3D SHAPE GENERATION NGUYEN, PHU K 2616 §103 Non-Final OA 6d Pending Apr 01, 2024
18597508 ON-SCREEN, SPLIT VIRTUAL KEYBOARDS MERCADO, GABRIEL S 2171 Other Final Rejection 15d Pending Mar 06, 2024
18590538 GENERATION OF HIGHLIGHT REEL FROM STORED USER GENERATED CONTENT FOR A USER SPECIFIED TIME PERIOD YEN, JASON TAHAI 3715 §103 Non-Final OA 45d overdue Pending Feb 28, 2024
18588793 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM MCCULLOCH JR, WILLIAM H 3715 §101 Final Rejection 54d Pending Feb 27, 2024
18415860 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND VIBRATION CONTROL METHOD SINGH, ISHAYU NMN 3715 §103 Non-Final OA 9d overdue Pending Jan 18, 2024
18533547 COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A VIRTUAL AVATAR CLOTHIER, MATTHEW MORRIS 2614 §103 Non-Final OA 30d overdue Pending Dec 08, 2023
18532611 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A VIRTUAL AVATAR ON AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE SHENG, XIN 2619 §103 Final Rejection 41d Pending Dec 07, 2023
18483207 USING STABLE DIFFUSION TO PRODUCE IMAGES CONFORMING TO COLOR PALETTE STATZ, BENJAMIN TOM 2611 §103 Final Rejection 114d overdue Pending Oct 09, 2023
18374368 AUTOMATIC CREATION AND RECOMMENDATION OF VIDEO GAME FRAGMENTS MCCULLOCH JR, WILLIAM H 3715 §102 Final Rejection 12d Pending Sep 28, 2023
18475901 HIGH QUALITY TRANSCODE-EFFICIENT TEXTURE FORMAT WELCH, DAVID T 2613 §103 Non-Final OA 15d Pending Sep 27, 2023
18231679 DYNAMIC MODERATION BASED ON SPEECH PATTERNS THOMAS, ERIC M 3715 §101 Non-Final OA 84d Pending Aug 08, 2023
18230031 MODIFYING GAMEPLAY EXPERIENCES MCCLELLAN, JAMES S 3715 §103 Non-Final OA 75d Pending Aug 03, 2023
18349141 ULTRA HIGH-SPEED LOW-LATENCY NETWORK STORAGE PEREZ-VELEZ, ROCIO DEL MAR 2133 §103 Non-Final OA 146d overdue Pending Jul 08, 2023
18259465 ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM AND ROBOT WITH SELECTABLE CHARACTERISTICS STIEBRITZ, NOAH WILLIAM 3658 §103 Final Rejection 49d Pending Jun 27, 2023
18312148 LEVEL-OF-DETAIL AUDIO CODEC THOMAS-HOMESCU, ANNE L 2656 §103 Final Rejection 43d overdue Pending May 04, 2023
18138033 ADJUSTABLE CUSHIONS FOR A HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAY LEIBY, CHRISTOPHER E 2621 §103 Final Rejection 49d overdue Pending Apr 21, 2023
18058865 GENERATING 3D VIDEO USING 2D IMAGES AND AUDIO WITH BACKGROUND KEYED TO 2D IMAGE-DERIVED METADATA WANG, YUEHAN 2617 §103 Non-Final OA 9d overdue Pending Nov 26, 2022
17871307 INTERFACE CUSTOMIZED GENERATION OF GAMING MUSIC SCOLES, PHILIP GRANT 2837 §103 Final Rejection 52d overdue Pending Jul 22, 2022
17864222 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COMMUNICATING AUDIO DATA GANMAVO, KUASSI A 2692 §103 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Jul 13, 2022

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